Publications by authors named "T Vicente Vera"
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- Immigrants in the U.S. face more risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) and have a harder time finding help, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.* -
- A study looked at how immigrant experiences with IPV changed before and during the pandemic by analyzing calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.* -
- The study found that while reports of certain types of abuse increased before the pandemic, they decreased during it, and barriers like immigration status and money issues remained significant problems for those seeking help.*
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- - Major depressive disorder (MDD) can significantly impact a person's ability to function and traditional antidepressant treatments take weeks to show effects; zuranolone is a new oral treatment that's been approved for postpartum depression and is being studied for MDD.
- - The CORAL Study tested the effectiveness of zuranolone (50 mg) when combined with standard antidepressant therapy against a placebo in 425 adults with MDD, focusing on improvements in depression symptoms within the first three days.
- - Results showed that patients taking zuranolone experienced a greater reduction in depression scores by Day 3 compared to those on placebo, with mild to moderate side effects being the most common, such as drowsiness and headaches.
Air pollution is a major concern for human health and the environment. Consequently, environmental standards have become stricter to improve air quality. Thanks to this, the ambient levels of O precursors such as VOCs and NO have decreased.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThiamethoxam is a neonicotinoid insecticide widely applied in the Canadian Prairies. It has been detected in surface waters of agro-ecosystems, including wetlands, but the potential effects on non-target invertebrate communities in these wetlands have not been well characterized. In an effort to understand better the fate of thiamethoxam in wetlands and the response of invertebrates (zooplankton and emergent insects), model systems were used to mimic wetland flooding into planted fields.
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