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Carrera P, Odenthal J, Risse KS, Jung Y, Kuerschner L, Bülow MH. The CD36 scavenger receptor Bez regulates lipid redistribution from fat body to ovaries in Drosophila. Development 2024; 151:dev202551. [PMID: 38713014 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
Lipid distribution in an organism is mediated by the interplay between lipoprotein particles, lipoprotein receptors and class B scavenger receptors of the CD36 family. CD36 is a multifunctional protein mediating lipid uptake, mobilization and signaling at the plasma membrane and inside of the cell. The CD36 protein family has 14 members in Drosophila melanogaster, which allows for the differentiated analysis of their functions. Here, we unravel a role for the so far uncharacterized scavenger receptor Bez in lipid export from Drosophila adipocytes. Bez shares the lipid binding residue with CD36 and is expressed at the plasma membrane of the embryonic, larval and adult fat body. Bez loss of function lowers the organismal availability of storage lipids and blocks the maturation of egg chambers in ovaries. We demonstrate that Bez interacts with the APOB homolog Lipophorin at the plasma membrane of adipocytes and trace the Bez-dependent transfer of an alkyne-labeled fatty acid from adipocytes to Lipophorin. Our study demonstrates how lipids are distributed by scavenger receptor-lipoprotein interplay and contribute to the metabolic control of development.
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- Pilar Carrera
- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Straße 31, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Straße 31, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Straße 31, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Straße 31, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Straße 31, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Bowen A, Gómez-Trillos S, Curran G, Graves KD, Sheppard VB, Schwartz MD, Peshkin BN, Campos C, Garcés N, Dash C, Aburto L, Valencia-Rojas N, Hernández G, Villa A, Cupertino P, Carrera P, Hurtado-de-Mendoza A. Advancing health equity: A qualitative study assessing barriers and facilitators of implementing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk screening tools in community-based organizations. J Genet Couns 2023; 32:965-981. [PMID: 37062905 PMCID: PMC10577152 DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Genetic counseling and testing (GCT) inform cancer management for persons at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). Community-based organizations (CBOs) may play a role in identifying at-risk Latinx individuals to connect them to GCT but data are lacking. Two academic centers and their four CBO partners planned to implement a validated questionnaire for HBOC risk screening ("HBOC risk screening tool"). This study aimed to assess CBO's preferences for HBOC risk screening tools, as well as the barriers and facilitators anticipated for future implementation. Pre-implementation focus groups were conducted with CBO's staff. Discussions centered on current practices to identify and refer at-risk patients. During the discussion, staff were asked to select one out of five validated HBOC risk screening tools to implement and to discuss anticipated barriers/facilitators for implementation. The four focus groups were coded and qualitative analyzed following the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and Health Equity domains. All CBOs chose the Family History Screen 7 (FHS-7). Participants (N = 35) highlighted how the FHS-7 was easy to adapt to better fit the target population and changing guidelines. They had positive attitudes toward implementing the screening tool, stressed how the culture of the organization positioned them to reach the target population, and noted barriers in different CFIR domains (e.g., low knowledge about HBOC and GCT referrals; scarce available resources). Participants pointed to barriers related to health equity domains including limited access to GCT and follow-up care for uninsured and underinsured populations, challenges obtaining accurate family history, and immigration-related barriers. CBOs highlighted the importance of partnering with other stakeholders to overcome barriers. Findings emphasize the need to develop multi-level implementation strategies to overcome barriers and leverage facilitators. This study can inform the development of implementation toolkits for CBOs to implement HBOC screening tools to advance health equity.
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- La Casa de la Salud, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Rowe I, Larcher A, Belladelli F, Lucianò R, Sant’Angelo M, Doglioni C, Colecchia M, Bernardi R, Simoni M, Necchi A, Marandino L, Pipitone G, Carrera P, Re C, Cei F, Fallara G, Scotti G, Franco I, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Capitanio U, Salonia A. Renal tumor heterogeneity analysis in Von Hippel-Lindau disease using single-cell RNA sequencing. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01078-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Re C, Belladelli F, Cei F, Salerno L, Cusano S, Innace F, Pipitone G, Carrera P, Russo Raucci A, Patricelli M, Falini A, De Cobelli F, Mortini P, Bandello F, Lattanzio R, Falconi M, Partelli S, Necchi A, Marandino L, Rowe I, Montorsi F, Capitanio U, Larcher A, Salonia A. Deciphering the relationship between pathogenic variants and clinical phenotype in VHL patients: Results from a prospective observational study. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00388-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Carrera P, Aguilar P, Fernández I, Caballero A. Health or wealth? The influence of perceived health and wealth threats and style of thinking on protective behaviours and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain ( ¿Salud o riqueza? La influencia de las amenazas percibidas contra la salud y la riqueza y del estilo de pensamiento en las conductas de protección y el bienestar durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en España). International Journal of Social Psychology 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2022.2132744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Caballero A, Fernández I, Aguilar P, Carrera P. The links among relative financial scarcity, thinking style, fatalism, and well-being. Psych J 2022; 11:885-894. [PMID: 35817534 PMCID: PMC10084287 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
In the present research, we examined the links among relative financial scarcity, thinking style, fatalism, and well-being and their roles in predicting protective behaviors against COVID-19. Study 1 (N = 120) revealed that after an experimental manipulation to induce the perception of relative financial scarcity (versus financial abundance), people who perceived higher relative financial scarcity changed their thinking style to a more concrete mindset. In Study 2 (N = 873), the relative financial abundance-scarcity situation was measured, and the results showed that the greater the perceived relative financial scarcity was, the more concrete the mindset and the lower the sense of well-being. Importantly, we found that individuals who felt poorer but maintained an abstract thinking style reported higher well-being. Study 3 (N = 501) examined the influence of a concrete thinking style in people who perceived that their economic situation had worsened with the pandemic. The results showed that when this vulnerable population presented a more concrete mindset, they reported lower well-being, higher fatalism, and lower protective behavior against COVID-19. Thus, maintaining an abstract mindset promotes higher well-being, lower fatalism, and greater protective behaviors against COVID-19, even under economic difficulties. Because thinking style can be modified, our results encourage the development of new social intervention programs to promote an abstract mindset when people face important challenges.
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- Amparo Caballero
- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Loyola Andalucia University, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Carrera P, Sheppard VB, Caballero A, Gómez-Trillos S, Hurtado-de-Mendoza A. A culturally targeted video to promote genetic counseling in a community sample of at-risk US Latina women: The role of the concrete mindset. J Community Psychol 2022; 50:1331-1342. [PMID: 34606624 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Latina women, who are at increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), have lower use of genetic counseling and testing (GCT) than non-Hispanic White women. In a recent study, culturally targeted video improved psychosocial outcomes related to GCT. Additional analyses examine whether the culturally targeted video improved positive reactions in women who focus on difficulties (concrete mindset) versus women who focus on the final goals (abstract mindset). Participants (N = 32) completed surveys before and immediately after watching the video. The surveys measured attitudes, emotions, and women's mindset. Before watching the video, women with a concrete mindset reported more negative attitudes and negative emotions about GCT than women with an abstract mindset. After watching the video, women with a concrete mindset reported negative attitudes and feelings at levels comparable to those of women with an abstract mindset, reflecting a reduction in their negative attitudes and emotions. The sample size limits the power to find statistically significant differences. Results support the relevance of considering the audience's mindset in the development and testing of public health messages to promote the use of GCT.
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- Pilar Carrera
- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Health Behavior Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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Caballero A, Villar S, Fernández I, Sevillano V, Gavilán P, Carrera P. Disentangling Emotions during the Coronavirus Outbreak in Spain: Inner Emotions, Descriptive Feeling Rules and Socioemotional Conventions. Span J Psychol 2022; 25:e12. [PMID: 35260217 DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2022.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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For constructionism, language is the link among different levels of analysis of emotional events, from individual to interpersonal and macrosocial. The interaction among these emotional levels allows us to construe an emotional episode and label it with an emotion word, coordinate with the emotions perceived in others, and represent events as a society. Across two studies, we found similarities and differences among inner emotions experienced (individual level), emotions perceived in others (descriptive feeling rules, interpersonal level) and emotions shared on the internet (socioemotional conventions, macrosocial level), with all these emotional targets focused on the COVID-19 outbreak. The results indicate a similarity between the emotional meaning of COVID-19 in society and the descriptive feeling rules, whereas the reported inner emotions were clearly distinct: Joy was irrelevant at the interpersonal and macrosocial levels but clearly important at the individual level. A mismatch also appeared for fear and hope. While fear was the most predominant emotion at the interpersonal and macrosocial levels during most of the phases, it was moderately predominant at the individual level. Hope followed the opposite pattern, being the most relevant emotion at the individual level but less relevant at the interpersonal and macrosocial levels. Each level might have different consequences: Mixed emotions at the individual level might promote resilience; fear perceived in other people might motivate protective behaviors; and sadness socially shared during Christmas might generate greater empathy. These results support the complexity of emotional concepts and the suitability of exploring them at different levels of analysis.
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Carrera P, Casero-Díaz T, Castro-Barros CM, Méndez R, Val Del Río A, Mosquera-Corral A. Features of aerobic granular sludge formation treating fluctuating industrial saline wastewater at pilot scale. J Environ Manage 2021; 296:113135. [PMID: 34229140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A pilot-scale sequencing batch reactor, with a working volume of 3 m3, was installed in a fish cannery to develop aerobic granular sludge treating the produced effluents. Depending on the nitrogen (N) and organic matter (COD) concentration, the effluents were named in this study as medium-low-strength (Stage I) and high-strength (Stage II) wastewater. The composition of the wastewater was found to be a crucial factor to select granule-forming organisms. With medium-low-strength wastewater as feeding, the first granules were observed after 30 days, but the extremely high COD/N ratios of the wastewater provoked the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria after 4 months of operation (Stage I). When treating high-strength wastewater, stable aggregates with good settleability appeared, but well-shaped granules were not observed since the granulation process was not completed. The system was able to remove both COD (70-95%) and N (30-90%) treating both types of effluents. Biomass growth was the main N removal pathway. The reactor was found to be robust against factory production stops and, thus, a suitable alternative to treat wastewater from industries with discontinuous operation.
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- P Carrera
- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Cetaqua - Galician Water Research Centre Foundation, Emprendia Building, Campus Vida, E-15782, Spain.
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- Cetaqua - Galician Water Research Centre Foundation, Emprendia Building, Campus Vida, E-15782, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Pizarro JJ, Basabe N, Fernández I, Carrera P, Apodaca P, Man Ging CI, Cusi O, Páez D. Self-Transcendent Emotions and Their Social Effects: Awe, Elevation and Kama Muta Promote a Human Identification and Motivations to Help Others. Front Psychol 2021; 12:709859. [PMID: 34589024 PMCID: PMC8473748 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abundant literature shows the effects of negative emotions on motivations to engage in collective action (i.e., to collectively mobilize personal resources to achieve a common objective), as well as their influence on the creation of shared identities. In this proposal, we focus on the possible role of Self-Transcendent Emotions (STEs) defined as positive-valence emotions that have been key in the creation and maintenance of collective identities, as well as in promoting individuals well-being. In detail, we examine their influence in (a) strengthening a global identification, (b) increasing willingness to collectively help others, and (c) improving people’s wellbeing. For this reason, we conducted a preliminary literature review of k = 65 independent studies on the effects of STEs on connection to others. Through this review (fully available in Supplementary Materials), we selected a sample of STEs (Awe, Elevation, and Kama Muta) and elicitors to conduct a video-base study. In it, 1,064 university students from 3 different cultural regions (from Spain and Ecuador) were randomized to answer one of three STE scales (i.e., each measuring one of the selected STEs), and evaluate three videos in random order (i.e., each prototypical for the selected STEs). Participants also answered a measure of global identification and intentions to collectively help others (after each video), as well as self-transcendent and well-being (at the end of the survey). Results from SEM analyses show these STEs motivated a fusion of identity with all humanity, as well as collective intentions to help others, even controlling for individuals’ value orientations. In addition, the three of them indirectly increased participants’ well-being through a higher global identity. While there are differences among them, these three STEs share common elements and their effects are constant across the different cultural regions. It is concluded that Awe, Elevation, and Kama Muta, even individually experienced, have a significant potential to influence people’s behavior. Specifically, in various forms of collective action aimed at helping others.
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- José J Pizarro
- Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Organizations, The National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Research and Diagnostic Methods, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Faculty of Philosophical-Theological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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Fernandez I, Caballero A, Muñoz D, Carrera P. Media consumption for information about Covid-19 during lockdown in Spain: the influence of demographic variables, focus-alertness reaction and emotions ( Consumo de medios para obtener información sobre la Covid-19 durante el confinamiento en España: influencia de variables demográficas, de alerta-focalización y emocionales). Studies in Psychology 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/02109395.2021.1950459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Zickfeld JH, van de Ven N, Pich O, Schubert TW, Berkessel JB, Pizarro JJ, Bhushan B, Mateo NJ, Barbosa S, Sharman L, Kökönyei G, Schrover E, Kardum I, Aruta JJB, Lazarevic LB, Escobar MJ, Stadel M, Arriaga P, Dodaj A, Shankland R, Majeed NM, Li Y, Lekkou E, Hartanto A, Özdoğru AA, Vaughn LA, del Carmen Espinoza M, Caballero A, Kolen A, Karsten J, Manley H, Maeura N, Eşkisu M, Shani Y, Chittham P, Ferreira D, Bavolar J, Konova I, Sato W, Morvinski C, Carrera P, Villar S, Ibanez A, Hareli S, Garcia AM, Kremer I, Götz FM, Schwerdtfeger A, Estrada-Mejia C, Nakayama M, Ng WQ, Sesar K, Orjiakor CT, Dumont K, Allred TB, Gračanin A, Rentfrow PJ, Schönefeld V, Vally Z, Barzykowski K, Peltola HR, Tcherkassof A, Haque S, Śmieja M, Su-May TT, IJzerman H, Vatakis A, Ong CW, Choi E, Schorch SL, Páez D, Malik S, Kačmár P, Bobowik M, Jose P, Vuoskoski JK, Basabe N, Doğan U, Ebert T, Uchida Y, Zheng MX, Mefoh P, Šebeňa R, Stanke FA, Ballada CJ, Blaut A, Wu Y, Daniels JK, Kocsel N, Burak EGD, Balt NF, Vanman E, Stewart SL, Verschuere B, Sikka P, Boudesseul J, Martins D, Nussinson R, Ito K, Mentser S, Çolak TS, Martinez-Zelaya G, Vingerhoets A. Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Zickfeld JH, van de Ven N, Pich O, Schubert TW, Berkessel JB, Pizarro JJ, Bhushan B, Mateo NJ, Barbosa S, Sharman L, Kökönyei G, Schrover E, Kardum I, Aruta JJB, Lazarevic LB, Escobar MJ, Stadel M, Arriaga P, Dodaj A, Shankland R, Majeed NM, Li Y, Lekkou E, Hartanto A, Özdoğru AA, Vaughn LA, del Carmen Espinoza M, Caballero A, Kolen A, Karsten J, Manley H, Maeura N, Eşkisu M, Shani Y, Chittham P, Ferreira D, Bavolar J, Konova I, Sato W, Morvinski C, Carrera P, Villar S, Ibanez A, Hareli S, Garcia AM, Kremer I, Götz FM, Schwerdtfeger A, Estrada-Mejia C, Nakayama M, Ng WQ, Sesar K, Orjiakor CT, Dumont K, Allred TB, Gračanin A, Rentfrow PJ, Schönefeld V, Vally Z, Barzykowski K, Peltola HR, Tcherkassof A, Haque S, Śmieja M, Su-May TT, IJzerman H, Vatakis A, Ong CW, Choi E, Schorch SL, Páez D, Malik S, Kačmár P, Bobowik M, Jose P, Vuoskoski JK, Basabe N, Doğan U, Ebert T, Uchida Y, Zheng MX, Mefoh P, Šebeňa R, Stanke FA, Ballada CJ, Blaut A, Wu Y, Daniels JK, Kocsel N, Burak EGD, Balt NF, Vanman E, Stewart SL, Verschuere B, Sikka P, Boudesseul J, Martins D, Nussinson R, Ito K, Mentser S, Çolak TS, Martinez-Zelaya G, Vingerhoets A. Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2021. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Peretti U, Cavaliere A, Niger M, Tortora G, Di Marco MC, Rodriquenz MG, Centonze F, Rapposelli IG, Giordano G, De Vita F, Stuppia L, Avallone A, Ratti M, Paratore C, Forti LG, Orsi G, Valente MM, Gaule M, Macchini M, Carrera P, Calzavara S, Simbolo M, Melisi D, De Braud F, Salvatore L, De Lorenzo S, Chiarazzo C, Falconi M, Cascinu S, Milella M, Reni M. Germinal BRCA1-2 pathogenic variants (gBRCA1-2pv) and pancreatic cancer: epidemiology of an Italian patient cohort. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100032. [PMID: 33399070 PMCID: PMC7807989 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2020.100032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Germline BRCA1-2 pathogenic variants (gBRCApv) increase the risk of pancreatic cancer and predict for response to platinating agents and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors. Data on worldwide gBRCApv incidence among pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients are sparse and describe a remarkable geographic heterogeneity. The aim of this study is to analyze the epidemiology of gBRCApv in Italian patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients of any age with pancreatic adenocarcinoma, screened within 3 months from diagnosis for gBRCApv in Italian oncologic centers systematically performing tests without any selection. For the purposes of our analysis, breast, ovarian, pancreas, and prostate cancer in a patient's family history was considered as potentially BRCA-associated. Patients or disease characteristics were examined using the χ2 test or Fisher's exact test for qualitative variables and the Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables, as appropriate. RESULTS Between June 2015 and May 2020, 939 patients were tested by 14 Italian centers; 492 (52%) males, median age 62 years (range 28-87), 569 (61%) metastatic, 273 (29%) with a family history of potentially BRCA-associated cancers. gBRCA1-2pv were found in 76 patients (8.1%; 9.1% in metastatic; 6.4% in non-metastatic). The gBRCA2/gBRCA1 ratio was 5.4 : 1. Patients with gBRCApv were younger compared with wild-type (59 versus 62 years, P = 0.01). The gBRCApv rate was 17.1% among patients <40 years old, 10.4% among patients 41-50 years old, 9.2% among patients 51-60 years old, 6.7% among patients aged 61-70 years, and 6.2% among patients >70 years old (none out of 94 patients >73 years old). gBRCApv frequency in 845 patients <74 years old was 9%. Patients with/without a family history of potentially BRCA-associated tumors had 14%/6% mutations. CONCLUSION Based on our findings of a gBRCApv incidence higher than expected in a real-life series of Italian patients with incident PDAC, we recommend screening all PDAC patients <74 years old, regardless of family history and stage, due to the therapeutic implications and cancer risk prevention in patients' relatives.
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- U Peretti
- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Division, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy; Medical Oncology Division, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, foundation IRCCS Casa Sollievo della sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Policlinico Riuniti, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitarià, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, 'Luigi Vanvitelli' University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Genetics, Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology G. d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara Italy, Chieti, Italy
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- Experimental Clinical Abdominal Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori- IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Medical Department, ASST di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
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- Chiara Paratore, University of Turin, Ordine Mauriziano Hospital, Largo Filippo Turati, Turin, Italy
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- SCDU Oncologia, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Genomics - Molecular Genetics Service, Genomics for Diagnosis of Human Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Genomics - Molecular Genetics Service, Genomics for Diagnosis of Human Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Pathology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Division, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, foundation IRCCS Casa Sollievo della sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Pancreas Translational & Clinical Research Center, 'Vita-Salute' University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Fernández I, Caballero A, Sevillano V, Muñoz D, Oceja L, Carrera P. The Bright Side of Abstraction: Abstractness Promoted More Empathic Concern, a More Positive Emotional Climate, and More Humanity-Esteem After the Paris Terrorist Attacks in 2015. Front Psychol 2020; 11:545662. [PMID: 33324274 PMCID: PMC7725707 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.545662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Antecedents Previous research on citizens’ reactions after terrorist events has shown that positive reactions can also emerge alongside pain and horror. Positive emotions have been widely associated with an abstract style of thinking. In the context of the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, we explored Spanish citizens’ positive reactions – empathic concern, positive emotional climate, and esteem for humanity – and examined the relationships of these responses with an abstract (vs. concrete) style of thinking. Method A longitudinal study was designed involving an online questionnaire that was administered 10 days, 3 weeks, and 2 months after the attacks (N = 253). Results Empathic concern and personal distress toward Parisians decreased from the weeks following the attacks to 2 months later, with empathic concern always being more intense than personal distress. Emotional climate was perceived as more hostile than positive, although positive feelings persisted. People reported moderately positive esteem for humanity. Individuals with a more abstract style of thinking reported greater empathic concern, a more positive emotional climate, and more esteem for humanity. Conclusions Our results support and extend previous research showing that abstraction enhances people’s resilience, even under traumatic circumstances such as those surrounding a terrorist attack.
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- Itziar Fernández
- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Gómez-Trillos S, Graves KD, Carrera P, Campos C, Anderson L, Gronda A, Orellana H, Peshkin BN, Schwartz MD, Cupertino P, Ostrove N, Luta G, Gonzalez N, Sheppard VB. Process evaluation of a culturally targeted video for Latinas at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. J Genet Couns 2020; 30:730-741. [PMID: 33222313 DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This paper presents a process evaluation of a culturally targeted narrative video about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) for Latina women at risk for HBOC. Spanish-speaking Latina women at risk for HBOC participated in a single arm study (n = 40). Participants watched the video developed by the authors and responded to surveys. We used mixed methods to assess theoretical constructs that are hypothesized mediators of narrative interventions (i.e., transportation or engagement, identification with characters, emotions) and implementation outcomes (e.g., acceptability). Descriptive statistics summarized theoretical constructs and implementation outcomes. We conducted Mann-Whitney U tests to assess the differences in theoretical and implementation outcomes between participants who were affected versus. unaffected and participants with different levels of education and health literacy. We used the consensual qualitative research framework to analyze qualitative data. Participants' mean age was 47.1 years (SD = 9.48). Most participants were high school graduates or less (62.5%). Acceptability of the video was extremely high (Md = 10.0, IQR = 0.2, scale 1-10). Most (82.5%) suggested video dissemination be through social media. Participants were highly engaged (Md = 5.7, IQR = 1.5, scale 1-7), strongly identified with the main character (Md = 8.7, IQR = 2.6, scale 1-10), and reported experiencing mostly positive emotions (Md = 9.5, IQR = 2.8, scale 1-10). Participants with low health literacy and affected participants reported a significantly higher identification with the main character (p<.05). Qualitative data reinforced the quantitative findings. Women reported gaining knowledge, correcting misconceptions, and feeling empowered. Our culturally targeted video is highly acceptable and targets mechanisms of behavior change for narrative interventions. The video is easily disseminable and can be used as an education tool for patients including affected and unaffected women and patients with different education and health literacy levels. Future studies should test the impact of the video in enhancing genetic counseling and testing uptake.
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- Alejandra Hurtado-de-Mendoza
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Chueca E, Valero A, Hördnler C, Puertas A, Carrera P, García-González MA, Strunk M, Lanas A, Piazuelo E. Quantitative analysis of p16 methylation in Barrett's carcinogenesis. Ann Diagn Pathol 2020; 47:151554. [PMID: 32570024 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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p16 hypermethylation in Barrett's carcinogenesis has been evaluated in studies which did not take into account sample heterogeneity and yielded qualitative (methylated/unmethylated) instead of accurate quantitative (percentage of CpG methylation) data. We aimed to measure the degree of p16 methylation in pure samples representing all the steps of Barrett's tumorogenesis and to evaluate the influence of sample heterogeneity in methylation analysis. METHODS 77 paraffin-embedded human esophageal samples were analyzed. Histological grading was established by two pathologists in: negative for dysplasia, indefinite for dysplasia, low-grade dysplasia, high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. Areas of interest were selected by laser-capture microdissection. p16 methylation was quantified by pyrosequencing. An adjacent section of the whole sample was also analyzed to compare methylation data. RESULTS After microdissection, we obtained 15 samples of squamous epithelium, 36 non-dysplastic Barrett's esophagus, 3 indefinite for dysplasia, 24 low-grade dysplasia, 4 high-grade dysplasia and 12 adenocarcinoma. Squamous epithelium showed the lowest methylation rates: 6% (IQR 5-11) vs. 11%(7-39.50) in negative/indefinite for dysplasia, p<0.01; 10.60%(6-24) in low-grade dysplasia, p<0.05; and 44.50%(9-66.75) in high-grade dysplasia/adenocarcinoma, p<0.01. This latter group also exhibited higher methylation rates than Barrett's epithelium with and without low-grade dysplasia (p<0.05). p16 methylation rates of microdissected and non-microdissected samples did not correlate unless the considered histological alteration comprised >71% of the sample. CONCLUSIONS p16 methylation is an early event in Barrett's carcinogenesis which increases with the severity of histological alteration. p16 methylation rates are profoundly influenced by sample heterogeneity, so selection of samples is crucial in order to detect differences.
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- E Chueca
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Calle Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain; IIS Aragón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Service of Pathology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Service of Pathology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Service of Pathology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Calle Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Calle Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain; IIS Aragón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; IACS Aragón, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- IACS Aragón, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Calle Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain; IIS Aragón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; University of Zaragoza, Calle de Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Calle Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain; IIS Aragón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; IACS Aragón, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Aguilar P, Caballero A, Sevillano V, Fernández I, Muñoz D, Carrera P. The Relationships between Economic Scarcity, Concrete Mindset and Risk Behavior: A Study of Nicaraguan Adolescents. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E3845. [PMID: 32481716 PMCID: PMC7312052 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17113845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Background: Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with an extremely low human development index (HDI). Fifty-two percent of the Nicaraguan population are children and adolescents under 18 years of age. Nicaraguan adolescents present several risk behaviors (such as teenage pregnancies, consumption of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis). Our study examines the links between risk behaviors, fatalism, real economic scarcity, and concrete construal level for adolescents with low and middle-low socioeconomic status in Nicaragua. Methods: Nicaraguan adolescents (N = 834) from schools located in especially vulnerable areas (low economic status) or in neighborhoods with middle-low social class completed several scales and questions to evaluate fatalism (SFC-social fatalism scale), construal level (BIF) and their past and future risk behaviors (smoking cigarettes, smoking cannabis, unsafe sex, and alcohol consumption). Results: We identified that the poorest individuals who maintained a concrete style of thinking had the highest rates of past and future risk behaviors. This vulnerable group also reported the highest levels of fatalism, i.e., negative attitudes and feelings of helplessness. Encouragingly, the adolescents who were able to maintain an abstract mindset reported healthier past and future habits and lower fatalism, even when they belonged to the lowest social status. In the middle-low economic group, the construal level was not as relevant to maintaining healthy habits, as adolescents reported similar rates of past and future risk behavior at both construal levels. Conclusions: All these results support the importance of considering construal level when studying vulnerable populations and designing risk prevention programs.
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- Pilar Aguilar
- ETEA-Instituto de Desarrollo, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain;
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.S.); (D.M.); (P.C.)
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.S.); (D.M.); (P.C.)
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- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.S.); (D.M.); (P.C.)
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (V.S.); (D.M.); (P.C.)
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Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Graves KD, Gómez-Trillos S, Carrera P, Campos C, Anderson L, Luta G, Peshkin BN, Schwartz MD, Cupertino AP, Gonzalez N, Sheppard VB. Culturally Targeted Video Improves Psychosocial Outcomes in Latina Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16:E4793. [PMID: 31795362 PMCID: PMC6926842 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Latina women at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) have lower awareness, knowledge, and use of genetic counseling and testing services (GCT) than non-Latina Whites. Few interventions have been developed to reduce these disparities among at-risk Latinas. This pilot study assessed the impact of a culturally targeted narrative video developed by our team. The study included 40 Latina immigrants living in the United States who were at risk of HBOC, including affected and unaffected women. We assessed pre-post differences in psychosocial outcomes. Participants were 47.35 years old on average (SD = 9.48). Most (70%) were unaffected with cancer, had an annual income of $40,000 or less (65%), an education of High School or less (62.5%), and were uninsured (77.5%). The video significantly enhanced knowledge (p < 0.001), positive attitudes (p < 0.05), anticipatory positive emotions (p < 0.05), and intentions to participate in counseling (p < 0.001). Importantly, the video also significantly reduced negative attitudes (p < 0.05), and attitudinal ambivalence (p < 0.001). The culturally targeted video shows preliminary evidence in improving psychosocial outcomes related to GCT uptake in Latinas at risk for HBOC. This intervention is a promising easily-disseminable strategy to address disparities in GCT utilization.
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- Alejandra Hurtado-de-Mendoza
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
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- Nueva Vida, DC Office—801 N Pitt St., Suite 113, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA;
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- College of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, USA;
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, 4000 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA; (K.D.G.); (S.G.-T.); (G.L.); (B.N.P.); (M.D.S.)
- Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, 40 Prospect Avenue, Office number 316, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA;
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- Capital Breast Care Center, 1000 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA;
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- Department of Health Behavior Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA;
- Massey Cancer Center, Office of Health Equity and Disparities Research, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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Sobradillo B, Boyra G, Martinez U, Carrera P, Peña M, Irigoien X. Target Strength and swimbladder morphology of Mueller's pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri). Sci Rep 2019; 9:17311. [PMID: 31754163 PMCID: PMC6872731 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53819-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the last few years, there has been increasing interest in the commercial exploitation of mesopelagic fish and a trawl-acoustic methodology has been recommended to make estimates of abundance of these resources. This study provides relevant information on the scattering properties of a key mesopelagic fish species in the Bay of Biscay, Mueller's pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri), necessary to convert the acoustic density into numerical abundance. The target strength (TS) of pearlside was estimated for the first time at five frequencies commonly used in acoustic surveys. A high-density filter was applied to reduce the bias derived from overlapping echoes erroneously assigned to single targets. Its relationship with fish length (b20) was also determined (-65.9 ± 2, -69.2 ± 3, -69.2 ± 2, -69.5 ± 2.5 and -71.5 ± 2.5 dB at 18, 38, 70, 120 and 200 kHz, respectively). Biomass estimates of pearlside in the Bay of Biscay during the four years of study (2014-2017) are given using the 38 kHz frequency. Morphological measurements of the swimbladder were obtained from soft X-ray images and used in the backscattering simulation of a gas-filled ellipsoid. Pearlside is a physoclist species, which means that they can compensate the swimbadder volume against pressure changes. However, the best fit between the model and the experimental data showed that they lose that capacity during the trawling process, when the swimbladder volume is affected by Boyle's law.
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- B Sobradillo
- Azti - Marine Research, Herrera kaia, Portualdea z/g - 20110, Pasaia, (Gipuzkoa), Spain.
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- Azti - Marine Research, Herrera kaia, Portualdea z/g - 20110, Pasaia, (Gipuzkoa), Spain
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- Azti - Marine Research, Herrera kaia, Portualdea z/g - 20110, Pasaia, (Gipuzkoa), Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Vigo, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Azti - Marine Research, Herrera kaia, Portualdea z/g - 20110, Pasaia, (Gipuzkoa), Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Carrera P, Fernández I, Muñoz D, Caballero A. Using abstractness to confront challenges: How the abstract construal level increases people's willingness to perform desirable but demanding actions. J Exp Psychol Appl 2019; 26:339-349. [PMID: 31535885 DOI: 10.1037/xap0000244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Previous research has shown that while considering future behavioral intentions, desirability is more salient in making decisions in an abstract mindset than in a concrete one. Based on this premise, we test whether behavioral intentions to engage in desirable but difficult actions are more likely in an abstract mindset than a concrete mindset. We experimentally manipulated (Studies 1 through 4 using cognitive primes) and measured as a personal disposition (Study 5 using the Behavioral Identification Form) the construal level to evaluate its influence on the willingness to perform challenges. The behaviors tested focused on self-benefits (Studies 4 and 5) and benefits to others (Studies 1 through 3 and 5). Studies 1 and 2 included only demanding behaviors, whereas Studies 3 through 5 included both difficult and easy conditions. In Studies 1 and 2, the participants were more motivated to attempt a difficult task when they were in an abstract mindset. In Studies 3 through 5, the participants in the abstract (compared to concrete) mindset reported a greater willingness and commitment to attempt desirable but demanding behaviors. Finally, in Study 5, the influence of the construal level on the global behavioral plan index (three behaviors) was moderated by feasibility. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Pilar Carrera
- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid
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- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid
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Villar S, Oceja L, Salgado S, Stocks E, Carrera P. The challenge of making this world a better place: analyzing the chivalrous quality of the quixoteism motive. Curr Psychol 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-0140-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carrera P, Campo R, Méndez R, Di Bella G, Campos JL, Mosquera-Corral A, Val Del Rio A. Does the feeding strategy enhance the aerobic granular sludge stability treating saline effluents? Chemosphere 2019; 226:865-873. [PMID: 30978598 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The development and stability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was studied in two Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBRs) treating fish canning wastewater. R1 cycle comprised a fully aerobic reaction phase, while R2 cycle included a plug-flow anaerobic feeding/reaction followed by an aerobic reaction phase. The performance of the AGS reactors was compared treating the same effluents with variable salt concentrations (4.97-13.45 g NaCl/L) and organic loading rates (OLR, 1.80-6.65 kg CODs/(m3·d)). Granulation process was faster in R2 (day 34) than in R1 (day 90), however the granular biomass formed in the fully aerobic configuration was more stable to the variable feeding composition. Thus, in R1 solid retention times (SRT), up to 15.2 days, longer than in R2, up to 5.8 days, were achieved. These long SRTs values helped the retention of nitrifying organisms and provoked the increase of the nitrogen removal efficiency to 80% in R1 while it was approximately of 40% in R2. However, the presence of an anaerobic feeding/reaction phase increased the organic matter removal efficiency in R2 (80-90%) which was higher than in R1 with a fully aerobic phase (75-85%). Furthermore, in R2 glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs) dominated inside the granules instead of phosphorous-accumulating organisms (PAOs), suggesting that GAOs resist better the stressful conditions of a variable and high-saline influent. In terms of AGS properties an anaerobic feeding/reaction phase is not beneficial, however it enables the production of a better quality effluent.
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- P Carrera
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale - DICEA, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50139 Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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- Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore'', Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy.
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, Chile.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Graves KD, Gómez-Trillos S, Song M, Anderson L, Campos C, Carrera P, Ostrove N, Peshkin BN, Schwartz MD, Ficca N, Cupertino AP, Gonzalez N, Otero A, Huerta E, Sheppard VB. Developing a culturally targeted video to enhance the use of genetic counseling in Latina women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. J Community Genet 2019; 11:85-99. [PMID: 31104207 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-019-00423-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Disparities for genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) persist between Latina and non-Hispanic Whites. There are few tested culturally targeted interventions. We developed a culturally targeted video to enhance GCRA uptake in at-risk Latinas. Interviews with healthcare providers (n = 20) and at-risk Latinas (n = 20) were conducted as formative research to inform the development of the video. Findings from the formative research, health behavior conceptual models, and evidence-based risk communication strategies informed the messages for the script. Then, we conducted a focus group with at-risk Latinas (n = 7) to obtain feedback for final refinement of the script. The final video was piloted for acceptability and potential dissemination in a sample of Latino community health workers (CHWs) (n = 31). Providers and at-risk Latinas suggested using simple language and visual aids to facilitate comprehension. Participants in the focus group identified areas for further clarification (e.g., cost). The result was an 18-min video that illustrates "Rosa's" story. Rosa learns about HBOC risk factors and overcomes barriers to attend genetic counseling. CHWs reported high overall satisfaction with the video (M = 9.61, SD = .88, range 1-10). A culturally targeted video has the potential to reach underserved populations with low literacy and English proficiency.
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- Alejandra Hurtado-de-Mendoza
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA. .,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA
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- Department of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, USA
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- Nueva Vida, DC Office-Alexandria, 206 N. Washington St. Suite 300, Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.,Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Cancer Genomics, Washington, DC, USA
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- National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Washington, DC, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.,Capital Breast Cancer Center, 1000 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, USA
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- Instituto de Medicina Oncológica y Molecular de Asturias (IMOMA), Av. Richard Grandío, 33193, Oviedo (Asturias), Spain
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- Cancer Preventorium, Washington Cancer Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St, NW, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Carrera P, Fernandez-Sedano I, Muñoz D, Caballero A. Desires matter! Desired attitudes predict behavioural intentions in people who think abstractly: the case of eating products without added salt / ¡Los deseos importan! Las actitudes deseadas predicen las intenciones de comportamiento en las personas que piensan de modo abstracto: El caso del consumo de alimentos sin sal añadida. Revista de Psicología Social 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2019.1583512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Agosta F, Spinelli EG, Riva N, Fontana A, Basaia S, Canu E, Castelnovo V, Falzone Y, Carrera P, Comi G, Filippi M. Survival prediction models in motor neuron disease. Eur J Neurol 2019; 26:1143-1152. [PMID: 30920076 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the predictive value of multimodal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on survival in a large cohort of patients with motor neuron disease (MND), in combination with clinical and cognitive features. METHODS Two hundred MND patients were followed up prospectively for a median of 4.13 years. At baseline, subjects underwent neurological examination, cognitive assessment and brain MRI. Grey matter volumes of cortical and subcortical structures and diffusion tensor MRI metrics of white matter tracts were obtained. A multivariable Royston-Parmar survival model was created using clinical and cognitive variables. The increase of survival prediction accuracy provided by MRI variables was assessed. RESULTS The multivariable clinical model included predominant upper or lower motor neuron presentations and diagnostic delay as significant prognostic predictors, reaching an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of a 4-year survival prediction of 0.79. The combined clinical and MRI model including selected grey matter fronto-temporal volumes and diffusion tensor MRI metrics of the corticospinal and extra-motor tracts reached an AUC of 0.89. Considering amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients only, the clinical model including diagnostic delay and semantic fluency scores provided an AUC of 0.62, whereas the combined clinical and MRI model reached an AUC of 0.77. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that brain MRI measures of motor and extra-motor structural damage, when combined with clinical and cognitive features, are useful predictors of survival in patients with MND, particularly when a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is made.
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- F Agosta
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomics for Human Disease Diagnosis, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Clinical Molecular Biology Laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Oceja L, Stocks E, Heerdink M, Villar S, Salgado S, Carrera P, Arribas M, Bargsted M, Beramendi M, Caballero A, Espinosa A, Escanés G, Lima L, Muñoz D, Nájera P, Pereira S, Villegas M, Zubieta E. Revisiting the difference between instrumental and terminal values to predict (stimulating) prosocial behaviours: The transcendental-change profile. Br J Soc Psychol 2018; 58:749-768. [PMID: 30548477 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Past research suggests that the connection between values and people's behaviour may not be as straightforward and robust as has been claimed. We propose that a more holistic and discriminative view that acknowledges the influence of a specific combination of values on specific kinds of behaviour is needed. In the current project, we test two hypotheses regarding the transcendental-change profile (TCP). First, that TCP is characterized by a combination of the readiness to engage in those challenges (instrumental) that can make the world a better place (terminal). Second, the centrality of the TCP facilitates performance of those prosocial actions that are perceived as stimulating and global. The results of five studies support the reliability and validity of this conceptualization of TCP (Studies 1 and 2), and show that when the prosocial initiative is perceived as either global (Study 3) or stimulating (Studies 4 and 5), the TCP is the strongest predictor of the willingness and commitment to engage in such prosocial action.
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- ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Portugal
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Oceja L, Salgado S, Carrera P. Do We Really Care for the World? Testing the Link between Transcendental Change Values and the Quixoteism Motive. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2018.1528153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cofré C, Campos JL, Valenzuela-Heredia D, Pavissich JP, Camus N, Belmonte M, Pedrouso A, Carrera P, Mosquera-Corral A, Val Del Río A. Novel system configuration with activated sludge like-geometry to develop aerobic granular biomass under continuous flow. Bioresour Technol 2018; 267:778-781. [PMID: 30078478 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A novel continuous flow system with "flat geometry" composed by two completely mixed aerobic tanks in series and a settler was used to promote the formation of aerobic granular sludge. Making similarities of this system with a typical sequencing batch reactor (SBR), for aerobic granules cultivation, the value of the tank 1/tank 2 vol ratio and the biomass recirculation rate would correspond with the feast/famine length ratio and the length of the operational cycle, respectively, while the settler upflow liquid velocity imposed would be related to the settling time. From the three experiments performed the best results were obtained when the tank 1/tank 2 vol ratio was of 0.28, the sludge recycling ratio of 0.25 and the settler upflow velocity of 2.5 m/h. At these conditions the aggregates had settling velocities between 29 and 113 m/h, sludge volume index at 10 min (SVI10) of 70 mL/g TSS and diameters between 1.0 and 5.0 mm.
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- C Cofré
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, Technical University Federico Santa María, Chile, Ave. España 1680, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Department of Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Playa Ancha, Avenida Leopoldo Carvallo 270, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Carrera P, Parrott WG, Gómez-Trillos S, Perera RA, Sheppard VB. Applying the theory of planned behavior to examine adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence intentions. Psychooncology 2018; 28:187-194. [PMID: 30353610 DOI: 10.1002/pon.4931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in breast cancer survivors is suboptimal. Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study aimed to identify the strongest predictors from the TPB of AET intentions and past behavior and assessed whether ambivalence and anticipatory emotions increased the predictive capacity of TPB. METHODS Two hundred eighty women diagnosed with hormone positive (HR+) breast cancer who filled at least one prescription of AET responded to a survey measuring TPB constructs, attitudinal ambivalence, and anticipatory emotions. The outcomes were intentions to adhere to AET and past medication adherence (previous 2 weeks). RESULTS The TPB explained 66% of intentions to adhere to AET (P < 0.001). Ambivalence did not improve the TPB model's predictive value. When emotions were included with TPB, the model explained 70% of adherence intentions F11,226 = 52.84, P < 0.001 (R2 c = .70). This increase of 4% in predictability was statistically significant (ΔR2 = 0.04), F6, 226 = 7.90, P < 0.001. Women who self-reported nonadherence in the past 2 weeks differed significantly in the TPB variables, ambivalence, and anticipatory emotions from adherent women. Nonadherent participants reported lower-future intentions to adhere F1, 236 = 5.63, P = 0.018. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest key concepts, such as anticipatory positive emotions that should be addressed in future interventions to enhance AET adherence and survivorship.
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- Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Carrera P, Muñoz D, Fernández I, Caballero A. Abstractness and Messages Describing Consequences Promote Healthier Behavioral Intentions. The Journal of Psychology 2018; 152:515-527. [DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2018.1486801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Zickfeld JH, Schubert TW, Seibt B, Blomster JK, Arriaga P, Basabe N, Blaut A, Caballero A, Carrera P, Dalgar I, Ding Y, Dumont K, Gaulhofer V, Gračanin A, Gyenis R, Hu CP, Kardum I, Lazarević LB, Mathew L, Mentser S, Nussinson R, Onuki M, Páez D, Pásztor A, Peng K, Petrović B, Pizarro JJ, Schönefeld V, Śmieja M, Tokaji A, Vingerhoets A, Vorster A, Vuoskoski J, Zhu L, Fiske AP. Kama muta: Conceptualizing and measuring the experience often labelled being moved across 19 nations and 15 languages. Emotion 2018; 19:402-424. [PMID: 29888936 DOI: 10.1037/emo0000450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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English-speakers sometimes say that they feel "moved to tears," "emotionally touched," "stirred," or that something "warmed their heart;" other languages use similar passive contact metaphors to refer to an affective state. The authors propose and measure the concept of kama muta to understand experiences often given these and other labels. Do the same experiences evoke the same kama muta emotion across nations and languages? They conducted studies in 19 different countries, 5 continents, 15 languages, with a total of 3,542 participants. They tested the construct while validating a comprehensive scale to measure the appraisals, valence, bodily sensations, motivation, and lexical labels posited to characterize kama muta. The results are congruent with theory and previous findings showing that kama muta is a distinct positive social relational emotion that is evoked by experiencing or observing a sudden intensification of communal sharing. It is commonly accompanied by a warm feeling in the chest, moist eyes or tears, chills or piloerection, feeling choked up or having a lump in the throat, buoyancy, and exhilaration. It motivates affective devotion and moral commitment to communal sharing. Although the authors observed some variations across cultures, these 5 facets of kama muta are highly correlated in every sample, supporting the validity of the construct and the measure. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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- Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTEIUL)
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- Department of Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco
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- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University
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- Department of Psychology, School of Education, Hubei University
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- School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies, University of South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, University of Vienna
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Science, Tsinghua University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rijeka
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- Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
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- Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
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- Japan International Cooperation Agency, Research Institute
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- Department of Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco
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- Department of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Science, Tsinghua University
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- Department of Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University
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- School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies, University of South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, Fudan University
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Wingen A, Carrera P, Ekaterini Psathaki O, Voelzmann A, Paululat A, Hoch M. Debris buster is a Drosophila scavenger receptor essential for airway physiology. Dev Biol 2017; 430:52-68. [PMID: 28821389 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Scavenger receptors class B (SR-B) are multifunctional transmembrane proteins, which in vertebrates participate in lipid transport, pathogen clearance, lysosomal delivery and intracellular sorting. Drosophila has 14 SR-B members whose functions are still largely unknown. Here, we reveal a novel role for the SR-B family member Debris buster (Dsb) in Drosophila airway physiology. Larvae lacking dsb show yeast avoidance behavior, hypoxia, and severe growth defects associated with impaired elongation and integrity along the airways. Furthermore, in dsb mutant embryos, the barrier function of the posterior spiracles, which are critical for gas exchange, is not properly established and liquid clearance is locally impaired at the spiracular lumen. We found that Dsb is specifically expressed in a group of distal epithelial cells of the posterior spiracle organ and not throughout the entire airways. Furthermore, tissue-specific knockdown and rescue experiments demonstrate that Dsb function in the airways is only required in the posterior spiracles. Dsb localizes in intracellular vesicles, and a subset of these associate with lysosomes. However, we found that depletion of proteins involved in vesicular transport to the apical membrane, but not in lysosomal function, causes dsb-like airway elongation defects. We propose a model in which Dsb sorts components of the apical extracellular matrix which are essential for airway physiology. Since SR-B LIMP2-deficient mice show reduced expression of several apical plasma membrane proteins, sorting of proteins to the apical membrane is likely an evolutionary conserved function of Dsb and LIMP2. Our data provide insights into a spatially confined function of the SR-B Dsb in intracellular trafficking critical for the physiology of the whole tubular airway network.
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- Almut Wingen
- Developmental Genetic&Molecular Physiology Unit, Life&Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Strasse 31, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Developmental Genetic&Molecular Physiology Unit, Life&Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Strasse 31, D-53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Zoology and Developmental Biology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrück, Germany; EM Unit, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Developmental Genetic&Molecular Physiology Unit, Life&Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Strasse 31, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Developmental Biology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Developmental Genetic&Molecular Physiology Unit, Life&Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Carl-Troll-Strasse 31, D-53115 Bonn, Germany.
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López-Pérez B, Carrera P, Oceja L, Ambrona T, Stocks E. Sympathy and Tenderness as Components of Dispositional Empathic Concern: Predicting Helping and Caring Behaviors. Curr Psychol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-017-9615-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carrera P, Caballero A, Fernández I, Muñoz D. Abstractness leads people to base their behavioral intentions on desired attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Abekhoukh S, Sahin HB, Grossi M, Zongaro S, Maurin T, Madrigal I, Kazue-Sugioka D, Raas-Rothschild A, Doulazmi M, Carrera P, Stachon A, Scherer S, Drula Do Nascimento MR, Trembleau A, Arroyo I, Szatmari P, Smith IM, Milà M, Smith AC, Giangrande A, Caillé I, Bardoni B. New insights into the regulatory function of CYFIP1 in the context of WAVE- and FMRP-containing complexes. Dis Model Mech 2017; 10:463-474. [PMID: 28183735 PMCID: PMC5399562 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.025809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic FMRP interacting protein 1 (CYFIP1) is a candidate gene for intellectual disability (ID), autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy. It is a member of a family of proteins that is highly conserved during evolution, sharing high homology with its Drosophila homolog, dCYFIP. CYFIP1 interacts with the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP, encoded by the FMR1 gene), whose absence causes Fragile X syndrome, and with the translation initiation factor eIF4E. It is a member of the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC), thus representing a link between translational regulation and the actin cytoskeleton. Here, we present data showing a correlation between mRNA levels of CYFIP1 and other members of the WRC. This suggests a tight regulation of the levels of the WRC members, not only by post-translational mechanisms, as previously hypothesized. Moreover, we studied the impact of loss of function of both CYFIP1 and FMRP on neuronal growth and differentiation in two animal models - fly and mouse. We show that these two proteins antagonize each other's function not only during neuromuscular junction growth in the fly but also during new neuronal differentiation in the olfactory bulb of adult mice. Mechanistically, FMRP and CYFIP1 modulate mTor signaling in an antagonistic manner, likely via independent pathways, supporting the results obtained in mouse as well as in fly at the morphological level. Collectively, our results illustrate a new model to explain the cellular roles of FMRP and CYFIP1 and the molecular significance of their interaction.
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- Sabiha Abekhoukh
- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS, UMR7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain.,IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France.,Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Principe, Curitiba 80250-060, Brazil
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- Institute of Rare Diseases, Institute of Medical Genetics, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR8256, IBPS, Neuroscience Paris Seine, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS, UMR7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Principe, Curitiba 80250-060, Brazil
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR8256, IBPS, Neuroscience Paris Seine, France
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- Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada, M5G 1X8
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Canada, B3K 6R8
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain.,IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Pelé Pequeno Principe, Curitiba 80250-060, Brazil.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Program in Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS, UMR7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR8256, IBPS, Neuroscience Paris Seine, France.,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, 75013 Paris, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France .,CNRS UMR 7275, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 06560 Valbonne, France.,CNRS Associated International Laboratory (LIA) 'Neogenex', 06560 Valbonne, France
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Ambrona T, Oceja L, López-Pérez B, Carrera P. Can empathic concern be generalized from one person to others? Another positive side of the 'one-among-others' effect. Scand J Psychol 2016; 57:547-553. [PMID: 27545837 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Previous research on the one-among-others effect has shown that inducing empathic concern towards a victim presented among other individuals in need enhances: (1) awareness of these others and (2) the willingness to help them individually. In this work, we test that these outcomes are linked by an additional process: the generalization of empathic concern felt for the victim towards the others in need. Study 1 revealed that inducing empathic concern for a victim presented as one-among-others led to see the others as separate and different individuals, not as a unitary group. Study 2 showed that the one-among-others presentation (vs. only-one-victim) increased empathic concern towards those presented along with the main victim. Study 3 showed that the one-among-others presentation (vs. a single-victim or a statistical presentation) increased the empathic concern felt for other individuals in need. Therefore, the one-among-others presentation does not weaken empathic concern but, instead, it leads to its generalization from one to others.
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The presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma represents a source of genetic material which can be obtained non-invasively. To date, the translation of noninvasive prenatal diagnosis from research into clinical practice has been rather fragmented, and despite the advances in improving the analytical sensitivity of methods, distinguishing between fetal and maternal sequences remains very challenging. Thus, the field of noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases has yet to attain a routine application in clinical diagnostics. On the contrary, fetal sex determination in pregnancies at high risk of sex-linked disorders, tests for fetal RHD genotyping and non-invasive assessment of chromosomal aneuploidies are now available worldwide.
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- M Ferrari
- Unit of Genomic for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomic for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomic for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Genomic for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Martínez-Martos JM, Mayas MD, Carrera P, Arias de Saavedra JM, Sánchez-Agesta R, Arrazola M, Ramírez-Expósito MJ. Phenolic compounds oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol exert differential effects on glioma development via antioxidant defense systems. J Funct Foods 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Carrera P, Caballero A, Muñoz D, González-Iraizoz M, Fernández I. Construal level as a moderator of the role of affective and cognitive attitudes in the prediction of health-risk behavioural intentions. Br J Soc Psychol 2014; 53:773-91. [DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Pilar Carrera
- Social and Methodology Department; Faculty of Psychology; Autonomous University of Madrid; Spain
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- Social and Methodology Department; Faculty of Psychology; Autonomous University of Madrid; Spain
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- Social and Methodology Department; Faculty of Psychology; Autonomous University of Madrid; Spain
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- Social and Methodology Department; Faculty of Psychology; Autonomous University of Madrid; Spain
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- Social and Organizational Psychology Department; Faculty of Psychology; Spanish University for Distance Teaching; Madrid Spain
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Carrera P, Muñoz D, Caballero A, Fernández I, Aguilar P, Albarracín D. How verb tense affects the construal of action: The simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset. Psicologica (Valencia) 2014; 35:209-223. [PMID: 30147213 PMCID: PMC6103618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two experiments examined the influence of verb tense on how abstractly people construe action representations. Experiment 1 revealed that written descriptions of several daily events using the simple past tense (vs. simple present tense) resulted in actions and the action's target being seen as less likely and less familiar, respectively. In Experiment 2 participants wrote about a personal episode of binge drinking (using the simple past tense vs. simple present tense), and the resulting narratives were coded using the Linguistic Category Model (see Semin & Fiedler, 1991). Results revealed that events were described at a more abstract level when texts were written using the simple past tense (vs. simple present tense). The results are discussed in the context of other effects of verb form and in relation to construal level of events.
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Zell E, Su R, Li H, Ringo Ho MH, Hong S, Kumkale T, Stauffer SD, Zecca G, Cai H, Roccas S, Arce-Michel J, de Sousa C, Diaz-Loving R, Botero MM, Mannetti L, Garcia C, Carrera P, Cabalero A, Ikemi M, Chan D, Bernardo A, Garcia F, Brechan I, Maio G, Albarracín D. Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism. Soc Psychol Personal Sci 2013; 4:521-528. [PMID: 30147848 DOI: 10.1177/1948550612468774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The current research examined whether nations differ in their attitudes toward action and inaction. It was anticipated that members of dialectical East Asian societies would show a positive association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. However, members of non-dialectical European-American societies were expected to show a negative association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. Young adults in 19 nations completed measures of dialectical thinking and attitudes toward action/inaction. Results from multi-level modeling showed, as predicted, that people from high dialecticism nations reported a more positive association in their attitudes toward action and inaction than people from low dialecticism nations. Furthermore, these findings remained after controlling for cultural differences in individualism-collectivism, neuroticism, gross-domestic product, and response style. Discussion highlights the implications of these findings for action/inaction goals, dialecticism, and culture.
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- Ethan Zell
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- Battelle Center for Analytics and Public Health, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones y Asistencia en Psicología, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff, England
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Carrera P, Muñoz D, Caballero A, Fernández I, Albarracín D. The Present Projects Past Behavior into the Future while the Past Projects Attitudes into the Future: How Verb Tense Moderates Predictors of Drinking Intentions. J Exp Soc Psychol 2012; 48:1196-1200. [PMID: 23606757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Three studies examined how the use of the present versus the past tense in recalling a past experience influences behavioral intentions. Experiment 1 revealed a stronger influence of past behaviors on drinking intentions when participants self-reported an episode of excessive drinking using the present tense. Correspondingly, there was a stronger influence of attitudes towards excessive drinking when participants self-reported the episode in the past tense. Experiments 2 and 3 liked this effect to changes in construal level (Liberman, Trope, & Stephan, 2007; Trope & Liberman, 2003), with the present tense being similar to a concrete construal level and the past tense being similar to an abstract construal level.
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Chiang C, Lewis C, Wright M, Agapova S, Akers B, Azad T, Banerjee K, Carrera P, Chen A, Chen J, Chi X, Chiou J, Cooper J, Czurylo M, Downs C, Ebstein S, Fahey P, Goldman J, Grieff A, Hsiung S, Hu R, Huang Y, Kapuria A, Li K, Marcu I, Moore S, Moseley A, Nauman N, Ness K, Ngai D, Panzer A, Peters P, Qin E, Sadhu S, Sariol A, Schellhase A, Schoer M, Steinberg M, Surick G, Tsai C, Underwood K, Wang A, Wang M, Wang V, Westrich D, Yockey L, Zhang L, Herzog E. Learning Chronobiology by Improving Wikipedia. J Biol Rhythms 2012; 27:333-6. [DOI: 10.1177/0748730412449578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although chronobiology is of growing interest to scientists, physicians, and the general public, access to recent discoveries and historical perspectives is limited. Wikipedia is an online, user-written encyclopedia that could enhance public access to current understanding in chronobiology. However, Wikipedia is lacking important information and is not universally trusted. Here, 46 students in a university course edited Wikipedia to enhance public access to important discoveries in chronobiology. Students worked for an average of 9 h each to evaluate the primary literature and available Wikipedia information, nominated sites for editing, and, after voting, edited the 15 Wikipedia pages they determined to be highest priorities. This assignment ( http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/Bio4030/wikipedia_project.html ) was easy to implement, required relatively short time commitments from the professor and students, and had measurable impacts on Wikipedia and the students. Students created 3 new Wikipedia sites, edited 12 additional sites, and cited 347 peer-reviewed articles. The targeted sites all became top hits in online search engines. Because their writing was and will be read by a worldwide audience, students found the experience rewarding. Students reported significantly increased comfort with reading, critiquing, and summarizing primary literature and benefited from seeing their work edited by other scientists and editors of Wikipedia. We conclude that, in a short project, students can assist in making chronobiology widely accessible and learn from the editorial process.
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- C.D. Chiang
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Carrera P, Oceja L, Caballero A, Muñoz D, López-Pérez B, Ambrona T. I feel so sorry! Tapping the joint influence of empathy and personal distress on helping behavior. Motiv Emot 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9302-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carrera P, Caballero A, Muñoz D, Oceja L. Anticipated emotions and personal experience for predicting behavioral intentions and behavioral expectations. Span J Psychol 2011; 14:535-47. [PMID: 22059300 DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2011.v14.n2.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We tested how anticipated emotions interact with personal experience in risk behavior to improve predictions from TPB on behavioral intention (BI) and behavioral expectation (BE) for sex without condom (Study 1) and excessive drinking (Study 2). In the moderate-high experience group, anticipated emotional profiles (AEPs) improve TPB prediction from 28% to 45% in the case of BI and from 19% to 40% in that of BE in relation to sexual risk behavior (Study 1), and from 23% to 36% in the case of BI and from 17% to 31% in that of BE in relation to binge drinking (Study 2). However, in the low-experience group (Study 2) AEPs improve TPB predictions for BI (12% to 34%) but not for BE, showing that in less experienced people BI and BE are not equivalent: anticipated emotions have different relevance in their prediction. These results were replicated using a general negative anticipated emotion index (averaging emotional categories).
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- Pilar Carrera
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, C/Ivan Pavlov, 6, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Ciantelli M, Ghirri P, Presi S, Sigali E, Vuerich M, Somaschini M, Ferrari M, Boldrini A, Carrera P. Fatal respiratory failure in a full-term newborn with two ABCA3 gene mutations: a case report. J Perinatol 2011; 31:70-2. [PMID: 21189475 DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Genetic mutations associated with pulmonary surfactant protein deficiency are associated with diverse clinical phenotypes. Mutations of the surfactant protein B and C genes were the first to be described. In 2004, fatal surfactant deficiency in newborns due to mutations of the gene encoding the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3) was first reported. Few cases of lethal adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A3 mutations have been described to date. In our report, we describe a full-term newborn that died because of respiratory failure secondary to an uncommon ABCA3 genetic configuration.
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- M Ciantelli
- Division of Neonatology, University of Pisa, Santa Chiara Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
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