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Machine learning in electricity fraud detection in smart grids with multivariate Gaussian distribution
Authors: Oprea Simona-Vasilica , Bâra Adela , Oprea Niculae
Published: January 2022

Smart meters allow electricity consumption readings at a high time resolution generating time series that can be investigated to extract valuable insights and detect frauds. Using a dataset with recordings from Chinese consumers, we propose an exploratory data analysis and processing to train several classifiers and assess the results. Good results are obtained with ensemble classifiers such as Random Forest (RF), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) with two layers and a relatively small number of neurons. Real-consumption dataset daily recorded in China consisting of over 42,000 consumers and over 1,000 days is processed with machine learning ML algorithms or classifiers to distinguish between normal and suspicious consumers. In this paper, we will compare a simple feature engineering method that consists in aggregating the data, calculating distances and density function with no feature engineering, proving that the first approach enhances the results and reduces the utility companies’ costs related to on-site inspections. The results are compared with AUC score and ROC curves as the input data is highly skewed.
Internet of Things in Romanian agriculture
Authors: Girip Maria , Maracine Daniela
Published: January 2022

The latest technological discoveries in communication have translated into a more advanced and performant agriculture field which now has a greater online presence than ever before. Therefore, the new challenges to be faced in agriculture are not only the environmental ones, as it was in the past, where the weather was the variable having a higher power. The new challenge is raised by a fully technologized world. This paper is planning to analyze how agriculture changed in Romania after the internet and the online world. This also strives to highlight the main challenges faced by agriculture in the century of technology, its benefits and to answer the most asked question of the 21st century. Is this version of agriculture the better or the healthier one? As for the wealth coming from the big progress, the data from Meticulous Research’s report published in 2020 shows that the agriculture IoT market will reach 34.9 billion dollars by 2027. Meaning a significant raise of crops after industrialization, as well as a higher rate of profitability compared to past centuries and past technology phases. This means not only that farmers have better results, but their wealth has also grown, however, the main question still stands. The disadvantages come from its new own qualities – increased range of production, higher knowledge share, and industrialization.
Media entrepreneurship – a bibliometric analysis
Authors: Nistor Andreea , Coca Dan
Published: January 2022

The main processes that have an impact on the entrepreneurial media are innovation, promotion of products and services, and the element of novelty. Through technological progress and the dynamism of labor market development, new entrepreneurial directions have emerged, which have seen a rise through the development of media content. Media and entrepreneurship determine new content techniques, resulting in new services and products. This paper aims to highlight the correlation of the media industry with that of entrepreneurship, these being in a close relationship, which results in innovation, creative content, and business development. To this extent, a bibliometric analysis was performed on a corpus of scientific papers, from the Web of Science platform, focusing on media entrepreneurship to determine the current state of knowledge in this area. Furthermore, the analysis reveals the most researched themes and the relevant terminology used. As a selection protocol of the scientific material for media a series of keywords were used, that is: “media”, “internet”, “radio”, “TV”, “newspapers”, “social media”, “journalism” and for entrepreneurship we followed the keywords: “business”, “entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneur”. The results of the analysis showed that the most frequently used terms in media entrepreneurship research studies are: Internet, development, social medium, and business model. In addition to that, media and entrepreneurship seem to be closely researched concerning innovation, economic development, and education.
A review of blockchain and cryptocurrency applications in Romania
Authors: Niţu Maria , Negruţiu Cristian
Published: January 2022

Recent technological developments have led to economic changes that have an impact on the macroeconomic and microeconomic levels in developing countries, as well as in developed ones. The introduction of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency, made public in 2009) into the economy through blockchain technology, generated a series of benefits, but also significant risks for citizens, companies and states.

The main purpose of this article is to present the operating mechanism of the blockchain system and cryptocurrencies, their advantages and disadvantages and the attempts of the international authorities to regulate the crypto market. The authors will present also few case studies of tech start-ups that leveraged the versatility of blockchain principles into viable business propositions. Romania makes no exception in this field, so the authors will analyze and present the current status of this industry.
Private health insurance customer satisfaction. A consumer behavior exploratory study based on structural equation modeling
Authors: Rotileanu Adina , Onişor Lucian-Florin
Published: January 2022

In the glocalization context, private health insurance local and international companies invested in Romania for over two decades, nevertheless the private health insurance adoption rate in the country was the lowest in the region. The purpose of this research is to analyze and understand the phenomena behind private health insurance customer satisfaction, designing a cognitive model and identifying the functional relationships between elements. The literature review provides various models that are related to customer satisfaction, from buying decision process to the relationships between perceived values, service consequence and expected service values that determines customer satisfaction. The developed conceptual model in six dimensions, including the output variable block for customer satisfaction, was the base for developing the research questionnaire. Developed on a structural equation modeling approach, the quantitative research results depict how customer satisfaction is mediating private health insurance and consumer behavior. Consequently, a private health insurance provider needs to adapt its products to increase people’s motivation to purchase such a product and, after the acquisition, to improve the covered services to increase the beneficiaries’ level of satisfaction. The generic contribution this paper brings is to present the private health insurance industry valences for Romania in the years 2017-2019 and the relationship between the product attributes, Customer Behavior and Consumer Satisfaction.
Performance management during crisis periods – How inter-company transactions can positively influence the business model
Authors: De Mezzo Lucian
Published: January 2022

The current paper explores how inter-company arrangements within a group can positively influence companies’ performance management strategies.

In current globalization era, taxation system transcends the countries boarders, being a tool used both for eliminating double taxation for an income, but also as leverage in modern commercial wars (e.g. import taxes between USA and China). Thus, it can be considered that taxation knowledge provides a competitive advantage to all companies that are considering it as a business tool, in an ethical manner.

The necessity of such an analysis appeared during the second part of the pandemic crisis, when we noticed that companies part of a group managed to perform during the crisis period due to cash allocation within the group. This is a multi-disciplinary study, being obtained by combination of the following subjects: (i) performance management, (ii) international taxation, (iii) transfer pricing and (iv) game theory.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that, with a strategic tax mechanism, companies can restart their business in the post-pandemic period with a competitive advantage. Strategy is the key and everyone who have such a key will stay in the market game.
Compliance with the provisions of the Corporate Governance Code by companies listed on the Romanian capital market with respect to the formation and functioning of audit committees
Authors: Rogoz Marius-Eugen , Stoica Dragoș-Andrei
Published: January 2022

The corporate governance pillars have been intensively discussed in the literature and the formation and functioning of the audit committees have a special place in this world. Considering the existing conclusions retained by the literature on the influence of the audit committees on the performance of the companies, we intend to analyse the current status quo of the level of compliance for the listed Romanian companies in this field. Corroborating the recommendations of the corporate governance code provided by the Bucharest Stock Exchange along with the provisions of the norms that regulate statutory audit in Romania, we find a positive evolution of the level of compliance for the Romanian companies with respect to the formation and functioning of the audit committees.
The impact of the Artificial Intelligence on the accounting profession, a literature’s assessment
Authors: Stancu Mirela Simina , Duţescu Adriana
Published: January 2022

Artificial Intelligence is changing the reality of the accounting field, on a rapid way, due to the benefit of improving and reshaping the actual way of performing activities on this domain. Over the years accounting has changed significantly by replacing the work with paper and pencil first with computers, but more importantly with programmes able to decrease time spend on repetitive work that reduce the amount of errors. The interest on Artificial Intelligence solutions in this domain is not new but on the last years researchers become more focused on it. Despite the material progress there seems to be not enough data to support companies’ willingness to embed Artificial Intelligence solutions into their accounting activities. Also, an important aspect of this reality is the capability of experts to adapt faster to the new status quo and to acquire the necessary skills to be able to work with Artificial Intelligence solutions and to overcome the fear of losing their jobs. This paper is focusing on understanding the impact of Artificial Intelligence solution in accounting by conducting a qualitative research based on relevant literature review, of the last years. This paper is highlighting the potential changes Artificial Intelligence can bring to the accounting jobs and the necessary steps to be taken in order to prepare for the new jobs, in which Artificial Intelligence solutions will be more present.
Romanian public authorities request unnecessary approvals for urbanism permits
Authors: Chirică Simona
Published: January 2022

This work draws the attention of a wide and illegal practice developed by some Romanian public authorities. This practice if the public authorities to requests additional approvals that are not provided in the legislation generates unjustified delays and significant costs for the beneficiaries of the construction works. Thus, in the phase of drafting the urbanism documentation, some city halls and local councils request the neighbours approval in notarized form as a prerequisite for approval of the zonal urbanism plans (“PUZ”) and / or of the detail urbanism plans (“PUD”). As this approval does not reflect a mandatory condition according to the legal framework that regulates the procedure for drafting and approval of the urbanism documentation, the practical effect is that, as a consequence of a wrongful interpretation of the law by some public authorities, the beneficiaries of the construction works lead in useless situations in which they depend on the discretionary will and sometimes also abusively of their neighbours.
Recovery of the prejudice caused by an insolvent company
Authors: Cojocaru Cristina
Published: January 2022

A recent decision of the Romanian High Court of Justice dated 6 March 2019 offers the possibility to analyse the recovery of the prejudice caused to a creditor by a company under court proceedings after on its insolvency. The applicable regulations (i.e. Law no. 85/2015) represent the legal framework, which aims at debt payment by the insolvent debtor to his creditors. Therefore, the procedure is collective and all the known creditors are involved. Consequently, the law regulates the means and the conditions of this procedure. The prejudice caused to a creditor by the insolvent company shall be recovered following the rules of the special law and not through the general applicable rules, i.e. the Civil Code. The article aims to identify the relevant theoretical aspects and their applicability in practice by the courts of law.
Legal regime of auditors and financial auditors in the matter of companies
Authors: Ioniţă George-Bogdan
Published: January 2022

This research aims to analyze one of the most important components of the activity of a company, namely the activity of management control. The paper is structured in three parts, thus aiming to achieve an objective synthesis that faithfully reflects the current structure and regulation of the company’s management control. The first part will address the introductory and general aspects of management control according to each type of company, respectively, the rules applicable to partnerships, capital companies but also limited liability companies. The second part of the paper aims to present in a timely manner all the essential aspects regarding the censors, as corporate control bodies. Thus, the analysis following aspects such as the term of office, the rights and obligations of auditors in relation to the company but also their responsibility for the activity carried out. The third part exhaustively analyzes the legal regime of financial auditors and in this sense will prefer to follow the regulation of the company law but also of the special applicable legislation. In carrying out this research, specialized works in the field of society were used, as well as the regulations from the updated special legislation.
Some considerations concerning the shares
Authors: Lupulescu Ana-Maria
Published: January 2022

The registered capital of the company by shares is divided into fractions known as shares, which, unlike the parts of interests or social parts, represent negotiable instruments, presenting first of all the advantage of being negotiable and freely transferable, subject to limitations that could be introduced by the associates by the constitutive act. Therefore, in exchange for the contributions made to registered capital of the company by shares, the associates receive a number of shares corresponding to the value of these contributions, which represents a certain fraction of its registered capital.

Taking into account the negotiable nature of the shares, the quality of shareholder derives and is more related to the quality of owner of shares, dissociating itself from that of signatory of the company’s constitutive act, obliged, inter alia, to make contributions, the latter quality being relevant only at the moment of incorporation of the company. Actually, during the existence of the company, the quality of owner of shares, and therefore of shareholder, can change significantly and uninterruptedly, depending on the operations performed with these titles, causing appropriate changes in the shareholder structure of the company.
The legal regime of competition in India
Authors: Maican Ovidiu-Horia
Published: January 2022

The study of the competition legislation in India has as justification the fact that the indian economy has one of the biggest growth rates in the world, India being the biggest democracy in the world.

At the beginning, India had its own competition law, called the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969 (MRTP Act). After the initiation of economic liberalization in 1991, it became imperative to put in place a competition law regime that was more responsive to the economic realities of the nation and in accordance with international practices. In 2002, the Indian Parliament voted for a new law, Competition Act, to regulate business practices in India. The Competition Act has as its goal to regulate three types of conduct (anti-competitive agreements, abuse of a dominant position and combinations). The Competition Act was amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act in 2007 and 2009.

The Competition Act has also created a new enforcement body, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which is responsible for the enforcement of the Competition Act.

According to the provisions of the Competition Act, is allowed to make an appeal to the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) against the decisions of the CCI. A further appeal from the decision of the COMPAT may be submitted before the Supreme Court of India.

In the same, the Competition Act is taking into consideration its enforcement with the aid of mutual international support and enforcement networks across the world.
Digital Trade in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Authors: Mănescu Dragoș Mihail
Published: January 2022

In the context of the exponential growth in volume of digital trade and the diversification of its forms of implementation, the present article analyzed the framework provisions contained in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, provisions governing the conduct of post-Brexit digital trade.
Interim – Management as a new Form of Employment – opportune in a globalized context
Authors: Marica Mihaela-Emilia
Published: January 2022

Non-standard forms of employment have become current practice in most European legal systems, by virtue of their positive effects on labor flexibility – beneficial to both employers and employees. From a company’s perspective and interests, regarding the current context of labour relations, a new approach is needed and highly recommended. In an unpredictable business environment, only those innovative companies which have proved able to identify business opportunities and adjust to change have remained competitive. Therefore, the interim management program – as a new type of employment - brings forth an extensive potential for development. Since Romania is a country where this contractual model is relatively little known, this paper addresses some of the most obvious elements of this atypical contractual arrangement, which most authors deem very appropriate in the context of globalization. Our comparative approach seeks to identify various legislative perspectives on interim management and the conclusions of our research suggest the usefulness of the introduction the interim management model to the national labor market. The comparison of this form of flexible employment and other forms used in Romanian companies has been conducted.
Legal aspects regarding the increase of the capital of a joint-stock company and a limited liability company
Authors: Stoican Andreea
Published: January 2022

In the business world, certain needs of the company may impose the necessity to increase its capital. These needs may consist either in the desire of the partners to develop the company’s activity, either to remove certain financial difficulties. The modalities and procedures for increasing the capital are regulated by Law no. 31/1990 on companies, having various particularities and immediate effects.

The current paper, therefore, aims in presenting these methods and their particularities, both from a theoretical and practical point of view, in a comparative way, for the joint-stock companies and the limited liability companies, as the most frequently existing types of company in Romanian law.
Financial instruments’ duality and public policies – The Tulipmania case
Authors: Ion Antonia Ioana
Published: January 2022

The purpose of the research – of which this text presents only a first part – is to show that the duality specific to financial instruments – positive role in market growth and counteracting risks, respectively negative role through speculative massification – is influenced by public policies. Assuming the crises as moments of truth, I analyse various data for Tulipmania, Great Depression and Great Recession and how they evolve under the impact of public policies. My hypothesis is that with the development of capitalism, the public policies have an increasing impact on the duality of financial instruments, namely a negative one. Here I present only a few methodological aspects and the Tulipmania case – the other two cases I will present at the FIBA session – where public policy intervention has been minimal: both the previous one, regulating the financial instruments and the tulip market, and the later one, for liquidating the crisis and its consequences. The impact of the crisis on the Dutch economy and society at the time was relatively small; bubbles and similar crises did not occur later in the Netherlands. The analysed data highlight the following stage results: a). the free market is not immune to the effects of the duality of financial instruments, but b). it has the capacity to educate market players, to avoid moral hazard and, in the long run, to reduce risks. The lesson is that minimal market intervention does not distort its operation, it does not introduce additional negative elements.
Opportunities and challenges of the Internet of Things
Authors: Nicolae Cristina-Andreea , Roşca Mihai Ioan
Published: January 2022

Nowadays, Internet of Things devices are everywhere and their importance and impact on society has increased significantly in the past years. On one hand, Internet of Things devices can bring multiple business opportunities as well as major positive changes to our daily lives. On the other hand, the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things universe comes with important security risks, forcing both users and companies to consider the vulnerability of these devices as well as the confidentiality of the data they generate. The main objective of this paper is to improve current understanding of the Internet of Things by providing a comprehensive overview of the main challenges and opportunities associated with these new communication technologies in various domains and industries. Secondly, the data sets from two Special Eurobarometer studies are analysed to further explore the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of European citizens towards technology and cybersecurity. Using SPSS software, one-way ANOVA and other standard statistical analysis of the data were performed. The results show that the level of awareness of cybercrimes among European citizens has increased. Another key finding is that technology users from European countries remain highly concerned about security issues online. These findings might be of interest for scholars, policymakers, service providers or firms from different industries and can further stimulate the development of local and European initiatives to address and solve these issues.
The importance of implementing the quality management system and using quality strategies to improve the quality of medical services and increase customer satisfaction
Authors: Madar Anca , Neacşu Nicoleta Andreea
Published: January 2022

The importance of medical services in the modern age is undeniable. In Romania, the state medical system faces a series of problems, which do not seem to have an immediate solution. These include: outdated infrastructure, lack of medical staff, lack of investment and poor organization. The specialized literature presents studies of patient satisfaction, performed on different sectors of the medical field. This paper aims to present the Romanian medical services market, and the users’ satisfaction with the medical services. In order to highlight the opinions and behaviors of Romanians about the medical services and the degree to which the provision of these services met their expectations, the authors conducted a qualitative marketing research among the Romanian population. The sampling method was non-random, and a questionnaire was displayed on a web page (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) to collect the data. The research revealed that many Romanians prefer private medical services, even if they are more expensive, due to the cleanliness, promptness and quality of the medical act. The authors consider that the topic addressed is very relevant and that, based on the results of this research, the authorities involved can establish concrete measures in order to improve the quality of the medical services and increase customer satisfaction.
Perspectives of digital identity – the case of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Vinţe Claudiu , Reveiu Adriana , Dârdală Marian , Lupu Viorel
Published: January 2022

Each individual is unique, and the digital identity associated with a person should model and guarantee this uniqueness and the ability to reliably recognize him/her. In this paper, we review the challenges posed by the sudden transfer of a significant part of the social activity in the online realm, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with unforeseen consequences on the educational process in particular. If there was a fairly large spectrum of economic activities that were taking place or were facilitated via a digital medium prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system worldwide proved to not have been prepared to provide an effective and consistent response to the going online approach, which was merely a choice, but rather the only embraceable option. In the context of online education, this paper can design a comprehensive and integrated framework for assisting the process of students’ digital identity validation, particularly when attending an examination or any other form of academic evaluation conducted remotely. We also consider the integration of digital identity validation with platforms that offer educational content, knowledge evaluation tests, and other elements to which access must be ensured only for authorized users, based on a strict identity identification process to eliminate those who want to defraud or disrupt the functionality of the system.
Digital transformation of training programs for public administration
Authors: Mateescu George , Stanciu Andrei , Blei Alina
Published: January 2022

The pandemic changed the paradigm of education at all levels. From primary schools to universities, teachers and students must conform to new patterns for teaching and learning. The goal of this paper is to share the experience resulted from the pilot project developed at the National Institute of Administration in order to deliver online training for public administration in the pandemic context. The project entitled PPP online (Romanian abbreviation for “online training programs”) was a challenge which supposed the redesign of the curricula and finding the best alternatives for delivering knowledge and interaction between trainers and participants. We must emphasize that there was only very limited experience in online training for Romanian public administration until 2020. In this paper we expose the choices considered for the transition to online training and the results of a study about participants’ perception regarding difficulties they encountered and the quality of programs. In this regard, we collected and analysed the feedback from more than 1000 participants (respondents to an online questionnaire). Our study has an optimistic conclusion about changing teaching and learning through technology in public administration. It can be appreciated that both trainers and participants can rapidly adapt to the conditions of the online learning environment and the proposed structure of training programs was validated by the results and positive feedback. We also present some best practices achieved during the pilot project.
The Kurzarbeit model and the sustainable development of Romania Is Romania ready for this model?
Authors: Munteanu Paula , Ciornei Laurențiu , Vlăducu Liviu-Valentin , David Getuța
Published: January 2022

The Kurzarbeit model was applied by several European governments during the previous crisis of 2008-2009 and involved the design of small state-funded work schemes. Governments have supported subsidized companies to compensate for the loss of revenue. Adapting the model to the crisis has been much easier in countries where regulation already exists, compared to the countries that adopted it for the first time. The efficiency of the model was different, with the best results being obtained by countries that had robust economies before the crisis. Overall, at the level of countries that have applied this model, it can be said that the model provided job stability during the crisis, not the certainty that workers will keep their jobs even after the crisis. Given the recent decision of the Romanian Government to apply the Kurzarbeit measure in our country as well, in the current study we considered the analysis of those issues that affected the countries that adopted this model for the first time, in the previous crisis, at which we added the unprecedented impact of the recent pandemic and the particular aspects that characterize today’s Romanian economy. The results show that, without analyzing the particularities that differentiate Romania from the countries that have successfully applied the model, the Kurzarbeit model will not ensure the sustainable development of the social factor and the employment rate assumed for 2020, and social inequalities and poverty will continue to deepen.
The contribution of m-learning applications to improving the performance of training on the Moodle platform
Authors: Bumbea Savin Nuți , Dumitriu Luminița
Published: January 2022

This paper presents a proposal for a mobile learning application called MySchool, which will be added to the e-learning platform Moodle and which contribute together with it to increase the efficiency of training on the platform.

In the first part, analyzing the specialized studies, it was found that the main deficiencies reported in the case of e-learning platforms come mainly from the way the platform was designed and especially from the design of the training model when the beneficiaries and users are students in the pre-university course.

The paper proposes a mobile learning training system to be added to an existing e-learning platform in schools in Constanta County, Romania. The chosen platform was the Moodle platform which does not make such an application available to users.

The main features of the Moodle platform are further analyzed together with the didactic aspects of the application of the platform in the online training process of students. At the same time, the advantages of students who use mobile applications are presented, as well as the disadvantages of m-learning applications.

For the design of the proposed system, the ALDIE software design model was chosen together with the rapid prototyping method.

The functional and non-functional requirements of the MySchool system and its three-level architecture have been established (Fig. 7).

We also designed a learning network in a classroom with 25 students for the proposed system.

The conclusions of the paper highlight the usefulness and need for such a system attached to an e-learning platform.
Amansar, familiarizar, animalizar: técnicas para hacer perros cazadores en la Amazonía
Authors: Dos Santos Labontê Gesinei , Sanchez Gabriel , Carneiro Batista Ramiro Esdras , Vander Velden Felipe
Published: January 2022

Basado en datos de tres poblaciones indígenas de diferentes regiones e idiomas —palikur-arukwayene (arawak), kujubim (txapakura) y karitiana (tupi-arikêm)— este artículo busca dilucidar algunas cuestiones sobre la posición de los perros (Canis lupus familiaris) en los mundos amerindios. Centrándose en la preparación de perros cazadores, nuestro objetivo es discutir recurrencias en los tratamientos dirigidos a la creación de perros de caza: la diferencia entre perros que cazan y los que no cazan; el perro como compañero de caza que necesita ser hecho, y las técnicas de preparación de perros, que implican la conjunción de estos animales con partes del cuerpo de otros seres para comunicar afectos. Estos temas apuntan también a una cuarta recurrencia: si bien son animales domésticos y en cierto sentido, humanizados, los perros deben haber cultivado un devenir animal, para ser buenos cazadores. Existe un equilibrio constante entre domesticar y animalizar perros, en la búsqueda de un equilibrio precario entre lo animal y lo humano, similar a la constitución de la persona humana.
El deseo de una conexión con otros. Aprendiendo de y con los perros mediante la investigación artística
Authors: Bartram Angela
Published: January 2022

El animal, y las cuestiones que le atañen con respecto a su muchas veces compleja relación con la humanidad, cobran relevancia cuando se considera la agencia, la igualdad y las co-dependencias efectivas. Cómo responden los animales humanos también y tratan a los no humanos, en especial los invitados a nuestros hogares como compañía, es pertinente en el conjunto de los constructos interespecie. Es preciso reconsiderar, revisitar y rebalancear el supuesto de que los animales no humanos son siempre los observados (Berger, 1980), pues esto influye en la manera como los humanos consideran otras especies como cuerpos de valor inferior. Este artículo explora los entresijos, las complejidades y las abundancias productivas en mi proyecto de investigación artística, Be Your Dog (Sea su perro), que se propone justo eso. Discute las perspectivas y especificidades de género, la formación de la manada canina y sus componentes individuales, y la influencia de la galería en la relevancia artística de este proyecto, que explora cómo establecer igualdad por medio de la sincronicidad y la empatía entre especies dentro de un acto creativo.
Valuing CO2 in the development of polymer materials
Authors: Ballamine Abderrahmane , Kotni Abdellah , Llored Jean-Pierre , Caillol Sylvain
Published: January 2022

Reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a major challenge for humanity as well as for living species on Earth. Not least because of the adverse effects of climate warming caused by the anthropological emissions of the CO2. We are interested in a complementary approach to capturing and storing CO2, which is to use CO2 as a raw material for chemical reactions. Specifically, it is a question of using the CO2 for the synthesis of certain types of biocompatible polymers. For the time being, these remain restricted to polycarbonates for economic reasons. The use of CO2 is also motivated by its abundance as a potentially unlimited source of carbon. The challenge of this chemical process is to use appropriate catalysts to synthesize polycarbonates in sufficient quantities and with interesting physical properties. There is also talk of producing biodegradable and biocompatible polycarbonates to ensure a relatively green footprint compared to conventional polycarbonate production processes.
The lifestyle associated with the control of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus in a care center in Lima, during the covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Callapiña-De Paz Mariana , Cisneros-Núñez Yoshie Z. , Guillén-Ponce Norka R. , De La Cruz-Vargas Jhony A.
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Hypertension and diabetes mellitus 2 are prevalent diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lifestyle and disease control, potentially triggering serious complications. Objectives: To determine the association between lifestyle and the control of chronic non-communicable diseases: arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus 2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients of an Urgent Care Center. Materials and methods: Observational, cross-sectional, and analytical study. A sample of 158 patients, between 30 and 79 years old, was included. Control files and medical records were analyzed, anthropometric values ​​were measured, and lifestyle was evaluated through surveys. Results: 51.3% were male, an average of 61 years, 57.6% with married marital status, and 51.9% with higher educational level. In the multivariate analysis of patients with arterial hypertension, a significant association between the lack of control of the hypertensive disease and an unhealthy lifestyle is evidenced (PR = 2.538; p = 0.000; 95% CI = 1.608-4.006). On the other hand, the diabetic population obtained a significant association between the lack of control of type 2 diabetes mellitus with an unhealthy lifestyle (PR = 5.498; p = 0.013; 95% CI = 1.440-20.995), in addition to the prevalence of glycemic lack of control in patients with abnormal abdominal girth it was 1.6 times more than in people with normal abdominal girth (PR = 2.623; p = 0.038; 95% CI = 1.057-6.508). Conclusions: Lifestyle is significantly associated with the control of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. There is a significant association between abdominal circumference and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Decrease of cardiovascular risk in obese patients who participated in a lifestyle medicine program
Authors: Torres-Rodriguez Eymard , Cedillo-Ramírez Lucy
Published: January 2022

Lifestyle Medicine in the management of chronic diseases such as obesity is essential to reduce cardiovascular risk and to reverse the disease process (1). Objective: To determine if a Lifestyle Medicine program can reduce cardiovascular risk in obese adults in Colombia. Material and methods: Descriptive observational study cases series type followed for 6 months in a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. 9 patients were included taking into account 2 measures of cardiovascular risk as a parameter to complete the program. The following measurements were taken: cardiovascular risk using the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) calculator, Body Mass Index (BMI), lipid profile, history of smoking, history of diabetes, and systolic blood pressure. Results: Of the 9 obese patients, 22% had an intermediate cardiovascular risk and 78% had a low risk at the beginning of the study. After 6 months, it was achieved that 100% of the participants had a low cardiovascular risk; Furthermore, 11% of the patients managed to normalize their blood pressure values ​​and 20% showed a decrease in high blood pressure values. In addition, 22% went from type 3 obesity to type 2 obesity. Finally, through psychological consultation, it was possible to reduce anxiety levels from high to intermediate in at least 44% of the participants. Conclusions: The Lifestyle Medicine program, in a group of obese patients, managed to achieve a low cardiovascular risk, the decrease and normalization of blood pressure figures and reduction in BMI in participants who completed the study.
Lifestyle of chilean medical students during the covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Cáceres Codoceo Ana Belén , Morales Ojeda Ismael
Published: January 2022

Objective: To analyze the relationship of lifestyle and habits associated with health care and religiosity in Chilean Adventist medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Analytical and cross-sectional, census, non-experimental design. The population consisted of 72 Adventist medical students who attended or are in any year of the career in 2020 and 2021. The FANTASTIC instrument was applied, in its validated version, and an evaluation of habits associated with health care and religiosity. The work was approved by an ethics committee. Results: 55.6% are female. The mean age is 22.64. 43.1% of the students have some type of diet associated with vegetarianism. Tobacco use was not evidenced. 66.7% study the Bible and pray always or almost always. 77.8% of the students have a very good or fantastic lifestyle. When performing the Spearman correlation between the variable habits associated with health care and religiosity versus the total score of the FANTASTICO instrument, a statistically significant relationship is presented at the 0.01 level (p <0.00 r=0.48). Conclusions: Although some habits can be improved, in general most of the students have a very good lifestyle. It is appreciated that the scores of habits associated with health care and religiosity have a positive relationship with the scores obtained in the fantastic instrument.
Diabetic foot and lifestyle: Case Report
Authors: Rojo García Danitza Adriana , López Flores Rubén , Carballo Ordoñez Fernando
Published: January 2022

Diabetes is still the leading cause of non-traumatic amputation in most Western countries, epidemiological reports indicate that more than a million amputations are performed in people with diabetes each year, this is equivalent to an amputation for diabetes somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, most of these amputations are preceded by ulcers. We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient suffering from diabetes mellitus and uncontrolled hypertension, with late complications, chronic kidney disease, anemia, retinopathy, and ischemic and neuropathic diabetic foot, with indication for amputation. Healthy lifestyles are used, controlling glycemia, hypertension, without requiring medication and reducing proteinuria. There were no adverse effects. With favorable evolution since then. Conclution: A healthy lifestyle is an intervention that the earlier it is used, the greater its benefits, without the risk of adverse effects or unnecessary costs, but even in late stages it has shown benefits in glycemic, hypertensive and renal control.
Intervention program: integral diet and physical exercise in the reduction of anthropometric parameters in Salvador de Bahia-Brasil
Authors: Cari Huanca Gloria
Published: January 2022

Introduction: High rates in anthropometric parameters such as excess weight, body fat, visceral fat, hypertension generate serious problems that affect the health of the general population. Objective: To identify the effects produced by the intervention program "integral diet and physical exercise" on anthropometric parameters and blood pressure in a community in Salvador de Bahia. Methodology: Experimental intervention study lasting 40 days in which 31 adults participated, carried out in a neighborhood of the municipality of Salvador (Bahia), Brazil. The study consisted of administering a comprehensive diet based on whole grains, oilseeds, legumes, fruits, vegetables and total abstinence from foods of animal origin, refined, industrialized flours, sugar, following the "Healthy Plate" and Physical Exercise model. Results: The participants who followed the program of integral diet and physical exercise, obtained significant changes in the anthropometric values (weight, BMI, waist contour, percentage of body fat, abdominal fat, biological age, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, (p <0.01), body mass did not show significant changes (p <0.57). Conclusion: The intervention program with a comprehensive plant-based diet and physical exercise can reduce the rates of obesity, abdominal fat, anthropometric perimeters and blood pressure and contribute to reducing potential problems of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Lifestyle intervention for the management of chronic noncommunicable diseases: hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and overweight in a male patient. Case Report
Authors: Delorenzo Ch Natalia
Published: January 2022

Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are defined as diseases of long duration, slow progression, that do not resolve spontaneously and that rarely achieve complete cure (1). Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes stand out. NCDs cause 41 million deaths each year (71% of the world total). Cardiovascular disease accounts for the majority of these deaths (17.9 million per year) (2). In addition to causing premature deaths, these diseases lead to complications and disabilities, limit productivity, and drug treatments are expensive, so early detection and timely treatment should be a priority (2). Lifestyle medicine (MEV) has gained relevance in the prevention, treatment and reversal of most NCDs, directly addressing their causes (3). We will present the case of a young man with multiple risk factors and a diagnosis of arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance. We carry out an intervention through the MEV to improve the patient's condition and health. At the 6-month follow-up, significant changes in habits and laboratory parameters were achieved.
The Future of the (European) Lifestyle Medicine Education
Authors: Hanes Ioan
Published: January 2022

Since 2019 the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO), in cooperation with the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization, has offered an online English eight-week course, which issues a European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate (Certificate), after the participant passes a final exam. Almost 200 health professionals and others participated in this interactive European program, which offers a theoretical and especially practical skills to realistically implement lifestyle medicine principles.
Lifestyle Medicine: The Time is Now
Authors: Frates Elizabet , Katz David
Published: January 2022

The time for lifestyle medicine is now. We need lifestyle medicine to help manage the ongoing outbreaks of lifestyle related chronic conditions like diabetes, obesity, dementia, and heart disease that continue to plague our world today, and we need lifestyle medicine to help handle the worldwide pandemic created by COVID-19. Mozafarrian and colleagues noted that among the 900,000 coronavirus disease hospitalizations in 2019 through November 18, 2020, 63.5% of them were estimated to be attributed to four cardiometabolic conditions: obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure.
Impact of moderate physical exercise on sleep disorders in patients with fibromyalgia
Authors: Alfaro-Castro Sylvia G.
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) or Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is currently defined as a chronic condition of unknown cause characterized by generalized pain, among other symptoms, in the absence of a specific organic disease. Sleep disorders are recognized as one of the main symptoms in fibromyalgia patients, and performing various types of physical activity in this group of patients could improve sleep quality and other sleep disorders. Objective: To determine if the performance of moderate physical exercise has a positive impact on sleep disorders in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods: A PubMed search was carried out, where 2616 articles were found in the last 5 years, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and in a first search of 616 articles, 12 useful articles were obtained; using other search engines such as Google Scholar, SciELO, the number of articles obtained was 2; adding a total of 14 articles. Results: The 14 studies reviewed showed that moderate physical exercise reduces sleep disorders in patients with fibromyalgia, 02 suggest individualized treatment, 02 mention that sedentary lifestyle aggravates symptoms, 04 found benefits in complementing exercise with yoga or balneotherapy, and 01 additionally, supports high intensity interval training. Conclusion: The conclusion of this review article was that the performance of moderate physical activity in patients with fibromyalgia has a beneficial impact on regulating and even modifying sleep disorders.