{"title":"NORTHERN AND CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE MODELS OF CULTURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE IDENTITY","authors":"Ruxandra Nut","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.3:33-47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.3:33-47","url":null,"abstract":": THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AT EUROPEAN LEVEL. THE GOAL OF THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IS TO CONSOLIDATE A COMPLEX NORMATIVE SYSTEM IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR MEMBER STATES, FUNCTIONING AS A BASIS FOR IDENTITY PRESERVATION. TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES, STATES NEED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUOUSLLY STRENGHTEN THEIR NATIONAL LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN THIS RESPECT. SINCE EACH ETHNIC GROUP HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL NEEDS, THIS SYSTEM HAS TO BE ADAPTED AND ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO ENSURE INTEGRATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TO RESPECT THEIR DISTINCT CHARACTER. THIS REQUIRES GOOD DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MINORITIES. THIS ARTICLE AIMS AT POINTING OUT THE WAY IN WHICH COUNTRIES FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF EUROPE, NAMELY CENTRAL-EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE, HAVE DECIDED TO MANAGE MINORITY PROTECTION AND IF THEIR APPROACH HAS A DIFFERENT HISTORICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL LOGIC.","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139319119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND BORDER RELATIONS. STUDY CASE: ROMANIA-UKRAINE BORDER","authors":"A. Mocernac, Gianina JOLDESCU STAN","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.2:25-32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.2:25-32","url":null,"abstract":": THIS PAPER CRITICALLY EXAMINES THE MULTIFACETED IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION TOWARDS UKRAINE POST-FEBRUARY 2, 2022, ON EUROPEAN BORDER DYNAMICS. THE PAPERS BRINGS TO OUR ATTENTION THE ROMANIA-UKRAINE BORDER INTERACTIONS. BEGINNING WITH A HISTORICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION, THE STUDY EXPLORES UKRAINE'S EVOLVING TIES WITH EUROPEAN ENTITIES IN LIGHT OF RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. FOCUSING ON THE ROMANIA-UKRAINE FRONTIER, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EU'S EASTERN BORDER, THIS PAPER HIGHLIGHTS ITS SHIFT FROM A RESTRICTIVE BOUNDARY TO A BUSY TRADE HUB, FACILITATED BY EUROPEAN LEGISLATION AND UKRAINE'S GROWING ECONOMY. FURTHERMORE, IT ASSESSES THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ADJUSTMENT OF BORDER SECURITY MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEE CRISIS, PRIORITIZING HUMANITARIAN AID OVER STRICT CONTROLS. THE PAPER ALSO POINTS OUT THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETIES IN AIDING REFUGEES. IN CONCLUSION, WHILE ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES CAUSED BY RUSSIAN ACTIONS, THE PAPER IDENTIFIES A POSITIVE OUTCOME: ENHANCED COOPERATION BETWEEN ROMANIA AND UKRAINE. THE ARTICLE ADVOCATES FOR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S EUROPEAN AMBITIONS AND PROMOTES INCREASED CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATIONS TO FOSTER REGIONAL PEACE AND PROSPERITY.","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139319195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ROMANIAN CITIZENS' PERCEPTION OF GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IN THE POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD","authors":"Mirela-Emilia Mironiuc","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.10:93-108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.10:93-108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139318874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DISGUISED DEFIANCE: THE HIDDEN FEMINIST VOICES OF VICTORIAN LITERATURE","authors":"Mihaela Georgiana Manasia","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.8:77-81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.8:77-81","url":null,"abstract":": THIS PAPER EXPLORES THE INFLUENTIAL ROLE OF FEMALE AUTHORS DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA AND THEIR USE OF PEN NAMES AS A SUBVERSIVE TACTIC TO CONTRIBUTE TO FEMINIST DISCOURSE. IT EXAMINES HOW THESE AUTHORS, CONSTRAINED BY THE GENDER NORMS OF THEIR TIME, CIRCUMVENTED SOCIETAL BARRIERS BY ADOPTING MALE PSEUDONYMS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORKS. THROUGH A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TEXTS BY AUTHORS SUCH AS JANE AUSTEN, THE BRONTË SISTERS, AND GEORGE ELIOT, THE STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE EMERGENCE OF THE ‘NEW WOMAN’ IN LITERATURE— A CHARACTER THAT DEFIED THE TRADITIONAL PASSIVE FEMALE ARCHETYPE BY EXHIBITING SELF-RELIANCE AND INTELLECTUAL AGENCY. BY WEAVING LITERARY CRITICISM WITH HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THE PAPER DELINEATES THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND FEMINISM’S PROGRESSIVE PUSH, ULTIMATELY REVEALING HOW THESE WRITINGS HELPED TO REFRAME WOMEN’S ROLES AND ADVANCE THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT.","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139319000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicoleta-Dorina Racolța-Paina, Sorina Elena Ciucanu
{"title":"TEAM LEADERS’ SKILLS – FINDINGS FROM THE IT SECTOR","authors":"Nicoleta-Dorina Racolța-Paina, Sorina Elena Ciucanu","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.12:119-128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.26.2.12:119-128","url":null,"abstract":": THE WORK OF TEAM LEADERS IS A COMPLEX ONE, INVOLVING A HIGH DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND A SUSTAINED EFFORT TO ACHIEVE THE ASSUMED OBJECTIVES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM LEADER. THE ADDED VALUE OF THIS STUDY IS GIVEN BY THE PRACTICAL PART, WHICH HAS TWO RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: (1) TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS AT THE LEVEL OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM LEADER SUITABLE FOR BOTH TEAM LEADERS AND TEAM MEMBERS, ALONG WITH (2) TO ANALYZE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE SKILLS DESIRED BY BOTH PARTIES (TEAM LEADERS RESPECTIVELY TEAM MEMBERS). THE RESEARCH METHOD USED IS A QUANTITATIVE ONE, THE OPINION POLL BEING CONDUCTED AT THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYEES OF AN IT COMPANY. IN ORDER TO COLLECT PRIMARY DATA, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS LAUNCHED, THE SAMPLE BEING MADE UP OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN TEAMS, WHETHER THEY ARE TEAM LEADERS OR JUST TEAM MEMBERS. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS INDICATE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT HARD SKILLS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TEAM LEADER ARE UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING DATA SECURITY AND HAVING TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT SOFT SKILLS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TEAM LEADER ARE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ADAPTABILITY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, TASK DELEGATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT. AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDIED SAMPLE, THE OPINION OF TEAM LEADERS COINCIDES WITH THE OPINION OF TEAM MEMBERS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT HARD SKILLS OF A SUCCESSFUL MANAGER, RESPECTIVELY COINCIDES ONLY PARTIALLY IN THE CASE OF SOFT SKILLS OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM MANAGER.","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139319073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CORRUPTION WITHIN THE ROMANIAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT- A “MORGANA FAIRY” OF JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION","authors":"Alexandrina-Augusta Bora","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.6:71-81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.6:71-81","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48334437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PERSONAL DATA USE AND CONSUMER AWARENESS IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR","authors":"L. Naghi","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.5:61-69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.5:61-69","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47524764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CONSIDERATIONS ON THE REVISIONIST TENDENCIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXPRESSED THROUGH THE „SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION” IN UKRAINE","authors":"Cătălin Peptan, Adrian Eugen Preda","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.1:9-19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.1:9-19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48282356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ehsanifar, Fatemeh Dekamini, C. Spulbar, Ramona Birau, R. Filip
{"title":"PRESENTING A DECISION TREE-BASED DATA MINING MODEL TO INCREASE THE SECURITY OF USERS' INFORMATION IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES CONSIDERING INTERNET BANKING SYSTEM","authors":"M. Ehsanifar, Fatemeh Dekamini, C. Spulbar, Ramona Birau, R. Filip","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.3:37-50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.3:37-50","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43387370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Iyama, P. Nimame, Victor Uzoma Nwagbara, Michael Nakara Timothy, C. O. Egbunefu, Woroma Stella Emejuru
{"title":"RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF OIL SPILL ON THE HEAVY METAL CONTENT OF SANTA BARBARA RIVER IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"W. Iyama, P. Nimame, Victor Uzoma Nwagbara, Michael Nakara Timothy, C. O. Egbunefu, Woroma Stella Emejuru","doi":"10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.8:89-108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38173/rst.2023.25.1.8:89-108","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed at assessing both the effect (risk) and impact of a recent oil spill on heavy metal concentration in the Santa Babara River in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Samples were collected and preserved based on standard methods. The heavy metals of interest were Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr) and Copper (Cu) due to their levels of toxicities and presence in water bodies while the five study stations were Worokuma (W), Uwanga (W), Tuweni (T), Shellikiri (S), Inarakiri (I) and Esenfakiri (E). The solar thermos elemental flame atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS), model SE-71096 made in Germany with detection limit of 0.001 mg·kg−1 was used for the heavy metal analysis. The trend of heavy metal abundance was found in this order Cr>Cu>Cd>Pb>Hg=As. All the detectable metals had risk index of greater than 5 but the highest was found in the order, Cd> Pb > Cu > Cr (149, 35, 26 and 12 respectively) which meant extremely high level of pollution. This also indicated the probability of non-carcinogenic effects occurring and increases as HI increases signifying carcinogenic risk via direct ingestion of water. Graphs were used to show trends in both mean heavy metal concentrations and risk assessment indices. Chromium and Pb had moderate contaminations for CF and CDI values, hence regular monitoring of the Santa Barbara River is of essence as most of the inhabitants take this as the only source of potable water as their wells have very high iron content.","PeriodicalId":30384,"journal":{"name":"Research and Science Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42011225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}