Attributes of Online Business in Romania during Economic Crisis

Any business seeks maximum profitability. Especially when the global economic crisis grows, a company must have both maximum profitability by reducing costs, and by finding new markets and new consumers. Due to economic conditions, companies have turned to online business, where operating costs, and marketing costs are much lower. Almost every company in the world, who noticed the trend, they promote, in one way or another, the own business on the Internet.online business, economic crisis, business model, social media

Estimating the Importance of Social Media in Consumers’ Education and Information Using New Techniques

The social media is composed of easily accessible web tools through which people converse, participate, create, recommend, valorify information and respond online to everything that happens around them. These web tools offer a dynamic virtual environment where users are engaged in a continuous traffic generated by information and interactivity. Internet development and access to information led to a change in consumer behavior in Romania. In this context, it must be taken into account that the buying decision and the decision to include certain foods in daily diet is significantly influenced by the views and experiences of other consumers, expressed in the virtual environment. Thus a new communication channel provided by the internet through social media (forums, chat, blogs, sites reviews) appeared. In this respect, we conducted a research - using the main search engines – with the aim to analyze the evolution of the number of forums and blogs, and also of the posts on these, related to the words bio-eggs, eggs from battery raised chickens and eggs numbering, during December 2009 – June 2010.Social Media, consumers education, ecological food, forum, blog

Survival trends and complications in surgical interventions for colorectal cancer: an overview of patients hospitalized in Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharect

The preoperative imaging diagnosis of rectal cancer lies at the heart of oncological staging and has a crucial influence on patient management and therapy planning. Rectal cancer is common, and accurate preoperative staging of tumors using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a crucial part of modern multidisciplinary team management (MDT). Indeed, rectal MRI has the ability to accurately evaluate a number of important findings that maBay impact patient management, including distance of the tumor to the mesorectal fascia, presence of lymph nodes, presence of extramural vascular invasion (EMVI), and involvement of the anterior peritoneal reflection/peritoneum and the sphincter complex. Many of these findings are difficult to assess in nonexpert hands. In this lecture, we present currently used staging modalities with focus on MRI, including optimization of imaging techniques, tumor staging, interpretation help as well as essentials for reporting

Femoral fractures in road traffic accidents

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the severity of road traffic accidents in which a femoral fracture was identified, comparatively, in ante and post-mortem cases. For this purpose we have conducted a retrospective study, using the archives of the National Institute of Legal Medicine from which were selected 82 consecutive cases of clinical medicallegal expertises and 100 cases of autopsy (AR) reports for road traffic accidents. Femoral fractures were identified in 34 cases, of which 12 were in clinical cases and 22 in necropsy cases. Femoral shaft fractures were significantly associated with a lethal outcome, whilst fractures of the proximal extremity were significantly associated with a non-fatal outcome. Femoral fractures have a tendency to occur at younger ages compared with the cases in which such a lesion was not identified. Conclusions. Femoral shaft fractures were more frequent in younger males and fractures of the proximal extremity in older female patients. The presence of a femoral fracture (especially if it is involved the femoral shaft) is associated with an increased risk for an unfavorable outcome

European guidelines from the EHTG and ESCP for Lynch syndrome: an updated third edition of the Mallorca guidelines based on gene and gender

Background: Lynch syndrome is the most common genetic predisposition for hereditary cancer but remains underdiagnosed. Large prospective observational studies have recently increased understanding of the effectiveness of colonoscopic surveillance and the heterogeneity of cancer risk between genotypes. The need for gene- and gender-specific guidelines has been acknowledged. Methods: The European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG) and European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) developed a multidiscipli nary working group consisting of surgeons, clinical and molecular geneticists, pathologists, epidemiologists, gastroenterologists, and patient representation to conduct a graded evidence review. The previous Mallorca guideline format was used to revise the clinical guidance. Consensus for the guidance statements was acquired by three Delphi voting rounds. Results: Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of Lynch syndrome, surgical and endoscopic management of Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer, and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum. Manchester consensus guidelines for gynaecological management were en dorsed. Executive and layperson summaries were provided. Conclusion: The recommendations from the EHTG and ESCP for identification of patients with Lynch syndrome, colorectal surveil lance, surgical management of colorectal cancer, lifestyle and chemoprevention in Lynch syndrome that reached a consensus (at least 80 per cent) are presented