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Background. Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone density, affecting predominantly women, especially after menopause, and it is associated with a decrease in the quality of life. It is a known fact that a low level of physical activity represents a substantial risk for osteoporosis. Purpose. The purpose of the survey is to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia before and after a physical exercise intervention. Material and method. A prospective descriptive survey on 70 women with osteoporosis and osteopenia was carried out between April 2021 and February 2023 in the ambulatory of the Clinical Emergency Hospital "Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu", Bucharest, Romania. Data are collected using medical documents (sociodemographic and anthropometric data, comorbidities, bone density level, osteoporosis treatment, etc), the Interna-tional Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (physical activity level), and the Romanian version of the SF-36 (health-related quality of life). Results. The study included 70 female patients with osteoporosis (41.4%) and osteopenia (58.6%). All of the SF-36 doma-ins and the summary scales (physical and mental component scores) revealed significantly (except Social Functioning, p=0.158) higher mean values postinterventional than the baseline mean scores. The most remarkable improvements were observed in the following domains: Role limitation due to physical problems (18.5; p=0.003), Role limitation due to emotional problems (14.7; p=0.018), and General health (14.0; p<0.001). Conclusions. All dimensions of quality of life were significant improved after the exercise intervention program in the patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Law 274/2004 on the protection and promotion of children's rights is the only law in Romanian legislation containing legal norms and procedures designed to ensure compliance of the best interests of the child, the rights and freedoms of minors. In conflict situations generated by the separation of minors from one or both parents, the public social assistance service is empowered by law to draw up a document called a monitoring report that can be used as evidence in Court. The problem that arises in practice is identified in those situations in which the interested parties claim that public social assistance service or DGASPCs retained wrong or even contrary to the factual situation in the respective monitoring reports issued, which, by virtue of them be used as evidence, may lead to the issuance by Courts of illegal judgments, based on a factual situation other than the actual one. In order to counteract such judicial errors, the issue was raised in practice to challenge the monitoring reports that retain another factual reality, through direct actions addressed to the Courts, a situation that faced different opinions from the legal regime applicable to those monitoring reports, opinions that led to the rejection of such actions, as inadmissible, due to lack of legal basis. The purpose of this study is to try to identify, by analyzing the current legislation, doctrine and / or jurisprudence the legal regime applicable to these monitoring reports, so that at the end of the study to be highlighted the conclusions of the analysis and be formulated possible legae ferenda proposals in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Law 274/2004 on the protection and promotion of children's rights is the only law in Romanian legislation containing legal norms and procedures designed to ensure compliance of the best interests of the child, the rights and freedoms of minors. In conflict situations generated by the separation of minors from one or both parents, the public social assistance service is empowered by law to draw up a document called a monitoring report that can be used as evidence in Court. The problem that arises in practice is identified in those situations in which the interested parties claim that public social assistance service or DGASPCs retained wrong or even contrary to the factual situation in the respective monitoring reports issued, which, by virtue of them be used as evidence, may lead to the issuance by Courts of illegal judgments, based on a factual situation other than the actual one. In order to counteract such judicial errors, the issue was raised in practice to challenge the monitoring reports that retain another factual reality, through direct actions addressed to the Courts, a situation that faced different opinions from the legal regime applicable to those monitoring reports, opinions that led to the rejection of such actions, as inadmissible, due to lack of legal basis. The purpose of this study is to try to identify, by analyzing the current legislation, doctrine and / or jurisprudence the legal regime applicable to these monitoring reports, so that at the end of the study to be highlighted the conclusions of the analysis and be formulated possible legae ferenda proposals in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the lack of usable data in the correct assessment of housing quality in an urban ecosystem, it is necessary to establish a system of environmental indices that can be used to evaluate and compare the attractiveness of urban neighborhoods. Oxygen generating surfaces fulfill multiple functions and give a certain quality to urban environment and housing, especially through the green spaces. Green spaces have an unequal distribution in the area of Bucharest. The structure, functions, adding availability and/or attractiveness of green areas define the neighborhoods in which they are located, and whether they are topophile or topophobe ones. In the present study, based on field observations, processing of cartographic materials and using the green spaces as most relevant index, topophile and topophobe neighborhoods have been identified in Bucharest. The tendency of residential areas development was also evaluated and it was found that it depends on the attractiveness of existing urban parks or neighborhood gardens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noise and Air Quality Assessment in an Urban Tissue. Case Study: Stefan cel Mare Street, Bucharest. The improvement of the air quality in urban ecosystems constitutes an essential objective of the European Union's environmental politics, considering that 52% of the urban population is exposed to over the maximum admissible limits of air polluting concentrations. The paper aims to assess the impact of environmental degradation sources on airborne dust and noise level in the residential areas around Stefan cel Mare Street. To achieve this objective, 16 sampling points were chosen and measurements of equivalent sound level (Leq) and particulate matter (PM) concentrations were realized between May 25 and June 12, 2009. The values were correlated with the characteristics of functional areas (oxygen-generating surfaces, built areas, road network), of air quality pollution sources (structure and intensity of road traffic, condition of buildings, number of evacuation chimneys) and of the receivers of environmental problems (population, sensitive functional areas, vegetation). The study emphasizes that the area crossed by Stefan cel Mare Street is characterised by affected living conditions, as high levels of noise and PM concentrations have a notable influence over 7,350 inhabitants and three hospitals of national importance. Therefore, reduction of pollution level in this area through fountains, pollutants filtration systems from the ventilation systems and a series of measures on the environmental degradation sources (interdiction of heavy traffic, rehabilitation of buildings) are necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]