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A Comprehensive Review on Additive Manufacturing of Smart Components: Technologies, Applications, and Future Scope

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
How can additive manufacturing enable components that sense, adapt, heal, and power themselves? This review synthesizes recent advances in smart functionalities, manufacturing technologies, and intelligent design strategies, revealing a pathway toward fully integrated, autonomous, and multifunctional systems across diverse engineering sectors. Additive
Aiswarya Rony, P. M. Ushasree, Michael Short, Jinoop Arackal Narayanan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychosocial consequences of xylazine and implications for harm reduction services

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Introduction: Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer not approved for human use, has increasingly contaminated the unregulated drug supply in the United States and is a key driver of an increasingly synthetic, polysubstance overdose crisis.
Marina Plesons, William H. Eger, Erika L. Crable, Maia H. Hauschild, Corbin C. McElrath, Cyrus Owens, David W. Forrest, Angela R. Bazzi, Naida De Los Santos, Hansel E. Tookes, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +10 more
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Identification of the novel synthetic opioid N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene at an Australian drug checking service.

Drug Testing and Analysis
2-Benzylbenzimidazole opioids and related derivatives, also known as ‘nitazenes’, present a growing threat to public health. Emerging in Europe in 2019, the nitazene group of drugs is a recent addition to the novel synthetic opioid class and has been associated internationally with adverse effects in drug users, overdose clusters and significant ...
Blake Curtis, Douglas Lawes, David Caldicott, Malcolm D. McLeod   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Artificial Intelligence for Benign Esophageal Stricture Dilation: An Evidence‐Transferability Framework and Safety‐First Roadmap

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Endoscopic dilation is first‐line therapy for symptomatic benign esophageal strictures but remains operator‐dependent. Artificial intelligence (AI) could support assessment, risk stratification, and documentation; however, evidence from adjacent tasks is often mistaken for procedure‐specific validation.
Ahmed A. Salman, Mohamed A. Salman
wiley   +1 more source

‘It'd Be Nice to Know if You're About to Have Drain Cleaner’: A Qualitative Study of Preferred Drug Checking Service Features to Inform the Design of CheQpoint, Queensland's First Fixed‐Site Drug Checking Service

Drug and Alcohol Review
ABSTRACTIntroductionDrug checking is an important harm reduction service that allows service users to make an informed decision about drug use. In early 2024, Queensland became the second Australian jurisdiction to implement a fixed‐site drug checking service (CheQpoint).
Cheneal Puljević, Nina Pocuca, Brodie C. Dakin, Monica J. Barratt, Cameron Francis, Daniel Stjepanović, Sara Gill, Geoff Davey, Leanne Hides   +8 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Survey of NT women's needs for drug and alcohol services

, 1987
The Women's Needs Survey was established in May 1986 with three main aims. These were to identity women's needs for alcohol and other drug services including education, treatment and rehabilitation; to identity gaps in the services currently ...
Duquemin, Anthea, Drug and Alcohol Bureau   +1 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responsibility, Care and Trust Among People Using Drug Checking Services at a Music Festival

Contemporary Drug Problems
Drug checking services (DCS) allow people who use drugs to submit substances of concern for chemical analysis and then provide results and specialized counselling when needed. DCS intersect risk management, from a public health perspective, with an activist take that provides people who use drugs with agency over their use by helping them detect and ...
Helena Valente, Monica J. Barratt, Daniel Martins, Luís Fernandes, Marta Pinto   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness to use a drug checking service for cannabis and cannabis-based products: results from an online survey of people who regularly use cannabis in France

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction As cannabis is illegal in France, there is no regulation of the quality or composition of cannabis products on the illicit market. Although access to drug checking services for people who use drugs (PUD) is possible in several harm reduction
Martin Bastien, Salim Mezaache, Cécile Donadille, Laélia Briand Madrid, Maëla Lebrun, Victor Martin, Perrine Roux   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source