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Seven in every ten khat chewers in Gondar City had an intention to stop khat chewing: cross-sectional study using Transtheoretical Model [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2020 AbstractBackgroundKhat chewing practice is rapidly expanding worldwide and currently, an estimated over 10 million people chew khat daily. The transtheoretical model explains how behavior change occurs across the stages of change. So, this study aimed at assessing the intention to stop khat chewing and associated factors among khat chewers in Gondar ...
Asmamaw Adugna +2 more
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Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionThere is a paucity of data on factors associated with khat chewing among women of reproductive age using multilevel analysis. Furthermore, the effects of some potential factors like stressful life events, knowledge about and attitude toward ...
Biruk Wogayehu +5 more
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract A recent trend in healthcare education has been the increasing emphasis on the development of humanism and empathy in students. Within anatomy education, some institutions have implemented curricular innovations such as donor non‐anonymization to facilitate this development.
Rodrigo Muscogliati +5 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background In Ethiopia and other countries in eastern Africa, khat abuse is an increasing public health problem. Levels of use appear to be increasing in women, who are more vulnerable to khat-related problems.
Yimenu Yitayih, Jim van Os
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Regulating khat - Dilemmas and opportunities for the international drug control system [PDF]
, 2009 Background: The regulation of khat, one of the most recent psychoactive drugs to become a globally traded commodity, remains hotly contested within different producer and consumer countries.
Beckerleg, Susan +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT One of the major subfields of chemical ecology is the study of toxins and how they mediate interactions between organisms. Toxins produced by harmful algae (phycotoxins) impact a wide variety of organisms connected to the marine food web. Significant research efforts have thus aimed to identify the ecological and evolutionary drivers behind ...
Milad Pourdanandeh, Erik Selander
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The regulation and control of khat use and access in Ethiopia: Policy brief
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental HealthAbout 10 million people worldwide chew khat daily. Chronic khat use is a public health problem associated with physical and psychological impacts, such as mental health disorders and social consequences.
Selamawit Alemayehu Tessema +3 more
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension Among Civil Servants Working in Arba Minch Town, South Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 Despite Hypertension is a global public health challenge and a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death attention was not given in developing countries.
Ayele, G. (Gistane) +3 more
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The Epidemiology of Tobacco Use among Khat Users: A Systematic Review [PDF]
BioMed Research International, 2015 Khat, an “amphetamine-like green leaf,” may influence the consumption of tobacco. This study reviews the epidemiology of tobacco use among khat users. Electronic database searches using appropriate keywords/terms were conducted to identify observational studies of khat use.
Kassim, S +3 more
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PEK14: A Kinesin‐4 Necessary for Male‐Derived Fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana
Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Of the 61 kinesins annotated in Arabidopsis thaliana, many are still without assigned function. Here, we have screened an insertional mutant library of Arabidopsis pollen‐expressed kinesins for fertility defects. Insertional mutants for three kinesins showed a significant reduction in seed set.
Isabella N. Mendes +6 more
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