• Childhood overweight and obesity and abnormal birth anthropometric measures are associated with a higher prevalence of childhood asthma in preschool age 

      Pavlidou E., Mantzorou M., Tolia M., Antasouras G., Poutsidi A., Psara E., Poulios E., Fasoulas A., Vasios G.K., Giaginis C. (2022)
      Objectives: Childhood asthma is one of the most common non-communicable diseases in the world. Several perinatal and postnatal factors have been associated with increased risk of developing childhood asthma. The present ...
    • Children with autism can express social emotions in their drawings 

      Kotroni P., Bonoti F., Mavropoulou S. (2019)
      Objectives: The study aimed to examine the ability of children with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) to depict social (pride and shame) vs. basic (happiness and sadness) emotions in their human figure drawings. Methods: ...
    • Chondrocyte protein co-synthesis network analysis links ECM mechanosensing to metabolic adaptation in osteoarthritis 

      Destouni A., Tsolis K.C., Economou A., Papathanasiou I., Balis C., Mourmoura E., Tsezou A. (2021)
      Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common structural OA disorders globally. Incomplete understanding of the fundamental biological aspects of osteoarthritis underlies the current lack of effective ...
    • Circulating tumor cells as prognostic biomarkers in breast cancer: current status and future prospects 

      Chantzara E., Xenidis N., Kallergi G., Georgoulias V., Kotsakis A. (2021)
      Introduction : Despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques breast cancer is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. CTCs play a crucial role in the metastatic process, which is the main ...
    • Clinical profile of severe asthmatics receiving biological treatment: see behind the scenes 

      Kotsiou O.S., Gourgoulianis K.I., Daniil Z. (2021)
      The clinical phenotyping of severe asthma could improve treatment outcomes, quality of life, morbidity, and mortality of asthma patients. The growing availability of rich clinical data could provide opportunities to address ...
    • Clinically reliable cognitive decline in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: Is it the tip of the iceberg? 

      Andravizou A., Siokas V., Artemiadis A., Bakirtzis C., Aloizou A.-M., Grigoriadis N., Kosmidis M.H., Nasios G., Messinis L., Hadjigeorgiou G., Dardiotis E., Peristeri E. (2020)
      Objectives: Cognitive impairment is common in multiple sclerosis, but the brain MRI correlates in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis remain controversial. The current study aimed to investigate whether cognitive decline ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) Consensus (CON) Group Meeting Proceedings 

      Agrawal R., Testi I., Mahajan S., Yuen Y.S., Agarwal A., Rousselot A., Raje D., Gunasekeran D.V., Kon O.M., Barisani-Asenbauer T., Kempen J.H., Gupta A., Jabs D.A., Smith J.R., Bodaghi B., Zierhut M., DeSmet M., Cluskey P.M., Agarwal M., Agarwal M., Aggarwal K., Agrawal M., Al-Dhibi H., Androudi S., Asyari F., Balasundaram M.B., Murthy K.B., Baglivo E., Banker A., Bansal R., Basu S., Behera D., Biswas J., Carreño E., Caspers L., Chee S.P., Chhabra R., Cimino L., del Rio L.E.C., Cunningham E.T., Curi A.L.L., Das D., Denisova E., Denniston A.K., Errera M.-H., Fonollosa A., George A., Goldstein D.A., Crosier Y.G., Gurbaxani A., Invernizzi A., Isa H.M., Md. Islam S., Jones N., Katoch D., Khairallah M., Khosla A., Kramer M., Kumar A., Kumar A., Nora R.L.D., Lee R., Lowder C., Luthra S., Mahendradas P., Makhoul D., Mazumdar S., Mehta S., Miserocchi E., Mochizuki M., Mohamed O.S., Muccioli C., Munk M.R., Murthy S., Narain S., Nascimento H., Neri P., Nguyen M., Okada A.A., Ozdal P., Palestine A., Pichi F., Rathinam S.R., Schlaen A., Sehgal S., Sen H.N., Sharma A., Sharma K., Shoughy S.S., Singh N., Singh R., Soheilian M., Sridharan S., Thorne J.E., Tappeiner C., Teoh S., Tognon M.S., Tugal-Tutkun I., Tyagi M., Uy H., Santos D.V.V., Valentincic N.V., Westcott M., Yanai R., Alvarez B.Y., Zahedur R., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2020)
      An international, expert led consensus initiative was set up by the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) group to develop systematic, evidence, and experience-based recommendations for the treatment of ocular TB ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Description of the Spectrum of Choroidal Involvement in 245 Patients with Tubercular Uveitis 

      Agrawal R., Gunasekeran D.V., Agarwal A., Carreño E., Aggarwal K., Gupta B., Raje D., Murthy S.I., Westcott M., Chee S.P., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Lord J., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Kempen J., Cunningham E.T., Rousselot A., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2020)
      Purpose: To contribute a global description of the spectrum of choroidal involvement in tubercular uveitis (TBU). Methods: Retrospective cohort study of TBU patients with choroidal involvement from 25 centers between January ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Descriptive Review of Tubercular Uveitis in Paediatric Population 

      Testi I., Agrawal R., Mahajan S., Agarwal A., Gunasekeran D.V., Raje D., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.I., Westcott M., Chee S.-P., Mccluskey P., Ho S.L., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Esposti S.D., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E.T., Kempen J.H., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2020)
      Purpose: To examine disease profile of tubercular uveitis (TBU) in Paediatric population. Methods: Among 945 patients of the retrospective multinational study by the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1, 29 ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 447 Patients with Tubercular Intermediate Uveitis and Panuveitis 

      Agrawal R., Betzler B.K., Testi I., Mahajan S., Agarwal A., Gunasekeran D.V., Raje D., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.I., Westcott M., Chee S.-P., McCluskey P., Ho S.L., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Esposti S.D., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E.T., Kempen J.H., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2020)
      Purpose: Tubercular intermediate uveitis (TIU) and panuveitis (TBP) are difficult to manage because of limitations in diagnostic tools and lack of evidence-based treatment guidelines. The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis ...
    • Comparative evaluation of metallic skin staples or polypropylene sutures for primary closure of teat wounds in sheep 

      Tsioli V., Spanos S.A., Bikiaris D., Grigoriadou I., Barbagianni M.S., Fthenakis G.C., Papazoglou L.G., Sideri A.I., Galatos A.D. (2019)
      Aims: To compare stainless steel staples and polypropylene suture material for primary closure of wounds after teat amputation in ewes and to assess progress of healing in the presence or absence of intramammary infection ...
    • Comparison of physiological and post-endovascular aneurysm repair infrarenal blood flow 

      Raptis A., Xenos M., Georgakarakos E., Kouvelos G., Giannoukas A., Labropoulos N., Matsagkas M. (2017)
      Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms results in redirection of blood through the deployed endograft (EG). Even though EVAR is clinically effective, the absolute flow restoration is not warranted. ...
    • Concentration of populations and economic activities, growth, and convergence in Europe using satellite-observed lighting 

      Tselios V., Stathakis D., Faraslis I. (2020)
      Using a unique data set of annual nighttime satellite images from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System, this article, under the assumption that the density of sum of lights is a proxy ...
    • Conditional time-dependent nonparametric estimators with an application to healthcare production function 

      Kourtzidis S., Tzeremes P., Tzeremes N.G. (2019)
      By using the probabilistic framework of production efficiency, the paper develops time-dependent conditional efficiency estimators performing a non-parametric frontier analysis. Specifically, by applying both full and ...
    • Contouring the Cataclysm: A Geographical Analysis of the Effects of the Minoan Eruption of the Santorini Volcano 

      Athanassas C.D., Modis K., Alçiçek M.C., Theodorakopoulou K. (2018)
      This study is a step forward in understanding the palaeoenvironmental effects of the Minoan eruption of Santorini (1627–1600 BCE). We employ geostatistics to produce a prediction map for the thickness of the tephra fallout ...
    • The contribution of genetic variants of SLC2A1 gene in t2dm and T2DM-nephropathy: Association study and meta-analysis 

      Stefanidis I., Tziastoudi M., Tsironi E.E., Dardiotis E., Tachmitzi S.V., Fotiadou A., Pissas G., Kytoudis K., Sounidaki M., Ampatzis G., Mertens P.R., Liakopoulos V., Eleftheriadis T., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Santos M., Zintzaras E. (2018)
      An association study was conducted to investigate the relation between 14 variants of glucose transporter 1 gene (SLC2A1) and the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) leading to nephropathy. We also performed a meta-analysis of ...
    • Contributions to stochastic models of manufacturing and service operations 

      Liberopoulos G., Heavey C., Helber S., Karaesmen F., Matta A. (2018)
      [No abstract available]
    • Covering dimension and ideal topological spaces 

      Megaritis A.C. (2022)
      In this paper we study dimensions of the type dim for the class of ideal topological spaces. We shall start from the classical definition of the dimension functions dim and dim*, continue with the dimension (Figure presented.) ...
    • COVID-19 and human reproduction: A pandemic that packs a serious punch 

      Anifandis G., Tempest H.G., Oliva R., Swanson G.M., Simopoulou M., Easley C.A., Primig M., Messini C.I., Turek P.J., Sutovsky P., Ory S.J., Krawetz S.A. (2021)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide health emergency that has impacted 188 countries at last count. The rapid community transmission and relatively high mortality rates with COVID-19 in modern times are relatively ...
    • COVID-19 Smart Diagnosis in the Emergency Department: all-in in Practice 

      Mouliou D.S., Pantazopoulos I., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2022)
      Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) diagnosis has been a major problem in most Emergency Departments (EDs) and other senior care facilities. Various clinical manifestations, and the several radiologic and ...