The Perfective Past Tense in Greek Adolescents with Down Syndrome

This study investigates the ability of a group of eight Greek-speaking adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS) (aged 12.1-18.7) to handle the perfective past tense using an acceptability judgement task. The performance of the DS participants was compared with that of 16 typically-developing children whose chronological age was matched with the mental age of the DS group. For existing verbs, both groups showed high accuracy scores for the sigmatic past tense whilst for (potential but non-existing) nonce verbs the DS group performed differently from the controls. Specifically, their judgements were unaffected by a nonce verb's similarity to existing verbs, unlike those of the controls, suggesting that the DS participants were less reliant on similarity-based generalisations when encountering a nonce word than the controls. Apart from that, it was found that people with DS did not show any kind of morphological impairment, replicating previous findings on past tense production in DS

The Post-War Port Industry Development Models: the Effects on the Economic Development of the Port’s Hinterland.

The economic development of the port industry that followed the Second World War was based upon two economic theories trends. Until the late 70’s the model based on Keynesianism forms the basic idea for ownership, infrastructure, investment, pricing policy and role of ports. Since the early 80’s neoliberalism is adopted as a new model of development oversetting what was taken for granted until now and employing a new basis for the port production. Within this framework container ports are the spearhead. The reformed container port industry focuses on container terminals as links in the logistics’ chain with effectiveness in port production and in the integrated logistics’ chain being their main aim. For this purpose private investment and private port operators come forth. This paper tries to examine whether and in what ways the modern port affects the economic development of its local (port city) or broader (region) hinterland. How is this accomplished in the age of globalized economy?

From ‘languaging’ to ‘translanguaging’: Reconsidering foreign language teaching and testing through a multilingual lens

This paper is the result of a research project exploring the complex nature of interlinguistic mediation, i.e., a translanguaging activity which involves relaying of information from one language to another. Although it is essential for individuals in today's multilingual societies to have acquired the skills that will enable them to use two or more languages in a parallel fashion (an ability also foreseen by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR), mediation has not received much attention. Given this void, this paper stresses the urgent need for the implementation of foreign language programmes that will support the development of interlinguistic mediation strategies and points to the role of language testing in the effort to promote multilingualism

The reading-to-write construct across languages: Analysing written mediation tasks and performance

This paper discusses the nature of mediation tasks as reading-to-write tasks which ask test-takers to relay in one language messages purposefully extracted from a source text into another language, so as to restore communication gaps between interlocutors who do not share the same language (i.e., cross-language mediation). Drawing data from the Greek national multilingual exam suite (KPG), which innovatively assesses users' ability to mediate, an ability also included in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, this paper adds to the theorization of the particular notion in an effort to demystify the nature of mediation (Stathopoulou 2009, 2015, 2016a, 2016b), a rather unexplored area in the field of foreign language didactics

First results on the fossilization of Dwarf Hippo skeletal remains from Aghia Napa

El 2001 la Universitat d'Atenes va començar l'excavació paleontològica d'un jaciment situat a Aghia Napa, Xipre, en col·laboració amb el Departament de Prospeccions Geològiques de Xipre. Aquest jaciment ha lliurat una rica col·lecció de restes esquelètiques d'hipopòtams nans del Quaternari Superior. Lobjecte d'aquest treball rau en estudiar l'estat de conservació dels materials com a resultat de la seva fossilització. El material triat prové de les excavacions realitzades els dos darrers anys i consisteix en ossos i dents. La fossilització sembla haver afectat la histologia del material estudiat, mentre que la cristal·litzacíó i la química sembla que l'han afectat menys. En general, els materials no s'han vist molt afectats pels processos causats per la interacció entre les restes del sistema esquelètic i el sòl.During the year 2001, Athens University began palaeontological excavations at a site situated in Aghia Napa, Cyprus in collaboration with the Geological Survey Department of Cyprus. This site has given a rich collection of skeletal remains of Dwarf Hippos from the Upper Quaternary. The object of this paper is to study the state of preservation of the material as a result of fossilization. The material chosen was derived from the excavations realized during the last two years and consists of a number of bones and teeth. Fossilization seems to have mostly affected the histology of our material, while the crystallínity and the chemistry are less affected. In general our material has not been strongly affected by the procedures caused by the interaction of the system skeletal remain-soil

Complete Mouth Rehabilitation and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Conventional and Contemporary Treatment Approaches

This report describes the diagnosis and prosthodontic management of 2 patients with a history of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease and worn dentition. Different treatment approaches were used for oral rehabilitation. Use of conventional and contemporary restorative materials resulted in functional and esthetic prosthodontic rehabilitation with a favorable prognosis. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a “condition which develops when the reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symptoms and/or complications. Reflux episodes can be intensified by dietary habits, smoking, physical exercise, and obstructive sleep apnea.Complications of GERD are regurgitation, chest pain, esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal adenocarcinoma, cough, asthma, and dental erosion.GERD is associated with dental erosion and sleep bruxism,and dental erosion may be the only symptom of GERD. The purpose of this report was to present the oral diagnosis and management of 2 patients with chronic GERD who presented with tooth wear and required complete mouth rehabilitation. The restoration of dentition was achieved by following different treatment modalities

TEACHING LANGUAGES TO STUDENTS FROM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT BACKGROUNDS AROUND EUROPE: EXPLORING DIFFICULTIES AND TEACHERS’ BELIEFS

This paper presents and discusses the results of a study which investigated the needs, attitudes and beliefs of foreign language teachers of refugees in Greece and other countries of Europe. The research which was conducted in two phases, with the one being the pilot phase, involved approximately 120 teachers who commented on the difficulties that they face in contexts with students from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Students' trauma experiences, lack of schooling experience, behavioral problems, lack of specially designed materials catering for the needs of refugees, and of course the language barrier, were among the most frequently claimed problems. The paper ends with some empirically derived suggestions on how teachers could deal with the challenges related to this new reality

Corruption, entry and pollution

We model an economy where imperfectly competitive firms choose whether to employ a dirty technology and pay an emission tax or employ a clean technology and incur the cost of its adoption. Bureaucrats who are entrusted with the task of monitoring the emissions of each firm, are corruptible in the sense that they may accept bribes in order to mislead authorities on the firms’ actual emissions. Market entry is an important element in the relation between corruption and pollution. Particularly, the incidence of corruption increases the number of entrants in the market, while the bureaucrats’ incentives to be corrupt are higher in a market with more competitors. We find multiple equilibria where both corruption and pollution are either high or low