Publications by authors named "Gustavo Correia"
The formation of dense water masses at polar regions has been largely influenced by climate changes arising from global warming. In this context, based on ensemble simulations with a coupled model we evaluate the meridional shift of a climate signal (i.e.
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- Developing scientific skills in medical students is essential for improving healthcare systems, and this study examined the attitudes of Portuguese-speaking students toward research and clinical practice.
- A survey of 455 first-year medical students from Portugal, Brazil, and Angola showed that Portuguese students valued scientific abilities the most, while Angolan students were highly motivated to engage in research despite lower confidence.
- Results indicated that attitudes toward science varied by country, influenced by factors like GDP, secondary school experience, age, and research participation, highlighting the need to encourage positive research attitudes in future doctors.
The integration of scientific research into medical curricula remains insufficient despite its advantages for medical students' professional development and the advancement of medicine. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of first-year medical course attendance on medical students' attitudes and perceptions towards scientific research and clinical practice, while also assessing the contribution of sociodemographic and academic factors. Two hundred and thirteen medical students self-administrated a questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of the first school year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCatecholamines (CA) play an important role in cardiovascular (CDV) disease risk. Namely, noradrenaline (NA) levels positively correlate whereas adrenaline (AD) levels negatively correlate with obesity and/or CDV disease. Western diets, which are tipically rich in Ω-6 fatty acids (FAs) and deficient in Ω-3 FAs, may contribute to the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes and/or coronary artery disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Changes in the properties of large arteries correlate with higher cardiovascular risk. Recent guidelines have included the assessment of those properties to detect subclinical disease. Establishing reference values for the assessment methods as well as determinants of the arterial parameters and their correlations in healthy individuals is important to stratify patients.
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- The study investigated how exercise affects cardiovascular health, focusing on the relationship between heart responses during a treadmill test and muscle vasodilation in people without heart disease.
- It involved 796 asymptomatic participants, measuring heart rate, blood pressure, and muscle blood flow during exercise.
- Results showed that better muscle blood flow during exercise was linked to improved heart rate recovery and lower diastolic blood pressure, but exercise capacity did not correlate with muscle vasodilation.
Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of systemic inflammatory activity and may be modulated by physical fitness. Treadmill exercise testing is used to evaluate cardiovascular health through different variables including exercise capacity, heart rate and blood pressure responses. It was hypothesized that CRP levels are associated with these variables in men and women without overt heart disease.
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