In order to model natural phenomena, a faithful model describing the evolution of the analyzed phenomena must consider as many aspects as possible. An advantage of a correct representation of the studied phenomenon is the highlighting of the aspects hard to notice initially. To support these affirmations, two examples are brought into attenti...

By Ciornei Florina-Carmen, Cristian Barz, Stelian Alaci, Ionut-Cristian Romanu, Bogdan-Ion Dragoi

 Steganography is a technique of hiding secret information into an innocent looking container. Although a large number of steganography techniques exist, there is a constant need for new ones because they have a relatively short lifespan, being constantly defeated by steganalysis methods. Least Significant Bit substitution (LSB) is one of the ...

By Ovidiu Cosma

 The special interest shown recently in Blockchain and Internet of Things highlighted the possibility of implementing distributed functionalities in nodes as close as possible to the source of data. The paper discusses advantages and challenges of blockchain technology to enable autonomy in Internet of Things, focused on traffic performance mo...

By Costea Cristinel, Adrian PETROVAN

The magnetic field of a closed loop of conductive wire can be computed due to Biot-Savart law, which analyses the value of the field at an exterior point from the transversal axis. If the measure point is out of the axis then the magnetic field has completely different values. A general stated form of this law can measure the value in any point, in...

By Iuga Bogdan, Radu-Adrian Tirnovan

Lobbying is a term with multiple meanings, the origin of which is derived from the English word which means LOBY hall, where the talks were held. Over time, in modern society, are derived concepcts LOBBYING, meaning negotiation, and lobbyists, which means a person who negotiates. Lobby and advocacy resulting in the 17th century in Britaina in parli...

By Jaganjac Jasmin, Željko Kovačević, Aleksandra Pušara

The wide application of various regulators in automated control systems of technological objects determines the necessity to solve problems of constructing optimal, adaptive and with expanded functional capabilities of technological controllers. The toolkit for constructing technological controllers is Simatic S7 hardware devices (PLC S7-1200, Freq...

By Mykola Nykolajchuk

Photovoltaic (PV) power generation is not only clean green energy but is also especially appropriate for smart grids with distributed power generation. For a good exploitation of a PV system there are some regulations to be respected in accordance with local normative. Voltage and reactive power are two very stringent variables to be monitored. Dur...

By Liviu Neamt, Liviu Petrean, Olivian Chiver, Mircea Horgos, Sorin Sava, Alexandru Hotea

The subject of the research are the demographic changes determined by the changes that have occured in the technical, technological, economic, social, health and cultural development of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities. The aim of the research is to define the concepts needed for understanding the process of demographic aging and to explore ...

By Milan Šušić

The aim of this paper is to establish some convergence theorems for a Krasnoselskii type fixed point iterative method defined by means of the concept ofadmissible perturbation introduced in [Rus, I. A., An abstract point of view on iterative approximation of fixed points, Fixed Point Theory 13 (2012), No. 1, 179–192] for an asymptotically pse...

By Cristina Ticala

Nowadays, the rapid growth and globalization of worldwide workforce have strengthened the perception that English is the lingua franca of international professional communication. Success in business and technology depends on people’s ability to communicate at a personal and professional level beyond linguistic and cultural boundaries; implyi...

By Luminița Todea, Anamaria Fălăuș, Ramona Demarcsek