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Respite and repair: how mothers of incarcerated long-term problematic drug users make prison work for them [PDF]
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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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]
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]
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
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
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A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs [PDF]
Ehsan Jozaghi, Lorna Bird
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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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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]
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
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