Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Bulhoes"
Article Synopsis
- Wildfires are prevalent natural disasters that greatly affect quality of life, driven by climate change, local policies, and human actions.
- The study analyzes over 2.2 million fire spots in Brazil from January 2011 to December 2022, using satellite data to identify high-temperature areas linked to wildfires.
- A spatio-temporal mixed model was used to examine how meteorological (humidity, air temperature) and human factors (land-use changes) influence the occurrence of these fire spots across six Brazilian biomes.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on analyzing COVID-19 data in Peru to understand how the disease spreads and changes over time, which is essential for public health strategies during the pandemic.
- It uses a Bayesian spatio-temporal model to examine data from 194 provinces over 651 days, finding varying mortality rates related to geography and time.
- The results indicate that higher vaccination rates lead to lower mortality, highlighting the critical role of vaccination in managing the pandemic's effects and the importance of using detailed data analysis for effective health interventions.
Background: Few studies have investigated symptomatic subtypes of depression and their correlates by gender.
Methods: Data are from the São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey. Symptom profiles of 1207 subjects (864 women; 343 men) based upon symptoms of the worst depressive episode in lifetime were examined through latent class analysis.