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Family burden of schizophrenic patients and the welfare system; the case of Cyprus
(2013)
Background: The shift from asylum to community care for mental health patients has burdened the providers of
primary health care and, more than all, families. As a result, numerous studies [Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr ...
Medical Errors in Cyprus: The 2005 Eurobarometer Survey
(Professor Despina Sapountzi-Krepia, 2012)
Background: Medical errors have been highlighted in recent years by different agencies, scientific bodies and research teams alike. We sought to explore the issue of medical errors in Cyprus using data from the Eurobarometer ...
Protecting foreign investments against expropriation: a comparative study of Japan's EPAs
(Inderscience Publishers, 2011)
Expropriation is the most traditional type of political risk. However, there is no consistency in the protection against expropriation according to international jurisprudence. This paper analyses what constitutes expropriation ...
Asset Growth and Firm Performance Evidence from Greece
(2012)
This study provides evidence drawn from publicly traded companies in Greece on the predictability of assets growth with respect to firm performance. We employ discriminant analysis and a logit specification to test our ...
Macroeconomic Influences on Cyprus House Prices
(2015-08)
This paper attempts to explain the determinants of intertemporal variations in housing prices in Cyprus over the period spanning from the first quarter of 2006 until the second quarter of 2014. The analysis focuses on ...
Form finding of architectural artifacts using genetic algorithms. A novel approach of handling parametric objects as design variables
(2016)
This work aims to contribute on the form finding techniques of generative space
artifacts, considering objects of parametric design as programming objects, and in particular
design variables –due to parametric approach- ...
Improving Mental Health Services Through the Measurement of Attitudes and Knowledge of Mental Health Professionals and the General Population in Cyprus
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)
Despite the magnitude of mental health problems worldwide, many cases of deinstitutionalization have failed to achieve their targets for a number of reasons including lack of appropriate community psychiatric services and ...
Plutarch on poetry
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
The topic is a very challenging and attractive one for scholarship of all ages, namely how
readers, in this case young readers, should respond to and understand poetry, and most
importantly, how to use poetry in their ...
Sustainable architecture through an environmental educational program
(2013-06)
The following paper is a presentation of an environmental program titled “Considering the house of the past, I plan the house of today”. The program examines the basic environmental principles of the traditional Greek house ...
The further environmental development of Polyphyto Hydroelectric Project reservoir in Kozani prefecture and Its contribution to the life quality improvement
(2014)
The Polyphyto Hydroelectric Project was constructed in 1974 and it has been operating since on the Aliakmonas River,
Kozani prefecture, by the Greek Public Power Corporation. The construction of the Ilarion Hydroelectric ...