Background Reform of primary healthcare (PHC) organisations is underway in Canada. The
capacity of various types of PHC organizations to respond to populations’ needs remains to …

Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common disease requiring admission to
hospital among elderly people and is associated with a high mortality rate. The objective of this …

In this work, we are interested in the existence of polynomials with special properties over
finite fields. In Chapter 2 some background material is presented. We present some basic …

An extension of the primitive normal basis theorem and its strong version is proved. Namely,
we show that for nearly all $$A = {\small \left( \begin{array}{cc} a&{}b \\ c&{}d \end{array} \…

Climate change is expected to pose major challenges for olive cultivation in many Mediterranean
countries. Predicting the development phases of olive trees is important for agronomic …

In 2016, the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee (GSCC) celebrated its 80th anniversary
in London. This article, which is part of an ongoing research project on the development of …

Background— Left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony (LVMD) has emerged as a
therapeutic target using cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in selected patients with …

Although pleuroscopy is considered a safe and well tolerated procedure with a low complication
rate, it requires the administration of procedural sedation and analgesia. The purpose of …

Electric power grids are a crucial infrastructure for the proper operation of any country and
must be preserved from various threats. Detection of illegal electricity power consumption is a …

Background: Cervical myelopathy (CM) is a clinical diagnosis that may be associated with
hyperintense areas on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The use of …