Milestones in the History of Intelligence – Oradea as a Nodal Centre on the Regional Geopolitical Axis in the Security Equation

The East European region has always created a space of interaction between the great powers of the Eastern and Western Europe of the different epochs in European history. Not just a contact and an interaction region between Europe, Asia and the Middle East (Africa), but also a pivot of the European security environment, most often forming a real axis on which this scene of confrontation between powers can bend into one or the other part. We can say that the Eastern European region has formed hundreds of years ago (with the emergence of Ottoman power and its pressure on the Western powers, the emergence of the Tsarist and later Soviet power) a pivotal axis which determined the geopolitical configuration of the world and led successively to the advancement or decay of an empire or another. Indeed, the balance between Western powers and the Ottoman Empire, and later between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Eastern Powers, such as the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Empire, has been established for several hundred years right in this pivotal axis of Eastern Europe. For this reason, the political and military situation of the territories covered by the pivotal axis have always been a special one. This pivotal axis of Europe started from the Baltic Sea and was generally disposed over the continental strip where today are countries like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a part of Poland (Pomerania and a part of Silesia), the Czech Republic, the western part of today Romania and a part of Serbia. This geographical positioning of the pivotal axis has led to a permanent political turmoil and change of borders in the mentioned regions. Referring exclusively to the manner in which this pivot axis intersected the current territory of Romania, we observe that in its passage from north to south it included Satu Mare, Oradea, Arad, Timişoara and Reşita. Oradea has always played an important role in Central-Eastern Europe, NATO recognizing the NATO HUMINT Centre of Excellence (HCOE) as a strategical organization with a remarkable contribution to the development of the Human Intelligence capability within the Alliance

X. századi honfoglaláskori temetőrészlet Vejtén (Temes megye, Románia)

A Temes megyei Vejte (Voiteni) határában 1986-ban a Temesvári Bánsági Múzeum munkatársai hét honfoglalás kori sírt tártak fel, amelyek bronzkori település objektumait vágták át. A X. századi sírok a Temesköz honfoglalás kori betelepítéséről tanúskodnak

The Security Management System from the Perspective of the Global Energy Crisis and the Extended Black Sea Region Escalating Conflict

The contemporary security environment has increasingly unpredictable mutations and the international scene seems to be gripped by a conflict that threatens to erupt at any moment, becoming an open conflict, violent and able to spread quickly everywhere; although for decades the source of conflict appeared to be the Middle East region, more recently, this source of global conflicts seems to move a little further to the north, reaching the Extended Black Sea Region (EBSR). Apparently, in EBSR are the great fossil resources that will be important once the basins of oil/gas from the Middle East will be depleted. The moment of fossil resources depletion in the Middle East is not too far. The EBSR will become the global centre of interest and this move of the global source of conflict in the Black Sea region leads to the need to develop new and special models for the management of national security. But going towards which direction? This question among others raises the attention of the scientific research in this important area of security. The first goal could only be to find out the truth, because only based on truth we can develop the appropriate model of management

Energetic and Exergetic Efficiencies of Biomass Gasification Processes

A promising way to use biomass for the production of heat, electricity and other biofuels is through biomass gasification. In the gasification process, the chemical energy of the solid fuel is converted into the chemical and thermal energy of the gas produced. The paper presents the energy and exergy analysis results concerning a biomass gasification process. The use of exergy efficiency gives a clear picture of the quality of energy conversion of biomass into product gas. Energetic efficiency values are higher than the values obtained by the exergetic efficiency analysis

Setting the Optimum Angle of Solar Collectors Settlement

The performance of any solar energy system depends very much on the availability of solar radiation and the orientation of solar collectors. Solar collectors need to be inclined at the optimum angle to maximize the receiving energy. In this work, we proposed to analyze the optimum tilt angle for compound parabolic collectors CPC with different concentration ratios. There are analyzed the energy gains when the collector keeps the same position during the whole year and when the collector changes its tilt twice a year, in summer and in winter

THE IMPACT OF INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRY 4.0 ON THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES FOUND IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. A CASE STUDY OF INVESTMENT.

This case study aims to analyse the impact that intelligent technologies have on production processes in the adaptation and adoption context of a series of applications designed to help certain automate steps in the analysed economic processes - supply, production, storage , sale. Intelligent technologies, part of Industry 4.0, have had over the years a significant impact on the companies that use such IT solutions, which have been adapted to the new requirements that came as a result of mankind’s evolution. These intelligent technologies, which are part of Industry 4.0, provide those who use them, the possibility to have a critical perspective, which can have a major impact on innovation and research in the businesses they run. Regarding Industry 4.0, we can discuss a series of technologies that have helped and will help to implement this innovative concept, such as AI (Artificial Intelligence, RPA (Robotic Process Automation), iRPA (Intelligent Robotic Process Automation), IoT (Internet things), ML (Machine learning) or notions such as Big Data, Analytics or Cloud Computing. The case study presented by the authors of this article is intended to provide a suggestive image of the implementation of RPA technologies in a car subassembly production factory, related to the automotive industry, from Romania - the studied is found in the painting of multi-faced sub-assemblies as part of the work area

CAPITAL MARKETS DURING POSTCRISIS AND PANDEMIC: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (2008-2020) IN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRY 4.0

This study examines, using intelligent technologies, the evolution of global capital markets during two defining periods of the past decade: the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing data from 46 developed and emerging markets, we investigate changes in total GDP, market capitalization, and the market capitalization-to-GDP ratio from 2008 to 2020. The findings highlight crucial trends and dynamics in the world's financial markets. Over this period, total GDP increased by nearly 39%, reaching USD 71.2 trillion, while stock markets expanded almost fourfold to USD 94.4 trillion, market capitalization exceeding by 32% GDP in 2020. The United States reaffirmed its leadership position, experiencing significant growth in both its economy and capital markets. Hong Kong, China, exhibited remarkable market capitalization-to-GDP ratios, reflecting accelerated market development. In contrast, smaller economies such as Cyprus and Mauritius faced challenges in keeping pace. With disparities for the financial crisis recovery, the year 2020, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to market declines in 22 of the 46 observed markets, including both European and global economies

Composition of Syngas Produced by Gasification of Agricultural Residue Briquettes

This paper summarizes the results of an experimental study on the gasification of briquettes made from different agricultural residues. There were investigated the effects of operating parameters such as temperature and excess air ratio both with a direct influence on the composition of syngas and the heating value. The results indicate that the concentrations of N2, CO2 and CH4 increase with the increase in excess air ratio, while the concentrations of H2 and CO decrease. The heating value of the syngas was found to decrease with the increase in excess air ratio