Human Resource Management's Role in the Public Sector and the Level of Corruption: The Case of Greek Tax Administration

AbstractThe aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the operation of human resource management in the public sector, in terms of the level of corruption. Furthermore, we focus on qualitative traits of the study, by analysing the choices, which have been carried out in the human resources management in the public sector in Greece, in order to draw results in relation of their effect on the existence and development of corruption in this specific area. Our conclusions are based on twelve interviews, which have been conducted with persons working or have close collaboration with Greek Tax Administration under the consideration that have faced or have experience on the topic and the level of corruption

THE USE OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN THE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE FAN DEPOSITS. AN EXAMPLE FROM SOUTHEAST GREECE (KARPATHOS ISLAND)

Τα τελευταία χρόνια γίνεται προσπάθεια από πολλούς γεωλόγους στην κατεύθυνση της ποσοτικοποίησης και στατιστικής ανάλυσης των γεωλογικών δεδομένων. Ένα από τα πεδία αυτής της έρευνας είναι οι αποθέσεις υποθαλάσσιων ριπιδίων («φλύσχης»). Η στατιστική ανάλυση σε τέτοιου είδους αποθέσεις εστιάζεται κυρίως στο πάχος των στρωμάτων και έχει σαν στόχο τον προσδιορισμό παραμέτρων όπως το περιβάλλον απόθεσης, η πηγή τροφοδοσίας ιζήματος, οι υδροδυναμικές συνθήκες απόθεσης κτλ. Κύρια εργαλεία ανάλυσης είναι οι λογαριθμικές κατανομές του πάχους των στρωμάτων. Στην παρουσίαση δίνονται παραδείγματα διαφόρων ειδών λογαριθμικών κατανομών που έχουν προταθεί τα τελευταία χρόνια, καθώς και ένα παράδειγμα εφαρμογής τους σε αποθέσεις υποθαλάσσιων ριπιδίων στη ΝΑ Ελλάδα (Κάρπαθος).Examples of various types of statistical analysis of submarine fan bed thickness distributions that have been proposed in the past are reported, as well as an example of their application in Late Eocene-Oligocene submarine fan deposits of SE Greece (Karpathos Island). Generally, the sandstone bed thickness data measured in two outcrops of Karpathos submarine fans seems to follow power law (fractal) cumulative distributions. A deviation from the power law was observed as amalgamationprocedures become more frequent. These observations gave important information about Tertiary turbidite sedimentation in the area which probably was punctuated and had a single main sediment source. Information taken from statistical analysis of submarine fans bed thickness data has immediate applicability in hydrocarbon exploration because sandstones constitute ideal reservoirs

APPLICATION OF BED THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS IN LATE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TURBIDITE DEPOSITS OF GREECE: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Μια απλή εφαρμογή των κατανομών πάχους στρωμάτων επιχειρήθηκε σε φυσικές τομές τουρβιδιτών Άνω Ηωκαινικής - Ολιγοκαινικής ηλικίας σε τρεις διαφορετικές περιοχές της Ελλάδας. Οι τρεις τομές που με^ήθηκαν βρίσκονται στο Ευηνοχώρι Αιτ/νίας (Δυτική Ελλάδα), το νησί της Καρπάθου (ΝΑ Ελλάδα) και το νησί της Λήμνου (ΒΑ Ελλάδα). Όλες οι τομές παρουσιάζουν παρόμοια ιζηματολογικά χαρακτηριστικά. Τρία είδη διαγραμμάτων χρησιμοποιήθηκαν: διάγραμμα λογαρίθμου- λογαρίθμου, λογαρίθμου-κλίμακας πιθανότητας και καμπύλης συχνότητας. Οι κατανομές του πάχους των στρωμάτων και στα τρία είδη διαγραμμάτων δείχνουν ομοιότητα ανάμεσα στους τουρβιδίτες Δυτικής και ΝΑ Ελλάδας και διαφορά τους από αυτούς της ΒΑ Ελλάδας. Το γεγονός αυτό πιθανά οφείλεται σε διαφορετική μορφολογία των λεκανών ιζηματογένεσης των τουρβιδιτών, λόγω διαφορετικών τεκτονικών διεργασιών.A simple application of bed thickness distributions was attempted in outcrops of Late Eocene-Oligocene turbidites in three dispersed localities of Greece. The three studied sections are located at Evinohori area (West Greece), Karpathos Island (SE Greece) and Limnos Island (NE Greece). All outcrops show similar sedimentological characteristics. Three types of plots were used: log-log, log-probability and frequency curves. Bed thickness data indicate similarity between West-SE Greece turbidites and discrimination from NE Greece turbidites which is attributed to different basin morphology due to different tectonic processes

The merger history, AGN and dwarf galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 59

Compact group galaxies often appear unaffected by their unusually dense environment. Closer examination can, however, reveal the subtle, cumulative effects of multiple galaxy interactions. Hickson Compact Group (HCG) 59 is an excellent example of this situation. We present a photometric study of this group in the optical (HST), infrared (Spitzer) and X-ray (Chandra) regimes aimed at characterizing the star formation and nuclear activity in its constituent galaxies and intra-group medium. We associate five dwarf galaxies with the group and update the velocity dispersion, leading to an increase in the dynamical mass of the group of up to a factor of 10 (to 2.8e13 Msun), and a subsequent revision of its evolutionary stage. Star formation is proceeding at a level consistent with the morphological types of the four main galaxies, of which two are star-forming and the other two quiescent. Unlike in some other compact groups, star-forming complexes across HCG 59 closely follow mass-radius scaling relations typical of nearby galaxies. In contrast, the ancient globular cluster populations in galaxies HCG 59A and B show intriguing irregularities, and two extragalactic HII regions are found just west of B. We age-date a faint stellar stream in the intra-group medium at ~1 Gyr to examine recent interactions. We detect a likely low-luminosity AGN in HCG 59A by its ~10e40 erg/s X-ray emission; the active nucleus rather than star formation can account for the UV+IR SED. We discuss the implications of our findings in the context of galaxy evolution in dense environments.Comment: 38 pages, 17 figures. Please visit "http://tinyurl.com/isk-hcg59" for a full-resolution PDF. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

Stellar Populations in Compact Galaxy Groups: a Multi-Wavelength Study of HCGs 16, 22, and 42, their Star Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of three compact galaxy groups, HCGs 16, 22, and 42, which describe a sequence in terms of gas richness, from space- (Swift, HST, Spitzer) and ground-based (LCO, CTIO) imaging and spectroscopy. We study various signs of past interactions including a faint, dusty tidal feature about HCG 16A, which we tentatively age-date at <1 Gyr. This represents the possible detection of a tidal feature at the end of its phase of optical observability. Our HST images also resolve what were thought to be double nuclei in HCG 16C and D into multiple, distinct sources, likely to be star clusters. Beyond our phenomenological treatment, we focus primarily on contrasting the stellar populations across these three groups. The star clusters show a remarkable intermediate-age population in HCG 22, and identify the time at which star formation was quenched in HCG 42. We also search for dwarf galaxies at accordant redshifts. The inclusion of 33 members and 27 'associates' (possible members) radically changes group dynamical masses, which in turn may affect previous evolutionary classifications. The extended membership paints a picture of relative isolation in HCGs 16 and 22, but shows HCG 42 to be part of a larger structure, following a dichotomy expected from recent studies. We conclude that (a) star cluster populations provide an excellent metric of evolutionary state, as they can age-date the past epochs of star formation; and (b) the extended dwarf galaxy population must be considered in assessing the dynamical state of a compact group.Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journa