Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes to valorise saline waste streams: Analysing the fate of valuable minor elements.

Brine mining can represent a valuable non-conventional resource for the extraction of Mg, Li, B, Sr and other Trace Elements (TEs) such as Rb, Cs, whose recoveries require chemical reagents such as alkaline and acidic solutions. In a circular strategy, these required chemicals can be produced in-situ through Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes (EDBM). In this work, a laboratory EDBM unit was operated using real brines from Trapani saltworks to investigate, for the first time, the migration of minor and trace ions, as Li, B, Sr, Cs and Rb through ion-exchange membranes (IEMs).

Exploring differential pressure-induced hydraulic flows in pilot-scale Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes.

Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes (EDBM) is an electro-membrane process that produces acid and base from saline solutions using electricity. In previous research, this technology has predominantly been explored at the laboratory scale, with very few examples at the pilot scale. This study investigated, for the first time, how differential pressures applied between the EDBM channels affect its performance, utilizing a semi-industrial scale pilot - the largest ever studied in the literature.

The Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation for Functional Recovery After Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy treatment provided remotely via the Internet in the postoperative treatment of orthopedic patients and compare it with standard physiotherapy (face-to-face treatment or home-based treatment) in terms of motor performance, pain symptoms, and functional recovery.

Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database; EMBASE, SCOPUS, and CINHAL was conducted. Two independent reviewers performed study selection, data extraction, risk of bias (ROB) assessment using Cochrane ROB 2 tools, and summarize the results by Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation.

A focus on melorheostosis disease: a literature review and case report of femoral-acetabular impingement due to melorheostosis treated with surgical hip osteoplasty.

Objective: Melorheostosis is a rare, non-hereditary, benign bone disease characterized by abnormal bone growth. Generally, melorheostosis develops during childhood or adolescence and progresses gradually over time. This disease represents a true challenge to the physician because of its variability due to location, extension of the affected bone, and involvement of associated soft tissue.

Acupuncture as an alternative or in addition to conventional treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Conventional therapies (CTs), pharmacological (PH) and non-pharmacological (NPH), do not always achieve benefits in the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP). We assessed efficacy and safety of acupuncture for CLBP as alternative or addition to CT.

Methods: We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing acupuncture alone or in combination with CT to CT.