Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study

A Bravington, H Chen, J Dyson, L Jones… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjgp.org
Background Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Cases in women age> 50 years are
predicted to rise by 60% in the next two decades, yet this group are less likely to attend for …

The relationship between health changes and community health screening participation among older people

B Du, Y Mu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The utilization of health screening and other community health services has been a hot topic
in China. Thus, this study examined the effect of health changes (self-rated health, physical …

On a statistical mechanics approach to some problems of the social sciences

P Contucci, C Vernia - Frontiers in Physics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This work is a survey of some results on a statistical mechanics approach to the social
sciences emerged in the last two decades. The pioneering work of Daniel McFadden, known …

Human-AI ecosystem with abrupt changes as a function of the composition

P Contucci, J Kertész, G Osabutey - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The progressive advent of artificial intelligence machines may represent both an opportunity
or a threat. In order to have an idea of what is coming we propose a model that simulate a …

Inverse problem beyond two-body interaction: The cubic mean-field Ising model

P Contucci, G Osabutey, C Vernia - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
In this paper, we solve the inverse problem for the cubic mean-field Ising model. Starting
from configuration data generated according to the distribution of the model, we reconstruct …

Primary drivers of willingness to continue to participate in community-based health screening for chronic diseases

SY Chien, MC Chuang, IP Chen, PH Yu - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: As the average age of the population continues to rise in the 21st century,
chronic illnesses have become the most prominent threats to human health. Research has …

[HTML][HTML] Predictive values of relative fat mass and body mass index on cardiovascular health in community-dwelling older adults: Results from the Longevity Check-up …

S Cacciatore, R Calvani, E Marzetti, HJ Coelho-Júnior… - Maturitas, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the predictive value of relative fat mass compared to body mass index
for hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and heightened cardiovascular risk in a cohort of …

Effect of neurological screening on early dementia detection in southern Italy

MC De Cola, G Triglia, M Camera… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Population screening can facilitate early diagnosis of dementia and improve
disease management. This study examined the effects of a screening campaign for …

Voter-like dynamics with conflicting preferences on modular networks

F Zimmaro, P Contucci, J Kertész - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Two of the main factors shaping an individual's opinion are social coordination and personal
preferences, or personal biases. To understand the role of those and that of the topology of …

Influencing dynamics on social networks without knowledge of network microstructure

M Garrod, NS Jones - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social network-based information campaigns can be used for promoting beneficial health
behaviours and mitigating polarization (eg regarding climate change or vaccines). Network …