Periklis P. Papaioannou

The Centre for Research and Technology, Hellas · Information Technologies Institute (ITI)

Background: Given the paucity of literature on the management of infected metalwork and nonunion in neuropathic diabetic patients, a meta-analysis was designed to investigate the two major complications following Charcot reconstruction performed by means of internal fixation methods. Methods: We searched PubMed, Scopus and CENTRAL until the 17th of...

The environmental challenges the world faces nowadays have never been greater or more complex. Global areas covered by forests and urban woodlands are threatened by natural disasters that have increased dramatically during the last decades, in terms of both frequency and magnitude. Large-scale forest fires are one of the most harmful natural hazard...

Purpose: The conventional surgical treatment of moderate to severe hallux valgus (HV) deformity includes proximal metatarsal osteotomies (PMOs). Recent evidence suggests that the extension of indications for distal metatarsal osteotomies (DMOs) may result in comparable outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of proximal wit...

Reliability of distribution systems is greatly affected by lightning, which is a major cause of power interruptions. The lightning performance of overhead distributions lines can be evaluated by estimating the direct-stroke and induced-voltage flashover rates. A useful application software, called LPDL, for the straightforward evaluation of the lig...

A useful application software for the evaluation of the lightning performance of overhead distribution lines is introduced. The SM-LPDL software has been developed in Matlab, runs as a Microsoft Windows application and features a user-friendly graphics interface. It incorporates a statistical method for the estimation of the flashover rate of overh...