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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
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The historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime [PDF]

This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. It details the evolution of the control system, from its foundations at the beginning of the twentieth century - a period of mass, unregulated narcotic drug ...
Buxton, Julia
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Narcotic drugs: estimated world requirements for 2021. [PDF]

, 2021
As a supplement to the Annual Report of the International Narcotics control Board, Narcotics Control and Estimates Section of the INCB Secretariat publishes a technical report that provides an overview of the world wide licit manufacture, export, import,

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Study of Relationship between Anger, Self Efficiency, Coping Styles, Tendency to Narcotic Drug in a Group of Clients Dependent to Narcotic Drugs

, 2011
Introduction: Main purpose of the present research is the study of relationship between anger, self efficiency, coping styles, tendency to narcotic drug in a group of clients dependent to narcotic drugs.
Mohammad Oraki
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Towards Global Governance: The Inadequacies of the UN Drug Control Regime

AJIL Unbound, 2020
Human rights and the UN drug control regime have long had an uneasy relationship, which is evident today in the tensions that exist between criminal justice reform advocates, the institutions of the UN drug control regime, and economic interests that ...
Antonia Eliason, Robert Howse
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Ten‐Year Cost‐Effectiveness of the Risk Assessment and Management Programme—Diabetes Mellitus (RAMP‐DM) Relative to Usual Care in Hong Kong Public Primary Care: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims The Risk Assessment and Management Programme—Diabetes Mellitus (RAMP‐DM) is a multidisciplinary, protocol‐driven, risk‐stratified care model integrated into public primary care in Hong Kong for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Eric Ho Man Tang, Ivy Lynn Mak, Emily Tsui Yee Tse, Esther Yee Tak Yu, Julie Yun Chen, Weng Yee Chin, David Vai Kiong Chao, Wendy Wing Sze Tsui, Tony King Hang Ha, Carlos King Ho Wong, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Eric Yuk Fai Wan   +11 more
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Strengthening regional commitment to ensuring access to medical abortion medicines in WHO’s South-East Asia region: report of a participatory assessment and workshop

Reproductive Health
Background In 2019, the World Health Organization identified improving access to safe abortion as an important priority toward improving sexual and reproductive health and rights and achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
Meera Thapa Upadhyay, Terence Fusire, Ulrika Rehnström Loi, Annik Sorhaindo, Mohammed Salahuddin, Mohammed Ayub Hossain, Tashi Tshomo, Erna Mulati, Lovely Daisy, Dian Putri Anggraweni, Tumiur Gultom, Fitri Indrawati, Mariyam Jenyfa, Myint Myint Than, Bharat Bhattarai, Loshan Moonasinghe, Chaminda Mathota, Anchalee Jitruknatee, Celeste Cham, Bela Ganatra, Neena Raina   +20 more
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Protective effects of extracellular vesicle‐like nanoparticles derived from Cannabis sativa adventitious roots against UVB‐induced damage in human keratinocytes

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
Cannabis sativa root‐derived extracellular vesicle‐like nanoparticles (CA‐NPs) were isolated from adventitious root cultures and subjected to physicochemical characterization. Upon UVB exposure, keratinocytes exhibited increased ROS generation, apoptosis and MAPK activation, leading to oxidative stress and skin damage.
Dong Ho Bak, Su Hyun Park, Young Bae Ryu, Cha Young Kim, Jae Cheol Jeong, Woo Sik Kim   +5 more
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Drug substitutes − Insights on benefits, risks, detection methods, and management strategies: a systematic review

Frontiers in Psychiatry
The abuse of new psychoactive substances and narcotic drugs as drug substitutes poses a serious threat to public health and safety. This study outlines the effective use and negative abuse of drug substitutes and outlines associated criminal behaviors to
Song Bai, Song Bai, Miao Li, Shouying Tang, Suran Wan, Rong Wu, Lijun Chen, Fang Wang, Shan Liu, Shan Liu, Shan Liu   +10 more
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Equity–Equality Tensions in Police Social Media Communication With Socially Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods: The Case of Instagram

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on Instagram‐related data to examine how and why the equity and equality principles of fairness govern police communication with socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods on social media. Using the computationally intensive theory construction methodology and drawing on institutional theory and the framework for the interplay of ...
Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström, Hamid Khobzi, Ofir Turel   +2 more
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