Publications by authors named "W D Sampaio"
Players' identity and their reputation are known to influence cooperation in economic games, but little is known about how they interact. Our study aimed to understand how presenting pre-programmed co-players' identities (face photos; names) along with their previous cooperation history (reputation) could influence participants' cooperative decisions in a public goods game. Participants (N = 759) were allocated to one of six experimental groups: (i) control (no information); (ii) only reputation (neutral, free-rider, or cooperative); (iii) only face; (iv) face with reputation; (v) only name; (vi) name with reputation.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various aspects of human life, focusing on public health management through effective communication and behavior change strategies.
- A large dataset of 51,404 individuals from 69 countries was created for the ICSMP COVID-19 project to analyze the social and moral psychology related to public health behaviors during the early pandemic phase (April-June 2020).
- The survey included diverse questions on topics like COVID-19 beliefs, social attitudes, ideologies, health, moral beliefs, personality traits, and demographics, and provides raw and cleaned data along with survey materials and psychometric evaluations.
Background: We hypothesized that seasonal variations in testicular biometry in Saimiri collinsi are influenced by body mass and that testicular enlargement is related to improved seminal quality. Therefore, the gonadosomatic index (GSI) can be a tool to determine reproductive seasons and the predictors of seminal quality.
Methods: Body mass, testicular biometry, and semen samples were obtained from eight adult males monthly and evaluated.
At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 became a global problem. Despite all the efforts to emphasize the relevance of preventive measures, not everyone adhered to them. Thus, learning more about the characteristics determining attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic is crucial to improving future interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlamandine is a heptapeptide from the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with similar structure/function to angiotensin-(1-7) [ang-(1-7)], but they act via different receptors. It remains elusive whether alamandine is an antiproliferative agent like ang-(1-7). The goal of this study was to evaluate the potential antiproliferative activity of alamandine and the underlying cellular signaling.
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