Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad

Autism in Criminal-Justice and Forensic Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with an Exploratory Bidirectional Synthesis

Background: Estimates of autism in criminal-justice and forensic populations vary widely, while studies involving autism-defined populations report heterogeneous justice outcomes. Broad pooling can obscure differences in recruitment, diagnostic ascertainment, legal context, and o...

Cognitive Reappraisal and the Growth Mediation of the Relationship between Identity Coherence and Identity Consolidation

Stage 1 full Manuscript etitled Cognitive Reappraisal and the Growth Mediation of the Relationship between Identity Coherence and Identity Consolidation Abstract Understanding whether cognitive reappraisal and quiet ego growth function as primary underlying mechanisms that transl...

Hidden Gut Dysbiosis in Apparently Healthy Adults

(1) Background: Intestinal dysbiosis has been implicated in numerous gastrointestinal, metabolic, and immune-mediated disorders; however, data regarding its prevalence in asymptomatic adults remain limited. This study evaluated the prevalence and integrated profile of microbiolog...

Ethical Decision-Making in Entrepreneurial Dentistry: An Exploratory Conceptual Framework Informed by Romanian Healthcare Studies

Background/Objectives: Dental graduates make clinical decisions shaped by ethical principles, legal obligations, patient expectations, and private-practice economics. This study synthesized empirical findings from Romanian healthcare education and practice and proposes an explora...

Association Between Graves’ Disease and the Risk of Thyroid Carcinoma: The Role of Clinical, Metabolic, Hormonal, Immunological, and Ultrasound Biomarkers

Background: The relationship between Graves’ disease (GD) and thyroid carcinoma (TC) remains controversial, particularly regarding the predictive value of metabolic, hormonal, immunological, and ultrasound biomarkers. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate...

Pulmonary Reserve and Respiratory Recovery After Cardiac Surgery: Insights from Preoperative Spirometric Phenotyping

Background: Postoperative respiratory dysfunction remains a frequent complication after cardiac surgery, yet the influence of preoperative pulmonary reserve on postoperative respiratory recovery remains incompletely understood. We investigated whether preoperative spirometric phe...

Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Biomarkers with Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) is a common microvascular complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) associated with chronic inflammation, metabolic dysregulation, and multiple interacting systemic factors. This study evaluated the associations of i...

EUS-guided and US-guided percutaneous splenic biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of separately pooled diagnostic and safety outcomes

Ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous splenic biopsy has been widely used to evaluate focal or diffuse splenic lesions and has shown promising efficacy and safety. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biopsy has emerged as an alternative approach for tissue acquisition from splenic l...

Thermal analysis in pharmaceutical sciences: a critical narrative review with focus on drug–excipient interactions

Abstract Thermal analysis has become an indispensable component of the modern pharmaceutical preformulation toolbox, providing rapid, low-mass, and information-rich answers to questions of identity, purity, polymorphism, thermal stability, and—most critically—drug–excipient compa...