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FLEXIBLE METHOD FOR ,,SERIOUS" GAMES CATEGORY FOR ASSISTED VISUAL TRAINING FOR CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
Authors: Braun Barbu cristian , Baritz Mihaela ioana
Published: February 2023

The paper presents a stage of the research on pediatric optometry, namely the one in which it was developed a new flexible method, based on a software interface using, allowing the visual correction, as virtual games in case of visually impaired children. The research was especially focused on the conception, programming and testing the interface that is displayed as an attractive game that could be used on PC, Laptop or tablet, for the purpose of the assisted visual training for children. The interface is addressed first of all to children aged between 6 and 10 years, this being an age at which vision correction is still partial or completely possible. It can be used for different categories of visual impairments, like squint, myopia, hyperopia etc. In the paper there are presented several logical sequences for programming, based on the main necessary algorithms for the interface running. There is also presented the way in which it could be used by the person itself submitted to the training procedure, or by the parents, teacher or optometrist, any of them being involved in the training activity. Another important issue is related to the proposed method feed-back, it being applied until now to three identified children, each with a different type visual impairment: the first one was found with squint, the second with hyperopia and the last with myopia. The visual training, in each case was performed for a period of three months, the training consisting in solving the tests proposed within the developed software interface. Initially and after each month of visual training some periodical evaluations were carried out, also using the described interface. For this reason it could be demonstrated the utility of the proposed method, it being also particularly attractive one for the children, therefore, the prerequisites for its widespread expansion in schools. This could have a medium or major impact in preventing the installation of irreversible visual deficiencies.
HARDWARE SIMULATOR FOR TEACHING INTERNET OF THINGS
Authors: Culic Ioana , Radovici Alexandru , Dumitru Calin
Published: February 2023

Some of the significant technological advancements nowadays are related to the Internet of Things (IoT) field. While connected systems have been used for a long time, they were considered a niche area and were mostly used in the industry. Currently, connected devices and sensors have become extremely popular, and the IoT is now considered a subject that any technical person should be aware of. The result is that it has become a vital component of all computer science classes. Today, most high-schools and universities have introduced IoT in their curricula.

For many institutions, especially high-schools, the costs of acquiring the hardware equipment necessary to teach Internet of Things courses are very high, and most of the time, students have to share the hardware kits available. What is more, students can interact with the hardware for a limited number of hours a week, during classes, leaving them with no possibility to practice the skills they acquire at home, except if they purchase the same hardware kits they use at classes.
In this paper, we present an open-source software platform designed to simulate hardware devices, allowing teachers and students to build and run simple IoT applications without the need for actual hardware. The platform simulates a Raspberry Pi device, the most popular hardware platform used in education. While not designed to replace the hardware components completely, the simulator is built as a complementary solution to the development platforms, enabling students to quickly prototype simple applications, which can then be run on the actual hardware.

The result is an open and free to use platform that allows simple IoT programs to be run outside an actual hardware platform, making the teaching process faster and less expensive.
LEARNING ABOUT INTERACTIONS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH CHATBOTS
Authors: Hosszu Alexandra , Botezatu Mihai alexandru
Published: February 2023

In the contemporary period, social life is strongly mediated by digital technology, which influences both the knowledge of one's own person and the knowledge of others. Digital can facilitate inter-human communication, increase professional efficiency, improve the quality of life or even change the perspective on society. Digital instruments started to be used also as "emotionally intelligent bots" which might help individuals building emotional resilience, promising "no judging", "privacy", "reflective space" and being "your 4 am friend". Human - non-human relationship became a reality through friendly interactions and learning processes in both direction: from non-human to human and from human to non-human. How is the human - non-human interaction constructed through chatbots? How is the human portrayed in chatbots? How is the non-human portrayed in chatbots? How are learning processes build through emotional support chatbots? These are some of the questions which will be addressed through this paper.
This paper aims to analyse the learning role of the emotional support chatbots focusing on the learning processes and the knowledge produced through the human - non-human interaction.
In the first part of the paper, I will summarize a literature review of the main articles relevant for this theme. The second part of the paper will include a review of the existing apps promising emotional support and a study case on 2 of the apps following three objectives: (1) understanding the interaction built between human and chatbot, (2) examining the learning processes enhanced by the chatbots, and (3) analyzing types of knowledge produced through the interaction and the learning processes.
DIMINISHING THE UNIVERSITY DROP-OUT RATES IN ROMANIAN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS BY USING A SMART CAREER PATH PROFILING SYSTEM
Authors: Dascalu Maria iuliana , Stanica Iulia  cristina , Bodea Constantanicoleta , Nitu Melania , Lazarou Elisabeth , Dascalu Lenuta
Published: February 2023

Although knowledge economy came with an increased amount of world-wide career opportunities, major difficulties related to knowledge workers' employment have occurred, among them incapacity of choosing the suitable career. Usually, careers (jobs, occupations) are determined by education, either formal or informal. When a student enrolls to a faculty, he/she in fact makes the first step in choosing one's career. Unfortunately, in Romania, more than a quarter of the students enrolled in a graduate or master program do not finish their studies. This translates into no-return-on-investment for the Romanian government regarding the money spent on the incomplete schooling of so many undecided youths. The career counselling centers, which could diminish the drop-out problem, are under-financed and under-staffed, as one councilor provides such programs for 3400 students, while in high schools a counselor activates for approximative 800 pupils, according to public statistics. In Romania, the university drop-out rate increases from year to year, especially in engineering programs, which are harder, and less known to pupils, conducting to a lack of skilled personnel in the corresponding domains in industry. In the light of the above observations, the scope of the article is to propose a technological model for a Smart Career Path Profiling System (CPPS) with the aim of providing career counseling and recommendations based on advanced analytics of users' profile, extracted automatically from various data sources, e.g. the school situation, social media profiles, specific answers etc. CPPSs are not a new thing. Usually they are built based on psychometric instruments and psychological tests. Unfortunately, these tests are time-consuming and don't take into consideration all aspects of a person behavior. As a follow-up of the technological opportunities, researchers have tried to improve the CPPSs by exploiting recommendation algorithms, data mining techniques and social media technologies: a new generation of CPPSs occurred. Our model is based on recent technologies and customized for Romanian environment and for engineering domains and presented in the context of the new generation of CPPSs.
THE PROJECT TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING QUALITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Authors: Butova Anna v. , Kisel Olesia , Dubskikh Angelina
Published: February 2023

Innovative teaching technologies are becoming popular in education. A good degree of integration of academic and professional education, ensuring the training process taking into account the requirements in a new educational paradigm is the reason. Under the circumstances Nosov Magnitigorsk State Technical University aims to provide the required professional staff for the needs of the regional sphere by updating the target, substantive and technological conditions of the educational process with the introduction of innovative educational technologies. The project technology or the project method is considered to be such an innovative technology. Under the technology of project training, we mean the system of interrelated actions, conditions, requirements for the subjects' pedagogical activity, the central element of which is a project or image for a future result. This method focuses on the student's personal development and significant professionally oriented activities; allows you to choose an individual pace of work on the project; combines all the baggage of knowledge, skills and abilities that a student can apply in various situations, and helps to learn basic knowledge of a foreign language and expand it if necessary. Work on the project is a powerful tool for enhancing students' cognitive activity: they see the final result - a product that they have created themselves - and can assess its practical significance. In addition, such a creative kind of activity stimulates professional self-determination.
The project technology is successfully applied at the Foreign Languages in Engineering Department Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University. The largest educational project in 2019 was the organization and holding of the international scientific-practical conference <>, carried out as part of the international project <>. Student scientific conference as a kind of project work is a form of interdisciplinary learning, which allows solving a complex of educational and didactic tasks aimed at creating students' creative independence. The purpose of this article is to show that the educational project performs not only a controlling function, but also has a learning and educational focus. The article provides a step-by-step organization of the process in preparing and holding a scientific conference in the course of a foreign language teaching at the Foreign Languages in Engineering Department; identifies skills and abilities, formed in the process of classroom studies and extracurricular activities; analyzes teachers' and students' roles at each stage.
PREECLAMPSIA AND SECONDARY ILLNESSES RECOGNITION BASED ON LAYERED WEIGHTED NETWORKS
Authors: Marin Iuliana , Goga Nicolae
Published: February 2023

Preeclampsia is a disease which characterizes up to 10% of the pregnancies due to the elevated blood pressure that occurs during the third trimester of labor. As preeclampsia evolves into a severe condition, more factors should be taken into account. The paper proposes a three layered weighted network consisting of illnesses, symptoms and treatments. The network is used to determine the secondary illnesses of the pregnant women. The human disease and the symptom ontologies developed by the Northwestern University from the United States of America, offer information about the first two characteristics and they have been used at the creation phase of the corresponding layers. The treatments given by doctors build the third layer of the weighted network. The illnesses patterns are determined based on the three layer network. Some of the illnesses which characterize the presence of preeclampsia are constipation, cystitis, retinal detachment, lactic acidosis, hepatic coma, and the HELLP syndrome. Based on the analysis, it was proved that many patients have glomerular endotheliosis. In the severe cases of preeclampsia, hemolysis, and low platelets, a sign of HELPP syndrome, are some of the most often illnesses. Medical professionals are able to improve the existent layers of the considered network through the use of an intuitive graphical user interface. This also allows other doctors to learn and apply new principles while treating their patients who develop preeclampsia and further secondary diseases. The proposed solution enhances the illness definition, development and monitoring process, thus improving the lives of many pregnant women and their unborn children.
DETERMINATION OF SPEED AND ACCELARATION FOR A PLANE MECHANISM WITH THE INSTANTANEOUS ROTATION CENTER METHOD AND EULER'S GRAF-ANALYTICAL METHOD USING AUTOCAD MECHANICAL
Authors: Muncut Elena stela , Erdodi Geza mihai , Culda Lavinia ioana , Komjaty Andrei , Sirghie Cecilia
Published: February 2023

The present paper proposes the presentation through a modern e-learning method, in the discipline of Mechanics, determining the speeds and accelerations at different types of mechanisms. We use visual presentation methods, combined with explanations in the form of text. This determination of speeds and accelerations is performed using the graph-analytical method of Euler. PowerPoint was used to present the lab work. Hyperlinks have been created between different slides, creating references to other slides to provide sufficient information about the lab work. There is an interconnection between the chapters of the paper, to facilitate the development of the laboratory without losing the student's attention. The present paper can be accessed from the University's SUMS platform (https://core.uav.ro), each student having access using their own username and password. AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop was used to create the graphical part. In the paper it is assumed that the mechanism is a desmodrome, the movements of all kinematic elements and couples are known. The driving kinematic torque is materialized by a three-phase asynchronous electric motor, the students will determine the speeds and accelerations of the elements of the mechanism in different positions. The velocity vectors will be constructed, for each element separately, thus obtaining the center of the instantaneous rotation, by means of which the instantaneous speeds of the elements of the mechanism can be determined. General competences pursued are: identifying the data that intervenes in the problem and the relationships between them, elaborating the algorithms for solving problems and implementing the algorithms in a programming language.
Specific competences: description of a succession of operations that are obtained from the input data and the output data, the analysis of the problem statement and the establishment of the steps to solve the problem, the representation of the algorithms in the word and the final drawing. observing the principles of structured programming in the process of elaborating algorithms, identifying the need for structured data and processing structured data.
MASTER EDUCATION EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS SIMULATIONS
Authors: Mustata Cristian , Closs Sissi elisabeth , Guica Ioana raluca , Trifan Elena laura , Lazarou Elisabeth , Alexe Catalin george , Alexe Catalina monica
Published: February 2023

In the actual context of rising complexity, the interface between engineering and management becomes more relevant in the industry as well as subsequently on the labour market. Training the right competencies to deal with highly complex systems is beneficial but also very challenging, as classical courses are usually not designed interdisciplinary. At master level disciplinary thinking it not enough anymore, for shaping the leaders of tomorrow in the interdisciplinary field of engineering and management. Thus the easy way of mixing courses from the field of engineering and of management is not sufficient. To address the requirements of complexity and interdisciplinary orientation the paper is analyzing the potential of inserting technology business simulations in master level education.
The use of e-Learning and ICT tools next to the professor-student interaction is potentially enhancing the capability of the students to deal with high complexity and many variables that interact deterministic or stochastic. This situation can either discourage the students, or boost their motivation, when engaging with high complex technology business simulations, a fact that is also analyzed within the paper.
Thus the paper uses the experience of the authors' team in order to establish if technology business simulations can contribute to master excellence in the field of engineering and management and if it diminishes or boosts the motivation of students in the process. It also analyzes how the students interact with different components of such technology business simulation in order to develop competencies that can be use in high complexity and interdisciplinary oriented environments.
BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
Authors: Valtins Karlis , Tipans Igors , Straujuma Anita
Published: February 2023

Innovation economy demands new skills and competences, creates the need to repeatedly and regularly improve one's knowledge and skills, therefore the link must be maintained between labor market requirements and higher education offer. As solution to above mentioned problems strategy proposes that educational and cultural education institutions should become the centers of social networking, in the management of which parents, teaching staff, students, as well as wider local community, including entrepreneurs, representatives of professional and sectoral associations, participate and co-operate. There is a particular emphasis on the need to develop programs of voluntary mentors. In year 2013 colleges and universities in the United States raised 33.80 billion USD in total voluntary support (Council for Aid to Education report, 201410). Alumni donations constitute almost one third of all the amount raised. In UK higher education institutions received GBP 657 million in cash income as philanthropic support in year 2103-14. This experience proves that keeping meaningful contact with alumni is a long term strategy and eventually results not only in intellectual cooperation but also a substantial source of financing. Alumni engagement activities have proved to be an effective tool providing life-long learning for alumni, experience exchange between experienced alumni and young alumni and students as well as, in the long-term, financial support for the universities by alumni and their companies. Two solutions are being discussed in this paper - ICT platform and alumni association. Paper is based on the Riga Technical University's example, EXTEND project case studies also publicly available statistics/data.
STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE. THE MAIN FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS' DROPOUTS
Authors: Chicioreanu Teodora daniela , Spanu Paulina
Published: February 2023

Students' Perspective. The Main Factors That Contribute To Students' Dropouts.
This qualitative study aims at analyzing the factors that contribute to dropout among students. The research was conducted on six different campuses ( University of Camerino - Italy, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest - Romania, University Panepistimio Thessalias - Greece, Socialini? Moksl? Kolegija - Lietuva, Spain Zaragoza's University - Spain, Cukurova University - Turkey) and consisted of an open-ended interview with a sample of students. Data from the interviews were analyzed using a thematic constant comparison approach. The analysis of the data was based on Qualitative Content Analysis. The main themes were identified. The results reveal that the factors contributing to dropout were mainly related with the personal characteristics of the students, such as gender, age, the type of institution, and the knowledge of the institution. These characteristics were also related to the attitudes of the institution and the faculty toward the students. College factors that can hinder students were also identified.
The students' perspective is helpful in assisting the school and the parents to discover the causes of dropout. The school and the parents should be aware that dropouts have negative effects on their personal development by delaying the students' academic development. The school should also take care of the students' personal relationships with teachers, classmates, parents, and siblings. They should take care of the students' personal relationships with classmates and with teachers.A survey was conducted with 540 students who had completed the clinical clerkship. The response rate was 84%(475 valid answers)
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLENDED LEARNING METHOD IN THE ROMANIAN PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Authors: Oprescu Claudia
Published: February 2023

Blended Learning Concept designates a form of mixed education, that combines traditional teaching methods with tools of communication technology.

In the pre-university educational system in Romania the traditional process of teaching and learning is more often used; thus, the student is studying in a certain classroom in an educational unit, being supervised by a teacher.

The fast pace of e-learning development determines the emergence and use in the Romanian educational space of a new context for learning, the Blended Learning method, a new learning space, student centred.

The group of Web 2.0 technologies (blog, wiki page, podcast, RSS feeds) have changed the way interpersonal communication takes place, this new perspective being associated with a rich repertoire of services and applications, creating a new context for viewing, accessing and producing information. Blended learning method thus becomes a viable alternative to traditional education methods.

The main change registered in accessing the method of mixed learning is the reconfiguration of the role of the teacher and student - teacher relationship; it is recommended to adopt certain roles of the users, both in terms of their pedagogical function as well as accessing/configuring online rights. Therefore, the new environment which is constantly evolving, its development plans will be analysed.

The research employed a mixed method of analysis, triangulating the data from 10 interviews realised with teachers from urban school community. Whenever data is available, the paper uses a comparative perspective with other EU countries (Finland, France, Germany), particularly regarding the BL methodology in educational process.
WHY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES BOOST CREATIVITY
Authors: Semenescu Augustin , Antonescu Vincentiu daniel , Chiva Ionut cosmin
Published: February 2023

The use of digital technologies in education has been advocated by many researchers (Aldrich, 2004; Quinn, 2005). These as well as the Higher Education Institutions' Educators strongly encourage the adoption of information technology for teaching and learning.
Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. Educators are using the technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
This article presents a variety of ways in which digital technology can enhance innovation by facilitating the necessary conditions for the development of students' creative ideas and the implementation of these ideas in current activities.
According to Kampylis and Berki (2014, p. 6): 'Creative thinking is defined as the thinking that enables students to apply their imagination to generating ideas, questions and hypotheses, experimenting with alternatives and to evaluating their own and their peers' ideas, final products and processes'. Creativity is an active process necessarily involved in innovation. It is a learning habit that requires skills as well as specific understanding of the contexts in which creativity is being applied. The creative process is at the heart of innovation.
We describe - in the first part- conditions necessary to generate and implement creative ideas. Also, we examine - in the second part - how digital technology influences each of these conditions, , the most memorable way to get people into an innovation.
The paper is based on a literature survey and author research.
IMPROVED M-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON IMT-ADVANCED- SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY AND FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION STUDENT ATTENDANCE SYSTEM
Authors: Alhabeeb Naseer abdulkarim jaber , Goga Nicolae , Marian Constantin viorel , Ali Haider abdullah
Published: February 2023

The technological progressions have affected the society so as to take a leap towards success. Every technological reform is the small step towards advancement and progress of mankind. Developments in information technologies also have been impact upon educational organizations.
The Education became growingly important for people of all nations during the past century, and that model will be no less true, during the 21st Century. Modern Distance Education became strong by networks depending on the ICT and the tools of internet, supplies large benefits that are leveling the domain of global playing, on one hand of supplying the access and the chances for the education. Using Mobile technology integrated with satellite technology especially the satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology in Distance Education may be pressing to evolve nations, where a lot of their populations are dispersed in the rural and remote areas. A system of M-School Management is the comprehensive web-based Software for Management of School. It is a powerful tool based on Mobile technology and the tools of internet resource planning platform for enterprise that collects the core functions of different systems into the single overall package, included System of Student Information (SIS), System of the Course Management (CMS), Fingerprint Recognition Student Attendance system, Examination, Library, Video conference and VoIP.
The Satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology can supply trustworthy and ubiquitous communication services anywhere on a universal basis. In this article, we present research that is concerned with building a System of M-School Management depending on Mobile technology integrated with the Satellite IMT-Advanced Systems based on SAT-OFDM technology for Iraq environment, where a proportion of its population are scattered in rural and remote areas. It is designing for best interaction amongst the students, the tutors, the parents and administration of the school. This software of management very safely processes all requirements for simple school management.
THE DATA STRUCTURES FOR E-LEARNING (DSEL) PLATFORM
Authors: Chirila Ciprianbogdan , Chirila Oanasorina
Published: February 2023

Auto-Generative Learning Objects (AGLO) are reusable learning templates that can be instantiated with content based on random numbers.
The templates are filled with content generated automatically by metaprogramming.
The DSEL platform is a web application that processes the AGLO templates and generates interactive HTML content for the students. The platform includes user authentication based on Google, Facebook and Yahoo in order to avoid creating new credentials.
Each HTTP session is stored in the database in order to analyze the progress of the learning process for each student. The DSEL platform processes the evaluation of symbols and then replaces the content of HTML. The symbols may have text values or SVG (Scalar Vector Graphics) content.
The platform is responsible for processing the interaction between student and the correct answer. It evaluates the student answer by comparing it to the computed answer. Another aspect of the interaction is about selecting the right feedback to be shown to the student based on the given answer.
The DSEL platform manages the persistance of the students interactions. Since the HTML content is dynamically generated each symbol is posted in a MySql database through a PHP persistance module. The navigation on the AGLO objects hierarchy tree is monitorized and stored in the database.
Each visit to an AGLO and its generated content is stored in the database to be further investigated. The result of the student answer evaluation is stored in the database too. The learning progress is showed in a web page for each user and globally for the administrator.
The platform is prepared to be evaluated for two disciplines namely, Data Structures and Algorithms and Algorithm Design and Analysis.
As perspective, we intent to implement an analytics module to gather conclusions from the AGLO learning approach.
EDUCATION 3.0: BLOCKCHAIN-BACKED MOOCS
Authors: Paraschiveanu Virgil , Voicudorobantu Roxana , Richardson Geomina
Published: February 2023

MOOCs ability to provide valuable skills and competencies at a fraction of the cost of other educational offers, in a fraction of the time, and from the comfort of one's own home, has proven to be a promising business reference to digital transformation, as applied in higher education.
This paper overviews the impact of blockchain features, such as the trendy self-sovereign identity adding precious disruptive value along MOOCs value chains, especially around content acquisition, digital marketing and monetization, as well as facilitating acquisition and transfer of credentials in a digital trust-focused environment. A sound, trackable and protective digital identity has been long considered a needed asset, whereas the owner of the credentials, either the university, individual or employer has full control over the data that is shared across the educational ecosystem, on a case-by-case basis. The article also aspires at critically observing whether using blockchain tech for courseware aggregation and delivery constitutes a sound business case, as well as a worthy exploration for intrinsic learning motivation and an enhancement to higher education value chain.
Secondly, blockchain and the self-sovereign identity offer benefits for the education authoring providers in particular and token-based monetization models for OER education.
Blockchain has the potential to disrupt significantly current business models, by facilitating legally binding smart-contracts, helping streamline the credentials' processes, protecting the viability and legitimacy of education records as well as increasing the effectiveness of educational agregators. Reliably easy and quick to transfer credentials are essential for the labor force to be able to swiftly introduce newly acquired skills and competencies to the real business. In the same time, education providers are incentivized by an education governance model that enables better management and sustainability.
SHAPING THE FUTURE: BETWEEN OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE ONGOING 4TH AND THE FORTHCOMING 5TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Authors: Petcu Ioana , Radu Andreea florina , Barbu Dragos catalin , Golea Daniela georgiana , Barbu Monica
Published: February 2023

The impact of the recent digital and innovative technological evolutions has, by all means, been major on every aspect of our lives, affecting and transforming our societies.
We are living an era of fast technological developments. Thus, we dare stating that the natural selection is not an option anymore, but rather the forced evolution and only those looking for new creative, innovative solutions will be able to survive, evolve and thrive in the future.
We recently entered the 4th industrial revolution and we are about to take the next step to the 5th one. But we have to question ourselves: are we truly ready to keep up with this alert pace of evolution? Are we prepared and aware of the opportunities and most important of the challenges brought by the new technological revolutions? Therefore, our paper aims to analyse/ evaluate in a more or less comprehensive approach, the current state of play of the digital and innovative solutions (e.g.: artificial intelligence) and their future impact on public administration's and business environment activities, educational systems and on the society, as a whole.
Through our paper we also want to underline that we do not have any guarantees on how the scenarios will unfold, but nevertheless, we do have the prerequisites to foresee those scenarios and prepare ourselves to respond in a common, integrated manner, informing and involving all stakeholders - the public and private sector, academia and civil society. Only taking this path we can make the most out of it and generate added value, in terms of: more efficient and up-to-date public services, increased quality of products and services provided by companies, a functional and sustainable labour market, implicit overall competitiveness and not at last, a better quality of life for citizens.
FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Repeva Anastasia
Published: February 2023

The article discusses current issues of distance learning in the field of urban development, identifies the main concepts of educational technologies used in training, and suggests possible solutions to problems, describes the issues presented in electronic form of training, conducts a comparative analysis of the main forms of education and compares trends and world experience in the field of informatization of education. The prerequisites for the emergence of distance education in the field of urban development are briefly described, certain patterns and problems of implementation are identified, current issues of implementation are described, and the feasibility of the effective use of this form of training in modern realities of society is compared. The general patterns of the emergence of needs in this type of service are determined. In addition to the problems associated with the introduction of this technology, the article analyzes issues related to the creation of their own teaching concepts and technologies that could saturate the demand in the educational services market. Priority problems in creating training software tools are identified. If the educational institution is budgetary, then in the conditions of the current socio-economic crisis, problems with its implementation may arise to implement this decision. According to the authors, for the successful implementation of new technologies it is necessary to place all potentially effective teaching methods for a special assessment by an expert group to assess the quality component of such teaching technologies.
It is concluded that it is necessary to consider issues related to the creation of national training technologies that could have qualitatively new information.
USING MULTOS IN ELEARNING
Authors: Roscan Stafenel
Published: February 2023

Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital format. The economy that is based on digital computing technologies is known as Digital Economy. The digital economy is also sometimes called the Internet Economy or Web Economy. Right now, in most of the countries, inside the people's wallet, they probably have a couple of credit cards, an identification card, automatic teller machine cards (ATM card) and maybe a few other plastic cards. Without realizing it, these plastic cards have become a very important part of their life. Currently smart cards can be seen in the transportation, telecommunication and retail sectors. In this paper we are providing the combination of digitization and digital economy and aim to propose designing and implementation of a Student Card System for higher educational institutes using smart card technology. Smart card is a card which contains a barcode which is nothing but a unique card that is assigned to the student. A barcode is a series of alternating dark and light stripes that are read by an optical scanner. It is an automatic identification technology. A barcode is an optical, machine-readable, representation of data the data usually describes something about the object that carries the barcode. The student smart card can be used to ease the work of students. This card is useful for the students in places like library, canteen, stationary shops and online storage of important documents. From there we can see the potential and power of smart cards their versatility and usability.
VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY FOR PAIN
Authors: Bratosin Ioan alexandru , Pavaloiu Ionelbujorel , Vasilateanu Andrei , Goga Nicolae , Gavajuc Diana , Dragoi George
Published: February 2023

Pain is the unpleasant condition raised as a normal response of the body to injury and illness. In the case of Chronic Pain Syndrome, this can ailment can continue even after the cause that provoked it has disappeared. The classical painkiller medicines (like paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids) are used as therapy, but they raise problems of overdose, adverse side-effects and addiction. Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) is showing promise as a possible drug-free substitute for pain management. The VRT lets patients to navigate through Virtual Reality environments and to execute operations which are often personalized to specific medical conditions. It offers a multisensory experience that captures the subject attention on an innate level and attenuates the discomfort. Besides the lack of painkiller medicine drawbacks, it is well received by the young patients, which usually have supplementary restrictions to the pharmacological agents. We present in the paper the state of the art in the domain and the results we obtained with the two VRT applications we developed in Unity. The first one, Snow Land, was targeted primarily to patients with burn wounds. The action takes place into a cold environment inhabited by penguins and polar foxes and some of the regular activities are walking, throwing fish and snowballing. In the second one, Angling in Virtual Reality, we are trying a more general approach, with a larger scope, represented by the typical relaxation activity of fishing. The degree of immersion is higher, by using better graphics, sounds and the Leap Motion controller. These approaches permit us to understand what type of interactions, environments, mechanics and sound ambience are more beneficial for providing the patient an efficient pain relief effect and to select the direction we intend to continue our efforts.
TEACHING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING FOR KNITTING TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS
Authors: Blaga Mirela , Penciuc Mihai , Stefan Eduard ionut
Published: February 2023

The latest generation of computer controlled flat knitting machines introduced recently are the most sophisticated knitting equipment ever produced. Weft knitting is considered to offer the highest potential and versatility for 3D shaping, the machines that can produce either shaped panels or seamless whole garments. Three-dimensional (3D) knitted shapes became very attractive solutions because they offer potential in different industrial sector from clothing to home textile and advanced composites. They provide a huge potential concerning the systems efficiencies, waste minimisation and also creates opportunities for new applications not traditionally associated with knitted fabrics. The paper focuses on the teaching lesson of the most used techniques, when producing 3D shaped structures using flat-bed knitting, such as: intarsia, spacer, plating, shaping, and weaving-inlay. These techniques are explained and exemplified through a range of applications, in order to facilitate the understanding of their technical potential, and as a starting point for investigating in closely the design of knitted 3D shaped forms. The lesson will comprise of various examples for yarns composition, materials and applications, provided to the trainees. A relatively new and challenging industry for knitting is the sport shoes market. The flat knitting technology manufacturer, Stoll GmbH, meets the high performance requirements for sport shoes and design opportunities for the leisure style. The mentioned producing techniques allow the control of the surface properties, from partial stretch, compression, shaping, required for high comfort zones, to weaving and knitting designs that integrate reinforcements, where need it. All these can be materialized in one layer or multiple layers knitted fabrics, with plating, intarsia and multishell techniques. The knitted upper shoes exemplified are complex products made of different patterns, with areas of different tightness, for giving either more support or more flexibility
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLAR DEVICE IN MONITORING PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Authors: Balan Valeria , Predescu Corina , Oprisescu Ioana , Gherghel Carmen liliana , Mujea Anamaria
Published: February 2023

The information and the study which exist in the specialty literatures about the functional parameters and their monitoring during the effort at the Down syndrome persons are insufficient. They are insufficient to elaborate a training algorithm based on the heart rate evolution. All these aspects come together with the necessity of these persons to be supervised carefully because of their associated pathology. Our study begun from the hypothesis of the importance of the permanent monitoring of the heart rate evolution and the caloric consumption for Down syndrome persons who practiced bocce as a method of control of the intensity of the effort. Thus, we determined the work heart rate during a competition with the help of the Polar device. After this, the heart rate was correlated with the manner in which the athletes appreciated the effort. The athletes' opinions were evaluated with the Borg scale. We presented every athlete the caloric consumption for being able to argue the importance of the sport practicing for that challenged persons. At the same time, we showed the caloric consumption because the majority of the athletes had to lose weight, for reducing the BMI. The results showed a moderate intensity of the effort from the perspective of the heart rate evolution while the work heart rate had an average of 58.3% from the maximum heart rate. The effort was felt as moderate towards difficult at the Borg scale evaluation. In conclusion, the monitoring with the help of the Polar device allows the avoidance of the high work heart rate, it stimulates the attendance the regular physical activity through the caloric consumption display. At the same time, the monitoring represents an efficient modality for insuring the psychic comfort during the competition.
POSSIBILITIES OF IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL GAMES IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAINING IN JUNIOR HANDBALL PLAYERS
Authors: Teodorescu Silvia , Romila Cristina , Branea Ciprian
Published: February 2023

The accelerated development of technology in recent years, coupled with lower prices for electronic components and easy access to information via the Internet, has led to the emergence of computer-aided devices/interfaces that can be used in various fields and implicitly in sports.
In this context, the purpose of the paper is to highlight the effects of using the Microsoft Kinect 360 device in order to increase the efficiency of specific training in the handball game. Microsoft Kinect 360 is a versatile multimedia device that can be used as a 3D scanner that provides a variety of functions. In our application, we have exploited the space perception capability of the Kinect sensor that is placed in front of a wall on which the image of the game is also projected; the sensor is mounted and calibrated so as to fully display the projection image; the calibration is done using the LKB program; the LKB system (Linguistic Knowledge Builder) is a grammar and lexicon development environment for unification-based linguistic formalisms. The software part is specifically designed for the training of handball players.
The paper presents handball-specific virtual games applied to a group of 22 female players born in 2005/2006, members of the ACS Sporting Ghimbav team. The virtual games applied in the training lessons are aimed at the practice of handball-specific technical elements in an entertaining environment, on an interactive wall, in order to educate the subjects' specialised perceptions.
The conclusions of the study highlight useful information on the way of improving the sports training of female players aged 12 to 15 years.
USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
Authors: Nistor Cristina mihaela , Comanetchi Doina
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, our graduates have to cope with the pressure of the ever higher demands of formal education, a globalised job market or lifelong education. That learning a foreign language opens up new and coveted study or work opportunities has become a clich?. However, the teaching/learning of languages for occupational purposes have not lost their popularity, as the language tests in this area are becoming more and more relevant for recruitment across Europe. In this paper, the authors intend to dwell upon the (sometimes sore) subject of teaching/ learning specialized terms (or vocabulary/ language for specific purposes) in the language class, with an emphasis on the methods and strategies teachers may use in their task to guide students on the path to the optimal usage of such terms in their future career or education. In doing so the authors have analysed the practical language needs in industry and the implications of these needs for the language teaching syllabus and strategies. Thus, our main focus is the specialised language for real use either at university (post-graduate studies) or in the workplace, in other words, topics, situations and discourse features which make up scenarios of competent communication. In a technical university such as the "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, it is only natural for both teachers and students to use new technologies such as e-learning tools (tablets, laptops, or smartphones) in and out of the classroom, for a wide range of purposes. The very fact that technology encourages on-line communication to the detriment of face-to-face interaction triggers the necessity for a counterbalance, represented in the language class by collaborative tasks that require an accurate usage of the specialised language. The authors intend to present a few learning strategies that, in their experience, are proven to work when students need tips on how to properly use new technologies in studying a foreign language for specific purposes.