West University of Timişoara

Antioxidant, Structural and Technofunctional Profiling of Seed-Free Sea Buckthorn Pomace Dry Fractionated by Grinding–Sieving

Sea buckthorn pomace, generated as a by-product of juice processing, has potential for valorisation as a functional food ingredient. This study investigated whether dry fractionation by grinding and controlled sieving of seed-free sea buckthorn pomace (SBP) can generate granulome...

Routinely Available Prognostic Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Adults with Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Pleural infection remains associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and frequent treatment escalation. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated routinely available prognostic factors associated with adverse clinical outcomes in adults with pleural in...

Association of the ApoB/ApoA1 Ratio with Angiographically Documented Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison with Conventional Lipid Markers

Background/Objectives: The apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A1 (ApoB/ApoA1) ratio has been proposed as an integrated marker of atherogenic and anti-atherogenic lipoprotein balance. This study assessed its association with the presence and angiographic severity of coronary artery d...

Stepped Evidence Coverage for Plant-Derived Adjuncts in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: An Evidence Map and a Proposed Mucosal Antifungal Selectivity Window

In vulvovaginal candidiasis, agents given almost exclusively by the vaginal route yield minimum inhibitory concentrations that cannot be translated into validated susceptibility categories. We asked whether this deficit is interpretive or empirical, and whether it is measurable....

Organizational Risk Management Under Global Uncertainty: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Economic Security and Resilience

Recent financial crises, heightened geopolitical instability, sustained financial volatility, and broader global uncertainty have increased the exposure of private sector organizations to emerging and interconnected economic risks. In this context, systematic and sustainable appr...

Comparative Effects of Urease and Nitrification Inhibitor Formulations on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Wheat Productivity in a Two-Year Field Trial

Efficient nitrogen (N) management is essential for improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) while reducing environmental N losses in wheat production. A two-year field experiment (2023–2024) evaluated six urea formulations containing urease (UI), nitrification (NI), or combined in...

The anterior condylar confluence of Trolard and its venous tributaries: an anatomical review

Abstract The anterior condylar confluence (ACC) of Trolard is a small extracranial venous plexus at the external orifice of the hypoglossal canal. Described over 150 years ago and present in the classical French anatomical literature, it was largely absent from the Anglophone rad...

Interventions to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in Small Animal Veterinary Practice: Evidence and Clinical Impact

Antimicrobial resistance represents a major One Health challenge affecting human, animal, and environmental health, and responsible antimicrobial use in companion animal medicine has become increasingly important. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on antimicrobia...

Transcriptomic analysis reveals physiological adaptations and immune system modulation in Romanian Holstein cattle during heat stress exposure

Abstract Heat stress represents a significant impairment to productivity, health, and reproductive efficiency of dairy cattle globally. The present study aimed to investigate genes and molecular mechanisms involved in physiological response to heat stress in Romanian Holstein dai...

Evaluation of Total Phenols, Flavonoids, and Antioxidant Activity in the Peel and Flesh of Old Apple Cultivars

Apples (Malus domestica Borkh.) are widely cultivated due to their storability, adaptability to diverse climatic conditions, versatility, and affordability. In addition to these agronomic advantages, apples are a significant dietary source of nutrients and bioactive compounds, pa...

Catalysts and contradictions: rethinking technology acceptance through Human+ readiness in accounting

Purpose This study reconstructs the technology acceptance model (TAM) for professional settings where adoption is no longer discretionary. It develops an experience-contingent account in which technology-related beliefs are shaped by direct exposure to digital technologies (DTs)...

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...

Party-switching convergence theorem

Abstract This paper develops a game-theoretic and dynamic framework to analyse how judicial manipulation by governing parties alters political incentives in multi-party systems. The model shows that biased legal enforcement can prompt politicians - even if innocent - to switch al...

Seeing Angiogenesis: Multiparametric Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Window into the Vascularization Status of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Cervical lymph node status is the single most important prognostic determinant in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), yet conventional gray-scale ultrasound relies on morphological criteria that only indirectly reflect the underlying biological process driving nodal pr...

Electrical and Apparent Compressive Response of Silver-Loaded Honey–Gelatin Soft Composite Membranes

Honey–gelatin–water composite membranes containing silver microparticles (SmPs) are investigated as soft pressure-responsive materials with potential applications in low-pressure sensing, including biomedical monitoring, and in tunable capacitive components. Three compositions, w...

Bibliometric analysis of research trends in digital transformation and mental health from 2014 to 2024

Abstract Digital transformation has significantly reshaped modern society, with important implications for mental health. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution, main contributors, and thematic development of research on digital transformation and its psych...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

Persistence of entangled states and high-fidelity quantum gate operations in Si/SiGe spin qubits at high temperature

We characterize single- and two-qubit operations in a SiGe quantum dot array, from the perspective of its quantum information processing capabilities. The analysis includes rigorous randomized benchmarking of single- and two-qubit gates, state preparation and measurement characte...

Beyond Accuracy: Pneumonia Severity Grading in Chest X-Rays Using RSNA 2018 Bounding-Box Extent Metadata and ViT

Chest X-ray pneumonia assessment is commonly formulated as a binary classification problem that does not explicitly represent radiographic burden. In this work, we reinterpret the RSNA 2018 Pneumonia Detection Challenge dataset by using expert bounding-box annotations to derive t...