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- COVID-19 through Bolsonaro's speech: old sources for a new diseasePublication . Siqueira, Maity; Tota, Felippe; Ferrari, Caroline Girardi; Duarte Jr., Sergio; Lipert, Luiz Felipe; Garcia, FernandaIn the context of Brazil's alarming COVID-19 death toll, metaphors in the discourse of former President Jair Bolsonaro seemed to minimize the magnitude of the pandemic scenario. Our goal is to analyse his use of figurative language in response to the widespread transmission of the virus in Brazil. We departed from the hypothesis that war, religion, and health mappings would be plentiful in Bolsonaro’s speeches, considering his military past, religious beliefs, and the current pandemic. Our corpus consists of excerpts from Bolsonaro’s public speeches, ranging from March 10th, the day the subject started to be addressed on the government website, to mid-August 2020, when Brazil surpassed 100,000 deaths. Bolsonaro's metaphorical utterances regarding COVID-19 were identified using the Metaphor Identification Procedure (Pragglejaz Group, 2007). In our results, WAR, a common source domain in politics, was one of the most used ones by Bolsonaro to talk about COVID-19 and its consequences. Linguistic instantiations of health and religious source domains were not frequent. Instead, religious beliefs came up as a frame that often underlies his speech. Moreover, results point to the possibility that Bolsonaro's speeches instantiate the Strict Father Model (Lakoff, 1996; 2004), a framework that describes conservative politics in the US.
- Mineral deficiency and cardiovascular risk in women with obesityPublication . Santos, Loanne Rocha dos; Melo, Stéfany Rodrigues de Sousa; Severo, Juliana Soares; Cruz, Kyria Jayanne Clímaco; Oliveira, Emyle Horrana Serafim de; Sousa, Thayanne Gabryelle Visgueira de; Morais, Jennifer Beatriz Silva; Soares, Tamires da Cunha; Oliveira, Francisco Erasmo de; Henriques, Gilberto Simeone; Marreiro, Dilina do NascimentoThis study aims to test the association between magnesium, selenium, and calcium and the increased cardiometabolic risk in women with obesity. This was a cross-sectional study that involved 130 women divided into a group of women with obesity (n=69) and a control group (n=61). Statistical analysis was performed through the GraphPad Prism program. The results shown that women with obesity have a lower concentration of the minerals magnesium, selenium and calcium in blood, as well increase in the excretion of these minerals in the urine when compared to the control group. Addition, thit group showed high concentrations of total cholesterol, TGC, VLDL-C, LDL-C, non-HDL, IC I, IC II, interleukine-6 and interleukine-8, which suggests increased risk for cardiovascular disease in this group. There was also a positive correlation between urinary mineral concentrations and anthropometric parameters. The results suggest that excess adiposity is associated with deficiency of the minerals analyzed, as well as revealing the association of this deficiency with increased cardiometabolic risk in the population evaluated.
- Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: the temporal stability of self-reportPublication . Patrão, Ana Luísa; McIntyre, Teresa M.; Costa, Eleonora C. V.; Maia, Ângela; Matediana, Eduardo; Azevedo, VanessaMany researchers have expressed concern regarding the reliability and validity of retrospective self-reports of sexual abuse. This study aimed to quantify the frequency of self-reported sexual abuse among vulnerable Mozambican women and evaluate the temporal stability of self-report across assessments. Participants (N = 173) were patients at the gynecology outpatient clinic of a public central hospital in Mozambique who were referred for recruitment by gynecologists and completed measures of sexual abuse, assessed using six items from the National Women's Study survey. Women reported a frequency of sexual abuse ranging from 9.2% (third assessment) to 10.4% (initial assessment). Concerning the temporal stability of self-reports, the percentage of agreement was above 90% for all sexual abuse items, and general sexual victimization achieved almost perfect kappa values, κs =.93–1.00. This work has implications for the promotion of sexual health and the prevention of violence.
- Stroke and spinal cord injury induced by psychoactive substance use in drug addiction: a systematic literature reviewPublication . Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Celina; Cruz, Marta; Dias, Paulo C.; Leite, ÂngelaIntroduction: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are chronic brain conditions with significant neurological consequences, yet the specific neurological effects of psychoactive substances remain insufficiently characterized. This systematic review investigates the neurological sequelae and comorbidities associated with psychoactive substance abuse. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, we addressed the question: What are the neurological effects and comorbidities of psychoactive substance use in addiction? A search of EBSCO, Web of Science, and PubMed identified 330 articles (1967–2023), with 13 studies meeting inclusion criteria after rigorous screening. Results: Stimulants, opioids, cannabis, and hallucinogens were linked to stroke, with risk modulated by substance purity, administration routes (e.g., intravenous use), and polysubstance combinations. Opioids contributed to ischemic strokes via cardiac arrhythmias and haemorrhagic strokes through vasculitis or hypertension. Current substance users exhibited a 13.8% stroke incidence and higher mortality. Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) were associated with pre-injury opioid, alcohol, and cannabis use, worsening post-injury complications such as infections and poor rehabilitation outcomes. Demographically, younger individuals with SCI reported higher cocaine and hallucinogen use, while older adults showed greater tobacco and alcohol dependence. Conclusions: Psychoactive substance use elevates risks of stroke and SCI through neurotoxic, vascular, and behavioral mechanisms. These findings emphasize the urgent need for integrated clinical models that address addiction and neurological comorbidities simultaneously. Multidisciplinary approaches, combining neurology and addiction care, are critical to mitigating long-term disability. Future research should prioritize longitudinal studies to unravel chronic neurodegenerative outcomes and refine harm-reduction strategies. This work advocates for policy reforms to expand access to evidence-based SUD treatments, particularly in underserved populations.