BACKGROUND Several countries, including Cyprus, have passed smoke-free legislations in recent years. The goal of this study was to assess the indoor levels of particulate matter in hospitality venues in Cyprus before and after the implementation of the law on 1/1/2010, evaluate the role of enforcement, and examine the legislation's effect on revenue and employment. METHODS Several hospitality...

Diabetes and diabetes-induced complications is a rising health concern in Northern Cyprus. Of the adult population in Northern Cyprus, 12.2% has diabetes and 90% of all individuals suffering from cardiovascular disease are people with diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate nutritional habits of people with diabetes in Northern Cyprus in order to make the necessary recommendations to im...

A faunistic study of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies was carried out in northern Cyprus. A total of 12,517 sand flies (3,285 males and 9,232 females) was collected from 20 different localities in July and September 2004. Nine species belonging to genus Phlebotomus and 3 species of genus Sergentomyia were identified. Of these, the presence of the species Phlebotomus neglectus Ton...

This paper describes the health care system in Cyprus and the funding arrangements for oral health care. Some epidemiological data and costs are also presented. Although almost 83% of the population is entitled to free of charge oral health care within the public sector, only 10% make use of it. Most patients prefer to use the private sector, where they pay out of pocket on a fee-for-service ba...

Neuropsychology Section, Department of Neurology, University of Patras Medical School, 26504 Patras, Greece University of Patras Medical School, 26504 Patras, Greece Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Higher Educational Institute of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece Department of Rehab...

N.M. Ivanova †, R.O. Popovych ‡, C. Sophocleous ♦ and O.O. Vaneeva § †‡§ Institute of Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine, 3 Tereshchenkivska Str., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ‡ Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Wien, Nordbergstraße 15, A-1090 Wien, Austria ♦ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, CY 1678 Nico...