... the period 1983 – 2002 The raw data were obtained from the meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] and of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The ... Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 4, Issue 1, 2013, pp.59-72 In Tables andthe monthly HDD for Athensand Thessaloniki respectively are given, while Tables and show the monthly CDD for the two ... decade, while the monthly and yearly values of CDD were increased The reduction in the yearly values of HDD was in the range of 9.5 to 22% in Athens, and in the range of to 9% in Thessaloniki,...
... -11.7* * The mean and standard deviation correspond to the sample values The numbers in the parentheses stand for the t-ratios The Sharpe ratio is calculated by diving the sample mean by the sample ... DW stands for the Durbin-Watson statistic The numbers in the parentheses below the point estimates stand for the t-ratios Adj R2 stands for the adjusted coefficient of determination The hypotheses ... 1.99 (16.6) * DW stands for the Durbin-Watson statistic (Durbin and Watson, 1966) The numbers in the parentheses below the point estimates stand for the t-ratios Bollerslev and Wooldrige (1992)...
... in both the hospital andthe community ‘There was theory and clinical practice We learned the theory and then we did the clinical practice andthe competencies for assessment as well as theory ... to the Solomon Islands health system We explored their roles, the nurses’ perceptions of the appropriateness of their training to these roles, including whether they felt equipped to address the ... ratio is among the lowest in the world In the Solomon Islandsand Papua New Guinea (PNG) the ratios are 11 and per 100,000 population respectively [7], among the lowest in Asia andthe Pacific [8]...
... measured; and further also, which are angles, taken by combinations and added together; said for the sake of finding out the fitting-together of the arising figures, whether the ... see whether Greek mathematics conforms to the poetics of this verbal art This is the underlying logic of the book Its explicit structure moves in the other direction: the introduction andthe first ... treatise – the mathematical andthe aesthetic – the mathematical is of course the dominant one And yet, as hinted already, one can make a plausible argument that the very mathematical content...
... in the Society Islands from the tourist bureau down to Polynesians on remote islands One of the delights in these islands are the friendly, happy people Their ways are soft and pleasant Go there ... attempting to land the dinghy through the surf Please only on calm days! These islands are described in the "Pass-Less Islands" chapter 16 Most of the Society Islands are high volcanic islands, with ... knives and tools The explorers were entranced by the outstanding beauty of the islands, the healthy food they trade for andthe easy sexuality of the women Recorded history the Tahiti and her...
... the rst time the dossier of epigraphic and other evidence for the neglected gure of the theatre-lessee, and makes a bold and compelling case that, prior to the construction of the rst stone theatre ... trench through the seating area of the theatre of Dionysos in Athens H Goette 119 Model reconstruction of the Classical theatre of Dionysos in Athens Photograph courtesy of the Theatermuseum, ... Introduction: From the Ground Up Peter Wilson The Greekand above all, the Attictheatre is probably the single most intensively studied institution from the ancient world And, over the last thirty...
... indicates the absence of anxiety for the remaining ten S-Anxiety items and nine T-Anxiety items The scoring weights for the anxietypresent items are the same as the chosen numbers on the test form The ... of the authors; one of whom did the translation andthe other who did not know the original English text did the back translation The final translation was fixed by consensus of all authors The ... item and total score during the 1st (test) and 2nd (retest) applica- The State score for the healthy volunteers was 24.95 ± 11.36 andthe Trait score was 27.88 ± 11.43 The respected scores for the...
... manuscript and helped in the interpretation of the results PS critically revised the article and helped in data analysis and interpretation of results DD and VM helped in the design of the study and ... than minutes to administer The ECS questionnaire was translated from English to Greek independently by the author and another professional translator and then theGreek text was back-translated ... no reliable and valid instrument in Greek to measure susceptibility to emotional contagion The aim of the present study was therefore to adapt the ECS to theGreek cultural context and to explore...
... regardless of the improvement in their psychotic symptoms The current study reports on the reliability andthe psychometric properties of theGreek translation of the SWN-20 Methods Study sample The study ... of the authors; one of whom did the translation andthe other who did not know the original English text did the back translation The final translation was finalised by consensus between them The ... calculated to assess the relationship of the SWN20 and its factors to the other psychometric tests Results The means and standard deviations for the scores for all scales are shown in Table The SWN-20...
... alter the cut-off point in relation to gender andthe higher scores associated with male sex in the control population can be attributed to other parameters Patients addicted to alcohol and other ... emotional and personality disorders as well as attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity [18] AUDIT is a reliable and sensitive instrument and is widely used in Europe andthe rest of the world ... teams and programs working in the field of alcohol Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions GM and GD designed the study GM and AD...
... after childbirth [31] Aim of the study and research hypotheses The aim of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-100 Greek version and assess its suitability ... examined between the WHOQOL-100, the subscales of the GHQ-28 andthe total scores of GHQ-28 and LSI scales in the total sample Finally, to determine the test/retest reliability of the instrument, ... approval for the study was obtained from the scientific committee of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens All participants were screened for their ability to take part in the study,...
... ultimately make the decisions necessary for their rescue and development But what did the people of Easter Island think when they cut down the last tree on the island to use in the building of their monuments? ... issue will affect not only theGreek population andtheGreek economy but also Europe andthe world at large The challenge of solving theGreek problem is international The key objective of this ... chapters and an Annex Chapter describes the changing world andthe position of theGreek economy up to the 2008–2010 crisis Chapter describes the development conditions of theGreek economy up to the...
... from the euro, if not well coordinated, would generate a major financial crisis in the eurozone andthe rest of the world.7 The argument is based on the idea that, (1) if the exit were the result ... 2012) These financial instruments had all the characteristics of normal bonds, were negotiable on theAthens Stock Exchange, and were pari passu with other Greek debt To many economists, these ... (reversed) Source: ElStat This further analysis of the structure of Greek exports has improved our understanding and existing measures of foreign demand andthe country’s competitiveness In our...
... Nikolaidi, andthe Observatory of Economic and Social Developments of the Labour Institute, Greek Confederation of Labour, for their help and encouragement The financial support provided by the European ... demand and growth up to 2009 but has been declining procyclically since then under the heavy pressure applied by the troika to meet the deficit and debt targets agreed upon in exchange for the ... between the second quarter of 2012 andthe first quarter of 2013 barely lifted the value of the market to where it was at the end of 1995 Although it is conceivable that the increase in the equities...
... class diagram shows the existence of classes and their relationships in the logical view of a system UML modeling elements in class diagrams - Classes and their structure and behavior - Association, ... provide to the actor when the use cases is executed Typical contents - How the use case starts and ends Normal flow of events Alternate flow of events Exceptional flow of events 10 Uses and Extends ... and its subclasses There are two ways to find inheritance: - Generalization - Specialization Common attributes, operations, and/ or relationships are shown at the highest applicable level in the...
... to the toiling and dying types who made it over to America And once in America, people divided once again: you could say they became the poor andthe rich The losers and winners The artists and ... narrative structure, and to the kind of stories that get told and retold about the Irish, so as to reveal both the regularity of English colonial discourse on Ireland andthe Irish andthe mutations ... take up and extend Said’s insight, in Culture and Imperialism, that the ‘‘convergence between the patterns of narrative authority constitutive of the novel on the one hand, and, on the other, a...
... on these estates The other contingent lacked the unity of the Richmond tenants These were Bretons from the north-east of the duchy who received grants of land in the midlands, the south-west and ... ± The barons of Leon and Penthievre could construct forti®cations without the permission of the duke;  Á ± The barons of Leon and Penthievre had the right of wreck on the shores of their lands; ... Blain andthe à forest of Le Gavre.24 South of the Loire, ducal domains included the castellany of Le Pallet,25 estates on the south bank of the Loire and another in the extreme south-west of the...
... Night andthe following day, they were ‘‘everyone’’ and ‘‘London’’ and even ‘‘England.’’ They were created as a group by the newspapers, and this chapter examines the mechanism of their creation and ... the food stocks, andthe mood of the garrison The tactics of the Daily Mail captured the attention of the nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation of the town by emphasizing the danger that ... don’t know they know the public’’ (quoted in Koss Rise and Fall ) The Victorian cult of personality had moved into the press by the turn of the century, andthe military version of the focus...
... the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, north-east Spain and northern and papal Italy – are clearly within the Western and European purview.7 Ancient Greek philosophy, Jewish spirituality and ... on the mountain There is the hint in the Rembrandt that the seventeenth-century interpretation of Moses had him invested with more personal agency in the carriage of the laws; neither God nor the ... the rise of the state 6.1 The birth of the state 6.2 Legal diversity and universality in the emerging European states 6.3 The decline of the Christian commonwealth 6.4 The arrival of the state...