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Metoclopramide Neurological Side Effects Screening; A Pharmacovigilence Study In Romanian Community Pharmacies, Emil Ștefănescu, Mihaela Pleșu, Corina Scutari, Adrian Junghină, Horațiu Mireșan

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Background. Metoclopramide is a pharmacological agent frequently used in therapy against nausea and vomiting that can occur in indigestion, motion sickness, gastric ulcer, pyloric spasm and after surgery as a side effect of some anesthetics. Knowing the frequency and intensity of metoclopramide neurological side effects is essential for an efficient management of the dysfunctions it addresses.

Material and method. Based on a standard questionnaire containing questions regarding metoclopramide therapy, we analyzed the answers given by 1000 patients or patient tutors in 20 open circuit pharmacies situated all over Bucharest. All subjects freely consented to participate in this study that was …

Alcohol Withdrawal – Therapeutical Management In Surgical Patients With Upper Intestinal Bleeding, Bălălău Cristian, Cobani Oana Denisa, Trambitasu Gloria, Popescu Bogdan, Carolina Negrei, Scăunașu Răzvan Valentin

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Psychological dependence involves a desire to use a drug to avoid the unpleasant withdrawal syndrome that results from cessation of exposure to it. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is one of the most feared complications of alcohol addiction and sometimes can be fatal if not treated properly. Withdrawal syndrome is characterized by neurological hyperexcitability, which can lead to severe psychological and neurological symptoms. A survey was conceived in order to monitor the efficiency of several drug associations (Clonidine, Midazolam, IV ethanol), which were administered at the beginning of intensive therapy admission of achohol addicts. By comparing the postoperative evolution parameters and complications …

Clinical Data Related To Breast Reconstruction; Looking Back On The 21th Century And Forward To The Next Steps, Jecan Cristian Radu, Hernic Alexandru Daniel, Filip Iulia Cristina, Răducu Laura

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery represents a positive step in restoring a women’s idea of self by reestablishing her feminine features and confidence, thus improving essential aesthetic and emotional aspects. Regarded as the cornerstone in breast cancer management, the surgical treatment has come a long way since 1884 when W.S. Halsted performed the first radical mastectomy- a disfiguring procedure which was conducted until the late 70s when owing to contemporary advancements it was surpassed by modified radical mastectomies and other far less invasive approaches.

Either performed in an immediate or a delayed fashion breast reconstruction can be achieved not …

Current Concepts On Drug Abuse And Dependence, Daniela Luiza Baconi, Anne-Marie Ciobanu, Ana Maria Vlăsceanu, Oana Denisa Cobani, Carolina Negrei, Cristian Bălălău

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about the need for a greater precision in the definition.

Drug dependence can be assigned not only to pharmacological effects of the drugs of abuse, but also to their interaction with each particular neurological and psychological constitution. The research on the neurobiological mechanisms of addiction processes allows both a better understanding of current pharmacotherapy and the development of new treatment strategies in drug …

Genital Male Piercings, Mircea Tampa, Maria Isabela Sarbu, Alexandra Limbau, Monica Costescu, Vasile Benea, Simona Roxana Georgescu

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Body piercing has been practiced for thousands of years all over the world for beautification, religion, initiation rites or status reasons. Genital piercings also have a significant background and have been practiced for enhancing sexual pleasure, chastity, shocking or as a protest against a conservative society. As the popularity of genital piercings increased in the last years, the number of complications is also on the rise. It is therefore important for the medical professionals to have at least basic knowledge regarding this practice, as it might be required in the management of unpredictable complications.

The Mind And Sexuality: Introduction To A Psychophysiological Perspective, David L. Rowland, Ion G. Motofei

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Cognition and sexuality are two distinct relational functions that are partially interconnected through our mind. Even though medical sciences have progressed substantially over the past decades, the current understanding of the mind psycho-physiology is yet at an early stage. As an example, the “mind-body problem” draws attention to the fact that fundamental aspects related to the understanding of the mind are still unresolved. Thus, it continues to be unclear how abstract ideas and thoughts (which are immaterial in nature, unfolding in an intangible realm) interface (and in some cases, interfere) with the more concrete brain and body (which are physical …

Pancreatic Encephalopathy- A Rare Complication Of Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis, Vlad Denis Constantin, Alexandru Carȃp, Bogdan Socea, Simona Bobic

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Background. Pancreatic encephalopathy is a rare complication of severe acute pancreatitis, with high mortality, being difficult to diagnose and treat, thus requiring continuous research regarding its management.

Materials and Methods. Of 20 patients diagnosed with severe acute pancreatitis on admission at Department of Emergency and Admission (DEA), from January 1st 2010 to March 31st 2014, 5 cases complicated by pancreatic encephalopathy were analyzed using a descriptive observational, retrospective, single-centre study.

Results. The study shows different types of diagnostic algorithm and therapeutical approaches, in correlation with morbidity and mortality rates.

Conclusions. Our study highlighted the fact that speed is critical, early …

New Insights Into Cannabis Consumption; Abuses And Possible Therapeutic Effects, Daniela Luiza Baconi, Robert Daniel Vasile, Cristian Bălălău

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Cannabis is one of the oldest psychotropic drugs known to humanity. The paper assesses the current knowledge on the cannabis, including the mechanisms of action and the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids.

Three varieties of Cannabis plant are recognised: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. The variety indica is used predominantly to obtain the drugs. Cannabis herb is usually named marijuana, while the cannabis oleoresin secreted by the glandular hairs found mainly on the flowering or fruiting tops of the plant is known as hashish. More than 400 known chemicals are present in cannabis, at least 70 of which are …

Sexual Dysfunctions In Psoriatic Patients, Maria Isabela Sarbu, Mircea Tampa, Alexandra Elenda Sarbu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disorder with a worldwide occurrence characterized by well-defined infiltrated erythematous papules and plaques, covered by silvery white or yellowish scales. It is a physically, socially and emotionally invalidating disorder that affects 1-2% of the population. Sexual health is an important part of general health and sexual dysfunctions can negatively affect self-esteem, confidence, interpersonal relationships and the quality of life. Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) and the Impact of Psoriasis on Quality of Life (IPSO) questionnaire are all questionnaires used to assess the quality of life of patients with psoriasis and each …

Gay-Related Smartphone Applications: Potential And Risk- A Review Of The Medical Literature In The Field, Mircea Tampa, Maria Isabela Sarbu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

In the setting of difficulty in finding inter-relational partners for the individuals belonging to the LGBT community, a number of mobile phone applications provided with geo-tracking system have appeared in the last years, facilitating communication between gay individuals located in the nearby geographic areas, free applications which protect the identity of the users and indicate the relative distance between users and allow the sharing of information regarding physical characteristics (age, height, weight) as well as image-type files. At present, it is worth acknowledging that all those applications addressed to the LGBT persons in search for partners are sex-specific, being polarized …

Genital Skin Diseases And Their Expression In Sexual Functionality, Gabriela Albu, Mircea Tampa, Maria Isabela Sarbu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Sexual functionality acts as an important function of the individual, acting both physically and mentally to create a state of well-being and permitting procreation. A large number of mucosal and cutaneous ailments may affect the genial areas in both males and females, generally leading to local symptoms that impede the sexual act. Genital diseases, sometimes even without impairing the sexual function, may still alter the dynamics just because of the enormous psychological impact that occurs in these situations. We aim to review main dermatological disorders that alter normal function of the genitalia, as well as their physical mechanism by which …

Mental And Medical Sciences Today, David L. Rowland, Ion G. Motofei

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences is designed as a free online, open access, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal. The JMMS mission is to address ideas and issues related to mind and medicine, publishing scientific review and empirical papers regarding mental and medical health and disease. Our goal is to stimulate constructive debates among scholars, researchers, physicians, scientists and health professionals with respect to the latest discoveries and trends in the field. The journal pays special attention to interdisciplinary and integrative perspectives, focusing primarily on papers approaching mind and body as a unitary domain of study.

Our supposition is that the …

A New Foundation For Sexual Social Justice: The World Health Organization’S Report On Sexual Health, Human Rights, And The Law, Nikki L. Rogers, Cristina Redko

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Social justice benefits from a unified foundation of shared basic beliefs. There are still too few global, evidence-based documents that provide standardized language and vision through which social justice standards, policy and legal actions can be created, compared and amended.

This is a broad, evidence-based public health report on best practices to foster “achievement of the highest attainable standard of sexual health”. It frames this goal as intimately related to the protection of human rights, the right to non-discrimination and to health information and services.

While other reports link laws impacting human rights and health, this specific focus on laws …

Spatial Obstacles To Shared “Crip” & Lgbtq Cultures, Nick Garcia

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Online communities are receiving praise for providing new frontiers to marginalized populations with disabilities and LGBTQ identities. They provide unique outlets to generate media from within the community, which in turn influences broader national discussions among the public, mainstream media, and officials. Moreover, participation in online "Crip" and LGBTQ cultures present safe forums for populations to overcome geographic boundaries and control the disclosure of identities. This aspatial conception of emerging online communities is thus said to unite marginalized identities and provide meaningful representation of community members.

But while the emergence of online communities provides incredible opportunity for community formation, influence …

Not "Fit" For Hire: The United States And France On Weight Discrimination In Employment, Michael L. Huggins

Fordham International Law Journal

Part I will examine past and present attitudes regarding obesity in US society and will discuss the employment challenges obese individuals face because of weight discrimination. Further, Part I will survey US statutory laws at the federal, state, and local levels that currently protect against particular instances of weight discrimination. In sum, this Part aims to provide the current legal and social landscape in the United States for protecting individuals against employment discrimination based on their weight. Part II will look at France’s cultural bias against obesity and its laws against physical appearance discrimination. Part II then will analyze French …

Bringing In A New Scale: Proposing A Global Metric Of Internet Censorship, Philip Chwee

Fordham International Law Journal

Part I of this Note provides an overview of Internet censorship and international law, including the different approaches and theories behind Internet censorship. Part I.A discusses the development of the ICCPR and its application to the Internet. Next, Part I.B-D provides an in-depth overview of the Internet censorship models of three different countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Part II examines each country’s Internet censorship model under Article 19 of the ICCPR, considering Article 19(3)’s three-part test and requirements established by recent UN reports interpreting them. The analysis will also examine each country’s copyright laws under Article …

Ending Female Genital Mutilation & Child Marriage In Tanzania, Lisa Avalos, Naima Farrell, Rebecca Stellato, Marc Werner

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article analyzes the current practices of FGM and child marriage in Tanzania and makes a number of recommendations for eliminating these severe human rights violations. Part I identifies the relevant forms of gender-based violence and discusses how they are practiced and related. Part II addresses applicable international and domestic legal authority, identifying potential gaps in domestic legal protection for young girls. Part III proposes several promising legal and policy strategies, both international and domestic, to reduce the practices of child marriage and FGM in Tanzania. Ultimately, some or all of these measures must be implemented to help bring an …

Improving The International Legislative Process, Paul C. Szasz

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Problem Of Global Economic Inequity: Legal Structures And Some Thoughts On The Next 40 Years, Inamul Haq

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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International Economic Problems And Their Management Int He 21st Century, John H. Jackson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Bates Student - Volume 145 Number 6 - November 4, 2015, Bates College

The Bates Student

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11-04-2015 Swosu Pharmacy Residency Programs Gain Accreditation, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2015

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s College of Pharmacy in Weatherford recently received news that both its affiliated residency programs in Oklahoma City were granted accreditation by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists.

Weekly News Digest 11/04/2015, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In This Issue:

● 5th Celebration of Scholarly Accomplishments Opens

● Morris Leads the State in Effectiveness and Efficiency

● Three Cougar Teams Make It to UMAC Semi-Finals

● Cyrus Bina Interviewed by The Real News Network

Quality Systems For Continuous Manufacturing, Ron Branning

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing II

Continuous manufacturing is a familiar concept in large volume commercial commodity operations such as glass and plastic production. In the wake of the Tylenol cyanide poison scare in the 1970’s, pharmaceutical production at the J&J subsidiary McNeil converted to virtually closed, continuous manufacturing. Several Biotech firms tried to develop fermentation unit operations in the 1990’s that were based on the continuous manufacturing concept. Today there are a number of initiatives to update and realize the concept from bench top, such as MIT and Novartis’ sponsorship of start up firm Continuus’ production of solid dosage forms in Boston, to biodefense tractor-trailer …

A Regulatory Perspective On Continuous Perfusion Production Of Rfviii, Robert Kozak

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing II

Continuous perfusion production has enabled flexible manufacturing of rFVIII, a large complex Biotech Product, for over two decades. Continuous improvement has driven frequent process, equipment and facility changes successfully performed utilizing comparability exercises.

Challenges in evaluating changes made to a continuous perfusion process includes assessment of impact to quality product attributes throughout the entire fermentation campaign which can be months in duration. Examples of process changes requiring more studies, those successfully supported by small scale development runs and API commercial characterization and an example resulting in non-implementation will be reviewed. Impact of changing Regulatory Environment on submission package requests will …

Uc Transcript 2015-11-04, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

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We Are...Marshall, November 4, 2015, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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Do Predictive Brain Implants Threaten Patient Autonomy Or Authenticity?, Eldar Sarajlic

Publications and Research

In this commentary, I discuss this Frederic Gilbert's claim that predictive brain implants (PBIs) threaten persons’ autonomy by diminishing their postoperative experience of self-control. Contrary to Gilbert, I suggest that PBIs do not pose a significant threat to patient’s autonomy, as self-control, but rather to his or her sense of authenticity. My claim is that the language of authenticity, already introduced in the recent bioethical literature, may offer a better way to voice some of the concerns with PBIs that Gilbert recognized.

Prospectus, November 4, 2015, Parkland College, Brittany Webb, Scott Barnes, Zach Trueblood, Matthew D. Moss, Jacob Kenter, Sarah Powers, Peter Floess, Adam Vilmin

Prospectus 2015

44 percent of college students reported feeling symptoms of depression, Former student cycles for a cause, Local entrepreneur Sean Baird visits Parkland, From Egypt to Illinois: The travels of a Parkland professor, Math literacy course good option for non-stem majors, More cases of E. coli expected in Washington, Oregon(AP), New push for pint-sized medical devices to treat sick kids(AP), Police backlash pressures Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’(AP), Marley's heirs control rights on images of Bob Marley(AP), Sanders spends $2M on 1st campaign(AP), In Review: ‘Lesser Beasts: A History of the Humble Pig’ by Mark Essig, Rod Lovett talks Parkland success

Ua3/9/7 Enrollment Information, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff.