The Sustainable University

The paper attempts to leverage theoretical constructs and practical ideas into conceptualizing the “sustainable university”. We propose an academic management approach that could improve the prospects for sustainability of a university’s evolution. Based on a literature review and documentary research, we researched modern trends, patterns and practices of academic management, supportive of sustainability. Like any organization, a university is a structure subjected to the pressures of change and affected by its consequences. Due to its mission and social function, a university should follow an ascending road to high performance and demonstrate staying power and lasting success. It is in this view that we investigated concepts and practices of corporate management applicable to academic management. Our paper is a first attempt to define the concept of sustainability in the academic world.sustainable academic performance; sustainable university; academic management; university branding; university organizational culture; academic leadership.

The Hideouts of the Vaccination Process

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the degree of information and the population opinion regarding the vaccination process. The paper aims to evaluate both the reasons of decreasing the vaccination degree and the sources of wrong information on this topic to better identify between mistakes and correct knowledge.Vaccines are biological products prepared following specifical tehcniques to improve the body's immunity against particula, given conditions. The lives of millions of children from 188 countries who received different vaccines (diptero-tetanus-pertussis, measles, polio) were saved in the world along the time (WHO, 2017). In Romania, the antidifteric vaccination introduced in 1960 made disappear the disease in 1990. No case of diphtheria has been confirmed so far.Unfortunately, in 2016, the vaccine coverage has fallen below 90% (CNSCBT, 2017) because of either parents' refusal and the failure in attending a family doctor.Therefore, today, the society is facing a serious situation caused by: a) insufficient and erroneous information of parents expressing their opposition to vaccination and b) manipulation of organizations against vaccination

Surgical treatment of rare metastatic tumor in Meckel’s Cave: A case report

Objectives: Metastases in Meckel’s cave are a rare tumor entity, but they should be considered in patients with a known primary malignancy and who complain of trigeminal neuralgia.Methods: The case of a patient with a left trigeminal neuralgia caused by a metastatic tumor involving the Meckel’s cave and Gasserian ganglion is reported. Preoperative symptoms included headache, trigeminal hyperesthesia and facial pain.Results: The patient underwent microsurgical resection of the tumor, obtaining a histological diagnosis and a resolution of the pain. Trigeminal motor function was preserved.Conclusion: The best treatment for tumors of Meckel’s cave, including metastases, is complete microsurgical removal. Although good results have been reported with radiosurgery, this treatment should be reserved only for nonresectable and residual tumors

The Hideouts of the Vaccination Process

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the degree of information and the population opinion regarding the vaccination process. The paper aims to evaluate both the reasons of decreasing the vaccination degree and the sources of wrong information on this topic to better identify between mistakes and correct knowledge.Vaccines are biological products prepared following specifical tehcniques to improve the body's immunity against particula, given conditions. The lives of millions of children from 188 countries who received different vaccines (diptero-tetanus-pertussis, measles, polio) were saved in the world along the time (WHO, 2017). In Romania, the antidifteric vaccination introduced in 1960 made disappear the disease in 1990. No case of diphtheria has been confirmed so far.Unfortunately, in 2016, the vaccine coverage has fallen below 90% (CNSCBT, 2017) because of either parents' refusal and the failure in attending a family doctor.Therefore, today, the society is facing a serious situation caused by: a) insufficient and erroneous information of parents expressing their opposition to vaccination and b) manipulation of organizations against vaccination.</jats:p

Clinical Study Concerning Adhesive Fixed Partial Prosthesis

The purpose of this clinical study is to prove that prosthetic treatment by adhesive type fixed partial prosthesis still represents an available choice. Material and method: The clinical cases have been selected from the Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Dentistry’s Prosthetic Clinic. Patients, all male of gender, having different ages and jobs, have been examined both clinical and paraclinical; a diagnose has been established – single tooth maxillary front edentation (IIIrd Kennedy class) and the treatment plan has been conceived for which the patients agreed in writing. The solution chosen was the manufacture of metal-ceramic Adhesive type fixed partial prosthesis. All the stages were passed through according to standard protocols.Results: Three metal-ceramic Adhesive type fixed partial prosthesis were obtained that successfully restored the morpho-functional capability of the dentomaxilary system. Discussions: The treatment’s success factors for the Adhesive type fixed partial prosthesis are: proper selection of the clinical case, the tooth preparation’s design, designing the metal frame, prosthesis adaptation and cementing. Conclusions: In the case of a single tooth anterior edentation, the Adhesive type fixed partial prosthesis represents a currently used treatment solution, because it is conservative, aesthetical, periodontal prophylactic and can be successfully applied both as a temporary prosthesis and also and a permanent one

Ceramic Prostethics Restaurations – Clinical Study

Purpose: This study seeks to create a systematic approach in choosing the right ceramic system according to the clinical situations. Material and method: The clinical cases have been selected from the Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Dentistry’s Prosthetic Clinic: two male patients and three female patients, between ages of 20 and 44, presenting coronary lesions and small partial edentations that required aesthetical and morpho-functional restorations by fixed ceramic prostheses manufactured according to standard protocols. Results: Following the choosing criteria for the ceramic system mainly suited to the clinical situation, led to obtainment of aesthetic and functional ceramic fixed prosthetics restorations, to the patients delight and satisfaction of the technician-dentist team. Conclusions: Choosing the proper ceramic systems depends on the minute evaluation of the patient’s occlusion, decisions taken favoring aesthetics, resistance, bonding requirements and parafunctional situations, than on a preferred system. Dentists will select ceramic crowns by using hierarchical approach

Paraclinical Study Of The Saliva Ph Modifications For The Complete Edentulous Patients

In practice we have encountered many situations in which all complete edentulous patients, whom we treated with complete dentures had to keep the disturbance caused by the changes occurring prosthetic components in the salivary fluid. Assessment of changes that occur in all complete edentulous patients wears or not, in terms of salivary pH. Material and method: The study was conducted over a period of two years in Clinic Dental Prosthetics, Social Center of the Faculty of Dentistry and the Old people’s homes in Constanta. Lot studied was composed of a total of 80 patients in which 40 patients with different types of edentation and 40 complete edentulous patients. As methods we used to determine salivary pH by digital pH meter and salivary strips. Results and conclusions: Changes in salivary pH depends on age, gender, edentation specific features, but considering the impossibility of achieving correlations between indicators in the control group, we can conclude that there are wide individual variations that depend on other factors such as, nutrition, fluid intake, medication daily or occasional, and not least the types of existing prosthetic treatment can induce changes in the quality and quantity of saliva. It may indicate that salivary strips method is less accurate and less subjective, values are determined by a fairly large degree of error. Overall average pH value in batch toothless decreases with age and edentation maturity and is much more increased in female patients. Comparing the two groups, the average pH value decreases from patients with different degrees of edentation at complete edentulous group regardless of age group or gender

Evaluation of Total Unstimulated Saliva Viscosity in Complete Edentulous Patients

Purpose: Clinical and laboratory assessment of total unstimulated saliva viscosity in order to evaluate the quality of saliva in edentulous patients wearing complete dentures. Materials and methods: A number of eighty patients, of both sexes participated in the investigation: a control group, 40 patients aged 25-60 years, and a test group, 40 patients aged 45-75 years, edentulous patients treated with acrylic dentures. Clinical method used: Saliva collection was done from the floor of the oral cavity using a dental mirror. With the dental forceps salivary try forming a filament. Laboratory method used: Viscosity determination was made using saliva viscometer type Brookfield digital cone-plate. Results: Compared to the average values from literature, from the control group observed a change in salivary viscosity in 6 patients, 5 of them suffer from various general diseases. In the test group, shows the modified salivary viscosity 25 of 33 patients suffering from various general conditions. Modification of salivary viscosity on the remaining 8 patients could be attributed to wearing acrylic dentures because they do not suffer from any illness, is generally not found in any drug treatment and wear dentures over five years, while the remaining 7 healthy patients does not have these changes because of shortly wearing. Conclusions: The laboratory test method results correlate with clinical test results for determining the viscosity of saliva. In these tests it is found that the viscosity is changed in both groups (control and test). These changes in salivary viscosity may be attributed to general diseases and medications. For the entire test group we observed an increase in salivary viscosity including those who apparently do not present any general disease, these changes can be caused by wearing complete acrylic dentures, which change the temperature and pressure inside the space between the denture and the surface support