Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences: Recent submissions

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    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Mechanical Cell Membrane stimulation using Magnetic Tweezers increases cell membrane stiffness through integrin dependent and independent mechanisms 

      Michanikou, Antonis (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-12)
      Several cellular processes, such as proliferation, migration tissue morphogenesis and tissue regeneration, are closely regulated by the cells ability to sense their microenvironment and translate mechanical stimuli to ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Collaborative Agents in a museum robbery 

      Evripidou, Eleni (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2023-01)
      Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) in video games play an important role in the development of an immersive video game. Traditionally NPC behaviours are hard-coded, causing human players to easily identify their weaknesses. ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Implementation of mocap solver algorithm on motion captures to improve accuracy and performance 

      Panayiotou, Markos (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-12)
      One of the main issues that Motion Capture systems face is to accurately note all markers within the 3D environment. While the accuracy varies according to the system used, there are algorithms that use Deep Learning ...
    • Master Thesis  

      Προσρόφηση Ουρανίου και άλλων (ραδιο)τοξικών μεταλλοϊοντων από υδατικά συστήματα σε εξανθράκωμα ινων φοινικόδεντρου και αεροπηκτωμα 

      Γεωργίου, Ευθαλία (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-12)
      Αντικείμενο της μεταπτυχιακής μου εργασίας αποτελεί η προσρόφηση U(VI) και δύο άλλων άλλων (ραδιο)τοξικών μεταλλοϊόντων (Eu(III) και Th(IV)) σε διασταυρωμένα αεροπηκτώματα πολυουρίας και αλγινικού ασβεστίου (Polyurea-Crosslinked ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Ontological query rewriting: termination criteria 

      Leandrou, Frederikos (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-12)
      Ontological queries are queries evaluated against a database and an ontology, i.e. a set of logic rules and constraints from which new knowledge can be derived from. Ontological database systems can thus be more powerful ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Human immune responses upon SARS-CoV-2 infection- inflammation and cytokine storm 

      Syrimi, Andriani (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-12)
      Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible and pathogenic coronavirus that emerged in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China, causing the COVID-19 pandemic of acute respiratory ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Implentation,validation and experimental evaluation of a distributed randomized common coin algorithm 

      Kousiappas, Michalis (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-07-28)
      A crucial problem found in distributed system is to achieve trustworthyness. If we know who to trust then we can try and reach consensus which is to decide a common value for everyone. This becomes significantly more ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Implementation, validation, and experimental evaluation of a self-stabilizing Byzantine-tolerant multivalued consensus algorithm 

      Charalampous, Andreas (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-07)
      Distributed computing has been in the foreground for decades, with distributed systems having numerous applications. Due to their architecture, one fundamental problem that these systems often need to solve is the consensus ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Video analysis of entrepreneurs’ pitches and funding prediction 

      Moleskis, Giorgos (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-06)
      This research was conducted for the purposes of my master’s degree thesis and aims to create a machine learning model that can make funding predictions based on the data collected from entrepreneurs' funding pitches. ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Searches for beyond the standard model signatures with the CMS Detector at LHC 

      Paizanos, Leonidas (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05-31)
      The Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most outstanding achievements of modern physics. It describes the elementary particles that form our universe and the interactions between them, providing at the same ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Application of conservation genetics in conservation planning, with a special focus on the impacts of hybridization on birds and their conservation 

      Hajjar, Vanessa (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-06-01)
      Biodiversity consists of all different live forms found in Earth. It is important to sustain it as it has several important aspects, such as maintaining ecosystems, helping with their proper functioning and it also plays ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Adherens Junctions spatially guide ECM deposition by stimulating integrin activation and clustering 

      Zheltkova, Maria (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05-20)
      The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an essential role in all multicellular organisms as a substrate for cell anchorage and tissue scaffolding. It is involved in diverse processes such as cell proliferation and survival, ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Καλλιτεχνικές εμπειρίες XR 

      Κυριάκου, Θεόδωρος (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-06)
      Η πανδημία Κορονοϊού του 2019 έφερε τα πάνω κάτω σε πολλούς τομείς και σε πάμπολλους επαγγελματικούς χώρους. Ένας από τους χώρους που πλήγηκε ήταν και ο μουσικός. Διαφάνηκε έτσι η ανάγκη εξεύρεσης εναλλακτικών τρόπων ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Genetic Characterization of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF91_cpx) and Identification of Three Additional Putative CRFs: Increased Prevalence of URFs and CRFs in the Polyphyletic HIV-1 Infection in Cyprus. 

      Georgiou, Vasilis (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05-27)
      HIV is characterized by a high degree of genetic variation, as it is evident from numerous genetically distinct subtypes (within the major group M) and circulating recombinant forms (CRFs). The genetic diversity of HIV is ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Crowd simulation by deep reinforcement learning 

      Panayiotou, Andreas (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-06)
      The simulation of realistic virtual crowds has been an active research area in several domains, including film industry, video games, engineering, and psychology. The main aspect of visual crowd is the ability of having ...
    • Master Thesis  

      Ηλεκτροχημική επεξεργασία του ορού τυρογάλακτος και χαρακτηρισμός του αρώματος του 

      Ηλία, Σωτηρία (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05-25)
      Η παρούσα Διατριβή Μάστερ επικεντρώθηκε στην αποτελεσματικότητα των ηλεκτροχημικών διεργασιών της ηλεκτροκροκίδωσης (Electrocoagulation, EC), της ηλεκτροοξείδωσης (Electrooxidation, ΕΟ) και του συνδυασμού τους (EC/ΕΟ), για ...
    • Master Thesis  

      Προσδιορισμός πτητικών συστατικών στο ελαιόλαδο 

      Φελλά, Παναγιώτα (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05)
      Το προφίλ των πτητικών οργανικών ενώσεων (Volatile Organic Compounds, VOCs) του ελαιολάδου σχετίζεται άμεσα με τα οργανοληπτικά χαρακτηριστικά του. Το πρώτο μέρος της παρούσας Διατριβής Μάστερ επικεντρώνεται στο χαρακτηρισμό ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Implementation, validation and experimental evaluation of a self-stabilizing randomized Byzantine-tolerant binary consensus algorithm 

      Demetriou, Constandinos (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05-31)
      Binary consensus is a problem in which a set of processors must agree on a single binary value. In asynchronous systems, where a subset of the processors may be malicious, this challenge gets more challenging. We study ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Προσδιορισμός της συνολικής πολυφαινολικής περιεκτικότητας και αντιοξειδωτικής ικανότητας εκχυλισμάτων σάρκας χαρουπιού με τη χρήση φασματοσκοπίας FTIR και χημειομετρίας 

      Παπαγεωργίου, Ερατώ (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05)
      Τρόφιμα φυτικής προέλευσης και αντιοξειδωτικά συστατικά που προσλαμβάνονται μέσω της διατροφής, όπως είναι για παράδειγμα οι φυτοχημικές ουσίες της κατηγορίας των πολυφαινολών, συγκεντρώνουν ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον εξαιτίας ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Recombinant Poliovirus a therapeutic agent for Cancer 

      Mbonu, Helen (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022-05)
      Cancer is a leading cause of global mortality, and its burden is growing despite the availability of standard treatment methods. Genetically and Morphologically tumor cells differ from normal cells. However, cancers arise ...