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The recognition of fingerprints has many utilities in the modern society because the fingerprint could be used as a unique id. In this article we present the main domains where the fingerprint recognition can be used, a short evolution of the fingerprint recognition process and…

Aims of regional development in terms of the new paradigm related to creativity and sustainability and possibilities of small municipalities (with decreasing population) to reach and to evaluate development accordingly to the new paradigm have stimulated authors’ interest to test regional development in small municipalities.…

It is now obvious that makeup increases perceived women’s attractiveness by men and women. Nevertheless, when it comes to the hiring process, the impact of the picture used on the curriculum vitae (CV) is often neglected. Our study aims to determine the circumstances under which…

The economic recession’s effects on Romanian economy, the entrepreneurship realities in the EU and Romania, and change management contributions to improve both of the above are the main coordinates of this paper. While economic environment determines entrepreneurship realities and highlights the need for a structured…

Complex decision making tasks of different natures, e.g. identifying of a profitability of a client in the insurance business, are based on vague, sparse, partially inconsistent and subjective knowledge of experts. One important problem related to realistic decision making tasks is uncertainty in input data…

Doctors’ surgeries are facing increasing demands on the time required for sending out reports, referrals and diagnoses of various kinds. This leads to a shortage of the time needed for the most important thing — patient care. The development of information technology and its increased…

Introduction: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease with endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, which leads to adhesions in the surrounding tissue. In pregnancy, endometriosis-derived ectopic decidua may be induced, and at delivery, the tissues are stretched and complications may occur. We report two cases…

The core of this study evolved on perspectives of health professionals in Thailand on electronic health (e-health) and social media. Two main objectives were included as follows: (A) to provide a descriptive status of e-health and social media; and (B) to identify inhibitors and drivers…

A new and fast emerging shift in networking and communications is the Internet of Things. This new connectivity paradigm (according to industry and academic analysts) is expected to fully mature by the year 2020. A number of industry giants have already created platforms both for…

This study aims at investigating the influence that entrepreneurial orientation has on export performance of Portuguese footwear small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, a quantitative methodological approach was used, conducting a descriptive, exploratory and transversal empirical study, having applied a questionnaire to a sample of…