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The Colonization of Hong Kong: Establishing the Pearl of Britain-China Trade [PDF]

open access: yes
We construct a staged development framework with multi-period discrete choices to study the colonization of Hong Kong, which facilitated the trade of several agricultural and manufactured products, including opium, between Britain and China. The model is
Palivos, Theodore   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Direct Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Food, Beverage, and Agricultural Sample Analysis and Research

open access: yesMass Spectrometry Reviews, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 429-452, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Ambient and direct mass spectrometry (MS) methods are becoming increasingly used for the rapid analysis of food, beverage and agricultural samples. Novel ionization approaches combined with targeted, or untargeted workflows provide analytical outcomes within a greatly reduced time period compared to traditional separation science coupled with ...
Leigh M. Schmidtke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opium intoxication in children under 5 years old, Golestan- Iran (2006-07)

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2010
Background and Objective: Opium usage for sedating/relieving from diarrhea or cough causes a public health problem. In the northeast of Iran (Golestan province), opium is used widely for symptomatic therapy of routine illnesses in young children.
Besharat S (MD)   +4 more
doaj  

Losing wealth or restricting the poison? Changing opium policies in early republican Turkey, 1923-1945. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Este artículo analiza las variables políticas respecto al opio en la etapa inicial de la Turquía republicana y sus consecuencias políticas. Al inicio del siglo XX, la consideración pública del opio había sido reconstruida y se había afianzado la tesis de
Burçak Gürsoy, Özgür
core  

Interventions for opioid use disorder during the first year postpartum: A systematic review

open access: yesPregnancy, Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract Objective To provide a qualitative summary of published interventions for postpartum opioid abstinence and reduction in non‐prescribed opioid use in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Materials and Methods PubMed, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and EMBASE were searched from inception to January 11, 2023.
Charlotte B. McCarley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Illicit Drug‐Derived Volatile Organic Compounds as Markers for Application in Noncontact Detection Technology

open access: yesThe Chemical Record, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2026.
This review highlights the characteristic odor markers of illicit drugs, emphasizing volatile markers from both natural and synthetic sources, and explores the shift from canine‐based detection to emerging noncontact sensing technologies. Illicit drug use remains a global concern, requiring effective detection methods to counter evolving concealment ...
Minwoo Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of opium dependency on hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis

open access: yes, 2006
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of opium on hypothalamic pituitary gonad function. Fifty-six opium dependent (28 men and 28 women; mean age, 25±5 year) were enrolled for hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis. The control group considered
Mansorian, A.-R.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

No egalitarianism in the Wa hills: relative commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war Nul égalitarisme dans les hautes terres Wa : commensuration relative dans la parenté, le sacrifice et la guerre

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 85-103, March 2026.
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
wiley   +1 more source

Presence of Lead in Opium [PDF]

open access: yes
Opium addiction is a common form of addiction in Middle East countries such as Iran. Recently several reports suggested some kinds of pathologic findings such as abdominal pain, nephropathy, and anemia in opium addict patients. Such pathologic findings
Aghaee-Afshar, Mahmoud   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

The Unificatory Power of Scientific Realism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The no-miracles argument (Putnam, 1975) holds that science is successful because successful theories are (approximately) true. Frost-Arnold (2010) objects that this argument is unacceptable because it generates neither new predictions nor unifications ...
Park, Seungbae
core   +2 more sources

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