Sorina Moica

• Doctor of Engineering
• Professor (Assistant) at Technology „George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș (UMFST)

In this study, nanofibers obtained through the electrospinning process are explored for strain-sensing applications. Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) flexible structures were fabricated using the solution electrospinning process (SEP) technique. Subsequently, these structures were na-nomodified with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through i...

Purpose-The purpose of the paper is to develop an algorithm for Industry 4.0 implementation in a factory / company. There are many studies pointing enablers, advantages, limitations, challenges, principles, characteristics of Industry 4.0, but how do we really start implementing this complex process in a factory? This paper describes a step-by-step...

Lean Management is a well-known applied tool, used to optimize processes and increase value creation. Soon after proving its results in production, Lean Management started to be introduced in different other areas: IT, commerce, education, HR, finance, construction and so on. With the increase of world population and average life time expectation,...

In an increasingly competitive environment, each state has developed its own model of management according to its vision and culture. The management models of the great world economic powers represent for the developing countries important systems to follow and implement. The Japanese management instruments are currently between the most commonly s...

Nowadays, the pressure of competition in the energy sector is high. A company that wants to make a difference should continuously run optimization projects. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the application of Lean Six Sigma in the service sector of one big energy company. Following the specific Lean Sig Sigma steps, the company exceeded t...

The purpose of this paper is to present the concept and the results of Blended Learning introduced in the training process for directly productive employees. Blended Learning is a new method used by modern universities and was introduced by us in a factory environment. Technology and IT are becoming the most important learning infrastructure, espec...

In order to create a new product – a smart forestry cableway, a market survey was conducted among 118 companies belonging to the private sector and dealing with the exploitation of massive wood. Most of the respondents were owners of articulated forestry tractors, agricultural tractors equipped with forestry, crane equipment and various cableways....

This document addresses the issue of awareness and involvement in Social Responsibility (CSR) by Romanian organizations, especially those in the Mureş area. The purpose of the document is to investigate the involvement of organizations in Social Responsibility, and to obtain results that can confirm or invalidate the proposed hypotheses, presenting...

Striving to achieve company performance, we often choose to describe strategies, modern management instruments, goals and results, shading the huge importance of the human factor in achieving improvement. In each organization, the course of creating value has employees on its base. Nevertheless, how do we encourage people to contribute to overall f...

In the last three decades, the fast evolution in terms of revenue and production of the Japanese automotive leader Toyota Motor Corporation led to an increased interest versus the keys of this success. As a result, Toyota Manufacturing System has been popularized worldwide and was adapted to several areas of activity, beside production: logistics,...

Industry 4.0 will be the most powerful driver of innovation over the next few decades, innovation being the move towards sustainable competitiveness and profitable growth. The research underpins the earlier research in methodological terms and traces successful performance such as productivity and quality results of an SME (small and medium-sized e...

Over several years so far, Lean Manufacturing proved to be a strong streamlining method, flexible enough to be adapted in the most diverse spheres of activity. It is a revolutionary concept, which help companies to achieve high efficiency and productivity. Following a survey among the companies, which apply Lean Manufacturing in Mures County, Roman...

In a constantly changing economic environment strong developed countries created significant management models to follow. 5S, as part of Toyota Production System (the most used management model in automotive industry), is a method which develops discipline and cleanliness at workplace, maximizing efficiency and productivity. This paper aims to stud...

The objective of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of quetiapine XR (extended release) used as an augmentation treatment to duloxetine, in patients with major depressive disorder, with inadequate response to monotherapy. In this 8 weeks prospective study, the efficacy of quetiapine XR used as an augmentation treatment was evaluated using th...

This paper will present specific procedures and processing methods of compliant mechanisms. Will mention a few unconventional and conventional processing methods for compliant mechanisms. Also, will present, detailed, three obtaining methods of these mechanisms, authors participating at production process, such as: milling method, 3D printing metho...

In an increasingly competitive environment, each state has developed its own model of management according to its vision and culture. The management models of the great world economic powers represent for the developing countries important systems to follow and implement. The Japanese management instruments are currently between the most commonly s...

Stress is responsible for increased cortisol levels in depression, affecting different areas of the brain, especially the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus. Our paper is analysing the interrelation between cortisol – as a marker of neuroendocrine response to stress and the hippocampal volume subfields – as markers of neurogenesis and neuroplast...

The present study is based on statistic information regarding the key-indicators of rural development, on different country reports and recent articles regarding the development of rural entrepreneurship in the two countries which are the subjects of the study. The global economic indicators continue to present the effects of the economic crisis, a...

The growth of requirements on electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) market in the world entails numerous consequences that are found in Romania and China. One of them is the increasing number of waste (WEEE) due to increased life, due to evolution of the technical process and to a wide range of equipment they produce. In terms of environmental...

Background: Suicide is frequently encountered in patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD). Since only a third of treated depressed patients are able to achieve remission, in the last few years, new theories have been proposed to better understand the mechanism of this illness. Our paper analyzes the interrelation between cortisol as...

The present research started from the declared objective of increasing the visibility of rural entrepreneurship conceived in a new manner, which should highlight the innovative potential of local entrepreneurs as a condition of success and as a condition of accomplishing the level of well-being. The approach is justified by the identification of th...

Inherited ichthyosis in Romania constitutes a health problem of unknown dimension. Over a period of nine months we collected information about inherited ichthyosis patients from three different sources. We found 124 of individuals in 32 counties and Bucharest, the majority of cases being reported by the social assistance services. We characterized...

The present research aims to highlight the main factors influencing the development of entrepreneurial innovation in a rural environment and to perform an empirical study with the purpose of assessing the main problems in rural development. The research performed is mostly of a quantitative nature, being based on the use of the questionnaire as res...

The aim of this paper is to present the connection between the Quality Cost (Cost of Conformance) and the Non Quality Cost (Cost of Poor Quality). The major objective of each production company is to produce added value, and this is possible if they have like ultimate goal, the reduction of waste. Quality Cost are describe in the specific literatur...

The purpose of this research is to identify which way the development of entrepreneurial opportunity can lead us and what strategies to implement in order to reach the goal. Based on the knowledge of the background and the long-term situation of the Romanian labor market and by analyzing the trend, especially the one which refers to new rural devel...

A model innovative system is designed to build communication networks between the various factors involved in the innovation process. The framework combines two dynamic trajectories that affect innovation models in Europe– model from Finland and the model from Spain – and builds a new model of innovation for Romania, Centrum Region. Commercializati...