Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur (Arsene Lupin, The Gentleman Burglar)
Livre bilingue anglais/français (Bilingual English/French Book) par Maurice Leblanc; traducteur et éditeur: Nicolae Sfetcu (by Maurice Leblanc; translator and editor: Nicolae Sfetcu) Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur est un recueil de neuf nouvelles, écrites par Maurice Leblanc, qui constituent les premières aventures … Read More
The singularities as ontological limits of the general relativity
Author: Nicolae Sfetcu ESSAYS Collection The singularities from the general relativity resulting by solving Einstein’s equations were and still are the subject of many scientific debates: Are there singularities in spacetime, or not? Big Bang was an initial singularity? If … Read More
French Riviera Tourist Guide (Guide touristique Côte d’Azur) – Illustrated Edition (Édition illustrée)
Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français) French Riviera is one of the first modern resort areas. It began as a winter health resort at the end of the 18th century. With the arrival of the railway it became the playground … Read More
Epistemology of experimental gravity – Scientific rationality
The evolution of gravitational tests from an epistemological perspective framed in the concept of rational reconstruction of Imre Lakatos, based on his methodology of research programmes. Unlike other works on the same subject, the evaluated period is very extensive, starting … Read More
How to Sell (eCommerce) – Marketing and Internet Marketing Strategies
Techniques and actions for a company to develop the sale of the products and services by adapting, where necessary, the production and commercialization to consumer needs. Marketing is considered as the first creative link that will lead to sales. In … Read More
Poetry Kaleidoscope
Introduction in poetry: nature of poetry, tools, history, terms (periods, styles and movements, technical means, tropes, measures of verse, verse forms, national poetry… Poetry is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which … Read More
Anthologie des meilleurs petits contes français (Anthology of the Best French Short Stories)
Auteurs classiques français (French classical authors) Livre bilingue français/anglais (Bilingual French/English Book) – Première édition (First Edition) Éditeur (Editor): Nicolae Sfetcu, Traducteur (Translator): Nicolae Sfetcu Développée à partir de la tradition de narration orale du Moyen Âge, le petit conte … Read More
The distinction between falsification and refutation in the demarcation problem of Karl Popper
Despite the criticism of Karl Popper’s falsifiability theory for the demarcation between science and non-science, mainly pseudo-science, this criterion is still very useful, and perfectly valid after it was perfected by Popper and his followers. Moreover, even in his original … Read More
Arts
XII. LAST FRIEND
One day last summer, about the month of June, Claire and her mother were working in the living room, while I was perched in my usual place, on the shoulder of the girl, where I played with her coiffure and … Read More
Education
Smart writing equipment for modern students
Being one of the main means of developing a person’s personality in social terms, education should keep pace with the times, i.e. undergo changes and innovations that meet the needs of society in this era. That is why today’s various … Read More
Science
Philosophy of Emotions
The emotion was excluded from knowledge since ancient times, when Democritus stated that “Medicine cures diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from emotions”. (Diels și Kranz 1951, 68 B 31) Such a view says that “reason should be … Read More
Business
Summit of Leaders 2019 (Oxford UK) & official ‘Best Enterprises/Manager of the Year’ Project
Dear Nicolae Sfetcu, Re: Summit of Leaders 2019 (Oxford UK) & official ‘Best Enterprises/Manager of the Year’ Project On December 17, the traditional Summit of Leaders and the Socrates Awards Ceremony will be held at the Oxford Town Hall. The … Read More
Health
Faculty of Medicine of Lille suspends homeopathy diploma
As a result of the controversies over alternative medicine, the medical school through his dean suspended its university diploma of homeopathy for the beginning academic year in expectation of the position of the Haute Autorité de Santé (High Authority of … Read More
Society
Philosophy of Emotions
The emotion was excluded from knowledge since ancient times, when Democritus stated that “Medicine cures diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from emotions”. (Diels și Kranz 1951, 68 B 31) Such a view says that “reason should be … Read More
Computers
Blockchain and the causal tree of reference
In a previous article, Philosophy of Blockchain Technology – Ontologies, (Sfetcu 2019) I talked about applying Paul Ricœur’s narrative theory in developing an ontology of blockchain technology. In this section I intend to highlight the idea of an analogy between … Read More
Recreation
European Union: Promoting a new culture of data protection – EU Annual Management Plan 2019
The EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, “Leading by example” – adopted at the beginning of the current EDPS mandate in 2015 – sets out how we seek to promote a new culture of data protection in the European institutions and bodies. Our … Read More
World
Romania targets at least one important mandate of European Commissioner
Romania is interested in one of the mandates of European Commissioners for regional policy, energy, transport and the environment. “We have not finished the regional policy mandate, so we could once again ask for this very important portfolio. So, I … Read More
Digital Assembly 2019 – Bucharest, Romania, June 13-14
The Digital Assembly 2019 is a forum for stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the Digital Single Market Strategy, draw lessons and to exchange views on the contours of a future digital policy. The event is also a … Read More
Banned media access to events organized by the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
I applied online for accreditation, and I received confirmation as a journalist. The press facilities offered at the events organized by the Romanian Presidium of the EU Council are listed on the website: 250 work spaces with broadband, phone and … Read More
Newton’s action at a distance – Different views
Different authors have attempted to clarify the aspects of remote action and God’s involvement on the basis of textual investigations, mainly from the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, (Newton, 1999b) Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley (1692/93), (Bentley 1693) and Queries … Read More
A debate on Events and Particulars
This article, perhaps more than others, is rather an exercise of linguistic logics. Roderick Chisholm, in “The Logical Form of Action Sentences, criticized an earlier article of Davidson, “The Logical Form of Action Sentences,” proposing a different theory. Davidson analyzes … Read More