Publications by authors named "A F de Magalhaes"
[Mental illness in former residents affected by the extraction of rock salt from a mining company in Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil].
Cad Saude Publica
January 2025
This study aimed to investigate the presence of mental illness in victims of soil instability in neighborhoods affected by rock salt extraction from a mining company located in the city of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. It is a quantitative, descriptive-analytical, and cross-sectional study. The sample was intentional and non-probabilistic and consisted of 158 participants, with a 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic social observation (SSO) is an objective method of measuring the neighborhood physical and social characteristics. This study aimed to build intraurban indicators using the SSO method and compare them between two slums and their surroundings in a Brazilian capital. The simple indicators were calculated using the ratio estimator method, and grouped into domains.
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- Bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) was detected in Portugal's Alentejo region in September 2024, first identified in a sheep showing severe symptoms like head swelling and respiratory issues.
- Two cases were confirmed within the same area, leading to high mortality rates in affected livestock.
- In light of the rapid spread of BTV-3, monitoring and vaccination campaigns are underway to protect livestock health and control the virus's transmission.
Sensing-based deep brain stimulation should optimally consider both the motor and neuropsychiatric domain to maximize quality of life of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Here we characterize the neurophysiological properties of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in 69 PD patients using a newly established neurophysiological gradient metric and contextualize it with motor symptoms and apathy. We could evidence a STN power gradient that holds most of the spectral information between 5 and 30 Hz spanning along the dorsal-ventral axis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Impulse control disorders (ICD) are common side effects of dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson's disease (PD). Whereas some studies show a reduction in ICD after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS), others report worsening of ICD or impulsivity.
Objective: The aim was to study ICD in the context of STN-DBS using an objective measure of decision-making.