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Hossios Loukas [monastère d']
No full textPariente Anne. Hossios Loukas [monastère d']. In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 116, livraison 2, 1992. p. 882
[Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe]
No full textPhotograph of a group of one woman and four men in Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe on 249 Procter Street. Three of the men behind the bar are identified as John D. Loukas (founder), Fred D. Loukas, and Lawrence Lyons (Cook). One man is sitting at the bar. Text below the photograph says "Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe Circa 1935.
Corporate Governance Rating and Family Firms: The Greek Case
No full textCorporate governance (CG) studies have mostly focused on highly dispersed corporations. However, there is an important need for research exploring the governance structure of family-owned firms. The main characteristics that distinguish the family firm from the other types of corporations are the presence of one or more controlling family and the involvement of the owners in the management. Family firm is the most common form of business in Greece. Hence, the governance structures and the performance of the family firms affect the growth opportunities of the capital market. The aim of the paper is to explore the main aspects of CG of family-owned listed companies in Greece. For this purpose, we apply a specific CG rating methodology, using five core CG criteria to distinguish family from non-family firms: shareholders' rights and obligations; transparency, disclosure of information and auditing; board of directors; CEO and executive management and corporate social responsibility and corporate governance commitment. The overall research objective of the study is to develop a CG rating methodology on the current state of corporate governance in Greece. Each firm is rated among the 120 total number of companies (both family-owned and widely- held). The results disclose the potential strengths and weaknesses of the existing corporate governance framework of the family-owned firms and provide specific policy recommendations.family firms, corporate governance rating, Greece
Hosios Loukas
No full text"Byzantine monastery 8 km east of Dhistomo in the foothills of Mt Helikon (nr anc. Stiris), Phokis, central Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century by the monk Loukas the younger (d ad 953), a healer and miracle-worker, the monastery has two unusually well-preserved churches, the Panagia or Theotokos (church of the Virgin) and the adjoining katholikon or main monastery church. The latter is famous for its lavish mosaics and wall paintings, which remain intact. Other monastic buildings of various periods survive.
The Life of Loukas, written after 961 by an anonymous monk, is the only record of the monastery’s foundation and first building period. According to the Life, a church, dedicated to St Barbara, was built during Loukas’ lifetime. A cruciform oratory was later erected over his grave and acted as a shrine. The translation of the saint’s relics into a ‘new church’, which is attested by commemorative hymns, occurred under the auspices of Abbot Philotheos, the dates of whose abbacy are unknown. Although the Theotokos church has been shown to be older than the katholikon (Stikas, 1972), the identification of these two buildings with the St Barbara church and the ‘new church’ respectively remains controversial.
Both churches are variations on the Greek-cross plan. The Theotokos is of the cross-in-square plan (c. 130 sq. m in area; see Church, fig. 6) with walls built in the cloisonné technique and white marble revetment around the drum of the dome. The lavish foliate and interlace sculptural ornament that appears on the capitals and templon barrier inside the church is comparable with the fragmentary marble revetment of the North Church (907) of the monastery of Constantine Lips in Constantinople (now Istanbul). The katholikon is the earliest known example of the Greek-cross-octagon plan (270 sq. m in area, excluding narthex; see fig.), with galleries on the second level. Large, reused blocks of marble from the ancient site of Stiris are incorporated into its cloisonné walling. Here, and in the Theotokos, motifs imitating kufic letters occur abundantly in the exterior masonry, a type of decoration popular in Greece in the 10th century. Inside the katholikon there is a shrine to Loukas, beneath which a large crypt houses his tomb and two others, probably those of abbots.
The mosaics and wall paintings of the katholikon are the most notable features at Hosios Loukas. A complex, hierarchical arrangement of scenes and portraits provides a comprehensive statement of Orthodox dogma. In the narthex, mosaic compositions represent the theme of death and resurrection: the Crucifixion and Anastasis frame a monumental bust of Christ over the entrance to the church, while the Washing of the Feet and Incredulity of Thomas appear at the north and south ends. There are standing Apostles in the soffits and medallions in the arches. The main body of the church or nave is dominated at the east by an apse mosaic of the seated Virgin and Child. Although wall paintings (1820) have replaced the original mosaic in the main dome, the sanctuary dome preserves an early example of the use of this space for a Pentecost scene. Three of the four squinches below the main dome retain scenes of great feasts of the liturgical year celebrating Christ’s incarnation: the Nativity, Presentation in the Temple and Baptism. Two scenes of miraculous salvation appear in the diakonikon, the chapel to the right of the sanctuary: the Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace and Daniel in the Lions’ Den. A great array of angels, saints, church fathers and holy men occupy all remaining vaults and lunette surfaces surrounded by lavish geometric and floral ornament in a gold ground. Notable among the portraits of saints are those in the north-east chapel, one on the south wall showing Philotheos, the founder, presenting Loukas with a model of the church, and two on the west wall of local saints, Nikon Metanoite and Loukas Gurniokiotes.
Wall paintings are also abundant and well preserved in the chapels and galleries of the katholikon and in the crypt. The funerary and baptismal connotations in the programmes of the north-west and south-west chapels, respectively, reflect their intended uses. In the north arm of the cross a remarkable painting of Joshua, in full armour before the archangel, survives on a wall that was part of the façade of the earlier Theotokos church, now part of the katholikon. The distinctive hieratic style of the mosaics differs sharply from the ornamental and precious quality of the mosaics at Nea Moni, Chios (see Chios, §2), and the lyrical, Hellenistic forms of Dafni. The rather heavy-set figures have wide, staring eyes and stiff, linear draperies.
The crypt, which houses the tomb of Loukas, has the most complete programme of wall paintings surviving from the Middle Byzantine period (see Early christian and byzantine art, fig. 42). Ten vaults of the crypt contain medallion portraits of warrior martyrs, Apostles and holy men, including three realistic portraits of contemporary abbots in the south-east vault, among whom is Philotheos. These portraits may be compared with a panel near the crypt entrance depicting three abbots standing in front of an assembly of monks. Around the walls of the crypt are eight lunettes with scenes of the Passion and Resurrection. The use of Classical proportions, white highlights and the circular stylizations of draperies encourage comparison with the 10th-century wall paintings in the New and Old Churches of Tokali (see Cappadocia, §2) and the Panagia Chalkion at Thessaloniki (1028; see Thessaloniki, §III, 6) as well as with such manuscripts as the Menologion of basil ii. The style is consistent with formalizing tendencies seen in the late Macedonian Renaissance. Although major differences exist between the wall paintings of the crypt and the mosaics of the katholikon, they have certain stylistic and iconographic similarities."plan (drawing), (above) shrine of Theotokos; (below) monastery church or 'Catholicon', early 11 th centur
The Garden of Eden or Vavilov's El Dorado? A review of recent thoughts on the origins of agriculture in East Asia
No full textA review of Corbett, West, and Lefevre (eds.), 2010, "People at the End of the World: the Wester Aleutians Project and the Archaeology of Shemya Island
No full textRadiocarbon Dating of the Architectural Parts of the Middle Byzantine Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Boeotia, Greece
No full textThe Monastery of Hosios Loukas is situated at an altitude of 430 m (38°23′43.12′′N, 22°44′48.22′′E) in the western foothills of Mount Helikon, near the village of Steiri, Boeotia, Greece. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine art and architecture and has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Information varies concerning the construction date of the magnificent church to house the Hosios Loukas relics. Moreover, little is known about the time when the rest of the monastic complex was built. This paper aims to shed light on these chronological questions. For this purpose, 15 wood samples, originating from the outermost rings of the wooden timber preserved from the initial scaffolding of the church and its four supporting buttresses and another two from the wooden gate of the monastery, were radiocarbon (14C) dated using the conventional gas-counting technique. Our results show that the church was built in the beginning of the 11th century. The four buttresses were built in at least two phases, during the 15th through 19th centuries, and the monastery gate may be also attributed to the 19th century. © 2017 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
Fast calculation of capacitances in silicon sensors with 3D and 2D numerical solutions of the Laplace's equation and comparison with experimental data and TCAD simulations
No full textWe have developed a software for fast calculation of capacitances in planar silicon pixel and strip sensors, based on 3D and 2D numerical solutions of the Laplace's equation. The validity of the 2D calculations was checked with capacitances measurements on Multi-Geometry Silicon Strip Detectors (MSSD). The 3D calculations were tested by comparison with pixel sensors capacitance measurements from literature. In both cases the Laplace equation results were compared with simulations obtained from the TCAD Sentaurus suite. The developed software is a useful tool for fast estimation of interstrip, interpixel and backplane capacitances, saving computation time, as a first approximation before using a more sophisticated platform for more accurate results if needed
The cultural context of biological adaptation to high elevation Tibet
No full textPermanent, year-round occupation of high elevation, low oxygen environments is next to impossible for human populations adapted to low elevation, high oxygen environments. Sustained human habitation of high elevation environments is therefore a comparatively late development in global human history. Though we are beginning to understand the biological differences between contemporary highland and lowland populations, we do not understand how, or when, these differences evolved. This paper presents a hypothesis for the historical context of human adaptation to the Tibetan Plateau. Archaeological data suggest that Neolithic agricultural groups living on the northeast margins of the Plateau expanded to the altitudinal limits of their farming systems by 5200 cal BP, but also to the limits of human physiological capacity for high elevation (at ~2500 m above sea level). With the introduction of novel, exotic domesticates (namely barley, wheat, and sheep), Neolithic agriculturalists started to push these limits, and in roughly 1600 years (by 3600 cal BP) small groups of people were living at higher eleva- tions and deeper into the Tibetan Plateau. This required and encouraged novel cultural solutions to high elevation settings, but also imposed heavy selective pressure on the physiological capacity for low oxygen environments. These new cultural capacities enabled people to move into a stronger environment of selection (above 2500 m above sea level) that favored the physiological capacities for life at high elevation, which in turn became more common across these populations. This hypothesis about bio-cultural evolution is testable with a combination of high-resolution archaeological evidence and high throughput sequencing of datable prehistoric human DNA
The evolution and future of international arbitration/ edited by Stavros L. Brekoulakis; Julian D. M. Lew; Loukas A. Mistelis.
No full textOpening speech at the SIA30 anniversary conference / Julian D M Lew -- Introduction : the evolution and future of International arbitration / Stavros Brekoulakis -- Paradigmatic changes : uniformity, diversity, due process and good administration of justice : the next thirty years / Filip De Ly -- Document production, witness staements, and cross-examination : the enduring tensions in International arbitration / Laurence Shore -- Evolution of case law in International arbitration / Sebastien Besson -- A weather map for International arbitration : mainly sunny, some cloud, possible thunderstorms -- The concept of seat in the New York convention and the autonomy of arbitral award / Stefan Kröll -- The use of investor-state arbitration as a De Facto enforcement mechanism for arbitral awards / Andrea K. Bjorklund -- Parties in International arbitration : consent v. commercial reality / Stavros Brekoulakis -- The Swiss perspective on prties in arbitration : "Traditional approach with a twist regarding abuse of rights" of "Consent theory plus" / Nathalie Voser -- Third party non-signatories in English arbitration law / Audley Sheppard -- Comments on parties in International arbitration : consent v. commercial reality by professor Stavros Brekoulakis / John Fellas -- A French view on the application of the arbitration agreement to non-signatories / Philippe Pinsolle -- Paralle proceedings involving objections to arbitral jurisdictions : a closer look at the presumed intention of the parties / Frederic Bachand -- Preclusion and the New York convention : Article V(1) (e) and converse-Article V(1) (e) / Donald Francis Donovan -- Anti-suit injunctions and other means of indirect enforcement of an arbitration agreement / Crina Baltag -- National court review of arbitration awards : where do we go from here? / Roman Khodykin -- Geography of International arbitration : where does the power lie? / Fidelis Oditah -- Expansion of arbitral subject matter : new topics and new areas of law / Fan Kun -- Emergence of new arbitral centres in Asia and Africa : competition, cooperation and contributionn to the rule of law / Mohamed Abdel Raouf -- The geography of International arbitration : places of arbitration : the old ones and the new ones / Andrea Calevaris -- Soft law and power / Paul Friedland -- A new approach to regulating counsel conduct in International arbitration / Michael Hwang & Jennifer Hon -- Conflicts disclosures : the IBA guidelines and beyond / Alexis Mourre -- The future of science and technoogy in International arbitration : the next thirty years / Robert H. Smit -- The uncertain future of the interactie arbitrator : proposals, good intentions and the effect of conflicting views on the role of the arbitrator / Michael E. Schneider -- Report : teaching in International arbitration / Norah Gallagher -- Critically thinking : International arbitration in context / Jan Kleinheisterkamp -- Constructing a "Suite" of International arbitration courses : sample LL.M course descriptions and some factors to consider / Jack J. Coe, Jr -- Most effective teaching methodologies for International arbitration : traditional teaching v. experiential teaching / Christophe Seraglini -- The proliferation of specialist LLM programs : the challenges they present, the development of programs, including specialized courses / Patricia Shaughnessy -- International arbitration scholarship : forms, determinants, evolution / Thomas Schultz -- The state of empirical research on International commercial arbitration : 10 years later / Christopher R. Drahozal -- Empirical research on International arbitrators : benefits and challenges / Michael Waibel -- Interpreting and understanding arbitral awards for purposes of scholarly research / Kaj Hober -- The interplay between empirical studies and commercial arbitration practice / Thomas J. Stipanowich & Marcio Vasconcellos -- "Literature review? What literature review?! : the influence of legal culture on scholarship in International arbitration / Remy Gerbay.1 online resource (545 pages)
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