Publications by authors named "Ana Claudia Teodoro"
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- A recent update to a systematic review investigated the relationship between environmental risk factors and neurodegenerative diseases, incorporating new studies published between February 2020 and February 2023.
- The update included 35 new papers, with dementia (especially Alzheimer's) becoming the primary focus, instead of multiple sclerosis, mirroring an increased emphasis on environmental pollutants like PM and NO.
- The geographic analysis primarily utilized patient residence (82.9% of studies) and saw a rise in remote sensing approaches, which were used in 45.7% of the new studies compared to just 19.7% in the original review.
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- Studying temperature changes is essential for understanding environmental interactions and biodiversity, especially in complex mountainous areas like Montesinho Natural Park (MNP) in Portugal, which boasts high biodiversity.
- We examined temperature trends in MNP from 2003 to 2021, focusing on whether temperatures rose over time, environmental influences on Land Surface Temperature (LST), and the relationship between vegetation and temperature changes.
- Our analysis revealed stable summer temperatures, increased winter nighttime temperatures, and strong correlations between LST and local weather data, demonstrating the effectiveness of remote sensing data for tracking temperature changes.
Social Vulnerability of Brazilian Metropolitan Schools and Teachers' Absence from Work Due to Vocal and Psychological Symptoms: A Multilevel Analysis.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2023
Teachers' voices and psychological symptoms are the main reasons for absence from work. The objectives of this study were: (i) to spatially represent, through a webGIS, the standardized rates of teachers' absences due to voice (outcome 1) and psychological symptoms (outcome 2) in each Brazilian Federative Unit (FU = 26 states plus Federal District) and (ii) to analyze the relationship between each national outcome rate and the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) of the municipality where urban schools are located, adjusted for sex, age, and working conditions. This cross-sectional study comprised 4979 randomly sampled teachers working in basic education urban schools, of which 83.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGeospatial Analysis of Environmental Atmospheric Risk Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
November 2020
Despite the vast evidence on the environmental influence in neurodegenerative diseases, those considering a geospatial approach are scarce. We conducted a systematic review to identify studies concerning environmental atmospheric risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases that have used geospatial analysis/tools. PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched for all scientific studies that included a neurodegenerative disease, an environmental atmospheric factor, and a geographical analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn tropical regions, such as in the Amazon, the use of optical sensors is limited by high cloud coverage throughout the year. As an alternative, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) products could be used, alone or in combination with optical images, to monitor tropical areas. In this sense, we aimed to select the best Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) classification approach for tropical regions using Sentinel family products.
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