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Sociological Bout on the ‘Kushlization’ of Sierra Leonean Juveniles: A Freetown Clogging Communal Health Apocalypse [PDF]
Sierra Leone’s illegal narcotic utilization enigma has augmented considerably amidst the ultimate dual decades [1]. Of specific concern has been the rising drift in narcotic or drug utilization among Sierra Leonean adolescents and juveniles [2 ...
Bangura, Mohamed
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Formation mechanisms and relaxation of NMR spin-echo signals excited by two arbitrary duration radio-frequency pulses in magnets [PDF]
The work is devoted to the problem of multiple signals of nuclear spin echoes in magnets, excited by a series of radio-frequency (RF) arbitrary duration pulses exceeding the free induction decay time. The quantum-statistical approach based on the Liouville equation solution for the statistical operator of system is developed for the investigation of ...
arxiv
This review summarizes recent progress in the design and nanoarchitectural control of bimetallic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications in quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors for the detection of various gases. It also discusses the underlying sensing mechanisms of bimetallic MOFs and concludes with challenges and future ...
Silvia Chowdhury+4 more
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The aim of this study was to investigate acetylcholinesterase (AChE), monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B), cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme inhibitory, and antimicrobial activities of a new series of 2-(4 ...
Nafiz Öncü Can+7 more
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Traveling the Silk Road: A measurement analysis of a large anonymous online marketplace [PDF]
We perform a comprehensive measurement analysis of Silk Road, an anonymous, international online marketplace that operates as a Tor hidden service and uses Bitcoin as its exchange currency. We gather and analyze data over eight months between the end of 2011 and 2012, including daily crawls of the marketplace for nearly six months in 2012.
arxiv
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients: A New Simple and Fast Digital Screening Method
ABSTRACT Backround Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is a common and prognostically severe complication of cirrhosis with a significant impact on the quality of life. Detailed diagnostic work‐up of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is time‐consuming and difficult to integrate into daily clinical routine.
Henrike Dobbermann+14 more
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Narcotics Addiction and Its Treatment [PDF]
The ongoing mythologizing of the poet in both criticism and, as recently in a play produced by Wasa teater (Vasa), is reductive, and needs to be confronted.
Winick, Charles
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Criminal Responsibility of the Addict: Conviction by Force of Habit [PDF]
This article addresses questions of criminal responsibility of drug addicts in light of Robinson v. California, holding criminal sanctions for a status of drug addiction to be unconstitutional under the eighth amendment.
Diamond, Michael R.
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BROKEN INFRASTRUCTURES AND URBAN SPACIOUSNESS (COMPASSION)
Abstract Compassion in urban settings is manifested less as a definitive practice than as a panoply of spatial and temporal orientations that lend uncertainty to the dispositions of actions and events. This is an uncertainty that can be either generative or debilitating, and it is difficult to predict which in advance. Thus, apertures and opportunities
Abdoumaliq Simone
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Is pain associated with subsequent job loss? A panel study for Germany
Abstract The cross‐sectional association between pain and unemployment is well‐established. But the absence of panel data containing information on pain and labor market status has meant that less is known about the direction of any causal linkage. Those longitudinal studies that do examine the link between pain and subsequent labor market transitions ...
Alan Piper+2 more
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