After reporting feeling unwell following her initial appearance before a prosecutor—who charged her with negligent homicide—she was transferred for medical tests by the police escorting her. The young driver is scheduled to appear before an investigating judge on Tuesday to give her statement The driver’s two passengers, injured in the crash, were transported to Gennimatas Hospital. The 22-year-old was arrested, and tests revealed her blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit The Traffic Police Department is conducting a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of this latest tragedy You must be logged in to post a comment. Besson eliminate FMP4 min to readReviewStrong performance by Dylan Ennis against PeristeriUCAM Murcia needed a win to clinch the top spot MIES (Switzerland) - Five seasons in the Basketball Champions League UCAM Murcia continued their successful run in this competition winning Group H and moving straight to the sweet 16 group phase Manisa Basket and Peristeri Domino's have to go through the Play-Ins in January while FMP SoccerBet ended their maiden BCL adventure with one win in six games trusting that even the players who aren't getting a lot of minutes this season could take care of business against Peristeri Domino's in a rematch from last season's Third Place Game It proved to be the right call by the hosts, as they led from start to finish to pick up an 83-76 win Peristeri were hanging around for most of the game but winning on the road seems to be mission impossible when facing UCAM Murcia which is something to keep in mind if Murcia reach the Quarter-Finals with homecourt advantage "For us it's very important to get the first position We started the season playing what I felt was a great game against Manisa and we lost in OT For the second season in a row we have been able to finish first after losing the first game last year against Derthona and this year against Manisa I think it's important for us to have this kind of reaction beating all the other teams away and playing good basketball," coach Alonso commented after the game Dylan Ennis missed practice due to medical reasons last week 19-year-old Fabian Flores Moreno scored his first points in the BCL after averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds per game for Murcia in the Youth BCL in 2023 Chris Coffey was Peristeri's best player with 21 points and 6 rebounds Manisa Basket had a slim chance to win the group, but at least they got a consolation prize of getting back to winning ways after two straight defeats in the BCL. They defeated FMP SoccerBet 103-84 to finish the Regular Season at 4-2 and secure homecourt advantage for the Play-Ins The first half was all about Saben Lee and Hugo Besson exchanging highlights both of them scoring 17 points before the break while the entire FMP team had 37 points in that same span With arguably the best one-two punch in this competition being that hot Manisa were quick to get a double digit lead and never looked back storming to a comfortable win which meant FMP's BCL campaign ends in December while Martynas Echodas had 13 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season Matic Rebec was once again FMP's best player with 18 points in 25 minutes UCAM Murcia Manisa Basket Peristeri Domino's FMP SoccerBet UCAM Murcia will now be in the Round of 16 Group L alongside ERA Nymburk and two Play-In winners coming from the A2 vs B3 and F2 vs E3 matchups Manisa Basket will face NINERS Chemnitz in the Play-Ins with homecourt advantage in the best-of-three series while Peristeri Domino's have to win at least one road game against Bertram Derthona Basket in that same phase while the Round of 16 begins on January 28 A Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian was celebrated this morning at the Church of Saint Paraskevi in Peristeri This marks the first-ever Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian celebrated in Athens Divine Liturgies in Ukrainian will be held more regularly in churches within the Metropolis of Peristeri with the permission and blessing of Metropolitan Gregory of Peristeri Vasyl Lylo of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine Vasilios has a close relationship with Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine and was part of the official delegation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to the Phanar when it received the Tomos of Autocephaly from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew In attendance were members of the Ukrainian community in Athens Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Theotokos.. it was announced that two Roman Catholic institutions in Bavaria have decided to jointly.. A car once used by Pope Francis during his 2014 visit to Bethlehem is being transformed into a mobile.. the Monastery of Saint Vlash in Albania hosted a festal Divine Liturgy on the.. Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece presided over the festal Great Vespers at the historic.. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website His ability to grab senior minutes with Karditsas as only a 17-year-old last season followed by decent play with the Next Generation team in Belgrade but optimism about his upside was still largely rooted in hypotheticals A 6-foot-8 nearly 200-pound point guard looked great on paper but Avdalas hadn’t brought the on-paper optimism to the court yet Avdalas joined Peristeri in the summer and has emerged as a key player for the club in both domestic play and the FIBA Basketball Champions League His guard skillset opens up the game for Peristeri He starts as a wing and can play alongside more natural point guards but also assumes ballhandling responsibilities in the halfcourt Transition is an area where Avdalas is thriving His 1.56 points per possession from transition opportunities put him in the 95th percentile per Synergy Sports as well as his tight handle plus explosive finishing make him more than a handful for opposing defenses Add in his ability to change speeds and accelerate at a blistering pace and even the most experienced overseas veterans can’t handle him Avdalas’ game has grown across the board throughout the season but the growth of his three-point shot has made him a half-court weapon as well Avdalas is at 52 percent on 25 attempts this season and the sample size is so small that you can’t put a lot of stock in it but his shooting from beyond the arc is versatile He’s hitting off the dribble threes as walk-ins and stepbacks he’s spotting up and capitalizing on catch-and-shoot opportunities as well While Avdalas has acclimated to a secondary ballhandler role deferring to Peristeri’s more pure point guards is patient with his dribble and unafraid of keeping his dribble and staying patient in crowds and has an innate understanding of where his open teammates and mismatches are The basketball IQ is obvious when he’s creating but also cutting and moving into open spaces in a way that shifts the defenses or creates opportunities for himself or others This isn’t always getting spotted by his teammates and this is a skill that often becomes more valuable at the NBA level when youngsters leap to play with more intelligent passers he has picked up more responsibility for Peristeri The conversion rate here hasn’t been where you want it to be With an increased role and increased playing time Avdalas usually played as a wing alongside one or two guards at a time and often taking fewer on-ball threats and more floor spacers who he can help off of and proving himself to be a brilliant team defender Avdalas is struggling with physicality and doesn’t seem to be using his size and length well enough Persiteri rolled the dice with him guarding former Sacramento King and EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov and quickly moved away from it after Vezenkov scored on consecutive possessions Avdalas has greatly improved on both sides of the ball and his point-forward skill set alongside an elite outside shot could be enough to move him into the first round in the 2025 NBA Draft Avdalas will need to keep this level of play up for the rest of the season for that conclusion but if he does he’ll be a name a lot of teams are excited about in June Want to join the discussion? Like Draft Digest on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to stay up to date on all the latest NBA Draft news You can also meet the team behind the coverage Inside the vasilopita, several coins were hidden, offering lucky recipients a chance to win special gifts. Despite its grand size, the entire cake was distributed in just about an hour, as reported by ERT. The creation of this enormous vasilopita required substantial quantities of ingredients: 9.5 tons of flour, 1,900 kilograms of oil, 5,700 eggs, 600 kilograms of sugar, and 600 kilograms of powdered sugar. The event had a festive atmosphere, with the mayor of Peristeri, Andreas Pachaturidis, joining municipal employees to hand out pieces of the cake. The project was a collaborative effort involving local bakers and students from the Public School of Bakery and Pastry in Galatsi. This article was researched and written by a GCT team member. with Manisa Basket and ERA Nymburk the only two teams to climb to 3-0 Hapoel Netanel Holon and Filou Oostende picked up their first wins while UCAM Murcia improved to 2-1 with ease and as of Tuesday they have a 3-0 record in Group H in what is their maiden Basketball Champions League campaign Manisa Basket have specialized in clutch finishes With Peristeri looking like they could steal a big win on the road Martynas Echodas detonated a massive dunk for the lead and Hugo Besson followed suit with 30 seconds on the clock Peristeri had one chance to win the game almost at the buzzer but George Papas could not get a contested shot to drop and Yunus Sonsirma set the final score from the line while another former NBA player joined the club last week 6 rebounds and 4 assists in his first BCL game Chris Coffey had 14 for Peristeri in a losing effort The Turkish newcomers are now one win above UCAM Murcia and two clear of FMP SoccerBet Last season's Final Four team Peristeri are off to a 0-3 start The fact that Murcia had lost their first home game to Manisa made them that much more serious in their approach to the matchup with FMP SoccerBet getting the first double-digit lead after just six minutes and the 36-point final margin makes this their largest win ever in the BCL Troy Caupain being the most effective with 13 points in just under 13 minutes Simon Birgander grabbed 10 rebounds in just 13 minutes the least playing time for any player with 10 or more rebounds in a single BCL game These two will face off once again in two weeks' time Coach Dario Gjergja became only the second coach with 100 games in the Basketball Champions League and his players made sure this milestone was a memorable one picking up a big road win over King Szczecin in Poland "The most important thing about the 100 games [milestone] is that they are all at the same club This means that people in my organisation believe in me and I give them big credit and I thank them for this chance to promote our team in Europe," the Croatian coach said He took over the helm back in December 2011 when most of his current players were just kids Timmy Allen and Servaas Buysschaert all came off the bench and combined for 45 points while club legend Pierre-Antoine Gillet had 13 with 5 rebounds as a starter King Szczecin got 20 points from Kassim Nicholson but they are down at 0-3 with more trouble on the horizon as they have to face Oostende in Belgium next time around Another team got off the mark on Tuesday as Hapoel Netanel Holon held off the Bosnia and Herzegovina champions breaking away with a 25-13 third quarter and never allowing Igokea to fight back Marcus Bingham Jr continued his fine form with 15 points Holon were a +17 team with him on the floor that's how dominant the 24-year-old center was on the day Elijah Mitrou-Long reached double digits again 13 points on 3-of-5 three-pointers with a series of his usual crossovers to push Holon to 1-2 meaning they cannot afford to lose to Holon at home in Laktasi on November 6 Dragan Milosavljevic had 16 of his team-high 18 points in the first half who are already up to 11-0 in all competitions this season The perennial Czech champs enjoyed the ovations from their fans in this one as they took the lead late in the first quarter and never looked back storming to a 22-point lead at one point in the second quarter while Christian Bishop finished with 16 points This is only the second time in BCL history that Nymburk started the season with a 3-0 record Tyger Campbell was once again Vechta's best player with 22 points to his name attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Holy Metropolis of Peristeri and the 90th anniversary of the Municipality were celebrated presented the Ecumenical Patriarch with the city’s Medal of Merit The event featured tributes highlighting the history of the city and the contributions of the Metropolitans who have served the Metropolis of Peristeri Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew participated in the inauguration of the Library of the Metropolis of Peristeri and the opening ceremony of the Holy Monastery of St Students from local schools presented the Ecumenical Patriarch with souvenirs and the evening concluded with traditional dances from his homeland © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. MIES (Switzerland) - Experts analyze all BCL games each week. In order to improve the understanding of referees' decisions and to increase transparency, we publish some of those Tough Calls, along with an explanation. Red 19 receives the ball under the basket and shoots. Lead referee calls a foul to yellow 22 and then Centre referee calls a goaltending and awards the basket. Article 31.2.1 Goaltending occurs during a shot for a goal when a player touches the ball while it is completely above the level of the ring and: It is on its downward flight to the basket Article 31.2.5 When: A referee has blown the whistle while the ball was: In the hands of a player in the act of shooting, or In flight on a shot for a goal or on a last free throw. No player shall touch the ball after it has touched the ring while it still has the possibility to enter the basket. All restrictions related to goaltending and interference shall apply. Outcome: Correct decision by the referee. The ball was in its downwards flight to the basket when it was touched by Yellow 3. All restrictions related to goaltending and interference apply, even if the referee had blown his whistle to call the foul. White 7 receives the ball in the corner and drives to the basket. He jumps to shoot and lands, falling to the floor. The referee call a technical foul to White 7 as the White Team had already received a warning for faking being fouled before. Article 33.16 Fake is any action by a player to simulate being fouled or to make theatrical exaggerated movements in order to create an opinion of being fouled and therefore gaining an advantage. Outcome: Incorrect decision by the referee. White 7 landed on a player who had established a legal guarding position on the court before the shooter jumped off the floor. White 7 didn’t exaggerate the contact, just fell on the floor to protect himself. There is no fake being fouled and the game should have continued. White 0 misses a shot. White 61 gets the rebound and passes the ball back to White 0 who shoots a second time. Nearly at the same time, White 61 sets a screen on Black 19. The referee calls an offensive foul and cancels the basket. The White Team Head Coach requests a Head Coach Challenge as he understands that the ball had already been released for the shot when the contact occurred. After the IRS review, the referees confirm the initial decision. Article 33.7 Illegal screening is when the player who is screening an opponent: Article 16.1.1 A goal is made when a live ball enters the basket from above and remains within or passes through the basket entirely. A referee blows the whistle while the ball is live. Article 10.4 The ball does not become dead and the goal counts if made when: The ball is in flight on a shot for a goal and a referee blows the whistle. Outcome: Correct decision by the referee. The ball was still in White 0’s hands when White 61 created an illegal screen on Black 19. Therefore, the ball becomes dead, so the basket is not valid. Yellow 4 pushes his defender to get some extra space to receive the ball. The referee calls an offensive foul to Yellow 4. OBRI 36-12 Whenever a player fakes being fouled, the following procedure shall apply: All faking to be fouled situations shall be addressed, regardless of whether fouls or violations are called or not in the same situation. A player may be charged with both a foul and a ‘fake a foul warning’ on any play, or the player who is fouled may also be charged with a ‘fake a foul warning’. Outcome: The foul was correctly called by the referee. However, Black 13 exaggerated the contact created by Yellow 4 with an unnatural motion and, in addition to the offensive foul against Yellow 4, the referee should charge Black 13 with a fake warning, if the Black team’s first fake warning, or a technical foul if this was Black team’s second fake warning. Black 99 dribbles the ball guarded by White 10. Black 1 sets a screen and after calling a personal foul to White 13, the White Team also receives a fake warning against White 10. Outcome: Incorrect decision by the referee. White 10 did not fake being fouled, his reaction was created by the contact to his head, against the screener. Olympiacos managed to claim all three points in their match at Peristeri against Atromitos in MD19 of the Stoiximan Super League. With this victory, the red-and-white outfit remains firmly at the top of the league table, ahead of their upcoming European clash against Porto in Portugal and their Stoiximan Super League match against Panathinaikos at “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium. The Piraeus side delivered an excellent first-half performance and secured a two-goal lead. In the 18th minute, Retsos scored with a header from a Rodinei corner, and El Kaabi made it 0-2, also with a header, converting a Costinha cross. Atromitos reduced the deficit towards the end of the first half, specifically in the 37th minute, with an own goal by Costinha, who was pushed inside the box by Karamanis. In 90+7’, Atromitos earned a penalty, but Tzolakis denied it securing the win for Olympiacos. Atromitos (P. Garcia): Choutesiotis, Athanasiou, Mansur, Brorsson (78′ Tsakmakis), Quini, Quedraogo, Warda, Tsingaras (62′ Tzovaras), Karamanis, Baku (78′ Kaloskamis), Carlitos (71′ Van Weert). OLYMPIACOS (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Tzolakis, Costinha, Retsos, Pirola (77′ Ortega), Biancone (84′ Carmo), Hezze, Garcia (77′ Mouzakitis), Rodinei, Kostoulas, Velde (77′ Chiquinho), El Kaabi (89′ Yaremchuk). Volume 18 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1390788 This article is part of the Research TopicNew Challenges and Future Perspectives in Cognitive NeuroscienceView all 8 articles Editorial on the Research Topic New challenges and future perspectives in cognitive neuroscience we have confronted a convergence of challenges and a multitude of humanitarian challenges such as climate change These crises have not only profoundly influenced our physical and mental wellbeing but have also catalyzed a revolution in the ways we engage with one another whether in-person or through digital channels cognitive neuroscience assumes a pivotal role in shedding light on how external stimuli impact our brain function and mental health This Research Topic of articles aims to explore novel challenges and future perspectives within the realm of cognitive neuroscience at the same time offering insights into how our understanding of the brain can inform responses to the evolving landscape of crises and societal changes Through rigorous research and interdisciplinary collaboration this endeavor seeks to elucidate the complex interplay between external factors and our cognitive wellbeing thereby contributing to more informed decision-making and improved outcomes for individuals and communities alike The transition from a phenomenological to a mechanistic perspective poses a significant hurdle for cognitive neuroscience research in the realm of mental health (Beste) While clinical practice drives the quest for identifying statistically significant variances between two population cohorts (healthy vs this conventional method narrowly fixates on symptomatic phenomena neglecting the exploration of underlying functional and neurobehavioral mechanisms it lacks a robust theoretical foundation and exhibits biases toward participants primarily sourced from Western Such biases not only exacerbate the stigma surrounding vulnerable participants but also propel cognitive neuroscientists toward embracing a “synthetic approach.” This alternative methodology pivots toward established theoretical frameworks offering a causal comprehension of how neuroscientific mechanisms precipitate various clinical manifestations By integrating this mechanistic approach with a strategic shift in research and by prioritizing the publication of “negative results” and the implementation of well-powered studies with appropriate statistical methodologies researchers can yield more tangible outcomes with significant societal ramifications and clearer insights into heterogeneity The observational study conducted by Chatzidimitriou et al. involved a cohort of 13 patients afflicted with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Their investigation revealed a complex interplay among executive dysfunctions as evidenced by deficits in instrumental activities the study underscores the pivotal role of personalized interventions in mitigating the progressive functional decline experienced by individuals with FTD Doheny and Lighthall's work delves into the intricacies of social cognitive neuroscience within the digital landscape, shedding light on the formidable challenges encountered in this domain. Initially, it elucidates our current understanding of the social cognitive network, drawing heavily upon the influential model proposed by Adolphs (2009) it delineates critical disparities in the neural underpinnings of the social brain between traditional face-to-face interactions and digital communication mediums The discussion extends to the ramifications of this transition on higher-order social cognitive processes and its potential impact on the developmental trajectory of the brain in children and adolescents the study investigates how the unique context of the pandemic era and the enforced social isolation has exacerbated these challenges It concludes by advocating for further longitudinal research to comprehensively explore the repercussions of this transition in social interaction emphasizing the imperative of understanding its effects on both individual and societal levels The seminal research conducted by Ladas et al. underscores the limitations inherent in contemporary consciousness analysis particularly concerning the reliance on sleep landmarks derived solely from oscillatory activity advocating for the integration of aperiodic activity analysis during sleep alongside a mechanistic approach firmly rooted in robust philosophical foundations Their main argument is that the highly dynamic nature of the aperiodic activity may form unique connectivity patterns for each individual which act as a “brain fingerprint” reflecting subjective conscious experiences This synthesis promises to catalyze a transformative leap forward in the field of cognitive neuroscience redefining the parameters of consciousness studies The groundbreaking research spearheaded by Li and Fitzek illuminates the formidable hurdles encountered in pioneering novel digital communication infrastructures that leverage multi-sensory interactions within virtual or augmented reality realms This emerging research domain seamlessly integrates cognitive neuroscience with various technological disciplines the efficacy and capacity of these multi-sensory digital communication systems are intricately intertwined with challenges arising from compromised perceptual and cognitive processing due to both physiological and pathological aging mechanisms This declin is primarily associated with fluctuations in specific neurotransmitters such as dopamine The intersection of neuroscientific insights with the visionary concept of the Metaverse presents a captivating and interdisciplinary frontier poised to elevate user experiences and revolutionize the dynamics of closed-loop human-machine interactions and pave the way for novel approaches to studying age-related cognitive decline Sridhar et al. undertake a comprehensive exploration of the neural substrates underlying memory processes from the vantage point of cognitive human neuroscience Their investigation delves deeply into various types of memory and elucidates the intricate mechanisms governing memory formation and consolidation Special attention is devoted to elucidating the pivotal roles played by critical brain regions notably the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe the study examines the indispensable role of sleep in memory consolidation and explores how insights gleaned from animal studies can furnish a mechanistic framework for elucidating neurobiological mechanisms underlying human memory processes the paper addresses the primary challenges confronting this field and offers compelling future perspectives By interlinking fundamental insights from cognitive neuroscience with empirical evidence the study enriches our understanding of memory and charts a course for future research endeavors This Research Topic has delineated six primary challenges within the domain of cognitive neuroscience (Figure 1): (1) social interaction and isolation a transition from a purely phenomenological approach to a mechanistic perspective is imperative This shift promises to yield novel insights into the divergent functioning of the brain Visualization of the six (6) primary challenges within the domain of cognitive neuroscience it is incumbent on us to spearhead a revolution in the research agenda aimed at destigmatizing and advocating for the needs of divergent or vulnerable populations the adoption of big data acquisition and longitudinal analyses emerges as a crucial strategy Such approaches have the potential to pivot research interests from merely identifying statistically significant differences between neurotypical and neuropathological cohorts toward a deeper comprehension of the variability in cognition and behavior This shift aligns with the principles of precision medicine ultimately fostering a more nuanced understanding of cognitive processes and promoting equitable healthcare practices The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher The social brain: neural basis of social knowledge doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163514 PubMed Abstract | Crossref Full Text | Google Scholar Andreou M and Cristea AI (2024) Editorial: New challenges and future perspectives in cognitive neuroscience Received: 23 February 2024; Accepted: 26 February 2024; Published: 08 March 2024 Edited and reviewed by: Lutz Jäncke Copyright © 2024 Frantzidis, Peristeri, Andreou and Cristea. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited in accordance with accepted academic practice distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms *Correspondence: Christos A. Frantzidis, Y2ZyYW50emlkaXNAbGluY29sbi5hYy51aw== Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher. 94% of researchers rate our articles as excellent or goodLearn more about the work of our research integrity team to safeguard the quality of each article we publish. plus an exciting Game of the Week from Group D MIES (Switzerland) - Week nine in the Basketball Champions League finishes up on Wednesday December 14 with two important games from Group H Here's a look at the two games on Wednesday: Rytas defeated Peristeri bwin for a second time and Herzliya suffered their second big defeat to Lenovo Tenerife Rytas will secure a second-place finish or better in the group with a win over Herzliya Triple win: Not only did @RytasVilnius win the game, they also completed the sweep v Peristeri, and sent the Greek squad from #1 to #3 in this #BasketballCL group - perfect trip for 🇱🇹 champs! pic.twitter.com/BSWX2MxnuT Tenerife would win the group and qualify to the Round of 16 with a win over Peristeri 👨‍🍳 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘜𝘚𝘜𝘈𝘓 𝘙𝘌𝘊𝘐𝘗𝘌 for the defending champs: Shermadini, Huertas and Salin in double figures, 14 threes, 23 assists, blowout win! #BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/MYmnjKTKv7 For the Game of the Week preview, click here Panathinaikos AKTOR secured a victory on the road against Peristeri Domino’s (84-99) extending their unbeaten record to 17-0 in the Stoiximan GBL Cedi Osman led the team in scoring with 20 points Panathinaikos AKTOR started the game in impressive fashion displaying high shooting accuracy from beyond the arc and solid defensive play This resulted in an early 18-point lead (4-22 at 7’) with the Greens maintaining a double-digit advantage by the end of the first quarter (16-27) Peristeri Domino’s managed to cut the deficit to eight points (24-32) in the 13th minute but Panathinaikos AKTOR remained in control and held a comfortable lead at halftime (41-50) the home team reduced the gap to just five points (46-51 at 22’) but the Greens responded immediately on both ends of the court The 10-point cushion (57-67 at 28’) kept Panathinaikos AKTOR in a safe position with Peristeri Domino’s unable to pose a greater threat With strong defense and consistent offensive execution Panathinaikos AKTOR maintained control until the final buzzer securing another win and continuing their perfect run in the Stoiximan GBL Ataman: “We controlled the game” “We started the game with strong defense our defense relaxed somewhat due to the players coming off the bench who did not have the same defensive impact we missed the opportunity to ‘finish’ the game early A key takeaway from tonight’s game is that Kendrick Nunn scored only 4 points and Jerian Grant had 3 points yet we still managed to reach 95 points overall On Kostas Sloukas and Marius Grigonis: “Kostas does not have a serious issue He simply rested tonight in preparation for the upcoming EuroLeague double-game week I hope he will be back with us after the Greek Cup He still needs two to three more weeks for full recovery.” Enter the official Derthona Basket website They will be made available free return buses for the fans of the Bertram Derthona to attend Prime  two home games in 2025 of the black and white team al PalaEnergica Paolo Ferraris of Casale Monferrato scheduled Tuesday 7 January at 20pm against Peristeri Athens e Saturday 11 January at 19pm against Givova Scafati respectively for the first match of the Champions League Play-In and the 1th and final matchday of the first half of the season Serie A UnipolThe buses will depart from the square in front of the PalaCamagna in Tortona returning to the PalaCamagna at the end of the matches surname and telephone number of the members PULLMAN vs PERISTERI The departure of the buses is scheduled for 18:30 on Tuesday 7th The deadline for reservations is set no later than 9:7 on Tuesday XNUMXth COACH vs SCAFATI The departure of the buses is scheduled for 17:30 on Saturday 11 The deadline for reservations is set no later than 12:9 on Thursday XNUMX ©Derthona Basket SSRL Privacy Policy Cookies Policy credits dpsonline* Panathinaikos AKTOR comfortably defeated Peristeri Domino’s 104-68 at OAKA in a match for the 6th round of the Stoiximan GBL, with Lorenzo Brown emerging as the top scorer for the Greens with 17 points. The match was balanced in the opening minutes, with Panathinaikos AKTOR leading 15-10 at the 6th minute. By the 8th minute, the lead had extended to nine points (19-10), while the visitors reduced the gap to 20-15 in the following minute, ending the first quarter with a score of 22-15. The Greens extended their lead to nine points again at the 13th minute (26-17), although Peristeri Domino’s reduced the margin to 26-22 at the 14th minute. Panathinaikos AKTOR gained a double-digit lead at the 17th minute (38-27) and headed into the locker room ahead at 46-31. Although the visitors narrowed it down to 48-39 in the 23rd minute, the lead then surged to 18 points (57-39) by the 26th minute. By the 28th minute, Panathinaikos AKTOR had extended the lead to 23 points (65-42), and the third quarter concluded with a score of 68-50. The final quarter was more procedural, with the Greens leading 78-55 in the 33rd minute, further stretching to 93-62 at the 36th minute, and ultimately securing an easy victory with a score of 104-68. Quarter Scores: 22-15, 46-31, 68-50, 104-68. The study recruited 16 children with ASD and low cognitive abilities, and 22 age-matched children with ASD and intact cognitive skills. The children were assessed on four reading subdomains, namely, decoding, fluency, morphosyntax, and reading comprehension. Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1357590 Introduction: Reading comprehension is one of the most important skills learned in school and it has an important contribution to the academic success of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Though previous studies have investigated reading comprehension difficulties in ASD and highlighted factors that contribute to these difficulties this evidence has mainly stemmed from children with ASD and intact cognitive skills much emphasis has been placed on the relation between reading comprehension and word recognition skills This study addresses these gaps by investigating reading comprehension in two groups of school-aged children with ASD one with intact and one with low cognitive abilities fluency and morphosyntax in each group’s reading comprehension performance Methods: The study recruited 16 children with ASD and low cognitive abilities and 22 age-matched children with ASD and intact cognitive skills The children were assessed on four reading subdomains Results: The children with ASD and low cognitive abilities scored significantly lower than their peers with intact cognitive abilities in all reading subdomains verb production and compound word formation Regression analyses showed that reading comprehension in the group with ASD and intact cognitive abilities was independently driven by their decoding and fluency skills the children with ASD and low cognitive abilities mainly drew on their decoding their morphosyntactic skills to perform in reading comprehension Discussion: The results suggest that reading comprehension was more strongly affected in the children with ASD and low cognitive abilities as compared to those with intact cognitive skills About half of the children with ASD and intact cognitive skills also exhibited mild-to-moderate reading comprehension difficulties further implying that ASD may influence reading comprehension regardless of cognitive functioning strengths in decoding seemed to predominantly drive cognitively-impaired children’s reading performance while the group with ASD and intact cognitive skills mainly recruited fluency and metalinguistic lexical skills to cope with reading comprehension demands further suggesting that metalinguistic awareness may be a viable way to enhance reading comprehension in ASD resulting in limited understanding of the generalizability of their findings to children with ASD and low cognitive functioning skills The current study addresses these gaps by investigating the role of word decoding morphosyntax and intellectual functioning in the reading comprehension skills of children with ASD and intact or low cognitive abilities using standardized assessment tests for all the aforementioned domains Research has yet to replicate these findings with low-functioning individuals including the coherent organization of categories and events which in turn influences the degree to which pragmatically relevant information can be retrieved and used in order to make sense of words and sentences in a text in real time our knowledge of reading comprehension skills in children with ASD and low cognitive abilities is still limited Extracting information from written material is a pillar of academic success (Oakhill and Cain, 2007; García-Madruga et al., 2014) making sense of what they read is a noted area of challenge To support these children’s academic progress we need to gain a deeper understanding of the component skills contributing to their reading comprehension difficulties The current study seeks to enhance our understanding of the domains that influence these children’s ability to understand what they read further considering the influence of general cognitive functioning on the children’s reading comprehension abilities the study explores the relations between reading comprehension and morphosyntax in two groups of children with ASD one with intact and one with low cognitive skills to investigate plausible pathways for the contribution of each of these domains to reading comprehension outcomes in each group Group A had significantly higher IQ scores than Group B across all three indices (VIQ: F (1 η2 = 0.51; FSIQ: F (1 All study procedures were approved by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Institutional review board (IRB) Data in the current study have been collected from Panteliadou and Antoniou’s (2007) Reading test Alpha (Test-A) which is a standardized psychometric diagnostic tool that has been developed to assess reading abilities in Greek-speaking children aged 8–15 years and identify possible reading difficulties The test evaluates four reading subdomains In this tool the four subdomains are treated as independent reading skills Test– retest reliability for all tasks in the test ranges between 0.74 and 0.87 Test-A scores can be converted into percentile scores A percentile score serves as an index of the percentage of TD children expected to obtain a score equal to or below that obtained by a child it means that only 5% of TD children are expected to obtain a score equal to or below that score; and that 95% of TD children are expected to obtain a higher score According to the test’s instructions having a score below the 10th percentile is adopted as a cut-off for severe reading difficulties while scores between the 11th and 30th percentile are adopted as cut off points for moderate reading difficulties More information on the stimuli and the procedure of the tests assessing each of the four reading domains is provided below Word decoding skills are assessed through three tests: pseudoword reading; real word reading; and lexical decision on real words and pseudowords (36 items) the child is asked to read aloud a printed list of 24 pseudowords (mean number of letters: 9.6 SD: 3.1) of graded difficulty defined in terms of length the child is asked to read aloud a printed list of 53 real words (mean number of letters: 10.5 In both pseudoword and real word reading tests the child receives 1 point for each item being correctly read Testing discontinues when the child makes 5 consecutive errors the child is asked to read silently rows of intermixed 16 pseudowords and 20 real words and is asked to identify the real words only The child receives 1 point (a) for the correct identification of a real word and (b) for each pseudoword not being identified as a real word the number of items per row increases (rows of three Testing in lexical decision discontinues when the child fails to identify a single real word in three consecutive rows real word reading and lexical decision on real words and pseudowords are summed to obtain a total Decoding score (maximum accuracy score: 113) accurate and rapid orthography-to-phonology mappings is assessed through a single text that the child is asked to read aloud The text consists of 279 words and the examiner records the total number of words read correctly in 1 min The child receives 1 point for each word s/he reads correctly (maximum accuracy score: 279) Morphosyntactic skills are assessed through four tests: production of verbs marked with appropriate person tense and aspect marking; production of morphologically complex or else compound words; sentence formulation with visual cue; and sentence formulation without visual cue the child is asked to read aloud or silently 7 sentences and complete them with the verb in parenthesis after marking it with the appropriate person tense and aspect feature (see example 1 below) The child receives 1 point for each correct answer (maximum accuracy score: 7) (1) xtes ta peðia __ðio katapliktikes tenies (vlepo)       yesterday the children __two awesome movies (watch)       Target answer: iðan [watched3P.PL.PAST.PERF]) (P = person; PL = plural; PERF = perfective) the child is asked to read aloud or silently 8 sentences and complete them with a compound word (noun adjective or verb) derived from two items in a parenthesis The child needs to also mark the noun and adjective with the appropriate number and case feature while verbs need to be marked with the appropriate person tense and aspect feature (see example 2 below) The child receives 1 point for each correct answer (maximum accuracy score: 8) (2) ta peðia prosferane luluðia se ena ___γiγada       the children offered flowers to a __giant (hard       Target answer: slirokarðos [hardhearted] The sentence formulation test with visual cue assesses the child’s syntactic skills since the participant is asked to read aloud or silently rows of intermingled words and then arrange them in the correct order to form a syntactically correct sentence (e.g. The sentences were of graded complexity defined in terms of length Each trial comes with a picture that visualizes the meaning of the target sentence The sentence formulation test without visual cue is identical to the former test the sentences were not accompanied by pictures and the trials were 4 Testing in each of the four morphosyntactic tests discontinues when the child makes 3 consecutive errors and the two sentence formulation tests are summed to obtain a total Morphosyntax score (maximum accuracy score: 27) The experimental procedure included two tests the child is asked to read silently or aloud four sets of five sentences and identify the two sentences that share the same meaning in each set (see example 3) The sets were of graded difficulty in terms of sentence length and syntactic complexity Testing discontinues when the child makes 3 consecutive errors (3) (i) The city council met to decide about the building of the parks      (ii) The city council has decided about the building of a new park      (iii) A new park is not going to be built in our neighborhood      (iv) The building of a new park requires high funding      (v) A decision about the building of a new park has been made by the city council The text comprehension test includes three short story texts (range of words: 97–127) belonging to the informational genre (“The hidden treasure,” “Alexander the Great,” “Maya civilization”) The child is asked to read each text silently or aloud Each text is accompanied by seven multiple-choice questions tapping into various basic-level and global comprehension skills including recall of information that has been explicitly mentioned in the text guessing the meaning of a low-frequent word detecting information that does not match the global meaning of the text and attributing mental states to the story characters The maximum accuracy score per text was 7 points Scores in the semantic equivalence and text comprehension tests are summed to obtain a total Reading Comprehension score (maximum accuracy score: 25) We first provide descriptive statistics for the performances of each group in the tests assessing each reading domain We next ran one-way ANOVA analyses to assess between-group differences across tests fluency and morphosyntax on each group’s performance in the reading comprehension test The predictors in the models were groups’ scores in the tests assessing decoding and the dependent measure was reading comprehension scores Individual participants’ intercept was included in each model as correlated random effect All statistical analyses were completed using R statistical software v.1.14 Table 2 below presents the groups’ mean performance scores in the tests comprising each reading subdomain We also present the percentile-equivalent scores based on the available norms of Test-A and the number (and percentage) of children performing below the 10th percentile The two groups did not differ significantly in the total Decoding accuracy scores The two groups did not differ in either pseudoword children with ASD and intact cognitive skills in Group A scored significantly higher than their peers with low cognitive skills in the lexical decision test Children with ASD and intact cognitive abilities scored significantly higher than their peers with low cognitive skills in the Fluency test Children with ASD and intact cognitive abilities scored significantly higher than their peers with low cognitive skills in the total Morphosyntactic accuracy scores The two groups did not differ in verb production Group A scored higher than Group B in sentence formulation with visual cues as well as in sentence formulation without visual cues There was no Group effect in compound word production Children with ASD and intact cognitive abilities scored significantly higher than their peers with low cognitive skills in the total Reading comprehension accuracy scores Group A scored significantly higher than Group B in both semantic equivalence Tables 3, 4 below present the results of the linear mixed effects modes for the children with ASD and intact cognitive abilities (Group A) and their peers with low cognitive skills (Group B) reading comprehension scores were significantly predicted by their scores in lexical decision and compound word production that was part of the Morphosyntax subdomain For Group B comprising children with ASD and low cognitive skills the model showed that their reading comprehension performance was independently driven by their pseudoword reading lexical decision and verb production skills The current study has examined the reading comprehension skills of two groups of age-matched school-aged children with ASD and further investigated the way their reading comprehension performance is affected by their decoding We found that the group with ASD and low cognitive skills exhibited significantly lower reading comprehension scores than their peers with intact cognitive abilities and that the former group had moderate reading comprehension difficulties on the basis of the norms and cut-off values of the standardized reading assessment tool of the study the reading comprehension performance of the group with ASD and intact cognitive abilities was found to be independently driven by their fluency skills their ability to decide about the real word status of lexical items the children with ASD and low cognitive skills were found to rely on their pseudoword reading and verb production skills that low intellectual skills may have a negative effect on children’s reading comprehension performance the presence of language impairment in children with ASD seems to also influence the mechanisms available to them to cope with reading comprehension difficulties the study highlights that some children on the spectrum with intact cognitive abilities (about 32% according to the study’s findings) still face moderate-to-severe reading comprehension difficulties further implying that ASD may influence reading comprehension ability regardless of normal intellectual functioning about 31% of the children with ASD and intact cognitive skills also scored below cut off for reading comprehension which suggests that reading comprehension is often vulnerable for children on the spectrum regardless of their intellectual functioning levels The finding that the children with ASD and low cognitive skills in the current study scored lower than their peers with intact cognitive skills in the semantic equivalence test suggests that metalinguistic difficulties may be specific to those children with impaired cognitive functioning and may burden children tasked with retrieving meaning from sentential context Future research directions can investigate this further by exploring the role of metalinguistic skills of children with ASD in their reading comprehension performance The strength of the children with ASD and low cognitive skills in decoding appeared to have the most significant impact on their reading comprehension performance decoding effects on reading were mainly driven from the children’s pseudoword reading efficiency which did not differ from their peers with intact cognitive skills further implying that the phonological reading strategies of the children with ASD and low cognitive skills were preserved and boosted their reading comprehension performance verb production significantly predicted Group B’s reading comprehension performance while lexical decision (a proxy for metalinguistic skills) also influenced their reading performance though to a lesser extent as compared to their peers with intact cognitive functioning skills which have not been considered in the present study and should be investigated to gain full knowledge of the factors underlying reading difficulties in children on the spectrum the overall findings of the study suggest that reading comprehension is challenging for children on the spectrum especially the ones with low cognitive abilities While children with ASD and intact cognitive skills managed to cope with reading comprehension by drawing on their lexical decision their peers with low cognitive abilities mainly relied on their decoding competence to compensate for their reading comprehension difficulties most of the resources employed by the children with ASD especially the ones with intact cognitive skills (e.g. identifying semantically equivalent sentences) engaged children in metalinguistic reasoning which seemed to be important in moderating their reading comprehension difficulties Further research is needed to investigate the relationship between metalinguistic ability and the reading performance of children with ASD The findings of the study are novel in that they highlight reading comprehension difficulties and the reasons behind them in children with ASD and low cognitive abilities that are underrepresented in autism research Further behavioral studies in reading in these children are warranted to further investigate the origins of their academic underachievement and to inform intervention designs and targets for these individuals neuroimaging studies investigating the neural correlates of reading comprehension in ASD could shed more light in the causes of reading comprehension difficulties of children on the 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Jump ahead two years to 2015 and who’s the man guiding the Reds past CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals? Kill Bill. Then he did it again, in Istanbul again, to CSKA again There were two common threads to Vassilis Spanoulis and Final Fours He broke the hearts of CSKA Moscow and his wife was pregnant at the same time The latter is quirky but he has six children and it was only the sixth that broke the Final Four run when Olympiacos missed the playoffs in 2018/19 being the man that delivered the biggest drama on the biggest weekend of the season shaped his legend more than anything he looks to do the same in the Basketball Champions League BallinEurope is ramping up its YouTube game this season. Subscribe to our channel now for player exclusives it’s far from surprising that Peristeri are underdogs Unicaja Malaga are perfect all season long and stand as clear favourites to life the Basketball Champions League crown the opponents for Peristeri in Friday’s semi-final The talent disparity is plain for the eyes to see only UCAM Murcia might be considered underdogs in a straight head to head match-up with the Greek side Nobody expects anything from Peristeri in Belgrade but having a living legend on the sideline can do wonders for confidence Every warm body on the roster knows that they go into battle under the tutelage of a man who has laughed at such odds repeatedly and triumphed BallinEurope has a book, a real life actual book called I Like it Loud, and you can buy it on Amazon now. It’s here as a book and here in Kindle form Normally this is the part where I say you can ask any former teammate or any Greek basketball journalist about Spanoulis and they’ll tell you the same thing They will but I don’t need to because Vassilis Spanoulis openly admits that his life is basketball He wasn’t put on this earth to play basketball nor was he sent to coach it The results in his still emerging career as a head coach show as much Spanoulis brought Peristeri to third place in the Greek League last year and a first ever Greek Cup final appearance in his debut season A club with no top tier honours to its name now stands just two wins away from claiming the Basketball Champions League in just the second ever season of its head coach Peristeri know they are underdogs in Belgrade but they’ve got a living legend making them believe in the implausible The status of Spanoulis might make him seem like a coach that won’t be around for the long-term with Peristeri He’s already the Greek national team head coach and will surely be in demand from some top clubs on the continent Yet his status is such that it almost makes him ideal for such a smash and grab opportunity like this Whether he’s out playing pick-up with his buddies or coaching in the Basketball Champions League winning the game ahead of him matters more than life itself That he has a roster with a mix of guys who know this may be the one best chance to win a big one doesn’t hurt Logic dictates that Tenerife win on Friday and meet Unicaja Malaga in the final The head rarely conquers the heart however when there’s the potential for madness Kill Bill is going into Belgrade with absolutely nothing to lose and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser please copy this code and paste it along with your comment: 54d025959381973562487c94a9f15e65 Email: emmetryan@gmail.com the third event of the series “The liturgy after the liturgy” will be held organized by the Holy Metropolis of France and the Vicariate of French-speaking parishes (Vicariat Sainte Marie de Paris et Saint Alexis d’Ugine Ecumenical Patriarchate)in collaboration with the Volos Academy for Theological Studies It is a round table entitled “The Eucharist as a work of the whole of the people” Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies and member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Religions (EuARe) The event will be accessible via the Zoom platform (at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84913433453, with free registration at https://vicariatorthodoxe.fr/inscription-catechese/) The language of the event will be French (no translation) Metropolitan Grigorios of Peristeri and Mayor Andreas Pachatouridis embarked on a significant visit to the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the historic Phanar district The occasion for this visit was twofold: the Jubilee celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Holy Metropolis of Peristeri and the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Municipality of Peristeri Metropolitan Grigorios and Mayor Andreas Pachatouridis had the honor of meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew a momentous occasion held at the esteemed seat of Orthodoxy and Hellenism Mayor Pachatouridis shared the highlights of their meeting on social media expressing gratitude for the opportunity to discuss the progress and future plans for their city with Patriarch Bartholomew and Metropolitan Grigorios they outlined the initiatives undertaken for the improvement of the city of Peristeri and outlined future endeavors for the upcoming term they extended a heartfelt invitation to Patriarch Bartholomew to join in the commemorative events for Peristeri’s 90th anniversary It was with great joy that Patriarch Bartholomew accepted their invitation expressing his intention to bless the celebrations with his presence during his forthcoming visit to Peristeri this spring It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.