Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia

About: Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Symplectic geometry. The organization has 291 authors who have published 522 publications receiving 7682 citations. The organization is also known as: TEI of West Macedonia & TEI of Western Macedonia.

Crisis’ consequences on recapitalization and exposure for Cypriot and Greek cooperative banks

Abstract: The financial crisis of 2008 transformed, in some countries, to economic and social one, created serious problems to the banking system. Capital basis and asset exposures, especially through the non-performing loans, have been the most important. Capital inadequacy caused the failure of banks that didn’t succeed to accomplish the capital requirements set by Basel II obligations. The treatment was not the same for all banks as only those considered as significant banks, for the economy, received capital aid from their state. The paper investigates through capital basis requirements and asset exposures the crisis’ consequences on Cyprus and Greek cooperative banks. The consequences were cataclysmic for the cooperative banking systems of the two countries. In Greece, the cooperative banks did not receive any state aid, leading to the bankruptcy of many of them. In Cyprus, once all the cooperative banks were merged into the central cooperative bank, the latter received state aid as it was considered as a significant bank for the national economy. Moreover, the high level of non-performing loans and the new economic environment that the crisis had caused, forced the cooperative banks to change their asset exposures structure and their credit policy.

Growing Chlorella vulgaris into bioreactors set in solar greenhouse towards biofuel Nutrient composition

Abstract: In the current research the macro and micro nutrient profile of Chlorella vulgaris microalgae grown in bioreactors set in solar greenhouse is reported Actually unicellular algae species present new opportunities for producing a variety of sustainable and eco friendly products as they possess several advantages when compared to conventional crops such as faster grow rates cultivation in open or closed bioreactors without the use of energy consuming and environment polluting pesticides and insecticides Of great importance is their macro and micro nutrient content that constitutes another opportunity for harvesting and exploiting algae as an additive to animal feeds and supplement to human nutrition Typical nutrient composition of the dry algal biomass of a sample grown in typical growth media and bioreactor conditions is lipids proteins starch total fiber and ash For the three macronutrients the lipid content can vary from to while the protein content is found to vary between and The total carbohydrate content varies between and The content of Chlorella vulgaris biomass in antioxidant micronutrients also appears to be significant offering a high antioxidant capacity about higher than that of red wine

Surfactant-induced morphology and thermal behavior of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites

Abstract: Poly(L-lactic acid) nanocomposites were prepared by the addition of montmorillonite modified with various loadings of hexadecylammonium cation. The influence of alkylammonium on the morphology and surface charge of the clay was investigated by Xray diffraction (XRD) analysis and electrokinetic measurements, respectively. The structural characteristics of the inorganic-organic hybrids were studied by XRD, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Thermal analysis was carried out by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) under constant nitrogen flow and under air. The results showed that high concentration of surfactant present in the clay greatly increases clay's dispersibility into the matrix and this substantially improves the thermal stability of the pristine polymer.