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The transition to green energy is a priority of the European Union in fighting climate change and aiming to reach open strategic autonomy, especially today when the world has entered a period of high uncertainty regarding energy security. Since the transition to green energy implies costs, resources, and new technologies, nuclear power generation could represent the buffer between the current situation and the desired one. This paper aims to analyse whether nuclear energy could represent such a buffer for Romania, which still relies on electricity imports due to the variability of internal production, considering our country's advantages in this field, namely resources of uranium and existing nuclear capacities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provenance trials replicated in multiple environments allow the selection of populations with high and stable performances. In this study, two methods have been applied to select stable Norway spruce provenances with high performances in three provenance trials established in Romania in 1972, where 81 provenances have been tested. Four traits were assessed: total and pruned height, diameter at breast height and survival rate. Two multi-trait indices have been used: multi-trait genotype-ideotype distance index (MGIDI) for each provenance trial and multi-trait stability index (MTSI) across provenance trials. The selection differential was between 0.2 and 17.8% better than each site means. Several Norway spruce provenances showed stability and high performances, as confirmed by both selection indices. Our results provide valuable information for the genetic improvement program and seed transfer guidelines based on assisted migration in this ecologically and economically important forest tree species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PURPOSE: THE STUDY PRESENTS SOME OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH POLITICALLY AND IN TERMS OF SECURITY, OFFERED TO ROMANIA BY THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, WHICH AROSE WITH THE INITIATION BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022, OF THE "SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION" IN UKRAINE. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS: H1.) THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF ROMANIAN DECISIONMAKERS IN OPTIMALLY MANAGING THE SECURITY CRISIS, TRIGGERED BY THE INVASION OF UKRAINE BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CAN ENHANCE ROMANIA'S ROLE AND IMPORTANCE IN THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POLITICAL AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; H2.) THE SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UKRAINE BY ROMANIA AND THE SOLIDARITY EXPRESSED TOWARDS THE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS, DURING THE MILITARY CONFLICT AND THE SUBSEQUENT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY, CAN LEAD TO A REEVALUATION OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. PROPOSED OBJECTIVE: OB1.) HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT ROMANIA STANDS AS A BEACON OF STABILITY AND A SECURITY EXPORTER IN THE BLACK SEA REGION, AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, CAN PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-SECURITY ARCHITECTURE. OB 2.) DEMONSTRATING THE IDEA THAT, BEYOND THE HISTORICAL DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND UKRAINE, THE SOLIDARITY SHOWN BY ROMANIA TOWARDS THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE CAN BE A PIVOTAL ELEMENT FOR RETHINKING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: THE RESEARCH FOCUSES ON BOTH A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF SPECIALIST WORKS FROM ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTS AND A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OPENSOURCE INFORMATION FOUND IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN (AS OF THE STUDY'S WRITING DATE, 07.09.2023), ADDRESSING THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-SECURITY ISSUES, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, AND THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND UKRAINE. CONCLUSIONS: THE MILITARY CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, BEYOND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STABILITY AND SECURITY, HAS CREATED CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROMANIA, NAMELY: STRENGTHENING ITS ROLE AS A SECURITY PROVIDER IN THE REGION AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; THE POTENTIAL REEVALUATION OF THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND UKRAINE AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SITUATION OF THE ROMANIAN MINORITIES IN UKRAINE. REALIZING THESE OPPORTUNITIES DEMANDS COHERENT ACTIONS OF THE ROMANIAN STATE, INTEGRATED WITHIN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance of forest strips along communication routes has to be put into the context of stand stability, resilience to disturbances and biodiversity while satisfying societal needs. In order to address such important issues, through the data provided by the forest management plans, an analysis of the forest stands structure and composition of the forest stands in the Transylvanian alps in Romania was carried out. The forest distribution according to age and species has provided an uneven aged, multi-layered forest with a high tree and plant communities diversity, which according to the slenderness index, have shown a high degree of stability and resilience. Based on species diversity above ground, the stands have shown increased biodiversity from a plant community point of view and an enhanced structural connectivity. The species richness in mixed broadleaved forests was higher than in pure stands whereas, in resinous forests, the species richness was higher in pure spruce stands as compared to mixed stands where spruce participation was secondary. On a national scale, Natura 2000 sites consists of more than 25% of the total forested area, contributing to the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, EU Green Deal and the EU Forest strategy 2030 targets and commitments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Romania's new commitments to give up coal-based energy production entail the gradual closure of the last four open-pits in operation in Berbești Mining Basin, thus, raising the issue of primarily ensuring the stability of the lands in these perimeters in order to reintroduce them, too, into the economic circuit as soon as possible. Considering the numerous negative geo-mining phenomena that have taken place over time in the perimeters of Berbești Mining Basin, respectively landslides and other types of geotechnical phenomena, it is necessary to investigate the causes and factors that favor their manifestation so that their influence can be reduced, removed or simply taken into resizing calculations. The paper presents the results of a study whose purpose is to investigate the factors and causes that generate phenomena of instability of natural and artificial slopes in the area of Berbești Mining Basin. The main research methods applied in this paper were in situ observations, analyzes and laboratory tests, identification of rock types and their behaviors in various weather and humidity conditions, determination of physical and mechanical characteristics, and interpretation of results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unfortunately, more than 30 years after the Revolution, agriculture has developed in a polarized way, in the sense that governmental measures taken over time, as a whole have slowed down the development of this sector and bringing It is currently on the verge of suffocation and collapse and only the inventiveness and determination of farmers has delayed this process. Romania is an extremely important market, as shown by the SWOT analysis of the National Strategic Plan 2021-2027, where shows that the romanian food and beverage market is the seventh largest in the European Union and the second largest in Eastern Europe, after Poland, is valued at 25.9 billion euros, of which 20.6 billion euros, 79.5%, in retail and 5.3 billion euros, 21.5%, in food services. The problem identified here is that an important part of this market is covered with imported products, and Romania has a large deficit of over 1.5 billion euros in the balance of trade in agricultural products . In this paper a plan to achieve stability of Agriculture in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the period 2004-2018, on the luvisol from Șimnic were tested 394 varieties and lines of winter wheat of different origins, at least 3 years each, in order to identify those with high productive potential and a high degree of adaptability to the pedoclimatic conditions in the area. The analysis of the results was made in terms of average yields obtained from the varieties and lines of wheat tested. The registered values had extreme limits: 267 kg / ha for the Bancal variety in 2015 and 8420 kg/ha for the Gruia variety in 2004. The average preponderant classes were 4001-5000 kg/ha and 5001- 6000 kg/ha, with 25% of the results placed in each of them. The fact that the Glosa variety registered the highest average yield over a period of 15 years (5078 kg/ha) certifies the results of this research, knowing that this variety is the most cultivated and the most stable variety in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is aimed to evaluate the behaviour of 25 winter barley genotypes, tested on the acid soils at ARDS Livada, during the 2016-2018 period, in two ways of sowing: one at a distance of 12.5 cm between the rows and the other one at the distance of 25cm. The variance analysis led to the fact that the sowing distance (D), as a variation source, does not significantly influence the yield. On the other hand, the variety (S) and the interaction of distance and years between the barley varieties, had a significant influence on the yield. The regression analysis and the variation coefficient led to the identification of the most productive, stable and adaptable genotypes, specific to this area (Ametist, Cardinal, Artemis, Smarald). The larger sowing distance positively influenced the thousand grain weight, the hectolitre mass and the number and weight of the barley grains/ears. The attacks of the pathogen agents have been reduced (with 3-6%) and the resistance to lodging has been increased (with over 30%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Land displacement processes on the slope can be differentiated after the types of movements in creep, landslide or mass movement, earth flow, rock fall, rock topple. By combination of two or more types results a complex displacement. Factors that determine degradation by displacement are the relief, vegetation, climate, rock and parent material, and plus the influences of erosion, earthquakes. The studied land is situated in the Făget Hills and near the river Bega, in the northeastern part of Timi; county. For the cadastral territory Margina has been made a pedological report at large scale of 1:10.000 for 5029,46 ha. There are 77 soil mapping units. In the southern territories of river Bega (Coșevița) there are Pleistocene and accumulation of alluvia, wherein prevail argillaceous marl. The soil mapping units established for the whole territory are: Luvisols; Cambisols; Gleysols; Stagnosols; Leptosols; Regosols; Fluvisols; Anthrosols. The total area affected of landslide is 194.28 ha, which represents 3.86 % from the total villige's territory. The soil profiles situated in the territory with landslides are 10, 11, 12 and 38, namely: Stagnic Luvisols, Anthrosols, eroded, Luvic Stagnosols, stagnic Luvisols. A general characteristic for all soil profiles situated on the landslide field is the interference between the horizons. The bedding rocks are predominantly clayey (argillaceous marl) in which the expandable minerals are ~ 80%, with strong shrinkage - swelling phenomena. Corresponding to the recommended measures established by the studies can be constructed concrete plates, supportwalls, elements of ferroconcrete or soil conservation by afforestation. The land improvement must be realized within a single project for the whole torrential watershed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Continuing the process of restructuring the mining sector in Romania, more specifically coal mining (and as a result of aligning national energy policies with the common policy of the European Union), means closing in the near perspective of 2 more mining units from Jiu Valley, namely Lupeni M.E. and Lonea M.E. With the cessation of the productive activity of Lupeni M.E., the problem of ecological rehabilitation of the mining perimeter is posed and, among the objectives that are compulsory of this process, is the ecological reconstruction of the waste dump. As at the present moment the sterile rocks are deposited only in the B body of branch 3 (branches 1, 2 and A body of branch 3 being spontaneously covered with grass and revegetated in proportions between 60 and 90%), the present paper presents the stages and the necessary works to achieve the proposed objective (ecological reconstruction) in the shortest period of time. Considering the location of the dump and the aspect of the surrounding areas, from the possible ecological reconstruction options, the naturalistic one was chosen, which will ensure the integration of the dump body into the zonal landscape, and which also involves the least volume of works and implicitly the lowest costs. The optimal alternative of ecological reconstruction was considered the one established using a methodology proposed and published in the literature. This methodology makes it possible to identify the optimal alternative of ecological reconstruction (and to eliminate inopportune ones) by following three phases, in a logical sequence, in which a number of factors and indicators characterizing both the site area (the climate of the region, the morphology, the environmental risks etc.) as well as the degraded land (the waste dump), especially in terms of fertility of the stored material. In this way the risk of making an erroneous decision (on the ecological reconstruction option) that does not meet the proposed objective and at the same time may cause unjustified expenses is minimized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Romania holds one of the richest hydrographic networks in Eastern Europe, network which is composed of rivers which have their springs in the Carpathians and which cover approximately 30% of the country, natural and artificial lakes which occupy 1.1% of the country and also a rich network of underground waters which supply the areas deficient in running waters. The major problems of waters courses are extreme meteorological phenomena, namely when their speed exceeds the resistance limits of the soil occurring therefore erosions which lead to the degradation and instability of the river bank leading therefore to it caving in. In order to reduce erosion and render the households safe, hydro-technical protection works of the banks have been carried out for ages, using local materials such as earth, wood or stone, or materials manufactured in preparation plants such as concrete or asphalt. Thus, in order to reduce the costs and materials in the field, an experimental sector was built on the river Căpuș in Cluj department, built with local materials and stabilised with hydraulic binding agents in order to reduce the active erosion phenomenon. The present paper brings forward the results of the laboratory trials regarding the compression resistance of cubes and cylinders of stabilised earth with hydraulic binding and offers solutions for the use of these earths for the reinforcement of the banks of Căpuș River. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study presents constructive censure as an element used to strengthen the stability of Governments in parliamentary regimes. It analyses its strengths and weaknesses and use in the political systems of European countries. An analysis of the draft amendment to the Constitution of the Czech Republic, presented by the Czech Government in the spring of 2012, is then put to this framework. Although the Chamber of Deputies had been dissolved in the meantime and the discussion of the draft had not been completed, it was the first and so far only legislative proposal to address the instability of Governments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Throughout Europe, the public care system exists to protect the welfare of over one million children who have suffered from abuse or neglect or experienced bereavement, disability or serious illness in one or both parents. However, although the public care system is primarily intended to offer children protection from risk and harm, there are some concerns to suggest that it is also being systematically misused to "eradicate Gypsy existence and culture". Cited as a system for state sanctioned control, rather than as a system for effective and safe child care, it is believed that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children across Europe are being taken away from their communities and placed in public care for no other reason than that they are Gypsies, Roma or Travellers. With regard to basic human rights, this is a serious allegation. There are,though, some conceptual tensions associated with this claim. Firstly, little is known about how many Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are actually living in public care throughout Europe. Second, little is known about the carers who look after these children, and third, little is known about the lived experiences of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers themselves. In an attempt to shed further light on this situation, the present paper summarises the findings of a higher degree research study that utilised interpretive phenomenological analysis to uncover the experiences of 10 Gypsies and Travellers who lived in the public care system in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Based on the testimonies provided, this paper will problématisé the allegation already presented to show that some Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children can experience a brief sense of relief when the opportunity to enter public care is presented to them. However, by drawing upon the experiences of those people who were sent to live in residential homes and other trans cultural foster care placements, it will explain why, without carful and competent multicultural planning, the existence and culture of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children can be made vulnerable to the threats associated with acculturative distress and the experience of absolute social alienation in later life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

History has provided sufficient evidence that economic activity does not grow linearly and economic cycles can be easily distinguished, in which periods of growth are followed by periods of recession, stagnation, rising unemployment and widening budget deficits. Cyclical evolution impact on macroeconomic equilibrium requires us to move to a multiannual approach to budget balance and think about adjustments for the fiscal policy mix over the economic cycle, i.e. to pursue higher deficits in periods of recession as a result of tax incentives and some public investment expenditures absolutely necessary to resume growth and the deficits and public debt accumulated will be reduced in further periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Sighişoara Medieval Citadel has a very big importance to the cultural, architectural and historical heritage of Romania. The citadel is situated on the Fortress Hill and it is the only inhabited fortress in Romania. But underneath the beauty of the Citadel lies some problems that only the inhabitants and the authorities know. These problems consist in the presence of the slope instability phenomenon. Throughout the years the slopes of the Fortress Hill, because of a series of factors, became instable. Thus landslides occurred that affected the Citadel fortress walls. There are still some areas of the walls that have never been reconstructed yet. So a slope stability analysis shall show if the slope instability phenomenon is still active and the mitigation measures recommended will stop the activity of this phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents an analysis of the evolution for sugar beet production and sugar beet extraction after Romania accesion in European Union. The analysis is based on the evolutions of areas, total and average yields per unit of area. The last period (2007- 2013) is compared to the previous period (2001-2006), utilised at reference. Also, it is performed in the four sugar factories respectively (SC AGRANA Romania SA, Sugar Factory Bod, SC sugar Oradea SA, sugar Ludus SA) and it was made for the 2007-2013 period, after the application of EU's rules for sugar market. The study presents the evolution of the biological sugar content and white sugar content between the years 2007 and 2013 and it evaluates the variability of the way of achieving production quotas. The main conclusion imposed after the analysis is that the systems of sugar production from sugar beet are stabilized. Statistically multiannual average deviation from the assigned quota is approx .2%. Annual variations of sugar production are set between (-) 15% - (+) 43%, compared with the Romanian quota (104.688 tons white sugar). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Sighişoara Municipality has a very big importance to the cultural, architectural and historical heritage of the Romanian people. It is the second largest municipality in the Mureş County since the 16th February 1968. The municipality has a very big importance in the area of Transylvania because of the tourism activity. As it is well known on the top of the Fortress Hill lies the Sighişoara fortress, the only inhabited medieval fortress in Romania. Because of it's big importance, now it is in the heritage of Unesco. But, despite the historical heritage of the area of, there is another thing that has an importance, but from a negative point of view. The slope instability problems in the area of Sighişoara affect almost all the slopes. The biggest problem is that it has affected also the integrity of the medieval citadel. Through the years some landslides have affected the citadel's walls. Some parts of the citadel walls were damaged and some are still being damaged. The slope instability also affects some areas of the town inhabited by people. Since the year 2000, because of geological, geomorphological, meteorological and anthropical factors, in the area of Sighişoara, some landslide activity has been spotted. It was clear that this was not a remote phenomenon. So, until the present time some landslides have been remoulding the landscape in the area. The present situation regarding the landslide activity in the area pointed that it was necessary that a landslide inventory map was to be made. From this map there can be made some observations regarding the area most prone to landslides in the area of the Sighişoara municipality. So aim of this paper is to present a landslide inventory and a landslide inventory map in the study area. From this map it can be concluded that in the areas prone to landslides there will always be raised the questions "When" and "How" the landslides will occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The activity that was conducted in the mining area of Câmpu lui Neag quarry - E area, had as objectiv the exploitation of energetic pit coal located in layers 3, 5 and 17/18, up to 760 and 710 horizons and lead to the degradation of surrounding terrains, with devastating effects on flora and fauna causing drastic changes of landforms and hydrological elements. With the cessation of mining exploitation in Câmpu lui Neag quarry - E area a series of ecological rehabilitation works were executed on the degraded terrains, which ment just planting seedlings of acacia, trying to stabilize them and their integration in the surrounding landscape. Stability studies on the former quarry slopes were never conducted and there was no intervention in order to reshape the final quarry steps and slopes. The paper presents a complex study to design land reclamation and restoration of ecosystems in terms of ensuring environmental and economic benefits to local communities in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A key element in economic stability analysis is the consumer price developments in the national economy. In 2000, it had a very high rate and objective successive governments during that period was represented by undertaking measures to ensure stability and evolution influenced by economic measures aimed at consumer prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issues dealt with in this paper consists of the submission the optimal solutions for the consolidation of Mihoiesti dam, taking into account the problems that occurred during the exploitation of this objective, and site conditions. The accumulation Mihoiesti was to ensure, primarily, the water in the area of mines Apuseni Mountains - Rosia Poieni use fall created to produce electricity and other uses of the river basin Aries. Waiving further develop water requirements for the operation of copper Rosia Poieni, imposed, as in the current situation, accumulation conducted to act as temporary accumulation over a period of time greater, with some implications for the function. Currently, the dam does not meet the conditions of safety in operation, with large water waste-way undersized and there is still unfinished work. Dam with a mask made in an interim arrangement, with some areas infiltrations, and the extension version, constituting a threat to downstream areas. To resolve this problem, it is proposed to achieve the work for the operation of accumulation Mihoiesti as permanent accumulation. The use of the lake will flood wave attenuation, with important effects on the probability of occurrence greater than 2%, which states as specialists appear every 50 years. The coffer dam was executed in a first step to achieve an accumulation of a volume of 6.25 million m3, of which 0.25 million m³ volume warping. Sealing-consolidation works consist in the execution of the drilling injection to create a veil that extends seal on both slopes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The restructuring process of the mining sector in Romania, started in the mid '90, involved closing or moving into conservation of some mining objectives, either because of depletion of their reserves or due to their economic non viability. In the Oltenia mining basin several coal pits were closed, without taking redevelopment measures for being reintroduced in the economic cycle or being reintegrated in the natural environment. The present paper work proposes to analyze the design of such works, more precisely the water filling of the remaining hole of Urdari open pit, by presenting the results of a study carried out in terms of creating a stable configuration of the future lake. These studies refer to: ensuring the stability of the open pit's slopes, remodeling them, determining the volume of material to be conveyed and determining the volume of water required for raising the lake's level from the current elevation to a projected one. Opportunities that arise from applying this method of ecological rehabilitation are related to the reintegration of Urdari open pit in the natural environment, ensuring the conditions for biodiversity development in the area and the increase of the terrain value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article tests if foreign banks have lowered their market share in the Baltic States, Romania and Bulgaria during the recent financial crisis after 2007, due to the perception of risk exposure in local markets. It has been proved that, the credit supply by foreign banks in the Baltic States, Romania and Bulgaria has remained relatively stable during the latest crisis by TSLS method. Foreign ownership generally utilizes derivative products more than domestic banks in the NMSs because they have more expertise in hedging and can diversify risks effectively with their larger parent banks in their home country. The reaction of foreign banks abroad depends on the capital adequacy of the parent bank and the business opportunities in the host economies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Exploitation of mineral resources in quarries, lead major changes in surface and consequently a major impact for the population. In some cases the stability of soil or construction may have catastrophic effects. Thus rehabilitation of land affected and reduce or eliminate the effects of pollution are major problems in the closure of mining activity. For this purpose it is necessary to achieve ecological rehabilitation measures for the affected areas. Present research is a summary of a comprehensive study related to mine closure activity in the SNC Ploiesti. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lignite coal pits in hilly areas from Oltenia arise geotechnical data and economic issues. Geotechnical problems are related to sizing the face, slope wall stability, pit's geometry design for safe operation and final phase of the works. The economic concerns apply to mining economical insurance and more complete recovery of reserves considering that between economical and safe operation of mining works, there is a contradiction in that inexpensive decreases with increasing operating safety. Based on these issues, the paper aims to solve these problems for terms of two coal pits (Tismana I and II) which extend their exploitation perimeters in hilly area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A country's economy involves complex input-output (IO) structures of goods and services. The IO models, important instrument for economic and forecasting analysis, provide a reliable background for scientists of structural economic changes acting under the influence of various factors. In this paper, the IO method was used to test the time-stability of technical coefficients using the IO statistical tables for 2000 and 2006 years. The main conclusion is that the IO method can be used as a quantitative and qualitative instrument for analysis on short and medium term (not more than five years). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the S.C.D.A. Simnic zone drought is a common phenomenon that reduces the corn productions. This is why corn breeding has as a goal finding of suitable parental forms with good production capacity yet stable. In order to do this, the ten inbred lines have been studied by us at S.C.D.A. Simnic - Craiova in different climatic conditions of 2004, 2005 and 2006 years. From a climatic point of view, the year 2004 was dry, unfavourable for the corn crop, the year 2005 was favourable for the corn crop and year 2006 was a period favourable for the culture. The stability of these lines has been made by using variation coefficients. After the results, the Lc 544 and Lc 411 have been the most stable. The drought reaction of the inbred lines has been appreciated by using the TOL and SSI statistical index. They have emphasized a good drought resistance in 2004 of Lc 544, Lc 574 and Lc 607 and a good resistance in 2006 of Lc 544, Lc 629 and Lc 700. The agronomical value of the inbred lines has been calculated by using the synthetic index resulted from the average of marks in function of the position occupied by each inbred line for production and stability. The highest agronomical value has had Lc 629, Lc 700 and Lc 646. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article explores the developments within the OSCE, within a historical context when Romania had the position of Chairmanship in 2001 and tries to suggest that some national interests can be translated and reviewed in the international debates among the member states, according to a clear organizational agenda. One of the main challenges of the institutional reform of the OSCE was to develop a functional framework where specific European conflicts can be managed before their violent manifestation. To this end, the developments within the OSCE had a major contribution to regional stability and several influences can be tracked in Romania's position toward a more open and positive approach of the conflict management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a model of financial equilibrium analysis. The model is based on relation between net working capital, necessary of working capital and net treasury of the firm. Based on the Pearson correlation coefficient and rank Spearman correlation coefficient, we have determined the intensity of the connection between the stability level, which is an expression of long term equilibrium, and different financial indicators yearly adjusted. Its applicability on Romanian companies traded at Bucharest Stock Exchange is limited by the insufficient amount of information. The list of indicators related to stability should be completed with some more indicators, such as the added value, the expenses profitableness, the financial result and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The breach in the dam of a tailing pond in the processing plant of a gold mine in Baia Mare (NW Romania) in January 2000 lead to an ecological disaster in the rivers Szamos and Tisza. It was mainly caused by the released slurries containing cyanides and heavy metals. The investigation of surface sediment samples and depth profiles of the years 2000 and 2001 documented the pollution of the rivers Szamos and Tisza on Hungarian territory. In the Szamos and large areas of the Tisza floodplains a significant enrichment with the heavy metals Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn is existent. The identification of the binding forms with sequential extraction showed that Cd and Zn exist in an easily available form. Therefore the remobilization is possible and an environmental hazard in the downstream areas must be considered. The anthropogenically caused portions of heavy metal concentrations decrease considerably with increasing distance to the mining region. The comparison of the concentrations of heavy metals in both years shows that the pollution is not only caused by the accident in January 2000. The increase of concentrations is based on the permanent input of pollutants into the rivers. The pollution is mainly caused by the erosion of exposed tailing dumps and the poor maintenance of the treatment plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A multi-temporal satellite radar interferometry technique is used for deriving the actual surface displacement patterns in a slope environment in Romania, in order to validate and improve a landslide susceptibility map. The probability the occurrence of future events is established using a deterministic approach based on a classical one-dimension infinite slope stability model. The most important geotechnical parameters for slope failure in the proposed study area are cohesion, unit weight and friction angle, and the triggering factor is a rapid rise in groundwater table under wetting conditions. Employing a susceptibility analysis using the physically based model under completely saturated conditions proved to be the most suitable scenario for identifying unstable areas. The kinematic characteristics are assessed by the Small BAseline Subsets (SBAS) interferometry technique applied to C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 imagery. The analysis was carried out mainly for inhabited areas which present a better backscatter return. The validation revealed that more than 22% of the active landslides identified by InSAR were predicted as unstable areas by the infinite slope model. We propose a refinement of the susceptibility map using the InSAR results for unravelling the danger of the worst-case scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]