bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Water-Based Exercise in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Authors: Babiloni-Lopez Carlos , Fritz Nicole , Ramirez-Campillo Rodrigo , Colado Juan C. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Babiloni-Lopez, C, Fritz, N, Ramirez-Campillo, R, and Colado, JC. Water-based exercise in patients with nonspecific chronic low-back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis. J Strength Cond Res 38(1): 206–219, 2024—This study aimed to systematically review and synthesize evidence (i.e., active [land-based training] and nonactive controls [e.g., receiving usual care]) regarding the effects of water-based training on patients with nonspecific chronic low-back pain (NSCLBP). Web of Science (WOS), PubMed (MEDLINE), EMBASE, EBSCO (SPORTDiscus; CINAHL), and PEDro were searched, with no date restrictions, until October 2021. The included studies satisfied the following criteria: (a) NSCLBP (≥12 weeks) patients, (b) water-based intervention, (c) control group (land-based trained; nonactive group), and (d) outcomes related to pain, disability, quality of life, or flexibility. The main outcome analyzed in the meta-analysis was pain intensity. Secondary outcomes included disability, body mass index, and flexibility. The random-effects model was used, and effect size (ES) values are presented with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The impact of heterogeneity was assessed (I
2 statistic), with values of <25%, 25–75%, and >75% representing low, moderate, and high levels, respectively. Alpha was set at p < 0.05. In conclusion, 15 studies (n = 524) were meta-analyzed. After intervention, pain intensity was reduced compared with nonactive controls (ES = −3.61; p < 0.001) and a similar reduction was noted when compared with land-based trained group (ES = −0.14; p = 0.359). Greater decrease in disability (ES = 2.15; p < 0.001) and greater increase in sit-and-reach (i.e., flexibility; ES = −2.44; p < 0.001) were noted after intervention compared with the nonactive group. In conclusion, water-based exercise therapy reduces pain intensity, disability, and increases flexibility in NSCLBP compared with nonactive subjects and was equally effective compared with land-based exercise to reduce pain. Favorable effects may be expected at ≤8 weeks. However, due to several methodological issues (e.g., high heterogeneity), for the improvement of most outcomes, we are unable to provide other than a weak recommendation in favor of intervention compared with control treatment.
Validity and Reliability of Force-Time Characteristics Using a Portable Load Cell for the Isometric Midthigh Pull
Authors: Pichardo Andrew W. , Neville Jono , Tinwala Farhan , Cronin John B. , Brown Scott R. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Pichardo, AW, Neville, J, Tinwala, F, Cronin, JB, and Brown, SR. Validity and reliability of force-time characteristics using a portable load cell for the isometric midthigh pull. J Strength Cond Res 38(1): 185–191, 2024—Many practitioners use the isometric midthigh pull (IMTP) to assess maximal strength in a safe, time-effective manner. However, expensive, stationary force plates are not always practical in a large team setting. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish the validity and between-session reliability of peak force, rate of force development (RFD), and impulse during an IMTP using 2 experimental protocols: a traditional fixed bar with a force plate (BarFP) and a flexible chain measured with a force plate (ChainFP) and a load cell (ChainLC). After a familiarization session, 13 resistance-trained men performed 3 trials of the BarFP condition and 3 trials of the chain-based conditions. The identical procedures were replicated twice more, with a week between each testing session. The main findings were (a) no RFD or impulse measures were found to achieve acceptable reliability across all methodological approaches and testing occasions; (b) peak force was reliable across all methods, with coefficient of variation ranging from 4.6 to 8.3%, intraclass correlation coefficient ranging from 0.94 to 0.98, and the least variability associated with the ChainLC condition; and (c) the ChainFP method was found to significantly underrepresent peak force by 4.8% (p < 0.05), with no significant differences between the ChainLC and BarFP methods. Therefore, the ChainLC would seem a valid, reliable, portable, and cost-effective alternative to force plates when assessing maximal isometric strength in the IMTP.
Enforcement of EU Law: Effectiveness and Fundamental Rights as Limits to the Ius Puniendi Exercised by Member States in Fiscal (Criminal) Proceedings
Authors: Szwarc Monika 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article analyses the limits to Member States’ powers in the field of enforcing (criminal) penalties for infringements of EU law, with particular focus on the protection of the EU’s financial interests. The article addresses the issue of the broad interpretation of the concept of ‘fraud’ within the meaning of Article 1(1) of the PFI Convention, which resulted in imposing an obligation on Member States to establish criminal penalties for certain serious VAT fraud. Next, the article analyses the requirements of effectiveness and equivalence of penalties established in domestic law for infringements of EU law, which may affect not only the severity of penalties, but also the rules of criminal procedure (limitation periods in pre-trial and judicial proceedings). Finally, the article presents the main developments in the context of limitations of ius puniendi, which stem from the obligation to protect fundamental rights under the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Guarantees for the Protection of the Fundamental Rights of a Party to Anti-Monopoly Proceedings in Poland: Selected Issues
Authors: Piszcz Anna , Knapp Magdalena 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article presents how Chapter 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ECN+ Directive) has been transposed into Polish law. This Chapter refers to the fundamental rights of undertakings in proceedings concerning infringements of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. The article discusses selected issues related to the correctness of the transposing legislation. It formulates a critical assessment of the content of the Polish legislation and proposes how these provisions could be amended. The authors conclude that even in areas where Chapter 2 is quite self-explanatory, the legislation, being excessively restrained, needed a different approach from the legislature. Next, the scope of the transposing provisions related to the right to be heard, legal professional privilege and privilege against self-incrimination is too narrow, and in the case of the statement of objections, what was done is ‘false’ implementation.
The Presumption of the Employment Relationship of Platform Workers as an Opportunity to Eliminate Obstacles Arising from Competition Law in the Conclusion of a Collective Agreement: The Example of Spain
Authors: Méndez Lourdes Mella , Kurzynoga Małgorzata 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Collective bargaining is the most appropriate tool to introduce detailed regulations specific to platform work. However, the status of platform workers (they are usually self-employed), combined with EU competition law, constitutes a significant restriction on their collective bargaining rights. Hence, the aim of this article is to prove the thesis that the presumption adopted in the Spanish regulation of recognising platform workers as workers in the strict sense would be a universal solution to the problem of ensuring proper labour protection for this group of workers.
Professor Vanda Zaborskaitė: Why Classic?
Authors: Čiočytė Dalia 
Published: December 2023

Vanda Zaborskaitė (1922–2010) was a famous literary critic and the author of a fundamental monograph about the prominent Lithuanian poet Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis (Maironis, 1968, 1987). Vanda Zaborskaitė wrote during the period of Soviet occupation, when Marxist criticism was obligatory. She used the sociological method as interpreted by Marxism, but she never accepted its philosophical determinism. She considered it important to put a literary work in the contextual frame of the literary history; however, she did not accept the view according to which literature is ruled by the laws of the social and cultural history. The philosophical position of Vanda Zaborskaitė was modernisation of the classical literary criticism, which is a tradition of the literary study sourced from the times of Aristotle’s Poetics. A characteristic of this tradition is reliance on the deep ordered structures observed in literary works. Vanda Zaborskaitė investigated such deep literary structures (images and their constellations) as codes of individual artistic self-awareness. In the opinion of the researcher, the pinnacles of literary art are those works which, by employing aesthetic persuasion, interpret the classical ideas of the Western world: the ideas of the absolute value of the personality, freedom, and the primate of the spirit. Professor Vanda Zaborskaitė researched the Lithuanian classic authors during the years of Soviet occupation, and did this in such a way that her works promoted the classical literature along with the classical values.
Social and Structural Drivers of Health and Transition to Adult Care
Authors: Bailey Katherine , Avolio Julia , Lo Lisha , Gajaria Amy , Mooney Sarah , Greer Katelyn , Martens Heather , Tami Perrine , Pidduck Jacklynn , Cunningham Jessie , Munce Sarah , Toulany Alene 
Published: December 2023

CONTEXT
Youth with chronic health conditions experience challenges during their transition to adult care. Those with marginalized identities likely experience further disparities in care as they navigate structural barriers throughout transition.

OBJECTIVES
This scoping review aims to identify the social and structural drivers of health (SSDOH) associated with outcomes for youth transitioning to adult care, particularly those who experience structural marginalization, including Black, Indigenous, and 2-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and others youth.

DATA SOURCES
Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO were searched from earliest available date to May 2022.

STUDY SELECTION
Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts, followed by full-text. Disagreements were resolved by a third reviewer. Primary research studying the association between SSDOH and transition outcomes were included.

DATA EXTRACTION
SSDOH were subcategorized as social drivers, structural drivers, and demographic characteristics. Transition outcomes were classified into themes. Associations between SSDOH and outcomes were assessed according to their statistical significance and were categorized into significant (P &lt; .05), nonsignificant (P &gt; .05), and unclear significance.

RESULTS
101 studies were included, identifying 12 social drivers (childhood environment, income, education, employment, health literacy, insurance, geographic location, language, immigration, food security, psychosocial stressors, and stigma) and 5 demographic characteristics (race and ethnicity, gender, illness type, illness severity, and comorbidity). No structural drivers were studied. Gender was significantly associated with communication, quality of life, transfer satisfaction, transfer completion, and transfer timing, and race and ethnicity with appointment keeping and transfer completion.

LIMITATIONS
Studies were heterogeneous and a meta-analysis was not possible.

CONCLUSIONS
Gender and race and ethnicity are associated with inequities in transition outcomes. Understanding these associations is crucial in informing transition interventions and mitigating health inequities.
Characterization of solids obtained from calcium and magnesium precipitation by sodium carbonate addition
Authors: Ojeda Villegas Sandra Daniela , Uribe Salas Alejandro , Elizondo Álvarez Martha Araceli 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe addition of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) to the flotation water of complex sulfide ores is a strategy implemented to mitigate the adverse effect of calcium and magnesium present in the process water of complex sulfide flotation. These contaminating agents are due to the use of lime as pH regulator and to the presence in the ore of magnesium species. Na2CO3 is added with the aim of precipitating Ca2+ and Mg2+ as carbonates. In the case of calcium, it precipitates CaCO3, which has been identified by XRD as calcite and vaterite. In the case of magnesium, the precipitating solid is of amorphous nature. In order to identify the chemical nature of magnesium precipitates, thermogravimetric analysis was carried out. Additionally, the solids were analyzed by SEM–EDS to support the observations. The results suggest that the amorphous solid may consist of a hydrated basic magnesium carbonate, precursor of hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O).
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The Creative Career of Mikhail V. Shkondin (Analysis of Publication Activity)
Authors: Demina Irina 
Published: December 2023

Over the past twenty years, Russian scientists have been able to use the resources of the scientific electronic library eLibrary. The scientific and educational experience of the author of the article suggests that not all researchers adequately use the resources of this library to assess their own publication activity, determine their place among the authors of the relevant topics and manage their own publication indicators. It is important in the competitive environment of the scientific world both for the authors themselves and for the scientific and educational organizations affiliated with them. The study analyzed the publication indicators of one of the well-known authors in the field of media research — Mikhail Vasilievich Shkondin in accordance with the possibilities provided by the NEB for such an analysis. The specific reason for the analysis was the anniversary of M.V. Shkondin. The article presents general indicators of the publication activity of M.V. Shkondin (the number of publications, the number of citations, the Hirsch index for eLibrary, for the RSCI and for the core of the RSCI), places in the ranking for the same indicators, a statistical analysis of the dynamics of the number of publications by M.V. Shkondin according to the RSCI and the core of the RSCI, distribution of publications by journals, distribution of citations of M.V. Shkondin's texts by years of citing and cited publications. In addition to quantitative, we also conducted a qualitative analysis of the topics of M.V. Shkondin's publications. The study found that M.V. Shkondin's publication activity indicators are clear evidence of the professor's significant contribution to the development of media and journalism research. The methodology applied in the study is useful for other authors registered in the NEB eLibrary.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITAMIN D3 LEVELS AND HYPOTHYROIDISM
Authors: Mustafa Dilshad , Mohammed Ribwar , Asaad Aveen , Hawezy Dawan 
Published: December 2023

Background
It has been well observed that vitamin D deficiency may increase the prevalence of hypothyroidism. However, there is little information on the relationship between vitamin D levels and thyroid diseases amongst the Kurdish population.
Objectives
To find an association between thyroid function parameters and levels of Vit. D among two different groups.
Patients and Methods
A case-control study was employed; two groups participated in the study, the first group was healthy individuals, and the other group was those with hypothyroidism.
Results
The results of 90 persons were collected in the recent study. The mean age was 42.76 ± 9.47. The majority of the participants were women (52.2%). Vitamin D levels were deficient in most participants (50%), which means lower than 20.1 ng/ ml. Only about 37% of the participants had an average level of Vit. D.
Conclusion
Deficiency in Vitamin D3 is significantly associated with all thyroid function parameters.
NORMATIVE DATA OF NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY OF UPPER LIMB NERVES AMONG ADULTS IN SULAIMANI PROVINCE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Namiq Hiwa , Hamaali Talar 
Published: December 2023

Background
Electrodiagnostic studies, which serve as an extension of clinical examination, play an important role in evaluating patients with neuromuscular disorders. Therefore, each electromyography laboratory must have normative data for its population to establish reference values for nerve conduction study (NCS) parameters, and many carefully screened healthy subjects are required.
Objectives
To provide the normative data for a nerve conduction study among adults in Sulaimani province. And evaluate the impact of age, gender, and anthropometric measures on NCS parameters.
Patients and Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted at the electromyography unit of Shahid Dr. Aso Hospital in Sulaimani, Iraq. The study involved 300 healthy participants with an approximately equal proportion of the two genders. Their age ranged from 20 to 60 years. The subjects were enrolled in the study according to specific inclusion criteria after history checking and undergoing neurological examination.
Results
The study included 144 (48%) male and 156 (52%) female participants. The DMLs and DSLs of all the tested nerves turned out to be significantly shorter in females. CMAP-As and SNAP-As were considerably higher in females. The MCVs and SCVs of all nerves were markedly faster in females. Also, the median and ulnar FMINLAT results showed to be significantly shorter in females. Aging has led to a significant prolongation of median DML and DSL, reduction in CMAP-A and SNAP-A, and slowing of MCV and SCV. Similar results were obtained for ulnar and radial nerves with different levels of statistical significance. Using Pearson’s correlation, the DML, DSL, and FMINLATs of all the tested nerves showed a significant positive linear correlation with height.
Conclusion
Age and BMI did not show a systematic pattern of influence on any of the NCS parameters, demonstrating variable effects with variable levels of significance. In NCS, applying universally standardized techniques may result in different NCS data to the existing literature regarding latencies, amplitudes, nerve conduction velocities, and F-wave data.
THE ROLE OF EARLY CLAMPING OF UTERINE ARTERY AND DELAYED PLACENTAL SEPARATION IN REDUCING CONSEQUENCES OF PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM (PAS) DISORDER
Authors: Hussein Tahir , Abdullah Naz , Mahmood Maryam , Hawrami Jwan , Barzinj Nigar 
Published: December 2023

Background
Abnormal invasive placentation leads to massive intraoperative bleeding and maternal morbidity or death. The current study aimed to evaluate the role of systemic pelvic devascularization technique in reducing cesarean hysterectomy in pregnancies involved in PAS and its complication.
Objectives
To deterime role of early claming of uterine artery and delayed placental separation in reducing the consequences of placenta accreta spectrum disorders
Patients and Methods
Case series research was done in a Maternity Teaching Hospital as a single center study on twenty high-risk pregnant ladies at (32 to37 weeks) gestation diagnosed with placenta accrete through ultrasonography from the first of January 2021 to the first of November 2021.
All patients were managed through the technique of delayed delivery of the placenta and early clamping uterine artery at the level of the internal os of the cervix using two vascular clamps followed by immediate ligation of the anterior branch of the internal iliac artery (IIA) in the retroperitoneal space within 1-2 minutes which shows a significant reduction in blood loss at placental bed following placental delivery, neither of cases ended by cesarean hysterectomy, written consent has been taken from the enrolled patients. A college has approved the study of the medicine Ethical Committee /the University of Sulaimani. Data from the current study has been analyzed using “IBM SPSS statistics version 25”.
Results
Among the patients who participated in the present study, the mean±SD of age was 37.1 ± 4.5 years range (30-48) years old, and the mean±SD gestational age was 36 ± 1.5 range (32 to 38) weeks, their mean ±SD of BMI (body mass index) was 28 ± 2.2 (range, 24 to 32). The mean±SD cesarean count was 2.8 ± 1.3 (range, 0-5). The mean±SD of patients’ gravida and parity were 4.2 ± 1.6 (range,1-7) and 2.8 ± 1.4 (range,0-5), respectively.The mean±SD operation time varies 93 ± 25.6 range (60 to 120 minutes ); neither of the cases ended by hysterectomy, hemoglobin levels were also taken as part of the investigation, and its level preoperatively means ± SD 11.4 ± 1.1( range, 9.9 to 13.9) and post-operatively mean ± SD level was 9.6 ± 1.2 (range, 7.2 to 11.1), significantly less blood loss seen intraoperatively and only 75% of them require blood transfusion and only one-day hospital stay after the operation, no one requires the second laparotomy. Therefore, there was no significant association between them; thence, the mentioned procedure is clinically beneficial.
Conclusion
This method did not need to cesarean hysterectomy, so it causes less blood loss and morbidity.
Tolerability of an Individualized Physical Rehabilitation Program in Patients Dependent on Inotropic Support With End-Stage Chronic Heart Failure
Authors: Bortsova M. A. , Demchenko E. A. , Fedotov P. A. , Ganenko O. S. , Osipova M. A. , Korneva L. O. , Musaeva B. B. , Sazonova Yu. V. , Simonenko M. A. , Sitnikova M. Yu. 
Published: December 2023

Aim To assess the tolerability of an individualized physical rehabilitation program (PRP) in inotrope-dependent patients with end-stage chronic heart failure (CHF).Material and methods This prospective randomized study included 120 men aged 18-65 years with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤30 % and blood pressure ≥90 / 60 mm Hg. Patients who have received dobutamine or dopamine for ≥2 weeks were randomized into two groups: group 1, 40 patients who participated in the PRP and group 2, 40 patients who did not participate in the PRP. Group 3 included 40 patients without inotropic support who participated in the PRP.Results Patients of groups 1 and 3 attended >80 % of the scheduled classes without developing life-threatening adverse events (AEs) associated with exercise (E). After 6 months of the study, the exercising patients achieved a comparable (average) E intensity: 44 [35; 50]% and 45 [40;52]% of heart rate reserve and Borg scale scores 14 [12; 14] and 13 [11; 14] in groups 1 and 3, respectively (p>0.05). Initially, after 3 and 6 months at the peak of physical activity in groups 1 and 3, there was no decrease in arterial blood oxygen saturation according to pulse oximetry (SpO2) <93 %. At baseline, lactate levels in central venous blood at rest were normal in all groups. After 6 months, the lactate concentration was 1.1 mmol / l in group 1, 2.3 mmol / l in group 2, and 1.4 mmol / l in group 3 (р1-2=0.005; p2-3=0.008, respectively). At the E peak at baseline, after 3 and 6 months, comparable increases in lactate not exceeding 3 mmol / l were detected in groups 1 and 3.Conclusion The study allowed assessment of the tolerability of individualized PRP performed at the aerobic level of energy supply, in inotropic-dependent patients with CHF. Individualized 6-month PRP in inotropic-dependent patients with end-stage CHF, provided safety criteria are met, is well tolerated and does not increase the number of AEs associated with CHF and physical rehabilitation (PR). Continued inotropic support with dopamine or dobutamine should not be considered as a contraindication to PR in patients with CHF in the absence of E intolerance or life-threatening AEs.