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A 13- to 16-year clinical and radiological outcome study of the genesis II cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty with an oxidised zirconium femoral component

Papasoulis E., Karachalios T. (2019)

Purpose: The Genesis II Total Knee Arthroplasty with an oxidized zirconium (OxiniumTM) femoral component (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, TN, USA) was introduced in an attempt to reduce polyethylene wear and osteolysis. Methods: ...

2020 international consensus on ANCA testing beyond systemic vasculitis

Moiseev S., Cohen Tervaert J.W., Arimura Y., Bogdanos D.P., Csernok E., Damoiseaux J., Ferrante M., Flores-Suárez L.F., Fritzler M.J., Invernizzi P., Jayne D., Jennette J.C., Little M.A., McAdoo S.P., Novikov P., Pusey C.D., Radice A., Salama A.D., Savige J.A., Segelmark M., Shoenfeld Y., Sinico R.A., Sousa M.-J., Specks U., Terrier B., Tzioufas A.G., Vermeire S., Zhao M.-H., Bossuyt X. (2020)

This document follows up on a 2017 revised international consensus on anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA) testing in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis and focuses on the clinical and ...

2D nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon: Key role of low dimensional structure in favoring electrocatalysis and mass transfer for oxygen reduction reaction

Wan K., Tan A.-D., Yu Z.-P., Liang Z.-X., Piao J.-H., Tsiakaras P. (2017)

An ultrathin (thickness 1.0 nm) 2D nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon (2DNHPC) film is developed by the nanocasting method; for comparison, a 3D nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbon (3DNOMC) is also synthesized. ...

3D Co-N-doped hollow carbon spheres as excellent bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction

Cai S., Meng Z., Tang H., Wang Y., Tsiakaras P. (2017)

Non-precious materials have been considered as promising bifunctional catalysts towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In the present work, a three dimensional (3D) Co-N co-doped hollow ...

3D interconnected hierarchically porous N-doped carbon with NH3 activation for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Wang Y., Liu H., Wang K., Song S., Tsiakaras P. (2017)

In the present work, a novel metal-free ORR electrocatalyst, with large specific surface area (2600 m2 g−1), high content of N dopants (3.12 at.%) and 3D cross-linking hierarchically porous structure (abbreviated as LHNHPC) ...

Accessibility assessment of urban mobility: The case of Volos, Greece

Tsiotas D.K., Kalantzi O.S., Gavardinas I.D. (2017)

This article studies the spatial point patterns of the infrastructures' location of selected activities in the city of Volos, Greece, namely hotels, restaurants, banks and gas stations, comparatively with the maps of the ...

AcHEe: Evaluating approximate computing and heterogeneity for energy efficiency

Koutsovasilis P., Kalogirou C., Konstantas C., Maroudas M., Spyrou M., Antonopoulos C.D. (2018)

Energy efficiency is lately a major concern for computer engineers, at the levels of both software and hardware. A popular path is the exploitation of heterogeneity and accelerator-based systems, which combine different ...

Activities, motivations and satisfaction of urban parks visitors: A structural equation modeling analysis

Halkos G., Leonti A., Sardianou E. (2021)

This paper examines the structure of activities motives and satisfaction relating to visits to the Antonis Tritsis park located in metropolitan Athens. Structural Equation Modeling (hereafter SEM) is used to estimate how ...

Acute phase protein and antioxidant responses in dogs with experimental acute monocytic ehrlichiosis treated with rifampicin

Karnezi D., Ceron J.J., Theodorou K., Leontides L., Siarkou V.I., Martinez S., Tvarijonaviciute A., Harrus S., Koutinas C.K., Pardali D., Mylonakis M.E. (2016)

There is currently lack of information on the changes of acute phase proteins (APP) and antioxidant markers and their clinical relevance as treatment response indicators in canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME). The objective ...

Administration of exercise-conditioned plasma alters muscle catalase kinetics in rat: An argument for in vivo-like Km instead of in vitro-like Vmax

Veskoukis A.S., Paschalis V., Kyparos A., Nikolaidis M.G. (2018)

Maximal velocity (Vmax) is a well established biomarker for the assessment of tissue redox status. There is scarce evidence, though, that it does not probably reflect sufficiently in vivo tissue redox profile. Instead, the ...

Advertising expenses and operational performance: Evidence from the global hotel industry

Polemis M.L., Stengos T., Tzeremes N.G. (2020)

We investigate the impact of advertising on hotel management companies’ (HMC) operational efficiencies on a sample of 90 international HMCs over the period 2010–2019. We employ time-dependent conditional frontier estimators ...

Ag nanoparticles modified crumpled borophene supported Co3O4 catalyst showing superior oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance

Saad A., Liu D., Wu Y., Song Z., Li Y., Najam T., Zong K., Tsiakaras P., Cai X. (2021)

Herein, we report borophene decorated with Ag nanoparticles (Ag@B) as a support, which shows greatly enhanced oxygen-evolution-reaction (OER) performance for Co3O4 catalysts. The excellent OER performance of Co3O4-Ag@B is ...

An Agrobacterium rhizogenes mediated hairy root transformation protocol for fenugreek

Garagounis C., Georgopoulou M.-E., Beritza K., Papadopoulou K.K. (2020)

• This work describes a protocol for hairy root transformation of the medicinal crop legume fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.). Hairy root plant transformation mediated by Agrobacterium rhizogenes is an established ...

Alcoholic liver disease and autoimmune hepatitis: Sometimes a closer look under the surface is needed

Rigopoulou E.I., Gatselis N., Arvaniti P., Koukoulis G.K., Dalekos G.N. (2021)

Aims: Differential diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) incorporates various liver diseases, including alcoholic liver disease (ALD). We report on clinical, laboratory and outcome characteristics of AIH patients who ...

aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis

Fan R., Papatheodoridis G., Sun J., Innes H., Toyoda H., Xie Q., Mo S., Sypsa V., Guha I.N., Kumada T., Niu J., Dalekos G., Yasuda S., Barnes E., Lian J., Suri V., Idilman R., Barclay S.T., Dou X., Berg T., Hayes P.C., Flaherty J.F., Zhou Y., Zhang Z., Buti M., Hutchinson S.J., Guo Y., Calleja J.L., Lin L., Zhao L., Chen Y., Janssen H.L.A., Zhu C., Shi L., Tang X., Gaggar A., Wei L., Jia J., Irving W.L., Johnson P.J., Lampertico P., Hou J. (2020)

Background & Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic hepatitis. In this international collaboration, we sought to develop a global universal HCC risk score to predict the ...

Anaesthetic and genotoxic effect of medicinal plant extracts in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

Golomazou E., Malandrakis E.E., Kavouras M., Karatzinos T., Miliou H., Exadactylos A., Panagiotaki P. (2016)

Anaesthetic properties and potential genotoxicity of six essential oils extracted from the medicinal plants Origanum vulgare, Eugenia aromatica, Aloysia triphylla, Melaleuca alternifolia, Juniperus communis, Cinnamomum ...

An analytical framework to assess SDG targets within the context of WEFE nexus in the Mediterranean region

Malagó A., Comero S., Bouraoui F., Kazezyılmaz-Alhan C.M., Gawlik B.M., Easton P., Laspidou C. (2021)

Understanding the complex relationships amongst Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE nexus) together with the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical for the development of a sustainable and ...

Analyzing the determinants of terrorist attacks and their market reactions

Halkos G., Managi S., Zisiadou A. (2017)

The aim of this paper is to explore the determinants of terrorist unexpected events and if these events can affect economic markets. Based on the existing literature and the methodologies already been used, our purpose is ...

Anguillicola (Anguillicoides) crassus: Morphometric characteristics and pathogenicity in eels (Anguilla anguilla) in Greece

Kantzoura V., Sapounidis A., Kouam M.K., Kolygas M.Ν., Krey G., Koutrakis E. (2021)

Anguillicola (Anguillicoides) crassus is a swimbladder nematode parasite of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758). The present study investigates the morphology and pathogenicity of A. crassus in European eel, as well as, the ...

Anti-hsp60 antibody responses based on Helicobacter pylori in patients with multiple sclerosis: (ir)Relevance to disease pathogenesis

Efthymiou G., Dardiotis E., Liaskos C., Marou E., Tsimourtou V., Scheper T., Meyer W., Daponte A., Sakkas L.I., Hadjigeorgiou G., Bogdanos D.P. (2016)

In view of published data suggesting that Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is a trigger of multiple sclerosis (MS), we assessed anti-heat shock protein 60 (hsp60)Hp antibody reactivity in 129 MS patients and 48 demograpically-matched ...