Food consumption patterns are undergoing substantial change in many countries as economic development proceeds. The trend is a move away from traditional cereals towards higher-value and higher-protein foods. Explaining such changes only in terms of traditional economic variables can lead to biased estimates of income e¡ects and perhaps biased projections of food demand. Household survey data f...

The effect of drug on a person may be different than expected because that drug interacts with another drug the person is taking (drug-drug interaction), food, beverages, dietary supplements the person is consuming (drug-nutrient/food interaction) or another disease the person has (drug-disease interaction). A drug interaction is a situation in which a substance affects the activity of a drug, ...

The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS) is the more recent of two such major English studies. Over the past decade, a substantial policy shift has emphasised the role of treatment in diverting drug misusing offenders from the criminal justice system. At the same time, changes in the drug-using population, particularly increasing levels of crack cocaine use, have led to an acute need ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the 12-month prevalence of substance-use disorders and psychological morbidity in an Australian arrestee population. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING 288 police arrestees at the Brisbane City Police Watch House in February and March 2001. OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence of drug and alcohol disorders; psychological "caseness" according ...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that offenders consume diets lacking in essential nutrients and this could adversely affect their behaviour. AIMS To test empirically if physiologically adequate intakes of vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids cause a reduction in antisocial behaviour. METHOD Experimental, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of nutritional supplements on 2...

dara' rule changes in islamic penal code with the modern penology teachings approach keyvan heidar nejad [1] fatemeh ahadi [2] seyyed abulfazl mirjafar pour [3]   abstract:                        dara' is one of the rules that is derived from figh. the rule indicates that by proving doubt or hesitancy at the time of committing crime, the offence cannot be proved. in the former penal c...

climate change around the world is now a reality that has adverse effects on the environment and human health. there is little information about the effect of climate change on food systems, especially seafood from the farm to the table. the aim of this study was to review the fundamental effects of climate change on seafood safety and human health. climate change is expected to increase chemic...

this study examined the status and determinants of rural households’ food security in moyale district of pastoral area, oromia regional state, in ethiopia. both secondary and primary data were used for the study. the study was based on the survey of a total of 100 farmers randomly selected using a three-stage sampling technique. analytical tools used include descriptive statistics, foster-greer...