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Studies show that children from divorced families are more likely to experience emotional and behavioral problems, which is why researchers have focused on finding factors that facilitate children's post-divorce adaptation. One of these factors is coparenting. Thus, to measure the quality of coparenting, the Coparenting Relationships Scale (CRS) was developed. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate this scale for the Romanian population. It was used a combination between the procedure of back-translation and the techniques derived from the work of a team, used for adapting the scale for Brazil-Spanish speakers. Data were obtained from a sample of 504 people. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the Romanian translation of the items. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the final factor solution with six subscales and 28 items was considered acceptable, unlike the original version of the scale, consisting of 7 factors and 35 items . The Romanian Version of CRS revealed good internal consistency on all subscales, with coefficients similar to the original scale. The Romanian Version of the CRS can be used by practitioners to assess levels of parental conflict and to design interventions for children.

The present paper reports the first attempt to synthesize bicomponent hydrogels based on methacryloyl derivatives of gelatin (GelMA) and mucin (MuMA) with different compositions, with potential as wound dressings. While gelatin is widely investigated and used to fabricate scaffolds and coatings stimulating cell interactions and tissue regeneration, mucin - a macromolecule which covers the wet epithelia - remains yet under exploited as biomaterial. The influence of MuMA content on various parameters such as the affinity for aqueous media, stability in simulated physiologic media and the rheologic behavior was investigated. Also, the preliminary assessment of the drug release potential and biocompatibility were performed. The materials� water uptake capacity and rheologic behavior depend on the pH value of the incubation media, while their composition influences the drug release capacity and cells-scaffold interactions.

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This work proposes a simple method to obtain nanostructured hydrogels with improved mechanical characteristics and relevant antibacterial behavior for applications in articular cartilage regeneration and repair. Low amounts of silver-decorated carbon-nanotubes (Ag@CNTs) were used as reinforcing agents of the semi-interpenetrating polymer network, consisting of linear polyacrylamide (PAAm) embedded in a PAAm-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBA) hydrogel. The rational design of the materials considered a specific purpose for each employed species: (1) the classical PAAm-MBA network provides the backbone of the materials; (2) the linear PAAm (i) aids the dispersion of the nanospecies, ensuring the systems’ homogeneity and (ii) enhances the mechanical properties of the materials with regard to resilience at repeated compressions and ultimate compression stress, as shown by the specific mechanical tests; and (3) the Ag@CNTs (i) reinforce the materials, making them more robust, and (ii) imprint antimicrobial characteristics on the obtained scaffolds. The tests also showed that the obtained materials are stable, exhibiting little degradation after 4 weeks of incubation in phosphate-buffered saline. Furthermore, as revealed by micro-computed tomography, the morphometric features of the scaffolds are adequate for applications in the field of articular tissue regeneration and repair.