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Showing 1 to 20 of 509 for “"misuse"”.
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Paraquat : in use and misuse
… to its occupational use as a herbicide and its misuse in cases of accidental or deliberate human poisoning. In order to provide a frame of reference for the later discussion, the general properties of paraquat are reviewed, together with its general toxic effects and possible mode of action in …
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Misuse Detection in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
… a rational cheater is dissuaded from spectrum misuse. The minimum number of CPEs required to impose this observation probability is determined by formulating it as an integer linear program. The security and privacy of this system is analyzed, along with simulation results to evaluate the …
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Alcohol use and misuse: exploring balance and change
… of the existing theories on alcohol use and misuse, and can be been to expand on the current research literature on alcohol and the modifying variables which impact on drinking behaviour.
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Outcome Measurements in Economic Evaluations of Drug Misuse Interventions
… of outcomes in economic evaluations of drug misuse interventions. Three different aspects of measuring outcomes are examined: one focusing on non-monetary outcomes at the individual patient level; one focusing on monetary outcomes within studies using individual patient level data; and one …
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Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives
… model for change and recovery from alcohol misuse emerged; sobriety was described as an event and recovery as a process. When combining the conceptual frameworks of the Medicine Wheel and the TMC, specific mechanisms of change were revealed. The findings may offer clients and therapists a …
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Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives
… model for change and recovery from alcohol misuse emerged; sobriety was described as an event and recovery as a process. When combining the conceptual frameworks of the Medicine Wheel and the TMC, specific mechanisms of change were revealed. The findings may offer clients and therapists a …
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Zapped: A Typology Of Use And Misuse Of The Taser
… of the TASER argue it is being abused and misused by law enforcement, resulting in cases of excessive force and wrongful death. The controversy surrounding TASER use of force has received a great deal of media attention; fueling the fire on both sides of the TASER controversy. …
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Young Women and the Initiation Trajectory of Prescription Opioid Misuse
… opioid epidemic characterized largely by the misuse of prescription opioids. The research questions here were focused on developing a greater understanding of the social processes involved in young women’s initiation of prescription opioid misuse (POM) during this first wave. The research …
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Cortical - Basal Ganglia Circuits: Control of Behaviour and Alcohol Misuse
Highly organised and differentiated neural circuits form and unite to link the cortex with the basal ganglia and thalamus to mediate movement, cognition and behaviour. Previous assertions that the basal ganglia primarily acted to filter cortical information to facilitate motor outputs only have …
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Alcohol Abuse and Misuse amongst homeless persons in Northwest Arkansas
<p>Alcohol misuse and abuse has been found to be a detrimental risk to individuals having significant impact on their overall health and well-being. Any comprehensive attempt at examining the intersection of alcohol abuse history along with one’s risks and resources as it relates to abuse history …
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Beyond rules: how Large Language Models are redefining cryptographic misuse detection
… static analysis tools for cryptographic API misuse detection—CryptoGuard, CogniCrypt, and Snyk Code—and the LLMs—GPT, Llama, Claude, and Gemini. Using benchmark datasets (OWASP, CryptoAPI, and MASC), we evaluate the effectiveness of each tool in identifying cryptographic misuses. Our findings …
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Political Misuse of Domestic Intelligence: A Case Study on the FBI
… intelligence can be subject to political misuse, which causes serious damage both to individuals and to democratic institutions. There are various theoretical explanations for political misuse of domestic intelligence. The political use of domestic intelligence is best explained by the …
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Police corruption and computer misuse: an analysis of the contributing factors
… in the small but focussed area of computer misuse. In conducting the research four sample groups were identified; two from the organisational side of policing; National leads in the corruption arena and local heads of Counter Corruption Units, and two from the employee side; The Police …
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Substance misuse in young people in Ireland - a focus on benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs that are prescribed for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Due to the powerful tolerance that can develop as a result of sustained use, benzodiazepines can also be dependence-forming. Benzodiazepine dependence can occur from prescribed and from recreational …
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The versatility of counselling psychology in the field of substance misuse
… by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). The research programme aimed to target drug using, health and attendance related behaviours to gain an understanding of the acceptability and feasibility of contingency management to the UK substance misuse population. The use of CM to …
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Context and complexity : counselling psychology, deliberate self-harm and substance misuse
This study aimed to explore the lived experience of the hidden population of young adult males in managing their deliberate self-hann. Semi-structured inten"iews were conducted either face-to-face (n=5) or online (/1=3) with male participants aged between 18 and 26 years old recruited from …
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Working theory : an analysis of the use and misuse performance tools
In this paper, I work through some of the theoretical and practical research concerns which have emerged during my MA in Theatre Making, including the Minor, Medium and Major projects developed as part of its coursework component. I begin with an outline of my core hermeneutic lenses, describing …
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Predictive Value of ADHD Symptomatology on Motives and Outcomes of Stimulant Misuse
<p>ADHD stimulant misuse is defined as taking a stimulant used to treat ADHD either without having a prescription for that stimulant or in a manner that deviates from the prescription’s instructions. This has been a growing trend among undergraduate students over recent years. Prior research has …
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Adolescent alcohol use and misuse : the influence of perceived family socialization factors
… research has focussed on the alcohol use and misuse of young people. The present thesis falls squarely into this area, bringing to the investigation of adolescent drinking behaviour an emphasis on family environment from recent studies into problem drinking. The aim of this study, therefore, …
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