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The species of April 2018

Common Name: Tulip of Akamas Scientific Name: Tulipa akamasica Family: Liliaceae     Description It is an upright, bulbous plant that reaches a maximum height of 30 cm. It has a flowering stem green below and on the upper half it has flower solitary, bright red, with black basal blotch bordered ...

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The species of March 2018

Common Name: Barn swallow Scientific name: Hirundo rustica Family: Hirundinidae     Description It is the most famous species of swallow in Cyprus. It has as its main features a black-brown plumage and a long scissortail. His neck is reddish, a feature that distinguishes it from the rest of his family. ...

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European Success and Discrimination of MASS

The program MASS “Motivate and Attract Students to Science: Sharing best practices in the use of attractive and effective tools and methods of science” has been selected as a “success story” by a panel of experts from the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. “Success ...

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Publication: Attitudes and behaviours of adolescents towards antibiotics and self-care for respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study

Meredith KD Hawking,1,2 Donna M Lecky, Pia Touboul Lundgren, Eman Aldigs, Hind Abdulmajed, Eleni Ioannidou, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Pauline Khouri, Micaela Gal, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Demetrios Mappouras, Cliodna AM McNulty Abstract Background To understand attitudes and behaviours of adolescents towards antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance and respiratory tract infections. Design Qualitative approach informed ...

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The species of May 2018

Name: Riverworm Scientific name: Mauremys rivulata Family: Bataguridae   Description The length of the riverworm’s hull, its carabus, reaches up to 30 cm [2]. Male individuals are smaller in size than females. [2] Its body colour is dark gray-oily to dark brown while the ventral part of the shell is yellow ...

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1st European Science Cafe: “The importance of Environmental Citizenship”

The Cyprus Centre of Environmental Research and Education (CY.C.E.R.E.) invites you to the 1st European Science Café of ENEC Cost Action, during which a discussion will be held about “The importance of Environmental Citizenship”.  The Science Café will take place in Saturday, 28th of April 2018, at 18.00 a.m., at ...

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The species of April 2018

Common Name: Tulip of Akamas Scientific Name: Tulipa akamasica Family: Liliaceae     Description It is an upright, bulbous plant that reaches a maximum height of 30 cm. It has a flowering stem green below and on the upper half it has flower solitary, bright red, with black basal blotch bordered ...

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The species of March 2018

Common Name: Barn swallow Scientific name: Hirundo rustica Family: Hirundinidae     Description It is the most famous species of swallow in Cyprus. It has as its main features a black-brown plumage and a long scissortail. His neck is reddish, a feature that distinguishes it from the rest of his family. ...

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The species of February 2018

Common Name: Thorny burnet, Pricky Burnet, Brushwood Scientific Name: Sarcopoterium spinosum Family: Rosaceae   Description It is a low perennial shrub of about 40 cm high, which grows in areas with low altitude as well as in areas with high altitudes over 1000 m. [1, 2]. It consists of a ...

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