• Breastfeeding and overweight in european preschoolers: The toybox study 

      Usheva N., Lateva M., Galcheva S., Koletzko B.V., Cardon G., De Craemer M., Androutsos O., Kotowska A., Socha P., Moreno L.A., Manios Y., Iotova V., ToyBox-Study Group (2021)
      The benefits of breastfeeding (BF) include risk reduction of later overweight and obesity. We aimed to analyse the association between breastfeeding practices and overweight/obesity among preschool children participating ...
    • Cities competition, place marketing and economic development in South Europe: The Barcelona case as FDI destination 

      Metaxas, T. (2010)
      The aim of the article is to focus on the especially interesting area of South Europe and to present and points out the strategic development process, in one of the most representative examples of its successful implementation, ...
    • Colistin resistant mcr genes prevalence in livestock animals (Swine, bovine, poultry) from a multinational perspective. a systematic review 

      Valiakos G., Kapna I. (2021)
      The objective of this review is to collect and present the results of relevant studies on an international level, on the subject of colistin resistance due to mcr genes prevalence in livestock animals. After a literature ...
    • Complementary feeding and overweight in european preschoolers: The toybox-study 

      Usheva N., Galcheva S., Cardon G., De Craemer M., Androutsos O., Kotowska A., Socha P., Koletzko B.V., Moreno L.A., Iotova V., Manios Y., the ToyBox-study Group (2021)
      Complementary feeding (CF) should start between 4–6 months of age to ensure infants’ growth but is also linked to childhood obesity. This study aimed to investigate the association of the timing of CF, breastfeeding and ...
    • Creation and implementation of a European registry for patients with McArdle disease and other muscle glycogenoses (EUROMAC registry) 

      Pinós T., Andreu A.L., Bruno C., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Haller R.G., Laforêt P., Lucía A., Martín M.A., Martinuzzi A., Navarro C., Oflazer P., Pouget J., Quinlivan R., Sacconi S., Scalco R.S., Toscano A., Vissing J., Vorgerd M., Wakelin A., Martí R., Baruch N., Ortega F.J., San-Millán B., Vieitez I., Vavla M., Musumeci O., Scalco R., Hadjgeorgiou G., Zintzaras E., Zülow E., Haller R., Durmus H., Santalla A., EUROMAC Consortium (2020)
      Background: International patient registries are of particular importance for rare disorders, as they may contribute to overcome the lack of knowledge derived from low number of patients and limited awareness of these ...
    • Determinants of refugee and migrant health status in 10 european countries: The mig-healthcare project 

      Riza E., Karnaki P., Gil-Salmerón A., Zota K., Ho M., Petropoulou M., Katsas K., Garcés-Ferrer J., Linos A. (2020)
      In this study, we collect and synthesize information on the health status of the refugee/migrant population in ten European countries in order to map refugee/migrant health needs. With this information, we identify areas ...
    • The effect of covid-19 disease on the health and health services in six European countries 

      Charamis V., Mourtou E., Sarafis P. (2021)
      The consequences of Covid-19 disease were examined, and specifically the ways in which it has affected health indicators and health services in six European countries, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Spain. A ...
    • Effects of pesticides on exposed populations from four European countries 

      Piperakis, S. M.; Kontogianni, K.; Karanastasi, G.; Siffel, C.; Cebulska-Wasilewska, A.; Markos, R.; Iakovidou-Kritsi, Z.; Piperakis, M. M. (2008)
      The potential genetic hazard of pesticides to humans is of great concern, in particular in occupational and environmental settings because of their widespread use for domestic and industrial applications. In the present ...
    • Electronic traps for detection and population monitoring of adult fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) 

      Shaked B., Amore A., Ioannou C., Valdés F., Alorda B., Papanastasiou S., Goldshtein E., Shenderey C., Leza M., Pontikakos C., Perdikis D., Tsiligiridis T., Tabilio M.R., Sciarretta A., Barceló C., Athanassiou C., Miranda M.A., Alchanatis V., Papadopoulos N., Nestel D. (2018)
      During the last decades, the economic importance of tephritid fruit flies (FF) has increased worldwide because of recurrent invasions and expansions into new areas, and reduced control capabilities of current control ...
    • Evaluating hotel productivity growth in Balearic and Canary islands 

      Cordero J.M., Tzeremes N.G. (2017)
      This article examines the productivity of hotels operating in the two main sun and sand tourism markets in Spain, the Balearic, and the Canary Islands, from 2004 to 2013. In this manner, we can evaluate the impact of the ...
    • Evaluation of pheromone trap devices for the capture of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) in southern Europe 

      Athanassiou C.G., Kavallieratos N.G., Pardo D., Sancho J., Colacci M., Boukouvala M.C., Nikolaidou A.J., Kondodimas D.C., Benavent-Fernández E., Gálvez-Settier S., Trematerra P. (2017)
      The development of reliable monitoring techniques can offer valuable sources of knowledge on the control of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis and Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae). Nevertheless, there is a knowledge ...
    • Factors affecting biodiversity in agrosylvopastoral ecosystems with in the Mediterranean Basin: A systematic review 

      Plexida S., Solomou A., Poirazidis K., Sfougaris A. (2018)
      The biodiversity of Mediterranean agrosylvopastoral ecosystems has been extensively studied, because the Mediterranean Basin is a crossroad of biogeographical influences between cold temperate biota and subtropical species. ...
    • Financial crisis and hotels’ labour productivity growth: evidence from Spanish islands 

      Cordero J.M., Tzeremes N.G. (2018)
      The article examines hotels’ labour productivity growth over the period of financial crisis. We decompose hotels’ labour productivity into three components: technological change, technological catch-up (efficiency ...
    • Fitness Trends from around the Globe 

      Kercher V.M., Kercher K., Bennion T., Yates B.A., Feito Y., Alexander C., Amaral P.C., Soares W., Li Y.-M., Han J., Liu Y., Wang R., Huang H.-Y., Gao B.-H., Batrakoulis A., Chávez F.G., Haro J.L., Zavalza A.R.P., Rodríguez L.E.A., Veiga O.L., Valcarce-Torrente M., De La Cámara M.Á. (2021)
      Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to do the following: • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Mexico, Spain, and the United States • Recognize individual and unique ...
    • Geographical variation in therapy for bloodstream infections due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a post-hoc analysis of the INCREMENT study 

      Harris P.N.A., Pezzani M.D., Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B., Viale P., Hsueh P.-R., Ruiz-Garbajosa P., Venditti M., Tumbarello M., Navarro-Francisco C., Calbo E., Akova M., Giamarellou H., Oliver A., Almirante B., Gasch O., Martínez-Martínez L., Schwaber M.J., Daikos G., Pitout J., Peña C., Hernández-Torres A., Doi Y., Pérez F., Tuon F.F., Tacconelli E., Carmeli Y., Bonomo R.A., Pascual Á., Paterson D.L., Rodríguez-Baño J., del Toro M.D., Gálvez J., Falcone M., Russo A., Karaiskos I., Trecarichi E.M., Losito A.R., García-Vázquez E., Gómez J., Roilides E., Iosifidis E., Pournaras S., Prim N., Navarro F., Mirelis B., Origüen J., Juan R.S., Fernández-Ruiz M., Almela M., de la Calle C., Martínez J.A., Morata L., Larrosa N., Puig-Asensio M., Bou G., Molina J., González V., Bermejo J., Rucci V., de Gopegui E.R., Marinescu C.I., Fariñas M.C., Cano M.E., Gozalo M., Paño-Pardo J.R., Mora-Rillo M., Gómez-Zorrilla S., Tubau F., Tsakris A., Zarkotou O., Antoniadou A., Poulakou G., Souli M., Lowman W., Virmani D., Torre-Cisneros J., Machuca I., Gracia-Ahufinger I., Azap Ö.K., Helvaci Ö., Sahin A.O., Cantón R., Pintado V., Bartoletti M., Giannella M., Peter S., Hamprecht A., Badia C., Xercavins M., Fontanals D., Jové E., ESGBIS/REIPI/INCREMENT Group (2017)
      We describe regional differences in therapy for bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Patients (n = ...
    • Hepatitis a outbreak disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in the european union and european economic area, june 2016 to may 2017 

      Ndumbi P., Freidl G.S., Williams C.J., Mårdh O., Varela C., Avellón A., Friesema I., Vennema H., Beebeejaun K., Ngui S.L., Edelstein M., Smith-Palmer A., Murphy N., Dean J., Faber M., Wenzel J., Kontio M., Müller L., Midgley S.E., Sundqvist L., Ederth J.L., Roque-Afonso A.-M., Couturier E., Klamer S., Rebolledo J., Suin V., Aberle S.W., Schmid D., De Sousa R., Augusto G.F., Alfonsi V., Del Manso M., Ciccaglione A.R., Mellou K., Hadjichristodoulou C., Donachie A., Borg M.-L., Sočan M., Poljak M., Severi E., Parmentier S., Laisnez V., Reynaerts A., Mahieu R., Schirvel C., Vestergaard H.T., Nisavanh A., Jessen H., Michaelis K., Sissolak D., Thoulass J., Zimmermann R., Thornton L., Martinelli D., Cappelli M.G., Del Matto G., Chironna M., Bruni R., Borg M.-L., Aldir I., Nascimento M., Martins A., Aguiar B., Medina D., Fafangel M., Skaza A.T., Marinko J.S., Stojanovič D., Kurinčič T.S., Montaño-Remacha C., Fernandez M.G., Gomez-Barroso D., Vazquez S., Reyes N., Mandal S., Balogun K., Spiteri G., Takkinen J., Amato A., European Hepatitis A Outbreak Investigation Team (2018)
      Between 1 June 2016 and 31 May 2017, 17 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area countries reported 4,096 cases associated with a multi-country hepatitis A (HA) outbreak. Molecular analysis identified three co-circulating ...
    • Hotel productivity: A robust Luenberger productivity indicator 

      Tzeremes N.G. (2019)
      The article presents a robust version of the Luenberger productivity indicator. The proposed productivity indicator is less sensitive to potential outliers and extreme values. We apply the robust productivity index on a ...
    • Implementation of the Water Framework Directive: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives for an Ecologically Meaningful Classification Based on Phytoplankton of the Status of Greek Lakes, Mediterranean Region 

      Moustaka-Gouni M., Sommer U., Economou-Amilli A., Arhonditsis G.B., Katsiapi M., Papastergiadou E., Kormas K.A., Vardaka E., Karayanni H., Papadimitriou T. (2019)
      The enactment of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) initiated scientific efforts to develop reliable methods for comparing prevailing lake conditions against reference (or nonimpaired) states, using the state of a set ...
    • Initial psychometric testing of the coach-adapted version of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire: A Bayesian approach 

      Solstad B.E., Stenling A., Ommundsen Y., Wold B., Heuzé J.-P., Sarrazin P., Castillo I., Cruz J., Hall H., Papaioannou A., Duda J.L. (2020)
      The present study examined the psychometric properties of the coach-adapted version of the Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ) using Bayesian structural equation modelling (BSEM). The ...
    • Management of canine leishmaniosis in endemic SW European regions: A questionnaire-based multinational survey 

      Bourdeau, P.; Saridomichelakis, M. N.; Oliveira, A.; Oliva, G.; Kotnik, T.; Gálvez, R.; Foglia Manzillo, V.; Koutinas, A. F.; Pereira Da Fonseca, I.; Miró, G. (2014)
      Background: Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) caused by Leishmania infantum is a widespread endemic disease in SW Europe. This study was designed to determine how veterinarians clinically manage CanL in this region by analysing ...