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This paper examines the digital behaviour on one widely used instant messaging (IM) platform, namely WhatsApp, of young people in Romania, with a focus on the reasons for sharing information on the platform and dependency of using it. Within the broad framework of the digital single market, little is known about the motivations and behavioural patterns of young Europeans while using the increasingly popular IM platforms, nor is it clear whether country characteristics are relevant or not when evaluating the impact of such technological platforms on the life of young audiences. Rooted in the uses and gratifications perspective, this study uses media diaries (N = 229), filled in by young people in an ordinary day of the week and self-administered questionnaires in order to assess what might be the main gratifications that lead young and educated people to share information on WhatsApp and what makes them spend more time and be dependent on the platform on a daily basis. Main results show that the most frequent reasons why young Romanians use WhatsApp are social, professional, and instrumental. Moreover, the tendency to share content on the platform is higher for people who use it for instrumental and informative purposes. Dependency on the platform is significantly higher for young people who use it to fulfil affective needs (i.e., to express or receive affection or emotional support and avoid loneliness). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fruit sector in Romania and, particularly, the apple production sector, is considered to have been in decline in recent decades. Changes in the behavior and consumption habits of the population, together with climate change and the increase in fruit imports, have caused shortages in this sector. Apples are regarded as a national fruit in Romania, but recently, there have been significant transformations in apple production and consumption. In order to practically observe the recorded information published in a database for this sector, we developed a questionnaire, which was completed by people in Romania. The aim of this paper was to identify the types of apple consumer profiles in Romania. The reason for choosing this specific fruit was linked to the investigated objective of the projects to which this article is related. Regarding the approached methodology, the paper focused on analyzing descriptive statistics, frequencies and clustering, by which means we designed a pattern of the apple consumer profiles in Romania. Furthermore, the profiles of respondents from two regions of Romania (South-Muntenia and South-East Regions) were explored in more detail. The findings of this research indicate a young, educated consumer profile and a distinct pattern revealed by the three clusters from the specific regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dental caries still have a high prevalence in Romania. The aim of this paper is to determine the prevalence of caries in children (aged 6 to 8 years) correlated with individual-level predictors and socio-economic variables. A stratified, randomized nationally representative sample was established, taking into consideration the total number of preschool children and based on administrative units and residence. Self-assessment was performed by means of the Oral Health Questionnaire for Children (WHO). Examinations were conducted by 10 standardized examiners, with International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) caries codes higher than 3 considered as dentinal caries, missing teeth as MT, and restorations as FT. DMFT and SiC indexes were calculated accordingly. The dataset for each outcome variable was analyzed by the Hurdle approach analyzed. The gender distribution was similar (47.22% male and 52.78% female), with 42.65% residing in rural areas. The mean DMFT value for the sample was 4.89 and SiC index 9.83. A negative association could be seen between DMFT and the father's level of education (β = −0.33, SE = 0.07, p < 0.01) as well as the mother's education (β = −0.25, SE = 0.07, p < 0.01). In conclusion, caries prevalence is very high in Romania as compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation for this age group in correlation with socio-economic factors and oral health behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Personal motivation is a key factor in the service of foster care, impending both on the welfare of the child and on the satisfaction of the carer. This paper explores the benefits, challenges and dilemmas involved in the job of professional (i.e. state-supported) foster carer in Romania–a country where the issue of child protection has drawn a great deal of international attention over the last thirty years. The principal hypothesis concerns whether the benefits, challenges and dilemmas identified by foster carers are influenced by the factors that led to their taking up this kind of work. Quantitative research was conducted using a questionnaire as the main tool. The paper takes a descriptive, cross-sectional and multifactorial approach. Sampling was carried out by self-selecting method, and the study involved 51 participants. The research project identified a statistically significant variation in the challenges and dilemmas reported by foster carers. Thus, the results of the study show that the majority of the carers indicate a primarily intrinsic motivation for their work. By way of conclusion, it is argued that social workers, operating in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, can offer carers support in managing more difficult periods in the child–carer relationship, thus enhancing the sustainability of the foster care service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roses belong to Rosa genus which reunites various taxons cultivated for their ornamental qualities since ancient time. In the current paper are presented aspects regarding the behaviour of 'Barkarole' and 'Double Delight' in the cropping conditions of N-E Romania. Studies were realised in rose collection of Floriculture discipline from University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi, Romania, on a three years period (2016-2018). Were realised investigations on morphology, phenology and ornamental features of studied plants. Based on the obtained results we noticed that 'Barkarole' and 'Double Delight' roses are suitable for cropping conditions from N-E of Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current paper aimed to present the behaviour of some roses from floribunda group in cropping conditions from Iaşi, Romania. Research was carried out in the rose collection of Floriculture discipline from University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Iaşi, Romania, during 2016-2018. Research material was represented by two floribunda rose varieties, 'Blue Angel' and 'Lavaglut'. Were realised observations on morphological characters, decorative features and phenology. At the end of the study was observed that 'Blue Angel' and 'Lavaglut' rose had a good adaptability at cropping conditions from Iaşi, Romania, 'Lavaglut' being slightly sensitive to the attack of some pathogen agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Involvement in sustainable development is a voluntary activity. Organizations apply the principles of sustainable development only when they identify several benefits. These benefits are identified, especially with the financial ones. The involvement of organizations in sustainable organizations has different intensity levels. These intensity levels are influenced by psychosocial factors (PF), attitudes toward organizational risks, and organizational and urban policies. The present paper identifies the key psychological factors involved in applying organizational sustainability principles within organizations. For this research, five groups were created for in-depth interviews with key people from Romania's innovative companies. To identify the importance of the framework analysis factors, the Delphi method was used, in which 20 experts from different fields of activity were involved. Following the rounds involved in the Delphi method, the ranking of PF on four levels of importance was accepted, based on planned behavior and reasoned action theory. These levels were correlated with the intensity levels of involvement in sustainable development. The entire market study was conducted during COVID-19, which significantly impacted specific directions. As a result, it could be observed that motivation, learning attitude, behavior, and intention to take precedence are essential in the organizational sustainability approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Price represents a source of information customers may rely on in the buying decision making process. The literature in this area shows that on the Internet, the process of searching for price information is more complex than on traditional stores, being influenced by various factors. This paper aims to identify and describe the relations between two categories of variables. On the one hand there are the variables related to the price searching behaviour on the online environment, and on the other hand there are the variables related to the buying process. This research is based on a survey, the sample consisting of 1112 online buyers. The relationships between these variables were represented through a conceptual model based on a structural equation modeling approach. The main findings of the research show that the more a customer searches for price information online, the more he/she acquires abilities to search, becoming more predisposed to perceive a better value from shopping online and intending more to purchase from the Internet. The managerial implications concern the communication strategies adopted by online stores, the information provided by them influencing the perceived value of doing online shopping and the buying intentions on the Internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Marketing theory and practice demonstrate that the success of a business is conditioned by the correct identification and even anticipation of consumer needs and motivations, as basic elements of buying and consumer behavior. Understanding consumer behavior is an ongoing concern, but it is never simple or easy to achieve. Practice shows that companies can face, at certain times, changes in consumer buying behavior, without them having any intervention. These changes can represent opportunities or real threats to their work. This paper contains a theoretical component, which emphasizes the importance of knowing consumer behavior in order to ensure the success of any activity, and a practical component. The case study presented is a recent example of changing consumer behavior, generated by the new Coronavirus pandemic, and the effect materialized in increasing sales, without any marketing effort from the analyzed company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed at investigating the mediating role of one personality construct (i.e., dispositional optimism) on the relationship between self-authenticity and basic psychological needs (BPN) satisfaction. This study also aims to investigate the predictive role of three personality constructs (self-authenticity, optimism, and neuroticism) on basic psychological needs satisfaction. The participants were 566 Romanian adults from the general population (M = 43.66 years old, SD = 10.46), who were asked to fill in multiple questionnaires. Findings reveal that optimism mediates the relationship between self-authenticity and the satisfaction of the need for autonomy (ß=.30, R²=.39, p<0.001) and also mediates the relationship between self-authenticity and the satisfaction of the need for competence (ß=.51, R²=.36, p<0.001), but does not mediate the relationship between self-authenticity and the need for relatedness. Another result of this study is that the three personality factors (self-authenticity, optimism, and neuroticism) predict altogether the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (ß= -.11, R²=.52, p<0.05). These results extend the current knowledge about personality determinants involved in autonomy, competence and relatedness basic needs from self-determination theory. In the end, the authors discuss the implications of the findings, the limits of the present study and future research suggestions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumer behaviour is a component of the people's economic behaviour, which, in turn, is a form of manifestation of human behaviour in general. Several selling methods can be distinguished like selling on the commercial premises, distance selling, direct selling or selling on the internet. The propose of this paper is to identify the purchasing behaviour of women and men in the European Union and Romania as regards goods and services in the online trade and in stores, how they buy, what they buy and what amounts they spend. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Keeping the fruits in the best conditions, for a long period of time and with the least quantitative and qualitative depreciations can be done if a whole complex of factors is taken into account. The research carried out aimed at the evaluation of the behaviour at the storage and of some physico-chemical characteristics of some varieties of apples from the assortment grown within Moara Domnească fruit farm. In order to achieve the objectives, 4 varieties of apples (Goldspur. Generos, Idared, Florina) were studied. Physical-chemical analyzes were performed which consisted in determining the mass losses and by damaging the fruits, their firmness and determining some chemical components (soluble SU, titrable acidity). Mass losses were recorded in all 4 varieties analyzed. The best varieties for storage were found to be Idared variety and Florina variety which recorded the lowest losses, generally below 10%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of Romanian hotels and other types of accommodation establishments has increased steadily over the past 10 years. However, the number of tourists, either domestic or foreign, has not increased at the same pace. Romania's position in available rankings, regarding the number of incoming tourist, their spending or referring to tourism competitiveness, is constantly overtaken by any of the neighboring countries. At the same time, the occupancy rate for Romanian accommodation establishments was constantly under 50 % (as reported by the Romanian National Institute of Statistics), and the average length of stay is also decreasing. Taking into account only these directly observable factors, one naturally asks: Which are the motives that support the numeric growth of hotels and other types of accommodation facilities, while their overall performances remain low?. The present paper will try to identify several of the motives behind the development of the Romanian hotel sector using indirect observations and data available in Romanian media. A special focus regards the behaviors and attitudes of the main investors in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to identify the existence of some relationships between certain psychomotor behaviors, which we consider specific to swimming, and learning to execute the technique of some swimming styles (front crawl and backstroke). The study was carried out for 10 months and included 76 children (40 boys and 36 girls) aged between 6 and 9 years who practice recreational swimming in a city in Romania. Several tools were used: the Tapping test for manual dexterity, the Goodenough test for body schema, the Flamingo test for static balance, and the horizontal buoyancy test for body balance on the water. The results indicated better ratings on all psychomotor behaviors analyzed according to gender (in favor of girls compared to boys). The levels of all analyzed psychomotor behaviors have a direct relationship to the subjects' age. Also, we identified moderate positive correlations for manual dexterity (rs = 0.63 in the front crawl style; rs = 0.57 in the backstroke style) and strong correlations for body schema, static balance and buoyancy, coordination with the learning of the two swimming styles (r or rs between 0.77 and 0.85). In conclusion, psychomotor behaviors can be predictors for learning swimming styles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to major contribution of the entrepreneurs to the economic and social development, the knowledge of their main characteristics has a special significance The paper presents the results of a economic research conducted in April and May 2014 and offers an exhaustive approach on the characteristics and behavior of the Romanian entrepreneur, a lot of aspects being analyzed which are not present in other researches. According to this research, the Romanian entrepreneur's profile is the following: a mature individual, holding an economical background, of male sex, married, with children, with high education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper will be devoted to the study of how consumers appreciate the quality of the tourism product Baile Herculane and how they see the development of tourism in the area. This is actually the problem of research that will seek to answer by presenting the conclusions I reached. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fierce competition experienced in the global hospitality industry, more specifically the hotel sector, demand that businesses operate innovatively. As such, those who are employed in this sector should be able to keep and attract new customers by satisfying their increasingly sophisticated demands. The main objective of this study is to identify different approaches of the innovation process, especially product innovation and marketing innovation, adopted by urban hotels from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The analysis has focused on what types of actions were primarily applied by hotels and with what effects. Further, the results of correlation analysis between marketing innovation activities and outcomes achieved by hotels are presented. The paper ends with a discussion of the results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A considerable body of research has analyzed the development of children internationally adopted from Romania. However, domestic adoption remains largely uninvestigated. Our study examined the behavioral adjustment of 52 Romanian adolescents domestically adopted. Adoptive mothers and their children completed Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) – School Age forms. While overall our sample did not differ from the normative population, the rate of subjects obtaining clinical scores was higher. Behavioral problems did not appear to be linked to the considered pre-adoption risk factors. The overall positive adjustment of this rare sample of domestic adoptees encourages a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved in the success of this child welfare policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The public digital outing refers to people creating and sharing personal information over the social media platforms. This specific digital outing behaviour is none of the less uniquely vulnerable to the negative effects of the digital public, triggering the individual's digital selfconfidence injuring, and negatively impacting individual's digital outing confidence. Starting from the assumption that the digital outing confidence might mediate the association between the IV internet content awareness and the DV digital behavioural regulation, we have investigated this relationship under a micro research driven from the database collected under the Erasmus+ project Hate's Journey. Our team has designed an 18 items online questionnaire composed by single items measures, testing different opinions and perceptions related to the digital behaviour construct. Project team has collected 206 valid responses from resident individuals of Spain, Romania, Turkey and Latvia. Results confirm the partial mediation of digital outing confidence in the digital behaviour regulation and internet content awareness relationship. Conclusions and implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Confectionery is one of the food industry sectors with the greatest dynamics and innovation in Romania. Cooperation among confectioners, ingredient producers and food technologists is useful to the technologies and recipes development and optimisation, and intelligent use of ingredients in order to meet the consumers' expectations and demanding. The present work focused on the investigation of consumer's behaviour regarding purchasing of the confectionary products and to identify the factors affecting the impact on the purchasing decision. Data were obtained based on a questionnaire and the respondents were selected based on conventional sampling procedures. Data analysis and results interpreting were done using statistical techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although international research is increasing in volume and importance, there remains a dearth of knowledge on similarities and differences in “national human research ethics” (NHREs), that is, national ethical guidelines (NEGs), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and research stakeholder’ ethical attitudes and behaviors (EABs). We begin to address this situation by reporting upon our experiences in conducting a multinational study into the mental health of children who had a parent/carer in prison. The study was conducted in 4 countries: Germany, Great Britain, Romania, and Sweden. Data on NHREs were gathered via a questionnaire survey, two ethics-related seminars, and ongoing contact between members of the research consortium. There was correspondence but even more so divergence between countries in the availability of NEGs and IRBs and in researcher’ EABs. Differences in NHREs have implications particularly in terms of harmonization but also for ethical philosophy and practice and for research integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The last two decades have seen a growing trend towards the research of voting behavior in post-communist countries. Urban sociology theorists state that not only space structures influence political participation, but also space structures are changing under the influence of global, local, and individual factors. The growing role played by information in the globalised world has accelerated the paradigm shift in urban sociology: from central place model (based on urban-rural distinction and on monocentric metropolitan areas) to network society (based on space of flows and polycentric metropolitan areas). However, recent studies have mainly focused on countries with solid democracies, rather than on former communist countries. The present study aims to analyze the extent to which a new emerging spatial structure can be envisaged within a metropolitan area of Romania and its consequences for the political dimensions of social capital. Methods: The Transilvania University Ethics Commission approved this study (). The research is based upon individual and aggregate empirical data, collected from the areas adjacent to the core city in Brașov metropolitan area. Individual data has been collected during October 2012, using the oral survey technique (), based on a standardized questionnaire (stratified simple random sample, N = 600). The National Institute of Statistics and the Electoral Register provided the aggregate data per locality. Unvaried and multivariate analyses (hierarchical regression method) were conducted based on these data. Results: Some dimensions of urbanism, identified as predictors of the political dimensions of social capital, suggest that the area under analysis has a predominantly monocentric character, where the rural-urban distinction continues to remain relevant. There are also arguments favoring the dissolution of the rural-urban distinction and the emergence of polycentric spatial structures. The presence of some influences related to the information consumption on all six indicators of the political dimensions of social capital under analysis suggests the occurrence of emerging forms of a space of flows. The identified effects of social problems associated with transport infrastructure and of migration experience on the political dimensions of social capital, also support the emergence of space of flows. Conclusions: We recommend that, in the urban studies in former communist countries, conceptualization of urbanism as predictor of the political dimensions of social capital should consider both the material dimensions of space, as well as the dimensions of information consumption and migration experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A lot of Romanian population has currently a deficit of health education, including the lack of awareness of the prevention role. The aim is to highlight the need to introduce Health Education classes in the curriculum as a compulsory subject. The research objectives are: a) Knowledge assessment of high school students about the personal health topics (personal hygiene, environment, nutrition, behavior); b) Evaluation their opinion about the usefulness of introducing Health Education in the curriculum. The research is a descriptive and observational study, with transverse approach. It was performed by applying a questionnaire to 364 high school students from Alexandria, Teleorman County. Results: 80% of respondents consider themselves to have information on various topics related to their health. Consumptions and healthy behaviors are not prevalent. Shall be recorded a soft drink and alcohol consumption, smoking, eating fast food, lack of physical activity. Favorable behavior is related to personal hygiene and hours of rest. Conclusion: it was highlighted the necessity and usefulness health education classes that should be included in the curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of my study is to make a conceptual analysis of legal liability as specific expression of social liability which ensures the enforcement and compliance of social conduct governed by legal rules established, on the one hand, in order to protect general and particular interests and, on the other part, to punish non-compliant behaviors. We note that liability is an instrument of coercive force of the state in countering irregular behavior, through which ensures the law - the national goal in the context of Romania's integration in the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across three studies, we investigated the moderating role of trait anger in the relationship between workplace stressors and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB). In Study 1, all the variables were measured using self-reports. In Study 2, workplace stressors were measured using co-worker reports, trait anger was measured using significant other reports, and CWB was measured using self-reports. In Study 3, we measured workplace stressors at Time 1, trait anger at Time 2 (6 months later), and objective indicators of CWB at Time 3 (12 months after Time 2). Convergent results were obtained across the three studies, with positive associations between workplace stressors and CWB, trait anger and CWB, and with trait anger moderating the relationship between stressors and CWB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]