Size resolved mass concentration and elemental composition of atmospheric aerosols over the eastern Mediterranean area J. Smolik, V. Ždimal, J. Schwarz, M. Lazaridis, V. Havránek, K. Eleftheriadis, N. Mihalopoulos, C. Bryant, and I. Colbeck Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic Technical University of Cre...

This paper presents a study conducted in the Region of Western Greece, in order to propose an overall planning for the development of broadband infrastructure in the Region of Western Greece. The current broadband status in the region is being described, while the results of a survey on broadband usage and demand are being presented. The paper proposes some Recommendations that should be adopte...

The Greek National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria is a major source of tuberculosis (TB)-related data for Greece, where the TB burden and epidemiology still need to be better defined. We present data regarding newly diagnosed TB cases and resistance to anti-TB drugs during the last 15 years in Greece. Although the total number of newly detected TB cases has declined, cases among immigran...

1Institute of Agrobiotechnology, Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece; 2Hematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; 3Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 4Hematology Department, Nikea General Hospital, Athens, Greece; 5HLA Tissue Typing, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine...

S. Foteinopoulou,1,2 M. Kafesaki,2,3 E. N. Economou,2,4 and C. M. Soukoulis2,3,5 1School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom 2Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, GR-71110 Crete, Greece 3Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete...

OBJECTIVE To describe the events leading to the epidemic of congenital rubella syndrome in Greece in 1993 after a major rubella epidemic. DESIGN Retrospective survey and systematic review. SETTING Greece (population 10 million), 1950-95. SUBJECTS Children, adolescents, and women of childbearing age. RESULTS Around 1975 in Greece the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine started being give...

Greece is located between parallels 340 and 420 of the Northern Hemisphere. It is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, bordering the eastern Mediterranean. The country covers an area of about 131,000 km, the coastline of which extends to 13,676 km and it corresponds to half of the total Mediterranean coastline. The Greek islands are estimated a...