Publications by authors named "L M de Azeredo"
We carried out an exploratory study of the association between exposure to violence, intelligence, and executive functions in Brazilian preadolescents. The study included 56 participants (31 males) aged 8 to 14 years old (mean = 11.3, SD = 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The way humans perceive and interact with non-human animals is particular to each person, from antipathetic interactions evidenced by fear, aversion or repulsion, to empathy evidenced by feelings of affection, enchantment and interest in the animal. In this sense, herein we investigated the perception of university students about species belonging to different classes of wild vertebrates and the influence of social and educational factors on that.
Methods: Data were obtained through online forms answered by 700 university students from nine Brazilian states, 328 females and 372 males, aged between 18 and 65 years.
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- The study examined the impact of an inspiratory muscle training (IMT) program on people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), focusing on metrics like apnea and hypopnea index (AHI), inspiratory muscle strength, sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness.
- Participants in the intervention group trained with a progressive resistive load, while the control group used a minimal load for comparison, both for 12 weeks.
- Results showed that IMT improved inspiratory muscle strength, significantly reduced AHI, and enhanced sleep quality and daytime alertness, indicating its effectiveness as an additional treatment for OSA regardless of CPAP use.
Aim: Parental caregivers of children with Down Syndrome (DS) have a greater burden of daily activities that may affect their health. The aim of this exploratory study was to evaluate the impact of caregiving of children with Down syndrome on parenting quality of life, stress, mental and oral health.
Methods: Fifty-four parental caregivers of children with DS and 51 parents of children without physical or mental disabilities participated of this study.
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- - Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) can lead to long-term behavioral and cognitive issues in children, but research on its epigenetic impact, especially in humans, is limited.
- - This study analyzed DNA methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor gene in umbilical cord blood from 28 newborns with PCE and 30 non-exposed newborns to see if there were significant differences.
- - Findings showed no significant differences in methylation levels between the two groups, but highlighted that the severity of the mother's cocaine addiction influenced DNA methylation in newborns, pointing to the need for larger studies to further explore these effects.