Romanian Professionals Research Articles

Creating a Welcoming Ethos: Reception of Ukrainian Refugee Children and Families in Romania

This study examines psychosocial mechanisms used by the Romanian community to facilitate the adaptation of Ukrainian refugees—a challenging process due to their low level of trust resulting from war trauma. Data from four focus groups, involving Romanian professionals and educators, Ukrainian professionals, and institutionalized Ukrainian children in Romania reveal three themes: ethos of reception, educational needs, and professional solutions. We identify real and perceived barriers to long-term adaptation and, based on this study, recommend prioritizing professional solutions for immediate implementation to enhance the understanding and effectiveness of support mechanisms for Ukrainian refugee children and their families.

The perception of Romanian mental health professionals on electroconvulsive therapy

IntroductionThe journey for the electroconvulsive therapy began in 1938, when convulsive seizures induced by electrical stimulus were used, for the first time, in the therapy of patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Over the time, this therapy remains an important one, due to its applicability and necessity in the therapeutic management of patients with psychiatric pathology.ObjectivesElectroconvulsive therapy has evolved as a technique, nowadays being applied under induced intravenous anesthesia with the administration of oxygen on the mask, and from 2001, the sinus electrical stimulus has been replaced by the one in the form of a short pulse, upon the recommendation of professional organizations, in order to increase its therapeutic effectiveness. However, this form of therapy continues to be stigmatized, largely due to the way it is presented in the mass media. The objective of this work was to analyze how mental health professionals perceive electroconvulsive therapy.MethodsWe conducted a study in which we used a questionnaire applied to the Romanian professionals in the field of mental health.ResultsThe results were analyzed in accordance with the objective of the study.ConclusionsThrough this analysis we wanted to understand how electroconvulsive therapy is seen through the eyes of mental health professionals and to identify those aspects that can help us in carrying out information programs, with a major impact on mental health, in order to reduce stigma forasmuch the therapeutic benefits of electroconvulsive therapy outweigh the possible risks.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Work values and job satisfaction of practitioners working with persons with disabilities: the role of psychological flexibility

Various research found that values related to work are associated with job satisfaction, while psychological flexibility was found to be significantly related to well-being and satisfaction in various aspects of life and activity. The current article summarizes the results of a research study that had as its main objective to investigate the association between psychological flexibility with work values and job satisfaction, in Romanian professionals working with persons with disabilities, a challenging activity, marked by chronic stress at work, and thus exposed to the risk of burnout. A number of 42 professionals completed measures of psychological flexibility, work values, and job satisfaction that were adapted to the Romanian language. Our results showed that those professionals who tended to value external rewards in their work with persons with disabilities, such as salary and other material benefits, status, prestige, and flexible hours tended to have lower satisfaction in their work. Psychological flexibility, especially the ability to live in the present moment, cognitive defusion, and contact with own values, was associated with higher job satisfaction, while psychological inflexibility tended to be associated with lower satisfaction in working with persons with disabilities.

ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYABILITY: A CASE STUDY FOR THE ROMANIAN LABOUR MARKET

This article presents the importance of English as an employability skill on the Romanian labour market nowadays. The purpose of the research is to gather information about the necessity of knowing English for securing employment and to what extent English is used regularly by Romanian professionals at the workplace. The study provides information about the employees’ current level of English proficiency, LSRW English skills used at the workplace, confidence in LSRW skills and area for improvement.

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29th Congress of the Romanian Society of Surgery. Between June 8 and 11, 2022, the National Congress of Surgery, an event with international participation, was organized in Sinaia in the halls of the "Casino Sinaia" International Conference Center. The congress was organized by the Romanian Society of Surgery (prof. Dr. Traian Pătrașcu- acting president and prof. Dr. Viorel Scripcariu - elected president), in collaboration with the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, the Romanian Association of Hepato-Bilio Surgery -Pancreatic and Liver Transplant, Romanian Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Romanian Society of Emergency Surgery and Traumatology, UMF "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Romanian Society of Surgery students, Romanian Society of Surgery and Oncological Gynecology, Romanian College of Physicians, Hellenic Romanian Society of Surgery, Hernia traning Center. The congress had a generous theme: "Advances in the surgical treatment of cancer" and Varia. However, the scientific program also included many other topics of maximum interest for surgeons in Romania, hepato - biliary and pancreatic surgery, such as laparoscopic surgery, endocrine surgery, esogastric surgery. pediatric surgery, Almost 400 papers were presented in 40 scientific communication sessions, held in parallel in 4 rooms, during the four days of the Congress. This edition brought together about 1200 surgeons from the country and abroad and was characterized by an innovative, European change in the organization of the congress, in the sense that some papers were transferred to posters, the rest of the congress was based on state of the art conferences, round tables, plenary presentations, video sessions. Along with the experience of Romanian professionals and experts (200) presented at the congress, the participants benefited from the expertise of 30 European personalities of surgery. This congress, released by the pandemic, was a success, with the large participation of young people, with iscussions in permanently full halls, which allowed the participants to follow the areas of interest. One of the strengths of the congress was the organization of a number of 16 pre- congress postgraduate courses. This congress demonstrated the strength of Romanian surgery. The late spring in Sinaia, the special location, good organization, academic atmosphere, beneficial discussions, rich exhibition, book exhibitions, large presence of residents, special social program and perfect organization (EVENTER) made this congress an unforgettable event.

Proposals Regarding Accounting for Cryptocurrencies in Accordance with Romanian Accounting Regulations

Romanian legislation does not include concrete regulations on the accounting treatment of cryptocurrencies. They are not recognized as currencies traded on a regulated market and cannot be categorized as “classic” currencies under the laws in this field. Moreover, given the lack of rules and supervision regarding virtual currencies at global level, as well as their diversification, these new types of amounts are classified as speculative assets by the National Bank of Romania. In the laws of other states, according to accounting regulations, these virtual currencies are often classified as inventory or intangible assets. Romanian professionals often face uncertainties regarding the correct way of accounting for cryptocurrency transactions, especially since the accounting treatment has tax implications as well. Therefore, in this article we aim to propose a number of accounting treatments for the most frequent cryptocurrency transactions, in accordance with the Order of the Minister of Public Finance No. 1802/2014 for the approval of the Accounting regulations regarding the individual annual financial statements and consolidated annual financial statements, as subsequently amended and supplemented. In addition, we propose amending the Chart of Accounts so that such elements can be easier to identify in the accounting records of firms that use this type of assets.

Why work it when you can dodge it? Identity responses to ethnic stigma among professionals

Culturally different professionals often encounter stigma as they negotiate work lives. Professionals commonly seek to repair stigmatized identities by constructing more positive and relatively coherent self-views. This study draws on interview, observation and diary data from Romanian professionals in the UK, in order to understand how they construct their identities when faced with ethno-cultural stigma. We find that these professionals engage in counterintuitive identity responses which consist of simultaneously denying and acknowledging personal stigmatization (doublethink), and evading engagement with the stigmatized identity (dodging). Unlike the restorative identity work highlighted by previous studies, these atypical responses require less effort, provide less coherence and do not attempt to restore the blemished ethno-cultural identity. Our analyses further indicate that being professional and being White confer on individuals privileges that sustain doublethink and dodging. We contribute to scholarship by underscoring the need to consider both stigmatized and privileged identities when investigating reactions to stigma. We also reflect on the practical implications for organizations of what it means for stigmatized individuals to deny stigmatization or to dodge engagement with stigma.

The Use Of Auxiliary Documentation Resources In Medical Practice. The Impact Of peaceMed Project Upon The Romanian Medical Community

The study at hand represents an analysis of the effect that the peaceMed Project had upon the Romanian medical community when considering the usage of auxiliary methods for article sourcing. peaceMed represents an initiative that proposes novel ways of article research for the medical professionals and offers, for the first time in the Romanian medical environment, a broad range of solely healthcare-related information. This disquisition is a national novelty, also being the first study of this sort made in an East European country. The main purpose of this inquiry is to reveal what sources Romanian professionals use in their daily activity to find reliant, academically approved medical information. The result of this study shows the major impact that peaceMed had on the Romanian medical community included in this project and emphasizes the significant need for such an initiative at a larger scale.

Religious education and spiritual development as a cultural component of the lifelong learning policy in Romania. The example of orthodox Christianity

ABSTRACTIn a context of growing globalisation and European integration, Christian religious education seems to be more and more neglected within the social debate. Given the differences between European countries, the question may arise: What is the relevant situation in Romania? The article analyses the religious education and spiritual development as a cultural component of lifelong learning policy in Romania, based on more than 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with Romanian professionals, research workers, teachers and experts in education. In order to describe the role played by religious education in Romania three main aspects may be quoted: (1) Spiritual development completes the economic and social development of people; (2) The national culture and values contribute to the promotion of life models in accordance with Christian orthodox religion; and (3) The integral development of the person is part of the lifelong learning policy in Romania and includes orthodox spirituality. These aspects are analysed on the basis of the answers given by national experts in lifelong learning and religious education.

Una aproximación a los métodos mixtos a partir de las trayectorias migratorias de profesionales rumanos en Barcelona

Two are the main aims of the paper: to highlight the contributions of sequential mixed method designs in the study of migrations, more specifically in the study of migratory trajectories of skilled Romanian professionals in Barcelona and explain the trajectories of a profile of immigrants that in the Spanish context must be understood from a double exceptionality. Based on a design that includes an online survey to 217 Romanians (belonging to a professional network abroad), 30 biographical interviews and 30 life charts satisfaction of Romanian professionals living in Barcelona, the article tackles the way mixed methods are shaped in the case of skilled profiles of migrants and the particularities of a profile that counts with a low social and academic visibility. As for the methodological contributions, the article reveals the usefulness of online survey (and cluster analysis) as a tool to determine the selection of the profiles studied in the second phase of the study (qualitative). The second methodological contribution links with the way life satisfaction charts may be combined with the analysis of biographical interviews. Finally, the main empirical contribution highlights the heterogeneous nature of the profile of skilled migrants, who develops strategies and different paths depending on the set of resources that mobilize before and especially after migrating. While those who migrate through the transfer of a multinational company count on a safety net that is the company itself, for those who correspond to the profile of international students, the institution is perceived as a launching platform that leads to the incorporation into the skilled labour market, even in times of economic crisis. Finally, when the meso level resources do not exist, the micro-level resources (social networks) are the one that explain successful careers.

Turning points and transitions in the migratory trajectories of skilled Romanian immigrants in Spain

ABSTRACTThe academic interest on skilled migration patterns has increased at the same time as the flows of skilled migrants around the world. Despite this tendency, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the migratory projects of particular ethnic communities or in specific receiving contexts. The current paper examines the migratory experiences of Romanian professionals and the extent to which the incorporation into the Spanish labor market represents a turning point or a transition in their overall life trajectory. Based on a qualitative design, the paper highlights how some profiles are more sensitive to sending and receiving contexts (structural elements), display strategies through mobilization of universities or social networks and shape disrupted trajectories. Others, respond to globalized dynamics, mobilize corporations and finally develop smooth labor transitions. The main elements explaining these patterns are tackled and explained in three profiles of professionals: those who arrive to Spain thanks to the transfer by a multinational company; those who complement their tertiary education with Master degree in Spain and finally, those who correspond to the economic migrant profile.

Determinant factors in the migration intention of professionals in legal medicine and pathology in Europe

We have conducted a three phase study with the purpose of evaluating the intention to migrate of legal medicine and pathology doctors in central European countries, which are EU members, and the illustration of their professional and personal profile. <br/>The first study included 150 pathology and legal medicine professionals from 10 countries, the second 55 Romanian professionals in the two specialities and the third included 301 medical students in their final year of study. We’ve assessed their motivation to migrate, their interests and desires regarding their professional and personal development. <br/>We established a hierarchy for the push and pull factors that influence one to migrate or remain in the country of origin. Although higher than the average, the salary levels of pathologists and legal medicine professionals are lower than expected and represent a very important factor when choosing a workplace. Pathologists are more prone to migrate to another country and they also believe in a higher proportion than legal medicine professionals, that they are working in an insecure environment. The majority of specialists working in the two areas consider that the quality of medical services in their field has decreased as a result of migration. <br/>Further studies on the motivation of medical professionals to migrate are needed, with the extension on other EU countries as well, in order to validate the results obtained in Romania.

Increasing Distributed IT&amp;C Application Security

The development of distributed IT & C applications - DIA is presented alongside their main characteristics and the actors involved in activities through-out their lifecycle are identified in the before-mentioned scope. Aspects pertaining security risks, as well as methods of enhancing security, are detailed by DIA architectural features. The analysis includes risk elements, vulnerabilities, means of enhancing the behavior of the system, as well as a hierarchical feature dependency model based on a qualitative assessment of DIA security features, obtained through an inquiry in the common means of protection used by Romanian professionals, as well as their prioritization in the context of limited resources. A graph-based model of feature interactions is built. The last section deals with the ways of improving risk detection methods, as derived from the answers and features presented.Keywords: Distributed ITC the layered architecture of the systems increases the array of tools for implementing the required components, as database management systems, integrated development environments, logging & system auditing are used together in providing better solutions;* functional orientation, each component having a pre-determined, well defined role in the system; communication, computing the input, auditing, authorization, authentication, encryption, maintenance form the array of tasks that characterize distributed application subassemblies;* technical autonomy, the property of a component to function even if other components it interacts with are not accessible; data access and operation security is increased by the usage of duplicate modules, of independently operating computing units and load balancers that besides splitting the workload act towards redirecting jobs in case an error occurs or a component becomes unavailable;* logical autonomy, derived as a notion from the technical one, but encompassing a module's ability to perform its individual tasks at maximum efficiency and without waiting for an external process-based input; when the latter is required, the interaction occurs asynchronously; parallel processing software, acting in the solving of complex problems requiring large amounts of computing power, solve the issues by separating tasks based on the degree of interdependency in obtaining the results, analogous to an algorithm for solving a system of equations, in which the order of the initial computations is irrelevant as long as they are all applied;* redundancy, the presence of common functions in more than one component, used to improve system-wide performance or as backup in case an incident occurs; the sensitive nature of financial and security systems, as well as public services, leads to architectures using components performing identical tasks and auditing of the same data set information at multiple points in the system.Distributed systems are identified with respect to the manner in which resources are accessed, as parallel or concurrent. …

Migrants' New Transnational Habitus: Rethinking Migration Through a Cosmopolitan Lens in the Digital Age

This article puts forward a cosmopolitan reading of international migration, focusing on the role played by ICTs in generating new ways of living together and acting transnationally in the digital era. After underlining some of the complex dimensions of the transnational debate and the limits of methodological nationalism, I will argue that revisiting the national–transnational nexus by adopting an ‘inclusive cosmopolitan’ stance would lead to a better understanding of the dialogically ubiquitous condition of the modern migrant. An analysis of Internet use by Romanian professionals in Toronto and their transnational families will shed light on the mechanisms through which ICTs produce connected lifestyles, enhance the capacity to harness otherness, and facilitate socialisation beyond borders, thus generating new transnational habitus.

Exclusion of Older People from Clinical Trials

There has been concern about under-representation of older people in clinical trials. The PREDICT study reported that older people and those with co-morbidity continue to be excluded unjustifiably from clinical trials. However, there is no information about differences of opinion on these issues between EU countries. The results of a survey of health-related professionals from nine EU countries that participated in the PREDICT study are presented in this study. The aim of the study was to identify and examine any differences of opinion between EU countries on the inclusion of older patients in clinical trials. A questionnaire using a Likert scale and free text was completed by 521 general practitioners, geriatricians, clinical researchers, ethicists, nurses and industry pharmacologists/pharmacists. The questions explored the impact of the present situation, possible reasons for under-representation and potential methods of improving participation. Countries participating were the Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and the UK. There was agreement that exclusion from clinical trials on age grounds alone was unjustified (87%) and that under-representation of older people in trials caused difficulties for prescribers (79%) and patients (73%). There were national differences between professionals. All but the Lithuanians believed that older people were disadvantaged because of under-representation. The Czech, Lithuanian and Romanian professionals felt that it was justified to have age limits based on co-morbidity (61-83%) and polypharmacy (63-85%). Romanians also thought that having age limits on trial participation was justified because of reduced life expectancy (62%) and physical disability (58%) in older people. All but the Romanian professionals felt that the present arrangements for clinical trials were satisfactory (62%). All but the Israelis (56%) and Lithuanians (70%) agreed that regulation of clinical trials needed alteration. Although respondent selection bias cannot be excluded, the differences that emerged between countries may be the result of the political and healthcare-system differences between older and newer members of the EU. These differences may influence decision making about clinical trial regulations and practice in older people.

Negotiating Skills in the Global City: Hungarian and Romanian Professionals and Graduates in London

The international mobility of professionals and graduates is one of the most dynamic transnational types of movement and represents an increasingly large component of global migration streams. The global competition for talent, the expansion of the knowledge economy and the increasing globalisation of markets and companies contribute to the increased importance of these mobility flows. Yet academic debates persist around who and what is meant by ‘highly skilled’. This paper highlights the importance of social context and immigrant agency in the assessment of skills and human capital. It draws attention to the substantial difference between ‘highly skilled’ and ‘highly qualified’ immigrants. The analysis presents original empirical data collected in 2005 through an online survey (N=133) and 54 semi-structured interviews with East European professionals and graduates living and working in London. It argues that the social aspects of skills are essential components of skill construction, especially in the changing social contexts of migration. It concludes that being skilled is an outcome of negotiations around the value and the value-attached significance of employable human capital. The negotiators are, on the one hand, the highly qualified migrants themselves and their ways of self-representation of the value of their credentials, knowledge, skills and abilities; on the other hand, they are the employers and their ways of perception, assessment and judgement of employable human capital.

Skateboarding behind the EU lorry—the experience of Romanian professionals struggling to cope with transition while assisting care leavers

As a result of the fall of communism in 1989, the Romanian system of public care for children experienced massive shifts in its structure and ethos. One vulnerable area in any such system is the care leaving stage when young people can fall between the childcare and the adult protection systems. This article draws on a qualitative study that focused on the preparation and early outcomes for care leaving in Bucharest. This was undertaken between December 2002 and March 2004 by Anghel, a Romanian researcher reading for a PhD in England. The research aimed to explore the care leaving process through the views and experiences of the care leavers and the childcare professionals. The article briefly describes the structure and legislative base of the care leaving system in Romania, and discusses the political context created by the EU accession process. It then explores some of the themes emerging from the interviews with the professionals operating the system and discusses them within the overarching theme of transition within transitions: the transition of the young people within the context of transitions simultaneously being experienced by the professionals, the childcare system, and the entire society.

Representing the ‘other’: a discursive analysis of prejudice and moral exclusion in talk about Romanies

This article investigates the particulars of prejudiced and moral exclusion discourse about ethnic minorities in a Romanian socio-cultural context. It examines in detail the discourse of middle-class Romanian professionals taking up different ideological positions on the issue of the fairness of extremist politics towards ethnic minorities. A comparison is made between participants ‘supporting’ extremist politics and those ‘opposing’ this kind of politics to see whether there are differences in the way participants from both categories talk about the Romanies. It is suggested that a very similar expression of moral exclusion discourse is to be found across both positions, a very similar use of various discursive and rhetorical strategies to blame the Romanies and ‘naturalize’ their characteristics, position them beyond the moral order, nationhood and difference. The analysis, inspired by a critical discursive approach will focus on the construction of ideological representations of Romanies. In examining prejudiced and moral exclusion discourse against Romanies, this article constitutes an attempt to understand the situated dynamics of prejudice and some of the ways in which particular ways of talking delegitimize and, sometimes, dehumanize the ‘other’. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.