Browsing by Subject "Routledge"
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The acute effects of an intense stretch-shortening cycle fatigue protocol on the neuromechanical parameters of lower limbs in men and prepubescent boys
(2018)The study examined the differences between boys and adults after an intense stretch-shortening cycle fatigue protocol on neuromechanical parameters of the lower limb. Thirteen boys (9–11 years old) and 13 adult men ... -
Age alters cardiac autonomic modulations during and following exercise-induced heat stress in females
(2018)The aim of this study was to examine the effect of natural ageing on heart rate variability during and following exercise-induced heat stress in females. Eleven young (∼24 years) and 13 older (∼51 years), habitually active ... -
Age-related reductions in heart rate variability do not worsen during exposure to humid compared to dry heat: A secondary analysis
(2019)We conducted a secondary analysis to investigate whether age-related attenuations in heart rate variability (HRV) worsen during exposure to moderate, dry (36.5°C, 20% RH) or humid (36.5°C, 60% RH) heat conditions that ... -
Alex Deffner — Culture, Culture Where Are You Now? The Contribution of Culture in Urban Planning
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Are candidate countries converging with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria?
(2022)The Copenhagen criteria for EU accession are the essential preconditions that candidate countries must satisfy to be deemed eligible for membership. In line with the strand of the literature that focuses on candidate ... -
Are Greek school students flourishing?
(2018)Schools have a key role in promoting student social and emotional development and are encouraged to serve as a primary source of support, especially for those learners in need of special attention for addressing their ... -
Are Teachers’ Democratic Beliefs about Classroom Life Associated with Their Perceptions of Inclusive Education?
(2021)This study reports on Greek in-service primary school teachers’ perceptions of inclusive education and the extent to which those perceptions are associated with democratic beliefs about classroom life. In addition to ... -
‘Around the hut’: an archaeological ethnography around the experimental construction of a shepherd’s hut in Konitsa, north-west Greece
(2022)SUMMARY: This article reflects on the experimental building of a Vlach hut that took place in the 14th Summer School of the Balkan Border Crossings Network. The approach took the form of an archaeological ethnography and ... -
Assessing hostility in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
(2019)COPD is a disease that can adversely affect patients’ psychology. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether COPD patients feel increased hostility, and if hostility is associated with socio-economic factors. A ... -
Association between gross motor competence and health-related quality of life in (pre)schoolchildren: the mediating role of cardiorespiratory fitness
(2021)Background: Motor competence, defined as a person’s ability to execute different motor skills, is directly associated with children’s physical, mental, and social development and may be essential in encouraging an active ... -
Beneficial effect of computer-based multidomain cognitive training in patients with mild cognitive impairment
(2021)The purpose of the present study was to explore the effects of computer-based multidomain cognitive training program on Greek patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Forty-six patients with MCI were randomly divided ... -
Between pragmatism and rhetoric: a critical assessment of Greece’s defence and foreign policy in the 1980s in light of new primary sources
(2018)In contrast to other European countries in which the eighties were characterized by the cultural dominance of the ‘New Right’, Greek politics was dominated by the rise of the Greek Socialist Party (PASOK). Unlikely to the ... -
Bilingualism in Down Syndrome: A Greek Study
(2021)Children with Down syndrome (DS) present language deficits in all linguistic domains and their language development lags behind that of typically developing children. However, their receptive language skills appear to be ... -
Bridging the gap between multi-objective optimization and spatial planning: a new post-processing methodology capturing the optimum allocation of land uses against established transportation infrastructure
(2017)The optimal allocation of multiple land uses constitutes a complex multi-objective optimization problem with unknown feasible objective space and optimal planning alternatives. Despite the effectiveness of evolutionary ... -
Can young students think systemically about the environment? The case of pollution
(2018)This paper reports on the thoughts 6-year-olds and 9-year-olds have related to the serious issue of air and sea pollution. More specifically, twenty seven 6-year-olds and thirty 9-year-olds attending two state schools in ... -
The channels of the effect of government expenditure on the environment: evidence using dynamic panel data
(2017)This paper explores the relationship between government spending and environmental quality using panel data for 94 countries for the period 1970–2008. We identify and estimate three distinct channels that comprise the total ... -
Children’s thinking about environmental issues
(2018)Background: The conceptions that children develop about environmental issues are likely to form the basis of how they comprehend such issues, influence their behaviour towards the environment and, ultimately, determine the ... -
The Circle of Friends intervention: a research synthesis
(2022)This research synthesis investigates studies that evaluated a well-known intervention, the Circle of Friends (CoF)–which seeks to promote the inclusion of socially neglected students. The aim of the review is two-fold; ... -
City marketing and planning in two Greek cities: plurality or constraints?
(2020)The aim of this paper is to examine the relation between city/urban planning and city marketing / branding procedures through the analysis of Strategic Place Marketing implementation in two Greek cities, Larissa and Kozani. ...