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  1. Book ; Online: ${\rm N{\small ode}S{\small ig}}$

    Çelikkanat, Abdulkadir / Papadopoulos, Apostolos N. / Malliaros, Fragkiskos D.

    Random Walk Diffusion meets Hashing for Scalable Graph Embeddings

    2020  

    Abstract: ... N{\small ode}S{\small ig}}$, a scalable embedding model that computes binary node representations ... rm N{\small ode}S{\small ig}}$ exploits random walk diffusion probabilities via stable random ...

    Abstract Learning node representations is a crucial task with a plethora of interdisciplinary applications. Nevertheless, as the size of the networks increases, most widely used models face computational challenges to scale to large networks. While there is a recent effort towards designing algorithms that solely deal with scalability issues, most of them behave poorly in terms of accuracy on downstream tasks. In this paper, we aim at studying models that balance the trade-off between efficiency and accuracy. In particular, we propose ${\rm N{\small ode}S{\small ig}}$, a scalable embedding model that computes binary node representations. ${\rm N{\small ode}S{\small ig}}$ exploits random walk diffusion probabilities via stable random projection hashing, towards efficiently computing embeddings in the Hamming space. Our extensive experimental evaluation on various graphs has demonstrated that the proposed model achieves a good balance between accuracy and efficiency compared to well-known baseline models on two downstream tasks.
    Keywords Computer Science - Machine Learning ; Computer Science - Social and Information Networks ; Statistics - Machine Learning
    Subject code 006
    Publishing date 2020-10-01
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article: Synthesis, Crystallization, Structure Memory Effects, and Molecular Dynamics of Biobased and Renewable Poly(n-alkylene succinate)s with n from 2 to 10

    Klonos, Panagiotis A / Papadopoulos, Lazaros / Kasimatis, Maria / Iatrou, Hermis / Kyritsis, Apostolos / Bikiaris, Dimitrios N

    Macromolecules. 2021 Jan. 27, v. 54, no. 3

    2021  

    Abstract: In this article, we synthesize five poly(n-alkylene succinate)s, PnASs, with n = 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 ... we explore for the first time, on the same type of succinic polyesters, the impact of n on the structure ... We demonstrate that the structure/crystal memory is stronger for the lower n (shorter alkylene succinate monomers ...

    Abstract In this article, we synthesize five poly(n-alkylene succinate)s, PnASs, with n = 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 via multi-step polycondensation methods. Next, we comparatively investigate these renewable and biobased polyesters from the points of view of structure, crystallinity, and molecular mobility, employing ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography, viscometry, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC, conventional and temperature modulation modes), polarized optical microscopy (POM), and broadband dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (BDS). Next to the successful synthesis of the materials, we evaluate the characteristics of crystallization (temperature and fraction); moreover, we explore for the first time, on the same type of succinic polyesters, the impact of n on the structure memory related to crystal nucleation as well as the changes in the semicrystalline morphology. We demonstrate that the structure/crystal memory is stronger for the lower n (shorter alkylene succinate monomers) because of more chain–chain associations, the result being independent from the overall length of the polymer chain (molar mass, Mₙ 13–80 kg/mass). The crystalline fraction (CF ∼ 12–34%) increases with n, also independently from Mₙ; however, the chain length affects directly the nucleation rate as Tc increases with Mₙ. The direct effects of n, in the inter-/intrachain interactions, as well as the indirect ones, on the CF and distribution of crystallites were found to be responsible for the alternations in the static glass transition temperature in DSC (lowering of Tg with n) and the dynamic glass transition (α, αc relaxations in BDS). For the sum of these PnASs, the molecular dynamics mapping is shown here, also for the first time. With increasing n, segmental dynamics accelerates, whereas, interestingly, the cooperativity drops (elimination for n = 10). Comparing these results with the recorded alternations in the semicrystalline morphology (POM), we conclude spatial confinement to be imposed on the mobile amorphous polymer by the tightly distributed crystallites when n increases. Overall, these data provide proofs for the potential for tuning of the final polymer properties connected with crystallization (mechanical performance and permeability), envisaging future biomedical, packaging, and other application for these PnASs.
    Keywords X-ray diffraction ; condensation reactions ; crystal structure ; crystallization ; gel chromatography ; glass transition ; glass transition temperature ; light microscopy ; memory ; molecular dynamics ; molecular weight ; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; permeability ; succinic acid ; viscometry
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-0127
    Size p. 1106-1119.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ZDB-ID 1491942-4
    ISSN 1520-5835 ; 0024-9297
    ISSN (online) 1520-5835
    ISSN 0024-9297
    DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02109
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  3. Book ; Online: Advances in Wood Composites

    Papadopoulos, Antonios N.

    2020  

    Abstract: Wood composites have shown very good performance, and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. Selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, ... ...

    Abstract Wood composites have shown very good performance, and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. Selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, whether this is by design, by preservative treatment or by wood modification techniques. This Special Issue, Advances in Wood Composites presents recent progress in enhancing and refining the performance and properties of wood composites by chemical and thermal modification and the application of smart nanomaterials, which have made them a particular area of interest for researchers. In addition, it reviews some important aspects in the field of wood composites, with particular focus on their materials, applications, and engineering and scientific advances, including solutions inspired biomimetrically by the structure of wood and wood composites. This Special Issue, with a collection of 13 original contributions, provides selected examples of recent Advances in Wood Composites
    Keywords Technology (General) ; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
    Size 1 electronic resource (210 pages)
    Publisher MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note eng ; Open Access
    HBZ-ID HT020589487
    ISBN 9783039285846 ; 9783039285853 ; 303928584X ; 3039285858
    DOI 10.3390/books978-3-03928-585-3
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  4. Article ; Online: Preservation of the Exchange Principle via Lattice Operations on (S,N)– Implications

    Grammatikopoulos, Dimitrios S. / Papadopoulos, Basil K.

    Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations

    Abstract: ... principle, a property of fuzzy implications. We focus on the cases of (S,N)– implications and ... such that the exchange principle is preserved under the join and meet operations if we use (S,N)– implications. ...

    Abstract In this paper, we investigate a special case of an open problem that is related to the exchange principle, a property of fuzzy implications. We focus on the cases of (S,N)– implications and the preservation of the exchange principle via lattice operations. We present and prove some sufficient conditions such that the exchange principle is preserved under the join and meet operations if we use (S,N)– implications.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher PMC
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-49186-4_15
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  5. Book ; Online: Advances in Wood Composites II

    Papadopoulos, Antonios N.

    2020  

    Keywords History of engineering & technology ; EPDM rubber ; wood sawdust ; electron beam irradiation ; dibenzoyl peroxide ; cross-liking ; physico-chemical characteristics ; feather protein ; wood preservatives ; nano-carrier ; treatability ; decay resistance ; short-rotation ; aspen ; willow ; injection molding ; biocomposite ; tensile strength ; bending strength ; microstructure behavior ; viscoelasticity ; WPC ; HDPE ; composite ; wood ; creep ; thermoplastic ; flexure ; power law ; modeling ; fire retardants ; fire retardancy ; graphene ; nano-materials ; wollastonite ; black locust wood ; ammonia treated wood ; colour change ; dynamic mechanical analysis ; birch plywood ; veneer-drying temperature ; formaldehyde emission ; modulus of elasticity ; bonding strength ; thickness swelling ; water absorption ; transparent wood ; orthogonal test ; partial delignification ; light transmittance ; morphological structure ; sorption behavior ; sorption fitting model ; compositional analysis ; hydroxyl accessibility ; engineering materials ; composite panels ; chicken feather ; cell-wall polymers ; thermal conductivity coefficient ; natural materials ; spruce and larch bark ; sound absorption coefficient ; impedance tube ; biomass ; up-cycling ; plywood ; densification ; core layer temperature ; bonding quality ; hot pressing ; veneer stack heating ; wood composites ; wood composite binders ; synthetic wood adhesives ; biosourced wood adhesives ; environment-friendly ; new approaches ; n/a
    Size 1 electronic resource (222 pages)
    Publisher MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publishing place Basel, Switzerland
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English ; Open Access
    HBZ-ID HT021046969
    ISBN 9783039435227 ; 3039435221
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  6. Article ; Online: The evidence for using hyoscine N-butylbromide (Buscopan) in ureteric obstruction.

    Bourdoumis, A / Stasinou, T / Papadopoulos, G / Buchholz, N

    International journal of clinical practice

    2014  Volume 68, Issue 9, Page(s) 1174

    MeSH term(s) Butylscopolammonium Bromide/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Ureteral Obstruction/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Butylscopolammonium Bromide (2Z3E1OF81V)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1386246-7
    ISSN 1742-1241 ; 1368-5031
    ISSN (online) 1742-1241
    ISSN 1368-5031
    DOI 10.1111/ijcp.12506
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  7. Book ; Online: Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands

    Papadopoulos, Nicolas / Cleveland, Mark

    2021  

    Keywords KJS
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource
    Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English
    HBZ-ID HT030380123
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  8. Article ; Online: Hyoscine N-butylbromide (Buscopan®) in the treatment of acute ureteral colic: what is the evidence?

    Papadopoulos, George / Bourdoumis, Andreas / Kachrilas, Stefanos / Bach, Christian / Buchholz, Noor / Masood, Junaid

    Urologia internationalis

    2014  Volume 92, Issue 3, Page(s) 253–257

    Abstract: Objective: To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB ... N-butylbromide', 'ureteral colic', 'spasmolytic', 'anticholinergic' and 'analgesia'. The articles ...

    Abstract Objective: To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB) in the treatment of acute renal colic.
    Methods: A literature search was performed using the keywords 'hyoscine N-butylbromide', 'ureteral colic', 'spasmolytic', 'anticholinergic' and 'analgesia'. The articles were given the appropriate level of evidence according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence guidelines.
    Results: The analgesic effect of HBB as monotherapy is inferior to that of opioids and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It does provide an analgesic and antispasmodic effect, but not as long-lasting as NSAIDs. HBB does not serve as an adjunct to opioids. Furthermore, it does not facilitate passage of ureteral stones and has no effect on expulsion rate.
    Conclusions: HBB is often used where urinary tract smooth muscle spasm is thought to be part of the pathophysiological process. According to the evidence, administration of HBB follows non-peer-reviewed protocols which are based on empiric recommendations. Its role is still unclear, as it appears to have no advantage when used as monotherapy over established forms of analgesia. There appears to be a time-dependent relation to pain reduction following parenteral administration, but this needs to be confirmed by more prospective randomized cohorts.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Analgesics/adverse effects ; Analgesics/therapeutic use ; Butylscopolammonium Bromide/adverse effects ; Butylscopolammonium Bromide/therapeutic use ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Humans ; Muscarinic Antagonists/adverse effects ; Muscarinic Antagonists/therapeutic use ; Renal Colic/diagnosis ; Renal Colic/drug therapy ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Analgesics ; Muscarinic Antagonists ; Butylscopolammonium Bromide (2Z3E1OF81V)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 204045-1
    ISSN 1423-0399 ; 0042-1138
    ISSN (online) 1423-0399
    ISSN 0042-1138
    DOI 10.1159/000358015
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  9. Article: Mobilization of n-hexadecane in porous media using food grade amphiphiles

    Ezeh, Chike G / Chia-Yu Chen / Kyriakos D. Papadopoulos

    Colloids and surfaces. 2018 Dec. 05, v. 558

    2018  

    Abstract: A model liquid hydrocarbon (n-hexadecane) was used to gain insight on the mobilization of non ... trapped in a water-filled cryolite porous medium. Red dye was added to the n-Hexadecane to improve ... in the mobilization of n-hexadecane from the porous media. Furthermore, any (non-optimal) mixture of lecithin and ...

    Abstract A model liquid hydrocarbon (n-hexadecane) was used to gain insight on the mobilization of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) trapped in porous formations, important for both enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and oil spill remediation in porous media. Food-grade surfactants lecithin from soy and tween 80 were compared to commercial dispersant Corexit 9500A, for their ability to mobilize the hydrocarbon originally trapped in a water-filled cryolite porous medium. Red dye was added to the n-Hexadecane to improve visualization, and the aqueous phase incorporated different ratios of the surfactants Lecithin and Tween 80 to seek synergistic benefits when the two surfactants are combined. Visual-microscopic flooding experiments carried on a miniature packed bed produced images which were then analyzed using grayscale image analysis. It was determined that a ratio 40:60 by weight of Lecithin to Tween 80 has the best performance in the mobilization of n-hexadecane from the porous media. Furthermore, any (non-optimal) mixture of lecithin and tween 80 exhibited a better (synergistic) performance in n-Hexadecane recovery from the porous media than when applying either surfactant separately.
    Keywords colloids ; cryolite ; dispersants ; hexadecane ; image analysis ; lecithins ; liquids ; models ; nonaqueous phase liquids ; oil spills ; oils ; polysorbates ; porous media ; remediation ; surfactants
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2018-1205
    Size p. 123-129.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1500517-3
    ISSN 0927-7757
    ISSN 0927-7757
    DOI 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.08.061
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  10. Article: Hyoscine N-Butylbromide (Buscopan®) in the Treatment of Acute Ureteral Colic: What Is the Evidence?

    Papadopoulos, George / Bourdoumis, Andreas / Kachrilas, Stefanos / Bach, Christian / Buchholz, Noor / Masood, Junaid

    Urologia Internationalis

    2014  Volume 92, Issue 3, Page(s) 253–257

    Abstract: Objective: To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB ... in the treatment of acute renal colic. Methods: A literature search was performed using the keywords ‘hyoscine N ...

    Institution Endourology and Stone Services, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
    Abstract Objective: To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB) in the treatment of acute renal colic. Methods: A literature search was performed using the keywords ‘hyoscine N-butylbromide', ‘ureteral colic', ‘spasmolytic', ‘anticholinergic' and ‘analgesia'. The articles were given the appropriate level of evidence according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence guidelines. Results: The analgesic effect of HBB as monotherapy is inferior to that of opioids and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It does provide an analgesic and antispasmodic effect, but not as long-lasting as NSAIDs. HBB does not serve as an adjunct to opioids. Furthermore, it does not facilitate passage of ureteral stones and has no effect on expulsion rate. Conclusions: HBB is often used where urinary tract smooth muscle spasm is thought to be part of the pathophysiological process. According to the evidence, administration of HBB follows non-peer-reviewed protocols which are based on empiric recommendations. Its role is still unclear, as it appears to have no advantage when used as monotherapy over established forms of analgesia. There appears to be a time-dependent relation to pain reduction following parenteral administration, but this needs to be confirmed by more prospective randomized cohorts.
    Keywords Anticholinergic ; Analgesia ; Hyoscine N-butylbromide ; Ureteral colic ; Spasmolytic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-02-26
    Publisher S. Karger AG
    Publishing place Basel, Switzerland
    Document type Article
    Note Review
    ZDB-ID 204045-1
    ISSN 1423-0399 ; 0042-1138
    ISSN (online) 1423-0399
    ISSN 0042-1138
    DOI 10.1159/000358015
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