THE ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN – INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE COMPANIES’FINANCIAL-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

Considering the present economic context, the measurement of performances has become a permanent preoccupation for organizations, since the whole process is based on it, offering the necessary feedback to identify both the positive actions which have led to favorable results for the organization, and the negative ones, in order to correct them in the future. To do this, we have to measure what is most importantly to measure. Starting from these considerations, the present paper approaches from a theoretical and practical point of view the economic rate of return as the indicator which synthesizes best an organization’s financial-economic performance. We have calculated and analyzed the economic rate of return for a group of Ten Romanian Firms in the food industry, through different calculation relations, pointing out the advantages/disadvantages of each calculation method.economic rate of return, measurement of financial-economic performance

CONCENTRATED COMPLEX NATURAL LIQUID FERTILIZER AND THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING IT

This paper presents an example of success by using a natural fertilizer made fromanimal manure from farmers' households, after a minimal processing method to enrich the soil with elements of N, P and K without disturbance on natural ecosystems

RESEARCH CONCERNING GREENHOUSE TOMATOES GROWN ON ORGANIC SUBSTRATUM IN ROMANIA

In Romania, soilless culture methods for greenhouse vegetables are still in experimental stage. The research of vegetable growing department, team from USAMV Cluj-Napoca, folowed tomatoes culture on polyethylene peat bags, supplied with solid nutrients and nutritive solutions. The best results were obtained when a mixture of peat 80%+long duration follow soil and well-decomposed manure 20% was used and a volume of at least 8 l substrat/plant was ensured

RESEARCHES ON AUTOMATION OF DOSING AND SACKING PROCESS OF FINISHED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Researches whose results are presented in this paper are on the topic of optimizing the dosing and sacking process in small and medium capacity productive units..The technological equipment for weighing and automated management EWAM, developed at INMA Bucharest performes simultaneously two operations: automated bag weighing of the programmed quantity of product and automated management of the quantities of sacked finished products on an indefinite period of time.In this paper there are presented the experimental researches for this equipment, working quality indices determined with highlighting the advantages of using this type of technical equipment in the flow of small and medium capacity milling units in villages

RESEARCH ON THE WORKING PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF A COMBINED INSTALLATION FOR GRAINS CLEANING

This paper presents experimental research of qualitative indexes of impurities separation out of grains seeds for one installation which used combined principles of separation (according to specific mass and aerodynamic properties of seeds). The installation used on the experimental research was composed of a gravity separator and an aspiration installation. Based on data obtained by measurements and regulated qualitative indicators the cleaning process indexes have been determined

XM02 is superior to placebo and equivalent to Neupogen™ in reducing the duration of severe neutropenia and the incidence of febrile neutropenia in cycle 1 in breast cancer patients receiving docetaxel/doxorubicin chemotherapy

Abstract Background Recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) such as Filgrastim are used to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. We investigated a new G-CSF, XM02, and compared it to Neupogen™ after myelotoxic chemotherapy in breast cancer (BC) patients. Methods A total of 348 patients with BC receiving docetaxel/doxorubicin chemotherapy were randomised to treatment with daily injections (subcutaneous 5 μg/kg/day) for at least 5 days and a maximum of 14 days in each cycle of XM02 (n = 140), Neupogen™ (n = 136) or placebo (n = 72). The primary endpoint was the duration of severe neutropenia (DSN) in cycle 1. Results The mean DSN in cycle 1 was 1.1, 1.1, and 3.9 days in the XM02, Neupogen™, and placebo group, respectively. Superiority of XM02 over placebo and equivalence of XM02 with Neupogen™ could be demonstrated. Toxicities were similar between XM02 and Neupogen™. Conclusion XM02 was superior to placebo and equivalent to Neupogen™ in reducing DSN after myelotoxic chemotherapy. Trial Registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN02270769</p

Ubiquitous presence of gluconeogenic regulatory enzyme, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, within layers of rat retina

To shed some light on gluconeogenesis in mammalian retina, we have focused on fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), a regulatory enzyme of the process. The abundance of the enzyme within the layers of the rat retina suggests that, in mammals in contrast to amphibia, gluconeogenesis is not restricted to one specific cell of the retina. We propose that FBPase, in addition to its gluconeogenic role, participates in the protection of the retina against reactive oxygen species. Additionally, the nuclear localization of FBPase and of its binding partner, aldolase, in the retinal cells expressing the proliferation marker Ki-67 indicates that these two gluconeogenic enzymes are involved in non-enzymatic nuclear processes