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Due to its impact on all human activity, the new virus has therefore aroused increased interest in research. A large number of medical papers related to COVID-19 have been published as a result of the scientific community response to this emerging infectious disease. All measures that combat the spread of the disease came at a cost and the people had to add one more hardship which contributed to the rise in social inequality. Moreover, the costs for internet access, proper equipment to support online education, private healthcare, facemasks, and disinfectants have become a burden for a segment of Romanian society. In this study, 18 Romanian universities a Medicine bachelor specialisation, both public and private, were analysed to determine the dataset query from Web of Science. Our research aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 papers written by authors affiliated with Romanian universities with a medicine specialisation, which are the factors that influence the likelihood of a paper being cited and how the number of citations varies by university type. The obtained results reveal that University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" from Bucharest records the highest number of published papers, while "APOL-LONIA" University of Iași has the highest number of citations in both WOS Core Collection and in all WOS Databases per research. Furthermore, there is a significant difference in the number of citations between papers with and without a PUB MED ID. Logistic models show that neither the type of university nor the property type of the university (public or private) are determinants of the likelihood of an article being cited in the WOS core collection or in all WOS databases. As a consequence, a research paper with PUB MED ID and a higher number of pages, has a higher chance to be cited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Fourth Industrial Revolution had a major impact on the labor market. There are many consequences of the digitalization of the economy, but this research shows the changes in supply structure on the Romanian labor market. The companies that are operating in Romania usually publish job opportunities on recruitment platforms. Using the web scraping techniques we will identify which jobs are currently available on the Romanian labor market, in which cities, but also the field of activity. First of all, we will analyze the concentration of jobs in cities. We will classify these jobs based on an official classification code used by the Romanian state, because the job offer is very wide. Moreover, we will analyze the level of experience and the level of training that the candidate must have. In Romania, the main economic centers are Bucharest, Timisoara and Cluj-Napoca. In these three cities we also identify the highest concentration of jobs. There are many jobs in the IT field and those jobs that involve communication. Candidates with at least one year of experience in the field are preferred, as well as candidates who are willing to work full time. It can be noted that jobs with repetitive activity have almost disappeared, because they have been replaced by industrial robots. Also, it can be seen that employers are looking for candidates with higher education. In this step we will talk about job polarization phenomenon. Finally, the paper aims to indicate the stage of development of the Romanian labor market and what young people need to know before choosing their future career. Also, this paper is the starting point of a wide research about digitalization on labor market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internal migration is one of the most important drivers for reducing poverty and facilitating economic development. However, the factors that affect population mobility within a country, as well as the relationship between internal migration and economic development, are difficult to understand. This paper aims to provide an analysis of the population mobility in Romania, so that one understands the relationship between the economic development and internal migration. In order to achieve this objective, official data provided by the National Institute of Statistics as well as various statistical and econometric techniques (simple regression, entropy) are used. The research led to three major findings: (i) the internal migratory process is characterized by 7 historical periods, highly related to the social, economic and political phenomena that shaped the Romanian history; (ii) economic development of a county and the internal migration inflows are highly dependent; (iii) internal migration flows concentrate towards just four counties: Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj and Constanta, leading to major agglomerations. These findings are highly valuable for the decision makers at county level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the paper was to highlight the qualitative changes in the tongue of stroke patients and to explain the possible etiopathogenic mechanisms, in correlation with local and general risk factors. The working method consisted in a multidisciplinary study, using a rigorous working programme, on 91 patients of both genders, aged between 50 and 90 plus, hospitalised in the National Institute of Neurology and Neurovascular Diseases - Bucharest, based on a standard medical observation record, employing classical exploration, through a specialised clinical exam, as well as modern investigation means, and, when possible, metabolic research, in connection with the pathology of cerebrovascular diseases. The results indicated a 25, 27% frequency of glossitis in stroke patients, as well as a wide variety of clinical manifestations. We studied a series of factors that may be incriminated in glossitis etiopathogeny, related to the clinical characteristics of the disease, the occurrence of comorbidity and the localisation of cerebrovascular lesions. The data of the study are presented in graphs and exemplified through the presentation of some significant cases. The important conclusion of the paper is that the high frequency of glossitis in cerebrovascular disease sufferers, the etiopathogeny, can be justified not only by the existence of local-regional conditions and comorbidity but also by the fact that an important percentage of glossitis occurred in patients of any age and especially in elderly ones could be explained considering the most important disease of the century, atherosclerosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines an important relationship between CEO duality and corporate governance. There are several aspects and dimensions of corporate governance, which may influence a CEO Duality but this study focused on two aspects namely Board's size (Bsize) and Board's Independence (Bind). In this paper, log of total assets (Size) and total debt divided by total assets (Leverage) are control variables. Results based on the data collected from the annual reports in 2010, indicate that CEO duality is negatively associated with board's independence and board's size. The results show has a positive and significant relationship size of firm and CEO Duality. Also, there is no relationship between Leverage and CEO Duality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the discovery and the development of the financial equilibrium asset pricing models, they were constantly and repeatedly tested mainly for the big markets and scarcely for the smaller or the emerging ones. Romania belongs to the last category, hence empirical testing of these models for its case was almost inexistent. So, this paper examines the validity and the applicability of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory model for the Romanian stock exchange, conditioned of course by the available data. The data used is represented by monthly returns of 60 companies, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, using a 6-year period, from 01.01.2005 to 31.12.2010. This period was divided into 2 equal sub-periods, and the testing process was conducted for each sub-period, and then again for the whole period. The findings sustain APT only minimally for the 2 sub-periods, where only one priced factor was obtained, and stronger evidence was found for the entire period of time, where 3 factors proved to be significant in influencing the returns of the selected assets. These results and mainly those for the whole period of time resemble the conclusions of the majority of studies, who found in general 2-4 priced factors, regardless of which market was analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]