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    A velocity-based approach to variable resistance training in the bench press: repetitions to failure and level of effort
    (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2026-03) Ocaña-García, Álvaro; Herrero-Atiénzar, José Manuel; López Gullón, José María; Bonacasa Fernández, Bárbara; Bayonas-Ruiz, Adrián; Fisiología
    This study analyzed the use of elastic bands in the bench press exercise within a velocity-based training approach to explore its application in variable resistance training (VRT) in regard to the level of effort methodology. Therefore, we aimed to (a) investigate the intersubject and intrasubject variability in the number of repetitions to failure (nRM) across 3 one-repetition maximum percentages (%1RM) and 2 load configurations using elastic bands: 25% (B25) and 50% (B50) of the load from bands; (b) examine the relationship between the number of repetitions completed and velocity loss reached; (c) assess the mean propulsive velocity associated to each %1RM and elastic bands contribution; and (d) study the influence of the subject’s strength level on these parameters. After determining the individual 1RM, 26 subjects with low (n 5 9), medium (n 5 9), and high (n 5 8) relative strength levels completed 2 rounds of nRM tests against their 60, 70, and 80% 1RM with B25 and B50 configurations in the bench press. Number of repetitions to failure increased with band contribution (B50 . B25, p , 0.01) and showed moderate intersubject variability (coefficients of variation 5 16%) and very low intrasubject (SEM # 1.4 repetitions) variability for all the strength levels, % 1RM, and band contributions analyzed. A very high correlation (R 2 5 0.910–0.935) between the number of repetitions completed and the percentage of velocity loss reached (from 5 to 65%) was found. These findings support the use of the level of effort as a reliable and practical tool for programming VRT.
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    Comment "surintensifier" les expressions d’intensité ? L’exemple des collocations ADJ /V comme SN et ADJ / N à faire VINF.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2021) Izert, Malgorzata; Pilecka, Ewa
    In this article we present some syntactic characteristics and a variety of productive semantic mechanisms of the intensi#cation of the collocations selected for this study, namely Adj comme SN ou V comme SN et Adj à (faire) Vinf ou N à faire Vinf. All of them already mark a strong, indeterminate intensity, they express a standard lexical function «intensity» henceforth (Intens), inspired by the simple function Magn of the Mel’þuk’s model, (1996) re$ecting the syntagmatic relation between a base (argument) and intensi#er collocations (predicate). These collocations are combined by overlapping or embedding with other collocations. By these combinatorial operations, one obtains over intensi#ed expressions which are the result of either occasional modi#cation (hapax) without the chance for lexicalisation, or spontaneous motivated modi#cations which may one day become lexicalized. All of them can be productive themselves under the new patterns, e.g. bête à faire pleurer un âne or fumer comme une vieille locomotive à vapeur, etc.
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    Elementos de composição de origem grega na construção de neônimos e neologismos do português brasileiro contemprâneo.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2022) Alves, Ieda Maria
    Este trabalho enfoca algumas características da neologia no português brasileiro contemporâneo, relativamente à língua geral, cotidiana, em que se está observando o emprego de elementos de composição de origem grega, empregados como neônimos em textos de especialidade. Os falantes, em suas novas necessidades de nomeação, buscam diferentes formas de expressão, reciclando elementos já utilizados na língua e atribuindo-lhes novos significados. Um exemplo dessa busca de novas formas é atestado pelo recurso ao uso de elementos de composição gregos, que passam a atuar em contextos não científicos, em formações em que apresentam um novo significado, parcialmente distinto do significado original. Neste estudo, enfocamos especialmente os elementos de composição mega-, giga-, micro- e nano, prefixos do SI (Sistema Internacional de Unidades), e seus empregos na construção de unidades lexicais neológicas em textos não especializados. Nesse novo uso, apresentam-se parcialmente destituídos de seus respectivos significados de origem e passam a atuar como neologismos.
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    Free-weight and machine-based training are equally effective on strength and hypertrophy: Challenging a traditional myth
    (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), ) Hernández Belmonte, Alejandro; Buendia Romero, Ángel; García Pallarés, Jesús; Martínez Cava, Alejandro; Franco López, Francisco; Actividad Física y Deporte
    Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effects of free-weight and machine-based resistance training on strength, hypertrophy, and joint discomfort. Methods: Thirty-eight resistance-trained men participated in an 8-wk resistance program allocated into free-weight (n = 19) or machine-based (n = 19) groups. Training variables were identical for both modalities, so they only differed in the use of barbells or machines to execute the full squat, bench press, prone bench pull, and shoulder press exercises. The velocity-based method was implemented to accurately adjust the intensity throughout the program. Strength changes were evaluated using eight velocity-monitored loading tests (four exercises × two modalities) and included the relative one-repetition maximum (1RMRel), as well as the mean propulsive velocity against low (MPVLow) and high (MPVHigh) loads. Ultrasound-derived cross-sectional area of quadriceps (proximal and distal regions), pectoralis major, and rectus abdominis was measured to examine hypertrophy. Complementarily, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaires were administrated to assess changes in lower- and upper-limb joint discomfort. Outcomes were compared using ANCOVA and percentage of change (∆) statistics. Results: Each group significantly (P < 0.001) increased 1RMRel, MPVLow, and MPVHigh for both modalities tested, but especially in the one they trained. When considering together the eight exercises tested, strength changes for both modalities were similar (∆ differences ≤1.8%, P ≥ 0.216). Likewise, the cross-sectional area of all the muscles evaluated was significantly increased by both modalities, with no significant differences between them (∆ difference ≤2.0%, P ≥ 0.208). No between-group differences (P ≥ 0.144) were found for changes in stiffness, pain, and functional disability levels, which were reduced by both modalities. Conclusions: Free-weight and machine-based modalities are similarly effective to promote strength and hypertrophy without increasing joint discomfort.
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    Influencia de la orientación del espacio sobre el esfuerzo percibido en Educación Física: Juegos motores de cooperación-oposición
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, ) Caballero García, María Fuensanta; Alavés-González, Verónica; Soler Mesa, Lorena
    Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO, 2010), en edad infantil, se debe realizar una práctica física mínima de 60 minutos diarios en un rango de intensidadde moderada a vigorosa. Se ha realizado un estudio empírico con 28 alumnos de 6º de Educación Primaria y se han desarrollado 3 juegos motores de cooperación-oposición, variando la orientación del espacio. Los objetivos de este trabajo han sido conocer la adecuación de esfuerzo percibido en los tres juegos, en relación con la intensidad, para la consecución de beneficios para la salud y comparar el esfuerzo percibido en función de las distintas orientaciones del espacio. Tras la finalización de cada juego, se administró la escala de esfuerzo percibido Pictorical Children’s Effort Rating Table (PCERT). Los resultados muestran que los alumnos no alcanzan una intensidad suficiente en los juegos motores para obtener beneficios para la salud, así como diferenciasestadísticamente significativas para el esfuerzo percibido en función de la orientación del espacio, siendo el juego con mayor intensidad el que presenta espacio orientado y porterías pequeñas y el juego con menor percepción del esfuerzo es el de espacio no orientado.
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    Intensitatea în publicitatea audiovizuală românească. De la analiza lingvistică la analiza multimodală.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2021) Nica, Iulia; Teletín, Andreea
    The present analysis of intensity in Romanian audiovisual advertising relies both on a ling istic and a multimodal approach. Our interest is double: confronting findings with various studies on contemporary Romanian language and verifying the contribution of extralinguistic sources to linguistic intensity. Some of the humoristic effects of intensity are also presented.
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    Les formes sentencieuses dans le discours d’Amélie Nothomb.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2023) Crespi, Patrizia
    Resumen: La definición de forma sentenciosa sigue sien-do un reto. Un breve resumen de las posiciones teóricas más recientes nos permite encuadrar sus principales características. A partir de un corpus de tres novelas del llamado ciclo auto-biográfico de Nothomb, analizamos la función de las formas sentenciosas en el discurso na-rrativo. Concretamente, identificamos una cate-goría de intensificación lingüística típica de la autora, basada en la relación entre una forma sentenciosa y el desarrollo de su significado en párrafos más largos que a menudo contienen otros recursos intensificadores. Los ejemplos confirman por parte de Nothomb la búsqueda de una comunión de ideas con el lector, basada en el reconocimiento de sensaciones y emocio-nes comunes y explicitada por la forma senten-ciosa, que a su vez se completa con la secuencia de intensificación correspondiente.
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    Level of effort: a reliable and practical alternative to the velocity-based approach for monitoring resistance training
    (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2022-11) Hernández Belmonte, Alejandro; García Pallarés, Jesús; Courel Ibáñez, Javier; Conesa Ros, Elena; Martínez Cava, Alejandro; Actividad Física y Deporte
    This study analyzed the potential of the level of effort methodology as an accurate indicator of the programmed relative load (percentage of one-repetition maximum [%1RM]) and intraset volume of the set during resistance training in the bench press, full squat, shoulder press, and prone bench pull exercises, through 3 specific objectives: (a) to examine the intersubject and intrasubject variability in the number of repetitions to failure (nRM) against the actual %1RM lifted (adjusted by the individual velocity), (b) to investigate the relationship between the number of repetitions completed and velocity loss reached, and (c) to study the influence of the subject's strength level on the aforementioned parameters. After determining their individual load-velocity relationships, 30 subjects with low (n = 10), medium (n = 10), and high (n = 10) relative strength levels completed 2 rounds of nRM tests against their 65, 75, 85, and 95% 1RM in the 4 exercises. The velocity of all repetitions was monitored using a linear transducer. Intersubject and intrasubject variability analyses included the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and the the standard error of measurement (SEM), respectively. Coefficient of determination (R2) was used as the indicator of relationship. nRM showed a limited intersubject (CI ≤ 4 repetitions) and a very low intrasubject (SEM ≤1.9 repetitions) variability for all the strength levels, %1RM, and exercises analyzed. A very close relationship (R2 ≥ 0.97) between the number of repetitions completed and the percentage of velocity loss reached (from 10 to 60%) was found. These findings strengthen the level of effort as a reliable, precise, and practical strategy for programming resistance training.
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    L’intense brièveté dans la poésie de Silvia Baron Supervielle.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2023) Sueza Espejo, María José
    Resumen: Silvia Baron Supervielle es una escritora rio-platense que escribe en francés conjugando en su vida y en su arte las hibridaciones legadas por su historia y la de sus antepasados, espe-cialmente en el campo de las lenguas, ligado al de sus hogares. Argentina fue primero, como lugar de nacimiento y luego Francia, lugar de residencia desde 1961.- Ambas raíces propi-cian la mezcla del español y del francés en su recorrido artístico y profesional para traducir y crear respectivamente. La elección profesional se produjo por el descubrimiento de un lengua-je cuya musicalidad la sedujo y que le permitió encontrar un nuevo espacio para crear y (re)crearse, así como para echar raíces en la ciu-dad de París. La adopción del francés también le permitió experimentar la libertad en la forma de su escritura. La brevedad, la intensidad y el efecto visual de su poesía serán objeto de este estudio.
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    Métaphysique des tubes d’Amélie Nothomb: une vie racontée à travers l’intensité linguistique
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2019) Crespi, Patrizia
    Abstract: Reading a book of the belgian writer Amélie Nothomb is an act of passion and dedication: through her characteristic style, filled with rhetorical images that she perfectly masters, the reader plunges into a nice and immoderate atmosphere in which reality merges with exaggeration. This is mostly referred to her autobiographical novels: in Métaphysique des Tubes The Character of Rain ) she travels through times and memories to give us a recollection of her first three years of living. By applying in this book to the point of view of a child, the author let the reader feel the same sensations as the main character, thanks to the accuracy of a precise syntax, where the speech is filled with intensification methods, becoming an implicit network underlying the main history, being by definition the real outline of the description of reality. Intensity is, in Nothomb’s book, a stylistic and narrative necessity, revealing its creative force through many lexical forms that we aim to identify and categorise in this article.
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    Motivación, inteligencia emocional y carga de entrenamiento en función delgénero y categoría en baloncesto en edades escolares.
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones., 2022) Duque Ramos, Víctor Hugo; Mancha Triguero, David; Ibáñez Godoy, Sergio José; Sáenz-López Buñuel, Pedro
    El objetivo de este estudio fue describir la relación de variables motivacionales, emocionales y la carga de entrenamiento en baloncesto teniendo en cuenta el género y la categoría de formación. Participaron 61 jóvenes entre los 13 y 16 años de edad (M= 14,23) de un club de baloncesto del sur oeste de España. Por medio de dispositivos inerciales semidió la carga interna y externa de cada deportista durante los entrenamientos. Se empleó una escala de bienestar para variables como el estrés, la fatiga, el dolor muscular, y cuestionarios de auto-informe para el esfuerzo percibido, la motivación, la inteligencia emocional y la percepción de rendimiento. Los resultados evidenciaron que la categoría U14 y en general las chicas, manifestaron más intensidad, mayor percepción de esfuerzo y de rendimiento, así como índices más altos de inteligencia emocional. La categoría U16 y los chicos, reflejaron mayor fatiga, nivel de estrés y dolor muscular, y menores dígitos de inteligencia emocional y motivación autodeterminada. A modo de conclusión, las variables de motivación más autodeterminada y de inteligencia emocional, están directamente relacionadas con la intensidad en los entrenamientos, la percepción de rendimiento y los factores de bienestar como la fatiga, el estrés y el dolor muscular en deportistas en edades escolares.
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    Observaciones sobre la expresión colocacional de la intensidad en "Beuve de Hamptone".
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2019) Blanco Escoda, Xavier
    Basing on examples from the anglo-norman chanson de geste Beuve de Hampton, this paper emphasizes the importance of analysing the collocational expression of intensity in Old French. On the one hand, we observe the tendency of Modern French translations to massively introduce intensive collocations that are absent in the original text. On the other hand, we present and comment many examples of adjectival, adverbial and verbal collocations in Old French, as well usual and widespread collocations as idiosyncratic ones. We point out how the choice of certain collocatives allows to characterize an author’s style.
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    Velocity-based method in free-weight and machine-based training modalities: the degree of freedom matters
    (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023-09) Hernández Belmonte, Alejandro; Buendía Romero, Ángel; García Pallarés, Jesús; Martínez Cava, Alejandro; Actividad Física y Deporte
    This study aimed to analyze and compare the load-velocity relationships of free-weight and machine-based modalities of 4 resistance exercises. Moreover, we examined the influence of the subject's strength level on these load-velocity relationships. Fifty men completed a loading test in the free-weight and machine-based modalities of the bench press, full squat, shoulder press, and prone bench pull exercises. General and individual relationships between relative intensity (%1RM) and velocity variables were studied through the coefficient of determination (R2) and standard error of the estimate (SEE). Moreover, the velocity attained to each %1RM was compared between both modalities. Subjects were divided into stronger and weaker to study whether the subject's strength level influences the mean test (mean propulsive velocity [MPVTest]) and 1RM (MPV1RM) velocities. For both modalities, very close relationships (R2 ≥ 0.95) and reduced estimation errors were found when velocity was analyzed as a dependent (SEE ≤ 0.086 m·s−1) and independent (SEE ≤ 5.7% 1RM) variable concerning the %1RM. Fits were found to be higher (R2 ≥ 0.995) for individual load-velocity relationships. Concerning the between-modality comparison, the velocity attained at each intensity (from 30 to 100% 1RM) was significantly faster for the free-weight variant. Finally, nonsignificant differences were found when comparing MPVTest (differences ≤ 0.02 m·s−1) and MPV1RM (differences ≤ 0.01 m·s−1) between stronger and weaker subjects. These findings prove the accuracy and stability of the velocity-based method in the free-weight and machine-based variants but highlight the need to use the load-velocity relationship (preferably the individual one) specific to each training modality.