Ames dwarf (Prop1 (df/df) ) mice are remarkably long-lived and exhibit many characteristics of delayed aging and extended healthspan. Caloric restriction (CR) has similar effects on healthspan and lifespan, and causes an extension of longevity in Ames dwarf mice. Our study objective was to determine whether Ames dwarfism or CR influence neuromusculoskeletal function in middle-aged (82 ± 12 week...

Declining interest in mathematics and the need to raise the educational standards of youth in this discipline set a critical agenda for the revision of pedagogical practices. Tablet PCs and other mobile devices hold a lot of promise as tools for improving education at all levels. The research discussed in this chapter comes from an ongoing, multifaceted program designed to explore the potential...

Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever by LightCycler Real-Time PCR, Elena Rossou, Anastasia Kouvatsi, Charalampos Aslanidis, and Constantinos Deltas ( Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; 2 Department of Molecular Genetics C’, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus; 3 School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thes...

A. Panayides1, M.S. Pattichis2, C. S. Pattichis1, C. P. Loizou3, M. Pantziaris4, and A. Pitsillides1 1Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 3Department of Computer Science, Intercollege, Limassol, Cyprus 4The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicos...

Pierre Vieyres, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Juan Sandoval, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Laurence Josserand, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Cyril Novales, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Marco Chiccoli, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Nicolas Morette, Laborato...

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Today’s complex cloud applications are composed of multiple components executed in multi-cloud environments. For such applications, the possibility to manage and control their cost, quality, and resource elasticity is of paramount importance. However, given that the cost of different services offered by cloud providers can vary a lot with their quality/performance, elasticity controllers must c...

Following the failure of the 2004 UN-led referendum, the entry of a divided Cyprus into the European Union has introduced an unprecedented anomaly within the Union’s system. This paper argues that this anomaly entails a complex pattern of contradictions between EU law and the European Union’s political perspective on Cyprus that has weakened both EU law and the European Union’s conflict-resolut...

Background and Aim: This is a retrospective epidemiological study, based on ICD-10 system, using statistical data from the Cyprus Statistical Service official archives. To estimate the spinal cord injury incidence and its characteristics like gender preference and hospitalization, in Cyprus people, over a 10-year period of time. The study investigated cases that have occurred within the territo...

1Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für theoretische Physik, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, 20 Kavafi Street, 2121 Nicosia, Cyprus 3Department of Physics, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus 4NIC, DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany 5Università...