Effects of immigration on population growth and structures in Greece - A spatial approach

From the early 1990s, Greece has been experiencing a strong immigration flow consisting of various nationality groups with different demographic profiles and structures. The immigrant population is not uniformly distributed spatially and consists of various nationality groups with different demographic behaviours. Therefore, the examination of the implications of immigration on the population size and structure at a low geographical level, according to the nationality composition of the foreign population, is useful in finding population structures which are impossible to observe otherwise. This paper examines the impact of immigration on the population size, age and sex structure of the population in Greek municipalities. In order to do this, statistical clustering techniques have been utilised to define homogeneous groups of municipalities with respect to the nationality composition of their foreign population as well as the impact of immigration on their size and demographic characteristics.

Knowledge of Greek adolescents on human papilloma virus (HPV) and vaccination: A national epidemiologic study

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to identify the sexual behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) focused on human papilloma virus (HPV) in the Greek adolescent population. The participants were 4547 adolescents, a representative sample for Greek territory with a mean age of 17 years. After written permission from Greek ministry of education each student completed a questionnaire with 36 questions. The fields covered were demographic characteristics, sexual life data, and basic knowledge on HPV. In the present study, 43% and 75% of the participants knew about HPV or cervical cancer, while more than 6 out of 10 did not know the association between the 2. More than 60% of the participants could not answer correctly neither about HPV infection and cervical cancer frequency in sexually active women, nor about protection methods against HPV and cervical cancer. This study shows that the low vaccination coverage of the Greek population may be due to lack of information and awareness of the adolescents and their parents. It is our duty to increase our efforts in order to better educate the population and vaccinate the population as early as possible in their reproductive years

FOREIGNS IN “TERRA DI LAVORO” DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

The presence of many foreigner merchants in “Terra di Lavoro”-Italy, during the Middle Ages drives civilisation historians to wonder about the role they had, what their culture and mentality were like, in which way they integrated with other foreign merchants (among which Greek, Rumanian and Hungarian ones), how they adjust themselves to native population and other Judaic ethny living in the wide territory way of living and customs.Economy, land use, planning, Amalfitans, Neapolitans, Pisans, Genoeses, Venetians, Florentins.

2. Athens: The Polis

Within the Greek city-states as they developed in the first millennium B. C . there were several different forms of government, ranging somewhere between the two extremes represented by Sparta and Athens. During the early period of their history the Spartans, who had conquered and reduced to serfdom the Laconians among whom they settled, chose to meet the increasing pressure of population by treating their neighbors to a similar fate, in this way becoming the largest of the city-states. After crushing a long and serious revolt, they turned themselves into a military society in order to maintain control over these subjugated peoples. [excerpt

Language attitudes and use in a transplanted setting: Greek Cypriots in London

In this paper we explore language attitudes and use in the Greek Cypriot community in London, England. Our study is based on an earlier survey carried out in Nicosia, Cyprus and we compare attitudes to language and reported language use in the two communities. We thereby highlight the significance of sociolinguistic variables on similar groups of speakers. We further extend our investigation to include codeswitching practices in the London community. \ud Analysis of language attitudes and use within the Greek-Cypriot population of London, and comparisons with findings in Nicosia, reflect symbolic forces operating in the two contexts. Despite obvious differences between the two communities, (most obviously the official languages and distinct cultural backgrounds of the two nations), the Greek Cypriot Dialect continues to play an active role in both. English is however the ‘default choice‘ for young Cypriots in the UK and Standard Modern Greek occupies a much more limited role than in Cyprus. It is argued that differences in language attitudes and use can be interpreted in light of different market forces operating in the nation (i.e. Cyprus) and the Diaspora (i.e. UK)

Validation of the Greek translation of the cognitive disorders examination (Codex) for the detection of dementia in primary care

OBJECTIVE: To validate the Greek translation of the Cognitive Disorders Examination (Codex) and to investigate its potential for implementation for the detection of dementia in the Greek population. / METHOD: Subjects aged ≥60 years with and without dementia, based on the diagnostic criteria DSM-IV-TR, were included in the study. Translation of the test Codex from French to Greek and back-translation from Greek to French were conducted to verify the validity of the translation. The Greek version of the Codex and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) were administered to 17 patients with dementia and 27 patients without dementia. / RESULTS: The median age of the participants was 82 years (range 61–93 years) for patients with dementia and 73 years (range 61–84 years) for patients without dementia. The average level of education was 9.0 years (range 2–20 years) for patients with dementia and 10.5 years (range 3–16 years) for those without. The average score on the MMSE was 15.7 (range 7–27) for patients with dementia and 28.3 (range 25–30) for those without dementia. The sensitivity of Codex for the detection of dementia was 94.1% and its specificity was 88.9%. / CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of Codex can detect dementia reliably. Its validation as a diagnostic tool for use in the Greek population will require testing on a larger sample of individuals

Data Analysis and Factors Correlation That Influences the Configuration of Urban Fabric in a Greek Middle Size City. The Case Study of Larissa.

The planning of space is a political process. It is a form social and political action that determines the way and the place where we will live. But who are these factors that shape the form of the city? Who are the data that influence the configuration of urban fabric? In our suggestion we will try to record the data and the factors, as well as their role in the configuration of urban fabric of a Greek middle size city. As such are usually comprehended the cities with population between 100 and 500 thousands of residents. The each city , small or big , is a unique case. The regrouping and generalisation become for charm of research. Among the data we have to report the below: - population - immigration - geographic place - topologike's peculiarities - technical infrastructures - mentality Also, the factors that they influence are: - economic - social - cultural - policies The example of Larissa Larissa is a formal Greek city of middle size with augmentative tendencies. Its population, in the inventory of 1991, was 113.090 residents while in the inventory of 2001 they are roughly 125.000 residents. It is found in central Greece, in the means of Thessalian plain and near of national road Athens - Thessalonica. The Municipality of Larissa does not have contact with the sea, but the city crosses of Penaeus river. Close by the city exists an airport of military service. The various districts of city are shaped concerning Penaeus river, the national road, the railway lines , the airport and of course the illegal building. The population in the neighborhoods of city is pull or repel by the reason of all the higher up , but also by the world that already lives in the region. All these has their role and these are that influences the configuration of urban fabric. Other than these least and other more. In any case , all these with the guidance of the government are that builds the modern cities where we see and live.

Population Exchange Museum in Immigrant Town Çatalca, Istanbul

In this study the author examines Çatalca which is a disctrict of province İstanbul emphasising the Population Exchange Treaty (1923). Çatalca has hosted many civilizations, with a history of 2500 years. The Population Exchange Treaty signed between the Turkish and Greek Governments in 30.01.1923 was the first of its kind in history because it was legalized by international laws, which enforced the citizens of the two countries be exchanged compulsorily on the basis of religion. Greek Orthodox Turkish citizens, and the Muslim Greek citizens were both forced to leave their houses and homelands. Çatalca was a residential area where Orthodox Greeks and Muslim Turks used to live together before the population exchange. The immigrants from Greece were settled in Çatalca in the residences left by the immigrants fromTurkey. Çatalca has 9 different protected areas and one of them is historical urban site in Kaleiçi neighborhood, which has unique traditional residential texture. In Kaleiçi there are significant civil buildings and architectural structures which need immediate restoration and preservation projects. Population Exchange Museum is located also in this neighborhood. The aim of the study is to evaluate the architectural and cultural heritage of the district in the context of population exchange and the story of how the Museum was founded in 2010

New Forms of Regional Inequalities in Greece: the Diffusion of the Internet Across Greek Regions

A large number of studies dealing with the evolution of regional inequalities in Greece insist to make use of improper and outdated indices. Indices such as the number of telephone lines per capita and electricity consumption per capita were suitable to describe regional inequalities during the previous decades however, nowadays, they present insignificant regional variations. Among others, the diffusion of the internet to greek regions, is a useful indication of their growth potential and technological capacity. There is no doubt that internet can powerfully influence individuals, places, societies and economies and these effects are likely to grow over the foreseeable future. Primary data show that there is a notable imbalance at national level in terms of per capita usage levels. The disparity of the internet access around the country has given rise to the issue of a national digital divide. This paper investigates and maps the differences in the internet penetration rate to population and businesses across Greek regions and proceeds to a preliminary identification of the determinants of this unequal Geography. Data limitations, and paucity of earlier research make this a challenging task.

Theoretical issues in the interpretation of Cappadocian, a not-so-dead Greek contact language

Cappadocian is a mixed Greek-Turkish dialect continuum spoken in the Turkish Central Anatolia Region until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s. Only a few Cappadocian dialects are still spoken in present-day Greece. Since the publication of Thomason and Kaufman’s Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics in 1988, Cappadocian has attracted the attention of historical and contact linguists, because of its unique mixed character. In this paper, I will discuss a number of theoretical issues in the interpretation of the linguistic structure of Cappadocian, focusing on the following topics: (1) the status of loan phonemes and loan morphemes in contact languages, (2) the distinction between code switching and code mixing in relation to Poplack’s Free Morpheme Constraint, (3) the schizoid typology of contact languages