NUP Academic Publications - Ακαδημαϊκές Δημοσιεύσεις ΠΝΠ: Recent submissions
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Mass Media, Feelings of Attractiveness, Investment in Body Image and Disordered Eating in Cyprus
(Mediterranean e-journal of Communication & Media, 2013)The purpose of the current study was to assess f or possible relationships between the internalization of the thin ideal by the media, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, feelings of attractiveness and investment ...
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The Development and Validation of the People Perspective Questionnaire
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2015)The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to develop a measure (People Perspective Questionnaire; PPQ) that assesses a dimension previously proposed, stating that a characteristic or trait exists, whereby some people ...
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The General Valuation 2013 in Cyprus: Experiences and Good Practices
(FIG-OICRF, 2015)The General Valuation has a very significant role to play in Cyprus’ economic environment because it forms the basis by which all property taxes are levied. It is considered as a very important land management tool, as ...
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Ethnic identity, person perception and racism: a decade of changes in Cyprus
(Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 2013)Cyprus has been through many significant changes in the decade of 2000-2010. The purpose of this study was to assess differences in levels of ethnic identity, person perception and racism by comparing archived data of 2000, ...
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Appearance Schemas Inventory Revised: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version in a Female Sample
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2013)The current study examined the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory – Revised (ASI-R). A total of 269 university female students (mean age = 25.1 years, SD = 3.81; mean height = ...
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A proposal of a mass appraisal system in Greece with CAMA system. Evaluating GWR and MRA techniques. The case study of Thessaloniki Municipality.
(Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation, 2015)As stated on Dimopoulos et al (2014) property tax in Greece is levied since 1985 not on Market Values but on the “objective value” of the properties as it is defined by the Ministry of Economics. It forms a non-flexible ...
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Introducing local property tax for fiscal decentralization and local authority autonomy
(SPIE, 2015)Charles Tiebout (1956), in his work “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures”, provides a vision of the workings of the local public sector, acknowledging many similarities to the features of a competitive market, however ...
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Comparative analysis of property taxation policies within Greece and Cyprus evaluating the use of GIS, CAMA, and remote sensing techniques
(SPIE, 2014-04-07)This paper aims to examine how CAMA, GIS and Remote Sensing are integrated to assist property taxation. Real property tax apart from its fiscal dimension is directly linked to geographic location. The value of the land ...
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Controlling flexible structures with second order actuator dynamics
(1989)The control of flexible structures for those systems with actuators that are modeled by second order dynamics is examined. Two modeling approaches are investigated. First a stability and performance analysis is performed ...
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Lumped Systems with Nonproportional Damping
(1988)The time domain response of non-proportionally damped or non-classical normal mode or non-Rayleigh linear lumped parameter systems, as otherwise called, is derived. Modal analysis is used to transform the governing equations ...
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Virtual Reality as a Decision Making Tool in Construction Management
(2012)Several decades of research and development placed new tools in the hands of engineers, builders, supervisors, surveyors, contractors and all people associated with the construction industry. In this paper, we are referring ...
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The Analysis of the Response of RC Buildings through Virtual Reality Techniques
(2010)Στο άρθρο παρουσιάζεται το σύγχρονο λογισμικό της εικονικής πραγματικότητας που έχουμε αναπτύξει, σαν εργαλείο αντισεισμικού σχεδιασμού κτηρίων από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα. Θα θέλαμε να επισημάνουμε ότι οποιαδήποτε λεκτική ...
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Simplified Numerical Modeling of Elevated Silos for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
(2015)Silos are industrial facilities used for storing a huge range of different materials. They should be designed to resist several loading conditions, and their seismic behaviour, which strongly depends on the geometrical and ...
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A historical overview and critical analysis of town centre delimitation methodologies
(Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2014-02-14)The article aims at exploring the literature on town centre delimitation methods over the last sixty years. Specifically, the first section explores the content of the term town centre, while the second one proposes an ...
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Top-down and bottom-up urban and regional planning: towards a framework for the use of planning standards
(European spatial research and policy, 2014)The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways that the top-down and the bottom-up approaches to planning can be combined in the practice of planning standards. In the first part, the paper examines the utilization of ...
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Αξιολόγηση των θεσμοθετημένων πολεοδομικών δεικτών προδιαγραφής για τις δημόσιες χρήσεις
(Αειχώρος, 2015)Το άρθρο επιχειρεί να αξιολογήσει τους δείκτες προδιαγραφής που χρησιμοποιούνται για τον πολεοδομικό προγραμματισμό των δημόσιων χρήσεων και περιλαμβάνονται στο ΦΕΚ 285/Δ/3.3.2004. Συγκεκριμένα, το άρθρο εκκινεί με τη ...
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Developing new educational facilities in cities or large municipalities using GIS: a case study in Thessaloniki, Greece
(International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2011)This study presents the modeling of the system of educational facilities included in a large city or a municipality, to facilitate a decision regarding the optimum location of a new educational facility. As will be shown, ...
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Torsional design criteria in building codes and comparison with more accurate modeling using structural optimization tools
(4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2013)It is widely accepted that seismic design philosophies do not follow the efficiency of seismic analysis methods is quite remarkable. Torsionally unbalanced structures, is a common field where any of the proposed design ...
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Ο χωροταξικός σχεδιασμός στην Κύπρο: Ιστορική εξέλιξη και προοπτικές
(Εκδοτικός Οίκος Άντ. Σταμούλη, 2014)This article presents the evolution and prospects of regional planning in Cyprus. The first part of the article covers the evolution of the planning legislation and the corresponding planning practice from 1951, while ...
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Χωροταξική οργάνωση των παραδοσιακών οικισμών της Ελλάδας
(Εκδοτικός Οίκος Άντ. Σταμούλη, 2014)Η αρχιτεκτονική και η νεότερη σχετικά επιστήμη της πολεοδομίας - χωροταξίας έχουν επεκταθεί σε καινούργια πεδία, όπως στην ανάλυση της αισθητικής των μορφών (κελυφών), στην ανάλυση του λειτουργικά οργανωμένου και κατασκευασμένου ...




















