The article investigates fairy tales and brand stories contrastively. It showcases the salient features of both genres and discusses the symbology, the linguistic, and communication means at their very basis. Universal archetypes emerge in the two fields; evergreen dilemmas, complications, and predicaments surface. The journey the protagonist embar…
The topic proposes an incursion into the rural world of great spiritual confessors of our times, as we find it in their written or spoken evocations, uttered with nostalgia, humility and gratitude. Scrolling through the pages of these evocations, we reinforce the belief that the rural community gathered around the Church was for the advisers to who…
The rapid digitalization of modern childhood has profoundly transformed the way children interact with their environment, influencing not only cognitive and social behaviors but also fundamental aspects of motor development. Increased screen exposure, reduced outdoor play, and prolonged sedentary postures have led to a decline in spontaneous moveme…
This article examines the relative eclipse of explicit universalist theology in the Latin Middle Ages (9th–14th centuries) and argues that this period should not be understood as one of doctrinal absence, but of conceptual transformation. Following the condemnation of Origen in the sixth century and the growing consolidation of the paradigm of eter…
This study examines organizational commitment among employees of a public transport company in Romania, using the three-component model proposed by Meyer and Allen (affective, continuance and normative commitment). The research aims to assess the level and structure of organizational commitment and to analyze its relationship with turnover intentio…
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into foreign language education is transforming pedagogical practices, learner autonomy, and assessment, particularly in higher education. While research has emphasized the instructional benefits of AI tools, less attention has been paid to their affective impact. This theoretical article examin…
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable generative capabilities but often produce outputs with uncertain reliability, and although there are methods to estimate confidence using several features, work on calculating the importance of these features and evaluating their stability in different model and data settings is limited.
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This study analyses the performance of junior female basketball players from CSM Bucharest by examining statistical parameters recorded during official matches of the 2024–2025 Romanian National Championship finals in the age categories U13, U14, U15, and U16. Thirty-nine female athletes aged 12–16 years (mean height 1.68 m) participated in the stu…
Handball is a team sport with high spectacularity, which attracts the audience through dynamism, skill and emotion, while also involving high motivational persistence. Practicing performance handball at junior age involves a symbiosis between carefully studied technical procedures, spectacular attack and counterattack with high movement speeds and …
The digital transformation of public administration is a phenomenon that has gained momentum as a result of innovations in information and communication technology over the last few decades. Among other things, this progress has made it possible to reconceive the way citizens and businesses interact with public service organisations in a completely…
This article examines the life, pastoral and publicistic activity, and martyrial death of Father Florea Mureșanu, highlighting his spiritual, cultural, and confessional profile within the context of totalitarian repression in twentieth-century Romania. The study aims to demonstrate that his biography embodies a complex form of Christian and anti-co…
The study analyzes the role of intelligence in the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure within a dynamic security environment characterized by technological interdependencies, accelerated digitalization, and multidimensional threats. A qualitative, theoretical-analytical, and interdisciplinary approach was adopted, with the main obj…
This study examined the effects of explicit reading strategy instruction on adult EFL learners enrolled in a professional training program. Ten participants, initially placed at the CEFR A2+ level, completed a nine-week intensive English course (approximately 270 contact hours). While the first eight weeks focused on general language development, t…
This article focuses on the management of depressive behaviors in adolescent girls who are victims of trauma related to sexual harassment in schools. Sexual harassment disrupts the psychological dynamics of the subject and predisposes them to decompensation. In schools, young girls who are exposed to this traumatic reality try, as much as possible,…
Student motivation is a recurring topic in teaching methodology, as it significantly impacts both knowledge acquisition and the classroom experience. ESP learners may display higher motivation levels due to the specificity of the subject (given that an ESP course is supposed to cater to very specific language needs), but that could be limited to jo…
The integration of adults with disabilities represents a major challenge for contemporary societies, especially in post-socialist contexts such as Romania, where social services and community support systems remain underdeveloped. This conceptual review explores the interrelation between community inclusion, social sustainability, and social work p…
PRIEST FLOREA MUREȘANU EMBODIES THE STEADFAST SPIRIT OF A FULLY ACCOMPLISHED, ERUDITE, AND RESPONSIBLE THEOLOGIAN WHO SUCCEEDED IN RENDERING THEOLOGY LIVING AND CONFESSIONAL UNDER A HOSTILE AND ATHEISTIC REGIME, CHIEFLY THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF HIS INTENSE AND IRREPROACHABLE LIFE. HE WAS A PRIEST OF OUTSTANDING VOCATION, A MAN DEVOTED TO PRAYER AND F…