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In social marketing definition, green marketing is the improvement and marketing of products layout to as far as possible minimize adverse effect level on the physical environment. As for environmental marketing definition, green marketing is defined for organizations endeavour to produce, promote, package and reclaim products in a manner that susceptible or responsive to environmental concerns. In this context we define green marketing performing marketing activities which include product improvement, pricing, promote and placing so as to minimize harm to the environment regardless of sector. Related to this approach it will be made a survey in order to analyse the attitude of young generation toward green marketing. It will be created a questionnaire that could offer a perspective about the behaviour of young people concern the environmental issues and future challenges.

Research background: We develop a conceptual framework based on a systematic and comprehensive literature review on smartphones as consumption tools globally. Purpose of the article: Building our argument by drawing on data collected from Comscore, Econsultancy, and Statista, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding the adoption of Internet-enabled devices for shopping purposes: selected retail and shopping activities of EU smartphone users, most popular mobile shopping apps in the U.S. (by reach), adults in the EU who never make purchases on mobile devices (by gender), and consumers who use a mobile device for product research while shopping in-store worldwide (by country). Methods: The data for this research were gathered via an online survey questionnaire and were analyzed through structural equation modeling on a sample of 4,200 respondents. Findings & Value added: Smartphones have permeated the online community swiftly. The difficult task retailers confront is in obtaining consumers’ mutual support in supplying the information required to provide a customized shopping experience. Mobile payment privacy is associated with apprehensions that users may have concerning what will become of the data supplied when they adopt mobile payment. A satisfactory array of facilitating circumstances brings about greater purpose to adopt mobile shopping applications, especially when diverse viable functions such as convenience and swift purchase are provided. Intention to raise subsequent benefits from mobile buying should harmonize the lasting value predisposition of the mobile purchasers. The essential issue encountered by the service suppliers is how to turn the developing mobile payment operation into financial earnings.

In the context of intensification of the economic uncertainty and competition, companies need to know and build the essential elements that ensure success as better as they can - it is about management, technology and smart use of human resources. Enhancing these essential elements is achieved by the Human Resources Department within the organization, and hence they constitute a crucial aspect of the recovery potential in an organization.

Worldwide the processes of erosion, transport and sedimentation have a significant social, economic and environmental impact. In the past decade the most important external factor that has significantly increased the erosion and sediment process is the human factor throughout its daily activities. The changes of land cover and use, the intensive deforestation, urbanization and infrastructure development, sand extraction from river beds alter the natural watercourse and thus leading to erosion, sediment transportation and finally to the silting of rivers and reservoirs. The process of erosion and sedimentation occurs, among other areas, in the hydro-technical constructions with significant effects. In the next 30 years it’s expected to lose more than 50% of the storage capacity of the reservoirs in the world due to the silting phenomenon. The control and monitor of the sediment dynamics represents a critical component in the sustainable management of water resources. Also the understanding of the involved phenomena is essential in order to develop solution for reducing the sediment and erosion that occur and adopt measures to extend the life of the reservoirs. This paper taps the solution of mathematical modelling using dedicated software in order to establish the morphological changes that occur in Ogrezeni-Crivina reservoir, located on the river Arges.

The significance of enhancing business models within the energy sector has markedly increased in recent years due to the growing demand for sustainable energy sources and the requirements created by regulations and imposed on companies in relation to environmental protection. The purpose of this research is to provide suggestions for the development of business models corresponding to the present, which take into account the principles of sustainable development, in a competitive environment characterized by heightened volatility. By analyzing the literature and industry examples, it is argued that business models in the energy sector have to adapt in three main directions: adopting green technologies, rethinking production using digital platforms and tools, but also based on knowledge-based services. In order to generate a comprehensive analysis, the PRISMA methodology was used and the Web of Science database was queried by scanning all the publications on the business models in energy. The basic idea in the case of business models in the field of energy forces companies to a permanent and flexible adaptation of the business to the developments in the economic, social, legal, technological and ecological spheres by promoting energy efficiency solutions and the large-scale use of energy renewable sources, but also in relation to the realities already present regarding high energy prices, uncertain long-term supply and the huge environmental impact of fossil energy consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to enhance the joint mobility and muscle flexibility of participants by implementing a stretching program, which involved 21 students from the University of Craiova enrolled in economics study programs. The results revealed significant differences (p<0.05) in the SMM, BFM, BMI, and WHR variables among the students following the stretching program. These findings highlight the significance of both dynamic and static stretching for students, as well as their value in terms of long-term physical and mental development. Regular stretching and flexibility exercises should be incorporated into any fitness routine to reap these benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a growing interest in extracurricular and out-ofschool activities for pupils, given their positive effects on the development of individuals. In the present study we aimed to develop a training program for the game of football as an extracurricular activity that integrates both physical skills and personality traits in high school students. The research design assumed a pre-posttest design, with the dependent samples t-test used as the statistical method of investigation. The physical abilities tracked in the study were body mass index, body harmony, exercise endurance, fitness, body recovery after exercise and endurance running. As personality traits we looked at dominance, emotional stability, spontaneity, sensitivity, intelligence, conformity and discipline, sense of self, and refocusing on planning as a positive cognitive-emotional coping strategy. The results show that football, as an extracurricular activity, offers the possibility of harmonious physical and mental development of young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing use of pesticides in modern agriculture has led to increased concerns about the risk of pollution of surface waters, soil and its agro-productive properties. The application of large doses of pesticides using outdated technologies and non-performing agricultural equipments, with poor application in terms of distribution uniformity and the lack of farmers’ knowledge and measures to prevent the drift phenomenon leads to their spread outside the targeted areas and implicitly to the increase of environmental pollution. In the present study, three anti-drift agents: EM260 (dodecilbenzensulfonat of calcium 50%, and butanol 18%), SC (heptametiltrisiloxan polietilenglicol) and respectively SO (surfactant non – ionic) have been tested according to ISO 22866, in the field conditions of Agricultural Research Development Station (ARDS) Caracal, Romania. The obtained results emphasized that the most valuable, among all variants, was EM260 (dodecilbenzensulfonat of calcium 50%, and butanol 18%) with smaller drift effect recorded at 1 meter distance (6.4%), followed by the second point, at 3 meters (3.1%) and at 5 meters with a calculated value of 2.1%. Also, at this variant the affected plants percent was smallest from the entire tested assortment, of 35.2%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drifting is a global issue worldwide and consists in the application of crop protection products or other sprayed materials away from the target area, leading to substance loss, possible damage to nearby crops and plants and pollution of local surface waters. Without the use of anti-drift agents, drift-reducing nozzles or other drift-reducing techniques, spraying fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in general would be ineffective. Thus, crop protection effect is reduced and waste, which can result in lower incomes for farmers and higher costs for food consumers. Concrete solutions to reduce drifting and waste of crop protection products are necessary and require focus on specific particularities. The present research should increase the interest for multifaced solutions to reduce drifting. In this light the purpose of this review considers the most important data and relevant literature on this topic in order to offer significant insights and to identify knowledge gaps within literature. Thus, short- and long-term solutions refer to proper identification of the best agents that can be used for anti-drift technology. Without the use of anti-drift agents, drift-reducing nozzles or other drift-reducing techniques, spraying fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in general would be ineffective. The anti-drift market is at a very early stage due to the lack of user education and lack of high-quality research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, presenting with variable clinical picture. Having a high heterogeneity and lacking pathognomonic features, very often the diagnosis poses a great challenge for the clinician. Several unusual clinical manifestations such as nasal septal perforation and digital gangrene can occur in LES patients. Case report. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman, known with SLE, hospitalized in our department for a clinical presentation consisting of a recent major epistaxis, physical asthenia and acral necrosis of the upper limbs. Physical examination revealed an afebrile patient, with a cushingoid facies, facial telangiectasias, and necrotic scars localized on the distal phalanges, bilaterally. A diagnostic nasal endoscopy showed a large septal perforation with the absence of the cartilaginous nasal septum. CT highlighted an extended defect at the level of the cartilaginous part of the nasal septum. Conclusion. Nasal septal perforation remains an underdiagnosed invalidating complication of lupus and treated and discovered early could have an important impact on the general health of an already burdened by disease patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of organizational culture is fundamental to explain critical phenomena in the functioning of organizations, phenomena such as the creation of a hierarchy of values on which depends either the strategic direction of the system or the determination of fundamental attitudes towards the internal and external environment. The paper presents comparative results of GLOBE research in various countries, research based on the correlation between national culture, organizational culture and leadership. In order to determine main differences, in terms of organisational culture and leadership between countries are took in account important countries from different continents and regions.For the study relevance are considered countries from different clusters in terms of societies and related to the cultural dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of the Romanian oil industry covers a relatively short period of only 160 years, but the interest that oil has produced has been and still remains enormous. The influx of foreign capital in the Romanian oil industry has undoubtedly contributed to its development, but foreign capitals have monopolized almost all the oil industry in the country. Romania has experienced the consequences of this situation, which has marked the future general development of the country. The year 1947, or "the final year of the Romanian oil industry based on private capital", did not complete the period of restoration, despite the aggressive intervention of the communist power. The Nationalization of the Romanian and foreign oil companies from June 11, 1948, made the first step towards the absolute management and control of the Romanian oil industry, the clear signal of Romania's political and economic isolation, with all its consequences, at least until 1964. Hence, in the year 1918, when Romania celebrates 100 years from it's formation as an Unitary State, this paper aims at presenting some facts and figures about the Romanian oil industry from year 1918 up to 1948 (the year of Nationalization). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper will analyse the advantages of using the RPMS program in order to optimize the production plan and to decide on the structure of raw materials and final products within refineries. Also, the paper will include some real-time refining activities to be analysed with the aim of optimizing production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a framework to assess the contribution of science and innovation to society. It is divided into three parts. The first part reviews the indicators of the impact of science and innovation available in the literature and explains why economic indicators dominate the field. It also discusses some exercises that try to extend the discussions and measurements of impact to more intangible dimensions, and shows that these interesting results nevertheless fail to properly address the issue. The second part develops a typology of impact covering eleven dimensions. Beyond the economic dimension, the typology concentrates on more intangible ones. Finally, in the end, the third part discusses the challenges confronting social scientists and statisticians interested in measuring the impact of science and innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Each country is differently preoccupied, by allocating certain amounts of money, in funding R & D projects. The paper aims to analyse the levels of money allocation in various countries in order to observe the strategies discussed in this way in two different moments: just before the onset of the recently global economic crisis and at a period of at least five years after the time of the economic and financial crisis outburst. This analysis starts from the idea of sustainable development aimed at economic growth through the use of active measures and technical and economic solutions, allowing: reducing energy consumption, increasing the share of electricity from renewable sources, sustainable transport, reducing total emissions of greenhouse gases conservation and management of natural resources, waste management, and environmental protection. All these aspects can be achieved only through coherent strategies in the field of R & D funding. At the level of implementation of these strategies there are "actors" who contribute directly in financing projects in the sphere of research and development. In this respect are analysed average values/capita regarding expenditure incurred by EU member states in the sphere of research and development activities in relation to three sectors: business environment, governmental sector and higher education field. Using the methodology described in the paper to which the used data were processed using SPSS, will be generated a number of clusters for each of the two mentioned moments, related to those that will be identified certain features that define a certain typology of action regarding strategy for research and development sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The discussion on the educational systems in varied countries seems endless. There are different viewpoints from one country to another; yet, as the demand on the labour market has become global and, implicitly, the access to the jobs has been extended, the question naturally rises, to what extent are the educational systems convergent and can they generate an identical offer, based on similar skills of the candidates from different countries, aspects which should create equal employment opportunities. In the given context, it is of the utmost importance to create unitary educational systems, across wide geographical spaces, meant to answer such an evolution on economic-social and geo-strategic levels. Also, the educationprovidershave to customizetheiroffer in a proper way in orderto meetthe dynamical demands of employers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Changes in imports affect the external trade of other countries through international links. Therefore, the stability in imports will help both the importing country and the exporting country to gain easier and to get stable external balance. The main aim of this study is to discover the periods of the crises that took place in Turkish economy through real data based on the import, production, price and exchange rate. To achieve this, various statistical methods have been applied. Turkey is experiencing effects of the crises, i.e. structural breaks. To carry out the present study, the monthly time series data reported by the Central Bank of Turkey were used in the time period of 1986-2013. The produced results are understood to be in agreement with that of the structural breaks taken place in 1994, 2001 and 2008. All graphical and statistical results here have been carried out by the authors through the Eviews 7.1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Attitude is often seen as an elementary process of consumer behavior. Over time, attitude was included in most models built in order to define and illustrate consumer behavior. Modeling research on consumer attitude takes into account the formation of attitudes, its size and the influence it has on actual consumer behavior. This paper proposes a research model that takes into account all consumer attitudes mentioned above as well as the influence of consumer attitudes on the decisions (s)he makes in the various stages of the decision to purchase an economic good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumer behaviour, seen as an integrated system, is a composite of five major processes: perception, information, attitude, motivation, and actual behaviour. During the last century, consumer behaviour specialists studied the different aspects of this behaviour considering the impact of each process and of all processes on consumers' behaviour underlining its impact on products and services markets. Attitude is the process with the greatest stability in time and by its conative dimension influences directly the actual behaviour of the consumer. This is why the process is well studied and documented, specialists wanting to discover how attitude is formed and how it can be used, changed or influenced in obtaining the desired response from consumers. The present paperwork intends to summarise the main models developed in order to have a complete image of the attitude process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose. Our purpose was to study the electroencephalographic activity of professional handball and fencers players, to compare the obtained data and to identify a possible neurophysiologic pattern associate to practiced sportive activity. Material and method. The study was performed on a group of 22 male athletes, 11 handball players and 11 fencers (different stress degrees of the upper members), active for between 5 and 12 years exclusively in either handball or fencing. Using Nihon-Kohden EEG-9200 device, was recorded EEG line during some activities (relaxation-contraction), which can emphasize possible characteristic cerebral patterns, EEG analyze was made by assessing the classic rhythms and synthetic indexes as edge frequency. To perform spectral analyze was used fast Fourier transformation and for wave values comparison was used Pearson correlation coefficient. Results. For both groups was remarked a slight increase of the theta wave values and for handball players a high degree of correlation for theta and beta indexes and also a correlation in the dominant hemisphere for alpha1 and 2. Conclusions. EEG complex testing of professional sportsmen, as well as the outlining of an EEG pattern specific to studied sportive discipline, represent an original aspect of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Powders of mesoporous tungsten trioxide (WO3) have been synthesized by an inorganic sol-gel route, in presence of polyethylene glycol PEG as porosity regulating agent. The influences of PEG addition and calcination regime on powder properties were investigated. Samples characterization was performed by thermal analysis, UV-Vis spectroscopy, as well as by surface area and porosity measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the last decades human society came to realize that pollution and irrational use of resources diminish the capacities for future generations to satisfy their needs. That is why policies regarding environment protection start being implemented at city level with the participation of local authorities and the support of citizens. Moreover, such policies are beginning to have results, at environmental level. The example of the city of Ploiesti is commented upon in this paper. The city under scrutiny here is a Romanian medium size city, a new member of the European Community that starts showing the results of the projects implemented by local authorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transferability process identifies the transportation projects which could be implemented successfully in different cities in order to encourage the good practices. This paper proposes a method to evaluate the environmental efficiency of a project by using a hybrid approach based on utility theory and data mining techniques. Transferability principle is applied to show the environmental efficiency of an access controlled area in the hyper centre of two different cities. COPERT HI technology is used in order to compute saved fuel and emissions by using experimental measurements of traffic characteristics or traffic simulation tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The states from European Union must take advantage from renewable energy sources in order to revive the economy. Climate change creates new jobs and could reduce energy imports which would stimulate the economy of those states. The European Union should support research in the field, apply more efficient policies in energy, and create economies of scale to get an integrated European energy market in which the main actors can reduce the cost of production of renewable energy. In addition, it is possible to use the comparative advantages of the Member States and not only, like Greece, through solar energy, Southern Mediterranean, through distribution networks interconnections with EU, Russia and Ukraine, through biomass and the North Sea, through wind energy. This paper refers to the evolution and trends of the renewable energy sources and presents some scenarios of it.

Gross inland energy consumption represents the quantity of energy necessary to satisfy inland consumption of the geographical entity under consideration. It describes the total energy needs of a country. According to some Eurostat reports from 2013 and 2014, over the last two decades, gross inland energy consumption in the EU28, as can be noted, has changed pretty much: in 1990 cumulated 1670 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe), rose to a peak of 1830 Mtoe in 2006 and then decreased to 1680 Mtoe in 2012. These contradictory values required a comprehensive analysis and therefore, present paper describes the main characteristics related to the grouping EU Member States according to gross inland energy consumption in order to discover some common patterns among EU member states.

The aim of this paper is that of identifying the characteristics of the evolution of the primary production of natural gas in the EU-28 as well as in other non-EU countries from 2003 to 2014.