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This study aims to present a comparative analysis of the ethnic structure of the population in the Apuseni Mountains (in Romania) during three censuses: in 1880, 1930, and 2011. It emphasises ethnicity continuities and discontinuities, as well as the historical moments that left their mark on that evolution. Statistical data were processed, resulting in the tables showing the ethnic structure of the Apuseni, with absolute as well as relative (percentage) values for each ethnic group. Data were also processed with the aid of ArcGIS 10.3, generating maps of the territorial distribution of the ethnic groups for each administrative-territorial unit. The results show that Romanians maintained their continuity in the mountain area, while other ethnicities changed significantly in terms of numbers and percentages of the total population. The Jewish community was persecuted during the Second World War, finding themselves on the brink of disappearance at the 2011 census. German communities suffered from the socialist policies of deportation to the Soviet Union and other states. Slovaks, deeply affected by industrial restructuring, began to emigrate after the fall of communism in 1989. The most dynamic ethnic group are the Roma, who, according to the censuses, continuously increased in number and percentage.

"PEGylated PEIs are intensely studied non-viral vectors for gene delivery, having high transfection efficiencies. Using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, the interaction of hyperbranched polyethylenimine polyethylene glycol (HPEI-PEG) with DNA was investigated for different number of PEG chains per HPEI core, and, to this end, a new CHARMM Force Field for PEG was developed. The obtained force field parameters are validated by the good agreement of structural measures, such as the radius of gyration, with experimental evidence. The reported investigations reveal an upper bound for the PEG fraction in the modelled HPEI-PEG polymers. The addition of PEG reduces cytotoxicity, increases solubility, while still ensuring a high efficiency of forming polyplexes with DNA. Useful correlations between the copolymer structure and polyplex properties are observed, along with insights on the dynamics of the formation of hydrogen bonds between the HPEI core and DNA."

This introduction aims to frame the texts it predates, to highlight their common theoretical and thematic concerns, and to set them against what we envision as a relevant common backdrop for the issues they raise. To this end, we begin from how insufficient acknowledgement of the current genocidal violence carried out against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank by Western feminism is symptomatic of its enmeshment with colonial rationales and imperialist violence. We question the extent of its liberating and emancipatory politics, reading them against the semiperipheral iterations of what Adam Tooze describes as the "polycrisis." Focused on the gendered aspects of democratic backsliding - broadly understood as a weakening of faith in liberal democracy and the electoral invigoration of the far-right -, the articles included here trace cultural negotiations of gender justice, as it wanes or strengthens across the region. Variously located within broader networks of transnational transfers and global concerns, the articles included here complement relevant work conducted outside the bounds of academic writing. We gesture towards such feminist, anticolonial and antiracist movements which have emerged in Romania, specifically in the literary field, and to their contestation of the patriarchal and deeply unequal national cultural system.

"In Sándor Weöres's poems flora and fauna are not only a decoration, serving as an allegorical/metaphorical background for the representation of the self's alienation and for the 20th century experience of a chaotic universe, but rather the reality of beings independent of subjective consciousness. This reality carries the already forgotten mysteries of the created world, and it definitely points towards a transcendent meaning, an ultimate goal. This paper examines how the specific relationship between self and nature can be associated with the peculiar worldview and the transcendental experiences of Weöres's poetry. Keywords: Hungarian poetry, 20th century literature, time and eternity, nature, faith "

Dealing with the crisis caused by the 21st-century pandemic and the changes brought about by digitalization have demanded flexible solutions that have moved both employers and employees out of the traditional labour law environment. The aim of this short study is to identify the characteristics of teleworking, working from home, and home office type of work in order to reflect on the differences between them and to examine their relation to the changes caused by the new information and communication technologies, studied at the national as well as European level.