Publications by authors named "Katherine Mora"

Article Synopsis
  • The SCALA study found that training primary health care providers increased alcohol screening in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, but both standard and shorter training sessions yielded similar results.
  • The research used a mixed-methods approach, collecting data from various sources to evaluate the impact of training on providers' alcohol screening practices.
  • Although participation was high, with nearly half of attendees screening for alcohol use, factors like the amount of training received and the provider's profession influenced the likelihood of conducting screenings, rather than satisfaction or perceived utility from the training.
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Emergent biological responses develop via unknown processes dependent on physical collision. In hypoxia, when the tissue architecture collapses but the geometric core is stable, actin cytoskeleton filament components emerge, revealing a hidden internal order that identifies how each molecule is reassembled into the original mold, using one common connection, i.e.

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Intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are associated with insulin resistance. We sought to determine whether exercise-induced weight loss (EX) results in greater reductions in IMAT and VAT compared with similar weight loss induced by calorie restriction (CR) and whether these changes are associated with improvements in glucoregulation. Sedentary men and women (50-60 yr; body mass index of 23.

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