HOW TO BETTER MEET OUR STUDENTSï¿1/2 LEARNING STYLE THROUGH THE COURSE RESOURCES

Publishers of the course resources for business higher education are willing to help professors and instructors to develop the learning process. An important part of the learning process is affected by the each studentï¿1/2s learning style. Our paper focuses on how meeting studentsï¿1/2 learning styles can be done through the course resources we use. The scope of the paper is to identify a way to link studentsï¿1/2 learning preferences with the available course resources. The literature on this topic is limited, the interest in research being focused less on resources used and their useful diversity. We heavily relied in our research on the preliminary results of a market research study conducted by the Higher Education Group from Harvard Business Publishing among instructors who use resources from Harvard Business Schoolï¿1/2s library. The research methodology is based on the case study method. We tried to recommend a treatment to our students and then analyze the effect of the applied treatment. The main instruments used are the VARK test followed by tailored recommendations for each student. The first conclusion of the research is that identifying the learning styles is extremely useful for students in terms of learning process. Knowing and exploiting their particular learning style helped students to maximize their learning. The second conclusion is that recommending resources based on learning styles is useful because it really helps students to learn in their own styles. The results of our paper show, firstly, that learning process could be facilitated by professorsï¿1/2 directly identifying studentsï¿1/2 learning styles. Secondly, our findings underline the importance of having a diversity of resources available for our students, and to be able to offer them a constructive solution regarding their learning styles. Moreover, our contributions are reflected in the methodology we used in linking the learning styles with the course resources and in building our personal approach in issuing our students individual recommendations on study strategy based upon their learning styles.learning process, course resources, learning styles, VARK test physiological dimension of learning

The Response to Natural Infections with Erwinia amylovora Burrill of Five Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) Cultivars in Bistrița Area, Romania

Erwinia amylovora is the most damaging bacterial disease of quince, causing a lot of damage to this crop. In cases of severe infections, this disease could even cause the death of the tree. The climatic conditions in Bistrita region were favourable for fire blight outbreak in 2022, and gave us the opportunity to study the differences manifested by five quince cultivars ('Aromate', 'Aurii' 'Bereczki', 'Adonia' and 'Cedonia') when naturally infected with Erwinia amylovora Burrill. The second wave of infections, in September, was significantly less damaging than the first one which occurred in June. Overall, after assessing the frequency of the blighted shoots of the mentioned quince cultivars, in June and in September of the year 2022, we concluded that there were significant differences between responses to natural infection Erwinia amylovora of these cultivars. The data showed that the cultivars 'Aromate' and 'Aurii' have a better behaviour than the Hungarian cultivar 'Bereczki', while the Romanian cultivars 'Adonia' and 'Cedonia' appeared to be very susceptible under the climatic conditions of the year 2022 in Bistrita area

Scab Resistance in some Apples Genotypes from the UASVM Collection Cluj-Napoca

Apple is one of the most consumed fruits in the world and as well one of the most important crops in temperate areas. Apple scab, caused by Venturia inaequalis is damaging diseases that affects apple species and causes up to 70% yield losses depending of cultivar’s resistance. In order to control this disease, costly chemical pesticides are necessary, which increase the pollution of environment by their toxicity. This study is focused on checking the behaviour of certain apple varieties from the pomological collection at UASVM Cluj-Napoca against apple scab infection. Nine apple cultivars ('Fuji Kiku', 'Red Cap', 'Lena', 'Katja', 'Gala Mitchgla', 'Fiesta', 'Yellow', 'Pinova' and 'Reinette du Canada'), were analysed in terms of behaviour to scab attack on leaves and fruits. Visual observations were completed by molecular analyses for the potential presence of the Vf gene in some cases. Combining results from visual observation and molecular assays, the 'Lena' and 'Pinova' cultivars were noted as resistant to scab in our field trial conditions. This indicates a good opportunity to bring them into apple breeding programs for resistance to apple scab

Study regarding the improvement of the postage transport system in the city of Sibiu

This paper presents a study on the improvement of postal system in the city of Sibiu where there are a number of three post offices that serve a number of eight counters, to which are added the distribution point and the collection point. Each post office has a well-established work schedule that differs from one office to another. The transport of postal items between the counters / post offices within the municipality of Sibiu and the collection office, must be done on a certain route, in order to respect the work schedule of each office and to take into account a number of restriction factors. In order to streamline the process of collecting and distributing postal items in Sibiu, 6 routes have been proposed and studied for the two shifts of drivers. With the help of the GeoMedia software, various route variants were calculated in terms of distance in kilometers, fuel consummation and time traveled. With the help of a spreadsheet calculation performed in Microsoft Office Excel, it was possible to check and recalculate the proposed routes, by entering the times that drivers spend loading and unloading postal items from each counter. It was thus possible to create a calculation sheet that can improve postal transport in Sibiu, and can increase the quality of services

Assessment of the virus infections occurrence in new established plum and sweet cherry orchards in Transylvania, Romania

Sixteen plum and eleven sweet cherry newly established commercial orchards in Transylvania, Romania, were the subject of the survey during the vegetative periods of 2020-2021 in order to assess the occurrence of different virus infections. Two blocks of 200 trees from each orchard were monitored by visual observation for virus-like symptoms, especially for Plum pox virus (PPV) in plum orchards. Twenty trees of each plum orchard were then sampled and tested for serological detection of PPV, Prune dwarf virus (PDV), Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) and Myrobalan latent ringspot virus (MLRSV). Similarly, ten trees of each sweet cherry orchard were sampled and tested for the presence of PDV, PNRSV, ApMV, ACLSV, PPV, Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV), Cherry leaf roll virus (CLRV), Raspberry ringspot virus (RpRSV), Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV) and Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) by serologic assays. Additionally, a few sweet cherry trees suspected to be infected by Little cherry virus-1 (LChV-1) were tested by molecular assay. Unexpectedly, no plum orchards were found to be free of PPV.  The average level of PPV infection was 32%. PNRSV occurred in 8.1% and PDV in 1.2% of sampled plum trees. Four out of ten viruses were detected in sweet cherry sampled: PDV (3.6%), ACLSV (0.9%), RpRSV (0.9%) and TBRV (0.9%). No infection with ACLSV, ApMV and MLRSV in plum and PPV, PNRSV, ApMV, ArMV, CLRV, SLRSV and LChV-1 in sweet cherry was detected. Mixed infections occurred at 4.8% in plum, and at 0.9% in sweet cherry trees sampled. The average occurrence of viruses in plum and sweet cherry orchards surveyed in Transylvania was determined at 41.3%, and 6.3% respectively. Overall results revealed a critical situation especially in regards to PPV infections making the success of fruit production in the most surveyed plum orchards quite problematic. Virus infections level in the younger sweet cherry orchards were significantly lower

A Comparative Analysis of the Chemical Composition, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antinociceptive Effects of the Essential Oils from Three Species of Mentha Cultivated in Romania

This work was aimed at correlating the chemotype of three Mentha species cultivated in Romania with an in vivo study of the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of essential oils. The selected species were Mentha piperita L. var. pallescens (white peppermint), Mentha spicata L. subsp. crispata (spearmint), and Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. (pineapple mint). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the essential oils isolated from the selected Mentha species was performed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oils was determined by the rat paw edema test induced by λ-carrageenan. The antinociceptive effect of the essential oils was evaluated by the writhing test in mice, using 1% (v/v) acetic acid solution administered intraperitonealy and by the hot plate test in mice. The results showed a menthol chemotype for M. piperita pallescens, a carvone chemotype for M. spicata, and a piperitenone oxide chemotype for M. suaveolens. The essential oil from M. spicata L. (EOMSP) produced statistically significant and dose-dependent anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects