ERAWATCH Country Reports 2012: Romania

This analytical country report is one of a series of annual ERAWATCH reports produced for EU Member States and Countries Associated to the Seventh Framework Programme for Research of the European Union (FP7). The main objective of the ERAWATCH Annual Country Reports is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. The Country Report 2012 builds on and updates the 2011 edition. The report identifies the structural challenges of the national research and innovation system and assesses the match between the national priorities and the structural challenges, highlighting the latest developments, their dynamics and impact in the overall national context. They further analyse and assess the ability of the policy mix in place to consistently and efficiently tackle these challenges. These reports were originally produced in December 2012, focusing on policy developments over the previous twelve months. The reports were produced by independent experts under direct contract with IPTS. The analytical framework and the structure of the reports have been developed by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the Joint Research Centre (JRC-IPTS) and Directorate General for Research and Innovation with contributions from external experts.JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growt

RIO Country Report Romania 2014

The report offers an analysis of the R&I system in Romania for 2014, including relevant policies and funding, with particular focus on topics critical for two EU policies: the European Research Area and the Innovation Union. The report was prepared according to a set of guidelines for collecting and analysing a range of materials, including policy documents, statistics, evaluation reports, websites etc. The report identifies the structural challenges of the Romanian research and innovation system and assesses the match between the national priorities and those challenges, highlighting the latest policy developments, their dynamics and impact in the overall national context.JRC.J.6-Innovation Systems Analysi

ERAWATCH Country Reports 2013: Romania

The Analytical Country Reports analyse and assess in a structured manner the evolution of the national policy research and innovation in the perspective of the wider EU strategy and goals, with a particular focus on the performance of the national research and innovation (R&I) system, their broader policy mix and governance. The 2013 edition of the Country Reports highlight national policy and system developments occurring since late 2012 and assess, through dedicated sections: -National progress in addressing Research and Innovation system challenges; -National progress in addressing the 5 ERA priorities; -The progress at Member State level towards achieving the Innovation Union; -The status and relevant features of Regional and/or National Research and Innovation Strategies on Smart Specialisation (RIS3); -As far relevant, country Specific Research and Innovation (R&I) Recommendations. Detailed annexes in tabular form provide access to country information in a concise and synthetic manner. The reports were originally produced in December 2013, focusing on policy developments occurring over the preceding twelve months.JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growt

RIO Country Report 2015: Romania

The 2015 series of RIO Country Reports analyse and assess the policy and the national research and innovation system developments in relation to national policy priorities and the EU policy agenda with special focus on ERA and Innovation Union. The executive summaries of these reports put forward the main challenges of the research and innovation systems.JRC.J.6-Innovation Systems Analysi

ERAWATCH Country Report 2008 - An Assessment of Research System and Policies: Romania

The main objective of ERAWATCH country reports 2008 is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. The reports are produced for each EU Member State to support the mutual learning process and the monitoring of Member States' efforts by DG Research in the context of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Research Area. In order to do so, the system analysis focuses on key processes relevant for system performance. Four policy-relevant domains of the research system are distinguished, namely resource mobilisation, knowledge demand, knowledge production and knowledge circulation. The reports are based on a synthesis of information from the ERAWATCH Research Inventory and other important available information sourcesJRC.J.3-Knowledge for Growt

On the localization and numerical computation of positive radial solutions for ϕ-Laplace equations in the annulus

The paper deals with the existence and localization of positive radial solutions for stationary partial differential equations involving a general ϕ-Laplace operator in the annulus. Three sets of boundary conditions are considered: Dirichlet–Neumann, Neumann–Dirichlet and Dirichlet–Dirichlet. The results are based on the homotopy version of Krasnosel’ski˘ı’s fixed point theorem and Harnack type inequalities, first established for each one of the boundary conditions. As a consequence, the problem of multiple solutions is solved in a natural way. Numerical experiments confirming the theory, one for each of the three sets of boundary conditions, are performed by using the MATLAB object-oriented package Chebfun

Reconstructia sanului dupa diferitele proceduri chirurgicale adresate cancerului mamar

Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă “Bagdasar-Arseni” Bucureşti, România, Spitalul Clinic de urgenţă “Sf. Pantelimon” Bucureşti, România, Spitalul Judeţean de Urgenţă Piteşti, România, Al XI-lea Congres al Asociației Chirurgilor „Nicolae Anestiadi” din Republica Moldova și cea de-a XXXIII-a Reuniune a Chirurgilor din Moldova „Iacomi-Răzeșu” 27-30 septembrie 2011Introducere. Dintre neoplaziile intalnite la femeie, cancerul mamar o reprezinta pe cea mai frecventa incidenta acestuia fiind in crestere in ultimele decenii. Chirurgia de conservare a sanului este acum larg acceptata drept tratamentul de electie in cancerul mamar.Actualmente, cancerul mamar este abordat in echipe pluridisciplinare, reconstructia dupa diferitele tipuri de interventii de exereza fiind preferata in majoritatea cazurilor. Se are in vedere reconstructia volumului sanului, simetrizarea sanului nou format cu cel controlateral si reconstructia placii areolo-mamare. Material si metoda. Lucrarea de fata are la baza studiul retrospectiv al unui numar de 7 cazuri de cancer mamar tratate in Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta “Bagdasar-Arseni” in intervalul Iunie 2008 – Iunie 2011. Au fost luate in calcul atat cazurile la care s-au facut in cadrul aceleasi interventii chirurgicale, cat si cazurile la care reconstructia s-a facut la un anumit interval distanta.Rezultate. Rezultatele au fost bune in cadrul ambelor tehnici – reconstructie imediata dupa ablatie si reconstructie la distanta – insa procentul complicatiilor asociate a fost mai mare pentru reconstructia la distanta, in mare masura datorita remanierilor tisulare aparute intre cele doua interventii chirurgicale. Mortalitatea a fost 0, iar in cadrul morbiditatii am intalnit un caz cu necroza parcelara ce a necesitat o reinterventie pentru grefare si un caz de limforagie persistenta, care odata devenit cronic, a necesitat indepartarea protezei de silicon. Concluzii.-Tehnica de reconstructie este una dificila si minutioasa, al carui rezultat favorabil este dependent atat de alegerea unei tehnici de ablatie potrivita urmata de una de reconstructie individuala cat si de colaborarea interdisciplinara intre chirurgul de chirurgie generala, chirurgul plastician si medicul oncolog- In urma cazurilor prezentate si a rezultatelor foarte bune obtinute optam pentru reconstructia imediata urmata de tratamentul chimioterapeutic specific.-Din experienta noastra consideram extrem de importante indicatia chirurgicala, tehnica pentru care se opteaza, acordul asupra abordului utilizat al membrilor echipei pluridisciplinare si urmarirea postoperatorie atenta

Higher Education - The Weakest Link of the Romanian Competitiveness?

Higher education plays an increasing role for national competitiveness, fact also acknowledged by its presencs as one of the 12 pillars in the Global Competitiveness Index. From this perspective, Romania provides the image of a rather imature higher education market, chracteristed by dominant low cost services, with limited relevance for the labour market . The article builds a SWOT of the Romania higher education system in view of its contribution to national competitiveness

Foresight for restructuring R&D systems

The role of foresight for supporting strategic planning is subject of debate at international level: on the one hand the classic functions of foresight do not go further than simply informing the policy makers, and on the other hand a growing number of foresight exercises with explicit planning objectives are carried around the world. Based on empirical evidence regarding the recent national exercises in the field of science and technology (S&T), as described by the resumes of the European Foresight Monitoring Network, and on in-depth analysis of the Romanian S&T foresight exercise, the paper explores the relevance of the adaptive foresight framework for the extension of foresight functions towards supporting strategic planning. The demand for policy relevant foresight in S&T seems to be stronger in countries with developing knowledge based economies (e.g. new EU member states, Turkey); while in countries with larger foresight tradition the push comes from the improving abilities of foresight practitioners in involving decision-makers. Strongly integrated into strategic planning, the Romanian S&T foresight shows the adaptability characteristics in a restructuring R&D system and further suggests the relevance of multi-level negotiations for transforming consensus into commitment.Adaptive foresight, strategic planning, public policy, Research and Development (R&D) system