This thesis explores ancient ideas regarding the constructive properties of intoxicating drinks, as presented in Greco-Roman sources from the first to third centuries AD. In doing so, it responds to Mary Douglas' Constructive Drinking (1987), which emphasised that, contrary to a…
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Risky lifestyle behaviours have a multiplicative impact on both the length and quality of peoples’ lives. In order to improve health outcomes and reduce social inequalities in these outcomes, behaviour change services are recommended by health care and public health professional…
Background: Concern has been voiced over the needs of ex-military personnel following their discharge from military service and subsequent transition to community living. This concern has extended to include veterans, particularly those who have mental health, drug or alcohol pr…
Young people are, as a group, at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unwanted pregnancy and binge-drinking. The primary method of contraception that offers protection against both pregnancy and STI transmission is condoms. Whilst research examining the relationship b…
There is a growing political discourse in Scotland acknowledging alcohol to be a significant contributor to crime. A significant portion of this is directly related to the evening and night-time drinking based leisure industry i.e. the night-time economy (NTE). The NTE is often …
Contemporary young women would appear to enjoy greater freedoms to consume alcohol and socialise in bars, pubs and clubs than their predecessors. However, concern about women’s level of alcohol consumption, drink spiking and drug-assisted sexual assault have contributed to a ren…
The literature review revealed co-morbidity between adverse childhood experiences, adult psychopathology and alcohol dependence, although causality was questionable due to multiple variables. The current study used 54 clients at the acute end of the spectrum of severe alcohol de…
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Forensic alcohol analysis occurs daily in the business of forensic laboratory; however, blood samples may be subjected to many factors that can affect the ethanol concentration. This study evaluates the changes in ethanol determinations in blood “drive under the influence” (DUI)…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the comparative effects of two different soft tissue approaches in the treatment of active peroneal trigger points. The data from the two different groups was analyzed to establish which soft tissue approach was the most effective in…
Objetivo: Basados en un enfoque epidemiológico de curso de vida, reconstruimos trayectorias laborales individuales y medimos su asociación con diferentes indicadores de salud oral en la vejez. Material y Métodos: Utilizamos una encuesta representativa de historias de vida de per…
This project develops a curriculum that provides biblical guidance about alcohol abuse among young adults and then implements the teaching through a training course in five Baptist Churches in Abia state.
El alcoholismo es uno de los mayores problemas de Salud Publica en el mundo y es una epidemia que asecha la isla de Puerto Rico desde el principio de su colonialismo. El alcoholismo es una enfermedad mental que no tiene cura y el que sufre de ella, tiene que lidiar con la enferm…
L’histoire de l’alcool en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick dans les années 1879- 1939 est traversée par une série de bouleversements politiques, religieux, sociaux et économiques. La population acadienne, chez qui le monde de l’alcool est bien ancré culturellement, et dont l’identité…
Error processing is a facet of cognitive control allowing for the flexible modification of behavior to optimize future outcomes. Models of addiction propose that executive deficits underlie the dysregulation of self-control resulting in the inability to refrain from excessive al…
Obesity has been identified as a significant risk factor for chronic diseases, contributing to health disparities in minority and vulnerable populations. Though research has identified an increased risk for obesity in the Hispanic immigrant population, there is little or no rese…
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is the leading cause of mental retardation in the western world and is associated with numerous sensory processing deficits. Some of these deficits are a result of faulty neuronal plasticity. Previously our lab has used ferrets to demonstrate that…
Alcohol is the second most used psychoactive substance in the world. Although there have been many studies conducted regarding alcohol consumption in North America and Europe, very few studies have examined such aspects of alcohol consumption in the Middle East, namely Lebanon. …
I investigate the social history of Egypt under British imperial occupation through the lens of morality in order to understand the contestation of cultural change and authority under empire. Points of cultural cleavage between European and local inhabitants in British-occupied …