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2. Causal Inference from Competing Treatments.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Vivian Y. Nastl, and Moritz Hardt
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- 2024
3. The Fairness-Quality Trade-off in Clustering.
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Rashida Hakim, Ana-Andreea Stoica, Christos H. Papadimitriou, and Mihalis Yannakakis
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- 2024
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4. Fairness in Social Influence Maximization via Optimal Transport.
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Shubham Chowdhary, Giulia De Pasquale, Nicolas Lanzetti, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Florian Dörfler
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- 2024
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5. The Impact of ERP Implementation on Firm Performance
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Raluca Andreea Stoica, Alina Gabriela Mares, and Laura Andreea Florea
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erp ,financial performance ,profitability ,productivity ,Business ,HF5001-6182 ,Economics as a science ,HB71-74 - Abstract
Employees in conventional organizations, with traditional information systems that date back to the 1960s and earlier, were concentrated on their distinct functional responsibilities and had only limited access to the information available from their department's information system. the information system for their department only provided limited information. The outdated systems reinforced the conventional vertical paradigm, which was focused toward certain operations such as accounting, commerce, and production. These systems were constructed one at a time, individually, with their own data models and with little to no integration with one another. in addition to having very little integration with the others. The technical solution called for the establishment of an interface whenever interaction between various systems was necessary.
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- 2022
6. Callus γδ T cells and microbe-induced intestinal Th17 cells improve fracture healing in mice
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Hamid Y. Dar, Daniel S. Perrien, Subhashis Pal, Andreea Stoica, Sasidhar Uppuganti, Jeffry S. Nyman, Rheinallt M. Jones, M. Neale Weitzmann, and Roberto Pacifici
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Bone Biology ,Microbiology ,Medicine - Abstract
IL-17A (IL-17), a driver of the inflammatory phase of fracture repair, is produced locally by several cell lineages including γδ T cells and Th17 cells. However, the origin of these T cells and their relevance for fracture repair are unknown. Here, we show that fractures rapidly expanded callus γδ T cells, which led to increased gut permeability by promoting systemic inflammation. When the microbiota contained the Th17 cell–inducing taxon segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB), activation of γδ T cells was followed by expansion of intestinal Th17 cells, their migration to the callus, and improved fracture repair. Mechanistically, fractures increased the S1P receptor 1–mediated (S1PR1-mediated) egress of Th17 cells from the intestine and enhanced their homing to the callus through a CCL20-mediated mechanism. Fracture repair was impaired by deletion of γδ T cells, depletion of the microbiome by antibiotics (Abx), blockade of Th17 cell egress from the gut, or Ab neutralization of Th17 cell influx into the callus. These findings demonstrate the relevance of the microbiome and T cell trafficking for fracture repair. Modifications of microbiome composition via Th17 cell–inducing bacteriotherapy and avoidance of broad-spectrum Abx may represent novel therapeutic strategies to optimize fracture healing.
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- 2023
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7. AI and the EU Digital Markets Act: Addressing the Risks of Bigness in Generative AI.
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Ayse Gizem Yasar, Andrew Chong, Evan Dong, Thomas Krendl Gilbert, Sarah Hladikova, Roland Maio, Carlos Mougan, Xudong Shen, Shubham Singh, Ana-Andreea Stoica, Savannah Thais, and Miri Zilka
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- 2023
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8. Bridging Machine Learning and Mechanism Design towards Algorithmic Fairness.
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Jessie Finocchiaro, Roland Maio, Faidra Monachou, Gourab K. Patro, Manish Raghavan, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Stratis Tsirtsis
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- 2021
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9. Differences and benefits in using a financial consolidation software: CLOUD, LOCAL, SAAS OR PAAS
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Raluca Andreea Stoica and Alina Gabriela Mareș
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globalization ,consolidation ,accounting software ,technology ,cloud computing ,cloud accounting ,Finance ,HG1-9999 - Abstract
The current national and international economic climate is continually changing, and a company’s ability to adapt its services is critical. As a result, in recent years, the interaction between technology and businesses has grown. It’s crucial to think about how finance adds value to a business as the future of accounting unfolds. The way business and finance functions create value is being profoundly transformed by digital technologies. To develop value, businesses must think and behave differently in the digital age. To emphasize the merits of each platform, we offered numerous types of software and various benefits of using them. This paper will address accountants’ worries about software, such as data security and a lack of features, as well as how the software works and the numerous benefits and drawbacks it has.
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- 2021
10. Fairness and equity in resource allocation and decision-making: an annotated reading list.
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Faidra Monachou and Ana-Andreea Stoica
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- 2022
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11. Seeding Network Influence in Biased Networks and the Benefits of Diversity.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Jessy Xinyi Han, and Augustin Chaintreau
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- 2020
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12. Minimizing Margin of Victory for Fair Political and Educational Districting.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Palash Dey, and Krishna P. Gummadi
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- 2020
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13. The microbiome restrains melanoma bone growth by promoting intestinal NK and Th1 cell homing to bone
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Subhashis Pal, Daniel S. Perrien, Tetsuya Yumoto, Roberta Faccio, Andreea Stoica, Jonathan Adams, Craig M. Coopersmith, Rheinallt M. Jones, M. Neale Weitzmann, and Roberto Pacifici
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Bone Biology ,Medicine - Abstract
Bone metastases are frequent complications of malignant melanoma leading to reduced quality of life and significant morbidity. Regulation of immune cells by the gut microbiome influences cancer progression, but the role of the microbiome in tumor growth in bone is unknown. Using intracardiac or intratibial injections of B16-F10 melanoma cells into mice, we showed that gut microbiome depletion by broad-spectrum antibiotics accelerated intraosseous tumor growth and osteolysis. Microbiome depletion blunted melanoma-induced expansion of intestinal NK cells and Th1 cells and their migration from the gut to tumor-bearing bones. Demonstrating the functional relevance of immune cell trafficking from the gut to the bone marrow (BM) in bone metastasis, blockade of S1P-mediated intestinal egress of NK and Th1 cells, or inhibition of their CXCR3/CXCL9-mediated influx into the BM, prevented the expansion of BM NK and Th1 cells and accelerated tumor growth and osteolysis. Using a mouse model, this study revealed mechanisms of microbiota-mediated gut-bone crosstalk that are relevant to the immunological restraint of melanoma metastasis and tumor growth in bone. Microbiome modifications induced by antibiotics might have negative clinical consequences in patients with melanoma.
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- 2022
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14. Hegemony in Social Media and the effect of recommendations.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica and Augustin Chaintreau
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- 2019
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15. Fairness in Social Influence Maximization.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica and Augustin Chaintreau
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- 2019
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16. Algorithmic Fairness for Networked Algorithms.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica
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- 2020
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17. Algorithmic Glass Ceiling in Social Networks: The effects of social recommendations on network diversity.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Christopher J. Riederer, and Augustin Chaintreau
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- 2018
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18. FACTS-IR: fairness, accountability, confidentiality, transparency, and safety in information retrieval.
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Alexandra Olteanu, Jean Garcia-Gathright, Maarten de Rijke, Michael D. Ekstrand, Adam Roegiest, Aldo Lipani, Alex Beutel, Ana Lucic, Ana-Andreea Stoica, Anubrata Das 0001, Asia Biega, Bart Voorn, Claudia Hauff, Damiano Spina, David D. Lewis, Douglas W. Oard, Emine Yilmaz, Faegheh Hasibi, Gabriella Kazai, Graham McDonald, Hinda Haned, Iadh Ounis, Ilse van der Linden, Joris Baan, Kamuela N. Lau, Krisztian Balog, Mahmoud F. Sayed, Maria Panteli, Mark Sanderson, Matthew Lease, Preethi Lahoti, and Toshihiro Kamishima
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- 2019
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19. ANALYTIC STUDY REGARDING PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH LEVEL AT YOUTH POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 YEARS OLD
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Dan Alexandru SZABO, Nicolae NEAGU, Decebal FODOR, Bianca Andreea STOICA, and Ioan Sabin SOPA
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anthropometry, body mass index, physical development. ,Special aspects of education ,LC8-6691 ,Sports ,GV557-1198.995 - Abstract
Introduction: Health level of youth population has become an increasing problem highlighting that the dysfunction that appears at this age can be a real problem at adult age, so preventing malfunctions at young age can contribute later at adult age. Objectives: The present study examined the level of health and development of students that practice sports activities compared with students that don’t practice sports, from the Gymnasium School „Friedrich Schiller” from Targu Mures, Romania. The sample of students was formed by 86 students with an average age of 12.80±1.057 from 5th grade until 8th grade. Methods: The methods used were mainly from the experiment methods, we used measurement of height, weight and body mass index, and from statistical and mathematical methods for interpretation like descriptive statistics elements (frequency, mean, median, standard deviation) and analyzed with specific statistical test (the D’Agostino & Pearson test, t-Student test, Mann-Whitney test, the Chi-square test) all measured with the GraphPad Prism program. Results: The results of the investigation found significant statistical differences between children that practice sports activities compared with those that don’t practice sports activities, we found significant statistical differences between weight of the two groups (value of p = 0.236) and also between body mass indexes of groups (value of p = 0.4132). Conclusions: Conclusions of the research highlighted the differences of development regarding weight and body mass index of those two groups, proving that children that practice sports activities have a better health and development level. REZUMAT. Studiu analitic privind dezvoltarea fizică şi nivelul sănătăţii la populaţia tânără cu vârsta cuprinsă între 10 şi 15 ani. Introducere: Nivelul de sănătate al populației tinere a devenit o problemă din ce în ce mai mare, subliniind faptul că deficienţele fizice care apar la această vârstă pot fi o problemă reală la vârsta adultă, astfel încât prevenirea acestora la vârste fragede poate contribui mai târziu la vârsta adultă. Obiective: Prezentul studiu a examinat nivelul de sănătate și dezvoltare al elevilor care practică activități sportive în comparație cu elevii care nu practică sport, de la Școala Gimnazială „Friedrich Schiller” din Târgu Mureș, România. Eșantionul de elevi a fost format din 86 de elevi cu o vârstă medie de 12,80 ± 1,057, din clasa a V-a până la clasa a VIII-a. Metode: Metodele utilizate au fost în principal metode experimentale, am utilizat măsurarea înălțimii, a greutății și a indicelui de masă corporală și metode statistice și matematice pentru interpretare ca elemente statistice descriptive (frecvență, medie, mediană, abatere standard) și analizate cu specific test statistic (testul D’Agostino & Pearson, testul t-Student, testul Mann-Whitney, testul Chi-square), toate măsurate cu programul GraphPad Prism. Rezultate: Rezultatele prezentului studiu au constatat în compararea ṣi descoperirea unor diferențe statistice semnificative între copiii care practică activități sportive în comparație cu cei care nu practică activități sportive. Am găsit diferențe statistice semnificative între greutatea celor două grupuri (valoarea p = 0.236) și, de asemenea, între indicii de masă corporală ai grupurilor (valoarea p = 0.4132). Concluzii: Concluziile cercetării au evidențiat diferențele de dezvoltare în ceea ce privește greutatea și indicele de masă corporală din cele două grupuri, dovedind că elevii care practică activități sportive au un nivel de sănătate și dezvoltare mai bun. Cuvinte cheie: antropometrie, indice de masă corporală, dezvoltare fizică.
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- 2020
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20. Invitation to participate in the ACM conference on equity and access in algorithms, mechanisms, and optimization (EAAMO'21).
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Rediet Abebe, Irene Lo, and Ana-Andreea Stoica
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- 2021
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21. Bridging Machine Learning and Mechanism Design towards Algorithmic Fairness.
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Jessie Finocchiaro, Roland Maio, Faidra Monachou, Gourab K. Patro, Manish Raghavan, Ana-Andreea Stoica, and Stratis Tsirtsis
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- 2020
22. The Association Between Heart Failure with Preserved and Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction and Depression in the Elderly Patient
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Irina Ispas, Alice Munteanu, and Andreea Stoica
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Background and aim. Modern society is experiencing an accelerated increase in the number of elderly people, to the detriment of children and young adults, in the context of declining birth rates, high adult mortality and increasing life expectancy due to advances in medicine. Cardiovascular diseases are becoming more common in the general population, representing the leading cause of death, being responsible for a third of the total number of deaths worldwide, and heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization in patients over 65 years. Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, presents different clinical pictures, which vary from person to person and in relation to age, being shown that there are somatic disorders due to depression, including cardiovascular disease. Materials and method. We studied 127 patients hospitalized in the Geriatrics Department of the Calarasi County Emergency Hospital, diagnosed with heart failure (HF), being divided into 2 groups: the first group, which included 63 patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction and the second, which included 64 patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Results. The main risk factor present in the studied patients was dyslipidemia, which is present in 90% of patients with a mildly ejection fraction and in 88% of patients with a preserved ejection fraction. Hypertension was also present in 75% of patients in the first group and in 63% of those in the second group. Depression was present in 67% of patients with mildly reduced ejection fraction and in 64% of those with preserved ejection fraction. The degree of depression was higher among women, 11% of those with HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction and 14% of those with preserved ejection fraction had major depression. The degree of depression increases with age, patients over 80 years presented predominantly moderate-severe depression (41% of patients in the first group, and 50% in the second). Patients with NYHA class III heart failure had predominantly moderate-to-severe depression: 50% of patients with mildly reduced ejection fraction and 67% of those with preserved ejection fraction. Conclusion. Depression is an important independent risk factor for heart failure in the elderly patients. Due to the fact that the symptoms of the two pathologies are often similar, the diagnosis of depression can be difficult to make, which is why it should be investigated in all patients with heart failure. It is important to understand the peculiarities of the polypathology of the elderly, which often poses problems for the diagnosis and treatment of the clinician.
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- 2022
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23. Minimizing Margin of Victory for Fair Political and Educational Districting.
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Palash Dey, and Krishna P. Gummadi
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- 2019
24. The 12th Edition of the Scientific Days of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Prof. Dr. Matei Bals' and the 12th National Infectious Diseases Conference
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Cristian-Mihail Niculae, Eliza Manea, Raluca Jipa, Simona Merisor, Ruxandra Moroti, Serban Benea, Adriana Hristea, Alina Cristina Neguț, Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Dana Mărculescu, Magdalena Lorena Andrei, Veronica Ilie, Marcela Popa, Coralia Bleotu, Carmen Chifiriuc, Mircea Ioan Popa, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Alina Orfanu, Cristina Popescu, Anca Leuștean, Remulus Catană, Anca Negru, Alexandra Badea, Radu Orfanu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă, Ştefan Sorin Aramă, Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anca-Cristina Drăgănescu, Anuța Bilașco, Camelia Kouris, Mădălina Merișescu, Magdalena Vasile, Diana-Maria Slavu, Sabina Vintilă, Endis Osman, Alina Oprea, Sabina Sandu, Monica Luminos, Anca Leuştean, Gabriel Adrian Popescu, Ramona Georgiana Stanculete, Ana Vaduva Enoiu, Adelina Raluca Marinescu, Voichita Lazureanu, Adelina-Raluca Marinescu, Alexandru Crișan, Voichița Lăzureanu, Virgil Musta, Narcisa Nicolescu, Ruxandra Laza, Anca-Ruxandra Negru, Daniela-Ioana Munteanu, Raluca Mihăilescu, Olga Dorobăț, Alexandru Rafila, Emilia Căpraru, Marius Niculescu, Rodica Marinescu, Olivera Lupescu, Vlad Predescu, Daniela Tălăpan, Ramona Ștefania Popescu, Luminița Bradu, Dragoș Florea, Daniela Anicuta Leca, Elena Bunea, Andra Teodor, Egidia Miftode, Gheorghiță Jugulete, Anamaria Dobrotă, Adina Ilie, Liliana Lucia Preoțescu, Nicoleta Irimescu, Irina Panait, Cristian Niculae, Liana Cătălina Gavriliu, Otilia Elisabeta Benea, Șerban Benea, Mona Popoiu, Livia Dragonu, Augustin Cupşa, Iulian Diaconescu, Irina Niculescu, Lucian Giubelan, Florentina Dumitrescu, Andreea Cristina Stoian, Camelia Guţă, Simona Puiu, Bunescu Irina, Marilyse Vallée, Ann Huletsky, Dominique K. Boudreau, Ève Bérubé, Richard Giroux, Jean Longtin, Yves Longtin, Michel G. Bergeron, Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Dalila-Ana Toma, Catrinel Ciuca, Cătălin Apostolescu, Andrei Rogoz, Andrei Stangaciu, Viorica Mitescu, Tudor Vladoiu, Doina Iovănescu, Michaela Oana, Simona Costin, Maria Magdalena Moțoi, Olga Mihaela Dorobăț, Alexandru Mihai, Cleo Roşculeț, Gabriel-Adrian Popescu, Adrian Abagiu, Ruxandra Moroti-Constantinescu, Otilia Benea, Mădălina Simoiu, Rodica Bacruban, Ioana Bădicuț, Alina Borcan, Mihnea Hurmuzache, Georgiana Enache, Alexandra Ciocan, Mircea Bararu, Madalina Popazu, Doina Viorica Iovănescu, Cătălin Gabriel Apostolescu, Dalila Toma, Laura Iliescu, Georgiana Minzala, Letitia Toma, Mihaela Baciu, Alina Tanase, Carmen Orban, Victor Pantea, Gheorghe Placinta, Valentin Cebotarescu, Lilia Cojuhari, Paulina Jimbei, Cristina Dragomirescu, Cristina Murariu, Laurențiu Stratan, Daniela Munteanu, Raluca Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Mihaela Rădulescu, Ioan Diaconu, Iulia Bodosca, Violeta Niță, Raluca Mihaela Năstase, Iulia Bodoșca, Ioan Alexandru Diaconu, Yagmur Erturk, Claudiu Mihai Șchiopu, Angelica Tenita, Ștefan Sorin Aramă, Simona Alexandra Iacob, Diana Gabriela Iacob, Mioara Predescu, Alexandra Mărdărescu, Mihai Săndulescu, Catrinel Olimpia Ciuca, Dalila Ana Toma, Cristina Elena Mitu, Viorica Daniela Mitescu, Tudor Gheorghe Vladoiu, Monica Andreea Stoica, Daniela Manolache, Gabriela Jana Ceapraga, Gabriela Mircea, Ionel Durbală, Irina Russu, Tiberiu Holban, Tatiana Pantilimonov, Galina Chiriacov, Arcadie Macvovei, Elena Scorohodico, Oleg Dmitriev, Diana Alexandra Costache, Anca Benea, Elisabeta Benea, Mihai Mitran, Carmen Georgescu, Loredana Mitran, Simona Vladareanu, Andreea Ioana Magirescu, Viorica Andreev, Cristina Nicolau, Alexandra Largu, Carmen Dorobat, Carmen Manciuc, Ina Isac, Iulia Gabriela Șerban, Ghiulendan Resul, Consuela Marcaș, Iosif Marincu, Patricia Poptelecan, Bogdan Trincă, Sorina Mitrescu, Anca Tudor, Daliborca Vlad, Livius Tirnea, Nurcan Baydaroglu, Gabriela Ceapraga, Mariana Pagute, Carmen Dorobăț, Ioan-Alexandru Diaconu, Daniela Ion, Luciana Nichita, Alexandra Diaconu, Irina Duport-Dodot, Mariana Mărdărescu, Cristina Petre, Marieta Iancu, Rodica Ungurianu, Alina Cibea, Ruxandra Drăghicenoiu, Ana Maria Tudor, Delia Vlad, Sorin Petrea, Carina Matei, Dan Oțelea, Carmen Crăciun, Cristian Anghelina, Elena Dumea, Sorin Rugină, Lucian Cristian Petcu, Stela Halichidis, Simona Claudia Cambrea, Carmen Chiriac, Nina-Ioana Bodnar, Iringo-Erzsebet Zaharia-Kezdi, Cristina Gîrbovan, Andrea Incze, Anca Meda Georgescu, Eugenia Panaitescu, Manole Cojocaru, Vochita Laurențiu, Vochita Andreia, Opreanu Radu, Trinca Bogdan, Rosca Ovidiu, Marincu Iosif, Ramona Zamfir, Alina Angelescu, Alena Andreea Popa, Liana Gavriliu, Alena-Andreea Popa, Georgeta Ducu, Daniela Camburu, Alina Cozma, Manuela Podani, Roxana Dumitriu, Augustin Cupșa, Loredana Ionescu, Adrian Octavian Abagiu, Loredana Nicoleta Stoica, Catrinel Blaga, Archontis Koulosousas, Roxana Ștefănescu, Alice Atomoaie, Florentina Paraschiv, Florin Matache Duna, Rodica Olteanu, Roxana Ion, Alexandra Zota, Isra Ennour Jaballah, Lara Mahfoud, Georgeta Preda, Magda Constantin, Ilinca Nicolae, Corina Daniela Ene, Mădălina Irina Mitran, Vasile Benea, Mircea Tampa, Simona Roxana Georgescu, Iulia Cristina Bodoșca, Sorin Aramă, Iuliana Caramăngiu, Ovidiu Rosca, Monica Cialma, Radu Opreanu, Laurențiu Vochita, Vlad Murărescu, Marilena Palaghiță, Cornel Camburu, Irina Duşan, Andreea Bîrlad, Victor Daniel Miron, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Daniela Pițigoi, Monica Luminița Luminos, Sabina Șchiopu, Magda Vasile, Mihaela Ionică, Adina Stăncescu, Cristina Elena Popescu, Luminița Marin, Diana Zaharia, Cristina Dumitrescu, Lucia Tudor, Cristina Negulescu, Olga Adriana Caliman-Sturdza, Cleo Roșculeț, Bogdana Manu, Ana Vaduva-Enoiu, Voichita Elena Lazureanu, Elena-Violeta Niță, Sînziana Dumitru, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Ligia Ionescu, Liliana Ion, Marioara Neacșu, Cristina Iulia Mitran, George Ciprian Pribac, Mirandolina Prisca, Fulvia Ursoiu, Carmen Neamtu, Bogdan Totolici, Coralia Cotoraci, Aurel Ardelean, Simona Elena Albu, Mara Carsote, Beatrice Miclăuș, Diana Mihai, Cristina Vasiliu, Corina Gorgoi, Amelia Blescun, Gelu Breaza, Sabina Vintila, Felicia Mihai, Meilin Omer, Cornel Dragan, Daniela Pitigoi, Mirela Ciucu, Marius-Dan Ionescu, Cristina Roskanovic, Valentina Barbu, Ramona-Alexandra Zamfir, Alexandra-Sînziana Dumitru, Viorica Ispas, Diana Oana Leahu, Cristina Maria Safta, Mihaela Anca Benea, Octavian Munteanu, Roxana Bohâlțea, Livia Trașcă, Monica Cîrstoiu, Mădălina Georgescu, Alina Elena Ivanciuc, Mihaela Lazar, Teodora Ionescu, Carmen Maria Cherciu, Cristina Țecu, Maria Elena Mihai, Maria Nițescu, Delia Azamfire, Aura Dumitrescu, Elena Ianosik, Daniela Leca, Elena Duca, Codrina Bejan, Emanoil Ceaușu, Simin-Aysel Florescu, Corneliu Popescu, Grațiela Târdei, Codrina Juganariu, Emilia Lupulescu, Ligia Rodina, Maria Elena Cocuz, Andreea Stoian, Mihaela Ionica, Otilia-Elisabeta Benea, Maria-Cristina Sîrbu, AnaMaria Dobrotă, Roxana Duda, Cristiana Cerasella Dragomirescu, Sergiu Fendrihan, Ecaterina Scortan, Corneliu P. Popescu, Șerban N. Benea, Andra E. Petcu, Iuliana A. Podea, Raluca E. Jipa, Raluca M. Hrișcă, Manuela Nica, Simona Merișor, Cristian M. Nicolae, Simin A. Florescu, Irina M. Dumitru, Ruxandra V. Moroti, Bogdan Nițescu, Iulia Monica Mustaţă, Sorina Claudia Boldeanu, Florentina Furtunescu, Mihaela Gheorghe, Adriana Slavcovici, Raluca Tripon, Roxana Iubu, Cristian Marcu, Mihaela Sabou, Monica Muntean, Ion Chiriac, Liviu Tazlavanu, Roxana Cernat, Kezdi Iringo, Andrei Vâță, Manuela Arbune, Teodora Moisil, Corina-Daniela Ene, Roxana Simona Georgescu, Cosmin-Victor Ene, Marilena Ciortea, Lucreția Dulgheru, Mihaela Cătălina Luca, Ioana-Alina Harja-Alexa, Roxana Nemescu, Mădălina Popazu, Andrei Ștefan Luca, Gabriela Bancescu, Bogdan Dabu, Adrian Bancescu, Adina Elena Ilie, Săftica-Mariana Pohrib, Maria-Sabina Tache, Ion Aurel Iliescu, Cristina Tecu, Maria-Elena Mihai, Mihaela Lazăr, Carmen Cherciu, Alina Ivanciuc, Mirela Paliu, Manuela Curescu, Bianca Cerbu, Irina Bunescu, Ana Pasnin, Stela Semeniuc, and Raisa Popovici
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus ,Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy ,Clostridium Difficile Infection ,Cerebral Spinal Fluid ,Fecal Microbiota Transplantation ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Table of contents A1 The outcome of patients with recurrent versus non-recurrent pneumococcal meningitis in a tertiary health-care hospital in Bucharest Cristian-Mihail Niculae, Eliza Manea, Raluca Jipa, Simona Merisor, Ruxandra Moroti, Serban Benea, Adriana Hristea A2 Influence of bacteriophages on sessile Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria Alina Cristina Neguț, Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Dana Mărculescu, Magdalena Lorena Andrei, Veronica Ilie, Marcela Popa, Coralia Bleotu, Carmen Chifiriuc, Mircea Ioan Popa, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A3 The utility of inflammatory biomarkers in the prognostic evaluation of septic patients – past, present and future Alina Orfanu, Cristina Popescu, Anca Leuștean, Remulus Catană, Anca Negru, Alexandra Badea, Radu Orfanu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă, Ştefan Sorin Aramă A4 Etiologic and clinical features of bacterial meningitis in infants Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anca-Cristina Drăgănescu, Anuța Bilașco, Camelia Kouris, Mădălina Merișescu, Magdalena Vasile, Diana-Maria Slavu, Sabina Vintilă, Endis Osman, Alina Oprea, Sabina Sandu, Monica Luminos A5 The diagnostic and prognostic role of neutrophil to lymphocyte count ratio in sepsis Alina Orfanu, Victoria Aramă, Ştefan Sorin Aramă, Anca Leuştean, Remulus Catană, Anca Negru, Gabriel Adrian Popescu, Cristina Popescu A6 Whooping cough in a HIV positive patient Ramona Georgiana Stanculete, Ana Vaduva Enoiu, Adelina Raluca Marinescu, Voichita Lazureanu A7 Cronobacter sakazakii sepsis in varicella patient Adelina-Raluca Marinescu, Alexandru Crișan, Voichița Lăzureanu, Virgil Musta, Narcisa Nicolescu, Ruxandra Laza A8 Anaerobes an underdiagnosed cause of prosthesis joint infection Anca-Ruxandra Negru, Daniela-Ioana Munteanu, Raluca Mihăilescu, Remulus Catană, Olga Dorobăț, Alexandru Rafila, Emilia Căpraru, Marius Niculescu, Rodica Marinescu, Olivera Lupescu, Vlad Predescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Victoria Aramă, Daniela Tălăpan A9 Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis presenting with normal CSF – case presentation Ramona Ștefania Popescu, Luminița Bradu, Dragoș Florea, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A10 Extrapulmonary manifestations of infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae – study on 24 cases Daniela Anicuta Leca, Elena Bunea, Andra Teodor, Egidia Miftode A11 The molecular diagnosis of severe bacterial sepsis in pediatric population Mădălina Merișescu, Gheorghiță Jugulete, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Dragoș Florea, Monica Luminos A12 Acute Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis with multiple septic complications in a patient with diabetes mellitus – case presentation Ramona Ștefania Popescu, Anamaria Dobrotă, Adina Ilie, Liliana Lucia Preoțescu A13 Is Streptococcus suis meningitis an under-diagnosed zoonosis? Adriana Hristea, Raluca Jipa, Nicoleta Irimescu, Irina Panait, Eliza Manea, Simona Merisor, Cristian Niculae, Daniela Tălăpan A14 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from blood. Antimicrobial resistance – past and present Liana Cătălina Gavriliu, Otilia Elisabeta Benea, Șerban Benea, Alexandru Rafila, Olga Dorobăț, Mona Popoiu A15 Antibiotics resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from blood cultures Livia Dragonu, Augustin Cupşa, Iulian Diaconescu, Irina Niculescu, Lucian Giubelan, Florentina Dumitrescu, Andreea Cristina Stoian, Camelia Guţă, Simona Puiu A16 Predominance of CTX-M enzymes in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in two hospitals of Quebec City Bunescu Irina, Marilyse Vallée, Ann Huletsky, Dominique K. Boudreau, Ève Bérubé, Richard Giroux, Jean Longtin, Yves Longtin, Michel G. Bergeron A17 Postoperative meningoencephalitis with Acinetobacter baumannii XDR – a therapeutic challenge - Case report Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Dalila-Ana Toma, Catrinel Ciuca, Daniela Tălăpan, Cătălin Apostolescu, Andrei Rogoz, Andrei Stangaciu, Viorica Mitescu, Tudor Vladoiu, Doina Iovănescu A18 Septic arthritis with Burkholderia cepacia Michaela Oana, Simona Costin A19 A novel approach for managing hard-to-treat infections Alina Cristina Neguț, Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Maria Magdalena Moțoi, Mircea Ioan Popa, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A20 Nineteen months surveillance for multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) by detecting asymptomatic colonization Daniela Tălăpan, Olga Mihaela Dorobăț, Mona Popoiu, Alexandru Mihai, Doina Iovănescu, Cleo Roşculeț, Cătălin Apostolescu, Gabriel-Adrian Popescu, Adrian Abagiu, Ruxandra Moroti-Constantinescu, Adriana Hristea, Victoria Aramă, Otilia Benea, Mădălina Simoiu, Rodica Bacruban, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Alexandru Rafila A21 Antimicrobial resistance of Gram-positive cocci isolated from clinical specimens in the National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Prof Dr. Matei Balș” between 2009–2015 Olga Mihaela Dorobăț, Daniela Tălăpan, Alexandru Mihai, Ioana Bădicuț, Mona Popoiu, Alina Borcan, Alexandru Rafila A22 The high percentage of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Romania: an analysis and some proposals Gabriel Adrian Popescu A23 Etiological, clinical and therapeutic considerations on 78 cases of healthcare associated meningitis or ventriculitis admitted in the “Sf. Parascheva” infectious diseases clinical hospital, Iași, from 2011 to 2015 Mihnea Hurmuzache, Georgiana Enache, Alexandra Ciocan, Mircea Bararu, Madalina Popazu A24 Nosocomial infection dynamics in an Intensive Care Department – an overview (epidemiological and clinical monitoring, advanced therapeutic intervention). Doina Viorica Iovănescu, Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Andrei Rogoz Cătălin Gabriel Apostolescu, Viorica Mitescu, Tudor Vladoiu, Dalila Toma, Catrinel Ciuca A25 Safety and efficacy of interferon free treatment in patients with HCV chronic hepatitis- experience of a single Internal Medicine center Laura Iliescu, Georgiana Minzala, Letitia Toma, Mihaela Baciu, Alina Tanase, Carmen Orban A26 Viusid in treatment of chronic viral hepatitis B and C Victor Pantea, Gheorghe Placinta, Valentin Cebotarescu, Lilia Cojuhari, Paulina Jimbei A27 The management of hyperbilirubinemia in HCV cirrhotic patients who underwent therapy with direct acting antivirals Cristina Popescu, Anca Leuștean, Cristina Dragomirescu, Alina Orfanu, Cristina Murariu, Laurențiu Stratan, Alexandra Badea, Cătălin Tilișcan, Daniela Munteanu, Raluca Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Mihaela Rădulescu, Remulus Catana, Victoria Aramă A28 The efficacy of ombitasvir-paritaprevir/ritonavir, dasabuvir and ribavirin in patients with genotype 1 HCV compensated cirrhosis Cristina Popescu, Laurențiu Stratan, Remulus Catana, Anca Leuștean, Cristina Dragomirescu, Alexandra Badea, Cristina Murariu, Raluca Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Daniela Munteanu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Mihaela Rădulescu, Alina Orfanu, Ioan Diaconu, Anca Negru, Iulia Bodosca, Violeta Niță, Victoria Aramă A29 The efficacy of direct acting antivirals regimen without ribavirin in HCV genotype 1b infected patients with compensated cirrhosis Anca Leuștean, Victoria Aramă, Alina Orfanu, Remulus Catana, Laurențiu Stratan, Cristina Dragomirescu, Cristina Murariu, Alexandra Badea, Cătălin Tilișcan, Daniela Munteanu, Violeta Molagic, Raluca Năstase, Mihaela Rădulescu, Cristina Popescu A30 Liver decompensation during ombitasvir-paritaprevir/ritonavir-dasabuvir and ribavirin regimen in HCV infected patients with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis Cristina Popescu, Cristina Dragomirescu, Anca Leuștean, Cristina Murariu, Laurențiu Stratan, Alexandra Badea, Remulus Catană, Alina Orfanu, Raluca Mihaela Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Daniela Munteanu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă A31 The safety of direct acting antivirals in HCV compensated cirrhotic patients - an interim analysis Victoria Aramă, Remulus Catană, Cristina Dragomirescu, Cristina Murariu, Anca Leuștean, Laurențiu Stratan, Alexandra Badea, Alina Orfanu, Anca Negru, Raluca Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Daniela Munteanu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Mihaela Rădulescu, Ioan Diaconu, Violeta Niță, Iulia Bodoșca, Cristina Popescu A32 The access of patients with HCV compensated cirrhosis to the National Program of therapy with direct acting antivirals Cristina Popescu, Alexandra Badea, Anca Leuștean, Alina Orfanu, Anca Negru, Laurențiu Stratan, Cristina Dragomirescu, Remulus Catană, Cristina Murariu, Violeta Molagic, Raluca Năstase, Cătălin Tilișcan, Daniela Munteanu, Mihaela Rădulescu, Ioan Diaconu, Violeta Niță, Iulia Bodoșca, Victoria Aramă A33 Severe reactivation of chronic hepatitis B after discontinuation of nucleos(t)ide analogues – a case series Cristina Popescu, Alina Orfanu, Anca Leuștean, Alexandra Badea, Laurențiu Stratan, Remulus Catană, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă A34 The dynamic of hematological disorders during direct acting antivirals therapy for HCV compensated cirrhosis Cristina Popescu, Cristina Murariu, Cristina Dragomirescu, Anca Leuștean, Laurențiu Stratan, Alina Orfanu, Alexandra Badea, Remulus Catană, Anca Negru, Cătălin Tilișcan, Daniela Munteanu, Mihaela Rădulescu, Violeta Molagic, Raluca Mihaela Năstase, Ioan Alexandru Diaconu, Iulia Bodoșca, Violeta Niță, Victoria Aramă A35 Behaviors, attitudes and risk factors for viral hepatitis in international medical students vs. the general population in Romania Yagmur Erturk, Oana Săndulescu, Alina Cristina Neguț, Claudiu Mihai Șchiopu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Anca Streinu-Cercel A36 Characteristics of hepatitis C virus reactivation due to immunosuppressive therapy in Romanian HCV infected patients with hematological malignancies Violeta Molagic, Cătălin Tilișcan, Cristina Popescu, Raluca Mihăilescu, Daniela Munteanu, Raluca Năstase, Anca Negru, Angelica Tenita, Victoria Aramă, Ștefan Sorin Aramă A37 The dynamic IFN-gamma serum levels during successful peginterferon-a 2a/ribavirin therapy in HCV chronic infection Simona Alexandra Iacob, Diana Gabriela Iacob, Monica Luminos A38 Overlapping risk factors for transmission of HBV, HCV and HIV in the general population in Romania Anca Streinu-Cercel, Oana Săndulescu, Mioara Predescu, Alexandra Mărdărescu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Mihai Săndulescu, Claudiu Mihai Șchiopu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A39 Acute hepatitis - an uncommon neurological complication Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Catrinel Olimpia Ciuca, Dalila Ana Toma, Cătălin Gabriel Apostolescu, Andrei Rogoz, Cristina Elena Mitu, Andrei Stangaciu, Viorica Daniela Mitescu, Tudor Gheorghe Vladoiu, Doina Viorica Iovănescu A40 Regression of liver fibrosis following sustained virological response in patients with chronic HCV infection and cirrhosis Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Monica Andreea Stoica, Liliana Lucia Preoțescu, Daniela Manolache, Gabriela Jana Ceapraga, Maria Magdalena Moțoi, Luminița Bradu, Adina Ilie, Gabriela Mircea, Ionel Durbală, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A41 Preliminary results of treatment with sofosbuvir and daclatasvir of patients with chronic hepatitis C Irina Russu, Tiberiu Holban, Tatiana Pantilimonov, Galina Chiriacov, Arcadie Macvovei, Elena Scorohodico, Oleg Dmitriev A42 HIV-syphilis coinfection Diana Alexandra Costache, Anca Benea, Eliza Manea, Cristian Niculae, Raluca Jipa, Adriana Hristea, Elisabeta Benea, Ruxandra Moroti, Șerban Benea A43 Thrombophilia – additional risk factor for the evolution of pregnancy in HIV-positive patients Mihai Mitran, Carmen Georgescu, Loredana Mitran, Simona Vladareanu A44 The incidence of oropharyngeal candidiasis in hospitalized HIV infected pediatric Romanian cohort between 1 January - 31 December 2015 Andreea Ioana Magirescu, Viorica Andreev, Cristina Nicolau, Alexandra Largu, Carmen Dorobat, Carmen Manciuc A45 TB incidence in HIV infected patients during the year of 2015 Viorica Andreev, Andreea Ioana Magirescu, Ina Isac, Cristina Nicolau, Alexandra Largu, Carmen Dorobat, Carmen Manciuc A46 Retrospective analysis of HIV/AIDS deaths recorded in the Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Constanța in the period 01 January 2014–30 June 2016. Epidemiological considerations. Iulia Gabriela Șerban, Ghiulendan Resul, Consuela Marcaș A47 Acute liver failure with favorable evolution in an HIV-HBV coinfected patient Iosif Marincu, Patricia Poptelecan, Bogdan Trincă, Sorina Mitrescu, Anca Tudor, Daliborca Vlad, Livius Tirnea A48 Lifestyle impact on HIV management Nurcan Baydaroglu, Alina Cristina Neguț, Oana Săndulescu, Daniela Manolache, Gabriela Ceapraga, Monica Andreea Stoica, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Adrian Streinu-Cercel 49. HIV positive mothers newborns - clinical experience from January 2012 to June 2016 Carmen Manciuc, Mariana Pagute, Cristina Nicolau, Carmen Dorobăț, Alexandra Largu A50 Rediscovering HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and HIV encephalopathy: clinical suspicion and subsequent brain autopsies Ioan-Alexandru Diaconu, Laurențiu Stratan, Daniela Ion, Luciana Nichita, Cristina Popescu, Raluca Năstase, Daniela Munteanu, Violeta Molagic, Cătălin Tilișcan, Mihaela Rădulescu, Alexandra Diaconu, Anca Negru, Alina Orfanu, Cristina Dragomirescu, Remulus Catană, Anca Leuștean, Irina Duport-Dodot, Cristina Murariu, Iulia Bodoșca, Violeta Niță, Alexandra Badea, Victoria Aramă A51 Antenatal surveillance of pregnant women with risk behavior and its impact on mother-to-child HIV transmission in Romania Mariana Mărdărescu, Cristina Petre, Marieta Iancu, Rodica Ungurianu, Alina Cibea, Ruxandra Drăghicenoiu, Ana Maria Tudor, Delia Vlad, Sorin Petrea, Carina Matei, Dan Oțelea, Carmen Crăciun, Cristian Anghelina, Alexandra Mărdărescu A52 Noninvasive assessments (APRI, Fib-4, transient elastography) of fibrosis in patients with HIV and HIV/HBV infection Elena Dumea, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Sorin Rugină, Lucian Cristian Petcu, Stela Halichidis, Simona Claudia Cambrea A53 Undetectable HIV viral load – the main goal in the management of HIV-infected patients Carmen Chiriac, Nina-Ioana Bodnar, Iringo-Erzsebet Zaharia-Kezdi, Cristina Gîrbovan, Andrea Incze, Anca Meda Georgescu A54 LPS serum levels and correlation with immunological, virological and clinical outcome in HIV infected patients Simona Alexandra Iacob, Diana Gabriela Iacob, Eugenia Panaitescu, Monica Luminos, Manole Cojocaru A55 LL37 human cathelicidin serum levels are positively correlated with IFN gamma and alanine aminotransferase level in HCV infection Simona Alexandra Iacob, Diana Gabriela Iacob, Monica Luminos A56 Early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a non-compliant HIV/AIDS late presenter patient Vochita Laurențiu, Vochita Andreia, Opreanu Radu, Trinca Bogdan, Rosca Ovidiu, Marincu Iosif A57 Evolution of antiretroviral regimens in naϊve patients in 2016 Ramona Zamfir, Alina Angelescu, Alena Andreea Popa, Raluca Jipa, Ruxandra Moroti, Adriana Hristea, Liana Gavriliu, Șerban Benea, Elisabeta Benea A58 The unfavorable risk factors for HIV infected persons with positive blood cultures hospitalized at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balș” in 2015 Alena-Andreea Popa, Georgeta Ducu, Daniela Camburu, Alina Cozma, Manuela Podani, Roxana Dumitriu, Liana Gavriliu, Șerban Benea, Elisabeta Benea A59 Epidemiological aspects of HIV infection in Oltenia region Andreea Cristina Stoian, Florentina Dumitrescu, Augustin Cupșa, Lucian Giubelan, Irina Niculescu, Loredana Ionescu, Livia Dragonu A60 HIV risk behaviors and prevalence among patients in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) from Arena center, Bucharest Adrian Octavian Abagiu, Loredana Nicoleta Stoica, Catrinel Blaga, Archontis Koulosousas, Roxana Ștefănescu, Alice Atomoaie, Florentina Paraschiv, Florin Matache Duna A61 Therapeutic options in a case of severe psoriasis associated with both HIV infection and hepatitis C virus previously treated with fumaric acid esters Rodica Olteanu, Roxana Ion, Alexandra Zota, Isra Ennour Jaballah, Lara Mahfoud, Georgeta Preda, Magda Constantin A62 Prevalence of autoantibodies against gangliosides in asymptomatic HIV-infected patients Ilinca Nicolae, Corina Daniela Ene, Mădălina Irina Mitran, Vasile Benea, Mircea Tampa, Simona Roxana Georgescu A63 Subclinical inflammation in HIV-infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy – a cross sectional study Iulia Cristina Bodoșca, Cristina Murariu, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă, Cristina Popescu, Daniela Munteanu, Mihaela Rădulescu, Violeta Molagic, Raluca Năstase, Alina Orfanu, Anca Leuștean, Remulus Catană, Anca Negru, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Sorin Aramă A64 Severe Guillain-Barré syndrome occurring after chickenpox with favorable evolution Iuliana CAramăngiu, Ovidiu Rosca, Monica Cialma, Radu Opreanu, Laurențiu Vochita, Iosif Marincu A65 Echovirus 30 infection with pulmonary and cardiac complications – case report Vlad Murărescu, Marilena Palaghiță, Alina Cristina Neguț, Cornel Camburu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A66 Herpetic encephalitis with favorable evolution in an adult immunocompetent patient Irina Duşan, Patricia Poptelecan, Bogdan Trincă, Sorina Mitrescu, Livius Tirnea, Iosif Marincu A67 Clinical-evolutional aspects in present-day measles Narcisa Nicolescu, Alexandru Crișan, Voichița Lăzureanu, Ruxandra Laza, Virgil Musta, Adelina-Raluca Marinescu, Andreea Bîrlad A68 Pneumococcal superinfection in children with influenza Victor Daniel Miron, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anuța Bilașco, Daniela Pițigoi, Oana Săndulescu, Monica Luminița Luminos A69 Varicella complicated with transverse myelitis - case presentation Monica Luminos, Endis Osman, Magdalena Vasile, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anuța Bilașco, Camelia Kouris, Sabina Șchiopu, Mădălina Merișescu A70 Clinical forms of enterovirus infections during the summer season of 2016 Monica Luminos, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anuța Bilașco, Camelia Kouris, Endis Osman, Sabina Vintilă, Magda Vasile, Mădălina Merișescu A71 Face off – HIV and lymphoma – case series presentation Liana Cătălina Gavriliu, Otilia Elisabeta Benea, Alina Angelescu, Ramona Zamfir, Daniela Camburu, Georgeta Ducu, Alina Cozma, Roxana Dumitriu, Manuela Podani, Șerban Benea, Mihaela Ionică A72 Coxsackie infection complicated by pancytopenia – pediatric case report Gheorghiță Jugulete, Adina Stăncescu, Cristina Elena Popescu, Luminița Marin, Diana Zaharia, Cristina Dumitrescu, Lucia Tudor, Sabina Vintilă A73 Viral respiratory infections in children in the season 2015–2016 Constanța-Angelica Vișan, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Anuța Bilașco, Magda Vasile, Mădălina Merișescu, Camelia Kouris, Cristina Negulescu, Endis Osman, Diana-Maria Slavu, Sabina Vintilă, Daniela Pițigoi, Monica Luminos A75 The severity of A H1N1 Influenza infection in the 2015–2016 season Cleo Roșculeț, Catrinel Olimpia Ciuca, Dalila Toma, Cătălin Apostolescu, Andrei Rogoz, Andrei Stangaciu, Viorica Mitescu, Doina Iovănescu, Cornel Camburu, Bogdana Manu A76 Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a child with measles Ana Vaduva-Enoiu, Ramona Georgiana Stanculete, Adelina Raluca Marinescu, Voichita Elena Lazureanu A77 Management challenges of right-sided infectious endocarditis in an HIV positive patient – case presentation Elena-Violeta Niță, Sînziana Dumitru, Daniela-Ioana Munteanu, Anca Ruxandra Negru, Remulus Catană, Ioan Diaconu, Bogdana Manu, Ligia Ionescu, Liliana Ion, Cătălin Tilișcan, Victoria Aramă A78 Bacterial infection in critical patients with severe A H1N1 influenza virus infection (epidemiology, development, therapeutic decisions) Doina Viorica Iovănescu, Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Andrei Rogoz, Cătălin Apostolescu, Viorica Mitescu, Tudor Vladoiu, Dalila Toma, Catrinel Ciuca A79 Epidemiological aspects of severe acute respiratory infection cases (SARI) in the season 2015–2016, in the Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases – Constanța, Romania Iulia Gabriela Șerban, Marioara Neacșu A80Overexpression of IL-6 trans signaling pathway in viral infections Simona Roxana Georgescu, Vasile Benea, Corina Daniela Ene, Mircea Tampa, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Ilinca Nicolae A81 Acute viral hepatitis B with persistent HBsAg – description and evolution George Ciprian Pribac, Mirandolina Prisca, Fulvia Ursoiu, Carmen Neamtu, Bogdan Totolici, Coralia Cotoraci, Aurel Ardelean A82 Prevalence of cervical pathogens in a population of pregnant female patients monitored in a tertiary care hospital in Bucharest, Romania Simona Elena Albu, Mara Carsote, Beatrice Miclăuș, Diana Mihai, Oana Săndulescu, Cristina Vasiliu A83 Prevalence of group B Streptococcus during pregnancy in a cohort of patients monitored in a tertiary care hospital in Bucharest, Romania Cristina Vasiliu, Mara Carsote, Corina Gorgoi, Beatrice Miclăuș, Diana Mihai, Oana Săndulescu, Simona Elena Albu A84 Infectious hematoma in the gastrocnemius muscle – case presentation Amelia Blescun, Gelu Breaza A85 Reflections towards the underexplored HTLV Romanian viral circulation - adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphomas, a case series Sabina Vintila, Felicia Mihai, Meilin Omer, Cornel Dragan, Daniela Pitigoi A86 A febrile confusion syndrome with acute onset – case presentation Mirela Ciucu, Marius-Dan Ionescu, Cristina Roskanovic, Valentina Barbu, Iulian Diaconescu, Florentina Dumitrescu, Irina Niculescu A87 Retrobulbar optic neuritis in a HIV-positive patient - case report Mihaela Ionică, Ramona-Alexandra Zamfir, Alina Cozma, Otilia Elisabeta Benea A88 A rare presentation of Q fever – case presentation Alexandra-Sînziana Dumitru, Daniela-Ioana Munteanu, Violeta Niță, Cristina Popescu, Iulia Bodosca, Angelica Tenita, Viorica Ispas, Victoria Aramă A89 Tinea incognita – case presentation Vasile Benea, Simona Roxana Georgescu, Mircea Tampa, Diana Oana Leahu, Cristina Maria Safta, Mihaela Anca Benea A90 Incidence and risk factors associated with TORCH infections during pregnancy Oana Săndulescu, Octavian Munteanu, Roxana Bohâlțea, Livia Trașcă, Monica Cîrstoiu A91 Acute respiratory failure in critical patients with sepsis Doina Viorica Iovănescu, Cleo Nicoleta Roșculeț, Andrei Rogoz, Cătălin Gabriel Apostolescu, Viorica Daniela Mitescu, Tudor Gheorghe Vladoiu, Dalila Toma, Catrinel Ciuca A92 Cochleo-vestibular deficit secondary to Granulicatella elegans meningitis Mădălina Georgescu A93 Influenza 2015/2016 – clinical, epidemiological and virological characteristics of cases admitted in three infectious diseases hospitals Daniela Pițigoi, Alina Elena Ivanciuc, Mihaela Lazar, Teodora Ionescu, Carmen Maria Cherciu, Cristina Țecu, Maria Elena Mihai, Maria Nițescu, Rodica Bacruban, Delia Azamfire, Aura Dumitrescu, Elena Ianosik, Daniela Leca, Elena Duca, Andra Teodor, Codrina Bejan, Emanoil Ceaușu, Simin-Aysel Florescu, Corneliu Popescu, Grațiela Târdei, Codrina Juganariu, Emilia Lupulescu A94 Severe complications of varicella requiring hospitalization in previously healthy children in Brașov county Ligia Rodina, Maria Elena Cocuz A95 Clinical forms of Clostridium difficile colitis in children Gheorghiță Jugulete, Adina Stăncescu, Cristina Elena Popescu, Luminița Marin, Diana Zaharia, Cristina Dumitrescu, Endis Osman A96 Community-acquired pneumonia – demographic, clinical and etiological aspects Irina Niculescu, Augustin Cupșa, Iulian Diaconescu, Florentina Dumitrescu, Livia Dragonu, Andreea Stoian, Lucian Giubelan, Cristina Roskanovic A97 Acute myocarditis in an adult patient with chickenpox - Case report Ramona-Alexandra Zamfir, Mihaela Ionica, Otilia-Elisabeta Benea A98 Caustic oropharyngeal wound with acute group F streptococcal superinfection mimicking diphtheria – case report and differential diagnosis Maria-Cristina Sîrbu, AnaMaria Dobrotă, Alina Cristina Neguț, Roxana Duda, Rodica Bacruban, Daniela Pițigoi, Cristiana Cerasella Dragomirescu, Daniela Tălăpan, Olga Dorobăț, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Anca Streinu-Cercel A99 Clostridium difficile infection in HIV-positive patients admitted in the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balș” in 2015 Mihaela Ionica, Ramona-Alexandra Zamfir, Alina Cozma, Otilia Elisabeta Benea A100 Title: Epidemiology of Candida oral infections (stomatitis) in Romania Sergiu Fendrihan, Ecaterina Scortan, Mircea Ioan Popa A101 Anthrax case series in south-eastern Romania Corneliu P Popescu, Șerban N Benea, Andra E Petcu, Adriana Hristea, Adrian Abagiu, Iuliana A Podea, Raluca E Jipa, Georgeta Ducu, Raluca M Hrișcă, Dragoș Florea, Manuela Nica, Eliza Manea, Simona Merișor, Cristian M Nicolae, Simin A Florescu, Irina M Dumitru, Emanoil Ceaușu, Sorin Rugină, Ruxandra V Moroti A102 Knowledge, risk perception and attitudes of healthcare workers at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balș” regarding Ebola Daniela Pițigoi, Teodora Ionescu, Oana Săndulescu, Maria Nițescu, Bogdan Nițescu, Iulia Monica Mustaţă, Sorina Claudia Boldeanu, Florentina Furtunescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A103 A case of abdominopelvic actinomycosis with successful short-term antibiotic treatment Diana Gabriela Iacob, Simona Alexandra Iacob, Mihaela Gheorghe A104 A case of pneumonia caused by Raoultella planticola Iulian Diaconescu, Irina Niculescu, Floretina Dumitrescu, Lucian Giubelan A105 Vitamin D deficiency and sepsis in childhood Adriana Slavcovici, Raluca Tripon, Roxana Iubu, Cristian Marcu, Mihaela Sabou, Monica Muntean A106 The clinical and epidemiological aspects and prophylaxis of Lyme disease among patients who presented with tick bites to the Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital “Toma Ciorbă” Ion Chiriac, Tiberiu Holban, Liviu Tazlavanu A107 Drug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV infected patients Raluca Jipa, Eliza Manea, Roxana Cernat, Kezdi Iringo, Andrei Vâță, Manuela Arbune, Teodora Moisil, Adriana Hristea A108 Kidney injury molecule-1 and urinary tract infections Corina-Daniela Ene, Ilinca Nicolae, Roxana Simona Georgescu A109 The impact of microbiological agents on serum gangliosides in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia Corina-Daniela Ene, Cosmin-Victor Ene, Roxana Simona Georgescu, Marilena Ciortea , Lucreția Dulgheru, Ilinca Nicolae A110 Toxocariasis - the experience of the Iași Infectious Diseases Hospital between 2013–2015 Mihaela Cătălina Luca, Ioana-Alina Harja-Alexa, Roxana Nemescu, Mădălina Popazu, Andrei Ștefan Luca A111 Species of anaerobic Gram-positive cocci involved in odontogenic abscesses Gabriela Bancescu, Bogdan Dabu, Adrian Bancescu A112 Clostridium difficile infection recurrences Eliza Manea, Raluca Jipa, Adriana Hristea A113 Differential diagnosis of staphylococcal and tuberculous osteodiscitis – case report Adina Elena Ilie, Săftica-Mariana Pohrib, Alina Cristina Neguț, Maria-Sabina Tache, Maria Magdalena Moțoi, Oana Săndulescu, Ion Aurel Iliescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel A114 Severe clinical forms of respiratory syncytial virus infections Cristina Tecu, Maria-Elena Mihai, Mihaela Lazăr, Carmen Cherciu, Alina Ivanciuc, Daniela Pițigoi, Emilia Lupulescu A115 Acinetobacter baumannii postoperative sepsis associated with Clostridium difficile enterocolitis in an immune suppressed elderly patient Mirela Paliu, Manuela Curescu, Bianca Cerbu, Iosif Marincu A116 Risk factors and their impact on psychopathology and quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS in Romania Fulvia Ursoiu, Mirandolina Prișcă, George Ciprian Pribac A117 Antivirals susceptibility of influenza viruses circulating in Romania Maria Elena Mihai, Carmen Maria Cherciu, Alina Elena Ivanciuc, Cristina Tecu, Emilia Lupulescu A118 Retrospective study of hospitalized cases of sepsis at the Hospital Clinic of Infectious Diseases “Toma Ciorbă” Irina Bunescu, Tiberiu Holban, Ana Pasnin, Stela Semeniuc, Raisa Popovici, Galina Chiriacov
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25. Microbes on a chip: How microfluidics can help us better understand and engineer electroactive microbes
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Arpita Bose, Andreea Stoica, and J.Mark Meacham
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Microbes on a chip: How microfluidics can help us better understand and engineer electroactive microbes EEU is a relatively newly discovered process in microbiology. The Bose research group is bringing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the molecular mechanisms behind EEU and how it can be engineered to provide potential solutions to the climate crisis. These solutions come from the capacity of some EEU-capable microbes to use chemical energy (chemoautotrophs) or light energy (photoautotrophs) in a process like photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass. EEU-capable chemoautotrophs and photoautotrophs are quite common in nature and could not only be used to remove CO2 from the environment but also to concurrently produce bioplastics or biofuels through microbial electrosynthesis.
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26. Analytic Study Regarding Physical Development and Health Level at Youth Population Aged Between 10 and 15 Years Old
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Bianca Andreea Stoica, Dan Alexandru Szabo, Sport, Dr. Ion Raţiu Street, No. , Sibiu, Romania, Ioan Sabin Sopa, Decebal Fodor, and Nicolae Neagu
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Gerontology ,Physical development ,education.field_of_study ,Population ,education ,Psychology - Published
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27. Exploring Oral Microbiome in Healthy Infants and Children: A Systematic Review
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Silvia D’Agostino, Elisabetta Ferrara, Giulia Valentini, Sorana Andreea Stoica, and Marco Dolci
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Adolescent ,Bacteria ,Child, Preschool ,Microbiota ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Infant, Newborn ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ,Humans ,Infant ,Child - Abstract
Recent advances in the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, such as the 16S rRNA gene sequencing, have enabled significant progress in characterizing the architecture of the oral microbiome. Understanding the taxonomic and functional components of the oral microbiome, especially during early childhood development, is becoming critical for identifying the interactions and adaptations of bacterial communities to dynamic conditions that may lead to the dysfunction of the host environment, thereby contributing to the onset and/or progression of a wide range of pathological conditions. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent evidence from studies of the oral microbiome of infants and young children, focusing on the development of oral microbiome in the window of birth to 18 years, focusing on infants. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, WOS, and the WHO clinical trial website for relevant articles published between 2006 to 2022 to identify studies that examined genome-wide transcriptome of the oral microbiome in birth, early childhood, and adolescence performed via 16s rRNA sequence analysis. In addition, the references of selected articles were screened for other relevant studies. This systematic review was performed in accordance PRISMA guidelines. Data extraction and quality assessment were independently conducted by two authors, and a third author resolved discrepancies. Overall, 34 studies were included in this systematic review. Due to a considerable heterogeneity in study population, design, and outcome measures, a formal meta-analysis was not carried out. The current evidence indicates that a core microbiome is present in newborns, and it is stable in species number. Disparity about delivery mode influence are found. Further investigations are needed.
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28. Bridging Machine Learning and Mechanism Design towards Algorithmic Fairness
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Ana-Andreea Stoica, Roland Maio, Gourab K Patro, Manish Raghavan, Jessie Finocchiaro, Faidra Monachou, and Stratis Tsirtsis
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FOS: Computer and information sciences ,Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Mechanism design ,Equity (economics) ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Perspective (graphical) ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Machine learning ,computer.software_genre ,School choice ,Field (computer science) ,Machine Learning (cs.LG) ,Bridging (programming) ,Work (electrical) ,Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory ,020204 information systems ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,computer ,Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT) - Abstract
Decision-making systems increasingly orchestrate our world: how to intervene on the algorithmic components to build fair and equitable systems is therefore a question of utmost importance; one that is substantially complicated by the context-dependent nature of fairness and discrimination. Modern decision-making systems that involve allocating resources or information to people (e.g., school choice, advertising) incorporate machine-learned predictions in their pipelines, raising concerns about potential strategic behavior or constrained allocation, concerns usually tackled in the context of mechanism design. Although both machine learning and mechanism design have developed frameworks for addressing issues of fairness and equity, in some complex decision-making systems, neither framework is individually sufficient. In this paper, we develop the position that building fair decision-making systems requires overcoming these limitations which, we argue, are inherent to each field. Our ultimate objective is to build an encompassing framework that cohesively bridges the individual frameworks of mechanism design and machine learning. We begin to lay the ground work towards this goal by comparing the perspective each discipline takes on fair decision-making, teasing out the lessons each field has taught and can teach the other, and highlighting application domains that require a strong collaboration between these disciplines., Accepted at ACM FAccT 2021
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29. Photoferrotrophy and phototrophic extracellular electron uptake is common in the marine anoxygenic phototroph Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
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Karthikeyan Rengasamy, Dinesh Gupta, Beau McGinley, Wei Bai, Rajesh Singh, Michael S. Guzman, Emily J. Davenport, Tahina Onina Ranaivoarisoa, J. Mark Meacham, Arpita Bose, and Andreea Stoica
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Thiosulfate ,0303 health sciences ,Biogeochemical cycle ,biology ,Phototroph ,030306 microbiology ,Electron donor ,Biological Transport ,Electrons ,Rhodovulum ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Anoxygenic photosynthesis ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Microbial ecology ,Extracellular ,Biophysics ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Rhodovulum sulfidophilum ,Ecosystem ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Photoferrotrophy allows anoxygenic phototrophs to use reduced iron as an electron donor for primary productivity. Recent work shows that freshwater photoferrotrophs can use electrons from solid-phase conductive substances via phototrophic extracellular electron uptake (pEEU), and the two processes share the underlying electron uptake mechanism. However, the ability of marine phototrophs to perform photoferrotrophy and pEEU, and the contribution of these processes to primary productivity is largely unknown. To fill this knowledge gap, we isolated 15 new strains of the marine anoxygenic phototroph Rhodovulum sulfidophilum on electron donors such as acetate and thiosulfate. We observed that all of the R. sulfidophilum strains isolated can perform photoferrotrophy. We chose strain AB26 as a representative strain to study further, and find that it can also perform pEEU from poised electrodes. We show that during pEEU, AB26 transfers electrons to the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Furthermore, systems biology-guided mutant analysis shows that R. sulfidophilum AB26 uses a previously unknown diheme cytochrome c protein, which we call EeuP, for pEEU but not photoferrotrophy. Homologs of EeuP occur in a range of widely distributed marine microbes. Overall, these results suggest that photoferrotrophy and pEEU contribute to the biogeochemical cycling of iron and carbon in marine ecosystems.
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30. Seeding Network Influence in Biased Networks and the Benefits of Diversity
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Jessy Xinyi Han, Augustin Chaintreau, and Ana-Andreea Stoica
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Social network ,Computer science ,business.industry ,02 engineering and technology ,Maximization ,01 natural sciences ,Data science ,010104 statistics & probability ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,0101 mathematics ,business ,Set (psychology) ,Social influence ,Diversity (business) - Abstract
The problem of social influence maximization is widely applicable in designing viral campaigns, news dissemination, or medical aid. State-of-the-art algorithms often select “early adopters” that are most central in a network unfortunately mirroring or exacerbating historical biases and leaving under-represented communities out of the loop. Through a theoretical model of biased networks, we characterize the intricate relationship between diversity and efficiency, which sometimes may be at odds but may also reinforce each other. Most importantly, we find a mathematically proven analytical condition under which more equitable choices of early adopters lead simultaneously to fairer outcomes and larger outreach. Analysis of data on the DBLP network confirms that our condition is often met in real networks. We design and test a set of algorithms leveraging the network structure to optimize the diffusion of a message while avoiding to create disparate impact among participants based on their demographics, such as gender or race.
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31. Chronic Statin Therapy and Histologic Gastric Changes
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Andreea Stoica, Anca Negovan, Monica Pantea, Andreea Szoke, Septimiu Voidazan, Ioan Țilea, and Simona Mocan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,gastric atrophy ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,intestinal metaplasia ,statins ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Statin therapy ,business ,premalignant lesions - Abstract
Background: The additional benefits of certain frequently used chronic drugs such as statins or aspirin are investigated for their possible effect of influencing various types of cancer, including gastric cancer. The possible role of statins in the occurrence of pre-neoplastic gastric lesions has not been investigated. Aim: The study aims to determine the influence of chronic statin therapy on premalignant gastric lesions (glandular atrophy, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia), adjusted with the most important aggressive environmental factors of the gastric mucosa (Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] infection, low-dose aspirin [acetylsalicylic acid, ASA], biliary reflux, smoking, alcohol consumption). Method: The study included 566 patients with cardiovascular diseases who underwent an upper endoscopy: 222 patients with chronic statin therapy (atorvastatin 20–80 mg/day or rosuvastatin 5–20 mg/day for at least 6 months) and 344 patients without statin intake. A complete set of biopsies from the gastric antrum and corpus were routinely processed and examined, and demographical, clinical, and pathological variables were recorded. Results: Active H. pylori infection in gastric biopsies (p = 0.45), biliary reflux (p = 0.74), alcohol consumption (p = 0.43), or prior ulcer disease (p = 0.07; OR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.33–1.04) were not associated with an increased risk for premalignant lesions, neither in the statin, nor the no-statin group. Smoking was associated with premalignant lesions in both groups (p = 0.01; OR: 2.24; 95% CI: 1.12–4.47; and p = 0.04; OR: 1.72; 95% CI: 1.01–2.94, respectively), while chronic use of ASA had no influence (p = 0.24, respective p = 0.35). In multivariate regression models, chronic treatment with statins had a protective effect (p = 0.006; OR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.4–0.8), while smoking (p = 0.01; OR: 1.99; 95% CI: 1.17–3.39) and age >50 years (p H. pylori infection, gender, alcohol consumption, biliary reflux, or prior ulcer disease were not associated with premalignant lesions (p >0.05). Conclusions: In the studied population, chronic statin treatment seems to be associated with a decreased risk for premalignant gastric lesions, while age over 50 years and smoking, regardless of gender or ASA consumption, remain the most important risk factors for premalignant gastric lesions.
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32. ANALYTIC STUDY REGARDING PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH LEVEL AT YOUTH POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 YEARS OLD.
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ALEXANDRU, SZABO DAN, NICOLAE, NEAGU, DECEBAL, FODOR, ANDREEA, STOICA BIANCA, and SABIN, SOPA IOAN
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BODY mass index ,BODY weight ,PRACTICE (Sports) ,POPULATION aging ,HEIGHT measurement ,OVERWEIGHT children - Abstract
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33. Basarab overpass influence on road traffic in the Bucharest central area . MAIN ring closure can come true or is a utopia?
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Sorin BURLACU, Adrian STOICA, Bogdan Cristian GEORGESCU, and Sonia Andreea STOICA
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traffic management ,traffic arteries, traffic capacity, parking capacity, public transport, main ring, ring median, mode of transport - Abstract
In the last 15 years in Bucharest was trying to take measures, some based on Traffic surveys conducted in 1998 and 2008 by JICA and WSP Group. Although those were taken "measures to ease the traffic" the results delay to occur. Car traffic in Bucharest creates very serious problems in recent years. In the hours 7:30 to 9:30 and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. most arteries are congested, congestion occurring major and temporary traffic jams. In recent studies conducted, the number of parking spaces in peripheral arteries is provided at a rate of 12% - 23%, other vehicles pull up on the street lining the roadway narrowing further. From 1992 to 2011 the appropriate road surface of a vehicle decreased to 7.2 times. From 1992 to 2011 the appropriate road surface of a vehicle decreased to 7.2 times in many areas of Bucharest traffic increase is not directly proportional to increasing motorization in Bucharest. This increase was influenced by administrative decisions insufficiently studied?
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34. Prevalence of osteo-renal impairment in the Romanian HIV cohort
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Anca Streinu-Cercel, Monica Andreea Stoica, Daniela Manolache, Liliana Lucia Preoțescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Gabriela Ceapraga, and Oana Săndulescu
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0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Osteoporosis ,Renal function ,HIV Infections ,Comorbidity ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Absorptiometry, Photon ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Chronic kidney disease ,medicine ,Bone mineral density ,eGFR ,Prevalence ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Risk factor ,Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ,DXA ,Lumbar Vertebrae ,business.industry ,Romania ,Research ,HIV ,medicine.disease ,030112 virology ,Surgery ,CD4 Lymphocyte Count ,Osteopenia ,Infectious Diseases ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Cohort ,Female ,business ,Kidney disease ,Cohort study ,Glomerular Filtration Rate - Abstract
Background The Romanian HIV cohort has certain particularities that render it unique in Europe. We have performed a study to evaluate the prevalence of bone and kidney impairment in this particular group of HIV-infected patients. Methods We performed dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) evaluation of the lumbar vertebrae and the femur, as well as laboratory tests including standard serum panels, bone-related markers and urinalysis in patients from the Romanian HIV cohort. Results The study included 72 patients, of which 46 (58.3 %) were males. The median (IQR) age was 38 (18) years and the median (IQR) time from HIV infection diagnosis was 9 (13) years. Most patients (55.6 %) were non-smokers, but a relatively high proportion (37.5 %) was currently smoking. Only a small percentage of patients (20.8 %) did not present any comorbidities, while 40.3 % had one comorbidity, the most frequent being dyslipidemia (present in 25 patients, 38.5 %). Only 6 patients had a medical history suggestive for renal disease and 3 for bone-related abnormalities. The median (IQR) glomerular filtration rate was 97.5 (33.0) mL/min/1.73sqm. We diagnosed 21 patients (29.6 %) with stage 2 chronic kidney disease and one patient (1.4 %) with stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Proteinuria was present in 9 (12.7 %) patients. The estimated glomerular filtration rate was significantly lower in patients with cardiac comorbidities (p = 0.013). Vitamin D was significantly lower in smokers compared with non-smokers, with a mean value of 15 vs. 21 ng/mL and a moderate effect size (Cohen’s d = −0.5) (p = 0.046). Lumbar osteopenia and osteoporosis were diagnosed in 33.3 and 13.7 % of patients, while femoral osteopenia and osteoporosis were diagnosed in 37.3 and 7.8 %, respectively. Lower nadir CD4 cell counts were found in patients with bone-related comorbidities (p = 0.000). Conclusions We identified a relatively high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the Romanian HIV cohort, and a fairly low prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis, compared with other European countries. In this category of patients smoking should be avoided altogether, as it may be an indirect risk factor for kidney disease (associating cardiac comorbidities) and it may impair bone metabolism by altering serum levels of hydroxy-vitamin D.
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35. ChemInform Abstract: Highly Conducting, n-Type Bi12O15Cl6Nanosheets with Superlattice-Like Structure
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Fei Wu, Andreea Stoica, Parag Banerjee, Li Yang, Seung Soo Lee, Hongxia Zhong, Yoon Myung, John D. Fortner, and Sriya Banerjee
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Semiconductor ,Annealing (metallurgy) ,Chemistry ,business.industry ,Superlattice ,Nanotechnology ,General Medicine ,business - Abstract
Oxygen-rich Bi12O15Cl6 n-type semiconductor nanosheets are obtained after annealing p-type BiOCl nanosheets in vacuum at 500 °C.
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36. Modeling epidemics on adaptively evolving networks: a data-mining perspective
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Alexander Holiday, Ana-Andreea Stoica, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, and Assimakis A. Kattis
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Microbiology (medical) ,FOS: Computer and information sciences ,Physics - Physics and Society ,Informatics ,Systems Analysis ,Immunology ,Diffusion map ,FOS: Physical sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) ,Biology ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,Microbiology ,Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods ,Statistics - Applications ,37M05 ,0103 physical sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Data Mining ,Computer Simulation ,Applications (stat.AP) ,010306 general physics ,Epidemics ,Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM) ,Simple (philosophy) ,Small number ,Perspective (graphical) ,Observable ,Models, Theoretical ,Infectious Diseases ,Evolving networks ,FOS: Biological sciences ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Parasitology ,Data mining ,State (computer science) ,Epidemic model ,computer ,Algorithms ,Research Paper - Abstract
The exploration of epidemic dynamics on dynamically evolving ("adaptive") networks poses nontrivial challenges to the modeler, such as the determination of a small number of informative statistics of the detailed network state (that is, a few "good observables") that usefully summarize the overall (macroscopic, systems level) behavior. Trying to obtain reduced, small size, accurate models in terms of these few statistical observables - that is, coarse-graining the full network epidemic model to a small but useful macroscopic one - is even more daunting. Here we describe a data-based approach to solving the first challenge: the detection of a few informative collective observables of the detailed epidemic dynamics. This will be accomplished through Diffusion Maps, a recently developed data-mining technique. We illustrate the approach through simulations of a simple mathematical model of epidemics on a network: a model known to exhibit complex temporal dynamics. We will discuss potential extensions of the approach, as well as possible shortcomings., 24 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Virulence
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37. THE STORY TELLING ENGINE FOR LEARNING AMBIENCE: HOW TO CREATE EFFECTIVE AND INVOLVING VIRTUAL LEARNING WORLDS?
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Andreea Stoica and Ursula Neulinger
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Science and knowledge ,Information ,Librarianship ,Institution ,Publications ,Documentation ,Computer science ,Organization - Abstract
The Story Telling Engine for Learning Ambience of create21st century: How to create effective and involving Virtual Learning Worlds? Authors: Ursula Neulinger-Head of Marketing create21st century Andreea R. Stoica-Business Development Manager create 21st century Users of today want to be able to move intuitively and quickly in an online learning offer or e-learning course. The virtual learning world is a tool for making the navigation within a complex and ever-growing learning offer simple, clear and, above all, interesting! Just like IT professionals, newcomers to IT also find their way around these virtual worlds very successfully due to the kinaesthetic approach. This is a virtual place which begins to convey statements and content immediately upon entry and navigation, and the spatial design of the interface is designed accordingly. The learning environments allow the user to allocate the content offer correctly, and several "paths to knowledge" are enabled for different types of learners. Learning content is thus conveyed together with image, brand values, sales arguments and corporate culture. In 2007, 2013 and 2014 create21st century received the e-Learning Award from the German e-learning Journal for the concept of the virtual world of learning and our "Storytelling Engine" technology for the Oxford School, Silhouette World of Learning and for the Bank Austria UniCredit Academy. The Story Telling Engine for Learning Ambience has been constructed based on didactical, dramaturgical and design technical criteria. Clients such as Nestl?, the AUDI Academy and many more are already using the create21st century learning worlds successfully in their commercial operations. In this paper create 21st century will not only present the Storytelling Engine for Learning Ambience as a technical innovation, but also the principles our virtual learning worlds are based on through the homogenous mixture of the 3D's: Didactics, Dramaturgy and Design. The success recipe relies on a didactically target group optimal structuring of the learning content, a motivational dramaturgy curve achieved through storytelling and gamification elements and an intuitive design focused on achieving a perfect LEARNING & USER EXPERIENCE. Our technological and conceptual approach will be presented through concrete case studies such as the Virtual World of Audi and the Bank Austria UniCredit Academy.
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38. Dual infection with Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniaein a patient with multiple comorbidities – case presentation
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Oana Săndulescu, Ioana Berciu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Monica Andreea Stoica, Anca Streinu-Cercel, and Liliana Lucia Preoțescu
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,biology ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tigecycline ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Pancytopenia ,Gastroenterology ,Procalcitonin ,Acinetobacter baumannii ,Sepsis ,Pneumonia ,Infectious Diseases ,Internal medicine ,Poster Presentation ,Colistin ,Medicine ,Hemodialysis ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Case report A 35 year-old male patient presented to our clinic in May 2014 for progressive malaise, low-grade fever and nausea. His medical history revealed chronic glomerulonephritis and renal failure with hemodialysis from 2005 to 2010; kidney transplant in 2010, with transplant rejection and positive CMV-IgM in March 2014. He also presented arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease and left ventricular hypertrophy since 2010, multiple episodes of sepsis and pneumonia with Klebsiella spp. through digestive microbial translocation (colonic ulcerations), and a double aortocoronary bypass in March 2014. The thoracotomy incision had healed almost completely, but the right calf incision presented signs of infection. His concomitant therapy included anti-hypertensive agents, antiplatelet therapy, ganciclovir, immune-suppression therapy with mycophenolic acid, and prednisone (10 mg/day). On admission, the clinical exam was normal, except for bilateral lower limb edema and inflammation of the right calf incision area, with multiple patches of exposed soft tissue and suppuration. Biologically, he presented pancytopenia (WBC 2,100 cells/μL, hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL, thrombocytes 137,000 cells/μL), nitrogen retention syndrome (urea 147.4 mg/dL, creatinine 4.4 mg/dL). The patient’s reactivity was quite low given the concomitant immune-suppressive treatment, with ESR 38 mm/1h, fibrinogen 351 mg/dL, and CRP 10 mg/L. Urine cultures, repeated blood cultures and procalcitonin were negative, but the smear from the right calf incision wound identified inflammatory cells and Gramnegative coccobacilli, and CLED cultures grew smooth, yellow, lactose-fermenting colonies. Microscan (Siemens, Munich, Germany) identified carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) and the strain was subcultured and grew a smooth, grey, non-lactose-fermenting colony, identified on VITEK (bioMerieux, Paris, France) as Acinetobacter baumannii. Both strains were resistant to all tested drugs except for colistin and tigecycline. As both strains initially grew in a single isolated culture, with homogenous morphology, it took repeated cultures to separate the two strains. The patient’s evolution was favorable under treatment with tigecycline and local instillations of colistin.
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39. Performance of shear-waves elastography in the non-invasive assessment of thyroid stiffness in patients with viral hepatitis
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Daniela Manolache, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Anca Streinu-Cercel, Oana Săndulescu, and Monica Andreea Stoica
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Thyroid nodules ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Ribavirin ,Ultrasound ,Thyroid ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Thyroid lobe ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Internal medicine ,Poster Presentation ,Genotype ,medicine ,Elastography ,business ,Viral hepatitis - Abstract
Results We assessed 21 patients with chronic HCV infection, with a male-to-female ratio of 0.6:1. The mean age was 51.4 ± 11.9 years. The mean duration of HCV infection was 5.2 ± 5.5 years (range: 0-20 years). The predominant HCV genotype was 1b (in 16 patients – data not available for 5 patients), and the predominant IL28-B genotype was CT (9 patients), followed by TT (7 patients) and CC (3 patients) – IL28-B data were not available for 2 patients. Most (17, 81.0%) of the patients had received prior anti-HCV therapy with peg-interferon+ribavirin (PR) or direct-acting antivirals (DAA)-based treatment, and 13 of them displayed SVR (12 with DAA-based therapy and one with PR – the patient had an IL28-B genotype CC), while 4 displayed non-response to PR (IL28-B genotypes CT and TT). Eight of the patients (38.1%) had a previously diagnosed thyroid dysfunction, and 4 of them (19.0%) were under thyroid substitution treatment at the time of evaluation. Five of the patients (23.8%) presented thyroid nodules on ultrasound examination. The mean liver SWE was 9.6 ± 4.2 kPa and the mean thyroid SWE was 25.1 ± 10.4 kPa overall, and 26.2 ± 11.3 kPa for the left thyroid lobe and 24.7 ± 13.0 kPa for the right thyroid lobe.
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40. Highly Conducting, n-TypeBi12O15Cl6Nanosheets with Superlattice-likeStructure.
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Yoon Myung, Fei Wu, Sriya Banerjee, Andreea Stoica, Hongxia Zhong, Seung-Soo Lee, John Fortner, Li Yang, and Parag Banerjee
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- 2015
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41. Performance of shear-waves elastography in the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis in the Romanian population
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Monica Andreea Stoica, Oana Săndulescu, Gabriela Ceapraga, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Liliana Lucia Preoțescu, and Anca Streinu-Cercel
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Pathology ,Cirrhosis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Non invasive ,Population ,virus diseases ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Medical microbiology ,Infectious Diseases ,Chronic hepatitis ,Hepatocellular carcinoma ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Coinfection ,Oral Presentation ,Elastography ,business ,education - Abstract
Results We have examined a total of 80 patients with chronic hepatitis, of which 58.8% had HCV infection, 16.3% HBV infection, 6.3% HBV + HDV coinfection, 2.5% ASH, 2.5% HIV infection and 13.8% had idiopathic liver involvement. The male-to-female ratio was 0.86:1, and the mean age was 48.6 ± 14.9 years. The mean duration of hepatic disease evolution was 7.6 ± 5.7 years, longer for HCV infection (mean 8.3 ± 5.9 years) than for HBV infection (4.75 ± 3.9 years, p = 0.028). The overall mean SWE liver stiffness was 9.6 ± 5.3 kPa, higher in patients with HCV infection (10.8 ± 5.9 kPa) than in those with HBV infection (6.98 ± 1.9 kPa, p = 0.009). Overall, 37.5% of patients were classified as F0-F1 on SWE, 25.0% F2, 8.8% F3 and 28.7% F4. Liver cirrhosis was present in 28.7% of patients and hepatocellular carcinoma had already been diagnosed in 6.3% of all patients and in 21.7% of all patients with cirrhosis (5 cases, of which 4 had been previously diagnosed with cirrhosis with HCV – 3 cases, and HBV +HDV – 1 case, and 1 had an idiopathic cause for liver involvement and a stiffness corresponding to F0-F1 on SWE).
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