Publications by authors named "Dan Munteanu"

In the context of new geopolitical tensions due to the current armed conflicts, safety in terms of navigation has been threatened due to the large number of sea mines placed, in particular, within the sea conflict areas. Additionally, since a large number of mines have recently been reported to have drifted into the territories of the Black Sea countries such as Romania, Bulgaria Georgia and Turkey, which have intense commercial and tourism activities in their coastal areas, the safety of those economic activities is threatened by possible accidents that may occur due to the above-mentioned situation. The use of deep learning in a military operation is widespread, especially for combating drones and other killer robots.

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The study investigates the influences of gender, area of origin and age stage variables and also of the interaction between them, on the free time behavior of the students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports from Galati. The questionnaire applied in the academic year 2019-2020 had 85 items and was structured on 4 factors: leisure budget, leisure limiting factors, preferred leisure activities, and leisure sports activities. The multivariate/MANOVA analysis showed statistically significant data for some of the analyzed items, with values of F associated with thresholds < 0.

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Most expert projections indicate that in 2030, there will be over one billion people aged 60 or over. The vast majority of them prefer to spend their last years at home, and almost a third of them live alone. This creates a growing need for technology-based solutions capable of helping older people to live independently in their places.

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Background: Accumulating data suggest potential clinical relevant relationships between hepcidin-25 levels, iron stores, erythropoiesis effectiveness, and epoetin dose. The immunometric methods and mass spectroscopy are currently used to measure hepcidin-25, but no standard exists, and values, although similar in trends, differ in absolute value.

Objective: To investigate hepcidin levels and their relationship with peripheral iron indices, inflammation, and anemia therapy in patients on hemodialysis (HD).

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