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2. Globalisation Opportunities for VET: How European and International Initiatives Help in Renewing Vocational Education and Training in European Countries. Cedefop Research Paper. No 71
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Department for VET Systems and Institutions (DSI)
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In a highly competitive global landscape, occupations are transformed, new jobs are created and the skills needed for the labour market are constantly changing. European countries are looking at redefining VET [vocational education and training] to respond promptly to such challenges and take advantage of the opportunities ahead. They are reforming to modernise their VET systems and strengthen the relevance of their national qualifications in an international context. This publication explores national responses to globalisation in 15 countries and five economic sectors. It aims to understand how European and international initiatives help VET renewal across Europe. It shows how countries' reactions are embedded in their national traditions but also depend on their interactions with European, sectoral and multinational players that provide training and award qualifications. [The research was carried out by a consortium led by IBE Educational research institute and 3s Unternehmensberatung GmbH.]
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- 2018
3. Teaching Languages to Students from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds around Europe: Exploring Difficulties and Teachers' Beliefs
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Stathopoulou, Maria and Dassi, Petroula
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This paper presents and discusses the results of a study which investigated the needs, attitudes and beliefs of foreign language teachers of refugees in Greece and other countries of Europe. The research which was conducted in two phases, with the one being the pilot phase, involved approximately 120 teachers who commented on the difficulties that they face in contexts with students from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Students' trauma experiences, lack of schooling experience, behavioral problems, lack of specially designed materials catering for the needs of refugees, and of course the language barrier, were among the most frequently claimed problems. The paper ends with some empirically derived suggestions on how teachers could deal with the challenges related to this new reality.
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- 2020
4. Teens Challenged to Re-Think the Concept of European Identity in the Museum
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Trouli, Sofia
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Museums seek to be places for democratization, inclusion and polyphony. In this paper we present the multimodal conversations of the participating adolescents in the course of a museum pedagogical program in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete. The program's topic is Europe and the concept of European identity. Firstly, we prepare the ground through creating an environment of safety and confidence, and next, together with our groups we study the selected artworks, following the routines of 'Artful Thinking', which propose the development of critical thinking through specific questions. This process reinforces reflective thinking and skills of participating in a dialogue. Our aim is to describe and share how a museum through its collections and programs can constitute a space where democratic dialogue and healthy debate are cultivated. In this space, everybody is invited to participate in inquiring, reflecting on self, answering, sharing, with and through the art.
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- 2021
5. Measuring Competences for Democratic Culture: Teaching Human Rights through Religious Education
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Koukounaras Liagkis, Marios, Skordoulis, Michalis, and Geronikou, Vasiliki
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This paper aims to present research on measuring competences for democratic culture. It describes the development of a multiple-item scale that measures competences in teaching democratic citizenship and human rights through religious education. A principal component analysis based on the 135 items of the Council of Europe's Reference framework of competences for democratic culture was carried out in two phases, in order to construct and refine the scale. The result was a 52-item scale divided into six components. This was tested for its reliability, factor structure and validity; firstly on a sample of 123, and secondly on a sample of 403 secondary RE teachers (2018-19). The research scrutinises the concept of democratic competences as being the ability to mobilise and deploy relevant values, attitudes, skills, knowledge and/or understanding. It concludes that these competences are more complex structures than has been assumed.
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- 2022
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6. Mobility of Eastern European Citizens: Training and Development
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Kougias, Ioannis, Seremeti, Lambrini, and Kalogeras, Dimitris
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and present a higher education initiative towards the training and development of Eastern European citizens, who migrate to Greece, in pursuit of bettering their economic conditions and, simultaneously, become evolving social entities, adaptable to heterogeneous environments. Design/methodology/approach: Motivated by the motto "education for all", the initiative is based on data drawn from local and public authorities and interviews that were carried out with immigrants, mainly from Albania and Ukraine. Findings: This paper proposes a learning policy and training mechanism for foreigners and the establishment of a Mediator Office providing educational services. Research limitations/implications: Further efforts are necessary to improve the teaching content in order to be in full conformity with the characteristics and requirements of non-native learners. Practical implications: Some of the constraints hampering the implementation of this initiative are the lack of the necessary financial resources, the absence of legal framework, as well as the shortage of bilingual adult training and education instructors. Originality/value: There have been limited autonomous educational programmes concerning immigrants' lifelong learning provided by the Greek Ministry of Education, focused mainly on the Greek language and history learning. This work introduces a novel educational structure, which may be established in any higher education institution and which will involve anyone in any kind of subject, anytime and anywhere.
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- 2013
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7. EU Identity in a Westphalian and Multicultural Context.
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Gómez Arana, Arantza
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MULTICULTURALISM ,WESTPHALIANS ,HUMAN rights - Abstract
Copyright of Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto is the property of Universidad de Deusto and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2019
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8. On lifestyle trends, health and mosquitoes: Formulating welfare levels for control of the Asian tiger mosquito in Greece.
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Kolimenakis, Antonios, Bithas, Kostas, Latinopoulos, Dionysis, and Richardson, Clive
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MOSQUITOES ,INTRODUCED species ,ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ,DRUG side effects ,AEDES albopictus - Abstract
The expansion of urban ecosystems and climate change, both outcomes of massive lifestyle changes, contribute to a series of side effects such as environmental deterioration, spread of diseases, increased greenhouse gas emissions and introduction of invasive species. In the case of the Athens metropolitan area, an invasive mosquito species—the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)–has spread widely in the last decade. This spread is favoured within urban environments and is also affected by changing climatic trends. The Asian tiger mosquito is accompanied by risks of mosquito-borne diseases, greater nuisance levels, and increased expenses incurring for its confrontation. The main aims of this paper are (i) to estimate the various costs associated with their control of this invasive species, as well as its health and nuisance impacts, (ii) to evaluate the level of citizens’ well-being from averting these impacts and (iii) to record citizens’ and experts’ perceptions regarding alternative control measures. Evidence shows that experts tend to place a high value on mosquito control when associated with serious health risks, while citizens are more sensitive and concerned about the environmental impacts of control methods. The synthesis of results produced by the current study could act as a preliminary guide for the estimation of societal welfare from the confrontation of similar problems in the context of a complex ecosystem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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9. Nursing and Contemporary Migration in Greece.
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Theofanidis, Dimitrios and Fountouki, Antigoni
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HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,IMMIGRANTS ,HEALTH policy ,PSYCHIATRIC nursing ,REFUGEES ,TRANSCULTURAL nursing - Abstract
Introduction: As the burden of migration to Europe increases, Greece is in a critical geographical crossroad and despite its longstanding financial troubles, is now mapping new paths for coping with modern immigration influx via adhering to improved social status of refugees and migrants. In terms of access to health services by refugees and immigrants in Greece, it should be noted that the institutional framework concerning access has been relatively restricted until recently. Aim: The main objective of this paper is to explore factors associated with nursing and contemporary migration and also to present an overview of the European and Greek policies and initiatives to protect migrants' health. Method: A critical literature search was performed, seeking key material and benchmark policy statements exploring and explaining the complexities and the challenges associated with migration per se and the impact on people's health. Findings-Discussion: Findings are grouped and discussed further under five pillars, i.e.: Immigration in Europe in Recent Years, Configuring Europe's migration policy to address first migration rates, How is Europe securing migrant's health, Health care provision and utilization for migrants in Europe and Health care provision and utilization for migrants in Greece. Overall, it can be argued that the refugee crisis had a major impact on the Greek NHS and that the influx of forcibly displaced people raised critical issues concerned health care provision including services for mental comorbidities and psychosocial support. Yet, efforts are made to adjust policy and practice in the light of meeting health needs for migrants despite economic limitations, which are affecting both locals and refugees alike. Conclusions: Nursing, in this turbulent health provision environment is expected to provide health interventions addressed to migrants. As the spectrum of migration into Europe continues due to various political, social and financial complexities, the need for societal responses including appropriate policy implementation and relevant nursing education is essential. Thus, migration will continue to pose challenges to society and to health in Greece and beyond. Only through continuous attentiveness will it be possible to identify, and then avoid or reduce health disadvantages faced by persons with a migration background. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
10. The migration experience of Greece and the impact of the economic crisis on its migrant and native populations.
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Cavounidis, Jennifer
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CITIZENSHIP ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,MENTAL health ,PHYSICAL fitness ,POVERTY ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,NOMADS ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Background This paper provides the socio-economic context of the MIGHEAL study, the results of which are presented in this special issue. The aim of the MIGHEAL study was to compare the physical and mental health of the native and migrant populations of Greece in the wake of the economic crisis that commenced in 2008. Methods The background of the migrant population of Greece is described, drawing on population censuses of Greece and data on residence permits held by foreigners. Then the migrant and native populations are compared with respect to several socio-economic outcomes, using Eurostat data on unemployment and the risk of poverty. Results The settled migrant population of Greece is largely of Central and Eastern European origin, resulting from the massive migrant inflowsthat started at the beginning of the 1990s after the collapse of socialist regimes in the area. Before the economic crisis, migrant unemployment was lower than that of natives, but after its onset, the unemployment of migrants surpassed that of natives. Prior to the crisis, migrants were already subject to greater risk of poverty than natives, but the gap widened considerably subsequent to the crisis. Conclusion The Greek institutional framework has restricted access to citizenship for both first- and second-generation migrants while conditions for permit renewal are onerous, rendering citizenship an important factor differentiating socio-economic outcomes. The different outcomes observed among the native and migrant populations after the onset of the Greek economic crisis create concerns regarding health inequalities between the two populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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11. Simultaneous detections of Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius, 1801) (Cerambycidae, Dorcaschematini) in Europe.
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Ruzzier, Enrico, de Queros, Carlos R., Mas, Hugo, and Di Giulio, Andrea
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CERAMBYCIDAE ,CLASSIFICATION of insects ,WILDLIFE monitoring ,GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of insects ,BIOLOGICAL specimens - Abstract
Background: Europe has a long history of non-native species introductions given its central role in global trade in recent centuries. Currently, approximately two hundred cerambycid species have been found in Europe, as the result of introductions between and within biogeographical regions; still, despite better monitoring and stronger restrictions, the arrivals and spread of non-native Cerambycidae continue. New information: The aim of this contribution is to report and discuss the first European records of the nonnative longhorn beetle Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius, 1801) on the basis of three specimens recorded almost simultaneously in Spain and Greece, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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12. Differences in Anthropometric Parameters of Children in Six European Countries.
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Semánová, Csilla, Szőllősi, Gergő J., Ilyés, István, Cardon, Greet, Latomme, Julie, Iotova, Violeta, Bazdarska, Yuliya, Lindström, Jaana, Wikström, Katja, Herrmann, Sandra, Schwarz, Peter, Karaglani, Eva, Manios, Yannis, Makrilakis, Konsantinos, Moreno, Luis, González-Gil, Esther M., and Rurik, Imre
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STATURE ,BODY weight ,MIDDLE-income countries ,DEVELOPED countries ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,ANTHROPOMETRY ,CHILDHOOD obesity ,TYPE 2 diabetes ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,LOW-income countries ,RESEARCH funding ,BODY mass index ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Background: The databases of children's anthropometric parameters are often outdated, rarely representative and are not always available at an international level. Objectives: To present children's anthropometric parameters in six European countries that contributed to the Feel4Diabetes project and find country-specific differences. Design/Setting: The Feel4Diabetes study was performed between 2016 and 2018, targeting children in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary and Spain. The current study presents data from the baseline and the yearly follow-up anthropometric measurements. Subjects: In total, 20,832 measurements of children (48.7% boys) between 6 and 10 years of age were conducted. Main outcome measure: weight, height, BMI. Results: Belgian boys had the lowest body weight and height, while Greek boys had the highest body weight, and Finnish had the highest body height. The highest proportion of overweight (percentile above 85%) and obese boys (percentile above 95%) was in Greece, followed by Hungarian, Spanish, Bulgarian and Finnish boys. In contrast, Belgian boys had the lowest ratio in both categories. Among girls, Greece had the highest; Belgium had the lowest body weight; Finland was the highest in all age categories. The ratio in the overweight range was the highest in Greece, followed by Spanish, Bulgarian and Hungarian girls, who were second in the obese category. Finnish girls had lower and Belgian girls had the lowest ratio in both BMI categories. All the detailed data are presented in tables, and the trends are figures. Conclusions: Our study presents fresh and comparable anthropometric data of children between 6 and 10 years of age in six European countries, supporting the need for appropriate obesity prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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13. Integración europea y opinion pública en el sur de Europa: un análisis del eurooptimismo.
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Otero Felipe, Patricia
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PUBLIC opinion , *OPTIMISM , *POLITICAL parties , *IDEOLOGY , *POLITICAL science ,EUROPEAN politics & government - Abstract
This paper focuses on analysis of public opinion towards European integration in Greece, Portugal and Spain, countries known for their positive attitudes toward integration. In particular, the article analyses how public attitudes towards Europe have been formed in these countries. Secondly, it examines the determining factors of citizens' positive attitudes toward integration and shows the types of variables that are essential to understanding the differences between Greeks, Spaniards and the Portuguese. It also examines traditional euro-optimism in these southern countries. The findings show the relevance of identity and the various impacts of party platforms and ideology in attitudes of support for European integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
14. The Albanian Migration to Greece and the Refugee Crisis of 2015 from the Greek Perspective.
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Nikas, Christos and Aspasios, Dimitrios
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EMIGRATION & immigration ,SCIENTIFIC community ,REFUGEES - Abstract
Although migration has always been a timeless and volatile phenomenon, modern transnational movements of people have become a dominant topic of interest by constantly acquiring new characteristics that modify their evolutionary process. Europe is a geographical area that has been significantly affected by recent changes as a result of the evolution of migration flows of the last 30 years. The urgent need to initially understand and later implement evidence-based policies in order to sufficiently manage the migration phenomenon can be considered as the basic spark that led to the scientific blast of the 21
st century, focusing on the gradual development of migration studies. One of the most notable efforts of the scientific community was the use of the comparison method to examine, understand, and in some cases even forecast the characteristics of specific migration case studies, thereby forming the backbone of comparative migration research in general. Greece, due to its geographical position, has been unintentionally positioned, many times, inside the so called "ring of fire", as result of multiple factors and disastrous events that evolved mainly in its neighbouring countries, forcing massive, irregular migration flows to its external borders. The outbreak of the Albanian exodus in the early 1990s and the recent refugee flows of 2015 can be described as two major migration crises that have occurred in Greek's contemporary history, making their comparison a fruitful example of the potential capabilities of the above-mentioned method, contributing to a holistic study of the migration phenomenon in Greece. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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15. Founder effects on trans-generational dynamics of closed inbreeding lineages of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis.
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Çekin, Demet and Schausberger, Peter
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PREDATORY mite ,BOTANY ,HOST plants ,INBREEDING ,HORSE breeding - Abstract
Both close inbreeding and distant outbreeding may reduce fitness below the level of individuals with intermediate parental relatedness. In the haplodiploid plant-inhabiting predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis, which is patchily distributed within and among host plants, fitness is indeed reduced in the short term, i.e. by a single generation of inbreeding. However, in the medium to long term (multiple generations), distant out-breeding should provide for favorable demographic founder effects in isolated populations. We tested this prediction in isolated experimental lineages founded by females mated to a sibling (close inbreeding), a male from the same population (intermediate relatedness) or a male from another population (distant outbreeding) and monitored lineage growth and persistence over four generations. Cross-generationally, lineages founded by distantly outbred females performed the best, i.e. produced the most descendants. However, this was solely due to superior performance from the F
2 generation onwards, whereas in the F1 generation, lineages founded by females mated to males from their own population (intermediate relatedness) performed the best, as predicted from short-term in- and out-breeding depression effects. At the genetic level, this result was most likely due to distantly outbred founders introducing higher allelic variability and lower homozygosity levels, counterbalancing inbreeding depression, which inevitably occurs in isolated lineages, from the F2 generation onwards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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16. Individual and country-level determinants of nursing home admission in the last year of life in Europe.
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Stolz, Erwin, Mayerl, Hannes, Rásky, Éva, and Freidl, Wolfgang
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NURSING care facilities - Abstract
Background: Previous research has focussed on individual-level determinants of nursing home admission (NHA), although substantial variation in the prevalence of NHA between European countries suggests a substantial impact of country of residence. The aim of this analysis was to assess individual-level determinants and the role of country of residence and specifically a country`s public institutional long-term care infrastructure on proxy-reported NHA in the last year of life. Methods: We analysed data from 7,018 deceased respondents (65+) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004–2015, 16 countries) using Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression analysis in order to model proxy-reported NHA. Results: In total, 14% of the general older population utilised nursing home care in the last year of life but there was substantial variation across countries (range = 2–30%). On the individual-level, need factors such as functional and cognitive impairment were the strongest predictors of NHA. In total, 18% of the variance of NHA was located at the country-level; public expenditure on institutional care strongly affected the chance of NHA in the last year of life. Conclusion: On the individual-level, the strong impact of need factors indicated equitable access to NHA, whereas differences in public spending for institutional care indicated inequitable access across European countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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17. Health in crises. Migration, austerity and inequalities in Greece and Europe: introduction to the supplement.
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Eikemo, Terje A, Avrami, Lydia, Cavounidis, Jennifer, Mouriki, Aliki, Gkiouleka, Anna, McNamara, Courtney L, and Stathopoulou, Theoni
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MENTAL depression ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,HEALTH policy ,PUBLIC health ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,HEALTH & social status - Abstract
This introduction summarizes and discusses the main findings of the supplement 'Health in crises. Migration, austerity and inequalities in Greece and Europe' to the European Journal of Public Health. The supplement applies data from the ESS (2014) health module in combination with the MIGHEAL study, which is a new source of data on the Greek population specially designed to examine health inequalities among and between migrants and natives. This has enabled the authors of the nine articles that constitute this supplement to address several pressing issues about the distribution of health and its determinants in Greece and other European countries. The main finding of the present supplement is the exceptionally high rates of reported depressive symptoms across the whole population residing in Greece and particularly among women. Levels of unmet need for healthcare were also found to be alarmingly high in Greece compared with other European countries, suggesting that the crisis and subsequent austerity policies may have impacted the provision of healthcare services and access to healthcare for broad sections of the population, whether native or migrant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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18. Health inequalities among migrant and native-born populations in Greece in times of crisis: the MIGHEAL study.
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Stathopoulou, Theoni, Stornes, Per, Mouriki, Aliki, Kostaki, Anastasia, Cavounidis, Jennifer, Avrami, Lydia, McNamara, Courtney L, Rapp, Carolin, and Eikemo, Terje A
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MENTAL depression ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,NOMADS ,RISK-taking behavior ,SELF-evaluation ,SURVEYS ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,HEALTH & social status ,NON-communicable diseases - Abstract
This article presents the MIGHEAL study, which was developed in parallel with the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 7 (2014). Conducted in Greece in 2016 by the National Centre for Social Research, the study was specifically designed to further our understanding of how health varies by social status, focusing particularly on migrant status. In the current article, we report results on health status (non-communicable diseases, self-reported health and depressive symptoms) and health determinants (risky health behaviours, social determinants and access to health care) in Greece, among migrants and native-born. Estimates for the Greek overall population are compared with the European ones (using the ESS 2014 data) and discussed with reference to the ongoing economic and social crisis in Greece. The study provides evidence of social inequalities in health, complementing the pan-European documentation, and supports prior research, which has identified negative health consequences of the crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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19. Introducing Care Ethics into Humanitarianism Comment on "A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe".
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Kouki, Hara
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HUMANITARIANISM ,REFUGEES ,IMMIGRANTS ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,ETHICS - Abstract
Since 2015, the so-called refugee crisis has transformed 'humanitarianism' into a word devoid of meaning or value for European politics. By now, we all know there are numerous migrant populations in Europe living under inhuman conditions and denied their inalienable human rights; still, it seems futile to argue that equal value should be attached to all lives. Introducing care ethics into relief work calls to reflect upon humanitarianism differently, as a relationship between local communities, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) workers and refugees that is embedded in space and time and might be allowed to have a future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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20. HOVERFLIES (Diptera: Syrphidae) IN PROTECTED AREAS OF GREECE.
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LIKOV, Laura V., VUJIĆ, Ante А., and RADENKOVIĆ, Snežana R.
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SYRPHIDAE ,DIPTERA ,SPECIES diversity ,NATIONAL parks & reserves ,PROTECTED areas ,INNER cities - Abstract
Copyright of Matica Srpska Journal for Natural Sciences is the property of Matica Srpska, Department of Natural Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2018
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21. Systematic Raptor Monitoring as conservation tool: 12 year results in the light of landscape changes in Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park.
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Poirazidis, Konstantinos
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BIRD conservation ,BIRDS of prey ,LANDSCAPE changes ,BIRD breeding ,BIODIVERSITY ,NATIONAL parks & reserves - Abstract
Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park forms part of the Natura 2000 network in a region of Greece and represents one of the most diverse landscapes for raptors (birds of prey) breeding in Europe. It is adjacent to Bulgaria and Turkey and is a renowned biodiversity hotspot. WWF Greece established a Systematic Raptor Monitoring scheme in this area in 2001.This study summarises the results of the first 12 years of monitoring in the National Park. Overall, 25 to 27 raptor species were recorded by pooling data, of which20 species reproduced in the National Park. Raptors with continuous presence in the National Park exhibited stable, species-specific inter-annual variation. An average of 348±15.4 raptor territories were distributed throughout the National Park for all species. The Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) and the Shorttoed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) were the most common species year-round, followed by the Lesser-spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina) and Booted eagle (Aquila pennata). The Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus), Honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) and Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) exhibited a noticeable drop in population numbers over the study period. A significant new entry was the re-appearance of the Whitetailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which was recorded breeding again in the region after a 21-year absence. Species trends, along with their ecological traits, are discussed with respect to landscape changes in Dadia NP and minimum viable population and territory thresholds are proposed to outline essential conservation issues. Although a multi-year balance of the total number of occupied territories for all species was recorded, the number of common species increased compared to specialist species which had smaller, de-clining populations. The abandoning of traditional livestock farming, which induces an increase in closedcanopy forest coverage, might have led to the decline of the Lesser-spotted eagle, Long-legged buzzard and Honey buzzard numbers. Additional pressure is added from specialist forest dwelling raptors which are favoured by this change in habitat. The results of this study are expected to provide useful insights to facilitate conservation and management decisions about raptors and their habitat in this region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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22. Three new species and one new subspecies of Depressariinae (Lepidoptera) from Europe.
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Buchner, Peter, Corley, Martin, and Junnilainen, Jari
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LEPIDOPTERA ,DEPRESSARIA ,CLASSIFICATION of insects ,UMBELLIFERAE - Abstract
The species Depressaria albarracinella Corley, sp. n., Agonopterix carduncelli Corley, sp. n. and Agonopterix pseudoferulae Buchner & Junnilainen, sp. n. and the subspecies Depressaria saharae Gastón & Vives ssp. tabelli Buchner, ssp. n. are described. Depressaria albarracinella was first found in Spain in 1969 and recognised as apparently new but the specimens in NHMUK have remained undescribed. Additional Spanish material has been located in ZMUC and other collections and three specimens have been found from Greece. Agonopterix carduncelli. A single male of an unidentified Agonopterix of the pallorella group was found in Algarve, Portugal in 2010. A search for larvae in March 2011 was successful and one male and one female were reared from Carthamus caeruleus. Additional specimens of the new species have been located in collections from Spain, Greece and Morocco. Agonopterix pseudoferulae. A specimen from Greece with the name Agonopterix ferulae (Zeller, 1847) found in the Klimesch collection in ZSM had forewing markings which suggested that it might be a different species. Further specimens from Italy and Greece have been examined, among them two reared from Elaeoselinum asclepium (Apiaceae). Both genitalia and barcode show that this is an undescribed species. Depressaria saharae Gastón & Vives, 2017 was described very recently (Gastón and Vives 2017) from northern Spain with a brief description, and figures of two males and male genitalia. Here the new species is redescribed, and additional data on distribution and relationships of the new species added. The opportunity is also taken to show that Canary Islands specimens with the same male genitalia should be treated as a new subspecies D. saharae ssp. tabelli Buchner, ssp. n. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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23. Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans.
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Hofmanová, Zuzana, Kreutzer, Susanne, Hellenthal, Garrett, Sell, Christian, Diekmann, Yoan, Díez-del-Molino, David, van Dorp, Lucy, López, Saioa, Kousathanas, Athanasios, Link, Vivian, Kirsanow, Karola, Cassidy, Lara M., Martiniano, Rui, Strobel, Melanie, Scheu, Amelie, Kotsakis, Kostas, Halstead, Paul, Triantaphyllou, Sevi, Kyparissi-Apostolika, Nina, and Urem-Kotsou, Dushka
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NEOLITHIC Period ,MESOLITHIC Period ,HOLOCENE Epoch ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,CULTURE diffusion - Abstract
Farming and sedentismfirst appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. Conspicuous uncertainties remain about the relative roles of migration, cultural diffusion, and admixture with local foragers in the early Neolithization of Europe. Here we present paleogenomic data for five Neolithic individuals from northern Greece and northwestern Turkey spanning the time and region of the earliest spread of farming into Europe. We use a novel approach to recalibrate raw reads and call genotypes from ancient DNA and observe striking genetic similarity both among Aegean early farmers and with those from across Europe. Our study demonstrates a direct genetic link between Mediterranean and Central European early farmers and those of Greece and Anatolia, extending the European Neolithic migratory chain all the way back to southwestern Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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24. Interview with Mario Garefo.
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Rowlins, James
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MOTION pictures ,MOTION picture industry finance ,CINEMATOGRAPHY - Abstract
An interview with Mario Garefo, director of the motion picture "The Man Who Fed His Shadow," is presented. Topics discussed include the genesis and financing of the his film, cinematographic techniques used by him, and his views on the state of contemporary cinema in the European art films. It also discusses his views on film funding crisis.
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- 2014
25. From Bad to Worse? Reflections on the Crisis in Greece and in Europe.
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Lefkofridi, Zoe
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ECONOMIC conditions in Greece, 1978- ,EUROPEAN Sovereign Debt Crisis, 2009-2018 ,FINANCIAL crises ,DEMOCRACY - Abstract
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- 2014
26. Urban Identities and Catastrophe: Izmir and Salonica at the End of the Ottoman Empire.
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Bugatti, Emiliano
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DISASTERS ,CULTURAL identity ,CITIES & towns ,OTTOMAN Empire ,GREEK history, 1917-1944 ,TWENTIETH century ,HISTORY ,URBAN history - Abstract
Two huge fires dramatically influenced the urban development of Salonica and Izmir, in 1917 and in 1922, respectively. These catastrophes occurred after the Ottoman Empire fell, and Salonica and Izmir had shifted into new national contexts. The fires mainly destroyed the districts that were transformed during the late-Ottoman period. These districts became the cosmopolitan façades of modern Izmir and Salonica. The post-fires' tabula rasa provided an opportunity for Greek and Turkish politicians and European planners to change the urban identity of both cities. Moreover, the Lausanne Treaty of 1923 transformed their multicultural societies also. Reconstruction plans had been thought to de-Ottomanize and remove the previous idea of the towns and their multiplicity, interpreting new cultural and nationalist feeling. Here, I emphasize how modernity was interpreted before and after the fires, and point out contradictions between ideological aspects of planning and how the first urban districts were built during the 1920s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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27. Evaluation of Greek psychiatric reforms: methodological issues.
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Loukidou, Evangelia, Mastroyannakis, Anastasios, Power, Tracey, Thornicroft, Graham, Craig, Tom, and Bouras, Nick
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PSYCHIATRY ,HEALTH care reform ,MENTAL health services ,INSTITUTIONAL care ,JOB vacancies ,MENTAL health facilities - Abstract
Over the last three decades significant efforts have been made in many European countries to move away from a mental health system dominated by institutional care towards one whereby the main emphasis is on providing care and support within the community. Although the time of starting the reforms, their pace, the political context, and the exact objectives varies substantially across Europe, practically all countries have been undergoing such major reforms aimed at establishing services in the community to replace institutional based care. Each country makes its own decisions about the necessary mental health services taking into account a range of factors including population needs, level of resources, flexibility and coordination of organizational structures, as well as local culture. These factors become an integral element of a national mental health policy and action plan, closely linked with national public health strategies. Greece has been modernizing an outdated mental health system, which was based on institutional care, over the last 20 years, by developing community-based mental health care. This article describes the methodology used for the evaluation of the Psychargos programme of the mental health reforms in Greece. Various forms of communitybased mental health services have been developed including supported living facilities, community mental health centres and employment opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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28. Media and the Economic Crisis of the EU: The 'Culturalization' of a Systemic Crisis and Bild-Zeitung's Framing of Greece.
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Mylonas, Yiannis
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HEGEMONY ,ELITE (Social sciences) ,MASS media & politics ,CAPITALISM - Abstract
This article critically studies the hegemonic discursive construction of the EU's current (2012) economic crisis, as it is articulated by political and economic elites and by mass media. The study focuses on the political economy of the particular crisis and through the critical concept of reification, the study emphasizes the hegemonic naturalization of the economic crisis by the "free market" economistic ideology. The article problematizes the positioning of Greece as the "crisis epicentre" in Europe, understanding Greece as a scapegoat and as a laboratory where political strategies of capitalist restructuring of the EU are performed. Through the frame analysis of Bild-Zeitung's headlines on the coverage of crisis-struck Greece, the article discusses a) the "culturalization" of the crisis and the diversion from a structural public debate on the global economic crisis b) the disciplinary function of crisis' publicity, related to social control and the production of new, neoliberal social subjectivities c) the alienating effect of the culturalist crisis discourses to transnational publics, resulting to the misrecognition of the ideological and structural reasons of the given crisis, the misrecognition of the effects of the crisis and crisis-politics in people's lives, the misrecognition of popular socio-political struggles in countries worse struck by crisis politics, and the eclipse of transnational solidarity and identification to the common issues that European people in particular are facing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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