Search Results - "Mendes, F"

Effects of social network diversity on mortality, cognition and physical function in the elderly: a longitudinal analysis of the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP) by Ali, Talha, Nilsson, Charlotte Juul, Weuve, Jennifer, Rajan, Kumar B, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F

“…BackgroundHaving a larger social network has been shown to have beneficial effects on health and survival in adults, but few studies have evaluated the role of…”
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New Class of Quasinormal Modes of Neutron Stars in Scalar-Tensor Gravity by Mendes, Raissa F P, Ortiz, Néstor

“…Detection of the characteristic spectrum of pulsating neutron stars can be a powerful tool not only to probe the nuclear equation of state but also to test…”
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Strong correlations between power-law growth of COVID-19 in four continents and the inefficiency of soft quarantine strategies by Manchein, Cesar, Brugnago, Eduardo L, da Silva, Rafael M, Mendes, Carlos F O, Beims, Marcus W

“…In this work, we analyze the growth of the cumulative number of confirmed infected cases by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) until March 27, 2020, from countries…”
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Perceived stress and change in cognitive function among adults 65 years and older by Aggarwal, Neelum T, Wilson, Robert S, Beck, Todd L, Rajan, Kumar B, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F, Evans, Denis A, Everson-Rose, Susan A

“…Exposure to acute and chronic stress can affect learning and memory, but most evidence comes from animal studies or clinical observations. Almost no…”
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Localization and spreading of diseases in complex networks by Goltsev, A V, Dorogovtsev, S N, Oliveira, J G, Mendes, J F F

“…Using the susceptible-infected-susceptible model on unweighted and weighted networks, we consider the disease localization phenomenon. In contrast to the…”
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Cognition and Mortality Risk Among Midlife and Older Americans by Glei, Dana A, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F, Lee, Chioun, Weinstein, Maxine

“…Abstract Background Cognitive impairment is associated with increased mortality rates in late life, but it is unclear whether worse cognition predicts…”
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Association of a Negative Wealth Shock With All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States by Pool, Lindsay R, Burgard, Sarah A, Needham, Belinda L, Elliott, Michael R, Langa, Kenneth M, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F

“…IMPORTANCE: A sudden loss of wealth—a negative wealth shock—may lead to a significant mental health toll and also leave fewer monetary resources for…”
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Gender Gap in the ERASMUS Mobility Program by Böttcher, Lucas, Araújo, Nuno A M, Nagler, Jan, Mendes, José F F, Helbing, Dirk, Herrmann, Hans J

“…Studying abroad has become very popular among students. The ERASMUS mobility program is one of the largest international student exchange programs in the…”
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Perivascular macrophages in high-fat diet-induced hypothalamic inflammation by Mendes, Natalia F, Velloso, Licio A

“…Brain macrophages and microglia are centrally involved in immune surveillance of the central nervous system. Upon inflammatory stimuli, they become reactive…”
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Explosive percolation transition is actually continuous by da Costa, R A, Dorogovtsev, S N, Goltsev, A V, Mendes, J F F

“…Recently a discontinuous percolation transition was reported in a new "explosive percolation" problem for irreversible systems [D. Achlioptas, R. M. D'Souza,…”
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Biased imitation in coupled evolutionary games in interdependent networks by Santos, M. D., Dorogovtsev, S. N., Mendes, J. F. F.

“…We explore the evolutionary dynamics of two games—the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Snowdrift Game—played within distinct networks (layers) of interdependent…”
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Occupational cognitive requirements and late-life cognitive aging by Pool, Lindsay R, Weuve, Jennifer, Wilson, Robert S, Bültmann, Ute, Evans, Denis A, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F

“…OBJECTIVE:To examine whether occupational cognitive requirements, as a marker of adulthood cognitive activity, are associated with late-life cognition and…”
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Optimization of COVID-19 vaccination and the role of individuals with a high number of contacts: A model based approach by Rocha Filho, Tarcísio M, Mendes, José F F, Murari, Thiago B, Nascimento Filho, Aloísio S, Cordeiro, Antônio J A, Ramalho, Walter M, Scorza, Fúlvio A, Almeida, Antônio-Carlos G, Moret, Marcelo A

“…We report strong evidence of the importance of contact hubs (or superspreaders) in mitigating the current COVID-19 pandemic. Contact hubs have a much larger…”
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Sex Differences in Concomitant Trajectories of Self-Reported Disability and Measured Physical Capacity in Older Adults by Botoseneanu, Anda, Allore, Heather G, Mendes de Leon, Carlos F, Gahbauer, Evelyne A, Gill, Thomas M

“…Despite documented age-related declines in self-reported functional status and measured physical capacity, it is unclear whether these functional indicators…”
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Critical Dynamics of the k -Core Pruning Process by Baxter, G. J., Dorogovtsev, S. N., Lee, K.-E., Mendes, J. F. F., Goltsev, A. V.

“…We present the theory of the k -core pruning process (progressive removal of nodes with degree less than k ) in uncorrelated random networks. We derive exact…”
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Global potential distribution of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera, Drosophilidae) by Dos Santos, Luana A, Mendes, Mayara F, Krüger, Alexandra P, Blauth, Monica L, Gottschalk, Marco S, Garcia, Flávio R M

“…Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) is a species native to Western Asia that is able to pierce intact fruit during egg laying, causing it to be considered a fruit…”
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Hypothalamic Microglial Activation in Obesity: A Mini-Review by Mendes, Natália F, Kim, Young-Bum, Velloso, Lício A, Araújo, Eliana P

“…Emerging data demonstrate that microglia activation plays a pivotal role in the development of hypothalamic inflammation in obesity. Early after the…”
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Perceived Discrimination and Mortality in a Population-Based Study of Older Adults by Barnes, Lisa L, de Leon, Carlos F. Mendes, Lewis, Tene T, Bienias, Julia L, Wilson, Robert S, Evans, Denis A

“…We examined the relation of individual-level perceived discrimination to mortality in a biracial, population-based sample. Participants were 4154 older adults…”
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Challenges in conducting clinical research in primary care dentistry by Loomans, BAC, Mendes, FM, Vinayahalingam, S, Xi, T, Opdam, NJM, Kreulen, CM, Pereira-Cenci, T, Cenci, MS

“…The integration of dentistry into primary health care is crucial for promoting patient well-being. However, clinical studies in dentistry face challenges,…”
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Sync and Swarm: Solvable Model of Nonidentical Swarmalators by Yoon, S., O’Keeffe, K. P., Mendes, J. F. F., Goltsev, A. V.

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