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Pour une poetique de Byzance :hommage à Vassilis Katsaros
(Centre d'études byzantines, néo-helléniques et sud-est européennes : École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2015)Άγανον έσχες Βασίλειε αριφρόν, φρόνημα τερπνόν, νυν δε εκβλύζεις άμα ρύακας ημίν γνώσεως ουρανίας μάκαρ, αληθώς τοις βροροίς καταχέων αυγάς γε ρημάτων τε και σοφών λόγων, μυστηπόλος σε λέξεως Βυζαντίδος.
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Predictive factors of disordered eating and body image satisfaction in Cyprus
(2015-05)Objective: This study aimed to assesspossible relationships and predictor varia-bles between disordered eating attitudesand behaviors, the internalization of thethin ideal construct, body image satisfac-tion, body image ...
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Pressure area care: An exploration of Greek nurses’ knowledge and practice
(Blackwell Science, 2002-11)BACKGROUND: Despite a plethora of information on the prevention of pressure sores, they remain a significant problem in both hospital and community settings. The need to reduce the incidence of pressure sores has been well ...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Disordered Eating Adolescents in Cyprus: The Influence of Body Image, Situational Dysphoria, Self-Esteem, and the Media
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019)The purpose of the current study was threefold: a) to collect a very large representative sample of adolescents and assess for their levels of disordered eating behaviors; b) to describe the characteristics of adolescents ...
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A probabilistic semantic analysis of eHealth scientific literature
(Sage, 2019)Introduction:eHealth emerged as an interdisciplinary research area about 70 years ago. This study employs proba-bilistic techniques to semantically analyse scientific literature related to the field of eHealth in order to ...
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The professional identity of primary and secondary school music teachers in Greece
(Elsevier Ltd, 2012)The particular dissertation concerns the profile delineation of Primary and Secondary School Music Teachers in Greece, as well as the determination of their professional identity. The first part initially presents in a ...
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Protectionism or Strengthening Competitiveness: The Case of the United States of America
(University of Piraeus, 2019)In recent years international trade growth has been slow. Although international trade is considered to have various benefits, such as access to international markets, rapid economic growth, higher competition, and ...
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Psychometric Properties of a Greek Translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in Adults From Cyprus
(Elsevier, 2022-09)The construct of intuitive eating is commonly assessed using the 23-item, 4-factor Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2; Tylka & Kroon Van Diest, 2013). In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a novel Greek ...
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Psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the social phobia inventory
(Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 2014)In the current study we examined the psychometric properties of the Greek adaptation of the Social Phobic Inventory (SoPhI) (Moore & Gee, 2003). The questionnaire is a 21-item self-report measure that assesses social anxiety ...
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The public's and doctors' perceived role in participation in setting health care priorities in Greece
(Hellenic Cardiological Society, 2010)Introduction: The Greek public is currently not represented at any level of the healthcare system’s organizational structure. This study aimed to investigate the opinions of Greek citizens as well as doctors regarding their ...
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Quality of Healthcare - Clinical Errors
(2011)Lately, clinical mistakes grew in numbers and this trend is evident in the findings of recently-released surveys. Furthermore, it is obvious that clinical errors, in addition to financial costs, affect negatively the ...
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Recovery From Substance Abuse: A Narrative Approach to Understanding the Motivation and Ambivalence About Change
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2012-09-04)Various studies have employed quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the process of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive change that emerges during drug addiction treatment, including the factors both encouraging ...
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Review of epidemiology of depression and implications for community nursing practice
(2010)Depression is regarded as one of the most common mental disorders, but available data point out that only less than one third of adults with depression obtain appropriate professional treatment. This is attributed (amongst ...
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A review of the factors affecting the course and outcome of the treatment of substance use disorders.
(2018)This article presents the findings from a systematic review of the literature on the factors that contribute to the treatment efficacy of substance use disorders. The introduction includes a clarifications of the terms ...
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Risk and Protective Factors of Disordered Eating in Adolescents Based on Gender and Body Mass Index
(Int J Environ Res Public Health., 2020-12-10)The current study aimed to identify potential psychosocial risk and protective factors contributing to eating disorders in adolescents, and observe any differences between genders and Body Mass Index (BMI) categories. A ...
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The role of action representations in thematic object relations
(Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014-03-18)A number of studies have explored the role of associative/event-based (thematic) and categorical (taxonomic) relations in the organization of object representations. Recent evidence suggests that thematic information may ...
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The role of educational policy in shaping the professional identity of Secondary School teachers in Greece
(Americanos College, 2013)In this paper the issue of the professional identity of Greek teachers in Secondary Education was explored. The factors which affect the work of teachers, the way teachers view their work and themselves as professionals ...
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The Role of Guilt and Shame-proneness and Externalization of Blame as Risk Factors for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2021)Various psychological factors have been found to be associated with the onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Despite this, there remains a lack of acceptance for a biopsychosocial model of intervention, specifically ...
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The role of social work in mental health in a variable multicultural environment
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2018-12)Over the recent decades the increasing number of migration flows has exerted and continues to exert great pressure on the health system and on the welfare structures of Greece. The bases for the development of a rudimentary ...
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The Role of Social Work Practice in Cross - Cultural Interview
(2018-10)In cross-cultural interview, difficulties often arise, and derive from the fact that, social workers and interviewees come from much different worlds, and some major sub-cultural differences- such as socio-economic group, ...