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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Drug usage"”.
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Analysis of patient drug usage trends in the POYC scheme
… pharmacies. The aim of this study was to analyse drug usage data within the POYC system using a community pharmacy in Malta as an example. POYC patients who are registered with the pharmacy were selected randomly using an online random number generator. Patient details and drug usage history were …
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The effects of social bond and neutralization on juvenile drug usage
… of social bond and neutralization on juvenile drug usage. Part I of the Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program in the United States (1995-1999) was used for the data analysis. When controlling for other variables, the data revealed that juveniles who …
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The Relationship Between Drug Usage, Mental Well-Being and Felony Convictions Among a Sample of Adult Recreational Drug Users: Case-Control Analyses
… human activities. One of them is recreational drug use. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between drug usage, mental well-being and felony convictions among a sample of adult recreational drug users. The primary purpose of this analysis was to develop a set of predictor …
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The Impact of Drug Testing on Secondary School Students
… study determined whether use of student random drug testing provided an effective means to reduce drug usage by secondary school students. The participants included 50,214 7th through 12th grade students in 12 selected public schools. All school districts participated in the Texas School Survey …
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Diagnoses behind prescribing of antihypertensives in lithuania: a cross-sectional study /
… a deeper understanding of antihypertensive drug usage for hypertensive and non-hypertensive disease treatment in Lithuania. There is limited amount of research done on cardiovascular diseases using electronic prescriptions as a data source. Furthermore, there is a lack of studies on …
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Evaluation of the impact of the New Jersey Access Initiative mentorship program on drug using behavior in clients with opiate dependence
… between mentoring services and reported illicit drug using behavior for opiate-dependent individuals. Data used in this study were part of a larger project by New Jersey Access Initiative (NJAI). Participants were 2,424 individuals were addicted to opiates. Results indicated that none of the …
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The relationship between university students' perceptions of their parents' child rearing practices and the students' usage of drugs
… reared them in relationship to the students' usage of drugs. The Chi-square Test was used to reflect drug user-non-user differences. Four hypotheses were examined. They were concerned with whether availability of parental models for behavior, parental behavior and actions, child-rearing …
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Microfluidic Techniques for Protein Detection and Manipulation
… of the functioning of proteins lead to increased drug usage in combating diseases. Bio-compatible and bio-degradable drug-carrying vehicles are highly desirable. This thesis describes the unique properties of fluids when confined to small length scales, which enable analysis of proteins at low …
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It’s Personal and Not Just Business: The Effects of Admitting Transgressions on the Perception of Transgressors
… how a baseball player’s response to steroid usage accusations affected fans’ perceptions of him. Participants thought of the athlete more positively when he apologized for his drug usage as compared to when he denied it or provided no comment. Study 2 examined if the effects of a …
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Spatial and temporal analysis of pharmaceutical concentrations and chitobiase activity in the Upper Tennessee River
… has the 3rd highest per capita prescription drug usage rate in the United States, yet no published studies have analyzed Tennessee surface waters for the presence of pharmaceuticals. Composite surface samples were collected upstream and downstream of sewage treatment plants and at the inflow …
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Addicted to the Addict: Hollywood's Sinuous Relationship With the Drug-Addict in the 1970s
This study explores how the representation of the drug-addict in Hollywood cinema has changed due to governmental and studio policy change, social shifts of opinion, and economic structure. This discussion and exploration primarily focuses upon narrative Hollywood film as this industry has a long …
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Selected nutritional and biochemical characteristics of non-institutionalized rural elderly women living in Story City, Iowa
… by personal interview included medical history, drug usage, dietary information, height and weight history of 25 reference women (50-64 years), 28 "young-old" women (65-84 years) and 12 "old-old" women (85-92 years). Heights and weights were also measured. Fasting blood samples were obtained and …
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A profile of positive role models for young African-American males
… to protect young African-American males from drug usage, violence, and dropping out of school. More importantly, this study contributes to the effort to raise educational achievement among young African-American males by exploring and defining the nature of African-American male role models. …
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Pulse electric field exposure effect on morphological properties of HeLa cells
… treatment) which could be an alternative to drug usage for wound healing process. Overall, the findings achieved in this study could lead us onto a drug free wound healing method.
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Social Capital and Adolescent Student At-Risk Behaviors
… generated six dependent variables of alcohol usage, drug usage, tobacco usage, sexual behaviors, trouble at school, and violence. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to determine the level of difference within the three levels of Family Social Capital and School and Community Social …
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Assessment of the suitability of blood samples collected for toxicological analysis for subsequent genetic analysis: A follow-up study one year later
Drug usage, both of a recreational or pharmaceutical nature, is common, however the abuse of such substances is an international problem. In the Western cape, South Africa, the burden of drug-related fatalities is high compared to the rest of the country. The provincial Forensic Pathology Service …
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A retrospective evaluation on the use of Cephalosporins in open-heart surgery
… are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in this country exceeded only by the psychoactive drugs." Dr. Charles C. Edwards, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, recognized that a problem existed and recommended the establishment of a National Task Force on the …
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Comparison of treatments for upper respiratory tract infections recommended in community pharmacies and hospitals in North East Thailand.
Comparative treatments for URTIs in terms of drug therapies, cost and outcomes were evaluated in community pharmacies and hospitals in Mahasarakham province, NE Thailand. A total of 1052 URTI patients was studied, 536 patients in two hospitals (H) where physicians diagnosed and prescribed and 516 …
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Developing a Scale to Measure Internalization of Oppression Among Latinx Living in New York City
… negative characteristics related to criminality, drug usage, intelligence, and work habits. 2. The beliefs that most Americans hold such opinions of Latinx people. 3. The negative feelings expressed by respondents toward being Latinx. The items that loaded highly in a principal components analysis …