Transylvania University of Brașov

Stakeholder governance and coordination challenges in participatory forest management: Kakamega Forest, Kenya

Participatory forest management (PFM) has been widely advocated in tropical regions to mitigate forest degradation while sustaining local livelihoods. Achieving sustainable outcomes requires multi-stakeholder engagement; however, disparities in mandates, funding, and priorities f...

Food, Dietary Supplement, and Gut Microbiome Interactions in Oral Anticancer Therapy: Mechanisms, Clinical Consequences, and Management

BACKGROUND: The shift toward oral targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in oncology has introduced pharmacokinetic variability driven by food-drug interactions (FDIs), which can cause therapeutic failure or increased toxicity. AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY: FDI effect...

High-Grade Renal Trauma Due to Blunt Injury: Do All Require Surgical Intervention?

Background: Renal trauma management has increasingly shifted toward non-operative treatment, particularly in hemodynamically stable patients. Advances in imaging, resuscitation, and monitoring have improved the outcomes of conservative management, even in high-grade injuries. Blu...

Modeling the concrete carbonation depth using a physics-guided CatBoost algorithm

Purpose This study aims to develop a physics-informed machine learning framework to improve carbonation depth prediction in reinforced concrete by integrating mechanistic knowledge with data-driven learning. Design/methodology/approach A CatBoost model incorporating ten physics-g...

Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Oscillatory Behavior of Graphene Nano/Microelectromechanical System Using a Hybrid Morlet Wavelet Neural Network Framework

The Nano/microelectromechanical systems (N/MEMS), particularly graphene-based devices, exhibit highly nonlinear and oscillatory dynamic behavior that is complicated to solve accurately utilizing the conventional numerical and theoretical approaches. This study aims to design an a...

Innovation sustainability nexus in the European circular and green transition

Europe’s transition toward a circular and climate-neutral economy increasingly depends on interactions between innovation effort, resource efficiency, energy systems, and environmental pressures. This study examines how national research and development intensity is associated wi...

Thermodynamic perspective on human-building interaction entropy, comfort and energy flow

This study presents a thermodynamic interpretation of how humans and buildings interact, focusing on entropy dynamics, comfort perception, and internal energy exchanges. Human thermal adaptation is treated as an open, non-equilibrium process in which energy and matter are continu...

Foliar Biostimulants Mitigate Water‐Deficit Effects on Morphophysiological Traits of Tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.)

This study evaluated whether foliar‐applied biostimulants can mitigate water‐deficit stress in tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) and improve several morphophysiological traits associated with drought tolerance under reduced irrigation. A comparative evaluation of three biostimulant...

Mapping Digital Transformation Research in Women-Led SMEs: A Bibliometric Analysis and Resilience-Oriented Research Agenda

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face persistent pressure to convert digital transformation into organizational resilience amid continuous digital disruption. This capacity remains conceptually underdeveloped when digitalization and gender are treated as separate concern...

Synergistic friction and wear reduction in CuSn10-modified basalt fiber-reinforced epoxy composites via protic ionic liquid and graphene nanolubrication

Basalt fiber-reinforced epoxy (BFRP) composites combine a favorable strength-to-weight ratio with relatively low cost, which makes them attractive for structural applications. However, the epoxy matrix has limited abrasion resistance, and this restricts how well these composites...

Design-Stage Feasibility Study of an Integrated 3D-Printed Nerve Conduit and Portable Monitoring System

(1) Background: Peripheral nerve repair requires structural guidance and reliable functional assessment, yet current commercial conduits lack internal microarchitecture and do not integrate real-time monitoring capabilities. This study presents an engineering-focused feasibility...

Diagnostic Value of Serum Amyloid A in Neonatal Sepsis: A Literature Review

Neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, while early diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific clinical manifestations and the limited accuracy of currently available biomarkers. Serum amyloid A (SAA), a rapidly responding acute-phase protein,...

Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome and Its Hepatic Dimension: A Narrative Review

Metabolic syndrome came to the attention of the scientific community several decades ago, and its definition has undergone multiple changes over time. It is currently defined by the coexistence of hypertension, central obesity, dyslipidemia, and impaired glucose metabolism, with...

Driving Style Recognition and Road-Safety Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Reproducible Data Architecture

Driving style, reflected in recurrent patterns of acceleration, braking, speed selection, following distance, gear use, and lane-changing behavior, plays an important role in road safety and is also associated with fuel consumption, emissions, passenger comfort, and vehicle wear....

Practical guide: Service-learning in higher education. Design your project step by step

A practical guide to designing Service-Learning projects at university, conceived as a resource for the training of teaching staff. It combines a theoretical approach -what Service-Learning is, its features, its dynamics and what it offers for each party- with an eleven-step desi...

Cross-Platform Mapping of Aboveground Carbon Storage Using MLS, UAV LiDAR, GEDI, and Sentinel-2 in a Romanian Mountain Forest

Forest landscapes used for recreation also provide climate-regulating services that are often absent from spatial planning. We mapped aboveground biomass density (AGBD) and aboveground carbon storage in the Postavaru-Piatra Mare mountain landscape near Brașov, Romania, using a cr...

Hybrid Decorative Elements Inspired by Textile Heritage for Furniture: Design and Influence of Coating on the UV-Accelerated Aging Behavior

Integrating traditional textile heritage into contemporary furniture design offers an innovative way to preserve cultural identity through modern materials and decorative techniques. This study investigates the color stability of hybrid decorative plywood panels fabricated using...

Effects of multi-scale drivers on plant diversity and forage quality in traditional wood-pastures of Transylvania (Romania)

Traditional wood-pastures are agroforestry systems shaped by long-term low-intensity management. However, the relative importance of drivers of plant diversity and forage quality operating at different spatial scales in these systems remains poorly understood. We investigated 30...

Exact black hole solutions with semi-symmetric vectorial torsion

Abstract Semi-Symmetric Metric Gravity extends general relativity by introducing a semi-symmetric connection with vectorial torsion. The modified field equations contain extra contributions from the torsion vector and its derivatives. Assuming a purely radial torsion vector consi...

Relationships between digital technology indices and clean energy stocks using quantile and wavelet approaches

This study examines the nonlinear relationships between emerging digital technologies and clean energy (CE) stock returns using daily data from July 2, 2021, to June 1, 2026. Quantile regression (QR), cross-wavelet transform (XWT), and wavelet transform coherence (WTC) are employ...