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INNOVATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICES THROUGH ONLINE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Authors: Arama Alexandra
Published: February 2023

Year by year, the interest for new technologies and how to bring them effectively in the classroom increased, even if we think from the teacher's perspective or from the students' perspective. The use of ICT in school partnerships is well supported by the European initiatives and programs, as Erasmus+ and eTwinning, and through political strategies as Education and Training 2020 initiative.
The educational projects and activities that are implemented at European level are effective tools that schools can use in order to innovate practices, to successfully and actively involve students in their learning and to diversify the teaching practices in order to a meet the current need of leaners and to integrate new technologies in learning and teaching.
During 2017, at European level, 5900 eTwinners declared that eTwinning had a significant impact on the development of individual teachers' skills and teaching practices, as well as on student's motivation and learning practices, confirming that eTwinning is an important tool to promote innovation in schools.
European eTwinning projects have demonstrated during the last 12 years their pedagogical value through the innovation of teaching practices, encouraging group / partnership work and peer learning, the use of new information and communication technologies (ICT) to support the teaching process, involving students in teaching-learning-evaluation activities, diversification of learning activities by valorisation of projects in the formal curriculum, etc.
The article explores the development of the eTwinning Action and its impact reported by teachers involved in eTwinning online school projects, trying to underline the added value of this type of projects in terms of innovation of educational practices and making learning more attractive.
EDUCATIONAL TRENDS IN MEDICINE: COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PEDAGOGICAL MODELS
Authors: Craciun Dana
Published: February 2023

At present, most medical students belong to a generation raised with unlimited access to modern information and communication technologies, also named by researchers the Net-generation, Millennials, Y-generation or YouTube Generation. Collaborative internet-based applications are part of their day-to-day lives, dramatically changing how they communicate, interact or access information. This has led to a great change in how these future doctors interact with their educators, or with the learning resources and the entire medical knowledge available, resulting in a globalization of medical education and a transformation of the medical curriculum mainly due to the available e-learning solutions.
In this context, medical education means not only teaching content knowledge and training specialised medical competencies, but also the diversification of teaching-learning methods and improving their efficiency through ICT, the understanding of new types of medic-patient relationships wherein the patient is empowered and informed, ensuring the active participation of students in clinical situations and case based reasoning. From a pedagogical point of view, the massive infusion of technology in education led to the shaping of new pedagogical models with the role of highlighting and explaining how technology supports, modifies and refines learning in the medical field. Examples of such pedagogical models include the Technology Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and the Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition (SMAR) model.
In this paper, we present educational trends and ICT based pedagogical models, highlighting the opportunities and the difficulties identified in this direction by the doctors who go through the teacher training program offered by the Teacher Training Department at the West University of Timisoara.
MILLENNIALS AND THE NEED FOR ADAPTING E-LEARNING METHODS FOR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE – A CASE STUDY
Authors: Silvestru Catalin ionut , Mehedintu Gabriela , Silvestru (bere) Camelia ramona , Icociu Vasilica  cristina
Published: February 2023

As millennials, in general, are digital natives, we make the assumption that they have other learning competencies and expectations and are more attracted to digital and exciting learning methods. In this context, when looking at them as new employees, there arises the discussion within companies regarding the level of adapting the learning methods for on-the-job training. For these reasons, companies need to gradually introduce training practices based on e-learning, whose results are visible and quantifiable, after the training period, through the gained employee performance.
Based on these aspects, we conduct a case study, from the perspectives of the trainee and of the manager, focusing on efficiency of the e-learning methods implemented in a company in view of enabling skills development during on-the-job training, on the possible improvements, with taking into account specificities in learning among millennials and company policies. The case study is conducted on digital learning in a niche German speaking financial department in a large company (with over 1000 employees) from Romania, with a high turnover rate among millennials, for which one of the reasons is that the training period with less attractive classic on-the-job training methods are no more attractive for young employees. The methodology combines quantitative and qualitative approaches, with online survey conducted among the employees who used the e-learning, while the qualitative approach involves conducting direct individual semi-structured interviews with their managers.
As a result of our research, we can make recommendations regarding better adaptation and development of upcoming on-the-job training methods using e-learning, with taking into account the employee's requirements. Moreover, based on the research results regarding the company's practices in the small analyzed target group, proposals may be provided for the company in relation to possible expansion of the e-learning within on-the-job-training in other departments, to reach an overall higher performance level.
GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO A CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY MODEL
Authors: Dimitriu Gabriel , Boiculese Vasile lucian , Moscalu Mihaela , Dascalu Cristina gena
Published: February 2023

Sensitivity analysis methods have a long history and have been widely applied in different fields, such as environmental modeling, economical modeling for decision making, parameter estimation and control, chemical kinetics, and biological modeling analysis, with metabolic networks, signaling pathways and genetic circuits.
Cancer immunotherapy is based on the idea of immune surveillance. Immunotherapy, also named biologic therapy, represents a type of cancer treatment that boosts the body's natural defenses to fight cancer. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function.
The aim of this paper is to perform a global sensitivity analysis applied to a mathematical model for the tumor-immune interaction. Global sensitivity analysis quantifies the importance of model inputs and their interactions with respect to model output. It provides an overall view on the influence of inputs on outputs as opposed to a local view of partial derivatives as in local sensitivity analysis.
The model under investigation is specialized for autologous dendritic cell transfection therapy. It consists of a system of five nonlinear ordinary differential equations which define the rates of change for the following key immune cell populations: the tumor-specific CD4 T helper cells, the tumor-specific CD8 T cells or CTLs cytotoxic cells, the cancer cells that expose the tumor-associated antigens or TAAs, the mature dendritic cells loaded with the TAAs, and the IL-2 secreted by the tumor-specific CD4 T helper cells and responsible for T cell growth.
We show how to globally analyze the sensitivity of this complex system by means of several graphical objects: sensitivity heat map, singular spectrum plot, and parameter sensitivity spectrum.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KINETIC PROTOCOLS FOR EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF PUBIS OSTEITIS ON FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Authors: Ionite Catalin , Rotariu Mariana , Ilea Mihai , Rata Gloria
Published: February 2023

Changes in football over the last decade have led to the opening of an access path to this branch of affections from other areas such as postoperative affections, rheumatologic disorders etc.. One of these pathologies that have managed to migrate to the sporting branch is publgia (pubis osteitis), defined as an inflammation of the periarticular elements of the pubic symphysis. Once installed, it produces a negative effect on the player by virtue of his inability to act at the club's standards, but also personally by lowering his quality of life in relation to his partner and with the environment.Changes produced by pubalgia (pubis osteitis) in the pubic symphysis and periarticular elements can be collected using non-invasive postural analyzes such as a posturostes.The present study was structured in three stages, namely: the first stage consisted in the identification in the speciality literature other studies that addressed this disease by assessing the patients with the posturotest (thus analyzing the pressures exerted at the plantar level, the plantar surface percent, the movement of the general center of weight, etc.) and the application of a kinetotherapeutical protocol for the recovery of pubalgic syndrome, the second stage consisted in the evaluation of a lot of football players affected by the pubalgic syndrome (pubis osteitis) based on the evaluation parameters identified in stage one, the initial / final evaluations and performing a kinetotherapeutical protocol consisting of kinetic methods and techniques, and the 3-st stage consists in processing and comparing the results obtained with the results identified in the literature.Graphical simulation and interpretation is performed using a graphical interface, giving the reader a better understanding in the applicability of treatment in the pubalgic syndrom to football players. The graphical interface allows for a comprehensive view of the parameters and a simulation and statistical calculation module provides quantitative evaluation of parameter values that measure the degree of recovery of football players. This aspect will automatically lead to the creation of a recovery protocol designed to fully recover pubalgic syndrome (pubis osteitis) to soccer players and their reintegration as quickly as possible in training and automatically in competitive activity
SIMULATION OF MIO-ARTHRO-KINETIC SYSTEM PARAMETERS IN THE PLANTING REGION IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE POSTURAL POSITION
Authors: Rotariu Mariana , Arotaritei Dragos , Ionite Catalin
Published: February 2023

Over time, posture has been a determining factor in the evolution of the human race, making the transition from quadruped to bipedal. This transition has brought changes in the mio-arthro-kinetic system, both structural changes in the vertebral column by altering the curves and functional changes, in the position of the general weight center, the supporting polygon, the pressure exerted within the supporting polygon, the projection of the center of gravity in the supporting polygon etc. This position has been studied and well determined in the speciality literature (functionally, biomechanical, anatomical, etc.), but in the last decade we have seen changes in this position, changes that can be registered with posturology at the level of the supportive surface and namely in the planting region. The study was conducted on a number of 50 female students in the first year. All students benefited from a posturological assessment, performed from the bipedal position with a posturotest, and also an anthropometric evaluation. The inventory data were taken, statistically processed and compared with the data in the literature. The study helped identify the problems faced by the subjects up to this level, problems that led to a poor posture. The results of the study are shown through figures and pressure maps that will facilitate their understanding by the user. Subsequent follow-up is done by developing a protocol to eliminate identified problems, tracking students over a one-year studio, and reevaluating them to see if the elimination of the problems has helped remedy the vicious position. This approach will allow validate the protocol and will help at its improvement. On the other hand, preserving an archive with templates of evolution of pressure maps will allow the user to evaluate the quality of postural improvement of the patient and as an educational tool for the analysis of plantar pressure maps.
A NEW SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE TYPES IN EMPLOYABILITY EXPLANATION
Authors: Cojan Mihaela , Vilcu Adrian , Verzea Ion
Published: February 2023

Employability represents an indicator which reflects the ability of graduates of higher education to engage on labor market and involves factors from professional, technical and behavior fields. In this context, the professional competences determine a unitary and dynamic assembly of knowledge and competences that an employer is pursuing from an employee. Most of present approaches consider this concept either from an individual prospective, related to the individuals capability to get a job, or from an organizatory one, which takes into account the motivator climate through which the employers propose to entice and retain good employees. The purpose of this exploratory study is to identify the general professional skills that contribute to increasing the employability of Romanian higher education graduates from the perspective of the employers in the field of engineering. In the analysis of this study we propose a new systemic approach based on a statistic procedure for the optimization of "professional competences - employability" relationship, from employer standpoint. In this connection, a questionnaire destined to employers from technic/IT field (large companies and organizations with more than 250 employees) was drawn up, to identify the scores on different professional competences and to determine the most important of them by using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method. The application of this method was done after a descriptive statistical analysis of data to determine the suitability of the PCA method. The results are being shown off and compared with those from the specialized literature, and conclusions are issued from both the standpoint of professional competences - employability relationships, and for the practical software procedure utilized.
LOGICAL AND SEQUENTIAL E-LEARNING CONTENT FOR SUPPORTING SPECIALISTS IN TEXTILE ENTERPRISES
Authors: Radulescu Ionrazvan , Ghituleasa Carmen , Visileanu Emilia , Dias Ana , Stjepanovic Zoran , Vannucci Roberto , Blaga Mirela
Published: February 2023

: A new structural concept was developed for e-learning educational materials meant for improving innovation in textile field. The educational materials were composed of 35 new project solutions offered by five research providers in textiles. The project solutions resulted as need of the textile industry, identified by a SWOT analysis of a Benchmarking study with 64 enterprises on European level. The connections between the Opportunities from the SWOT analysis and the project solutions was included in a cluster table. The new e-learning concept was developed with Moodle resources and activities, in order to comply with the structure of the educational materials. Thus, within the logical approach, hyperlinks were provided between project solutions and the cluster table, while the cluster table Opportunities was linked to the SWOT analysis. Nonetheless, project solutions may be accessed in sequential approach, by Moodle activity Glossary. The attractive e-learning course was completed by three modules on innovation in Book resource format, multiple choice questions and Youtube videos with interviews of the project's research providers. The work on the educational materials and the new e-learning concept was developed within the Erasmus+ project TexMatrix - "Matrix of knowledge for innovation and competitiveness in textile enterprises" (2016-2018), having five experienced partners: INCDTP - Bucharest (coordinator), TecMinho - Portugal, Centrocot - Italy, University Maribor - Slovenia and Technical University Iasi. The Benchmarking questionnaire was leveraged by the management instrument of the Knowledge Matrix for Innovation, commonly prepared by the partners for textile enterprise's end-users. The project had an outstanding impact with 199 textile professionals and 137 young trainees prepared within multiplier events and blended courses. The English e-learning course may be accessed by Guests on www.advan2tex.eu/portal .
A SERIOUS GAME APPROACH IN ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION: THE GAME PROJECT
Authors: Barkoukis Vasileios , Tsiatsos Thrasyvoulos , Politopoulos Nikolaos , Stylianidis Panagiotis , Ziagkas Efthymios , Lazuras Lambros , Ypsilanti Antonia
Published: February 2023

Anti-doping education has largely relied on traditional educational approaches such as face-to-face interaction and e-learning material. Current challenges in anti-doping education involve a) the development of modern educational tools suitable for the new generation of athletes, b) the use of state-of-
art learning pedagogies that will enable effective engagement, learning and retention of the learned material, c) a systematic evaluation of the outcomes of anti-doping educational interventions on behavior and related cognition, and d) a
positive approach to doping prevention. Project GAME aims to address these needs through the development of a serious game that will incorporate current empirical evidence on the psychological mechanisms underpinning the decision making process towards doping use in competitive and recreational sports. The aim of the present study is to highlight the importance of anti-doping education,
conduct a state of the art literature review on serious games' design, present the prototype of a scenario that will be included in a serious game for anti-doping education, and discuss the project's activities related to the use of technologies in
anti-doping education.

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Anti-doping education has largely relied on traditional educational
aproaches such as face-to-face interaction and e-learning material. Current
chalenges in anti-doping education involve a) the development of modern
educational tools suitable for the new generation of athletes, b) the use of state-of-
art learning pedagogies that will enable effective engagement, learning and
retention of the learned material, c) a systematic evaluation of the outcomes of
anti-doping educational interventions on behavior and related cognition, and d) a
positive approach to doping prevention. Project GAME aims to address these
needs through the development of a serious game that will incorporate current
empirical evidence on the psychological mechanisms underpinning the decision
making process towards doping use in competitive and recreational sports. The
aim of the present study is to highlight the importance of anti-doping education,
conduct a state of the art literature review on serious games' design, present the
prototype of a scenario that will be included in a serious game for anti-doping
education, and discuss the project's activities related to the use of technologies in
anti-doping education.
STUDY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MYOTEST DEVICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINISOCCER PLAYERS EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH
Authors: Grigoroiu Carmen , Pelin Raluca anca , Pricop Adriandaniel , Netolitzchi Mihaela
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study is to optimize the explosive strength of the lower limbs of the students in the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest mini-soccer representative team.
The study was conducted over six months of training on a sample of 20 students (aged 18-21) of the first and second years of study who were randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group and control one.To determine the level of the explosive force in the two groups of subjects, both in the initial and final phases of the study we used the Myotest device (Sion, Switzerland) by applying the Countermovement Jump and Squat Jump tests. By using the Myotest wireless accelerometer, we could determine the folllowing variables: the jump height, power, strength, speed, and strength in speed regime. After the initial recording of the data, we elaborated programs of training of the experimental group, designed according to the game station, namely the goalkeeper and field players. The validation of the training programs, elaborated and introduced in the experimental group training, was based on the objective evaluation of the level of the explosive strength development of the lower limbs by means of the Myotest Pro device.
The results obtained by the subjects in the experimental group compared to the control group showed at the end of the study statistically significant differences in all the tested parameters, the level of development of the explosive force registering superior progress in the experimental group. The conclusions drawn from the study completes the database with useful information for coaches, physical education and sports teachers and soccer players who want to improve their lower limbs explosive strength.
PHYSICAL EXERCISES AND COMPUTER-BASED GAMES: FROM PLAYGROUND TO SERIOUS GAMES AND EXERGAMES
Authors: Stanescu Monica , Stanislovaitiene Jurate , Croitoru Doina
Published: February 2023

The technological and informational development of the last decades has also been an opportunity for the physical exercises field to benefit from the computer-based games effects, through the integration of functional indicators into a set of educational stimuli that aim to motivate and train people for a healthy and sustainable physical activity. Inspired by the characteristics of motor activities, both in structural terms and in physical and psychological demands, computer-based games are now widely used as specific learning tools as serious games and exergames. Nowadays both type of games contributes to the achievement of the specific objectives of different motor activities.
The paper aims to present an analysis of the serious games and exergames used in the field by applying a series of scientific criteria and to highlight their contribution at the specific learning process and fitness development. On the other hand, literature review has enabled authors to highlight the main research directions of using computer-based games in motor activities, providing important milestones for expanding the research area.
The conclusions of the paper are consistent methodological landmarks for specialists who want to modernize the training process through the use of computer-based games, as well as for the IT specialists who can develop new technologies and software products for this area.
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MOOC CONTENT ASSESSMENT: ANALYSIS OF LIBRARY PRODUCTS AND PARTICIPATORY SERVICES IN MOOCS
Authors: Larouk Omar , Garanovich Marina
Published: February 2023

Among the pedagogical innovations of recent years, MOOCs are a significant phenomenon in the academic world, via digital learning platforms. The new free courses published on the web are diverse academic content. These supports are qualified as MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) playing the role of providers of documentary knowledge like libraries. The support and support systems offered to MOOC registrants are difficult to design due to their wide opening to the public. Nevertheless, the hoped-for goal is to generate collaboration between the learner and the producer of knowledge, through the communication of content and the personalization of services. With a variety of interfaces, we will evaluate the devices of certain MOOCs to understand the attachment or not of academic uses. We will compare the different services offered to users (students, academics, etc.) by MOOCs such as: MIT, OpenCourseWare, COURSERA and FUN-MOOC in comparison with the library catalogs of the worldCat.org type. We use content assessment techniques from digital MOOC platforms to determine the specifics of the information services contained in these MOOCs. We will highlight characteristics common to the MOOCs studied while highlighting the specificities of each of them, which will have an impact on the aid to be considered.
An evaluation of information services, library services, participation services and information retrieval is provided in this article. We will focus our evaluation on the macro-criteria as essential: - personalized access services, library services, participatory services (social networks, etc.), and reference services linked to documentary products. We compare the highlights by focusing on the positive and negative points in relation to these qualification criteria
AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY
Authors: Bostanpop Mihaela anamaria , Barsan Ghita
Published: February 2023

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of cyber incidents triggered by the vulnerabilities of human, technical and procedural factors. Nowadays, security of communications and information technology systems correlated with the confidence they offer throughout the entire public services sector and those specific to the defence domain, represents a national priority in most countries. In order to avoid undermining national security or creating certain prejudices to the state, all institutions have the key responsibility to protect their cyber infrastructures.
Today we participate in a digital society in which all aspects of our lives are influenced by the way in which we use technology to communicate, socialize, work and study. Through numerous threats concerning national security, digitalization of data generates a series of problems that need to be analyzed and if possible, offered immediate solutions.
Undergoing radical changes, the field of education is at a point where its existing infrastructure needs to be reorganized and should aim for future learning environments that will meet tomorrow's expectations. This article reveals possible answers to the problems related to national security generated from the fact that society has now transferred all its content in a giant virtual space that has vulnerabilities and needs to be secured.
An advanced digitalization of society requires that most of its citizens should have some minimal knowledge related to using technology. A necessary preliminary step towards helping our contemporary society is to become highly digitalized and, in the meantime, achieving cyber safety through educational solutions.
SMART PHONE RELATED PROBLEMS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Authors: Dos Bulent
Published: February 2023

Smart phones have become so popular nowadays that the age of using individual smart phones has dropped to the level of primary school. Smart phones contain different functions such as using Internet, banking transactions, follow the news, video conversation, social media, entering the stock market, etc. Intensive use of mobile phones causes some problems. This problems creates some issues for students in their lives. The aim of this research was to reveal the problems that students face as a result of excessive use of smart phones. For this purpose, fifty university freshman students were asked to express whether they were dependent on the smart phone and the problems they encountered as a result of excessive use of smart phones. Data were collected by semi-structured interview form. Data were analyzed by content analysis. As a result of the research, it was found that most of the students were smart phone addicts. It has been found that excessive use of smartphones leads to health, individual, social, school and family problems. The most important problems encountered in health are lacrimation, increased level of myopia and increased pain in the eyes and dry eyes. Problems such as anxiety disorder, pain in the neck and hands, and numbness and distractibility were also expressed. In terms of school, the most important problems are devoting most of time to smart phone and resulting less study lesson and read book.When used properly, mobile phones contribute positively to the learning process. However, excessive use leads to addiction and many social, physical and psychological problems.
FUNDING SOURCES FOR NEW TRENDS IN SECURITY AND DEFENSE EDUCATION
Authors: Mitrea Geta
Published: February 2023

The lines of external source funding in the field of security and defense are varied, offering a multitude of possibilities for specialists in the field who wish to access projects with non-reimbursable financing for ideas that cannot be financed from internal sources. The funding opportunities come in response to the needs of the security and defense institutions and offer a precise solution on certain areas that have deficiencies both nationally and at European level. An example is the one of the higher education institutions in the field of security and defense that want to open the gates for the mutual exchanges of study experience for the students of the bachelor, master or doctorate and for which the necessity of carrying out an internship of documentation and/or research is required within a similar institution abroad. At present, the financing lines on which the national military universities can access projects are EEA Grants, ERASMUS +, structural funds without being limited to them.
Higher education institutions in Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein are an example of good practice in security and defense that can be multiplied and adapted to the needs of European Union member countries. This is one of the reasons for the possibility of financing projects for priority areas. In addition, exchanges of experience between students and teachers between institutions in these countries can help to identify sustainable long-term solutions. The projects with non-reimbursable financing represent a viable solution in the short and medium term in order to stimulate the personnel of the security and defense institutions to be creative and constructive in a society that has a constantly changing dynamic.
THE COUNSELLING NEEDS OF TEACHERS IN PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Authors: Herman Ramona iulia
Published: February 2023

This article addresses teachers counselling needs, from the perspective of the relationship with preschoolers and pupils, in order to motivate them to achieve high school performance and to develop their personality. Teachers are also in an ideal position to bring their concerns to the attention of parents and offer guidance on different strategies and sources of help which may be needed. At the same time teachers are now expected to work more closely with parents and other professionals such as psychologists and social workers. In addition, senior teachers are expected to be able to support and appraise other teachers. To fulfil their roles in each of these areas teachers need to possess basic counselling skills. The article presents several aspects regarding counselling needs, in order to maintain the teachers' wellbeing and to prevent occupational stress. To identify all these counselling needs, we applied to a number of 105 teachers from three counties, a questionnaire developed by us, which contains 10 objective and subjective items. Thus, within this article, the answers offered by the teachers are presented, analyzed and interpreted, taking into account the variable professional experience. The results of this analysis, of the teachers' counseling needs, target aspects such as: methods of knowing children and pupils, strategies for solving interpersonal conflicts, techniques for optimizing the relationship with parents and pupils, ways to stimulate motivation for play and learning, ways of preventing school failure, effective methods of integrating children or pupils with special needs, preventing aggression, as well as the need for programs aimed at preventing intra-family violence. The article finally presents conclusions and recommendations regarding teachers counseling needs.
NEEDS AND SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INCREASED USE OF ICT IN THE ROMANIAN PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, WITH ENVISAGED CURRICULUM RESTRUCTURING
Authors: Zegrea Luminita gabriela , Ionita Anca daniela , Ganescu Cornel constantin
Published: February 2023

The use of digital technologies within the Romanian pre-university educational system has been a source of disagreements at various levels of management. Although expected to bring about major changes, the process has been difficult, and the results are still below the contemporary needs. Worldwide, over the last decade there has been an exponential increase in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in education. However, the manner in which they have been adopted has varied widely, due to a number of factors, including: teachers' knowledge in the domain of study, self-efficiency, scholarly education, pedagogical beliefs, learning content and intrinsic motivation of using such technologies, computer-generated anxieties etc. Another factor is the student-centred learning strategy, taking into account the students' actual digital competencies. In order to identify the specific needs with regard to the use of ICT, we realized a study within thirty-three schools in the Ilfov County. The paper presents the current state of practice and the statistics concerning the ICT school laboratories, the Internet access, and the degree of online learning platforms adoption. Our findings showed that a new approach is needed, based on proposing, approving and implementing, at the school's behest, curricula that will be structured according to the varied types of schools implementing this (according to their respective levels) and, in particular, according to these schools' ICT technology facilities and use. As regards teachers, the aim is to make them better friends with computers and gain access to European mobility programmes for educational platforms' developers
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Alexe Catalina monica , Alexe Catalin george , Popescu Mirona ana maria , Costinas Sorina
Published: February 2023

Regardless of the size and type of the organization, absolutely all the organizations face business risks that they must identify, evaluate, treat and manage them as best as they can.
Nowadays, every business is based, more or less, on technology. Compared to other companies, high technology organizations have a greater capacity for innovation, greater technological efficiency and, consequently, high exposure to the risks related to the technology.
In increasingly dynamic and complex business environments, the software solutions of risk management address a number of challenges related to how to identify and assess risks that are constantly changing.
In the present paper we will conduct a research regarding the identification of the most suitable software solutions for risk management within organizations, taking into account several variables, including: the industry to which it is addressed, the size of the organization, the stages of the risk management process, the costs involved and so on.
Such software solutions for risk management in organizations can support aspects such as: process analysis, integration with the existing collaboration tools within the company, data consolidation; quantifying risks, creating links between losses and risks, researching risks; quantitative and qualitative assessment of the risks; testing, acting, carrying out the risk reduction plan; sensitivity analysis, application of dashboards to track loss values and their influence on key performance indicators of the organization.
The paper is of interest to managers, entrepreneurs and all those who want to find out how they can select the most appropriate software solutions needed for risk management within organizations.
SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AND SLEEP PROBLEM: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING
Authors: Bulut Ayse , Tuncay Nazime
Published: February 2023

Sleep disorder is a condition that may be very damaging and may be related to poor mental health and low academic performance. The causes of sleep disorder had been interest of many researches for decades, however not a realistic solution could be found until today. Do new scientific improvements and new software do good to our dentistry students or does it do bad? Should we put a restriction to Social Media usage like WhatsApp group messages and night-time Smartphone use? Does Social Media effect students sleep and their academic performance? To understand this we had to deliver a research study in Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University dentistry students. Although there are lots of research studies about sleep disorder and social media, there were not any studies delivered in Cyprus. WhatsApp groups are widely used in Cyprus Health and Sciences University for academic purposes like information sharing and social life communications. Sleep performance of students is closely related to their success. A detailed literature review is done about Sleep Disorder and Social Media Effects on Sleep Disorder. A Good sleep is important for all students and may be it is more important for dentistry students who have a very intense course schedule than the other students. Sleep Disorder Questionarie and Social Media Addiction Questionnaire is used to get information about students Sleep- Social Media Behaviors. In total 150 students have attained to this research study and there were interesting differences according to students demographic properties. Recommendations to improve quality of sleep and to prevent social media addiction is given by the authors.
EVOLUTION OF ELEARNING TOOLS: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING E-LEARNING IN NUTRITION AND HUMAN HEALTH
Authors: Chivu Ralucagiorgiana , Turlacu (lazar) Luizamaria , Platon Otilia elena , Orzan Mihai
Published: February 2023

The development of technology, the expansion of the distribution of the computer as an accessible tool for almost everyone did not go beyond the field of teaching. In recent years, e-learning has become an increasingly common tool in the education system. E-learning is not a single component, but is very complex, covering a wide range of approaches and methods, as well as topics of interest. In general, when talking about e-learning, we refer to learning methods in which the teacher and students are physically separated from each other by time and place. For this reason, sometimes besides the countless advantages that we identify in the case of using the elearning means for available and efficient learning, there are certain disadvantages related to the priority of the credibility of the source or its scientific basis. If in certain situations the information can be generally valid and unanimously accepted by specialists in the field, in the case of more delicate topics such as nutrition or other aspects of human health, there may be controversies or even false information or which can not be generally adapted to each individual.
In this article we conducted an exploratory research followed by a review of the literature in this field, as well as a qualitative research through which we sought to identify the degree of trust given by the users to the elearning tools used for nutrition and human health. Among the objects of the study were identified the advantages and disadvantages perceived, the attributes that make a source of information credible and applicable to users and the reasons why they choose to inform themselves through elearning platforms and do not appeal to specialists in the field. To obtain the results, a questionnaire consisting of 23 questions was used as a research tool and was applied on a sample of 130 respondents.
THE ADVANTAGES OF AN E-TRAINING SYSTEM FOR THE ROMANIAN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Authors: Laura Patache , Parvu Iuliana , Chiru Claudiu
Published: February 2023

The use of information technology in the hospitality industry is becoming a standard, the technologies are replacing positions as a receptionist, client hospitality assistant, waiter or others. Also, starting from 2018 teleworking is regulated by the Romanian labor law and employers are gradually aware of the benefits of this type of activity. The universities in order to win the competition on the adult education market need to organize and carry out educational activities tailored to the employees and employers' expectations and collaboration must be established based on future trends: technology and talent. In this context, the use of an integrated learning systems, software and outsourcing of some work processes through teleworking can be the solution to improve the hospitality industry's labor shortage. In our paper we propose a training system based on 3 components, such as: a simulated hotel-restaurant type company, an e-learning system and a video conferencing system. The practice in the training center will be carried out in the simulated hotel-restaurant environment, the e-learning system will be used for the theoretical training and will contain materials in electronic format (text, video) as well as tests that will measure the degree of assimilation of the knowledge and finally the video conferencing system will provide an audio / video connection between students and tutors from the hotel industry. These tutors will present some topics of interest and will answer the students' questions. They will also present live examples on how to perform certain activities specific to the hotel industry.
MOBILE APPLICATIONS - TOOLS USED IN LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION AND HEALTH CARE
Authors: Chivu Ralucagiorgiana
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, technology is vital, it is something without which we could not live, considering that it is everywhere. Getting used to the population with different innovations that make their life easier even in an unconscious way, from social networks, blogs, sites, movies, documentaries and so on, what happens in the online and offline spheres. offers a wide range of information to the population.
One of the current methods of e-learning that makes the whole process more efficient, being an interactive one, easy to access, offers an infinite palette of options regardless of the domain. E-learning can be helpful to those eager to learn, thus improving their education, knowledge and skills in many fields.
In recent years, being increasingly subject to increased levels of stress, sedentary lifestyle and medical conditions, people have started to use more and more tools to inform themselves about implementing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including even elearning and mobile learning tools for information.
The increasingly used mobile learning applications offer insights into the quality of food, the number of calories and the nutritional composition of foods, managing to generate personalized nutrition programs for each user, presenting to him justifying information.
The purpose of this article is to identify the reasons that cause users to turn to mobile learning applications in terms of health and nutrition, and through objectives is identified the physical (visual) characteristics that determine their users. choose a specific learning application. To identify this information, a qualitative research was carried out on a sample of 12 people using mobile applications to assess the health and implementation of certain nutritional models, and as an research guide an interview guide and the Eye-Tracking tool were used. in order to be able to observe the evidence of the physical characteristics (design and aesthetics, or friendly use) for which they chose a certain application to the detriment of another one (in this case a comparison was made on 2 applications with different characteristics).
COMPUTER-BASED TOOLS APPLIED IN THE COURSE "TELECOMMUNICATION SECURITY"
Authors: Borodzhieva Adriana
Published: February 2023

During the last years, computers have changed the way people live and work. There is no field in which computers do not play a very important role. Education also has grown beyond learning from textbooks. Computer-Based Education refers to teaching methodologies using computers as a key component of information transmission. The paper presents different computer-based tools applied in the course "Telecommunication Security", included as compulsory in the curriculum of the specialty "Internet and Mobile Communications" for Bachelors at the University of Ruse but it can be applied in other courses covering topics of cryptography and information protection.
During the classes students develop an application in MS Excel illustrating the principle of operation of a cryptosystem based on non-linear feedback shift registers generating de Bruijn Sequence, built on the basis of a 3-bit shift register and additional logic gates. Then the students implement the device studied using Logisim, an educational tool for designing and simulating digital logic circuits and they can see the operation of the real device.
The paper describes MS EXCEL-based applications implementing and graphically illustrating the processes of encryption and decryption of words in English using cryptosystems based on non-linear feedback shift registers (NLFSRs) generating de Bruijn Sequence. Numerous examples obtained by the applications are presented in the paper. Details about the functions used for the implementation are given. Some problems that arise when encrypting and decrypting texts are illustrated by examples.
The application helps the teacher in the process of generating individual assignments for the students and facilitates the lecturer in checking the students' works. In groups with a higher number of students, the application might be used by students to check their works or the works of their colleagues.
The topic could be presented in an accessible manner for pupils in the schools, without using the terminology required for students with the aim to attract future students to our university.
Using active learning during the classes in the course, the lecturer understands the students who learnt the new lesson and the students who did not. Student self-assessment implicates students in evaluating their own work and learning progress. Using self-assessment, students can identify their own skill gaps and see where to focus their attention in learning, revise their work and track their own progress. This process helps students stay involved and motivated and encourages self-reflection and responsibility for their learning.