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2/2014

Research and Science Today · 2/2014

30 Articles
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pp. 6–13

THE FAILURE OF LIBERALISM IN NADINE GORDIMER’S OCCASION FOR LOVING

BY THE BEGINNING OF THE 1960S THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WAS UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES WHICH AIMED AT ENFORCING FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE BLACK, COLOURED AND INDIAN POPULATION. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CRUCIAL DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN THE MID-1950S AND EARLY 1960S – OUT OF WHICH TWO STAND OUT AS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT - THAT HAVE A DIRECT B…
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pp. 14–23

THE COST OF LIFE IN ROMANIA DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD

THE TOP ONE PRIORITY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN EVERY TIME WAS TO ACHIEVE AS MANY RESOURCES AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FOOD IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMFORT FOR ITS MEMBERS. THIS LEVEL OF COMFORT WASN’T THE SAME THROUGH HISTORY. IT WAS I NFLUENCED BY THE ECONOMY AND BY THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. IN ROMANIA, IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD, AN…
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pp. 24–31

ROMANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS DURING 1916-1918

THE ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IS ONE OF ACTUALITY AND INTEREST FOR EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY IS INTEREST IS BASED ON THE NEED TO KNOM THE LINKS BETWEEN STATES. THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SYNTHESIS WE INTEND TO CONVEY A MORE OBJECTIVE AND REALISTIC VIEW ON MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND RUSSIA DURING THE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATIO…
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pp. 32–39

THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY IN A FAILING ECONOMY

THE LONGEVITY OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, TRIGGERED IN 2007 AND EMPHASIZED IN 2008 BY THE CRASH OF THE STOCK MARKET RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MANAGEMENT DURING A PERIOD OF CRISIS. THE FINANCIAL BOOM SPREAD THROUGH A DOMINO EFFECT, INFLUENCING THE GLOBAL MARKET. THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON ANALYZING WHETHER SUSPENDING DEMOCRATIC ELE…
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pp. 40–46

POLITICAL ELITES AND REGIME CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE- THEORETICAL APPROACHES

WITHIN A REGIME CHANGE, AMONG THE ELEMENTS TO BE ANALYZED FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HOW IT IS CONDUCTED THE ROAD FROM COMMUNISM TO DEMOCRACY, A PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS TO BE GIVEN TO THE POLITICAL ELITES, TOGETHER WITH THE INSTITUTIONAL AND IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS. FOR THE ELITE PLAYING IN THIS SITUATION THE ROLE OF DEMOCRATIZATION AGENT, TRANSFORMATION CAN…
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pp. 47–54

POLISH STRATEGY- EFFORTS TO BUILD UP AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEM – ABOUT NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC TURN AND WHAT IS BEHIND IT

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SOCIAL PROBLEM IN POLAND? IN A NEAR FUTURE POLAND WILL BECAME A POOR LAND OF OLD PEOPLE. IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHICAL DOWNHILL. PAPER SHOWS POSSIBLE STRATEGIES AND IMPOSSIBLE EFFORTS.
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pp. 55–67

THE SECOND NUCLEAR AGE AND NUCLEAR COORDINATES OF REGIONAL SECURITY

THE CENTERPIECE OF MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY IS THE DISARMAMENT AND NON - PROLIFERATION, PLUS THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. 2 A NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL REGULATION IS MORE THAN NECESSARY, BUT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS HAVE TOUCHED ONLY THE POLITICAL DECLARATION, A SMALL STEP BUT IT MUS T BE DEVELOPED. 3 NOTE THAT MEMBER’S RESONSIBILIT…
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pp. 68–79

THE COMPLEX NATURE OF HUMANITARIAN CRISES- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LITERATURE CONCERNING FOREIGN POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE, HAS RECENTLY EMERGED IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, BUT THESE STUDIES HAVE NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS AND VERY SELDOM EXAMINES THE ROLE OF ENFRAMING IN SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION. THE CONFLICTS MOBILIZE A PLURALITY…
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pp. 80–92

CRISIS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A “COMMON CAUSE” OF THE GREAT POWERS IN THE FACE OF THE GROWING UNREST WAS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INVASION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ IN 1991. ON THE CONTRARY, IN MANY CASES, SUCH AS THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, SOMALIA, AFGHANISTAN, RWANDA, IRAN THERE ARE RECORDED FRICTIONS AMONG THE GREAT POWERS, WITH CONTROVERSIA…
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pp. 93–102

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE – NECESSARY STAGES OF DEMOCRACY CONSTRUCTION

THE FALL OF COMMUNISM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, IN 1989, IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR. DISAPPEARANCE OF TOTALITARIAN COMMUNIST REGIME MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PHASE A PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOCRACY IN THAT STATE FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES KNEW ONLY BASED CONTROL SYSTEM OF EXCESSIVE AND SUPPRESSION O…
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pp. 103–111

GLOBALIZATION IN FACTS-THE UNION OF SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS AND THE EURASIAN UNION. POLITICAL PARALLELS TO THE EUROPEAN EXAMPLE

THE EUROPEAN UNION I S SERVING FOR OVER 6 0 YEARS AS A MODEL O F UNIFICATION ON ALL LEVELS, BEING AROSE IN A SPACE WHERE THE IDEA OF NATIONAL STATE AND NATIONALISM ARE BASED ON WELL ROOTED HISTORICAL FACTS. OUR PAPER WILL CAST A GLANCE OVER THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AMERICAN NA TIONS OR THE SOUTH A MERICAN UNION AND ON THE EUR …
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pp. 112–117

THE IMPACT OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS ON MIDDLE EAST GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS

AS PROVEN BY HISTORICAL EVENTS, THE MIDDLE EAST IS A HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED GEOPOLITICAL ARENA, THERE CHANGES IN THE INTERNAL STATUS QUO OF ONE ACTOR, SUCH AS SYRIA, IN THIS CASE, AFFECTS THE STATUS QUO OF THE ENTIRE REGION IN A PROFOUND MANNER. REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SUNNI -SHIA RIVALRY, P OOR GOVERNANCE, EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM AND ARCHA…
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pp. 118–125

CASE OF UKRAINE AND INTERESTS OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS

THE UKRAINE CRISIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES INVOLVING THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT OF THE XXITH CENTURY, CHARACTERIZED BY MANY TRANSFORMATIONS AND THREATS AND INVOLVING SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTORS ON THE GLOBAL SCENE. IN RESPONSE TO THE SECURITY THREATS, BOTH ACTORS - NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, MUST ADAPT THEIR VISION, DOCTRINE AND BEHAVIOR T…
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pp. 126–135

SIMULATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIALS

IN THE RECENT YEARS, THE COMPOSITE MATERIALS WERE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRUCTURES FROM THE MOST ENGINEERING AREAS. CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER IS A COMPOSITE MATERIAL THAT IS OFTEN USED IN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. TO DEVELOP LIGHTWEIGHT ADVANCED MATERIALS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW VERY WELL THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THESE MATERIALS UNDER…
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pp. 136–144

THE CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF TERPENE COMPOUNDS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF BERRIES OF GRAPE VARIETIES SELECTED IN REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

THE CURRENT STUDY AIMS TO EXPLORE THE AROMATIC COMPOSITION OF THREE GRAPE VARIETIES OF LOCAL SELECTION FROM REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (STARTOVYI, VIORICA AND MUSCAT DE IALOVENI) . THE GRAPES WERE SUBMITTED TO SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF FREE AND BOUND TERPENES AND TO GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH MASS -SPECTROMETRY (GC…
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pp. 145–151

RESULTS OF KANBAN METHOD IMPLEMENTATION ON A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

MODERN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS USING ADVANCED TOOLS AN TECHNIQUES SUCH AS STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL, TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) SYSTEMS, MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL (MPCS), LEAN SIX SIGMA STRATEGY, KANBAN
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pp. 152–160

A STUDY OF CRACKS OCCURRING IN DENTAL MATERIALS

EVALUATION OF THE MODE OF FAILURE AND CRACK PROPAGATION IN METAL, CERAMIC AND RESIN COMPOSITE DENTAL MATERIALS EXPOSED TO CYCLIC OCCLUSAL LOADING SIMILAR TO MASTICATORY LOADS SHOW THAT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SUSTAINABILITY AND LONGEVITY OF DENTAL MATERIALS MUST DEMONSTRATESUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO DYNAMIC STRESSES. IN THE CASE OF MASTICATORY FORCES …
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pp. 161–167

A NEW PROCEDURAL MEAN TO UNIFY THE JUDICIAL PRACTICE

THE NEW CODES OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW PROCEDURAL MECHANISM FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE UNITARY JUDICIAL PRACTICE, TOGETHER WITH THE REFERRAL IN THE INTERESTS OF THE LAW, NAMELY THE NOTIFICATION OF THE HIGH COURT OF CASSATION AND JUSTICE REGARDING A PRIOR DECISION FOR SOLVING A POINT OF LAW. IN THIS PAPER WE AIM TO ANAL…
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pp. 168–176

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF OWNERSHIP

THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO LIFE, HUMAN EXISTENCE, EXPRESSION AND THE FOUNDATION OF ITS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS. PROTECTION AND GUARANTEE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT, AND DEFENDING THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP FINDS ITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE ROMANIAN AND EUROPEA…
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pp. 177–184

BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE UNDER THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACTION OF ENSURING PUBLIC ORDER IS CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE AND REGROUPS AN ENSEMBLE OF REGULATIONS TRADITIONALLY DEFINED BY A CLEAR AND IDENTIFIABLE PURPOSE, THAT OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER, AND BY A CONCILIATION REGIME BETWEEN THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC ORDER AND THOSE OF PUBLIC FREEDOMS. CURRENTLY THE…
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pp. 185–191

PROBLEMS WHICH CONFRONT A SCIENTIST INVESTIGATING NICHE COMMUNITIES. ETHNOPEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE OLD ORDER AMISH IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE US

THE PRESENT TEXT REFERS TO ISSUES RELATED TO METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN IDENTIFYING NICHE COMMUNITIES - THE OLD ORDER AMISH LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE UNITED STATES. THE RESEARCHER CONDUCTED HER ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLOSED, HERMETIC COMMUNITY OF THE CONSERVATIVE ANABAPTIST. HIDING COMPUTER, CHANGING CLOTHES AND BEHAVIOR WERE SYMBOLIC PLED GE …
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pp. 192–199

RECREATING LANGUAGE – THE ART OF EXPRESSING A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE

THE PRESENT ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SOME OF T HE MAIN LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS USED BY MALCOLM BRADBURY IN HIS NOVEL RATES OF EXCHANGE. THE MAIN AIM OF THE ARTICLE I S TO DEMONSTRATE THE AUTHOR’S SUCCESS IN USING THE LANGUAGE SOLELY TO PRESENT AN D INVENT A SYSTEM, INSPIRED FROM THE COMMUNIST ONE. HIS SYSTEM IS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FOREIGN TRAVE…
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pp. 200–210

THE SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN APPROACHING OF THE THEME-˝THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF DOMINATION AND VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE˝. THE RESEARCH PROJECT (III)

THIS PRESENTATION CONTINUES THE SERIES OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THIS JOURNAL WHICH ARE PROPOSING AN ORIGINAL PRESENTATION REGARDING THE METHODOLOGY OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ADDRESSING THE THEME: "THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE DOMINATION AND VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE". THE RESEARCH PROJECT, WHICH PREPARES THE WAY OF THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, OPENS NOW NEW STA…
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pp. 211–215

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN REGION SOUTH WEST

IN THE CENTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT ARE THE PEOPLE, THE DEVELOPMENT MEANS THE TRANSFORMATION OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOT JUST ECONOMIES. LABOUR OR STRATEGIES REGARDING THE OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION MUST BE ANALYZED IN THIS DOUBLE PERSPECTIVE, HOW THEY DEVELOPMENT AND ITS INFLUENCES ON STIMULATED INDIVIDUALS DIRECTLY. ECONOMISTS TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AS A HUMAN…
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pp. 216–222

FROM SIGHT TO THOUGHT. A DIACHRONIC VIEW ON THE GREEK VERBS OF COGNITION

THIS PAPER LOOKS AT THE SEMANTIC EVOLUTION OF THE VERBS OF THOUGHT IN GREEK, NAMELY VERBS WHICH MEAN ‘UNDERSTAND’, ‘KNOW’ AND ‘THINK’, FROM A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE (COGNITIVE SEMANTICS AND THE THEORY OF FRAMES). INTERESTINGLY, AFTER INVESTIGATING THE LEXICAL FIELD UNDER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING PATTERN OF EVOLUTION FOR SOME OF T…
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pp. 223–230

BYZANTINE DIPLOMATIC STRATEGIES DURING THE PERIOD OF THE FIRST FOUR CRUSADES

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND THE LATINS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE FIRST CRUSADES, THE BYZANTINE DIPLOMATIC CEREMONIAL CONSTITUTED A SYMBOLIC STATEMENT OF THE VALUES OF THE GREEK CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION AND A WAY OF LEGITIMIZING THE UNIVERSALIST CLAIMS OF THE EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TOWARDS THE FOREIGN NATIONS. FO…
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pp. 231–238

FERTILITY DISORDERS ASSOCIATED TO COELIAC DISEASE-RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EVALUATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COELIAC DISEASE AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE ABNORMALITIES , FERTILITY DISORDERS OR PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS. METHOD: THIS WAS A CASE CONTROL STUDY IN WHICH 32 FEMALE PATIENTS WITH COELIAC DISEASE AND 44 HEALTHY CONTROLS WERE COMPARED, THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATED IN BOTH GROUP…
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pp. 239–245

ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP SPECTRUM IN CHILDREN

ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP (ESES) REPRESENTS AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PATTERN CONSISTING IN GENERALIZATION AND ACTIVATION OF EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES DURING NON -REM SLEEP. IT IS ASSOCIATED W ITH A HETEROGENEOUS GROUP OF CLINICAL SYNDROMES AFFECTING CHILDREN IN VARYING DEGREES OF SEVERITY, WITH COMMON AND OVERLAPPING FEATURES. THE IMPO…
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pp. 246–253

POST SURGERY TROMBOFLEBITIS, MAJOR RISK OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM

ONE OF THE UNDESIRED COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A SURGERY IS THE TROMBOFLEBITIS OF THE INFERIOR LIMBS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO PULMONARY EMBOLISM. MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM STARTING FROM THE DEEP VENOUS SYSTEM OF THE LOWER LEGS IS ONE OF THE POST SURGERY COMPLICA TIONS THAT SETS IN VERY QUICKLY AND HAS A DEATH RATE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE. I HAVE ANALYZE…
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pp. 254–260

THROMBOPHILIAS– PREGNANCY RELATED RISK CATEGORIES

THROMBOPHILIA REPERESENT A GROUP OF PROTHROMBOTIC CONDITIONS, EITHER AQUIRED OR INHERITED, WHICH PREDISPOSE TO THROMBOEMBOLISM. IT IS CHARACTERISED BY A HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE, A TENDENCY OFTEN REPETEAD OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH CAN LEAD TO VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AND/OR OBSTETRICAL SEVERE ADVERSE OUTCOMES. RECENTLY HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT T…
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Year 2014
Articles 30
Pages 6–260

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