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Joana Carvalho

Researcher at University of Porto

Publications -  210
Citations -  9311

Joana Carvalho is an academic researcher from University of Porto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 186 publications receiving 5808 citations. Previous affiliations of Joana Carvalho include Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto & Universidade Lusófona.

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Sexual health & prostate cancer: a new e-health tool to promote sexual and mental adjustment in prostate cancer patients

TL;DR: In this article , the authors developed and assessed the efficacy of an e-Health tool to support prostate cancer patients throughout their treatment, based on a cognitive-behavioral approach, which will seek to promote emotional support and sexual adjustment to the consequences associated with this medical condition.
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Adapter dimer contamination in sRNA‐sequencing datasets predicts sequencing failure and batch effects and hampers extracellular vesicle‐sRNA analysis

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed pre/post-sequencing quality controls to predict issues potentially biasing biological sRNA-seq results from purified human milk EVs, human and mouse EV-enriched plasma and human paraffin-embedded tissues.
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Sexual boredom and sexual desire in long-term relationships: a latent profile analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper , a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to identify distinct groups of women and men in long-term relationships based on their reported levels of sexual boredom and sexual desire.
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(055) Sexual Boredom and Sexual Desire in Men and Women in Long-term Relationships: A Latent Profile Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper , a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was conducted using online self-reported data from a sample of 1223 Portuguese participants aged 18-66 years (M = 32.75, SD = 6.11) on sexual boredom, and sexual desire (partner related, attractive other related, and solitary).

Enhanced balance and bone mineral density associated with different exercise training programs in older women

TL;DR: All exercise interventions demonstrate to protect against postural instability that is strongly related to fall risk and 8 months of RE may be more effective than AE and CE for inducing favourable changes in BMD and lean mass.