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Respite and repair: how mothers of incarcerated long-term problematic drug users make prison work for them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article considers the way a group of mothers experienced the incarceration of their problematic drug using offspring. The offspring had been imprisoned for a range of offences including theft, burglary and drug dealing with the root cause of their ...
Cartwright, Luke
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Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang   +5 more
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Reducing Infectious Diseases in the U.S.: Focus on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Offers arguments for the efficacy of needle exchange programs in reducing infections among drug users and against the ban on using federal funds for such programs.

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MDMA Powder, Pills and Crystal: The persistance of ecstasy and the poverty of policy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Commonly known as ecstasy, MDMA has been central to the British acid house, rave and dance club scene over the last 20 years. Figures from the annual national British Crime Survey suggest that ecstasy use has declined since 2001. This apparent decline is
Measham, Fiona   +2 more
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The Caenorhabditis elegans DPF‐3 and human DPP4 have tripeptidyl peptidase activity

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) family comprises serine proteases classically defined by their ability to remove dipeptides from the N‐termini of substrates, a feature that gave the family its name. Here, we report the discovery of a previously unrecognized tripeptidyl peptidase activity in DPPIV family members from two different species.
Aditya Trivedi, Rajani Kanth Gudipati
wiley   +1 more source

A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Ehsan Jozaghi, Lorna Bird
doaj   +1 more source

Depression and psychoactive substances consumption in Mexican college undergraduates Depresión y consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en universitarios mexicanos Risco de depressão e consumo de substâncias psicoactivas em universitários mexicanos

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2011
Objective. To explore the relationship between risk of depression and psychoactive substances consumption in college undergraduates. Methodology. Cross sectional descriptive study in which an instrument that included a) sociodemographic variables, b ...
Francisco Rafael Guzmán Facundo   +5 more
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Qualitative and quantitative research on preferences and perceptions regarding HIV post-exposure prophylaxis among young women, men, female sex workers, members of the LGBTQ + community and people who inject drugs in Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe

open access: yesFrontiers in Reproductive Health
IntroductionThe World Health Organization (WHO) recently updated its guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). These guidelines recommend community delivery and task-sharing for PEP administration and suggest enhanced adherence counseling for ...
Moushira El-Sahn   +8 more
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Breathlessness in a drug user [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2015
A 40-year-old heroin smoking man presented with acute onset severe shortness of breath. Radiological investigations revealed an unexpected loculated pneumothorax. Respiratory physicians inserted a chest drain which relieved his breathlessness. His exercise tolerance is much improved 6 months on. The side effects of smoking illicit substances are poorly
openaire   +2 more sources

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