University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest

Mushroom β-Glucan as a Novel Prebiotic: Enhancing Recovery of the Post-Antibiotic Gut Microbiota over 60 Days

Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis can cause persistent alterations in gut microbial composition and fermentative metabolism, yet the long-term role of mushroom β-glucan-based prebiotics in supporting post-antibiotic microbiota modulation remains poorly defined. To address this gap, th...

Toward an Intelligibility–Efficacy Framework: Psychological Timelessness and Existential Anxiety

Human beings appear uniquely capable of experiencing time psychologically rather than merely biologically. But the same cognitive capacities that permit long-term planning, autobiographical continuity, symbolic culture, and anticipation also expose the individual to chronic regre...

Traffic-Driven Spatial and Seasonal Variability of Rainwater Chemistry: Insights from Multivariate Analysis in Bucharest, Romania

Urban rainwater is an increasingly important alternative water resource, but its suitability for harvesting and reuse depends on a water quality that varies strongly with local emissions and season—a variability not previously characterised for Bucharest, the Romanian capital. Th...

Sustainable Corrosion Mitigation Using Aqueous Spent Coffee Grounds Extract: Comparative Performance in Different Acidic Media

This study investigates the efficiency of green corrosion inhibitors derived from spent coffee grounds (SCGs) for OL 37 carbon steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 and 1 M HCl environments. The aqueous extracts, labeled K1 and K2, were obtained through specialized extraction techniques and chara...

Phytochemistry and biological effects of aquatic plants from Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Iris spp. and Nymphaea spp.):an update review

Among the native flora of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve in Romania, there are two beautiful aquatic flowering plants, the Yellow Flag Iris ( Iris pseudacorus ) and the White Waterlily (Nymphaea alba ), which are part of the Iris and Nymphaea species, respectively. These two...

The Architecture of the Human Moral Subject: Rethinking Personhood, Organismhood, and Human Rights

Contemporary debates concerning abortion, euthanasia, disorders of consciousness, and emerging biotechnologies frequently depend upon the concept of personhood. Yet personhood performs multiple philosophical functions simultaneously: it identifies the subject of psychological exp...