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Gender impact assessment - drugs and dependence [PDF]

Drug use among women appears to be on the rise both in Australia and around the world. The number of women in Victoria that misuse drugs is small with 10.35% of women using illicit drugs in the past 12 months but the health implications for these women
Rebecca Yeats
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How Do Investors React to Supplier Exploitation? Event Study and Experimental Evidence

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Supplier exploitation, including financial squeezing, payment delays, and non‐contractual demands, is a pervasive form of corporate misconduct. This multi‐method study examines how investors interpret supplier exploitation amid competing ethical and financial considerations.
Seongtae Kim, Sangho Chae, Han Kyul Oh
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation in conflict: Illegal drugs versus habitat in the Americas [PDF]

, 2008
About the book: State of the Wild is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places.
Bejarano, Adriana C., Dávalos, Liliana M.   +1 more
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Dual Pathways of Loneliness in the Marketplace: Emotional Attachment, Empowerment, and Evaluations of Brand Warmth and Brand Competence

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Loneliness shapes consumer behavior, yet whether it increases preference for warm or competent brands remains unresolved. We argue that this question cannot be answered without distinguishing who is perceived to be lonely. Individual loneliness, which is a person's subjective experience of social disconnection, activates agency‐restoration ...
Aulona Ulqinaku, Gülen Sarial‐Abi, Selma Kadic‐Maglajlic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical Approaches to Address Challenges in the Analysis of Cannabinoids in Vascular Matrices Using Mass Spectrometry

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Phytocannabinoids are bioactive metabolites derived from the Cannabis sativa plant. They have garnered attention due to their recreational uses and therapeutic potential. Although various analytical strategies have been employed for their analysis, mass spectrometry (MS) coupled to chromatographic separation is superior due to its sensitivity ...
Radwa Mahmoud, Robert B. Laprairie, Anas El‐Aneed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanjing Consensus II on Washed Microbiota Transplantation: Statements From the CHINAGUT Conference

Microbiota Medicine Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The new method of fecal microbiota transplantation, based on automatic facilities and washing processes, was coined as washed microbiota transplantation (WMT). The first recommendations on WMT were released as Nanjing Consensus report by the fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)‐standardization Study Group in 2019.
Faming Zhang, Sunny Hei Wong, Gaochen Lu, Zheshun Pi, Ting Zhang, Hon Ho Yu, Nan Bu, Xiong Chen, Bota Cui, Dafa Ding, Hainv Gao, Suyu He, Xingxiang He, Shengjuan Hu, Jia Hu, Yunlian Hu, Xiaomeng Jiang, Jiang Jin, Jingnan Li, Pan Li, Juan Liao, Weiwei Liao, Jiang Liu, Ling Liu, Yaping Liu, Yanyan Liu, Yu Liu, Muhan Lv, Xiangjun Meng, Yongzhan Nie, Qian Ren, Lixuan Sang, Yang Sun, Xiaowen Tang, Liangjing Wang, Wei Wang, Xin Wang, Yanling Wei, Quan Wen, Lihao Wu, Xia Wu, Fang Xiao, Lijing Xiong, Shaoqi Yang, Song Yang, Guoliang Ye, Yue Zeng, Huihong Zhai, Xiaoqian Zhang, Yu Zhang, Kun Zhao, Li Zhou, Li Zhu, Kaichun Wu   +53 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of social and emotional competence on risk behaviors in adolescence [PDF]

, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between social and emotional competence and substance use in adolescence, including tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs.
Alves Diniz, Jose, Ferreira, Mafalda, Gaspar Matos, Margarida, Ramiro, Lucia, Simoes, Celeste, Social Adventure Team   +5 more
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Ultrafast fMRI Detects Age‐Related Changes in Harmonics of Cardiac Pulsations in the Brain at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Aging impacts pulsatility of blood vessels in the brain, reflecting vascular health. Resolving characteristics of cardiac pulsatility requires faster acquisitions than traditional fMRI. An ultrafast fMRI method was developed and applied to sample several harmonics of cardiac pulsations at 7 T.
Charles Marchini, Dema Abdelkarim, Yuhui Chai, Monica Fabiani, Gabriele Gratton, Bradley P. Sutton   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Jesica López, Karolin Obert, Juan A. Samper, Ana Maria Vargas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics, properties and limitations of per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluoropolymers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
An overview and categorization of man‐made per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including low‐molar‐mass and high‐molar‐mass fluorochemicals, and their international regulations is presented. Though certain PFASs are toxic, bioaccumulative and cross the human cellular membranes, others, such as fluoropolymers, are safe, reliable and involved in ...
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source