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The role of D-serine in peripheral tissues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A considerable level of D-serine (a free D-amino acid) was discovered, surprisingly, in the mammalian brain in the early 1990's. Since then, D-serine has been considered to be a co-agonist of glutamate at the glycine site of NMDA receptors.
Guevara, CM, Mani, AR
core   +1 more source

Rapid Response to the Legalization of Fentanyl Test Strips in Alabama: An Academic–Community Partnership [PDF]

open access: greenAmerican Journal of Public Health
In June 2022, Alabama legalized fentanyl test strips (FTS). In response to this new opportunity to prevent overdoses, Project Linkage, Education, and Prevention (LEAP)—an academic–community partnership providing substance use prevention services—quickly purchased FTS and started distributing them in the Birmingham area.
C. Greer McCollum   +6 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Computerized advice on drug dosage to improve prescribing practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceComputerized advice on drug dosage to improve prescribing practice (Review) 1 Copyright © 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd.
Abbrecht   +218 more
core   +3 more sources

Feasibility study of using mobile phone-based experience sampling to assess drug checking by opioid street drug users

open access: yesPilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023
Background To date, evaluations of take-home fentanyl (and/or benzodiazepine) test strip use — the most common form of drug checking services — and potential effects on overdose risk have relied on retrospective accounts for some preceding time period ...
James A. Swartz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Augmentation and repair of tendons using demineralised cortical bone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: In severe injuries with loss of tendon substance a tendon graft or a synthetic substitute is usually used to restore functional length. This is usually associated with donor site morbidity, host tissue reactions and lack of remodelling of the
Blunn, Gordon W.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Trends in seizures of powders and pills containing illicit fentanyl in the United States, 2018 through 2021 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
BackgroundPrevalence of fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescription pills has been increasing in the US, possibly placing a wider population at risk for unintentional exposure.
Carr, Thomas H   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Opioid Update, May 31, 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) offers the Opioid Update to share information about opioid use and Iowa’s efforts to address the national opioid ...

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Duration of air leak is reduced after awake nonresectional lung volume reduction surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
OBJECTIVE: Prolonged air leak occurs frequently after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and can negatively affect both morbidity and hospital stay.
Mineo, TC, Pompeo, E, Tacconi, F
core   +1 more source

Increased expression of aromatase after focal cerebral ischemia: Relevance to neuroprotection and functional recovery

open access: yesNeuroprotection, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Aromatase is the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of 17β‐estradiol, the most potent estrogen, which has pleiotropic neuroprotective properties. Aromatase levels increase in the brain after stroke, and its gene variants increase susceptibility to stroke. This study aims to determine whether aromatase overexpression improves stroke outcome and
Lindsay Gallagher   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

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