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The Greek Flutist Eurysthenes Ghisas. From the Athens Conservatory to the Vienna Court Opera
No full textConcerning the notable figures in the History of Modern Greek music, musicological research brings to light mainly facts about the life and works of composers who have left an oeuvre for future researchers and audiences. But there is an equally important field of research in the performance of a composition; therefore, due attention should be paid to the performers.This presentation will seek to acquaint the international musicological community with Greek flutist Eurysthenes Ghisas, an award-winning musician of international acclaim. From Athens, Ghisas had a brilliant career in Western Europe during the last decade of the 19th century. He was the principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and gave concerts as a soloist all over Europe.He was a unique, and rare artist because of his admirable career and success and the difficult conditions under which he was raised and educated. An orphan, he studied at the Athens Conservatoire as an orphanage inmate without the moral and material support of his parents and family. Moreover, the slowly developing Athenian musical life did not provide adequate stimulus or an artistic and intellectual milieu comparable to that offered by great Western European musical institutions, educational establishments, and musical ensembles with a long tradition.Despite all these difficulties, Ghisas managed to bridge the gap between the Greek and Western European reality and become one of the top flutists in late 19th-century Europe. This piece of research is original for the most part and is mainly based upon the Press of the time and archival material; it showcases significant docume
Parents’ experiences of uncertainty, (shared) decision-making and moral distress during their infants’ previous hospitalization in the NICU
No full textIntroduction: Having an infant hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful event for parents and involves ethically challenging situations. Conceptually distinct but closely related concepts of uncertainty, (shared) decision-making in an ethical dilemma and so-called ‘parental moral distress’ are topics that warrant further exploration.Methods: This was a prospective qualitative study that used semistructured interviews of seventeen parents (mothers) who had previously had an infant in the NICU. The study was conducted between February 2021 and August 2021. A thematic analysis of the data was performed. Results: The interview data analysis revealed factors affecting the mothers’ perceived uncertainty in the NICU context. The role of the family paediatrician was highlighted. Parental moral schisms were conceptualized as a split of the parent’s inner world and moral integrity due to completely inconclusive medical evidence—a phenomenon known as ‘uncertainty distress’. In addition, a ‘perceived parental moral schism’ was a situation where somewhat inconclusive medical evidence is perceived as completely inconclusive because of the parent’s values, emotions and beliefs. Furthermore, participants might have experienced parental moral distress (‘constraint distress’) because they were prevented from touching (caressing) their infants, providing milk for their infants, or prohibiting actions they deeply believed to be wrong. Neonatologists have shown ‘old-fashioned’ or subtle paternalistic attitudes. Importantly, mothers’ initial preferences for parent-centred decision-making finally changed to preferences for medical-team-centred decision-making. Parents’ deeply held spiritual and/or existential values gave rise to their preferences for greater involvement in the decision-making process. Barriers and facilitators of parental decision making emerged from the data analysis. Furthermore, barriers and facilitators of mothers’ trust in NICU physicians emerged from the analysis. Participants experienced guilt even for reasons beyond their plausible control. Participants in this study needed not only empathetic and informative emotional communication with health care providers but also empathetic communication with them. Ultimately, at the time of the interviews, the participants had mild lingering emotional reactions that were partly positive and partly negative.Conclusions: His study highlights the empirical factors associated with the concepts of parental uncertainty, parental decision making, and parents’ involvement in shared decision making. Furthermore, this study provides a better, two-tiered working definition of the term ‘parental moral schism’, which is critical to the phenomenology of the term. While many findings of the present study are in line with the findings of previous studies, some unique findings were revealed in the data analysis
Oral health awareness among pregnant women in Greece
No full textAims: To evaluate the level of knowledge and awareness of pregnant women about the importance of oral health, the quality of care and treatment received within and out of pregnancy period.Methods: This is a questionnaire based prospective study of pregnant women during a 12 months period. We collected data regarding the knowledge of 520 women on oral health care during their pregnancy and the level of their awareness in such health issues. Results: The 74% believed that they had a good oral health. Most women (80%), preferred to trust their dentist for any potential dental issue. In total, 237 women didn’t visit a dentist (either planned or emergently) mainly because they perceived their symptoms as not “important” enough (57%). The analysis regarding the association between aspects of health and education (chi-square test), shows that the higher the educational status of the women, the better the general health status (p0.001), and the oral health (p0.001). With respect to bleeding, while the association prior to pregnancy is not statistically significant (p=0.257), during pregnancy is significant (p0.001) with incidents of bleeding increased in the tertiary education group.Conclusions: During the last few years of economic crisis emergency services kept on a relatively decent level with easy access for all patients. Even though 89.5% of the women in our study had public insurance, just 34 % were aware that dental care is provided freely.
Απόφαση της 24ης Μαρτίου 2022
No full textΗ αποθήκευση αντιγράφου έργου για ιδιωτική χρήση στο υπολογιστικό νέφος εμπίπτει στην εξαίρεση της ιδιωτικής αντιγραφής.Το άρθρο 5, παράγραφος 2, στοιχείο βʹ, της οδηγίας 2001/29/ΕΚ του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου, της 22ας Μαΐου 2001, για την εναρμόνιση ορισμένων πτυχών του δικαιώματος του δημιουργού και συγγενικών δικαιωμάτων στην κοινωνία της πληροφορίας, έχει την έννοια ότι η φράση «αναπαραγωγές σε οποιοδήποτε μέσο», η οποία περιλαμβάνεται στη διάταξη αυτή, καλύπτει τη δημιουργία, για ιδιωτικούς σκοπούς, αντιγράφων έργων προστατευόμενων από τη νομοθεσία περί δικαιωμάτων πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας σε διακομιστή εντός του οποίου διατίθεται στον χρήστη χώρος αποθηκεύσεως από τον πάροχο υπηρεσιών υπολογιστικού νέφους.Η διάταξη αυτή έχει την έννοια ότι δεν αντιτίθεται σε εθνική ρύθμιση η οποία μετέφερε στο εσωτερικό δίκαιο την εξαίρεση που προβλέπει η διάταξη αυτή και η οποία δεν επιβάλλει στους παρόχους υπηρεσιών αποθηκεύσεως στο υπολογιστικό νέφος την υποχρέωση καταβολής δίκαιης αποζημιώσεως, για τη χωρίς άδεια παραγωγή αντιγράφων έργων προστατευόμενων βάσει της νομοθεσίας περί δικαιωμάτων πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας από φυσικά πρόσωπα που κάνουν χρήση των υπηρεσιών αυτών, για ιδιωτική χρήση και για μη άμεσους ή έμμεσους εμπορικούς σκοπούς, εφόσον η εν λόγω ρύθμιση προβλέπει την καταβολή δίκαιης αποζημιώσεως στους δικαιούχους. Βλ. σχόλιο Vasiliki Samartzi, Private reproduction of works in the cloud. The case Austro-Mechana v Strato AG
Το γλωσσικό ιδίωμα της Λάρισας
No full textΤο γλωσσικό ιδίωμα της Λάρισας, του Σταμάτη Μπέη, πρόλογος του Χρήστου Κλαίρη, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκης, 2023, 231 σελίδες, 15€, ISBN 9789601679419 (1η έκδοση)Το γλωσσικό ιδίωμα της Λάρισας, του Σταμάτη Μπέη, πρόλογος του Χρήστου Κλαίρη, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Πατάκης, 2023, 231 σελίδες, 15€, ISBN 9789601679419 (1η έκδοση
Η σερβική και βουλγαρική εμπλοκή στους βυζαντινούς εμφυλίους πολέμους του 14ου αι. Σύντομη επισκόπηση
No full textThe Serbian and Bulgarian Involvement in the Byzantine Civil Wars of the 14th Century. A Brief Overview The three civil wars of the 14th century mark an important point in the history of the later Byzantine empire. A particularly interesting aspect of these conflicts is the involvement of numerous foreign powers, including Byzantium’s two Balkan neighbours, Serbia and Bulgaria, on which this paper has focused. During the first civil war (1321-1328), fought between the ageing emperor Andronikos II and his grandson Andronikos III, the former secured the support of the Serbian ruler Stefan Uroš III Detsanski, while the latter concluded an alliance with the Bulgarian tsar Michael III Šišman. Both powers were able to benefit from their involvement by making small territorial gains at Byzantium’s expense. Further gains were made during the second civil war (1341-47) that broke out after the sudden death of Andronikos III over the guardianship of his nine-year old son and heir John V Palaiologos. Initially the Serbs, now under Stefan IV Dušan, sided with John VI Kantakouzenos, but in 1343 they switch sides to join the regency, headed by John V’s mother Anna of Savoy. By 1345, the Serbian ruler had extended his control over almost all of Macedonia west of Christoupolis (mod. Kavala) with the exception of Thessaloniki and Anaktaropolis. By the same token, in exchange of helping the regency, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria received vast tracts of Byzantine land in western Thrace, including the city of Philippoupolis. Nevertheless, thanks to the support of his Turkish allies, John Kantakouzenos emerged victorious from this conflict. During the third civil war (1352-1357), the Serbs and the Bulgarians joined sides with John V Palaiologos in his struggle against Matthew Kantakouzenos, son of John VI, but their forces were crushed by the Ottomans at Didymoteichon in 1352. Overall, it is clear that Bulgaria’s and Serbia’s involvement in the Byzantine civil wars, although significant, was by no means decisive for their outcome.
Very Small Embryonic-like Stem Cells (VSELs) - Overview
No full textWith the development of technology and the increase in quantity and quality of the available tool, regenerative medicine and stem cell technologies have managed to take big steps forward. It has become possible to identify and purify stem cells (SCs) populations, which have the ability to self-renew and differentiate into a variety of cells while intriguingly these cells display functional and molecular heterogeneity and have a developmental hierarchy. The first report of Very small Embryonic like Stem Cells (VSELs) came back in 2006 were described as a population of stem cells with a pluripotent potential in human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) and murine bone marrow (mBM). In this review, we collected and highlighted some of the most recent research on this cell population
Γνώμη επί προσχεδίου Π.Δ. του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικών σχετικά με την προστασία δεδομένων προσωπικού χαρακτήρα κατά την τηλεργασία στον δημόσιο τομέα
No full textΗ Αρχή εξέτασε προσχέδιο Προεδρικού Διατάγματος που υποβλήθηκε από το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών κατ’ εξουσιοδότηση της παρ. 1 του άρθρου 19 ν. 4807/2021 σχετικά με την τηλεργασία στον δημόσιο τομέα. Η Αρχή υπογράμμισε αφενός ότι το υποβληθέν προσχέδιο Π. Δ/τος επαναλαμβάνει ρυθμίσεις του ν. 4807/2021 και του ΓΚΠΔ, χωρίς να εξειδικεύει ειδικότερα ρυθμιζόμενα ζητήματα. Αφετέρου η Αρχή εφιστά την προσοχή στον καθορισμό του ρόλου του υπευθύνου επεξεργασίας σε σχέση με την προβλεπόμενη λειτουργία της διαδικτυακής πύλης τηλεργασίας στον δημόσιο τομέα. Ακολούθως, η Αρχή γνωμοδοτεί επί συγκεκριμένων άρθρων του υποβληθέντος προσχεδίου Π. Δ/τος.Συγκεκριμένα, παρατηρείται ότι το αρθρ.1 δεν αναλύει τα κατάλληλα τεχνικά και οργανωτικά μέτρα ασφάλειας και δεν καθορίζει επιμέρους λεπτομέρειες, ούτε εξειδικεύονται επιμέρους ζητήματα που αναφέρονται στο δεύτερο εδάφιο της παρ. 1 του άρθρου 19 ν. 4807/2021.Περαιτέρω, παρατηρείται ότι δεν εξειδικεύονται ορθά οι κατηγορίες υποκειμένων των δεδομένων στο άρθρο 4 και δεν διατυπώνεται με ακρίβεια οι κατηγορίες των δεδομένων προσωπικού χαρακτήρα (δεδομένα ήχου) που τυγχάνουν επεξεργασίας στο πλαίσιο της τηλεργασίας.Αντιρρήσεις εκφράζονται και σε σχέση με τη διαδικτυακή πύλη τηλεργασίας στο δημόσιο τομέα, ιδίως για το λόγο ότι δεν προβλέπεονται οι λειτουργικές απαιτήσεις και δυνατότητες της εν λόγω πύλης, ώστε να είναι δυνατόν να προσδιοριστούν, μετά από την διενέργεια εκτίμησης των επιπτώσεων στην προστασία δεδομένων προσωπικού χαρακτήρα, τα εφαρμοστέα κατάλληλα τεχνικά και οργανωτικά μέτρα ασφάλειας. Όσον αφορά τις υποχρεώσεις του υπεύθυνου επεξεργασίας, προτείνεται να επανοριοθετηθούν οι υποχρεώσεις έκαστου φορέα, ως υπευθύνου επεξεργασίας, με τις υποχρεώσεις της ΓΓΠΣΔΔ του Υπουργείου Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης, λόγω του ρόλου που αναλαμβάνει κατά την λειτουργία αυτής.Ακόμα, για λόγους ασφάλειας δικαίου και σύννομης επεξεργασίας δεδομένων κατά τον ΓΚΠΔ, συστήνεται, τα κριτήρια για τον χρόνο διατήρησης ή ακόμη και ο χρόνος διατήρησης των δεδομένων να προσδιορίζονται στο παρόν Π.Δ/γμα και να μην καταλείπεται στην πολιτική διατήρησης των δεδομένων της ΓΓΠΣΔΔ του Υπουργείου Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης.Τέλος, προτείνεται να προσδιορίζονται οι υποχρεώσεις της ΓΓΠΣΔ όσον αφορά τα δικαιώματα των υποκειμένων στο άρθρο 8 και να προσδιορίζεται ο λόγος αρμοδιότητας κάθε φορέα ως υπεύθυνου επεξεργασίας στο άρθρο 9
Is an immortal human being still a human being: Eustratius of Nicaea's response to radical Monophysitism
No full textEustratius of Nicaea wrote a treatise agains the Armenians, which includes a series of counterarguments to his own arguments. His opponents claim that the human being cannot be turned from mortality to immortality because this would entail the destruction of the human being. When refuting this argument Eustratius reinterprets Aristotelian terms and concepts