Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

Photocatalytic Activity of Y-Doped ZrO2 Thin Films

In this paper, we have investigated the photocatalytic performances of some yttrium-doped ZrO2 films for decomposing Rhodamine B and Methylene Blue. The as-deposited thin films (obtained by RF magnetron sputtering) were heat-treated to stabilize their structure. To assess the fil...

Environmental Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Periurban Vineyard Area (North-Eastern Romania) Within the Context of Residential Area Expansion

This study evaluated potentially toxic element (PTEs) contamination (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in soil and grapevine leaves across 36 sites in a historical vineyard near Iași, Romania, transitioning toward residential development. Soil samples were analyzed using energy...

Spiritual Well-Being as a Patient-Reported Assessment Dimension in Advanced Cancer: Clinical Validation and Quality-of-Life Implications

Background: In advanced cancer care, routine clinical assessment often focuses on symptoms, treatment tolerance, and disease status, while spiritual well-being remains insufficiently explored despite its relevance to quality of life (QoL). Standardized patient-reported tools may...

Entropy Production in a DC Plasma Diode with a Fireball on the Anode

One of the consequences of driving a plasma discharge away from the thermodynamic equilibrium is the appearance of one or more fireballs in front of the anode. The formation of this self-organized space charge structure marks the transformation of part of the thermal energy of th...

Optimization of Binary Decision Diagrams by Single-Grid Cellular Genetic Algorithm

This paper presents a new approach based on cellular genetic algorithms for the problem of optimizing the variable ordering of binary decision diagrams. The initial population is placed on a bidimensional grid by means of a Kohonen self-organizing map, which acts on the associate...

The EU’s evolving strategic priorities in the world order: normalising the resilience narrative

Abstract This article evaluates the way the dominance of a resilience narrative has shaped the evolution of the EU’s strategy in the world order. It employs the concept normalisation to explore how the resilience narrative displaced previously mainstream narratives at the centre...

Maternal Cardiovascular Phenotype in Fetal Growth Restriction with or Without Pre-Eclampsia: Insights from Echocardiography and Clinical Implications

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) has traditionally been attributed to placental insufficiency. However, accumulating evidence suggests that maternal cardiovascular maladaptation contributes to disease expression, clinical heterogeneity, and long-term maternal cardiovascular risk. T...

Ureaplasma Species in Perinatal Disease: From the Age of Innocence to the Missing Villain

Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum occupy an odd place in perinatal medicine: dismissed for decades as harmless residents of the female genital tract, they are now recognized as pathogens with real consequences for preterm newborns. This review traces that paradigm shif...