Prediction of smoking cessation based on severity of nicotine withdrawal syndrome

Craving and nicotine withdrawal in a Spanish smoking cessation sample.

Craving and nicotine withdrawal syndrome (NWS) are components of the tobacco use disorder in DSM-5. They both appear after smoking cessation or an abrupt reduction in tobacco use, and they are associated with both short and long-term smoking-cessation outcomes. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of craving and withdrawal with smoking cessation at the end of the treatmen...

Cigarette cessation prediction based on Fagerstrom

Introduction: Smoking is considered as the first preventable cause of mortality worldwide. Smoking cessation is influenced by many factors including social, familial and individual aspects. High nicotine dependency is a remarkable cause that makes cessation laborious for the smoker. There are many modalities to estimate the rate of nicotine dependency in practice among which Fagerstrom test is ...

Nicotine Vaccines for Smoking Cessation

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the world. Smoking was responsible for an estimated 100 million deaths in the 20 century, and is expected to cause 10 times that number in the current century. A recent study estimated that smoking accounted for 16.6% of all deaths in Canada in 2002 – a total of 37,209 deaths. The direct and indirect costs of smoking in ...

The Impact of Smoking Cessation Training-Counseling Programs on Success of Quitting Smoking in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Background: The smokers who use supportive programs have a greater chance to quit smoking. Smoking cessation recommendation is one of the most important prevention and treatment methods mentioned in care guidelines provided for patients with acute coronary syndrome. Aim: The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of training-counseling programs on smoking cessation in patients...

Effects of Smoking and Nicotine Withdrawal on Prospective Memory

study of hash functions based on chaotic maps

توابع درهم نقش بسیار مهم در سیستم های رمزنگاری و پروتکل های امنیتی دارند. در سیستم های رمزنگاری برای دستیابی به احراز درستی و اصالت داده دو روش مورد استفاده قرار می گیرند که عبارتند از توابع رمزنگاری کلیددار و توابع درهم ساز. توابع درهم ساز، توابعی هستند که هر متن با طول دلخواه را به دنباله ای با طول ثابت تبدیل می کنند. از جمله پرکاربردترین و معروف ترین توابع درهم می توان توابع درهم ساز md4, md...