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The Cyprus Institute
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About: The Cyprus Institute is a other organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Environmental science. The organization has 418 authors who have published 1252 publications receiving 32586 citations.
Topics: Aerosol, Environmental science, Lattice QCD, Geology, Nucleon
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the factors that determine farmers' participation in AES using a probit model and highlight that younger and well-educated farmers are more likely to enrol in AES; while on the other hand, pluriactive farmers and farmers having identified a successor are less likely to participate.
Abstract: Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) are the main policy instrument currently available in the European Union to encourage environmental improvements in agriculture, but their adoption in Greece and generally in Southern Europe is relatively low Policy makers have still limited experience on how farmers approach environmental schemes The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that determine farmers’ participation in AES using a probit model The results highlight that younger and well-educated farmers are more likely to enrol in AES; while on the other hand, pluriactive farmers and farmers having identified a successor are less likely to participate The propensity of farmers’ participation decreases also with the size of the farm Finally, social capital influences significantly farmers’ attitudes and therefore it is necessity to explore further the information and communication tools of AES in order to increase adoption rates
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18 Jul 2016TL;DR: This work study strategies to offload the calculation of the atmospheric chemistry to accelerator technologies (GPU and Intel MIC), as in typical model configurations this is the most computational resource-demanding subtask.
Abstract: The global climate model ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC) is used to study climate change and air quality scenarios. The EMAC model is constituted by a nonlocal dynamical part with low scalability, and local physical/chemical processes with high scalability. The EMAC chemistry-climate model does not benefit from the support of accelerators which are nowadays installed in many HPC systems. We study strategies to offload the calculation of the atmospheric chemistry to accelerator technologies (GPU and Intel MIC), as in typical model configurations this is the most computational resource-demanding subtask. The proposed solutions extend the Kinetic Pre Processor (KPP) general purpose open-source software tool used in atmospheric chemistry.
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TL;DR: A field experiment in the waters off the south-eastern coast of Cyprus was carried out to study near-field formation of sediment plumes from dumping, and observations support the development of a detailed multi-fractional sediment plume model.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided particle mass dose rates (dose per hour of exposure) of PM and a suite of PM-bound hazardous organic compounds in the human respiratory tract (HRT) for two population age groups (adults and children).
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined 56 samples of glass from three sites in Thesprotia using analytical techniques (SEM-EDX and LA-ICP-MS) and found significant differences in raw materials used and provided evidence for provenance for the artefacts.
Abstract: Thesprotia, one of the most remote regions in Greece, was inhabited from as early as the Palaeolithic period. The particular geomorphological terrain, with the mountainous and fragmented landscape, has been determinant in the formation of economic and social institutions throughout antiquity. Thesprotia was gradually developed into an important node of communication and transport of goods to the West and the mountainous hinterland of Epirus. During the second half of fourth century BC, socioeconomic changes occurred in the region and small villages were joined to form the first organised settlements. Elea, Gitana and Dymokastro were founded within a few years from one another, during the fourth century BC. Built at geographically crucial locations that ensured the control of the valleys or the riverside crossings and sea routes, they evolved gradually into political, economic and administrative centres for the surrounding areas. In the present study, 56 samples of glass, excavated from these three sites in Thesprotia, are investigated using analytical techniques (SEM-EDX and LA-ICP-MS). The chemical compositions of the samples show significant differences in raw materials used and provide evidence for provenance for the artefacts. This is the first study to examine Hellenistic glass from within a region of northern Greece. The results are compared with other published compositional data for Hellenistic glass. The analytical results for the majority of glass samples from the three sites in Thesprotia show with high probability a Levantine origin and therefore also possibly for the artefacts themselves. This confirms the archaeological record of trade in other materials/objects, while a small group of glasses from Gitana in Thesprotia were made in Egypt.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Philippe Ciais | 149 | 965 | 114503 |
Jonathan Williams | 102 | 613 | 41486 |
Jos Lelieveld | 100 | 570 | 37657 |
Andrew N. Nicolaides | 90 | 572 | 30861 |
Efstathios Stiliaris | 88 | 340 | 25487 |
Leonard A. Barrie | 74 | 177 | 17356 |
Nikos Mihalopoulos | 69 | 280 | 15261 |
Karl Jansen | 57 | 498 | 11874 |
Jean Sciare | 56 | 129 | 9374 |
Euripides G. Stephanou | 54 | 128 | 14235 |
Lefkos T. Middleton | 54 | 184 | 15683 |
Elena Xoplaki | 53 | 129 | 12097 |
Theodoros Christoudias | 50 | 197 | 7765 |
Dimitris Drikakis | 49 | 286 | 7136 |
George K. Christophides | 48 | 127 | 11099 |