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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira +3 more
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A Sociological Approach to Drug Use
EIRP Proceedings, 2021 Lately, the illicit drug market in Romania has shown a continuous dynamics, registering an increase both in the availability of most types of drugs consumed and in the total amount of drugs confiscated, especially cocaine and cannabis. The availability
Angela-Mihaela Ene
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Theoretical and practical aspects of preventive work in the fight against drug addiction
Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2020 The aim of the work is to study the theoretical and practical aspects of the emergence of drug addiction, types of preventive work in the fight against drug addiction, the peculiarities of its spread among adolescents. An assessment of the development of
Y. V. Platonova +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Adaptaquin selectively kills glioma stem cells while sparing differentiated brain cells. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses show Adaptaquin disrupts iron and cholesterol homeostasis, with iron chelation amplifying cytotoxicity via cholesterol depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and elevated reactive oxygen species.
Adrien M. Vaquié +16 more
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The Drug-Trafficking Economy and Its Dynamics in Latin America
Íconos, 2013 This article analyzes the behavior of drug-trafficking economy in Latin America during the last twelve years and its influence in the configuration of a new crime scenario in the region.
Daniel Pontón C.
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Social Sciences, 2023 The drug/violence relationship has been a recurrent topic of interest in criminology and sociology. This interest began with the crack epidemic in the 1980s and continues due to the consolidation and functioning of the cocaine markets of Latin American ...
Williams Gilberto Jiménez-García +2 more
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The Courier Conundrum: The High Costs of Prosecuting Low-Level Drug Couriers and What We Can Do About Them [PDF]
, 2019 Since the United States declared its “War on Drugs,” federal enforcement of drug-trafficking crimes has led to increased incarceration and longer prison sentences.
Weber, Adam B.
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European Scientific Journal, 2019 The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between unemployment and drug trafficking in Nigeria with particular reference to suspects in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Cross River State Command.
Emmanuel Adeniyi, R. Eneji, J. T. Okpa
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This study integrates transcriptomic profiling of matched tumor and healthy tissues from 32 colorectal cancer patients with functional validation in patient‐derived organoids, revealing dysregulated metabolic programs driven by overexpressed xCT (SLC7A11) and SLC3A2, identifying an oncogenic cystine/glutamate transporter signature linked to ...
Marco Strecker +16 more
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Nuevas geografías del narcotráfico. La novela gallega sobre el tráfico de drogas
Confluenze, 2020 The drug trafficking fiction is expanding throughout a new geography. The almost recent appearance of Galician novels about cocaine trafficking in Northern Spain and the connections between the local capos with Colombian and Mexican cartels enriches the ...
Felipe Oliver
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