Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant drug with crucial impacts on individuals on various levels. Exposure to methamphetamine-associated cues in laboratory can elicit measureable craving and autonomic reactivity in most individuals with methamphetamine dependence and the cue reactivity can model how craving would result in continued drug seeking behaviors and relapse in rea...

in recent decades, clinicians and scientists have witnessed a significant increase in the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma. the factors underlying this phenomenon are clearly complex; however, this rapid increase in the burden of atopic disease has occurred in parallel with rapid industrialization and urbanization in many parts of the world. consequently, more people are exposed to ai...

Some riparian areas of the country are in danger of deterioration due to uncontrolled exploitation coupled with loose implementation of environmental protection policies and regulations. Muleta River, a major watershed in Bukidnon, Philippines, was assessed to determine the present condition of its riparian habitat. Abiotic and biotic conditions of the river were assessed. Other factors includi...

From the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC (D.A.J.); and the Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, VIC (D.A.J., R.B.) — both in Australia; and the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh (...