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A structured telephone-delivered intervention to reduce problem alcohol use (Ready2Change): study protocol for a parallel group randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2019
Background Current population surveys suggest around 20% of Australians meet diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder. However, only a minority seek professional help due to individual and structural barriers, such as low health literacy, stigma ...
Dan I. Lubman, Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Kate Hall, Isabelle Volpe, Stephanie Dias, Amanda Baker, Petra K. Staiger, John Reynolds, Anthony Harris, Jonathan Tyler, David Best   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Turning Points

, 2000
This paper presents a new method for predicting turning points. The paper formally defines a turning point; develops a probit model for estimating the probability of a turning point; and then examines both the in-sample and out-of-sample forecasting performance of the model.
Daniel M. Chin, John F. Geweke, Preston J. Miller   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Drug alerts designed for health and community workforces have potential to avert acute harms associated with unpredictable illicit drug markets, by preparing workers to respond to unusual drug-related events, and distribute information to ...
Isabelle Volpe, Rita Brien, Jasmin Grigg, Stephanie Tzanetis, Sione Crawford, Tom Lyons, Nicole Lee, Ginny McKinnon, Caitlin Hughes, Alan Eade, Monica J. Barratt   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal and quantitative analyses of phosphoinositides – fluorescent probe—and mass spectrometry‐based approaches

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho, Shin Morioka, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“I was worried if I don’t have a broken leg they might not take it seriously”: Experiences of men accessing ambulance services for mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems

Health Expectations, 2019
Background A large proportion of ambulance callouts are for men with mental health and/or alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, but little is known about their experiences of care.
Nyssa Ferguson, Michael Savic, Terence V. McCann, Kate Emond, Emma Sandral, Karen Smith, Louise Roberts, Emma Bosley, Dan I. Lubman   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Numerical Methods for Singular Perturbation Problems [PDF]

, 1981
Consider the two-point boundary value problem for a stiff system of ordinary differential equations.
Kreiss, Barbro, Kreiss, Heinz-Otto
core   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19: a new turning point for dental practice.

Brazilian Oral Research, 2020
Recent new zoonotic respiratory viruses have infected humans and led to severe acute respiratory syndrome: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), influenza A H5N1, influenza A H1N1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-
F. F. Mattos, I. Pordeus
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Affected family members’ experience of, and coping with, aggression and violence within the context of problematic substance use: a qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Families have an important role supporting a family member with problematic substance use (PSU), although this can often be challenging and confronting.
Terence V. McCann, Dan I. Lubman, Gayelene Boardman, Mollie Flood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physician Assisted Dying: A Turning Point? [PDF]

, 2016
Physician Assisted Dying (PAD) has been lawful in some countries since the 1940s and in the United States since 1997. There is a body of social and scientific research that has focused on whether the practice has been misused and whether gaps exist in ...
Gostin, Lawrence O., Roberts, Anna E.
core   +1 more source