Publications by authors named "Z Pap"
In contemporary, high-speed work settings, ensuring the well-being of employees is of paramount importance. The current study builds on this concern about employee well-being and aims to explore the complex connection between workload (as a job demand), micro-breaks (as behavioral resources), and psychological capital (PsyCap; as a personal resource) to understand their impact on end-of-day well-being. A daily diary approach was employed, where employees provided data from Monday to Friday throughout a workweek.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlioblastoma is considered the most aggressive tumor of the central nervous system. The tumor microenvironment includes several components, such as endothelial cells, immune cells, and extracellular matrix components like matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), which facilitates the proliferation of endothelial cells with pro-angiogenic roles. The MRI characteristics of glioblastomas can contribute to determining the prognosis.
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- Barium titanate photocatalysts were created using a low-cost sol-gel method with a specific calcination technique involving rapid heating; they were analyzed using several characterization techniques.
- The photocatalysts demonstrated low photooxidation activity for degrading pollutants like phenol and chlorophenol but exhibited high photoreduction activity for CO conversion, outperforming commercial references.
- The unique calcination method proved to be 29.5% more cost-effective than traditional techniques and allowed for a larger yield of barium titanate with the same energy input.
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) vary significantly in terms of invasiveness, growth rate, and metastatic potential. This study aimed to investigate the expression of several prognostic biomarkers (Ki67, p53, EGFR, COX-2, Cx43, and p16) in HNSCC from various anatomical regions and to correlate these expressions with clinicopathological parameters. : We performed immunohistochemistry on 91 histologically verified HNSCC cases from the County Emergency Hospital, Targu Mures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurface modification, including the anchoring of functional groups is a popular method to increase the photocatalytic activity of semiconductor photocatalysts. These species can trap excited electrons, thus prolonging the life of the charge carriers. N-containing functional groups are suitable for this purpose due to their high electron density.
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