Thiomers; a Blessing to Evoluting Era of Pharmaceuticals

Quantum Particle-Trajectories and Geometric Phase

“Particle”-trajectories are defined as integrable dxμdp μ = 0 paths in projective space. Quantum states evoluting on such trajectories, open or closed, do not delocalise in (x, p) projection, the phase associated to the trajectories being related to the previously known geometric (Berry) phase and to the Classical Mechanics action. High Energy Physics properties of states evoluting on “particle...

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: scientific evidence of risks and its regulation.

During the past two decades scientists, regulatory agencies and the European Commission have acknowledged pharmaceuticals to be an emerging environmental problem. In parallel, a regulatory framework for environmental risk assessment (ERA) of pharmaceutical products has been developed. Since the regulatory guidelines came into force the German Federal Agency (UBA) has been evaluating ERAs for hu...

Thiomers: A potent tool for the non-invasive administration of efflux pump substrates?

O-17: Female Genital Mutilation: A Curse or Blessing among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria

Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths. Increasingly, FGM is also performed by health care providers. However, FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. The study investigates a broad cross-cultural study...

Hazard assessment for a pharmaceutical mixture detected in the upper Tennessee River using Daphnia magna

Widespread use of pharmaceuticals has resulted in mixture concentrations ranging from mg/L in effluent to µg/L concentrations in surface water. In a 2008 study, 13 pharmaceuticals, ranging in amounts from 0.0028 to 0.1757 µg/l, were identified in the Tennessee River, USA and its tributaries. In order to address the need for risk assessment of environmentally relevant pharmaceutical mixtures, <e...