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From the beginning, through to Antiquity and the Middle Ages, mankind has started from a belief in the existence of a substantial soul. Belief in a spirit substance gradually receded, giving way to a spirit wholly dependent on matter and strictly material causes. The human psyche does not easily adapt to the times, and, despite humanity's breakthroughs and changing conceptions regarding life and the world, the nucleus of magical thinking has continued to exist and manifest itself incongruously relative to modern c...

As the importance of tourism is increasing, ever more states from Europe and not only are using strategic branding and a variety of marketing means to attract a growing number of tourists. However, destinations are among the most difficult entities to market. Considering the importance of a clear marketing strategy and proper images and slogans used, the paper aims to identify the destination personality, see whether RomaniaВ’s official website can have an effect on the image of the country and if it complies with...

Though distant in time and style, the two classics of the European culture display a common and deep understanding of the human nature and of humanityВ’s way of reaching its purpose and truth. Refined observers of human behaviour, they both emphasize, each in his own manner, and with specific artistic means, the human need for self-knowledge and accomplishment, and the way it fails or succeeds in attaining them. With both playwrights, there is no way to self-knowledge and happiness but in the mirror of another con...

Healthcare research pursues, most of the time, to find natural sources of bioactive compounds for treatment of various diseases. A source of natural compounds with therapeutically effect is represented by plants that have been used, for thousands years, in traditional medicine. Usnea barbata L. is a lichen – a symbiotic organism with a special structure: fungus and alga. In this case, the resulted thallus, is very different in structure, properties and natural compounds, to the two plants taken separately. These...

The last great poem written by T. S. Eliot, The Four Quartets, offers a complete vision of his philosophical and poetical mind. Beginning with his first questioning poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, going through Gerontion and The Waste Land, with their expectations and prophecies, and advancing into the poems after conversion (Ash-Wednesday, The Ariel Poems) where the questions receive answers and the prophecies, fulfillment, the main themes and symbols of this last poem develop their power of revelation...

Benchmarking is one of the managerial methods used in many industries, but it could be applied with success in the educational system as well. In the introductory part of the paper, we present some features of modern benchmarking. Unfortunately, Romanian managers have strong reservations toward applying benchmarking in their organizations. In order to show their poor knowledge about benchmarking, we developed a research based on a questionnaire. The respondents were managers in small, medium or big organizations, ...

This paper presents a case study realized at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, with the purpose of improving the educational process. The purpose of this case study is to present a project based on solving the existing problem using the six sigma methodology. The most obvious problem facing the organization is related to the absenteeism of the students. Using 6 Sigma methodologies, an analysis of the educational process and a problem-solving project was realized. In order to identify the causes, a brains...

Quality is a general term used in all areas, but has a specific character for each position, sector or area. In order to improve the quality, there are used techniques, methods and tools of quality. In the paper the authors propose to use and to adapt a model consecrated in industry, namely the DMAIC model, for improving the quality of educational process, in preschool institutions in Romania. Preschool period is the period of the fundamental procurement cycle, is called early educational period and its range in b...

As a fundamental part of personality, behavior represents the modality of acting and reacting in certain circumstances or situations. Specialty literature describes three types of behavior: aggressive, assertive and nonassertive ones. The purpose of this paper is to construct the assertive behavior profile in performance sports, but also to highlight the behavioral differences, depending on the type of sport practiced by the subjects of our study (individual sports, team sports and combat sports). In order to achi...

At least in the adult population, it is well known that certain cognitive styles constitute vulnerability factors for specific emotional disorders. A preference asymmetry towards negative stimuli is common to both mood and anxiety disorders. For the purpose of understanding how this pervasive asymmetry towards negative features of stimuli influences emotional development the most promising area to examine is how emotions develop typically or become problematic during adolescence according to cognitive particularit...

Social marketing is a systematic planning process that imports methods and techniques from commercial marketing as a way to find innovative solutions to social problems and foster voluntary behavior change through active involvement. Still, in Romania, few scientists report its use and it is a pity for both professionals and potential beneficiaries not to engage in, and benefit from, the strategic framework it proposes. In order to bring social marketing closer to our communities, besides local practice examples, ...