BACKGROUND In clinical practice, the level of sensory block in spinal anesthesia in opium abusers is lower than that in non-abusers because of adaptive changes caused by opium use. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the level of sensory block resulting from the intrathecal administration of 0.5% bupivacaine in opium abuser patients undergoing lower extremity and lower abdomin...

1 MEET PAT TERNA BUSER " One comment I saw in a news group just after patterns started to become more popular was someone claiming that in a particular program they tried to use all 23 GoF patterns. They said they had failed, because they were only able to use 20. They hoped the client would call them again to come back again so maybe they could squeeze in the other 3. Trying to use all the pat...

The windows based application which helps the admin to track the activities of the user. It works as a spy in a computer. It tracks the user keyboard entries such the key strokes entered by the user and it forms a word then it saves into the database. It has a login in order to authenticate the admin whether the user has rights turn on or off the application to track the user keystrokes. It for...

Cocaine and methamphetamine addiction is a significant public health concern. The abuse and dependence of these drugs have a damaging impact on the life of the drug user, as well as on the user’s family and community. The development of pharmacotherapies against stimulant addiction is critical, as there are no consistentlysuccessful medications for its treatment[1]. Anti-addiction drug therapie...

There is now compelling evidence that harm reduction approaches to HIV prevention among injecting drug users are effective, safe and cost-effective. The evidence of effectiveness is strongest for needle and syringe programs and opioid substitution treatment. There is no convincing evidence that needle and syringe programs increase injecting drug use. The low prevalence approximately 1%) of HIV ...

To aid risk assessment, management, and treatment planning it is essential to assess child sexual abusers' deviant sexual interests (DSI) and preferences (DSP) for sex with children. However, measurement of DSI/DSP is fraught with psychometric problems. In consequence, research interest has shifted to latency-based indirect measures as a measurement approach to complement self-report and physio...

eparate paradigms and services for elder abuse and domestic violence raise the concern that S intimate partner violence in older couples is under-recognised (Box). These paradigms are associated with age-specific characteristics, with very different implications for management when compared with younger age groups. In addition, there is also a higher risk of death in older domestic violence vic...

Newspaper headlines show that awareness of intimate partner violence is a complicated issue needs further examination. Works fiction narrated by women trapped in abusive relationships are useful sites for the exploration what usually includes, and identification subtle behaviours can be defined as violent but go unnoticed. This article submits two contemporary works fiction, First Love Fifty Sh...