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Response to "are personality traits really weak/moderate predictors of empathy?"
Costa, Manuel João; Costa, Patrício Soares; Magalhães, EuniceDocumento submetido para revisão pelos pares. A publicar em Medical teacher. ISSN 0142-159X
A statistical approach to quantitative data validation focused on the assessmen...
Fonseca, Maria João; Costa, Patrício Soares; Lencastre, Leonor; Tavares, FernandoStudent awareness levels are frequently used to evaluate the effectiveness of educational policies to promote scientific literacy. Over the last years several studies have been developed to assess students' perceptions towards science and technology, which usually rely on quantitative methods to achieve broad characterizations, and obtain quantifiable and comparable data. Although the usefulness of this informa...
Poor immune reconstitution in HIV-infected patients associates with high percen...
Horta, Ana; Nóbrega, Cláudia; Machado, Pedro Amorim; Teixeira, Vítor Emanuel Coutinho; Silva, Palmira Barreira; Boavida, Susana; Costa, Patrício SoaresCD4(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for the maintenance of the immune system's equilibrium, by dampening the activation of potential auto-reactive T cells and avoiding excessive immune activation. To correctly perform their function, Tregs must be maintained at the right proportion with respect to effector T cells. Since this equilibrium is frequently disrupted in individuals infected with the human...
The use of Bayesian latent class cluster models to classify patterns of cogniti...
Costa, Patrício Soares; Santos, Nadine Correia; Cunha, Pedro; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, NunoThe main focus of this study is to illustrate the applicability of latent class analysis in the assessment of cognitive performance profiles during ageing. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to detect main cognitive dimensions (based on the neurocognitive test variables) and Bayesian latent class analysis (LCA) models (without constraints) were used to explore patterns of cognitive performance among co...
The use of multiple correspondence analysis to explore associations between cat...
Costa, Patrício Soares; Santos, Nadine Correia; Cunha, Pedro; Cotter, Jorge; Sousa, NunoIn press ; Population studies are often characterized by a plethora of data that includes quantitative to qualitative variables. The main focus of this study was to illustrate the applicability of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) in detecting and representing underlying structures in large datasets used to investigate cognitive ageing. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to obtain main cognitive ...
Revisiting thyroid hormones in schizophrenia
Santos, Nadine Correia; Costa, Patrício Soares; Ruano, Dina; Macedo, António; Soares, Maria João; Valente, José; Pereira, Ana TelmaThyroid hormones are crucial during development and in the adult brain. Of interest, fluctuations in the levels of thyroid hormones at various times during development and throughout life can impact on psychiatric disease manifestation and response to treatment. Here we review research on thyroid function assessment in schizophrenia, relating interrelations between the pituitary-thyroid axis and major neurosign...
Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
Magalhães, Eunice; Costa, Manuel João; Costa, Patrício SoaresThe main aim of this study was to test hypothetical associations between personality dimensions and empathy scores in medical students. The Portuguese version of NEO-FFI was administered in order to characterize participants in terms of five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness. Self-reported empathy measures were obtained with the Portuguese...
Individual characteristics and student's engagement in scientific research : a ...
Salgueira, Ana Paula; Costa, Patrício Soares; Gonçalves, Mónica; Magalhães, Eunice; Costa, Manuel JoãoBackground: In light of the increasing recognition of the importance of physician scientists, and given the association between undergraduate research experiences with future scientific activity, it is important to identify and understand variables related to undergraduate student’s decision to engage in scientific research activities. The present study assessed the influence of individual characteristics, incl...
Patterns of cognitive performance in healthy ageing in Northern Portugal : a cr...
Santos, Nadine Correia; Paulo, Ana Cristina; Sampaio, Adriana; Costa, Patrício Soares; Cunha, Pedro; Cerqueira, João; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, NunoPlatform Communication Background: The Minho Integrative Neuroscience Database (MIND)-Ageing project aims to identify predictors of healthy cognitive ageing, including socio-demographic factors. In this exploratory analysis we sought to establish baseline cohorts for longitudinal assessment of age-related changes in cognition. Methods: The population sample (472 individuals) was strictly a convenient one, but s...
Patterns of cognitive performance in healthy ageing in northern Portugal : a cr...
Paulo, Ana Cristina; Sampaio, Adriana; Santos, Nadine Correia; Costa, Patrício Soares; Cunha, Pedro; Zihl, Joseph; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, NunoThe Minho Integrative Neuroscience Database (MIND)-Ageing project aims to identify predictors of healthy cognitive ageing, including socio-demographic factors. In this exploratory analysis we sought to establish baseline cohorts for longitudinal assessment of age-related changes in cognition. Methods The population sample (472 individuals) was strictly a convenient one, but similar to the Portuguese population...
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