In this paper, we present a new approach that is able to efficiently and fully-autonomously navigate a team of Unmanned Aerial or Underwater Vehicles (UAUV’s) when deployed in exploration of unknown static and dynamic ...

Background: Research evidence shows that healthcare professionals do not fully comprehend the difficulty involved in problems faced by people living with severe mental illness (SMI). As a result, mental health service consumers ...

Accurate maps are essential in the case of robot teams, so that they can operate autonomously and accomplish their tasks efficiently. In this work we present an approach which allows the generation of detailed maps, suitable ...

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) with global features is notoriously noisy, especially for image queries with low percentages of relevant images in a collection. Moreover, CBIR typically ranks the whole collection, ...

Depressive disorders are among the most common psychological conditions currently affecting individuals living in the Westernized world. Yet, available data indicate that fewer than one third of adults with depression ...

This book analyses the role of the European Parliament as an international actor and presents a new debate about its role outside the EU territory. It explores different policy areas including human rights, international ...

Online learning is becoming more attractive to perspective students because it offers them greater accessibility, convenience and flexibility to study at a reduced cost. While these benefits may attract prospective learners ...

This paper presents the professional life phases of Cypriot secondary school teachers and discusses the influences underlying their motivation. A comparison is established between teachers within each phase by extracting ...

Σε προηγούμενα άρθρα μου σε αυτόν εδώ τον χώρο είχα τονίσει πως η Ελληνική πολιτεία σήμερα όσο ποτέ άλλοτε στο παρελθόν είναι διχασμένη. Εξαιτίας όλων αυτών των διαδικασιών-μετασχηματισμών που συμβαίνουν στο εγχώριο, ...

Στις ευκαιρίες της ελληνικής προεδρίας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, παρότι πλέον ως θεσμός έχει υποβαθμιστεί συγκριτικά με το παρελθόν, αναφέρονται εκπρόσωποι του πολιτικού κόσμου και της πανεπιστημιακής κοινότητας.