Search Results - "Madimenos, Felicia C."

Pathogen disgust sensitivity protects against infection in a high pathogen environment by Cepon-Robins, Tara J., Blackwell, Aaron D., Gildner, Theresa E., Liebert, Melissa A., Urlacher, Samuel S., Madimenos, Felicia C., Eick, Geeta N., Snodgrass, J. Josh, Sugiyama, Lawrence S.

“…Disgust is hypothesized to be an evolved emotion that functions to regulate the avoidance of pathogen-related stimuli and behaviors. Individuals with higher…”
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Market integration and soil-transmitted helminth infection among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador by Gildner, Theresa E, Cepon-Robins, Tara J, Liebert, Melissa A, Urlacher, Samuel S, Schrock, Joshua M, Harrington, Christopher J, Madimenos, Felicia C, Snodgrass, J. Josh, Sugiyama, Lawrence S

“…Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have many negative health outcomes (e.g., diarrhea, nutritional deficiencies) that can also exacerbate…”
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Life history, immune function, and intestinal helminths: Trade-offs among immunoglobulin E, C-reactive protein, and growth in an Amazonian population by Blackwell, Aaron D., Snodgrass, J. Josh, Madimenos, Felicia C., Sugiyama, Lawrence S.

“…Objectives. Infection with helminths is associated with shifts in host immunity, including increased production of immunoglobulin E (IgE) and reduced…”
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Evidence for a peak shift in a humoral response to helminths: age profiles of IgE in the Shuar of Ecuador, the Tsimane of Bolivia, and the U.S. NHANES by Blackwell, Aaron D, Gurven, Michael D, Sugiyama, Lawrence S, Madimenos, Felicia C, Liebert, Melissa A, Martin, Melanie A, Kaplan, Hillard S, Snodgrass, J Josh

“…The peak shift model predicts that the age-profile of a pathogen's prevalence depends upon its transmission rate, peaking earlier in populations with higher…”
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Market Integration Predicts Human Gut Microbiome Attributes across a Gradient of Economic Development by Stagaman, Keaton, Cepon-Robins, Tara J, Liebert, Melissa A, Gildner, Theresa E, Urlacher, Samuel S, Madimenos, Felicia C, Guillemin, Karen, Snodgrass, J Josh, Sugiyama, Lawrence S, Bohannan, Brendan J M

“…Economic development is marked by dramatic increases in the incidence of microbiome-associated diseases, such as autoimmune diseases and metabolic syndromes,…”
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An Evolutionary and Life-History Perspective on Osteoporosis by Madimenos, Felicia C

“…Osteoporosis is a systemic disease characterized by bone mass reductions and heightened fracture risk; its global prevalence rates are projected to increase…”
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Childhood Daily Energy Expenditure Does Not Decrease with Market Integration and Is Not Related to Adiposity in Amazonia by Urlacher, Samuel S, Snodgrass, J Josh, Dugas, Lara R, Madimenos, Felicia C, Sugiyama, Lawrence S, Liebert, Melissa A, Joyce, Cara J, Terán, Enrique, Pontzer, Herman

“…Childhood overweight and obesity (OW/OB) is increasingly centered in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as rural populations experience market…”
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Bringing the lab bench to the field: Point‐of‐care testing for enhancing health research and stakeholder engagement in rural/remote, indigenous, and resource‐limited contexts by Madimenos, Felicia C., Gildner, Theresa E., Eick, Geeta N., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Snodgrass, James J.

“…Point‐of‐care testing (POCT) allows researchers and health‐care providers to bring the lab bench to the field, providing essential health information that can…”
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After Theranos: Using point‐of‐care testing to advance measures of health biomarkers in human biology research by Gildner, Theresa E., Eick, Geeta N., Schneider, Alaina L., Madimenos, Felicia C., Snodgrass, J. Josh

“…Objectives The rise and fall of the health technology startup Theranos is emblematic of the promise and peril of point‐of‐care testing (POCT). Instruments that…”
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Low mineral density of a weight-bearing bone among adult women in a high fertility population by Stieglitz, Jonathan, Beheim, Bret A., Trumble, Benjamin C., Madimenos, Felicia C., Kaplan, Hillard, Gurven, Michael

“…ABSTRACT Evolutionary theories of aging posit that greater reproductive effort causes somatic decline given a fundamental trade‐off between investing energy in…”
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High energy requirements and water throughput of adult Shuar forager‐horticulturalists of Amazonian Ecuador by Christopher, Lauren, Madimenos, Felicia C., Bribiescas, Richard G., Urlacher, Samuel S., Snodgrass, James J., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Pontzer, Herman

“…Objectives We measured total energy expenditure (TEE; kcal/d) and water throughput (L/d) among Shuar forager‐horticulturalists from Amazonian Ecuador to…”
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Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador by Liebert, Melissa A, Urlacher, Samuel S, Madimenos, Felicia C, Gildner, Theresa E, Cepon-Robins, Tara J, Harrington, Christopher J, Bribiescas, Richard G, Sugiyama, Lawrence S, Snodgrass, J Josh

“…The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and its primary end product, the glucocorticoid cortisol, are major components of the evolved human stress…”
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Age‐related patterns of cytomegalovirus antibodies accompanying Epstein‐Barr virus co‐infection by Barrett, Tyler M., Liebert, Melissa A., Eick, Geeta N., Ridgeway‐Diaz, Julia G., Madimenos, Felicia C., Blackwell, Aaron D., Urlacher, Samuel S., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Snodgrass, J. Josh

“…Objective Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with age‐related chronic disease, and co‐infection with Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) may compound disease…”
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Physical growth of the shuar: Height, Weight, and BMI references for an indigenous amazonian population by Urlacher, Samuel S., Blackwell, Aaron D., Liebert, Melissa A., Madimenos, Felicia C., Cepon-Robins, Tara J., Gildner, Theresa E., Snodgrass, J. Josh, Sugiyama, Lawrence S.

“…Objectives Information concerning physical growth among small‐scale populations remains limited, yet such data are critical to local health efforts and to…”
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Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador by DeLouize, Alicia M., Liebert, Melissa A., Madimenos, Felicia C., Urlacher, Samuel S., Schrock, Joshua M., Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Gildner, Theresa E., Blackwell, Aaron D., Harrington, Christopher J., Amir, Dorsa, Bribiescas, Richard G., Snodgrass, James Josh, Sugiyama, Lawrence S.

“…Objective Anemia is an important global health challenge. We investigate anemia prevalence among Indigenous Shuar of Ecuador to expand our understanding of…”
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Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador by Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Gildner, Theresa E., Schrock, Joshua, Eick, Geeta, Bedbury, Ali, Liebert, Melissa A., Urlacher, Samuel S., Madimenos, Felicia C., Harrington, Christopher J., Amir, Dorsa, Bribiescas, Richard G., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Snodgrass, James J.

“…Objectives Little research exists documenting levels of intestinal inflammation among indigenous populations where exposure to macroparasites, like…”
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Analysis of variability of high sensitivity C-reactive protein in lowland ecuador reveals no evidence of chronic low-grade inflammation by Mcdade, Thomas W., Tallman, Paula S., Madimenos, Felicia C., Liebert, Melissa A., Cepon, Tara J., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Snodgrass, James Josh

“…Objectives: C‐reactive protein (CRP) is a central component of innate immune defenses, and high sensitivity CRP has emerged as an important biomarker of…”
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Disparities in bone density across contemporary Amazonian forager‐horticulturalists: Cross‐population comparison of the Tsimane and Shuar by Madimenos, Felicia C., Liebert, Melissa A., Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Urlacher, Samuel S., Josh Snodgrass, J., Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Stieglitz, Jonathan

“…Objectives This study investigates bone density across the life course among Bolivian Tsimane and Ecuadorian Shuar of Amazonia. Both groups are rural,…”
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Heterogeneous effects of market integration on sub-adult body size and nutritional status among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador by Urlacher, Samuel S., Liebert, Melissa A., Josh Snodgrass, J., Blackwell, Aaron D., Cepon-Robins, Tara J., Gildner, Theresa E., Madimenos, Felicia C., Amir, Dorsa, Bribiescas, Richard G., Sugiyama, Lawrence S.

“…Background: Market integration (MI)-increasing production for and consumption from a market-based economy-is drastically altering traditional ways of life and…”
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Validation of an enzyme‐linked immunoassay assay for osteocalcin, a marker of bone formation, in dried blood spots by Eick, Geeta N., Madimenos, Felicia C., Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Devlin, Maureen J., Kowal, Paul, Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Snodgrass, J. Josh

“…Objectives Investigating factors that contribute to bone loss and accretion across populations in remote settings is challenging, particularly where diagnostic…”
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