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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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Effects of resistance and multicomponent exercise on lipid profiles of older women.

Elisa A. Marques, +4 more
- 20 May 2009 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that 8 months of ME may be more effective than RE for inducing favorable changes in plasma lipoprotein and lipid profiles in older women.
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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

Maria Lc Iurilli, +1402 more
- 09 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants.
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1Alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 Induces De Novo E-cadherin Expression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells by CDH1-promoter Demethylation

Nair Lopes, +8 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) promoted differentiation of MDA-MB-231 cells by inducing de novo E-cadherin expression, an effect that was time- and dose-dependent.
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The Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in Dementia Care: Physical and Cognitive Decline, Severe Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Increased Caregiving Burden.

Flávia Borges-Machado, +4 more
- 09 Dec 2020 - 
TL;DR: Analysis of home confinement impact on individuals with neurocognitive disorders (NCD) through informal caregiver’s perspective and how it has affected caregiving burden sheds light on how imperative it is to find solutions and design contingency plans for future crisis.
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Relationship between intensity of physical activity and health-related quality of life in Portuguese institutionalized elderly.

Alexandrina Lobo, +3 more
- 01 Dec 2008 - 
TL;DR: The relationship between HRQOL and objectively measured intensity of physical activity in institutionalized older adults and the analysis of the PA patterns of the subjects in relation to recommended levels of PA was performed.