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1/2015

Research and Science Today · 1/2015

33 Articles
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pp. 6–14

ROMANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ACCESSION OF ROMANIA TO THE CENTRAL POWERS (1883-1914)

THROUGH THIS SYNTHESIS WE INTEND TO CONVEY A MORE OBJECTIVE AND REALISTIC VIEW ABOUT POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND RUSSIA DURING THE PERIOD 1883-1914, IN WHICH ROMANIA WAS PART OF THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY BLOC OF THE CENTRAL POWERS. FOR THE RULING CIRCLES IN BUCHAREST IT WAS CLEAR THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE GREAT POW…
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pp. 15–19

A SCANDALOUS BUSINESS AND ITS RECEPTION IN THE CONSULAR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PARIS, CONSTANTINOPLE AND BUCHAREST- ANDRE TINDEL (1844)

IN 1844, BETWEEN PARIS, CONSTANTINOPLE AND BUCHAREST AUTHORITIES AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION WAS HELD, WHICH SUBJECT DESCRIBED THE OFFENSES COMMITTED BY A CERTAIN FRENCH CITIZEN, ANDRE TITEL. AS PHYSICIAN, HE WAS WANTED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAPITAL AUTHORITIES, BOTH FOR FORGING MON EY AND FOR TRAVELLING UNDER FALSE IDENTITY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE PRE…
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pp. 20–28

THE CHALLENGES OF REGIONAL COOPERATION. THE EUROPEAN BLACK SEA DIMENSION

THE ORGANISATION FOR BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION (BSEC) BRINGS TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE REGIONS IN THE WORLD. FORMED FOLLOWING THE END OF THE COLD WAR FROM TWO OPPOSING POLITICAL AND MILITARY BLOCS, THE BSEC SERVES AS AN EXEMP LARY MODEL OF THE SPIRIT IT TAKES TO OVERCOME DIFFERENCES AND TO JOINTLY MAKE PROGRESS. THE PROSPECT OF EU ENLAR…
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pp. 29–37

NUCLEAR ASSURANCE AND THE MONITORING THE OUTER SPACE

STRATEGIC STABILITY HAS TWO DIMENSIONS: STABILITY THROUGH THE BALANCE OF ARMS RACE AND CRISIS STABILITY, IN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF DISTRUST AND HOSTILITY. NUCLEAR GUARANTEE IS A FORM OF ASSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, CUSTOMIZED ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE PROVISION MUST WORK. ASSURANCE APPEARS IN TWO FORMS …
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pp. 38–49

POWER GAMES WITHIN EAST ASIA

THE STRATEGICALLY NUCLEAR BALANCE IN THE EAST ASIA VACILLATES BETWEEN TWO LIMITS. THE GLOBAL POWER BALANCE DEPENDED FOR A WHILE ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE USA AND THE USSR IN THE FIRST PLACE AND IN THE SECOND, ON THE EUROPEAN POWER BALANCE, THE INTEREST FOR ASIA BEING ON LY PERIPHERAL. THE ASIAN STRATEGICALLY POWER BALANCE HAS RECONFIGURED QUICKL…
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pp. 50–55

TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS IN A CHANGING STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT

THE PRESENT TEXT TRIES TO ANALYZE TURKISH -ISRAELI RELATIONS IN THE NEW CONTEXT OF REGIONAL GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS. DESPITE AN HOSTILE ATTITUDE FROM ANKARA TOWARDS ISRAEL, THE SYRIAN CRISIS, THE KURDISH ISSUE AND BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS ARE JUST SOME OF THE MOST VISIBLE ASPECTS THAT CAN CONVINCE TURKEY TO REVISE ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ISRAEL. A C…
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pp. 56–60

SOME ISSUES ON ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION OF POST-COMMUNIST STATES

ECONOMY DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE STATES FORMER MEMBER OF SOVIET BLOC PROVED TO BE AN AMBTITIOS PROJECT WICH WAS MEANT TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN A VERY SHORT TIME. WE LOOK AT HISTORY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH A PROCESS CAN ONLY BE A LONG ONE, THIS IS DUE TO THE TOP OF AV OIDING THE NEED OF DIFFERENT BLOCKAGES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLI…
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pp. 61–73

ROMANIA-MAJOR PLAYER OF INTRA-EUROPEAN MIGRATION

THE CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE (CEE) AND SOUTHEAST EUROPE (SEE) HAVE BECOME THE MAIN SUPPLIERS OF LABOR FOR WESTERN EUROPE, BUT WITHOUT RADICAL POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE BIRTH RATE, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT MIGRATION FLOW FROM CEE AND SEE WILL REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE OVERALL MIGRATION IN THE EU. THE DECREASING BALANCE OF MIGRATION FROM CEE AND SEE…
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pp. 74–82

TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT IN THE LIGHT OF CRISIS ON UKRAINE

THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES FROZEN CONFLICT IN TRANSNISTRIA IN LIGHT OF RECENT CRISIS ON UKRAINE. DESPITE STANDING IN THE SHADE OF UKRAINE, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSNISTRIA HAS BEEN ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED BY RUSSIAN SUPPORT TO SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS IN POST-SOVIET A REA. HENCE TEXT ALSO ARGUES, THAT BY PRECISE ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT AGENTS INVOLVED IN TRANSNI…
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pp. 83–88

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DAS AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS REGARDING FIXED ASSETS TREATMENT

THE LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENT IN ROMANIA IS IN A PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE, WITH THE AUTHORITIES MAKING NOTICEABLE EFFORTS IN ALLIGNING THE ACCOUNTING REGULATION TO THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES, ON ONE HAND AND IN REACHING CONVERGENCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK, ON THE OTHER HAND. ALL THESE ACTIONS ARE SUBORDINATED TO THE OBJECTIVE OF …
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pp. 89–96

THE IMPACT OF TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ON EUROPEAN UNION. A SOLUTION FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CRISIS

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN CRISIS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION’S INTERNATIONAL ROLE, WITH FOCUS ON THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES, AS A SOLUTION FOR THE EUROPEAN CRISIS. NOWADAYS, THE WORLD PASS THROUGH GREAT CHANGES AND THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS PUT EUROPE IN…
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pp. 97–103

STEEL MILL ARCELORMITTAL IN GALATI, ROMANIA – BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND GLOBALIZATION. COGNITIVE ASPECTS

THIS RESEARCH IS AN EXPLORATION OF SOME ASPECTS RELATED TO THE EVOLUTION OF STEEL MILL IN GALATI AFTER THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME CHANGE AND CENTRALIZED ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN ROMANIA. WE EXAMINE HOW THE FORMER BIG STEELWORKS IS NOW ADAPTED TO THE NEW POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITIES. CONSIDERING THAT ETHICAL DIMENSION CAN`T BE NEGLECTED WE ANALYZE THE PR…
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pp. 104–112

OPERATING CONDITIONS OF BEARINGS RUNNING AT HIGH SPEEDS

IN ORDER TO PREVENT AGGRESSIVE DAMAGE, VIBRATION CONTROL IS REQUIRED ALONG WITH MONITORING DURING OPERATION. THE EASIEST METHOD TO ACHIEVE THIS IS WITH AN ACOUSTIC PROBE PLACED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE BEARING WHICH IS TO BE CONTROLLED. THE ANALYSIS REGARDING THE FIELD OF TIME REQUIRES SIMPLE EQUIPMENT, PROVIDING THE POSSIBILITY OF FAULT DETECTI…
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pp. 113–118

LARGE- SCALE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS- A STEP TOWARDS A SMART CITY

THIS PAPER PRESENTS AND EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE THAT THE SMART CITY CONCEPT MUST ENSURE. IN THIS RESPECT, WE HAVE FIRST EMPHASIZED THE MOTIVATION AND THE UNDERLYING IMPORTANCE OF THIS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE ISSUES THAT ARISE WHEN SUCH A SYSTEM IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. TO BEGIN WITH, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND DEFINED THE CHARACTERI…
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pp. 119–124

THE IMPORTANCE AND UTILITY OF THE „PRELIMINARY RULING” PROCEDURE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE COURTS OF THE 28 MEMBER STATES MAY INTERPRET AND APPLY THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH COULD “IRREMEDIABLY COMPROMISE THE FULFILMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S OBJECTIVES”2. FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE UNION’S LAW TO NOT BE LEFT SOLELY TO THE DISCRETION OF THE NATIONAL COURTS, THIS ARTIC LE AIMS TO REVEAL THE IMPORTANCE OF THE …
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pp. 125–130

THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE GRANTING OF REFUGEE STATUS, RESPECTIVELY THE RIGHT OF ASYLUM IN ROMANIA

ROMANIA HAS BUILT ITS OWN SYSTEM REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AFTER 1991, WHEN IT ADHERED TO BASIC INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, RESPECTIVELY THE CONVENTION FROM 1951 AND THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL FROM 1967, AND FURTHER DEVELOPED THE NATIONAL ASYLUM SYSTEM WHICH LED TO THE HARMONIZATION OF INT ERNAL LEGISLATION WITH STANDARDS IMPOSED BY TH…
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pp. 131–136

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE EFFICIENCY OF CIVIL SANCTIONS FOR THE DISRESPECT OF THE LEGAL REGIME OF WASTES

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO LEAD TO PERMANENT INCREASE OF HARMFUL WASTES TO HUMAN HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT, IN CONDITIONS WHERE NUMEROUS COUNTRIES, AMONG WHICH ROMANIA ALSO, DID NOT TOOK THE BEST MEASURES FOR THEIR PROPER MANAGEMENT AND PROMPT SANCTIONING OF THE GUILTY ONES IN DISRESPECTING THE REGULATION REGARDING THEIR H…
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pp. 137–145

POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT IN MOST COUNTRIES IS MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY. ACCORDING TO LITERATURE, MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY REFERS, ON THE ONE HAND, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERS TO PARLIAMENT AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LEGAL RESPON SIBILITY ASSUMED EXERCISE OF MINISTERIAL POSITIONS. USUALLY…
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pp. 146–154

THE PHENOMENON OF MOBBING

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PHENOMENON OF MOBBING, INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, LATELY. ALTHOUGH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INITIATIVES TO DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSITY OF LEGISLATING THIS PHENOMENON, UNTIL NOW THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO PRESENT THE PHENOMENON AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, IN DETAIL, AND DRAW A WARNING ABOUT THE NEED OF LEGISLATING IT AND TO DES…
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pp. 155–163

THE SOCIAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION- MECHANISMS AND PRINCIPLES

THE SOCIAL POLICY IS A VERY IMPORTANT POLICY WHICH DEFINES THE EUROPEAN UNION , SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SET OF COMMON POLICIES. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IMPROVES THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN ALL THE MENBER STATES. DIFFERNET ASPECTS OF LIFE ARE INTERCONNECTED AND THIS IS POSSIBILE ONLY AT SOCIAL LEVEL: POLITICS IS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS, ECONOMY…
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pp. 164–170

JESUS CHRIST’ NATIVITY STORY

MATTHEW AND LUKE PRE SENT US JESUS’ GENEA LOGY IN THE BEGINNIN G OF THEIR GOSPEL. MATTHEW’S BOOK OF GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST BEGINS WITH ABRAHAM AND FINISHES WITH JESUS (MT 1,1 –17). MATTHEW FOLLOWS THE GENEALOGY OF JOS EPH, WHO IS MENTIONE D AS MARY’S HUSBAND. MATTHEW AND LUKE TEL L US THAT JOSEPH’S F IANCÉE IS MARY. A YO UNG GIRL AND A CARPENTER…
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pp. 171–177

MESSIAH- THE STAR FROM JACOB AND THE SCEPTER FROM ISRAEL

MESSIAH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE PROMISES MADE TO THE MESSIAH'S ANCESTORS WERE VERY MANY AND, IN THE SAME TIME, VERY PROFOUND. THE IDENTITY OF MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS POINTED OUT THROUGH TERMS, SUCH AS: “THE SEED”, “THE STAR” AND “THE SCEPTRE”. THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROPHECY THAT DESCRIBE…
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pp. 178–182

THE IMAGE OF FEMINITY IN THE WORKS OF ANTON HOLBAN

THE NOVELS OF ANTON HOLBAN PRESENTS AN IMAGE OF FEMININITY INFLUENCED BZ THE WAY IN WHICH THE WOMEN SHOW HER AFFECTION AND ESPECIALLY HOW SANDU, THE CHARACTER - NARRATOR PERCEIVE IT, SO, THE WOMAN IN THE OPINION OF SANDU AND IN READERS’S VISION REMAINS AN ETERNAL MYSTERY. WE KNOW ABOUT WOMEN FROM HOLBAN'S CREATION ONLY THAT HE TELLS US ENOUGH AS NA…
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pp. 183–190

SEMANTEME-SUBJECT FUNCTIONALITY

THE NOTION OF ACTANTS WAS APPROACHED BY SEVERAL RESEARCHERS, SOCIOLOGISTS AND LINGUISTS. THE INTEREST OF SCIENTISTS TOWARDS THE SEMANTICS OF THE SENTENCE WAS DETERMINED BY SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING LINGUISTIC ISSUES, REINTERPRETING THE NEED TO REVEAL THE ESSENCE OF COM MUNICATIVE SENTENCE STRUCTURE AS A UNIT, THUS DISCOVERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETW…
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pp. 191–196

ΤHE EXPLICITNESS OF A LANGUAGE TEACHER IN LITERARY CRITICISM. MALCOLM BRADBURY AND THE LANGUAGE OF CRITICISM

MALCOLM BRADBURY WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC BRITISH WRITERS, WHO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED TO COMBINE WRITING LITERARY CRITICISM, FICTION, SCRIPT ADAPTATION AND TEACHING. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PAPER ARE TO EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE OF A TEACHER AND THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF BRADBURY’S LANGUAGE IN CRITICISM. THE MAIN STRATEGY O…
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pp. 197–207

THE SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN APPROACHING OF THE THEME- THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE EXERCISE OF STATE POWER, OF DOMINATION AND VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

THE PRESENT PAPER CONTINUES THE SERIES OF ARTICLES DEVOTED TO SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WITH THE THEME: " THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE EXERCISE OF STATE POWER, OF DOMINATION AND VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE ". THIS TIME, THERE ARE PRESENTED THE SELECTING AND ESTABLISHING OF METHODS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES OF RESEARCH, THE TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH…
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pp. 208–212

THE PRAYER OF BIBLICAL LAMENTATIONS

LAMENTATION PSALMS ILLUSTRATE THE HUMAN FEELINGS AS THEY TRANSPIRE DURING THE PRAYER, DEMARCATING THUS A SPIRITUAL PASSAGE TO BE RE -ENACTED BY EACH HOMO RELIGIOSUS. OUR INTENTION WAS TO UNDERLINE THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE ABSOLUTE THROUGH PRAYER AND TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN FOR THE ANALYSED SUBGENRE OF PSALMS. THIS PATTERN …
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pp. 213–220

MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE MATRYOSHKA – THE RUSSIAN DOLL EFFECT

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pp. 221–231

IN SEARCH OF THE ACCEPTABLE- FOLLOWING CHRISTABEL

WITH COLERIDGE, “THE ACCEPTABLE” TAKES THE MILD, BUT DETERMINED FORM OF CONTEMPLATION. STARTING WITH “CHRISTABEL”, MY ATTEMPT IS TO FIND SOME MEANINGS OF THE TERM CONTEMPLATION AND HOW THESE FOLLOW THE OLD AND NEW IN THE DIALECTICS OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY `S VALUES IN A SHORT PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF SOME IDEAS. THUS, BY CONTEMPLATING COLERIDGE AS…
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pp. 232–236

ROMANIAN INTERNATIONALIZATION IN HIGHER ECUATION – NECESSITY OR OBLIGATION

HISTORICAL REALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHOWS THAT UNIVERSITIES TEND, OBJECTIVELY, TO OVERCOME NATIONAL LIMITS, EXTENDING IN THE SAME TIME THIS SPECIFIC ACTIVITY IN THE GLOBAL MARKET OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS, IN FACT, A PROCESS WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF STUDENT’S TRAINING, INTERNATIONALIZATION …
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pp. 237–245

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION-SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY

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pp. 246–252

RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE AND CELIAC DISEASE, A RARE ASSOCIATION – CASE REPORT

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pp. 253–260

A COMPARATIVE STUDY REGARDING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS ON PEOPLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS

THIS ARTICLE INTENDS TO UNDERLINE THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE WORLD, FOUNDING ITSELF ON INFORMATION THAT WAS PUBLISHED REGARDING THE COSTS OF THIS DISEASE FOR PATIENTS AND GOVERNMENTS. OSTEOARTHRITIS DOESN’T ONLY AFFECT THE BUDGETS OF HEALTH SERVICES, BUT ALSO OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, THROUGH ITS IMPACT ON SICK PEOPLE, ON THE EMP…
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Year 2015
Articles 33
Pages 6–260

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