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Problematic Khat Use: Case Definition and Impact among Khat Users in Addis Ababa

, 2014
Khat is a psycho stimulant herb, which has been in use in traditional societies in East Africa and the Middle East over many centuries. Although khat is reported to cause various health problems, what constitutes problematic khat use has never been ...
Mihretu, Awoke
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From traditional to transactional: exploration of khat use in Ethiopia through an interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMC Public Health
Khat, a naturally growing stimulant, has seen a significant increase in both consumption and cultivation in eastern Ethiopia. This reliance on khat in the region comes despite its known physiological complications, with users unable to restrict khat use ...
Elizabeth A. Wood, Stuart J. Case, Sarah L. Collins, Heather Stark, Tara Wilfong   +4 more
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Points vs. passes: A comparison between electric fishing techniques for sampling fish populations in upland headwater streams

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Point‐abundance sampling by electric fishing (PASE) was compared with single‐pass (DF1) and triple‐pass depletion sampling (DF3) electric fishing on the same reaches of four headwater streams sampled over multiple years in the Ribble catchment, UK. Juvenile salmonids, mostly brown trout Salmo trutta with some Atlantic salmon S.
Reagan H. Pearce, Martin R. Perrow, Mark L. Tomlinson, Kirsty A. Turner   +3 more
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Supporting Patient Goals Through Standardization and Documentation of Surgical Goals in the Electronic Health Record

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Problem: Surgical goals should be plausible and valuable to patients. Yet the goal of surgery is rarely discussed preoperatively. Methods: We used human centered design to develop and alpha test a strategy to document the goal of surgery for each episode of surgical care. Findings: Surgeons can use this strategy to routinely document “What Matters” for
K. A. Telma, A. L. Hitzeman, J. N. Cohan, M. L. Schwarze   +3 more
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Depression, anxiety, and stress and their association with khat use: a cross-sectional study among Jazan University students, Saudi Arabia

, 2018
Tariq Al Bahhawi,1 Osama B Albasheer,1 Anwar M Makeen,1 Abdulelah Mohammed Arishi,2 Othman Mohammed Hakami,2 Sultan Mohsen Maashi,2 Hamood Khairat Al-Khairat,2 Omar Madiny Alganmy,2 Yasir Adnan Sahal,2 Abdulaziz Aaref Sharif,2 Mohamed Salih Mahfouz1 ...
Hakami OM, Makeen AM, Sharif AA, Maashi SM, Mahfouz MS, Al Bahhawi T, Al-Khairat HK, Arishi AM, Sahal YA, Albasheer OB, Alganmy OM   +10 more
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Pesticide Supply Chains From China to Australia: Examining Paraquat Amid the Global Pesticide Complex

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following recent calls to deepen understanding of the Global Pesticide Complex, this article delves into the China‐to‐Australia supply chain of a single herbicide—paraquat. First released in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, acutely toxic paraquat is now primarily produced in China.
Sarah Rogers, Yue Zhao, Sonia Graham, Brooke Wilmsen, Ju‐Han Zoe Wang   +4 more
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Analisis Perbandingan Kaidah dan Struktur Huruf Khat Naskhi dan Khat Masyriqi (Studi Komparatif Antar Khat)

Kaligrafi Arab merupakan salah satu warisan budaya islam yang memiliki nilai estetika dan siritual yang tinggi. Dari berbagai jenis khat yang berkembang, khat naskhi dikenal sebagai gaya tulusan klasik yang menonjolkan keterbacaan, keteraturan serta ...
Fathin Masyhud, Muhammad Syafiq Saifi, Lutfiyah Alindah   +2 more
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East African discourses on khat and sex

, 2010
Aim of the study: The study aims to review and analyse the varied East African discourses on the effects of khat use on libido, fertility, transmission of HIV, prostitution and rape. Materials and methods: The data were gathered between 2004 and 2009
Beckerleg, Susan, Susan Beckerleg
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Education and the Shadow Economy: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of education on the shadow economy across 132 countries over the period 1991–2020. To this end, panel cointegration and panel error‐correction models are employed. The results of the panel cointegration tests indicate a stable long‐term relationship among the selected variables.
Salvatore Ciucci
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Khat use and psychotic symptoms in a rural Khat growing population in Kenya: a household survey [PDF]

, 2019
Background:Khat is an amphetamine like psychostimulant chewed by over 10 million people globally. Khat use is thought to increase the risk of psychosis among its chewers.
Manduku, Veronica, Kaduka, Lydia, Mutai, Joseph, Ongeri, Linnet, Kirui, Fredrick, Agure, Safari, Kirumbi, Leah, Mbakaya, Charles, Karimi, Mercy, Mutisya, Richard, Echoka, Elizabeth, Wanzala, Peter, Muniu, Erastus, Atwoli, Lukoye, Mathu, David   +14 more
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