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A crucial topic for recreational drug research is the long-term effects of regular usage. With respect to cannabis, Solowij et al. (2002) noted: ‘One issue remains unresolved: does heavy, frequent or prolonged use of cannabis lead to a deterioration in cognitive function that persists well beyond any period of acute intoxication? Is the functioning of the brain altered in the long-term?’. Many ...

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common oral malignant tumors comprising of 90-95 % of cases (Pindborg et al., 1990; Harrison et al., 1999). It is commonest malignancy in Indian sub continent (Pindborg et al., 1990; Parija, 1991). It is histologically graded as well, moderate and poorly differentiated tumor based on several factor (Neville et al., 2002’ Neville et al., 2002). One...

The natural history of neurocognition in schizophrenia is unclear, with great uncertainty over whether the common baseline, characterised by a range of functional and neurocognitive deficits reported in subjects with, and at risk of, schizophrenia can provide any prediction as to patient outlook and outcome. Several recent follow-up studies have tracked ‘change’ in neurocognition over time (Cen...

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome that appears as a consequence of acute or chronic liver dysfunction. Ammonia is considered central to its pathogenesis, but the factors contributing to the neurological dysfunction the disorder entails remain unclear (Butterworth et al., 2002). In humans with HE, it has been suggested that the basal ganglia may be selectively af...

The definitions restate or update those presented in previous International Continence Society Standardisation of Terminology reports (see references) and those shortly to be published on Urethral Function (Lose et al., in press) and Nocturia (van Kerrebroeck et al., 2002.). The published ICS report on the technical aspects of urodynamic equipment (Rowen et al., 1987) will be complemented by th...

Nanocrystals of group II-VI semiconductors, known as quantum dots (QDs), in which electrons and holes are three dimensionally confined within the exciton Bohr radius of the material, are characterized by the exceptional optical properties, such as broad absorption and sharp emission bands as well as size-tunable photoluminescence in the visible spectral range. The most popular are CdSe/ZnS QDs ...

introduction selection of the clear and transparent index for the precipitation using long-term homogeneous data is an important point for the researchers. several investigations have led to different indices for heavy rainfall. in some cases the specific amount of precipitation was used for heavy rainfall (rahimzadeh, 2005; masoodian, 2008; kamiguchi et al., 2006), e.g. alijani (2002) has sugg...

In this chapter, we review some previous studies on modeling spatial spread of specific communicable diseases involving animal hosts. Reaction-diffusion equations are used to model these diseases due to movement of animal hosts. Selected topics include the transmission of rabies in fox populations (Källen et al., 1984; Källen et al., 1985; Murray et al., 1986), dengue (Takahashi et al., 2005), ...

The prevalence of preterm birth is widespread with very little understanding of its causes and no unambiguous epidemiological data for predicting its occurrence. Formed in weeks 30 to 33 of pregnancy (Wilson and Maibach, 1980), the protective epidermal permeability barrier (EPB) of the skin is essential for survival as it provides the first line of defense against infection, environmental insul...