Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

Accelerated Degradation of Polypropylene Mitigated by Cooperative Effect of n-SiO2 and Rosemary Extract

This study analyzes the stabilization effects of silica nanoparticles and rosemary extract on polypropylene during accelerated degradation caused by exposure to γ-rays. The accurate procedures involved in the mitigation of oxidative degradation (isothermal and nonisothermal chemi...

Targeting Sirtuins in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders: From Molecular Mechanisms to Pharmacological Modulation

Neurological and psychiatric disorders share several biological mechanisms, including mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, impaired protein homeostasis, and changes in synaptic plasticity. Sirtuins (SIRT) are nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dep...

Anxiety and Depression in Cervical Cancer Patients in Relation to Nutritional Status and Oxidative Stress

Cervical cancer remains a major global health concern, causing substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Beyond its physical burden, patients frequently experience significant psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, w...

The Impact of Supreme Audit Institutions’ Independence on SDG 2 Performance: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis

Food insecurity persists globally despite growing public investment—a pattern that points to the potential role of governance and accountability mechanisms in shaping how resources are managed and allocated. While supreme audit institutions (SAIs) are widely recognized for their...

FDI and Sustainability: A Systematic Mapping of Determinants and Methods

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is increasingly shaped by sustainability considerations, yet the field lacks a consolidated understanding of how these evolving drivers are captured through different methodological approaches. Addressing this methodological gap, this article explo...

The Paradox of Medical Education: Lifestyle and the Sense of Self-Efficacy and Locus of Health Control Among Medical Students in the Eastern Borderlands of the European Union

Abstract Aim This cross-sectional study evaluated health behaviors, diet, physical activity, and psychological determinants (self-efficacy, life satisfaction, health locus of control) among medical and health sciences students across seven EU borderland countries to investigate t...

From personal to organisational addressability: swift trust in early-stage Romanian ICT ventures

Purpose The goal of this study is to explore how trust manifests in early-stage Romanian ICT ventures and navigates from personal to organisational addressability. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research examined narrative interviews to investigate experiences related to...

Pedogenic controls on organic carbon accumulation in Phaeozem and Histosol profiles of the Ciuc intramontane depression, Eastern Carpathians, Romania

Abstract Intramontane depressions of the Eastern Carpathians host soils with substantial organic carbon enrichment, yet profile-based documentation of the pedogenic mechanisms involved remains limited. This study presents two contrasting soil profiles from the Ciuc intramontane d...

Modulation of Caffeine-Induced Behavioral Alterations by N-Acetylcysteine in a Pharmacological Challenge Model

Background: Caffeine is a widely consumed psychostimulant that may affect anxiety-like, aggression-like, and social behaviors, potentially in association with oxidative imbalance. Objectives: This study evaluated the behavioral and biochemical effects of acute caffeine exposure i...

Reactive Blue 21 Dye Degradation and Surface Modification of Cu and Ag/Cu Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

In the present work, the potential applications of Cu thin films and Ag/Cu bilayer thin films obtained by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique are investigated in terms of the physicochemical effects resulting from their interaction with an aqueous solution containing Reac...

Unlocking green growth: the role of Fintech development in promoting economic sustainability

Despite the global problem of environmental degradation, and the regulatory initiatives being driven by international and governmental bodies to ensure that organizations adhere to sustainable development goals, there are still gaps that require further research. Therefore, this...

Revisiting gallbladder stones structure through integrated multiscale physicochemical characterization

Gallstones are complex biominerals formed through physicochemical, metabolic, and microbial processes. In this study, gallstones were comprehensively characterized, revealing a complex elemental profile comprising C, N, O, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Cu, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, and Cd. The cha...

Integrating LLM in Business Process Management: A Conceptual Framework for Augmenting the Process Lifecycle

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly relevant to Business Process Management (BPM), particularly when process knowledge is dispersed across documents, conversations, and other unstructured sources. Their probabilistic outputs, however, raise questions about validation, t...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Clinical Outcomes and Biomechanical Considerations of Graft Selection—A Narrative Review

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction represents the current gold standard for restoring knee stability following ligament rupture, particularly in young and physically active individuals. The aim of this narrative review is to provide an updated overview of the biomech...

Time Perspective, Meaning in Life, and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults in the Pandemic Context

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global crisis, which significantly impacted people’s mental health and caused psychological suffering, due to the greater number of stressors with which people had to cope. The current study investigated the relation between time perspectives an...

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...