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Front Zool
January 2025
Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology, Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
Background: During their nighttime shoaling, the flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron produce fascinating, bioluminescent blink patterns, which have been related to the localization of food, determination of nearest neighbor distance, and initiation of the shoal's movement direction. Information transfer e.g.
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December 2024
Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Introduction: Aggression and self-harm disproportionately occur in youths preoccupied with social status tracking. These pathological conditions are linked to a serotonin (5-HT) deficit in the brain. Ablation of 5-HT biosynthesis by tryptophan hydroxylase 2 knockout (TPH2-KO) increases aggression in rodents.
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December 2024
Department of General Biology and Genetics, Institute of Biochemical Technologies, Ecology and Pharmacy, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea.
Twenty years ago, it was difficult to imagine the use of nucleic acids in plant protection as insecticides, but today it is a reality. New technologies often work inefficiently and are very expensive; however, qualitative changes occur during their development, making them more accessible and work effectively. Invented in 2008, contact oligonucleotide insecticides (olinscides, or DNA insecticides) based on the CUAD (contact unmodified antisense DNA) platform have been substantially improved and rethought.
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December 2024
Mercer University College of Pharmacy, 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States of America. Electronic address:
Background And Purpose: Harm reduction is a paradigm that promotes safer drug consumption to maximize individuals' overall wellbeing. Equipping pharmacy faculty and students to engage in harm reduction can play a key role in addressing substance use disorders and facilitating meaningful educational experiences.
Educational Activity And Setting: Within the context of a 5-week ambulatory care advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE), an APPE faculty preceptor and students engaged a harm reduction coalition with two primary objectives: street outreach initiatives and packaging of safer drug using kits.
Int J Prison Health (2024)
December 2024
Department of addiction, School of behavioural sciences and mental health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Purpose: Substance use disorder is one of the most prevalent health issues among prison populations. In this regard, addiction treatment and harm reduction programs have been implemented in Iranian prisons since 2002. The purpose was to describe the practical experience of implementing harm reduction programs in Iran's prisons, emphasizing the impact of policy decisions on it.
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