background: in asia pacific (ap) region, the exact picture of the alcohol use problems has remained relatively obscure. in this study, the profile of alcohol consumption and alcohol related disorders in ap countries are presented.     methods: official statistics on average alcohol consumption (alcohol per capita consumption, apc), alcohol related health variables, income group and alcohol poli...

Growing number of evidence indicates that individuals' motivational structure - the patterning of an individual's way of relating to goals - plays an important role in increasing the risk of alcohol use. Adaptive motivational structure which includes pursuit of important, subjectively attainable, alcohol-unrelated goals is inversely related to substance use. The strength of this relationship in...

In the present study, we describe a new role of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) gene in the regulation of alcohol drinking behavior. Mice deficient in the nNOS gene (nNOS -/-) and wild-type control mice were submitted to a two-bottle free-choice procedure with either water or increasing concentrations of alcohol (2-16%) for 6 weeks. nNOS -/- mice did not differ in consumption and pref...

  Background and Objectives: Alcohol consumption among various occupations' staff leads to many problems. Therefore, due to the importance of the issue, this comprehensive study was conducted to determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption among industrial workers.   Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the data were collected using a structured questionnaire through interv...

Multimodal analgesia, including a regional technique using perineural catheters (PNCs), is recommended for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute postoperative pain. Perineural are at risk bacterial colonisation. In this study, we compared cutaneous antiseptic efficacy 2% alcoholic chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine-alcohol preventing colonisation PNCs in orthopaedic surgery. We performed ran...

results predictable increase of alcohol consumption after the anti-alcohol campaign facilitated the economical reforms of the early 1990s: workers and some intelligentsia did not oppose privatizations of state-owned enterprises partly due to their drunkenness, involvement in workplace theft and use of equipment for profit, which was often tolerated by the management at that and earlier time. co...

in fact alcohol is a toxic substance that has a direct effect on brain. some of the most common mental disorders due to alcohol abuse are: memory disorder: hazardous amounts of alcohol may cause intoxication, impairment of memory so that the person who took a drunken accident may not remember the event. periods of memory impairment in those with a history of alcohol addiction would also happen ...

Uncertainty analysis is performed on a coaxial probe-based dielectric spectroscopy measurement platform, and its impact the modeling of relaxation in an aqueous solution further analyzed. Based characterization theory calibration principle uncertainty due to different available expressions parameters liquid calculated. Then, repeatability related drift environment change, position variation pro...

OBJECTIVES The handling of antineoplastic agents results in chronic surface contamination that must be minimized and eliminated. This study was designed to assess the potential of several chemical solutions to decontaminate two types of work surfaces that were intentionally contaminated with antineoplastic drugs. METHODS A range of solutions with variable physicochemical properties such as th...

Objectives: The handling of antineoplastic agents results in chronic surface contamination that must be minimized and eliminated. This study was designed to assess in in vitro the potential of several chemical solutions to decontaminate two types of work surfaces that were intentionally contaminated with antineoplastic drugs. Methods: A range of solutions with variable physicochemical propertie...