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61. A review of the legal framework in shallow geothermal energy in selected European countries: Need for guidelines

Author:
Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P.; Efthymiou, Loukia; Michopoulos, Apostolos; Mavragani, Amaryllis; Anđelković, Aleksandar S.; Antolini, Francesco; Bacic, Mario; Bajare, Diana; Baralis, Matteo; Bogusz, Witold; Burlon, Sébastien; Figueira, João; Genç, M. Serdar; Javed, Saqib; Jurelionis, Andrius; Koca, Kemal; Ryżyński, Grzegorz; Urchueguia, Javier F.; Žlender, Bojan
Source:
Renewable energy 2018
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; experts; geothermal energy; guidelines; laws and regulations; markets; Croatia; France; Greece; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland; Portugal; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Turkey (country);     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Over the past years, the installations of Shallow Geothermal Energy (SGE) systems are increasing throughout Europe, and it is indicating that a specific and detailed legal framework is necessary. Towards this direction, this paper consists of an overview of legislation issues on SGE at European level, based on concise reviews from fourteen countries, i.e., Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, L ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.007

62. Anti-proliferative and cytotoxic activities of Allium autumnale P. H. Davis (Amaryllidaceae) on human breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231

Author:
Isbilen, Ovgu; Rizaner, Nahit; Volkan, Ender
Source:
BMC complementary and alternative medicine 2018 v.18 no.1 pp. 30
ISSN:
1472-6882
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Allium; alternative medicine; antineoplastic activity; antineoplastic agents; breast neoplasms; bulbs; cell viability; cytotoxicity; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; human cell lines; humans; in vivo studies; metastasis; neoplasm cells; plant extracts; women;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Natural products obtained from plants can be potent sources for developing a variety of pharmaceutical products. Allium species have been widely studied for their anti-cancer effects and presented promising results as potential anti-cancer agents. Breast cancer (BCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed types of cancer in women. In this study, we aimed to investigate the anti-prolifer ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12906-018-2105-0
PubMed:
29370794
PubMed Central:
PMC5785833

63. Identification of wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies from Crete and Cyprus using DNA barcoding

Author:
Dokianakis, Emmanouil; Tsirigotakis, Nikolaos; Christodoulou, Vasiliki; Poulakakis, Nikos; Antoniou, Maria
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 94
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; DNA barcoding; Leishmania tropica; Phlebotomus papatasi; Sergentomyia minuta; barcoding; cytochrome-c oxidase; dogs; females; genetic relationships; geographical distribution; insects; islands; leishmaniasis; males; mitochondrial genes; monitoring; parasites; phylogeny; prediction; public health; risk; Crete; Greece; Middle East;     Show all 25 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites responsible for a group of neglected diseases called leishmaniases. Two sand fly genera, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia, contain species that are present in the Mediterranean islands of Crete and Cyprus where the visceral (VL), cutaneous (CL) and canine (CanLei) leishmaniases are a public h ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-018-2676-0
PubMed:
29454363
PubMed Central:
PMC5816364

64. Determination of acrylamide in food using a UPLC–MS/MS method: results of the official control and dietary exposure assessment in Cyprus

Author:
Kafouris, Demetris; Stavroulakis, Georgios; Christofidou, Maria; Iakovou, Xenia; Christou, Eftychia; Paikousis, Lefkios; Christodoulidou, Maro; Ioannou-Kakouri, Eleni; Yiannopoulos, Stelios
Source:
Food additives & contaminants 2018 v.35 no.10 pp. 1928-1939
ISSN:
1944-0057
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; European Union; French fries; acrylamides; adolescents; biscuits; body weight; breakfast cereals; carcinogenicity; detection limit; dietary exposure; exposure assessment; humans; laws and regulations; monitoring; neurotoxicity; potato chips; potatoes; solid phase extraction; tandem mass spectrometry;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... The determination of acrylamide in potato products, bakery products and coffee, and the human dietary exposure is reported. The method reported is based on a single extraction step with water, followed by the clean-up of the extract using solid phase extraction columns and finally, the determination of acrylamide using UPLC–MS/MS. The MS/MS detection was carried out using an ESI interface in posit ...
DOI:
10.1080/19440049.2018.1508893

65. Detection of areas susceptible to land degradation in Cyprus using remote sensed data and environmental quality indices

Author:
Kolios, Stavros; Mitrakos, Stavros; Stylios, Chrysostomos
Source:
Land degradation & development 2018 v.29 no.8 pp. 2338-2350
ISSN:
1085-3278
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer; Landsat; altitude; climate; desertification; digital elevation models; environmental quality; equations; land degradation; land use; multispectral imagery; remote sensing; risk; soil quality; vegetation;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study is an effort to adapt the general principles, methodological tools, and equations of a widely used Mediterranean desertification and land use approach (MEDALUS approach) in order to detect environmental sensitive areas susceptible for land degradation in Cyprus. For this scope, different remote sensed data and products (Landsat multispectral imagery and ASTER Digital Elevation Model) we ...
DOI:
10.1002/ldr.3024

66. Hidden diversity uncovered in Hygrophorus sect. Aurei (Hygrophoraceae), including the Mediterranean H. meridionalis and the North American H. boyeri, spp. nov.

Author:
Pierre-Arthur, Moreau; Jean-Michel, Bellanger; Renée, Lebeuf; Zacharias, Athanassiou; Antonis, Athanasiades; Herman, Lambert; Christian, Schwarz; Ellen, Larsson; Michael, Loizides
Source:
Fungal biology 2018 v.122 no.8 pp. 817-836
ISSN:
1878-6146
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Hygrophorus; North Americans; Pinus banksiana; Pinus brutia; Pinus contorta; Pinus halepensis; Pinus muricata; Pinus rigida; coasts; forests; internal transcribed spacers; lectotypes; loci; new species; phylogeny; Germany; Greece; North America;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... For many years, the binomial Hygrophorus hypothejus was widely applied to collections from various geographical regions in different continents, assuming a circum-boreal and circum-mediterranean distribution for this species. This hypothesis, however, had never been put to the test. To assess the diversity and species-limits within this complex of yellow-coloured waxcaps, a phylogenetic, morpholog ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funbio.2018.04.009

67. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Drilus Olivier, 1790 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) in Cyprus

Author:
Sormova, Eliska; Kramp, Katja; Kundrata, Robin
Source:
Zoologischer Anzeiger 2018 v.275 pp. 1-12
ISSN:
0044-5231
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Bayesian theory; Elateridae; adults; arginine kinase; barcoding; body size; color; females; intraspecific variation; islands; larvae; males; mitochondria; nucleotide sequences; phylogeny; probability analysis; Crete; Mediterranean region; Syria; Turkey (country);     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... The neotenic elaterid genus Drilus Olivier, 1790 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) contains more than 40 species distributed primarily in the Mediterranean region. The precise number of species remains ambiguous due to the insufficient taxonomic investigation in several areas. Herein, we study Drilus diversity in Cyprus and we recognize the following species: D. humeralis Pic, 1931, D. rectus Scha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcz.2018.04.001

68. The water balance components of Mediterranean pine trees on a steep mountain slope during two hydrologically contrasting years

Author:
Eliades, Marinos; Bruggeman, Adriana; Lubczynski, Maciek W.; Christou, Andreas; Camera, Corrado; Djuma, Hakan
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2018 v.562 pp. 712-724
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Pinus brutia; bedrock; canopy; coniferous forests; drainage; evaporation; gauges; geometry; heat; hydrologic models; meteorological data; mountains; rain; roots; runoff; sap flow; soil depth; soil water; stemflow; summer; throughfall; topographic slope; transpiration; trees; water shortages; water uptake;     Show all 27 Subjects
Abstract:
... Pines in semi-arid mountain environments manage to survive and thrive despite the limited soil water, due to shallow soil depths, and overall water scarcity. This study aims to develop a method for computing soil evaporation, bedrock water uptake and transpiration from a natural, open forest, based on sap flow (Heat Ratio Method), soil moisture and meteorological observations. The water balance of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.048

69. Assessing the efficiency of a coastal Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) system in Cyprus

Author:
Tzoraki, Ourania; Dokou, Zoi; Christodoulou, George; Gaganis, Petros; Karatzas, George
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2018 v.626 pp. 875-886
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; aquifers; chemical composition; copper; drinking water; groundwater; groundwater flow; hydrogeochemistry; irrigation; irrigation water; mixing; models; monitoring; nutrients; phosphates; ponds; sediments; sorption; stream channels; systems engineering; wastewater treatment; water quality; wells; Europe;     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is becoming an attractive water management option, with more than 223 sites operating in European countries. The quality of the produced water, available for drinking or irrigation processes is strongly depended on the aquifer's hydrogeochemical characteristics and on the MAR system design and operation. The objective of this project is the assessment of the operatio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.160

70. The Association Between APOA5 Gene Polymorphisms and Plasma Lipids in the Turkish Cypriot Population: A Possible Biomarker for Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Author:
Fahrioğlu, Umut; Ergören, MahmutÇerkez
Source:
Biochemical genetics 2018 v.56 no.3 pp. 176-187
ISSN:
0006-2928
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; alleles; biomarkers; blood glucose; blood lipids; blood serum; cardiovascular diseases; females; genotype; genotyping; glucose; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; males; polymerase chain reaction; restriction fragment length polymorphism; triacylglycerols;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5 or APO A-V) polymorphisms have long been reported to be associated with cardiovascular disease and plasma lipid levels. The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the rs662799, rs3135507, and rs2075291 with biochemical parameters in the Turkish Cypriot population. A total of 100 Turkish Cypriot volunteer subjects (53 female and 47 male), with ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10528-017-9836-3

71. Ancestry estimation of three Mediterranean populations based on cranial metrics

Author:
Kranioti, Elena F.; García-Donas, Julieta G.; Can, Ismail Ozgur; Ekizoglu, Oguzhan
Source:
Forensic science international 2018 v.286 pp. 265.e1
ISSN:
0379-0738
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; ancestry; biometry; computed tomography; computer software; crime; death; discriminant analysis; females; forensic sciences; males; nationalities and ethnic groups; principal component analysis; skull; transmission electron microscopy; Greece; Turkey (country);     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... The estimation of ancestry is an essential benchmark for positive identification of heavily decomposed bodies that are recovered in a variety of death and crime scenes. This is especially true when reconstructing the biological profile of the deceased as most methods for sex, age and stature estimation are population-specific. Ancestry estimation methods vary from traditional morphological assessm ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.02.014

72. Heavy metal contents of contaminated soils and ecological risk assessment in abandoned copper mine harbor in Yedidalga, Northern Cyprus

Author:
Barkett, MohammedOmer; Akün, Ertan
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2018 v.77 no.10 pp. 378
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; chromium; cluster analysis; copper; environmental assessment; exports; heavy metals; lead; polluted soils; pollution control; pollution load; risk; risk assessment; soil pollution; soil sampling; wastes; zinc;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Total concentrations of heavy metals in the soil from Yedidalga mine harbor, one of the biggest copper export facilities in Cyprus having produced large amounts of mine wastes, were measured to determine the total contents of Cu, Pb, Cr, Cd and Zn. The study also evaluated the level of contamination and assessed the potential ecological risk posed by heavy metals. Soil samples were collected and h ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-018-7556-6

73. Detection of foodborne viruses in ready‐to‐eat meat products and meat processing plants

Author:
Markantonis, Nikolas; Vasickova, Petra; Kubankova, Monika; Mikel, Pavel; Botsaris, George
Source:
Journal of food safety 2018 v.38 no.2 pp. e12436
ISSN:
0149-6085
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Rotavirus; Orthohepevirus A; pork; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; public health; humans; hands; meat processing; Hepatovirus A; monitoring; food industry; cross contamination; meat processing plants; reverse transcription; viruses; Norovirus; World Health Organization; ready-to-eat foods;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Several studies have confirmed the presence of foodborne viruses in different food products throughout the world. There is accumulating data suggesting that the economic burden of foodborne viral infections is rising, making the understanding and monitoring of their prevalence a necessity, for the modern food industry. The objective of this study was to examine ready‐to‐eat meat products and envir ...
DOI:
10.1111/jfs.12436

74. Chemical composition and insecticidal activity of edible garland (Chrysanthemum coronarium L.) essential oil against the granary pest Sitophilus granarius L. (Coleoptera)

Author:
Polatoğlu, Kaan; Karakoç, Ömer Cem; Demirci, Betül; Başer, Kemal Hüsnü Can
Source:
TheJournal of essential oil research 2018 v.30 no.2 pp. 120-130
ISSN:
2163-8152
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; Glebionis coronaria; Lemna minor; Sitophilus granarius; bornyl acetate; camphor; chemical composition; chemotypes; cluster analysis; essential oils; insecticidal properties; mortality; oils; palmitic acid; pests; phytotoxicity; salami;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... The essential oil composition and biological activities of Chrysanthemum coronarium L. from three locations in Cyprus were investigated. A total of 35 components were identified in the oils representing 86.2 ± 0.7%–93.8 ± 0.0% (n = 3) of the oils. Camphor 25.2 ± 0.1%–9.1 ± 0.3%, santolinatriene 21.7 ± 0.1%–3.6 ± 0.1%, yomogi alcohol 12.6 ± 0.1%–3.6 ± 0.1%, cis-chrysanthenyl acetate 10.7 ± 0.1%–6.8 ...
DOI:
10.1080/10412905.2017.1408501

75. The use of systems models to identify food waste drivers

Author:
Grainger, Matthew James; Aramyan, Lusine; Logatcheva, Katja; Piras, Simone; Righi, Simone; Setti, Marco; Vittuari, Matteo; Stewart, Gavin Bruce
Source:
Global food security 2018 v.16 pp. 1-8
ISSN:
2211-9124
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Bayesian theory; European Union; analytical methods; data collection; developed countries; food security; food waste; households; issues and policy; models; rural areas; students; young adults; Bulgaria; Greece; Latvia; Portugal;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... In developed countries, the largest share of food waste is produced at household level. Most studies on consumers’ food waste use models that identify covariates as significant when in fact they may not be, particularly where these models use many variables. Here, using EU-level Eurobarometer data from 2013, we use alternative analytical methods that avoid these problems (Bayesian Networks) to ide ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gfs.2017.12.005

76. Chemometric characterization of virgin olive oils of the two major Cypriot cultivars based on their fatty acid composition

Author:
Kritioti, Angelina; Menexes, Georgios; Drouza, Chryssoula
Source:
Food research international 2018 v.103 pp. 426-437
ISSN:
0963-9969
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; analysis of variance; botanical composition; chemometrics; cultivars; databases; esterification; fatty acid composition; fatty acid methyl esters; linoleic acid; models; olives; polyunsaturated fatty acids; principal component analysis; virgin olive oil;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The effects of the geographical region and the botanical origin of olive oils on the profile of fatty acids isolated from monovarietal virgin olive oils from Cyprus were investigated, in order to establish, for the first time, promising models for authentication and classification of monovarietal virgin olive oils produced on the island. The two dominant Cypriot olive cultivars, Cypriot (ladoelia) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodres.2017.10.064

77. Association between canine leishmaniosis and Ehrlichia canis co-infection: a prospective case-control study

Author:
Attipa, Charalampos; Solano-Gallego, Laia; Papasouliotis, Kostas; Soutter, Francesca; Morris, David; Helps, Chris; Carver, Scott; Tasker, Séverine
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 184
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Anaplasma platys; Babesia; DNA; Ehrlichia canis; Hepatozoon; Leishmania infantum; Mycoplasma haemocanis; antibodies; basins; blood; case-control studies; dog diseases; dogs; ectoparasites; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; leishmaniasis; lifestyle; mixed infection; pathogens; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; regression analysis; risk; scanning electron microscopy; sequence analysis; structural equation modeling;     Show all 26 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: In the Mediterranean basin, Leishmania infantum is a major cause of disease in dogs, which are frequently co-infected with other vector-borne pathogens (VBP). However, the associations between dogs with clinical leishmaniosis (ClinL) and VBP co-infections have not been studied. We assessed the risk of VBP infections in dogs with ClinL and healthy controls. METHODS: We conducted a prosp ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-018-2717-8
PubMed:
29554932
PubMed Central:
PMC5859779

78. Environmental and sustainability evaluation of livestock waste management practices in Cyprus

Author:
Lijó, Lucía; Frison, Nicola; Fatone, Francesco; González-García, Sara; Feijoo, Gumersindo; Moreira, Maria Teresa
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2018 v.634 pp. 127-140
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; acidification; anaerobic digestion; animal wastes; biogas; climate change; electricity; environmental performance; eutrophication; greenhouse gas emissions; human health; life cycle assessment; nitrogen; noise pollution; nutrient management; nutrients; operating costs; organic fertilizers; phosphorus; risk perception; social impact; surface water; water pollution; water reuse;     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to compare the environmental performance and sustainability of different management options for livestock waste in Cyprus. The two most common practices in the country, i.e. the use of anaerobic lagoons and conventional biogas plants, were compared with the innovative scheme developed in the LiveWaste project (LIFE12 ENV/CY/000544), which aims not only to produce bioenerg ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.299

79. First Report of Charcoal Rot Caused by Macrophomina phaseolina on Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Varieties Cultivated in Southern Spain

Author:
Casano, S.; Hernández Cotan, A.; Marín Delgado, M.; García-Tejero, I. F.; Gómez Saavedra, O.; Aguado Puig, A.; de los Santos, B.
Source:
Plant disease 2018 v.102 no.8 pp. 1665
ISSN:
0191-2917
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; Cannabis sativa; Macrophomina phaseolina; cambium; charcoal rot; chlorosis; control methods; crop rotation; crops; culture media; discoloration; disease incidence; field experimentation; fungi; genetic databases; growth chambers; hemp; inoculum; irrigation; mortality; necrosis; nucleotide sequences; pathogen identification; pathogenicity; petioles; photoperiod; polymerase chain reaction; relative humidity; sclerotia; sequence analysis; soil; stems; Italy; Spain; United States; Yugoslavia;     Show all 36 Subjects
Abstract:
... In June 2015 and July 2016, charcoal rot symptoms were observed in plants of different industrial and medicinal hemp varieties grown in two different fields located in southern Spain (Los Chapatales and Alcalá del Río, Seville). In Los Chapatales, disease incidence was 22% in variety Futura 75. In Alcalá del Río, the medicinal hemp varieties Sara and Aida (disease incidence: 25.5 and 37.1%, respec ...
DOI:
10.1094/PDIS-02-18-0208-PDN

80. Characterization and Botanical Differentiation of Monofloral and Multifloral Honeys Produced in Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt Using Physicochemical Parameter Analysis and Mineral Content in Conjunction with Supervised Statistical Techniques

Author:
Karabagias, Ioannis K.; Louppis, Artemis P.; Kontakos, Stavros; Drouza, Chryssoula; Papastephanou, Chara
Source:
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry (Online) 2018 v.2018
ISSN:
2090-8873
Subject:
Cyprus,   etc   ; European Union; acidity; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; barium; beekeepers; cadmium; calcium; chromium; cobalt; color; copper; discriminant analysis; electrical conductivity; harvesting; honey; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; mercury; mineral content; minerals; molybdenum; multivariate analysis; nickel; pH; salinity; silicon; supermarkets; total dissolved solids; vanadium; water content; zinc; Egypt; Greece;     Show all 39 Subjects
Abstract:
... Thirty-four honey samples donated by beekeepers and purchased from supermarkets were collected during harvesting years 2010–2014 from Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt. The aims of this study were to characterize honey samples and, if possible, to differentiate honeys according to the honey type on the basis of physicochemical parameter values, mineral content, and their combination using supervised stati ...
DOI:
10.1155/2018/7698251