AMERICAN ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTS of the 42nd Congress, “Gh. Asachi“ Technical University Iași, Romania, August 26-29, 2018 ROMANIA AT THE GREAT E R U N I O N CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Oana LEONTE, Editor ADVISORY BOARD Ileana COSTEA (California State University, Northridge, USA) Raluca ANDREI (Romania) Horia CRISTEA (West University of Timișoara, Romania) Dinu LEONTE (BPT, Hayward, CA, USA) Alexandre SINCU (France) Hayward, CA 2018 ABSTRACTS of the 42nd Congress of American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences, “Gh. Asachi“ Technical University, Iași, Romania, August 26-29, 2018 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Oana LEONTE Front Cover: Dr. Oana LEONTE Honorary Chairman: Acad. Prof. Dr. Constantin CORDUNEANU Honorary Chairman: Prof. Dan CAȘCAVAL Congress Chair: Prof. Dr. Ileana COSTEA Congress Co-Chair: Dr. Oana LEONTE Local Chair: Prof. Dr. Constantin SIMIRAD Local Co-Chair: Florin Simion EGNER Local Deputy Chair: Prof. Dr. Alexandru SĂLCEANU Finance Chair: Dr. Dinu LEONTE Student Track: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ion-Daniel VIȘAN Editor Expert and Webmaster: Raluca ANDREI Webmaster Assistant: Dr. Cătălin LĂZĂRESCU Organized by American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences ISBN 978-606-8563-49-7 Copyright © 2018 American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences Published by ARA Publisher TABLE OF CONTENTS ROMANIAN CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY [1] Academia Română și Unitatea Națională Bogdan C. Simionescu ......................................................................................... 11 [2] Professor Constantin Corduneanu at 90th Anniversary Gheorghe Moroșanu ........................................................................................... 12 [3] Do You Remember? One Hundred Years... (1918-2018) and Other Poems Mariana Zavati Gardner ..................................................................................... 13 [4] Romanian Writers in the First World War. Commemorative Plaque With The Writers That Took Part In The Union War 1916-1918 Ion Lazu ............................................................................................................... 16 [5] Album Overview: The Heroines of Great Romania. Destinies from The First Battle Line Maria Andreia Fanea .......................................................................................... 18 [6] Consolidation through Culture of the Great Union Lucia Olaru Nenati.............................................................................................. 20 [7] Dad, What is Bessarabia? (Tată, ce e Basarabia?) Anica Facina ....................................................................................................... 22 [8] Come Home, Bessarabia or Glory and Gratitude to the Romanian Patriots Ștefan Dumitrescu ............................................................................................... 23 [9] Ploiești City during the The Reunion War from 1916-1918 Nicolae Petrescu-Redi ......................................................................................... 24 [10] Grigore Ioan – The Hero Who Captured a Turkish Flag in the War for Independence (1877-1878) Nicolae Petrescu-Redi ......................................................................................... 25 [11] The General Radu R. Rosetti from His Property at Brusturoasa to Great Romania Nicolae Petrescu-Redi ......................................................................................... 25 [12] Micromonography: “General Constantin Găvănescul Our War for Our Nation.“ Anca Fanea ......................................................................................................... 27 [13] Lived History Files: 1989-1990 Doina Țetcu ......................................................................................................... 30 3 The 42nd ARA Abstracts [14] The International Organizations for the Assistance of the Romanian Refugees (1948-1960) and the U.S. Office of Special Operations in Romania Marius Iulian Petraru ......................................................................................... 31 [15] The Romanian Political Exile Financial Resources During the Cold War (1945-1975) Marius Iulian Petraru ......................................................................................... 32 ECONOMIC SCIENCES [16] The Effects of Economic Policies on the Romanian Business Environment Adriana Păduraru (Horaicu) and Rebeca-Ioana Bostan .................................... 34 [17] The Threshold Of Significance – His Role And Dimension In The Audit Field Ana-Maria Comândaru (Andrei), Sorina-Geanina Stănescu, Cristina Mihaela Toma, Adriana Păduraru (Horaicu) ................................................................... 35 [18] Financial Information Transparency and Publicity Horia Cristea ...................................................................................................... 40 [19] Higher School of Economics and Its Problems Horia Cristea ...................................................................................................... 40 EDUCATION [20] Leadership Competencies – Optimisation Vectors for Changes within School Organizations in Pre-University Education Ion Stegăroiu, Ion Cucui, Daniela Pahome ........................................................ 42 [21] Career Pathways for Professionals of the 21st Century Ruxandra Popovici .............................................................................................. 46 [22] The Art of Creating Art Elena Mosor, Elena-Roxana Mosor .................................................................... 47 [23] My Philosophy as an Art Educator Jerry W. McDaniel .............................................................................................. 48 [24] Searching for the White Magician Ștefania Magidson ............................................................................................... 49 [25] Providential Meetings Radu Gabriel ....................................................................................................... 52 ARTS [26] A Century+ of Romanian Cinema Irina-Margareta Nistor ....................................................................................... 54 [27] Interpretative Correlations between Tradition and Innovation in the XXth Century 4 Table of Contents Valeria Doina Bădica .......................................................................................... 56 [28] Modernity Returned to Traditional Values Art and Man: Dinu Rădulescu, Sculpture and Drawing Ileana Costea ...................................................................................................... 60 [29] About Brâncuși Ana Trestieni ....................................................................................................... 61 [30] Jerry W. McDaniel and Creativity: Illustrator vs. Designer vs. Commissioned Artist Elizabeth A. Sheehan ........................................................................................... 63 LINGUISTICS [31] Literary Romania At the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Petre Gheorghe Bârlea ....................................................................................... 65 [32] Subjunctive Thoughts: Mood Choice in English and Romanian Complement Clauses Alexandra Cornilescu .......................................................................................... 67 [33] Romanian Scientific Terminology – Three Centuries of History Alice Toma .......................................................................................................... 69 EMINESCU [34] The English Translation of Mihai Eminescu’s Poetry Ioana Lionte ........................................................................................................ 71 [35] The Poet Mihai Eminescu and His Passion for Music Lucia Olaru Nenati.............................................................................................. 72 [36] Eminescu: The Theme of Love and The Image of The Woman Monica M. Grecu ................................................................................................ 73 [37] Veronica Micle, Mihai Eminescu, Ion Creangă (Book of Poetry) Ștefan Dumitrescu ............................................................................................... 75 LITERATURE [38] The Poet In The Park Ana Trestieni ....................................................................................................... 76 [39] Paradise Or Emptiness (Rai sau Neant) Dinu Leonte ......................................................................................................... 76 [40] American Journal II Ion Lazu ............................................................................................................... 78 [41] Where are Our Little Songs (Unde ne sunt cânticelele) Lidia Lazu ........................................................................................................... 78 [42] American Journal 1988, II Lidia Lazu ..........................................................................................................