• Article  

      Capturing essential intrinsic user behaviour values for the design of comprehensive web-based personalized environments 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2008)
      Advances in Web-based oriented technologies and services are taking place with a considerable speed around the world. As communications and IT usage become an integral part of many people's lives and the available products ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Design of an intelligent tutoring system on the www to support Interactive learning 

      Seiridi-Bouchelaghem, Hassina; Sellami, Mokhtar (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Web-based education is currently a hot research and development area. Thousands of Web-based courses and other educational applications have been made available on the Web, but the problem is that most of them are nothing ...
    • Article  

      Drivers and outcomes of importer adaptation in international buyer-seller relationships 

      Leonidou, Leonidas C.; Palihawadana, Dayananda; Chari, S.; Leonidou, Constantinos N. (2011)
      Notwithstanding the growing literature on international buyer-seller relationships, limited attention has been given to the crucial role of adaptation in enhancing relationship performance, especially from the standpoint ...
    • Article  

      Embracing cognitive factors and Fuzzy Logic in adaptive interactive systems 

      Papatheocharous, Efi; Belk, Marios; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Samaras, George S. (2013)
      The increased demand of services on the Web to satisfy the diverse characteristics of users have resulted in a plethora of applications that aim to provide personalized services based on the heterogeneous needs and preferences ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhancing e-learning environments with users' cognitive factors: The case of EKPAIDEION 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Belk, Marios; Christodoulou, Eleni; Spanoudis,George C.; Samaras, George S. (Academic Conferences Limited, 2008)
      We are now witnessing an extensive and gradually increasing use of the World Wide Web space, proved to be a quite favourable way of communication, due to its speed, simplicity and efficiency. Distance learning (or eLearning) ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhancing e-learning environments with users' cognitive factors: The case of EKPAIDEION 

      Tsianos, N.; Germanakos, P.; Lekkas, Z.; Mourlas, C.; Belk, M.; Christodoulou, E.; Spanoudis, George C.; Samaras, G. (2008)
      We are now witnessing an extensive and gradually increasing use of the World Wide Web space, proved to be a quite favourable way of communication, due to its speed, simplicity and efficiency. Distance learning (or eLearning) ...
    • Conference Object  

      Intelligent authoring tools for enhancing mass customization of e-services: The smarTag framework 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Belk, Marios; Samaras, George S. (2009)
      Mass customization should be more than just configuring a specific component (hardware or software), but should be seen as the co-design of an entire system, including services, experiences and human satisfaction at the ...
    • Conference Object  

      New fundamental profiling characteristics for designing adaptive web-based educational systems 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2005)
      There is a growing body of empirical evidence to suggest that users tend to make poor decisions in traditional educational systems as the navigational freedom given to the user leads to comprehension and orientation ...
    • Article  

      Proposing a fuzzy adaptation mechanism based on cognitive factors of users for web personalization 

      Papatheocharous, Efi; Belk, Marios; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Samaras, George S. (2012)
      The increased demand of Web services and diverse characteristics of users have resulted in a plethora of applications that aim to provide personalized services based on the heterogeneous needs and preferences of users. ...
    • Article  

      Psychosocial predictors of health outcomes in colorectal cancer: A comprehensive review 

      Sales, P. M. G.; Carvalho, A. F.; McIntyre, R. S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Hyphantis, T. (2014)
      Background: A diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its long-term treatment may lead to significant psychological distress and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for a significant proportion of patients. ...
    • Article  Open Access

      Romeo and Juliet for two: Shakespeare during the financial crisis in Greece 

      Giannakopoulou, Vasso (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The Greeks have appropriated Shakespeare for a vast array of reasons, including resorting to him in times of need, the recent financial crisis being one such time. In December 2012, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and ...
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      Stress management can facilitate weight loss in Greek overweight and obese women: A pilot study 

      Christaki, Eirini; Kokkinos, A.; Costarelli, V.; Alexopoulos, E. C.; Chrousos, George P.; Darviri, C. (2013)
      Background: Stress and negative emotions have been shown to be critical factors in inducing overeating as a form of maladaptive coping in obese people. Methods: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week ...
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      Towards a human factors ontology for computer-mediated systems 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Belk, Marios; Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2008)
      Adapting to user context, individual features and behavior patterns is a topic of great attention nowadays in the field of Web-based and mobile mediated platforms, such as eTraining, eCommerce, eLearning and so on. A ...