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USE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
Authors: Vartic Valentina , Oprisan Emilia
Published: February 2023

: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed by Romania in 2007, analyses disability as a result of "interaction between people with disabilities and attitudes and environmental barriers that prevent their full and effective participation in society" (Preamble). In the same context, there is talk of "reasonable accommodation", those necessary changes to be made, specific to each type and degree of deficiency, to allow the exercise of rights and freedoms on an equal footing for all citizens.
To facilitate access to information for people with visual impairments, a series of technologies have been developed that allow users to use computing and communication technology like everyone else. Depending on the special needs of people with disabilities, the degree of vision impairment, reasonable adaptive solutions have been developed. Depending on the special needs of people with disabilities, visual impairment, we talk about hardware assistive technologies (display, braille keyboard, printers, magnifiers, etc.) and software (voice recognition, speech synthesis, screen reader, etc.).
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of visually impaired people attending a faculty. This determines the necessity of adapting access to information in the educational institutions and for those with visual deficiencies in courses, seminars, at the library, etc. A study at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, reveals students' knowledge of assistive technologies for visually impaired people, the existence and use of faculty, specific needs to access information. The results of the study focus on the direction of changing the academic environment to make access to information available to students with visual impairments.
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP: INNOVATION FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL AGE
Authors: Akcil Umut , Altinay Zehra , Dagli Gokmen , Altinay Fahriye
Published: February 2023

Recent developments in information and communication technologies have moved schools into digital platforms. For this reason, in our digital-age, technology-based leadership has an important place increasing the quality of expected education in the environment of the new generation students, who we call digital natives. The Technology Leadership that emerged at this point is an important type of leadership that should be adopted for the school administrators in the digital age. In this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the role of technology leadership self-efficacy on educational processes in the digital age in the context of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). In the study, a semi-structured interview form was employed as the data collection tool. The study was conducted in the academic year of 2018 and a total of 20 school administrators engaged in the secondary education level under the ministry of national education were included in the study. The views obtained from the administrators were analyzed with content analysis. The results were evaluated utilizing TAM model. In light of the views of administrators which are analyzed according to "perceived ease of use" and "perceived usefulness" defined by TAM model, it is concluded that the technology leadership self-efficacy has an impact on technology integration to the education process, promoting effective use of technology for learning, communicating effectively with all the stakeholders and creating social interaction based on trust.technology leadership, technology acceptance, digital age, school administrators, digital natives technology leadership, technology acceptance, digital age, school administrators, digital nativestechnology leadership, technology acceptance, digital age, school administrators, digital natives
DEVELOPING AT A GREAT PACE: STUDIES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Altinay Fahriye , Karaatmaca Ceren , Altinay Zehra , Dagli Gokmen
Published: February 2023

The aim of this study is to examine the courses on artificial intelligence in higher education that are opening at a great pace in recent years.
Intelligence can be defined as a very general mental ability that consists of many elements, including reasoning, planning, problem solving, and abstract thinking, understanding complex thoughts, fast learning, and learning through experience. Today technology evolves into a new world of design through artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In this context, artificial intelligence is a field of study that deals with methods to ensure that human intelligence is imitated by the computer. At this point, when the basic subjects of artificial intelligence studies are examined, it is observed that knowledge representation, inference and learning subjects come to the fore.
In this respect, although, there is a wide gap in the level of information in local higher education compared with western developed countries like US, Turkish and North Cyprus higher education has made remarkable achievements in infrastructure, key technologies, information technology, and standards construction in recent years.
At the mentioned point, when the leading universities operating in Northern Cyprus and Turkey are examined, it is seen that various departments of universities are focusing on very different areas. Conscientiously summing up results, revealing problems and learning from experiences of developed countries will be conducive to accelerate the process of education information in Northern part of Cyprus higher education.
The research studied the content of the university official websites to analyse different artificial intelligence course details. With the content analysis main subject areas of Artificial Intelligence courses were examined and the opening date of the courses are investigated for higher Education in Northern part of Cyprus. Additionally, for the aim of comparison, the data from top ten universities in US are exposed according to referred artificial intelligence course related subject areas and course opening dates.
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS ON YOUNG PEOPLE
Authors: Neagu Simona nicoleta , Vieriu Aniellamihaela
Published: February 2023

As stated in the specialized studies, the greatest technological discoveries in the history of mankind will be recorded in the next three decades. Progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI), combined with radical discoveries in hard and software, will inaugurate a new era, which today seems to be science fiction. The existence of artificial intelligence, robots, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and materials science are no longer considered "miracles." A recent study by Dell Technologies says that 85% of jobs in 2030 have not yet been invented, and over the next decade, over 10% of current jobs will be automated.
In the world's largest industrial air-conditioning plant in China, 800 robots replaced 24,000 workers at Midea. Intelligent military robots are already present on battlefields - the United States, China and Israel, being world leaders in their field use.
There are jobs that will disappear and others will be invented, our skills and competences are constantly changing, the labor market is constantly changing, employers will have other specifications in the job description. In this new world, our relationship with technology will change forever. How will we keep up with these changes? How will we deal with them? In this context, we aim to investigate within focus groups what is the impact of accelerated technological progress on youth at the psychological, social and employability level and which would be the solutions that they propose. The target group will be represented by students of the faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
INNOVATIVE STRANDS IN THE ZOE PROJECT
Authors: Colibaba Anca cristina , Gheorghiu Irina , Colibaba Stefan , Antonita Carmen , Croitoru Irina , Ursa Ovidiu
Published: February 2023

The article is a study on the ZOE project, Zoonoses Online Education, (2016-1-RO01-KA203-024732), a European project funded by Erasmus+ programme for the years 2016-2019. The project has been developed within an international partnership including a wide range of institutions (Universities, medical and educational institutions, non-governmental educational organisations and IT centres) from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain and Romania. The project promotes a better understanding of zoonoses and outlines the role of interdisciplinary research and technology enriched education where professionals can share their knowledge and experience. Further more, it also raises awareness about the importance of creating synergies between the human and veterinary medicine and encourages raise-awareness interventions related to identifying, monitoring and controlling malaria and dirofilariosis. The article focuses on the project's interdisciplinarity: the ZOE project encompasses medicine, veterinary practice, linguistic communication in six languages, internationalisation of higher education and technology enriched education. It also highlights the innovative character of its guidelines on infectious zoonotic diseases, malaria and dirofilariosis, which were once eradicated in Europe but have appeared again. The article describes the project's idea and main objectives, highlighting its focus and innovative activities. The study gives interesting insights into the innovative and ICT based teaching/ learning MOOC project course, which is supported by videos in six languages. The linguistic MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) created within the project aims to improve students' skills in zoonotic clinical procedures and medical communication and intercultural skills. The project addresses not only medical lecturers and language teachers teaching medical students but also medical students and the public at large.
USING E-PORTOFOLIOS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES – DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT LEARNING SKILLS
Authors: Felea Cristina , Stanca Liana
Published: February 2023

This paper addresses e-portfolio pedagogy with a twofold purpose: in the local context, it aims to develop a research model that would facilitate the collection of data and a deeper understanding of the effects of the transition to a technology-enhanced learning environment. Within a more general context, it aims to contribute an analysis model of student learning in the digital era. At both levels, students are considered as digital natives that are increasingly aware of and concerned with developing skills and strategies meant to facilitate a more efficient integration on the current dynamic job market.
The study continues an almost decade long preoccupation with finding ways of embedding transversal and job-related skills in teaching English for specific academic purposes in Babes-Bolyai University and with facilitating students' reflective practice and peer learning. The introduction of the e-portfolio as a collection of digital artifacts is related to the learning process and final outcomes in the area of information processing. Answers are expected to questions such as: do students see e-portfolios as efficient tools in developing their transversal and job-related skills? Does student engagement with the course increase during the process of building the e-portfolios? By following the process steps (managing their own learning), do students develop their self-directed skills and autonomy?
To find out the answers, a quantitative analysis was performed on complex data collected from students' work, learning outcomes and a final survey. A selection of data is also used to illustrate the potential of this instrument to help students become autonomous, independent learners, eager to participate actively in the learning process and capable to identify opportunities for self-improvement and a rich learning experience. The results are expected to offer important evidence on the fact that the sense of property and control over learning can be a high motivator in the learning process. The findings could also contribute to re(de)fining a de-centered perspective in pedagogy, where teacher and students work together to find solutions to develop and permanently adjust their competences to the academic and job market environments.
ADAPTING STEM AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE LANGUAGE SKILLS
Authors: Marchisio Marina , Barana Alice , Floris Francesco , Marello Carla , Pulvirenti Marta , Rabellino Sergio , Sacchet Matteo
Published: February 2023

Enhancing language skills is a duty for many institutions, schools and universities; Information and Communications Technology is nowadays supporting language teaching, heading also to the integration of foreigners. According to previous studies, the use of a Technology Enhanced Learning Environment can foster language competences through online tests. The goal of this paper is to show and discuss different typologies of automatically evaluated questions useful to learn languages and designed with an Automatic Assessment System, already successfully used for teaching STEM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This work has been carried out thanks to the collaboration between the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Foreign Languages. Five different typologies of questions are analysed: "Combining sentence elements" asks to combine given elements to form at least three correct and meaningful sentences; "Find the mistake" asks whether a sentence is grammatically correct and to explain why; "The Target puzzle" asks to join words together using precise links; "Scrambled text" asks the student the correct sequence of sentences in a scrambled text; "The Encrypted Crossword puzzle" is a crossword puzzle without definition clues. Linguists consider these question types effective to develop language competences and have already used them profitably in traditional teaching and language learning. To engage the learner and increase motivation, we will develop an implementation where the questions are self-evaluated, always available, with immediate and interactive feedback. These tools could be used in online language courses and in all those teaching activities that are carried out remotely by the student alone. All questions are outlined with the explanation of the grading code and a triplet of descriptors; they describe the Performance, Requirements and Objectives of each question and allow further studies on automatic detection of the relatedness between different language learning objects, in order to construct adaptive language tests.
MULTILINGUALISM AND MINORITY LANGUAGE TEACHING. BETWEEN TRADITION AND REVITALIZATION
Authors: Soare Ioanlaurian , Munteanubanateanu Mariacristina
Published: February 2023

Language variety (multilingualism) gains today more and more significance in our community. Children in their early school years have already access to different language sources. There is a friendly educational environment that allows further students fit into new practices whereas languages are able to help them (re)orienting their educational frame. In times past the rigid curriculum of the school system restricted language variety. The decision to exclude Low German (Niederdeutsch) in schools in the 19th century led to a partial extinction of the language and its dialects in Northern Germany nowadays, whereas miles away in South Europe the Basque language reshaped its ideological terrain and turned from a banned language in Franco's dictatorship (about 40 years ago) into a co-official regional language in nowadays Spain with an increasing number of speakers. This paper investigates firstly the status of a language as a minority/local/regional language in opposition to a dominant/national/official language, whereas denominations such as: minority or official languages need further explanations. In Ireland the Irish language has the status of an official language, on the other hand the number of people who declared they speak the language amounts to 6-7% in the whole population. This gives Irish both a minority and an official status, nevertheless: the name of a so called minority language can vary depending on region and tradition. Low German, also known as Nether German or Low Saxon (Niederdeutsch, Plattdeutsch, Nedersaksisch) is still competing for an official name. Whereas in Spain there is Euskera or el Vasco. Secondly, the paper analyses the role of two minority languages within the national educational system of Spain, France and Germany. The two languages are: the Basque language which is spoken in Northern Spain (more exactly in the Basque Country and northern Navarre) and France (in the French Basque Country), the second language is: Low German (spoken mainly in northern parts of Germany). Thirdly, the present paper concludes the fact that within a multilingual/bilingual/monolingual milieu of nowadays Europe a revitalization of a minority language can be achieved due to certain social mechanisms. There is the school system on one hand, then the tradition and identity values a certain group of people may perform and of course there are the authorities and the language policies they develop on the other hand. Accordingly, by means of a collaboration of these mechanisms a revitalization of the Basque language was possible in Spain, respectively because of a malfunction of these structures we notice a decline of Low German in Germany.
PROBLEMATICS OF THE EMIGRANTS’ ACCOMMODATION IN A NEW EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT. THE PERSPECTIVE OF PUPILS’
Authors: Vieriu Aniellamihaela , Neagu Simona nicoleta
Published: February 2023

This research has focused on the adjustment of Romanian migrant pupils learning in host country schools. The sample included a total of 102 Romanian migrant pupils, 40 male and 62 female. They attend different schools in countries such as Spain, Italy and Belgium (i.e. the main countries of destination for Romanian pupils). They have been contacted through the Institute for Romanian Language and attend elective classes in Romanian language, culture and civilization supported by the Romanian Ministry of National Education.
Pupils' adjustment was investigated by means of a questionnaire consisting of four subscales: linguistic adaptation, cultural adaptation, school adjustment and teacher-pupil relationship. The findings confirm that while Romanian migrant pupils have a satisfactory level of educational and linguistic adjustment, the social adjustment is less satisfactory. We also obtained correlation between linguistic adaptation and school adjustment, linguistic adaptation and social adaptation, linguistic adaptation and teacher-pupils relationship, school adjustment and social adaptation, school adjustment and teacher-pupils relationship, social adaptation and teacher-pupils relationship. We also identified a significant difference between Italy and Spain (countries with the highest score) for linguistic adaptation. This study is a part of a larger research in which the empirical studies are interrelated. The first one investigates the adaptation of Romanian migrants pupils to the school abroad, through the teachers in the respective schools. The second study researches several dimensions of the Pupils' effective, real, situational adaption to a new educational context.
This research resulted in a corpus of useful knowledge, most of which confirm the validity of the initial hypotheses and may become a supporting material for all the players involved in the proposed issue - pupils, their parents, teachers, and the school in the host-country.
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN E-LEARNING PROCESS
Authors: Banciu Doina , Petre Ionut , Boncea Radu
Published: February 2023

The paper presents the results of research projects developed in the field of Information management by the National Institute for Research and Develop Considering the high-paced growth of information generated in the current Information Society, a high-quality e-learning process must deliver a significant amount of content to a large number of users. The paper presents the development, from concept to release, of a platform destined for promoting culture at different levels of users. It shows how the e-learning process could be organized around the integrated information regarding one or more cultural objectives.
Technical innovations and the exponential expansion of online resources changed the way society works. Nowadays the classic method of learning, based on books, source code samples, magazines and journals, is losing ground in favor of e-Learning which is based on internet resources such as documents, applications and tools that are accessed using a personal computer or any another smart device. Considering the high-paced growth of information generated in the current Information Society, a high-quality e-learning process must deliver a significant amount of content to a large number of users. Technology is now facilitating the distribution of knowledge through software tools, in order to create a wide variety of learning possibilities for all sorts of users. A platform for information and documentation that integrates the IT&C technologies to deliver cultural information, with facilities that appeal to the public, is a qualitative and quantitative point of access. The technical considerations for the implementations of this project are also described in the paper.
VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AS ONE OF THE PERSPECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF E-LEARNING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Authors: Dubskikh Anheliena , Savinova Yuliya , Butova Anna
Published: February 2023

Currently, training of professional engineers able to be competitive with foreign counterparts in the international labor market is one of the most important problems of Russian technical universities. To achieve this goal, graduates of engineering universities are required to speak a foreign language at the appropriate level to follow the latest advances in science and technology and become professional and competent experts in their field.
Teaching a foreign language in the current context is an important task in the complex of humanitarian training in a technical university, as future specialists, speaking a foreign language, keep themselves open to their professional activities. UNESCO experts and governments of different countries come to the conclusion that good results can be achieved if universities use e-learning foreign language management systems.
It is a brand-new technology of education for life in the information society, orienting a student to a new work style, developing skills and abilities for continuing education. The e-learning(EL) technology completely changes a person's attitude to education, provides an opportunity to learn anywhere, anytime, and throughout life, even without leaving home and not crossing borders.
In recent decades the problem of building successful EL-strategies for learning a foreign language has become extremely relevant and widely discussed throughout the world. Innovative foreign language courses are being developed and implemented using EL technologies in many technical universities. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University (the RF) is not an exception. E-learning has long been actively implemented in the educational process of the university. On the basis of the Moodle virtual educational environment, an educational portal was created. The portal contains a catalog of courses on the main subjects taught in the university.
The goal of this article is to consider the implementation of e-learning technologies in the following fields: Foreign Language, Foreign Language in Professional Activities, Business Foreign Language, Professionally-Oriented Translation, the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools for optimal organization of educational activities.
SIEM-PLATFORM FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TASKS ON PROCESSING OF SECURITY INFORMATION EVENTS
Authors: Mitkovskiy Alexey , Ponomarev Andrey , Proletarskiy Andrey
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, the technology of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) becomes one of the most important research applications for advanced security threat detection in a complex enterprise environment. The underlying principles of every SIEM system is the aggregation of security events, captured from across an enterprise network and analysis of the gathered log data in real time through set of correlation rules to provide rapid response to security incidents.
This article is about applying a unique practical method of teaching undergraduate students in the field of enterprise infrastructure protection from cyberattacks. The introduction of practical methods in learning consists of a review of stages, required for an attacker to infiltrate an enterprise's network, allowing students to realize, which events need to be monitored to detect signs of possible threats on the network.
The architecture and principles of the SIEM-platform are described in details. In addition, this paper discusses how an emulation testbed of virtual enterprise can serve as a platform for generating event logs from network security appliances to analyze, which sequences of events are likely indications of cyberattack. The article also discusses how students can develop and test their own correlation rules to identify threats within IT environment. The following cases can be considered as the basis for testing the correlation rules: logon success and failures, systems with disabled security services, modification of user accounts and other events. After completing this course, students acquire skills to detect and identify assets in the network, collect events using various protocols to detect suspicious activities and investigate policy violations.
E-LEARNING RESOURCES AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ SOFT SKILLS
Authors: Savinova Yuliya , Sivtseva Natalia , Latysheva Svetlana
Published: February 2023

Within the context of the Bologna process referring to an intergovernmental higher education reform the period of the future specialists' training is shortening, consequently, more time is spent on developing the students' hard skills that is special skills connected with the peculiarities of the definite profession. However, the research based on the surveys analysis shows that soft skills are one of the most significant parts of the career advancement. It is usually difficult to define the level of one's soft skills as they cover different skills helping to organize the professional activity in the best way. Among them there is motivation, leadership, comprehensive knowledge and knowledge of a foreign language as well. It allows concluding that language training is one of the priority orientations. The article is an attempt to show that e-learning resources can be helpful in solving the problem of correlation between class hours and self-guided work hours. The findings of the research are proved by the survey among the engineering students (bachelors) of Irkutsk State Research Technical University and Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University who had the opportunity to access advantages and disadvantages of learning English with the help of e-learning resources. Two groups of students were surveyed: those who initially studied English using the traditional approach and those who switched from the e-learning approach to the traditional one. The analysis showed that both groups regard the knowledge of English as a necessary component of the career advancement, as well as they note the domination of advances in using e-learning resources while mastering the English language.
INTRODUCTION AND USE OF MODERN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Authors: Sharifi Daler , Aslitdinova Alla
Published: February 2023

The changing socio-economic situation in the modern world has led to the need to modernize the education, rethink theoretical approaches and the accumulated practice of educational institutions in the Republic of Tajikistan. The main direction of the strategic development of Tajikistan in modern conditions is comprehensive modernization, the key prerequisite of which is the presence of social actors with innovative potential and opportunities for its implementation. Creating a solid base for the successful development of modernization processes is impossible without the participation of the higher education system in this process. Modern information technologies are actively being introduced into the educational process in the Republic of Tajikistan. Educational institutions are equipped with a variety of network equipment and computer equipment, allowing them to integrate into the worldwide Internet. All this has changed the distance learning and made it really effective in the modern world. The proliferation of "fast Internet" made it possible to use audio and video broadcasting, audio and video conferencing, online conferences, webcasts, as well as online simulators and game managers that simulate learning processes that give basic management skills to both a small company and large. Today there is no need to prove that the twenty-first century, admittedly, is becoming the century of globalization and the erasure of borders, information and communication technologies and the Internet. Modern society is involved in the general historical process, called "informatization". Tajikistan is creating the prerequisites for the development of distance learning, creating bases for the development of multimedia lessons and video lessons, the opportunity for videoconferencing, a number of projects being implemented. Currently, already some higher educational and scientific institutions of the country are connected to the educational portal and the Internet, which allows introducing into the educational process methods of distance learning, a wide range of information and communication services for students. The Republic of Tajikistan has set itself the goal - to create the necessary opportunities and conditions for our children to grow up fully and harmoniously developed people with the most modern intellectual knowledge, people who fully meet the requirements of the XXI century in which they will live and work.

Dr. Alla Aslitdinova
Tajik National University
Associate academician of the International Informatization Academy, European project bureau. Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Rudaki Avenue 17. aslitdinovaalla@mail.ru

Daler Sharifi
Tajik National University,
Ph.D candidate, Department of International Relations. Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Rudaki Avenue 17. dalersharifi@gmail.com
PROJECT MANAGER PROFILE
Authors: Epurescu Elena oliviana
Published: February 2023

In order to achieve the success / success of a project, the manager has to have some key qualifiers: to have a conscious project management experience so that he / she is familiar with the steps, the affiliations and the actions that are required; to have a team that has competence in the management doemment but especially in the application of management techniques (planning, programming, control) and personality traits and competencies regarding the communication and management of human resources that will allow him to collaborate with the partners involved in the project, but also to strain tight and difficult situations.These aspects point out that the project manager must be a complex person with both quantifiable competences and human qualities. In this respect, the work refers to the areas of expertise of the project manager (functions, competencies, styles).The project manager must be able to: (re) build a realistic image of himself, to form and practice communication and negotiation skills; practice the skills to make decisions, plan, predict, keep track of; to stimulate creativity in the area of business ideas; to develop skills to identify market requirements or potential customers.Its competencies can be summarized as follows: motivation, enthusiasm, personal involvement, perseverance, self-control in problematic events / situations management, low level of flexibility and adaptability, creativity in problem solving, lack of prejudices about work, ability to take timely decisions in pressure situations, communication and conflict resolution skills, sensitivity to market dynamics, seriousness, promptness in meeting deadlines,policies and trends in the labor market.
A TUTORIAL FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS APPLIED TO MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATOR
Authors: Corciova Calin , Turnea Marius , Gheorghita Andrei , Arotaritei Dragos
Published: February 2023

Multi-layer flow-modulating stent is a new advanced technology suitable for complex aortic aneurysms. Computational fluid dynamics is a mechanical bioengineering field for analyzing fluid flow, heat transfer, and associated phenomena, using computer-based simulation. Computational fluid analysis can be useful for student to understand the physical phenomenon that are involved in hemodynamic of blood flow through single layer or multilayer stents and according to geometry of blood vessel and as one of the help tool to choose what type of stent is more suitable for a particular case. In absence of a stent, aneurysm wall are sheared by turbulence flow. Multilayer stent reduces the vortex and the flow is closer to a laminar flow. The pressure in an inlet section becomes more uniform and the flow is improved. The study of the multilayer stent can help students to understand much better the clinical situation.
The software tool is construct as a toolbox that call open source computational fluid dynamic solver. The GUI (Graphic User Interface) present an option to see the inlet velocity for different section of blood vessel along with option that set the hemodynamic of blood. The user has the possibility to adjust some geometrical parameters and also few possibility of visualization of dynamic flow. The models are validated by using a multiphysics CAD tool and the results of comparison are acceptable for didactic use of the proposed tool. The tool has been constructed in a modular way, so the next developments can be added as simple connection via a button to a new GUI and access to libraries of the main program.
THE USE OF THERMOGRAPHY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN THE STUDY OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS WITH HEAT TRANSFER
Authors: Luca Catalina , Postaru Madalina , Datcu Madalina , Andritoi Doru
Published: February 2023

Over time, it has been proven that practical demonstrations are very useful for understanding the course-based teaching style. Thermography can be very useful as a research tool by students to accurately measure the temperature differences of the various elements studied.
The objective of this paper is to present the thermography as a useful technique for supporting the teaching process at the Medical Biotechnology classes at the Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, UMF Ia?i. The aim is to help students learn and understand the phenomena involved in heat transfer modes in a quick and intuitive way using the thermographic camera.
The set of practical exercises presented in this paper was designed to allow students to observe the thermal effects of chemical reactions that are accompanied by temperature changes, either exothermic or endothermic reactions, which makes clear to understand thermochemistry which is the subject study of thermal effects associated with chemical reactions, applying the principle of thermodynamics.
Thermography allows us to revolutionize this approach by facilitating the implementation of simple experiments. Infra-Red Thermography has become popular in different fields, such as engineering, textile industry, sports, and medical sciences. Moreover, it allows the determination of surface temperature, including skin temperature.A thermal imaging camera can be a very useful tool in the hands of today's science educator.
Incorporating thermal imaging into science
lectures and laboratory sessions greatly enhances
the classroom experience by providing visual
evidence of a scientific phenomenon.Classical methods typically limit the
observation space around the demonstrator and
can lead to students 'turning off' if not sufficiently
SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR THE FUNCTIONAL THERMO - DESIGN OF THE CLOTHING
Authors: Farima Daniela , Blaga Mirela , Priniotakis Georgios
Published: February 2023

Abstract: The course of ''Comfort and function of clothing and leather products'' delivered at Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management, is dealing with the thermo-functional design of the clothing, which is a complex approach. The paper proposes a software application, the use of which facilitates the thermo-functional design of the clothing and can be exploit as a tool in teaching activity, as well in research activities (http://www.moodle.tex.tuiasi.ro). For the calculations, two groups of factors were taken into account: factors related to the destination (environmental factors and the state of the body) and factors related to the textile materials that are part of the analyzed clothing. The two groups of factors are synthesized in two thermo physiological indicators: the total heat transfer coefficient imposed by Kimp [Kcal/m2hoC] and the total heat transfer coefficient calculated on the basis of the Kcalc [Kcal/m2hoC] textile materials. A clothing product is considered thermo-functional when the Kimps - Kcalc difference is lower or the ideal case when the two indices have equal values. The calculations follow algorithms specific to the field of thermo physiological comfort and require high work and time. Two options are available for the users after opening the application, envisaging the two mentioned indicators. The application is conceived with the possibility of memorizing the working steps, as well as with the possibility of modifying them. Another advantage of the application is that starting from the knowledge of certain values of the textile materials characteristics, the thermo- physiological evaluation of the product clothing can be achieved.
HIERARCHIC PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS METHOD FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COMPONENTS WEIGHTS IN EMPLOYMENT PROCESS, FROM EMPLOYER PROSPECTIVE
Authors: Vilcu Adrian , Cojan Mihaela , Verzea Ion
Published: February 2023

The knowledge-based society and the evolutions that mark the Romanian economic and social context require from the graduates of technical higher education a series of specific and transversal competences that will provide them with the potential to adapt to rapid changes, short-term problems that arise in the flow of professional activities, critically analyzing data, correlating them with practical needs, working in parallel to multiple tasks, rapidly integrating into flexible working teams and constantly monitoring your career plan. The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify the general, specific and transversal professional competencies that contribute to increasing employability among Romanian higher education graduates. The study should be correlated with the changes in the labor market in the field of engineering, characterized by dynamism and competitiveness, as well as with the need to correlate the educational offer of the technical higher education with the local economic realities.
This work responds to the need of an efficient correlation of educational offer with the present employers' demands in terms of competences and professional, technical and transversal (behavior) performances, by optimizing the employability index using a software instrument based on hierarchically implemented Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method. Study structure is algorithmic: establish the participants in the study (employers), draw up the questionnaire for the three types of competences, validate it, organize statistically the gathered data, systemize them by using the hierarchic PCA method, extract the results and compare them with those from specialized literature. Finally, one proposes the software instrument and the valorization of the systemic analysis results at the main agents involved in the dynamics of educational and labor market: offers of educational and professional training programs, as well as graduates of high level studies.
COMPUTERIZED DIFFERENCES IN THE SIMPLE REACTION TIME BETWEEN ATHLETE AND NON-ATHLETE FEMALE STUDENTS IN U.P.B. – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Authors: Leonte Nicoleta , Moanta Alina daniela , Popescu Ofelia
Published: February 2023

In basketball, due to the high number of stimuli, perceptual skills are great importance, especially in anticipation and decision-making processes.
The aim of this study was to compare the results of the simple reaction time of athlets students (n = 12) with that of non-athlets students (n = 12), belonging to the same age category (19-20 years).
The study started from the hypothesis that athletes show lower values of the simple reaction time of both the dominant hand and the non-dominant hand.
These results are possible due to the fact that basketball is a sporting game requiring ambidextrous and adaptive neuromuscular response to training and competitive requirements.
The two experimental groups are represented, on the one hand by the women's basketball team of University Polytechnic of Bucharest, and on the other, by the students participating in the physical education classes (random selection).
The evaluation of the simple reaction time was carried out by means of the computerized test Inquisit 5 (Computer Software). Inquisit 5 computerized test (Computer Software) was used to evaluate the simple reaction time. Measuring the time of simple reaction to visual stimuli by computerized testing consisted of pressing the "spacebar" key at different time intervals, whenever a red circle appeared on the screen. Each subject repeated the test two times, keeping the best results. The degree of plausibility of the hypothesis was determined using the Student test. The results demonstrated that there are significant differences between the two experimental groups in terms of the simple reaction time. These results support the fact that basketball game improves "eye-hand" reaction time.
COMPUTER GAMES AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Authors: Mamutovic Anastasija , Markovic Marija , Stanisavljevic petrovic Zorica
Published: February 2023

The aim of the research was to examine the attitudes of educators on the influence of preschool children`s playing computer games on their cognitive development. Participants were 188 educators from preschool institutions in the territory of Serbia. Educators' attitudes were analyzed in relation to their level of education, place of work, year of age and years of service in order to identify tendencies that occur with changes in the structure of the research sample. The data obtained from the research were processed in the SPSS program, by using parametric statistics and the F test in the statistical analysis in order to determine the statistically significant differences in the attitudes of educators with respect to independent variables. A qualitative approach was used in the analysis of the survey results obtained through the use of questionnaire-scale, while the data were presented in tabular and graphical manner. The research was carried out in two phases. The first phase of the research involved visiting the kindergartens to gain approval for the participation of the preschool institution in the research and to deliver the instrument to RIUPU (Computer games at preschool age), which the educators subsequently completed. This phase was followed by the collection of instruments as well as the interpretation of the obtained data. The results of the research indicate that educators consider computer games as a useful pedagogical tool that encourages the learning of preschool children and reflects positively on logical reasoning, as well as on enhancement of intellectual development and cognitive abilities. When it comes to statistically significant differences in the respondents' attitudes compared to the independent variables, the results of the research show that educators with longer work experience more positively evaluate the impact of computer games on cognitive development, compared to educators with shorter work experience. When the variable place of work was analyzed, the research results show that educators in rural areas expressed a greater degree of agreement that the use of computer games in the context of kindergarten can contribute to the acquisition of declarative, procedural and strategic knowledge, compared to educators employed in suburban and urban areas.
COMPUTER GAMES IN PROGRAMMING TEACHING AND LEARNING
Authors: Stoffova Veronika
Published: February 2023

Computer games are nowadays very popular among various generations especially for children and youth. Creation and implementation of own games are challenging to learn the programming for both, high school and university students. The article describes the problem and project teaching and learning of programming at the university, where the theme of the project is "the implementation of didactic computer game of their choice." The project can be implemented as an individual work, in pairs or in group of students. Programming environment or programming language to implement the computer game is freely selectable. Students can work in any higher programming language with a rich graphics library, or they can use a programming environment that supports computer games creation. Depends on the skill of the developer team members how to share the work. Can be individually addressed by the individual functional parts of the game, or work can be divided into separate layers. Each team member is engaged with him in what is good, for what who has better conditions to be successful and achieve a good result. E.g. one focuses on graphic design of game, next to the algorithms that express check compliance with the rules of the game, other member of team developing winning strategies or looks at how the game stopped and resumed, how increases the difficulty level of the game as power play value and how the achieved good performance. Solving the project students learn to work in a team and spontaneously and intuitively use the knowledge from the field of software engineering. It is their first experience in creating a software application together
GAMIFICATION AND GAMES IN LIBRARIES
Authors: Haasio Ari , Madge Octavialuciana
Published: February 2023

In this paper, we discuss about the possibilities of gamification in public and academic libraries. The concept of gamification and its different forms are analyzed based on the previous literature. Gamification can be understood in different ways and used in different forms depending on the target group (e.g. students, children etc.) and the goals we have. These possibilities and types of gamification are introduced in this article by using examples from different libraries.

Our main research questions are: 1)How can the concept of gamification be defined?, 2)What kind of barriers there is against the gamification in libraries? and 3)What are the possibilities and advantages of gamification for libraries?

The article is based on previous studies made about gamification and interviews made with librarians in Finnish libraries. Also different cases how gamification is used to teach e.g. library use and information retrieval is introduced in this article. The examples vary from escape rooms in libraries to gamification in electronic solutions.

The theoretical framework of this article is based on Mih?ly Cs?kszentmih?lyi's Flow theory. Flow can be understood as the state of concentration and engagement that can be achieved when completing a task that challenges one's skills. In libraries gamification makes it possible to get the customers interested in e.g. improving their skills in information retrieval. Gamification improves motivation and makes learning more effective.

The results show that the older librarians are more prejudiced towards the gamification and having games in the library collection. Especially younger customers find the gamification interesting and helpful while learning information retrieval in Finnish libraries.