Publications by authors named "A Lucic"
Background: The association between the age of cannabis use (CU) onset and substance use (SU) problems has been extensively studied, yet findings remain inconsistent.
Aims: This systematic review aimed to examine prospective studies on the association between age of CU onset and later SU problems, controlling for key individual, social, and SU-related risk factors.
Methods: PsycINFO, Web of Science and PubMed were searched for studies published between January 2000 and December 2024.
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- A new cytokine called IL-41 is linked to several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and this study seeks to evaluate its potential as a biomarker for RA treatment effectiveness and patient responses.
- The research involves 189 patients from a Serbian rheumatology clinic, split into groups based on their treatment: methotrexate alone, methotrexate with TNF inhibitors, or the IL-6 inhibitor tocilizumab.
- Results show that tocilizumab significantly lowers IL-41 levels and improves disease symptoms the most, while smoking is identified as a major predictor of higher IL-41 concentrations in RA patients.
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- Climate change is threatening the survival of silver fir populations in Southeast Europe, prompting a study on needle anatomy and its relation to environmental factors.
- The analysis revealed significant differences in needle traits across populations, identifying three distinct groups based on these traits and their correlation with climatic conditions.
- Findings indicated important relationships between anatomical traits and environmental variables, which are useful for conservation efforts and understanding the genetic diversity of these populations.
This paper aims to investigate the influence of two types of parental norms, descriptive and injunctive, on young adults' sustainable attitudes and sustainable household capability through the application of the Knowledge-Attitude-Behaviour (KAB) theory. Empirical research was conducted by an online questionnaire on a sample of 356 young adults in Croatia aged 18 to 28. The results confirmed that young adults had high levels of sustainable knowledge and attitudes.
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- Liver fibrosis is caused by an accumulation of extracellular matrix due to the transformation of liver cells in response to damage, and currently, there are no approved drugs specifically for this condition.
- A study found that a tablet formulation containing 70% polyenylphosphatidylcholines (PPCs) showed promise in reversing the fibrotic features of liver cells.
- The tablets were thoroughly tested and confirmed to retain the antifibrotic properties of PPCs, effective against specific liver cell lines, demonstrating that the formulation method did not diminish their bioactivity.