WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN WORLD WE SPEAK OF CONQUERORS, OF VICTORIES AND DEFEATS, AND IMPLICITLY OF SOLDIERS. SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME THE SOLDIER APPEARS AS A POWERFUL “ENTITY” THAT FOUGHT TO ENSURE THE ETERNITY OF THE STATE, EMBRACING A GLORIOUS DEATH. WHAT MADE THE ROMAN SOLDIER READY TO GIVE HIS LIFE F OR THE WELFARE OF THE …
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BROUGHT TO THE POPULATION OF TRANYLVANIA A NEW EPIDEMIC OF MEDIEVAL TYPE, COMING FROM THE EAST, CALLED CHOLERA THAT FLAGELLATED PEOPLE AND CREATED PANIC IN ALL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. THE BISTRIȚA REGION WAS AFFECTED BY ALL FOUR EPISODES OF CHOLERA AND HAD A HIGH MORTALITY RATE. THIS PAPER TRIES TO PRESENT SOME OF THE MEASURES I…
P.R.CHINA, ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE FIRST ECONOMIC WORLD POWER, SURPRISED EVERY ACADEMIC PREVISION DUE TO HER FAST AND DYNAMIC ASCENSSION, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE THE COMMUNIST REGIME, THE POLITICAL ELITE FROM BEIJING COORDINATED ALL D IPLOMATIC MEANS IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE CHINESE STATE AS BEING EQUAL WITH THE WESTERN STATES …
ONE OF THE BASIC TEACHINGS OF EVANGELICAL MOVEMENTS WAS THE DOCTRINE ON MISSION WORK. BY MISSION WORK WE UNDERSTAND THE SPREADING OF CHRISTIAN TEACHING TO PAGAN PEOPLES. OUT OF ALL THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENTS, THE PURITAN, PIETIST AND MORAVIAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH WERE BORN IN ENGLAND AND BOHEMIA, WERE THE FIRST TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT INTO PRACTICE…
ANALYZING THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS A FEW CAUSES THAT HAVE LED TO THE OUTBREAK ARE OBVIOUS, AND ALSO A FEW FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRANSFORMATION METHOD, RESPECTIVELY THE MILITARY ACTIONS‘ CHARACTER.3 THE CONFLICT AND POST -CONFLICT STAGE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE INFLUENCED THE EVOLUTION OF MILITARY ART, BOTH T…
THE PRESENT STUDY PLACES ITSELF IN THE EQUATION OF BIOPOLITICAL REFLEXES, APPROACHING THE FACT THAT POLITICALLY, PRIVATE AND „LIBERAL” MEDICINE CAN BE ACCEPTED AS A MEDICAL POLITICS OF POWER. THE ARTICLE WILL VERIFY THE HYPOSTASIS ACCORDING TO WHICH, SOCIAL MEDICINE REPRESENTS A NORMATIVE DISCIPLINE OF THIS PSYCHO-BIOLOGICAL FUTURE OF THE INDIVIDUA…
THIS PAPER WILL TRY TO BRING INTO FOCUS THE EVOLUTION OF THE MINORITY ISSUE IN THE CONTEXT OF A PREVIOUSLY UNCHARTED SEGMENT OF THE HISTORY OF ROMANIAN - YUGOSLAV RELATIONS, SPANNING BETWEEN TWO TURNING POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE TWO COUNTRIES: THE DECEMBER 1989 ROMANIAN REVOLUTION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE YUGOSLAV WARS OF SECESSION IN JUNE 1991.…
THIS PAPER SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX PHENOMENON OF GLOBALIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS OVER THE VULNERABLE STATES. ONE USED AN AMPLE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO GLOBALIZATION AND STATE VULNERABILITY AS TWO EXPANSIVE PHENOMENA AND MULTIFACETED CONCEPTS. THE ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A GENUINELY DISTINCTIVE ARGUMENT GROUN…
STRATEGIC SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PARADIGM SEEMS TO HAVE ACQUIRED FEATURES AND CONTENT THAT TWO DECADES AGO WERE AT LEAST MINIMIZED IF NOT IGNORED IN BUILDING STRATEGIC VISIONS. THIS STUDY INTENDS TO SIGNAL MAJOR CHANGES THAT CAN INFLUENCE THEORIES/ PARADIGMS THAT WILL BE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRATIC INTERNATIONALISM. SUCH PHENOMENA AS MULTIP…
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE ATTACKED EACH OTHER MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THIS PHENOMENON STILL CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE OF DEBATE AND THE RECENT CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE TERRORIST ATTACKS - SUCH AS THE ONE ON WORLD TRADE CENTER IN 2001 - HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE OF ATTENTION AND AN ESCALATION FEAR FOR THIS TYPE OF CONFLICT.…
THIS PAPER AIMS TO DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL AND MORAL BACKGROUND OF LATE XIXth AND EARLY XXth CENTURY AMERICA, A PERIOD IN WHICH EDITH WHARTON PUBLISHED HER NOVELS OF MANNERS. AFTER DEFINING THE CONCEPTS OF SOCIETY, MORALITY, AND CONFLICT, I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DEPICT THE HISTORICAL FACTS WHICH LEAD TO CONFLICT SITUATIONS AT THE TIME. THI S WAS ACHIEVED T…
I TRIED TO ADDRESS IN THIS PAPER THE BROAD TOPIC OF SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND THE ROLE THEY HAVE IT INTERNATIONALLY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE IMPORTANT MECHANISMS IN RESOLVING CONFLICTS THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED RECENT YEARS. SECURITY ISSUES AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY BECOME AN AREA OF INVESTIGATION, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH, PRIMARILY FOR POLITICAL…
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, THERE IS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY BETWEEN THE MAJOR POWERS OF THE WORLD. ONE OF THE MEASURES WHICH QUANTIFIES THIS POWER IS THE CURRENCY. IN THE PRESENT WORK WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHICH IS THE PLACE IT OCCUPIES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY EURO. THUS, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO ANALYZE A NUMBER OF RELEVANT INDICATORS. AFT…
STARTING WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT COMPANIES REPORTING UNDER IAS HAVE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE CONDUCTED A STUDY IN WHICH WE WANT TO SHOW THE DEGREE OF DISCLOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH IAS 2, IAS 11 AND IAS 37 FOR A SAMPLE OF COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD OF ACTIVITY AND ARE LISTED ON STOCK EXCHA…
THE RESEARCH WAS BASED ON DIRECT INTERVIEWS WITH MANAGERS OF FIRMS, USING SPECIAL QUESTIONNAIRES, ON A SAMPLE OF 42 SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN VÂLCEA COUNTY AND IT SUMMARIZES THE MANAGERS‟RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON ASPECTS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE COMPANY'S COMPETITIVENESS. AN IMPORTANT CR ITERION FOR THE SELECTION OF COMPANIES FOR RESEARC…
IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WE CAN TALK ABOUT MARKETING MANAGEMENT WHICH IS THE ACTIVITY DESIGN TO DETERMINATE THE COMPANY‟S SUCCESS ON LONG -TERM. IN THIS WAY WE DESCRIBE ALL THE STEPS THAT HELP THE COMPANY TO HAVE ADVANTAGES ON A MARKET. WE ALSO SEE THAT MARKETING MANAGERS HAVE AN ESSENTIAL ROLE, WHAT DECISIONS THEY CAN TAKE AND WHAT IS THEIR MA…
KNOWING THE ELASTIC CONSTANTS IS THE BASIC REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN USABLE RESULTS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE WITH THE CONDITION OF SOLVING BASIC EQUATIONS OF ELASTICITY OF THE WOOD MATERIAL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALSO ITS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS. IN THIS PAPER A NON -DESTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATION METHOD IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF T…
POTATO, A PLANT THAT IS USEFUL IN THE HUMAN DIET, IN THE ANIMAL FORAGE AND FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING, IS BEING CONDITIONED MAINLY THROUGH THE OPERATIONS OF SORTING AND SIZING. IN THIS PAPER, THERE ARE ANALYZED COMPARATIVE THE MACHINES FOR POTATO SORTING AND SIZING OF THE MAIN FIRMS THAT PRODUCE EQUIPMENT FROM THE POTATO INDUSTRY, USING THE BIBLIOGR…
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES A DECENT LIVING FOR THE POPULATION OF A COUNTRY, A REGION OR A LOCAL AUTHORITY. EXAMPLE IS THE NEED FOR CITIZENS TO BE EDUCATED FIRST, TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT ACTUALLY UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES BENEFICIAL TO MANKIND AND EVERY ONE OF US. IN THIS PAPER I SET RESEARCH LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH-WEST OLTENIA. THE RESEARC…
IN MY PAPER I WILL FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING LEADERSHIP STYLES PRACTICED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN FRANCE, BRITAIN AND GERMANY. IF WE EXAMINE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES, IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR DESIGNS, THERE SORTS OUT A CONSIDERABLE MANAGERIAL EU ROPEAN MOSAIC, AS A REFLECTION OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL VARIETY. THUS, I WILL …
THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE USE OF MULTI -CRITERIA ANALYSIS FOR RAKING TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. WE USE THIS METHOD TO DEFINE THE AGGREGATED INDEX OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MAIN ISSUE IS TO ASSIGN WEIGHTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL INDICATORS REFLECTING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN INDICATO…
THERE ARE DIFFERENT THEORIES THAT SERVE SEVERAL ANSWERS WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITY REALLY MEAN OR WHICH ARE ITS FORMS OF MANIFESTATION. THIS PAPER APPROACHES ONE OF THE MAJOR FORMS OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITY: THE ADMINISTRATI VE POLICE. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THIS ACTIVITY BE…
THIS PAPER PROPOSES A SOCIO -HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THE EMERGENCE OF (ONLINE) VIDEO GAMES IN ROMANIA. AS A PART OF THE POPULAR CULTURE, VIDEO GAMES (ARE SUPPOSED TO) INFLUENCE SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL VALUES, ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS , AND TO CHALLENGE COMMON UNDERSTANINGS OF COMM UNITY OR LESIURE TIME WITHIN THE DIGITAL ERA. THIS PAPER AIMS TO FIND ANSWE…
PROFESSOR AUREL SASU FROM CLUJ PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2010 AN EXTENSIVE ANTHOLOGY ENTITLED CULTURĂ ȘI CREAȚIE (CULTURE AND CREATION) BRINGING TOGETHER MANY OF THE STUDIES, REVIEWS, ARTICLES AND ESSAYS THE YOUNG ADRIAN MARINO PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1939 AND 1947 IN DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS OF THAT TIME. DESPITE THE UNFAVORABLE OPINIONS THE AUTHOR HIMSE…
THE INTERNET IS LESS AND LESS ETHICAL EVERY DAY, SO IMMORALITY HAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS THE EXAGGERATED NUMBER OF FRAUDS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VIRTUAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL, AND THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN PARTICULAR. ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE ARTICLE IS TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION, WHICH SHOULD BE BLAMED: TECHNOLOGY OR SIN? THIS ARTICLE …
THE PRESENT PAPER AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE POLITICIZATION OF CULTURE, ART AND LITERATURE DURING GHEORGHIU -DEJ‟S COMMUNIST REGIME IS REFLECTED ON THE CONTENT OF THE POETRY PUBLISHED IN THE ROMANIAN TEXTBOOKS. THE LYRICAL TEXTS, TURNED INTO PROPAGANDA TOOLS, ARE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE IDEOLOGICAL GOALS, IN ORDER TO EMBELLISH THE REALITY AND TO EDUCATE Y…
THE DICHOTOMY OF THE EXILE PROPOSED BY VIRGIL IERUNCA, BOTH IN HIS WORK AND IN HIS ATTITUDE AND ACTIONS IS: THE EXILE WITH SENSE1=THE EXILE AND THE EXILE FOR SENSE2=THE DISCONNECTED ONE. THIS IS THE APPROACH PROPOSED BY VIRGIL IERUNCA AND IT IS DIVIDED IN SOME CATEGORIES, EACH CATEGORY WITH ITS NUANCES. THE CATEGORY OF THE EXILES INVOLVE S A KIND O…