Anastasia Misseyanni

American College of Greece · Science and Mathematics

Green roofs have been proposed as a significant method of “renaturing” the city, mitigating the urban heat island effect and controlling storm water movement. Plant growth on green roofs affects the environmental performance of the roof. Thus, it is important to examine which parameters influence this growth. Green roofs in the Mediterranean region...

Engaged Scholarship entails utilizing Technology driven Learning Innovation in Higher Education (HE) in an integrative manner and more than before in an Out-of-the-Box approach. Proper use of ICTs in higher learning educational systems ensures that not only the resources of the institutions are put in good use but that academic service learning, co...

Major advances and breakthroughs in Medicine and Healthcare are transforming our world. How will we manage to tackle our disease burden to improve our day-to-day well-being especially if in developed countries the global population of people over 80 will more than triple by 2050 and in the less developed ones the youth profile will escalate? Will E...

In the rapidly changing, 21st century globalized world, with increasing environmental pressures and challenges, education for the environment and sustainability is a priority at all levels; from kindergarten to higher education. It is the education that will create the environmentally aware and socially responsible individuals, capable of addressin...

This is the first of two overview chapters of important contemporary environmental health challenges. The exciting developments in the environmental health fields are approached in an interdisciplinary manner covering cutting-edge scientific developments and research. In the first chapter, environmental exposures to a variety of toxins, diseases, a...

This is part two of two overview chapters of the most important contemporary environmental health challenges. This second chapter discusses environmental health as a socio-political and ethical issue. It argues that effectively moving towards healthier and sustainable societies requires not only sound scientific knowledge but also policies, medical...

The development of media and digital competences has been very vital to education. Teachers and pupils should acquire digital competencies that allow them to survive in the digital society. In this line of thinking, they should also develop critical thinking in order to use technological resources properly. With this in in mind, the European Parlia...

Environmental health is an area with significant developments and noteworthy challenges that expand into various disciplines: medicine and public health, sociology and communications, technology, policymaking, and legislation. Due to the massive amount of health-related issues, additional literature involving environmental health is required to imp...

The teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses in Higher Education is challenging and requires not only well educated teachers but also use of innovative methods including Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools in order to encourage creativity, and positive change through the excitement of the emotion...

Higher Education (HE) institutions, as centers of creation and dissemination of knowledge, are called to respond to contemporary challenges. In the 21st century knowledge society, which is increasingly globalized and dominated by an expansion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), new skills are cultivated. Students learn to approach...

Contemporary globalized societies face important environmental and social problems that require urgent action and citizen engagement. Active learning in contemporary societies is being reemphasized in order to prepare active learners, capable of critical thinking and innovative problem solving and able to become responsible citizens. Environmental...

Contemporary globalized societies face important environmental and social problems that require urgent action and citizen engagement. Active learning in contemporary societies is being re-emphasized in order to prepare active learners, capable of critical thinking and innovative problem solving and able to become responsible citizens. Environmental...

In the era of the 21st century knowledge society, higher education can play an important role as a driver for innovation, leadership and creativity, as it helps develop not only well informed and knowledgeable citizens but also responsible and creative individuals. The challenges of globalization, tightly linked with rapid developments in Informati...

Engaged Scholarship entails utilizing Technology driven Learning Innovation in Higher Education (HE) in an integrative manner and more than before in an Out-of-the-Box approach. Proper use of ICTs in higher learning educational systems ensures that not only the resources of the institutions are put in good use but that academic service learning, co...

The investigators’ goal in this study is to examine the impact of active learning strategies on learning in an undergraduate introductory environmental science course. Activities like video screenings followed by class discussion, field and lab work, brainstorming and group discussion were employed by the instructor so that they help students meet...

GAME BASED LEARNING AND GAMIFICATION: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOW-TO-GUIDE IN STEM EDUCATION C. Marouli, A. Misseyanni, P. Papadopoulou, M. Lytras The American College of Greece (GREECE) Game Based Learning and Gamification are recognized as key responsive actions to a number of limitations and weaknesses in Higher Education and especially i...

INTEGRATING RESEARCH TO TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A VALUE CHAIN MODEL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT M. Lytras, A. Misseyanni, C. Marouli, P. Papadopoulou The American College of Greece (GREECE) Research Integration to Teaching is a great challenge for the provision of qualitative training in universities and colleges. A numb...

International Journal of Knowledge Society Research Volume 7 • Issue 4 • October-December-2016 • ISSN: 1947-8429 • eISSN: 1947-8437 An official publication of the Information Resources Management Association Special Issue on Teaching in Higher Education: Guest Editorial Preface

We live in a globalized society, with serious environmental problems, poverty for many, increasing gap between the wealthy and the poor, violence in many parts of the world, and access to a great wealth of information. Sustainable development and sustainable communities are urgent goals of our times. Sustainable living requires changes in social va...

We live in a society where exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education plays a very important role in all aspects of life. Addressing social problems increasingly requires innovations that may involve basic science research, along with its applications and implications, environmental concerns and technology develop...

Establishment and Validation of a Genetic Test for the Identification of Neurofibromatosis Type I

The mammalian ribosomal RNA gene promoters exhibit a conserved sequence between positions + 1 and + 16 that shows a high degree of homology to the response element for glucocorticoids and progestins (GRE/PRE). These sequences bind specifically the glucocorticoid receptor and the progesterone receptor (PR) albeit with lower affinity than a canonical...

To understand the mechanisms responsible for endometrium-specific expression of the uteroglobin gene, we have compared transcription from the uteroglobin promoter in a human endometrial cell line (Ishikawa) and in HeLa cells. In transient transfection experiments and in nuclear extracts, sequences from -395 to +14 of the uteroglobin gene are able t...

To understand the molecular mechanism of endometrial differentiation we have initiated an analysis of the uteroglobin promoter. Uteroglobin is normally expressed in endometrial tissues under the control of ovarian hormones. In gene transfer experiments with the Ishikawa cell line, derived from a human endometrial adenocarcinoma, we have identified...