Abstract Background Patients with injection drug use (IDU) have increased risk of developing infective endocarditis (IE). Previous studies reported recurrent IE, duration hospital stay, poor adherence and compliance as well higher mortality worse outcomes after surgery in the IDU-IE patient group. Further are needed to provide a basis for optimized care prevention readmissions this population. ...

apres avoir presente l'origine, ie spectre de rayonnement et la totalite' de l'energie solaire arrivant sur la terre, nous citons tout d'abord les methodes et moyens d'utilisation de l'energie solaire dans ie passe(. nous presentons ensuite, les capteurs plans, concentration lineaire et ponctuelle; les moteurs et centrales solaires. puis nous discutons des generate...

The present study was carried out to characterize the cervical mucus (CM) collected when inseminating Holstein cows and to relate the secretion pattern with pregnancy. The mucus was collected from mid-cervix of 64 cows with spontaneus estrus (SE) and induced estrus (IE). The quantity, pattern and consistency of the mucus, pH, arborization patterns and the sperm motility were observed. The level...

The recent review by Vowles et al. 5 on the rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain is a sorely needed step in the right direction toward better defining and understanding the prevalence of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction among individuals with chronic pain. The authors are to be applauded for both synthesizing and advocating for literature using explicit definitions of...

CONTEXT Economic difficulties at the individual level can lead to a number of behavioral problems, including substance abuse and delinquent behaviors. OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of a nationwide adverse economic environment during infancy, specifically, the high unemployment rates during and after the 1980 and 1981-1982 recessions, on rates of subsequent adolescent substance use and deli...

BACKGROUND The study of motivation in the substance abuse field has typically examined the extent to which substance users want to quit or reduce substance use. Less frequently examined is the desire to maintain sobriety after achieving abstinence. The current study examined motivation to maintain sobriety among residents of sober living houses (SLHs), a type of recovery home for individuals wi...

objective(s):emap-like protein 5 (eml5) is a new echinoderm microtubule-associated protein that is expressed in the central nervous system. the aim of this study was to investigate the expression profile of eml5 in the anterior temporal neocortex of patients presenting with intractable epilepsy (ie). materials and methods:western blot assays were performed to determine eml5 expression in 36 sur...