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The long term X-ray time lags of NGC 4051 by Papadakis, I E, Rigas, A, Markowitz, A, McHardy, I M

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The sun as a significant agent provoking earthquakes by Anagnostopoulos, G., Spyroglou, I., Rigas, A., Preka-Papadema, P., Mavromichalaki, H., Kiosses, I.

“…In this paper we provide significant evidence that the sun is a principal agent provoking seismic activity. In particular the aim of the studies presented is…”
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Iron deficiency among blood donors: experience from the Danish Blood Donor Study and from the Copenhagen ferritin monitoring scheme by Rigas, A. S., Pedersen, O. B., Magnussen, K., Erikstrup, C., Ullum, H.

“…SUMMARY Blood components collected from blood donors are an invaluable part of modern‐day medicine. A healthy blood donor population is therefore of paramount…”
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The healthy donor effect impacts self‐reported physical and mental health – results from the Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS) by Rigas, A. S., Skytthe, A., Erikstrup, C., Rostgaard, K., Petersen, M. S., Hjalgrim, H., Ullum, H., Kyvik, K. O., Pedersen, O. B.

“…SUMMARY Aims This study aimed at quantifying the healthy donor effect by comparing self‐perceived mental and physical health between blood donors and…”
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evaluation of Substitute natural gas production from different coal gasification processes based on modeling by Karellas, S, Panopoulos, K.D, Panousis, G, Rigas, A, Karl, J, Kakaras, E

“…Coal and lignite will play a significant role in the future energy production. However, the technical options for the reduction of CO₂ emissions will define…”
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An Intelligent System Approach for Asthma Prediction in Symptomatic Preschool Children by Rigas, A., Sitzimi, M., Paraskakis, E., Chatzimichail, E.

“…Objectives. In this study a new method for asthma outcome prediction, which is based on Principal Component Analysis and Least Square Support Vector Machine…”
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Dealing with the Phenomenon of Quasi-complete Separation and a Goodness of Fit Test in Logistic Regression Models in the Case of Long Data Sets by Vassiliadis, V. G., Spyroglou, I. I., Rigas, A. G., Rosenberg, J. R., Lindsay, K. A.

“…The phenomenon of quasi-complete separation that appears in the identification of the neuromuscular system called muscle spindle by a logistic regression model…”
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The Presence of Asthma, the Use of Inhaled Steroids, and Parental Education Level Affect School Performance in Children by Chatzimichael, Athanassios, Zimeras, S., Rigas, A., Tsalkidis, A., Paraskakis, E., Iordanidou, M., Tsakiris, A., Katsardis, C.

“…Objective. Childhood asthma is a frequent cause of absenteeism that affects school performance. We aimed to investigate the impact of asthma on absenteeism and…”
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Therapeutic potential of CDK inhibitor NU2058 in androgen-independent prostate cancer by RIGAS, A. C, ROBSON, C. N, CURTIN, N. J

“…Antiandrogens are initially effective in controlling prostate cancer (CaP), the second most common cancer in men, but resistance, associated with the loss of…”
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Low-grade inflammation is associated with lower haemoglobin levels in healthy individuals: results from the Danish blood donor study by Kotzé, S. R., Pedersen, O. B., Petersen, M. S., Sørensen, E., Thørner, L. W., Sørensen, C. J., Rigas, A. S., Hjalgrim, H., Rostgaard, K., Ullum, H., Erikstrup, C.

“…Background and Objectives Chronic inflammation can lead to anaemia of chronic disease due to the sequestration of iron caused by inflammatory cytokines and the…”
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Time series analysis in chaotic diode resonator circuit by Hanias, M.P., Giannaris, G., Spyridakis, A., Rigas, A.

“…A diode resonator chaotic circuit is presented. Multisim is used to simulate the circuit and show the presence of chaos. Time series analysis performed by the…”
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γ-H2AX : A Novel Prognostic Marker in a Prognosis Prediction Model of Patients with Early Operable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Rigas, A., Kakolyris, Stylianos, Romanidis, K., Papaschinopoulos, Garyfalos, Karakitsos, P., Bouros, Demosthenes, Chatzimichail, E., Matthaios, D.

“…Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and the prognostic evaluation of cancer patients is of great importance in medical care. The use of artificial…”
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Differential effects of earthquakes on patients with bipolar disorder versus schizophrenia: Findings from Crete, Greece, 2008-2010 by Anagnostopoulos, G C, Basta, M, Vgontzas, A N, Rigas, A G, Vassiliadis, V G, Baloyannis, S J, Koutsomitros, T S

“…Electromagnetic radiation influences in many ways humans and animals, while earthquakes are known to be related with electromagnetic phenomena. We recently…”
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1133 – Association between seismicity and mental health: Crete, 2008–2010 by Basta, M, Anagnostopoulos, G, Stefanakis, Z, Vassiliadis, V, Rigas, A, Koutsomitros, S, Papadopoulos, G, Panierakis, C, Vgontzas, A.N

“…Introduction Several investigations have shown the influence of environmental factors, i.e. seismic activity on human health. However, no studies have focused…”
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A semi-parametric test based on a quasi-likelihood approach for comparing the estimated spectra of two neural spike trains by Vassiliadis, V.G., Rigas, A.G.

“…In this work, we provide a semi-parametric approach for testing the hypothesis that the spectra of two neural spike trains are equal. Estimates of the spectra…”
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Pelvi‐ureteric junction obstruction by crossing renal vessels: clinical and imaging features by Rigas, A., Karamanolakis, D., Bogdanos, I., Stefanidis, A., Androulakakis, P.A.

“…OBJECTIVE To present the characteristic clinical and imaging findings of pelvi‐ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction caused by crossing renal vessels (CRV), as…”
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A periodogram-based test for weak stationarity and consistency between sections in time series by Halliday, D.M., Rosenberg, J.R., Rigas, A., Conway, B.A.

“…In one approach to spectral estimation, a sample record is broken into a number of disjoint sections, or data is collected over a number of discrete trials…”
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Shockwave therapy as first-line treatment for Peyronie's disease: a prospective study by Skolarikos, A, Alargof, E, Rigas, A, Deliveliotis, Ch, Konstantinidis, E

“…To assess in a prospective study whether shockwave therapy (SWT) is effective as a first-line treatment for Peyronie's disease. Forty patients with previously…”
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A semi-parametric approach for comparing the estimated spectra of two stationary point processes by Rigas, A.G., Vassiliadis, V.G.

“…In this paper, we provide a semi-parametric test for the hypothesis that the spectra of two stationary point processes (SPPs) are the same. The estimates of…”
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A study of correlation between seismicity and mental health: Crete, 2008–2010 by G.C. Anagnostopoulos, M. Basta, Z. Stefanakis, V.G. Vassiliadis, A.N. Vgontzas, A.G. Rigas, S.T. Koutsomitros, S.J. Baloyannis, G. Papadopoulos

“…We compared the number of M > 2 earthquakes in an area, including the island of Crete, Greece, to the number of admissions to the Psychiatric Inpatient Unit of…”
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