INTRODUCTION Substance abuse among schizophrenic patients is a growing clinical concern. Substance use disorders and their effects on the course of schizophrenia have made the identification and treatment of schizophrenic patients a high priority. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of substance use, preferred types of substances, sociodemographic characteristics and clinical feature...

<span>Cigarette smoke contains thousands of man-made substances, and many may contribute to addiction inflammation. This study examined the effect synbiotics on Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND) inflammatory markers in Thai smokers. 14 smokers with a Nicotine Dependence Test scores 4 or higher no pregnancy lactation history participated this study. We gave them surveys about ...

Abstract To enable modelling of the progressive failure large, laminated composite components under crash or impact loading, it is key to have a numerical methodology that both efficient and numerically robust. A potential way adopt an adaptive method where structure initially represented by equivalent single-layer shell model, which during analysis adaptively transformed high-resolution layer-...