Background/objectives: Nutrigenetics investigates the role of genetic variants that contribute to the inter-individual variation in response to food intake. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are influenced by the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors, including the diet. The aim of this scoping review is to analyze the literature on the effect of genotypes on the response to dietary interventions for the treatment of CVD risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe permanence of students in doctoral programs is a multi-causal phenomenon, which makes it difficult to address and leads to an isolated investigation of its causes, being necessary a joint understanding. The aim is to investigate, through a scoping review of quantitative studies published between 2015 and 2021, the influence of individual, academic, socioeconomic and institutional factors on retention, attrition and dropout. The 32 included studies evidenced a predominance of research focused on individual factors versus few that combined all possibly relevant factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Engagement in physical activity (PA) is often associated with better sleep quality and less pain severity among patients diagnosed with breast cancer. However, less research has focused on whether patients' PA prior to breast surgery, including their perceived decrease in PA level, is associated with worse preoperative sleep quality, and subsequently, greater postoperative pain. This longitudinal study investigated whether patients' preoperative PA was associated with their postoperative pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough teachers and administrators increasingly support the idea of student voice, questions remain about what "student voice" looks like in practice. This mixed methods study in two urban U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCognitive deficits are already present before psychosis onset but are a key feature of first-episode psychosis (FEP). The objective of this study was to investigate the cognitive outcomes of a cohort of FEP patients who were diagnosed using the clinical staging approach and were followed for up to 21 years. We analyzed data from 173 participants with first-admission psychosis who were followed-up for a mean of 20.
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