University of West Attica

Ethical regulation of human research in educational institutions for health professions: A cross-national study

Introduction: International research collaboration is increasingly valued. However, the diversity of ethical regulations for human research across health professions education institutions (HPEI) presents growing challenges. While international frameworks provide an ethical found...

Trust me, I’m a robot: relational determinants of social robot acceptance among university students

Purpose Although social robots are increasingly being used in higher education‚ the relational antecedents of students’ acceptance of these robots remain unexplored. This study re-conceptualises the technology acceptance model (TAM) for social robots by shifting the theoretical f...

Attributing Electricity-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Real Water Losses in Greek Water Utilities Using Regulatory Reporting Data

Water lost from distribution networks has already consumed electricity, but the associated greenhouse gas burden is rarely quantified, because water balances and organizational emission inventories use different boundaries. This study links the two within the Greek managerial-ade...

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Considerations for Sustainable Perovskite Photovoltaics: A Digital Decision-Support Framework

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) represent a promising alternative to conventional crystalline silicon photovoltaics (Si PV), but their commercialization requires simultaneous consideration of environmental performance, operational lifetime, end-of-life (EoL) management, and technol...

The ICRIM framework: an integrated conceptual model of cyber resilience indicators

Abstract Cyber resilience measurement remains conceptually fragmented across technical, organizational, and human-oriented research traditions. Existing approaches differ in terminology, level of analysis, form of operationalization, and evidence basis, while indicators are often...

The HEADSpAcE Data Center: An international data and biospecimen resource for head and neck cancer translational research

Head and neck cancer (HNC) comprises a heterogeneous group of malignancies with substantial variation in incidence, risk factors, and outcomes across populations. Existing studies are often limited by regional scope or lack integration of epidemiological, clinical, and molecular...

Photonic integrated recurrent spectrum slicer enabling low complexity direct detection over 200 GBaud dispersive links

Abstract The rising demand for data-intensive workloads in the network is driving the development of scalable and energy-efficient optical communication infrastructure. Intensity modulation with direct detection (IM/DD) remains the preferred choice for cost-sensitive systems but...

Design of Technological Infrastructures in Health and Wellness Tourism and their Effects on Hotel Hospitality: The Case of the Municipality of Lamia

Health and well-being are increasingly pursued through prevention rather than treatment, creating demand for new tourism products and services. This paper examines how technological infrastructures can support health and wellness tourism and how they affect hotel hospitality, usi...

Behaviour and design of aluminium CHS in compression and bending

This study presents an experimental investigation of extruded aluminium circular hollow sections (CHS) subjected to compression and bending, with emphasis on local buckling and the design of slender sections. Nine stub column and seven four-point bending tests were conducted on a...

Cellular, Acellular, and Matrix‐Like Placental Products for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A 12‐Week Randomised‐Trial Meta‐Analysis

ABSTRACT Placental‐derived cellular, acellular, and matrix‐like products (CAMPs) are widely used as adjuncts to standard care for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), but trials differ in product class, comparator, and healing window. We estimated the effect of adjunctive placental‐deriv...

Machine Learning-Based Fault Classification for Intelligent Condition Monitoring in Industrial Production Systems

Industrial production systems require intelligent maintenance solutions to minimize unplanned downtime, improve reliability, and support data-driven decision making. This study presents a machine learning framework for condition monitoring and fault classification in industrial p...

A Satellite-Based Framework for Flood Mapping: Enhancing Explainability Through Multispectral Indices and SHAP Analysis

While machine learning (ML) models have shown considerable promise for modelling complex environmental phenomena such as floods, their adoption in flood mapping is often constrained by limited interpretability. This study develops an integrated SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP...

From Raw Signals to Understood States: A Perspective on Neuro-Symbolic and LLM-Driven Intelligent Sensing of Human Affective and Cognitive States

Intelligent sensor technologies now provide unprecedented multimodal access to human affective and cognitive processes, spanning physiological, ocular, facial, kinematic, ambient, and behavioral streams. Yet, despite dramatic advances in acquisition and deep representation learni...

Assessing the role of plan complexity and target geometry through multi‐institutional gel based end‐to‐end QA in multi‐focal single isocenter stereotactic radiosurgery

BACKGROUND: Single-isocenter stereotactic radiosurgery enables efficient treatment of multiple brain metastases (SI-MBM SRS), but demands high geometric accuracy. Plan complexity metrics are increasingly used as indicators for quality assurance (QA) performance, however their app...

Differentiated Instruction and Learning Outcomes in Vocational Pharmacy Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Differentiated instruction has been proposed as an effective approach for addressing learner diversity and enhancing learning outcomes. The present study investigated the effects of a differentiated instructional intervention, informed by principles of cognitive psychology, Cogni...

Practice readiness in generative and AI-driven architectural design: A systematic assessment

Generative and AI-driven design methods are proliferating in architectural research. Yet, their potential impact on day-to-day practice remains unclear. This review maps 67 case studies drawn from 65 peer-reviewed publications, across nine generative categories organised under fo...

Drivers and barriers associated with the intention–certification gap in hotel sustainability across mature Greek island destinations

Island destinations depend heavily on the hospitality sector, a major driver of tourism consumption that often results in excessive use of resources, particularly in mature and highly seasonal destinations. This study examines the barriers and drivers associated with hotel sustai...

Food insecurity and inflation: An empirical descriptive framework

This paper examines the statistical association between food inflation and food insecurity using official Eurostat data. The results indicate that food insecurity is more strongly associated with HICP for food and nonalcoholic beverages than with all items HICP, while no meaningf...

Redesign of a Composite Marine Shaft via the Novel Double-Double Layup

Composite drive shafts offer substantial weight and durability advantages over steel in marine propulsion systems, yet their design traditionally relies on computationally expensive metaheuristic optimisation of a combinatorially large, discrete ply-angle space. This study invest...

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Academic Resilience Scale-30 for Responses to Adverse Workplace Performance Evaluation Among Greek Public Healthcare Employees

Background: The Academic Resilience Scale-30 (ARS-30) was originally developed to assess cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses following negative academic evaluation. Because structured performance appraisal has recently become an established component of the Greek publi...