AIMS With the proliferation of the Internet and online social media use, alcohol advertisers are now marketing their products through social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. As a result, new recommendations have been made by the Federal Trade Commission concerning the self-regulation of digital marketing strategies, including content management on social and digital media site...

background using alcohol and narcotics are recognized to be the important cause of accidents, specifically very severe driving accidents. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of addiction to the narcotics and alcohol among traumatic patients referred to two main trauma centers in south-west of iran. methods this research is a cross- sectional descriptive study on 781 traumatic patients ...

The present study examined potential mechanisms for the inhibition of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle after chronic alcohol consumption. Rats were maintained on an alcohol-containing diet for 14 wk; control animals were pair fed. Alcohol-induced myopathy was confirmed by a reduction in lean body mass as well as a decrease in the weight of the gastrocnemius and psoas muscles normalized for ...

Purpose. To evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the retinal-image quality and visual performance under surrounding low-illumination conditions. Methods. A volunteer sample of 67 subjects was analyzed. Optical quality of the eye was evaluated by means of the Strehl ratio, the Objective Scattering Index (OSI), and the tear-film quality. We used the visual disturbance index (VDI) to e...

Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae) is used in the treatment of diabetes, stomach pains, rheumatism, diuretic, vermifuge and tonic in traditional medicine. The present study has been design to evaluate antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of alcohol and aqueous extracts of Tecoma stans leaves and to determine total phenolic and flavonoid contents. Both extracts shows dose dependent activity...

AIMS To investigate the effect of carnitine supplementation on alcoholic malnourished rats' hepatic nitrogen content. METHODS Malnourished rats, on 50% protein-calorie restriction with free access to water (malnutrition group) and malnourished rats under the same conditions with free access to a 20% alcohol/water solution (alcohol group) were studied. After the undernourishment period (4 week...

alcohol production from molasses can lead to large amounts of wastewater that cause serious environmental concern. it is characterized with extremely high organic loading rate, high turbidity and dark brown color .composting this kind of wastewater is a biothermal aerobic process that during composting heat generated by the composition of the organic material reduces the moisture content of the...