Repatriated students in Cyprus and their prospects for tertiary education

Tertiary education is highly valued in Cyprus and this is witnessed in the proportion of high-school graduates (69% in the academic year 1999-2000) that continue their education in tertiary level institutions both in Cyprus and abroad. As a result of this demand for higher education, there are numerous state and private institutions that cater to the needs of high-school graduates. The purpose of this study is to examine whether this plethora of opportunities for tertiary education is equally accessible to all social groups in Cyprus and in particular to repatriated students. The sample consisted of repatriated students at the secondary level of education and their parents as well as repatriated students at the tertiary level. Factors that can account for the fact that repatriated students do not enjoy equal access to certain institutions were identified and discussed. Repatriated students seem to be at a disadvantage, mainly due to their limited competence in Greek, which is the language of instruction in quite a few reputable institutions of tertiary education in Cyprus and Greece. This partial exclusion from higher education reflects the limited support that the state provides to this group, which in turn creates a feeling of discontent among repatriated Cypriots.peer-reviewe

The degree of dialectal transference by Cypriots in a strict Standard Modern Greek context

This study seeks to quantify the prevalence of the local dialect in the environment of the school – an environment in which the sole use of Standard Modern Greek is strictly enforced. Linguistic data were collected from rural and urban areas and both the oral and written production of students was analysed. Dialectal transference was measured in terms of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon. The results revealed that the highest degree of transference in speech occurred in morphology, followed by phonology, lexicon and syntax. In writing, lexical and morphological transference were most common, with syntactic transference occurring only rarely

Analysis of the application of the Black- Scholes model on the FTSE/ASE-20 stock options of the Athens Derivatives Exchange

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Geographic Trends of Tobacco-Related Cancers in Cyprus

BACKGROUND: Causal relationships have been previously established between smoking and various cancers. In Cyprus, 39 % of men and 14 % of women reported daily smoking in 2008. The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of tobacco-related cancers to all other cancers by district and rural-urban classification to understand the impact of tobacco in Cyprus. METHODS: Data on lung, urinary bladder, oral, pharyngeal, head/neck, and laryngeal cancers were obtained from the Cyprus Cancer Registry (1998-2008). There were 3,635 patients with tobacco-related cancers and 18,780 with non-tobacco cancers. Univariate analysis comparing tobacco-related cancers and all other cancers were conducted with regards to age at diagnosis, age groups, sex, smoking status, disease stage, and rural/urban status, with a p-value of 0.05 considered significant. Smoking prevalence, lung cancer, and bladder cancer rates of Cyprus were also compared to a number of other European countries. RESULTS: Patients with tobacco-related cancers were older than those with non-tobacco cancers (mean age 67.2 ± 12.4 vs. 62.4 ± 17.1, p \u3c 0.0001). Among those with tobacco-related cancers, 80.1 % were male compared to 45.4 % males with other cancer types. The proportion of ever smokers was higher among males compared to females in urban and rural districts. Sub-districts 41 (Age Adjusted Rate (AAR) 41.9, 95 % CI: 35.7-48.1), 60 (AAR 40.3, 95 % CI: 35.2-45.3), and 50 (AAR 36.3, 95 % CI: 33.8-38.7) had the highest rates of tobacco-related cancers. The overall tobacco-related cancer rate was the highest among males in urban districts (AAR 60.8, 95 % CI: 58.2-63.5). Among tobacco-related cancers, lung cancer had the highest overall AAR (17.9 per 100,000) while head and neck cancer had the lowest overall AAR (5.3 per 100,000). Additionally, even though Cypriot males aged 65-69 years old exhibited higher smoking prevalence than other European countries, the overall lung and bladder cancer rates were lower in Cyprus. CONCLUSION: Despite the high proportion of smokers in Cyprus, cancer rates are low compared to other countries. Future in-depth measurements of relevant risk factors and smoking exposure can help understand this phenomenon and provide insights for cancer prevention

Cypriot Greek

Pavlou Pavlos. Cypriot Greek. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 90, fasc. 3, 2012. Langues et littératures modernes. Moderne taal en letterkunde. pp. 967-971

The use of dialectal and foreign language elements in radio commercials and their function in the construction of contemporary Cypriot identity

Les recherches en publicité suggèrent qu’il existe un lien de réciprocité entre la publicité et la société et que la publicité est un outil idéologique qui reflète et construit des modèles d’identité, des images idéalisées et des relations sociales. Les événements historiques et socio-politiques récents ont influencé l’identité des Chypriotes grecs de manière décisive, conduisant à la création d’identités multiples. Le but de cette étude est de présenter l’approche du texte publicitaire face à ces identités sociales multiples et d’analyser l’interaction entre publicité et émergence identitaire. En y examinant la présence et la fonction des éléments dialectaux et/ou appartenant à des langues étrangères, nous allons montrer que les codes linguistiques employés dans les publicités radiophoniques reflètent et construisent l’identité chypriote grecque contemporaine désirée, sous de multiples facettes.Pavlou Pavlos. The use of dialectal and foreign language elements in radio commercials and their function in the construction of contemporary Cypriot identity . In: Méditerranée : Ruptures et Continuités. Actes du colloque tenu à Nicosie les 20-22 octobre 2001, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Université de Chypre. Lyon : Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, 2003. pp. 175-183. (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen, 37

Testing Oral Proficiency in Greek as a Foreign Language

The increased interest in learning Greek as a Foreign Language (GFL) has brought with it the need of standardised tests in Greek in all skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and at all levels. This paper proposes a SOPI (Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview) as an appropriate instrument for testing oral proficiency in GFL. The structure, the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed SOPI is described and discussed. Moreover, the proposed SOPI is compared with the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) which is currently the most popular instrument for testing oral proficiency

The application of quality award driven assessment models in the health care sector

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