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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Effect of alcohol"”.
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Effect of Alcohol on Timing Behavior in the Pigeon
Although no one knows how alcohol affects an animal's perception or why it does not appear to affect his retention of time, this study, analyzing the IRTs that were between 10 and 40 seconds, supports the conclusions of previous studies and indicates that the effect of alcohol is much the same for …
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Effect of Alcohol Treatments on Soybean Meal Utilization by Ruminants
Effects of alcohol-water treatments on the nutritional value of soybean meal (SBM) for ruminants was evaluated. Ethanol, propanol and isopropanol were examind at 10, 20, 30 ... 90, 100% (v/v) concentrations. Soybean meal was soaked in an excess of the alcohol-water mixture at 22(DEGREES)C and, …
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The effect of alcohol strength on alcohol consumption: a pilot study
Background: Excessive alcohol consumption can impair health, lead to intentional and non-intentional harm to the self and others and incurs a large financial burden on society. Effective interventions are required to reduce alcohol consumption and its associated harms at the population level. …
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The Effect of Alcohol and Bitterness Levels on Brewing Yeast Viability
<p>Two of the most popular beer styles within the craft brewing industry are India Pale Ales (IPA’s) and those with high alcohol by volume (ABV). Production of these styles requires high gravity fermentation and high amounts of bittering hops in order to reach the required values for ABV and …
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The effect of alcohol intoxication on haemodynamic physiology of acute cardiac tamponade
It is generally accepted that alcohol impairs haemodynamic physiology in normal subjects. Alcohol is also thought to have a detrimental effect in shock states. However, most research has concentrated on haemorrhagic shock, whereas in cardiac tamponade, the pathophysiology of shock is very …
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EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE REGULATION OF ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVITY IN MOUSE BRAIN.
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE REGULATION OF ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVITY IN MOUSE BRAIN.
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The Effect of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Expectancy on Women's Responses to a Date Rape Analogue
<p>Research indicates that two factors, alcohol consumption and having a sexual assault history, increases a woman's risk of being sexually assaulted; however, the mechanism underlying this relationship is not yet fully understood. The majority of studies in this area of research have relied on …
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The Effect of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies on the Relationship of Social Anxiety and Desirability of Alcohol
<p>The comorbidity of Social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders is well-documented in the research literature. However, conflicting findings have been noted in cross-sectional investigations of this link; some studies indicate that individuals with Social anxiety disorder are more likely to …
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The Effect of Alcohol on Attention to Social Threat: A Test of the Avoidance-Coping Cognitive Model
… may be particularly vulnerable to the anxiolytic effects of alcohol through reductions in attention biases to Social threat. Elements of this model and were tested in the present study, in which undergraduate volunteers (N = 41, 27% female) completed two dot probe tasks with photographs of angry, …
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ALCOHOL AND MEDICATION USE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM-ACTING MEDICATIONS ON THE RISK FOR FALLS
Introduction: Aging, comorbid conditions, and use of medications render older adults more susceptible to alcohol-disease or alcohol-drug interactions that may lead to harmful outcomes. In this dissertation project the risk profile of alcohol and medications use among older adults was investigated. …
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Biological membrane in presence of alcohol and anti-asthma drugs: a molecular dynamics study
… drugs. We have investigated about the effect of different components in a drug delivery system where liposomes are drug carriers. These components include alcohol, which is used as a solvent in the system and the drug itself. In order to gain a better understanding of the effect of …
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Essays on Societal Cost of Alcohol and Related Issues - A Health Economic Analysis
The consumption of alcoholic beverages has wide effects, for example, causes premature mortality, prevents certain heart diseases, increases crime rates, and affects quality of life. The main problems with alcohol consumption from an economic point of view are lack of information for consumers when …
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A Simulation Study of Pilots' Ability to Perceive Angular Motion under the Influence of Alcohol
<p>The study consisted of experimental research to determine the effect of alcohol on the pilots’ ability to perceive angular motion. It was hypothesized that in the absence of visual cues, pilots’ thresholds of perceiving a change in angular motion is adversely affected by alcohol in the blood, …
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Ο ΑΛΚΟΟΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΣΑΝ ΑΙΤΙΑ ΕΙΣΟΔΟΥ ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΠΑΘΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ
THE STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ASSESS THE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE ADMITTEDTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL UNDER PHYSICIAN'S CARE AND WHOM THE PRINICIPAL AETIOLOGIC FACTORS TO THEIR ILLINESS IS ACHOHOL. WE HAVE STUDIED 1660 CONSECUTIVE IN PATIENTS DURING AN EIGHT MONTHS PERIOD. BETWEEN THEM 107 PATEINTS …
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Effect of Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Resistance Training on the Skeletal Muscle Androgen Receptor Concentration of Rats
The purpose was to examine the effect of chronic alcohol abuse on the androgen receptor content (AR) in skeletal muscle, and to determine if this effect was influenced by resistance training. Thirty-four male rats (456 ± 1 g; mean ± SE) were divided into 4 groups: Sham exercise-Ethanol, Sham …
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Profiling the neurovascular cell interactions in alcohol exposure and HIV-1 infection
Alcohol use is known to exacerbate the progression of human immunodeficiency virus associated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or HIV/AIDS in the brain, known as the NeuroAIDS. The mechanisms of this accelerated progression are still poorly understood. The purpose of my thesis is to review the …
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Cognitive processing during sleep: the role of signal significance and participant characteristics
… being very young, or being under the influence of alcohol. Research has shown that sleeping children do not reliably respond to a smoke alarm signal (Bruck, 2001). No previous research has investigated the effect of alcohol on the ability to respond from sleep to a smoke alarm. The current …
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Alcohol, task difficulty, and incentives in drill press operation
The effects of alcohol, task difficulty, and incentives on a drill press simulation were examined. On four nonconsecutive days the subject received four alcohol levels, one level per day. The levels were: 0.00%, 0.03%, 0.06%, and 0.09% blood alcohol concentration (BAC). The drill press simulation …
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The impact of alcohol and social context on the startle eyeblink reflex
… sought to understand how individuals respond to alcohol in social settings with the aim of elucidating pathways of risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, studies that incorporate a social context are still outnumbered by those that examine alcohol’s subjective effects among participants …
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