COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICITY: THE LAST HOPE FOR ADDRESSING INTERNAL VIOLENCE AGAINST REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S STAYING IN CAMPS

With no doubt, all refugees and immigrants staying in camps are suffering for many reasons. Every individual who lives in camps under poverty and stressful situation everywhere on earth is suffering. This is something that happens in Greek camps as well. Among individuals who stay at camps women experience the greatest danger. They are at great risk as they may be victims of rapes, as they stay for hours alone at containers looking after the "housekeeping" and children nurturing, as they live in fear and danger for many reasons. Within this framework, communication and publicity of hazard situation that exists in the camps is considered the last hope for addressing internal violence against refugee and immigrant women’s staying there. Communication and publicity of the particular problem may wake up those who are responsible for this situation and the defense of human rights. They have to do all necessary for the sooner and best resolution of this mess.  Article visualizations

CONTRIBUTION TO HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PLIO-PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS OF THRIASSION PLAIN OF ATTICA

Η γεωλογική δομή της ευρύτερης περιοχής του Θριασίου Πεδίου είναι σε γενικές γραμμές πολύπλοκη και έχει επηρεασθεί σε διάφορες περιόδους από σύνθετες τεκτονικές δράσεις και τελευταία από την νεοτεκτονική, η οποία έχει δημιουργήσει πολύ σύνθετες δομές κεράτων και βυθισμάτων. Η γεωλογική και τεκτονική δομή έχει επηρεάσει τις υδρογεωλογικές συνθήκες και την κίνηση του υπόγειου νερού. Τα υδραυλικά χαρακτηριστικά των πλειολειστοκαινικών ιζημάτων διαφέρουν από θέση νσε θέση. Σε αυτό το άρθρο παρουσιάζονται αποτελέσματα αντλητικών δοκιμασιών που πραγματοποιήθηκαν στις πλειο πλειστοκαινικές αποθέσεις και προσδιορίσθηκαν τα υδραυλικά χαρακτηριστικά τους. Οι αντλήσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν σε 8 πηγάδια και εφαρμόσθηκαν οι μέθοδοι Cooper-Jacob, Theis, Papadopoulos-Cooper, Neuman και η μέθοδος της Επαναφοράς. Οι αντλήσεις αυτές ανέδειξαν την μέθοδο της Επαναφοράς ως την πλέον αξιόπιστη. Η μεταβιβαστικότητα T κυμαίνεται μεταξύ 18-279.1 m2/d, η αποθηκευτικότητα S μεταξύ 2.5*10-3-3*10-2 και η υδραυλική αγωγιμότητα Κ κυμαίνεται μεταξύ 16-360 m3/d/m. Η έρευνα αυτή συμβάλλει, ουσιαστικά, στην προσέγγιση των υδρογεωλογικών συνθηκών που επικρατούν στο Θριάσιο Πεδίο.The geological structure of Thriassion Plain is generally complex and has been affected at different times by many tectonic activities. The last ones are the neotectonic, which caused horsts and grabens structures. Geologic and tectonic structures have influenced the hydrogeological conditions and the groundwater flow. Hydraulic characteristics of Plio-Pleistocene deposits differ throughout their extent. In this study, pumping tests in Plio-Pleistocene deposits are represented and the hydraulic characteristics transmissivity T, storativity S and hydraulic conductivity K are assigned. Pumping tests, in 8 totally wells, were conducted in the dry period. Methods as Cooper-Jacob’s, Theis’s, Papadopoulos Cooper’s and Neuman’s and last the Recovery method, are used to assign the hydraulic characteristics. These tests highlighted the Recovery method as the most reliable. Transmissivity T: 18-279.1 m2/d, storativity S: 2.5*10-3 3*10-2and hydraulic conductivity K: 0.4-25.1 m/d. Specific capacity is also determined ranging between 16-360 m3/d/m. This study contributes, essentially, in the approach of hydrogeological conditions of Thriassion Plain

A tripeptide-like prolinamide-thiourea as an aldol reaction catalyst

A tripeptide-like prolinamide-thiourea catalyst with (S)-proline, (1S,2S)-diphenylethylenediamine and (S)-di-tert-butyl aspartate as building blocks provides the products of the reaction between ketones and aromatic aldehydes in high to quantitative yields and high stereoselectivities (up to 99 : 1 dr and 99% ee). Both the chiral centers of the diamine unit are essential, while the thiourea hydrogen originating from the amine and the amide hydrogen play a predominant role for the catalyst efficiency

On the Morgan-Shalen compactification of the SL(2,C) character varieties of surface groups

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/9810/9810034v1.pdfA gauge theoretic description of the Morgan-Shalen compactification of the SL(2, C) character variety of the fundamental group of a hyperbolic surface is given in terms of a natural compactification of the moduli space of Higgs bundles via the Hitchin map

ENVIRONMENTAL – HYDROGEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE CLAY DEPOSITS IN THE BROAD AREA OF MESOLOGGI – AITOLIKO LAGOONS

A hydrogeological study took place in the broader area of Mesologgi – Aitoliko lagoons (West Greece) aiming at the investigation of a) the hydrogeological conditions of the area as well as the surface and groundwater influences on the quality of the clay deposits found in the lagoons and b) the properties of the clay in order to be identified as “therapeutic peloids”. Due to their location, the clay deposits could be influenced and possibly polluted from the surface waters. The aquifer of the unconsolidated formations presents low hydraulic conductivity, while the carbonate aquifer is bounded from the foregoing aquifer and therefore the possibility of clay pollution from the groundwater is very limited. pH of the sediments showing neutral and alkaline values, limits the mobility of some pollutants. Seawater affects some of the clay samples, which present high electrical conductivity. Iron and manganese show also high concentrations, while some of trace elements such as Cd, Hg, Hf, Be, Ag present concentrations under the detection limit. Most of the organic material of the clay consists of humus and therefore they could be suitable for fangotherapy