Has the Euro Promoted Eurozone’s Growth?

( Petros E. Ioannatos ) 세종대학교 경제통합연구소 2018 Journal of Economic Integration Vol.33 No.2

This study aims to assess whether the introduction of the euro promotes systematic growth for the Eurozone. The empirical analysis is based on a natural experiment where the difference-in-differences method is applied to compare Eurozone’s growth rate with that of selected non-Eurozone economies. The major finding of the study is that there are no significant growth effects for the Eurozone emerging from the introduction of the euro.

Variant Neo-Aortoiliac System Operation Using a Composite Conduit of Silver-Coated Dacron Graft and Autologous Femoral Veins: A Report of Two Cases

Petros K. Chatzigakis,Emmanouil M. Barmparessos,Vasileios C. Katsikas 대한혈관외과학회 2021 Vascular Specialist International Vol.37 No.3

Aortic prosthesis infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. The introduction of the neo-aortoiliac system (NAIS) technique offers a new perspective, as a venous conduit is considered an optimal graft in aortic prosthesis infection because it is autogenous, durable, inexpensive and has low infection rates. Occasionally, the anatomical characteristics of available autologous venous conduits may limit the applicability of this technique. Herein, we present two cases in which a variant NAIS technique was used to confront an aortic graft infection. To expand the usefulness of the NAIS technique and avoid the use of prosthetic material in a potentially contaminated area as much as possible, we combined an autologous femoral vein with a short segment of a silver-coated Dacron graft. The combination of a silver-impregnated graft and the NAIS is a feasible bailout technique should the NAIS vein appears inadequate upon exploration.

Quality of Life and Emotional Strain in Caregivers of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Petros Petrikis,Anastasia Baldouma,Aristeidis H. Katsanos,Spyridon Konitsiotis,Spyridon Konitsiotis,Sotirios Giannopoulos 대한신경과학회 2019 Journal of Clinical Neurology Vol.15 No.1

Background and Purpose This study aimed was to measure the quality of life, fatigue, stress, and depression in a consecutive sample of caregivers of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods We included data from 131 consecutive caregivers of MS patients [age=51.2±12.8 years (mean±SD), males=53.4%, duration of caregiving=10.0±6.3 years]. We assessed the quality of life, fatigue, stress, and depression of the caregivers using the 36-item Short Form Health Survey, Krupp Fatigue Severity Scale, Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale, and Hamilton Scale for Depression, respectively. The disability status of the patients was assessed using the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale. We used linear regression models to identify possible correlations between all of the aforementioned scales, while multivariable logistic regression models were employed to assess the correlations of caregiver fatigue with caregiver characteristics and patient disability. Results The linear regression analyses revealed that caregiver fatigue was positively associated with stress and negatively correlated with both physical health status and mental health status. Caregiver stress was positively associated with depression and negatively correlated with both physical health status and mental health status. Depression was negatively correlated with both caregiver physical health status and mental health status. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, caregiver fatigue was found to be independently associated with education status [odds ratio (OR)=0.61, 95% CI=0.37 to 0.99], history of chronic disease (OR=5.52, 95% CI=1.48 to 20.55), other chronic diseases in the family (OR=7.48, 95% CI=1.49 to 37.47), and the disability status of the patient (OR=1.36, 95% CI=1.03 to 1.80). Conclusions Fatigue, stress, and depression in caregivers of MS patients are negatively correlated with their physical health status and mental health status. Caregiver fatigue is independently associated with education status, history of chronic disease, other chronic disease in the family, and patient disability.

The Evolution of KTP Laser Vaporization of the Prostate

Petros Sountoulides,Peter Tsakiris 연세대학교의과대학 2008 Yonsei medical journal Vol.49 No.2

The search for a minimally invasive approach to the treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) suggestive of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is probably as old as Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP). In an effort to overcome the limitations and morbidities of TURP, and in light of evidence suggesting that medical treatment for BPH has a limited life-span, laser-based treatments have emerged during the last decade. Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate (PVP) by the “GreenLight” KTP laser is considered one of the most promising options, one that is constantly evolving new technologies in prostate surgery. In this overview of KTP laser usage in BPH treatment, we will briefly discuss the evolution of this modality since it was first introduced and focus on the available evidence regarding safety, efficacy and cost parameters of its application.

Expertise of the Constitutional Jurisdiction : Ukrainian Model

Petro Martinenko 국제헌법학회 한국학회 2000 世界憲法硏究 Vol.5 No.-

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine was formed in October 1996. having solved the questions of its own internal organizational activity and regimentation, the Court began reviewing cases at the plenary session regime on April 17, 1997. Since then the Constitutional Court of Ukraine as the sole organ of the constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine examined 205 cases, adopted 34 Judgments (or General Decisions), granted 2 Conclusions, adopted 169 Decisions on the refusal in opening of constitutional litigation proceedings. The judicial practice of such a kind is an important component of recognition of the principle of rule of law and the highest legal force of the new Constitution of Ukraine, which served an virtual watershed with reference to the past time of the former USSR, having nailed down the ideas of building the new independent Ukraine as the liberal democratic state. In the Constitutional Court, the representation of both Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament of Ukraine) and the President of Ukraine is provided on the regular (permanent) basis. By exercising its functions, this sole Constitutional jurisdiction body keeps the close contacts with mass media having been permanently accredited. The Constitutional Court Judges, their consultants and assistants take active part in the social opinion formation. These years of the Constitutional adjudicative practice do not only testify a high status of the Constitutional Court as an essential component of constitutional system of power in Ukraine, but also acknowledges its increasing authority within Ukrainian society. At the same time, as an experience approved, not all Constitutional Court dicisions are perceived by the public opinion unambiguously. Some of them provoke stormy polemics, other ones inadmissibility. Sometimes the very definition of the Constitutional Court as a Court is thrown under discredit. However, the new democratic institute has already rooted into the Ukrainian political legal ground. The 18 Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine reflect the parity of three branches of power in the state: legislature, executive and judiciary (6 Judges from each). In the end of 1997, the attempt made by one of them to take the constitutional adjudication under its own control was not successful and caused common indignation. The goal of this report is to analyze the results of the Constitutional Court activity in the realm of Con adjudication: by means of the self-perception by the Court of the extent and limits of own constitutional power, its approaches to resolve particular categories of cases as well as its advancing the constitutional reality development in Ukraine. On this way the Constitutional Court activity could have been has been marked by both apparent manifestations of success and some definite difficulties.

We’ll Milk Our Ewes and Weep; but We Will not Run Wild: Compliance, Conformity and Domesticated Endurance in The Winter’s Tale

Petros Dovolis 한국중세근세영문학회 2016 중세르네상스 영문학 Vol.24 No.1

This paper will explore Shakespeare’s use of images of animal domestication in The Winter’s Tale. The aim will be to illustrate that references to (and discussions about) livestock are inextricably connected with the play’s overall preoccupation with power, royal sovereignty, and the issue of female participation in practices of courtly governance. Shakespeare’s dramatic handling of these images and conversations, I believe, allows us to link a number of important episodes in a fresh way and, thereafter, realize that the rupture between Leontes and Hermione is of a profoundly political nature. The crisis, I argue, begins when the queen of Sicilia urges her husband to reward more ‘softly’ his faithful domesticates. Considering the tension that characterizes the relationship between the King and his long-enduring noble subjects, Hermione’s plea exposes the experience of a ‘tame’ court that is, nevertheless, dissatisfied with Leontes’ rule. My analysis will then will go on to trace how Hermione’s intervention comes back to haunt her. Leontes becomes aware that his status is contingent upon the precarious support of his lords and he seeks to alter the dynamics in his court. To do so he targets the court’s self-appointed mediator, his wife. Thus, I am able to claim that Leontes’ wild behavior during and after the nursery scene (2.1) should be understood as part of an effort to reconnect with his power base. His strategy is to reformulate his court on the basis of a female-unfriendly structure of state governance. My paper concludes with an attempt to evaluate to what extent this ‘leonine’ game of power succeeds.

Infliximab : Effective Therapy for Pustular Psoriasis

Petro, Anastasia,Crofford, Leslie,Kang, Sewon 대한피부과학회 2003 Annals of Dermatology Vol.15 No.4

Pustular psoriasis is often resistant to the standard therapies used to treat psoriasis vulgaris. Methotrexate, acitretin, and cyclosporine have been reported to be beneficial in the treatment of both psoriasis vulgaris and pustular psoriasis. Unfortunately, these agents have many side effects, which frequently preclude their use, and their efficacy in pustular psoriasis is often limited. We report a patient with pustular psoriasis whose skin disease cleared after administration of infliximab, a chimeric IgG monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a). Prior to treatment with infliximab, she had failed several therapeutic trials of both topical and systemic agents.

Some Generalizations of Beukers' Integrals

Petros Hadjicostas 경북대학교 자연과학대학 수학과 2002 Kyungpook mathematical journal Vol.42 No.2

Beukers[3] used some double integrals to give an elegant proof to Apery's result, which states that ζ(3) is irrational. In this paper, based on his methods, we generalize Beukers' integrals (although we do not prove the irrationality of ζ(2n+1) for positive integer n). The evaluaton of these integrals is achieved by using an expansion of an infinite geometric series and differentiating under the integral sign.

Interstitial Cystitis: A Consequence of Weakened Uterosacral Ligaments Failing to Support Visceral Plexuses and Bladder Stretch Receptors, and Therefore Potentially Curable?

Peter Petros 대한배뇨장애요실금학회 2022 International Neurourology Journal Vol.26 No.4

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The Value of the Good Faith of the Occupier for Acquiring the Right of Ownership by Limitation of Possession

Guyvan, Petro International Journal of Computer ScienceNetwork S 2022 International journal of computer science and netw Vol.22 No.7

This scientific article is devoted to the study of the legal significance of such a category of legal status of the purchaser of another's thing, as its good faith. The essence of this phenomenon has been studied, it has been established that the criterion of good faith attaches significant importance to the claims of the participants of these relations for the acquisition or preservation of private property rights. The paper emphasizes that, in addition to the importance of good conscience at the time of possession of another's thing, which gives legal certainty the possibility of registration of the title and is part of the actual composition for the acquisition of property or the right of ancient possession, bona fides also characterizes the behavior of the occupier. In this case, good conscience only has some legal consequences when it is opposed to subjective law. Under such conditions, it acquires direct legal significance, including as a condition for the acquisition and protection of rights. Good faith possession of another's property is an internal indicator of the subject's awareness of a certain property status. This sense, the article assesses this status from the standpoint of the scientific concept of the visibility of law. According to this theory, prescription is also considered as a consequence of the appearance of law, however, because it arises and lasts against the will of the parties and despite their awareness of this fact. Therefore, bona fide continuous and open possession of property as one's own, during the acquisition period, was most significantly associated with the appearance of property. Therefore, the concept of good faith, in the sense of personal perception of real values, is closely related to the principle of protection of the appearance of law, as it is aimed at understanding it by third parties. The paper notes certain differences in the application of the theory of the appearance of the right in the acquisition of property by a bona fide purchaser from an unauthorized alienator and the acquisitive prescription. It is emphasized that such a mechanism must be used in presuming the attitude to the thing as its own, by the holder of movable property. But there should be exceptions to the rule, in particular, if the owner has grounds for vindication of the thing.