OBJECTIVE The current studies examined if cultural and self-construal differences in self-enhancement extended to defensive responses to health threats. DESIGN Responses to fictitious medical diagnoses were compared between Asian-Americans and European-North Americans in experiment 1 and between Canadians primed with an interdependent versus an independent self-construal in experiment 3. In e...

Abuse of psychoactive compounds is a growing global challenge, especially in countries with high unemployment rates. Toxicity study was conducted on the effect ethanol extracts root and leaf regularly abused plant Nigeria (Datura stramonium) brain non-prostatic acid phosphatase activity Wistar rats using sixteen (16) average weights 135g that were assigned into four (4) groups A, B, C D each. G...

OBJECTIVE To identify family- and school-based correlates of specific energy balance-related behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, breakfast consumption, soft drink consumption) among 10-12-year-olds, using the EnRG framework (Environmental Research framework for weight Gain prevention). DESIGN A literature review to identify observational studies exploring at least one family- ...

Introduction In the last few years, considerable information about drug-facilitated crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, sedation of persons) has accumulated. In these situations, the victims are subjected to non-consensual acts while they are incapacitated through the effects of a drug. This impairs their ability to resist or to give consent to the act. In a typical scenario, a predator (rap...

Despite the medical urgency presented by cubozoan envenomations, ineffective and contradictory first-aid management recommendations persist. A critical barrier to progress has been the lack of readily available and reproducible envenomation assays that (1) recapitulate live-tentacle stings; (2) allow quantitation and imaging of cnidae discharge; (3) allow primary quantitation of venom toxicity;...

BACKGROUND Detachment of denture acrylic resin artificial teeth from denture base resin is one of the most common problems presented by denture wearers. PURPOSE This study investigated the shear bond strength (SBS) and fracture type of bonding interface of two commercial acrylic teeth (Vipi Dent Plus e Biolux) to two denture base resins (Vipi Cril e Lucitone 550) after immersion in potentiall...

BACKGROUND Intake of sweet drinks has previously been associated with the development of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. The present study aimed to assess the consumption pattern of sweet drinks in a population of children and adolescents in Victoria, Australia. METHODS Data on 1,604 children and adolescents (4-18 years) from the comparison groups of two quasi-experimen...