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Photoprotection is a set of measures that are applied to protect the skin from the side effects caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural or artificial sources. The purpose of this study is to highlight the role of solar photoprotection through the use of both cosmetic products and other photoprotective methods and to find out the level of information of the population regarding protection measures against ultraviolet radiation, the main risk factors that should be avoided and the consequences of uncontrolled exposure to the sun and other sources of UV radiation. One hundred people (61 women and 39 men) from the western side of Romania, aged between 18-65 years, were enrolled in a survey between April and May 2021. The recruited people answered a questionnaire consisting of 17 questions. The study shows that the people surveyed are well informed about risk factors (period of sun exposure, skin phototype, medications, diseases), photoprotection measures (SPF creams, appropriate clothing, accessories such as hats, sunglasses) and pathologies that could develop due to uncontrolled exposure to the sun (sunburn, pigment spots, dysplastic nevi, skin cancer, etc). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper meteorological data have been used, as far as the annual number of days with hail is concerned, from a number of 10 weather stations, during the period 1961-2002. In the Western Romanian Plain, North of Mureş River, an annual average of 0.7-1.3 days with hail is recorded. The most frequent cases are registered in Arad Plain, Ier Plain and at the eastern limit of Crişuri Plain, on the contact with Crişana Hills, where the air and soil humidity is high, or where the plain meets the hills. In Crişad and Aranca Plains, most days with hail were produced in the second decade, while in the low Someş Plain, in the third decade of the analysed period. On the analysed territory, the hazards generated by hail occurrence decreased in the latest years, except for the low Someş Plain and the area around the city of Oradea, where they increased. The cause of the decrease of hail resides in the persistence of a long dry period during the latest years (1982-1994), and in the decrease of the values of the relative air humidity, especially between 1990 and 1995 and in the years 2000 and 2002. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]