How Do Students Source and Supply Drugs? Characteristics of the University Illegal Drug Trade

Background: It is widely known that a proportion of university students use drugs. However, much less is known about how they source and supply their drugs. Objectives: In this article, we investigate student drug trading activity, including how they obtained their drugs, whether they sold drugs, and the extent to which their drug trading might be described as a form of “social supply”. Methods: A survey was conducted of all students across seven of the nine universities of Wales. In total, 7855 students submitted a questionnaire and 1877 of these reported drug use in the current academic year. All students who reported using one or more illegal drugs in the current academic year were asked how they obtained their drugs, how they funded their drug use, whether they had sold, traded or given away illegal drugs, along with their motives for drug trading. Results: The results showed that about half of users obtained drugs solely from friends and associates and one-fifth obtained them solely from external dealers. One-quarter used friends and associates as well as external markets. In many cases, supplying drugs amounted to sharing them or giving them away. However, over one-third of students said that they had sold drugs. Conclusions: Overall, the methods of sourcing and supplying drug among university students shares features of both “social supply” and “traditional” drug markets. We conclude that the student drug market investigated is best described as a “hybrid” combination of both.     

Harnessing Behavioral Economics Principles to Promote Better Surgeon Accountability for Operating Room Cost: A Prospective Study

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气雾熏蒸法与浸泡消毒法消毒吸痰管效果比较

目的比较2%强化戊二醛(下称戊二醛)气雾熏蒸法与浸泡消毒法消毒吸痰管的效果.方法消毒按5周期(1个周期12 d)进行,每周期将200根使用过的吸痰管经初步处理,即5% 84消毒液浸泡30 min后清水冲洗干净晾干.将每周期200根吸氮管随机均分为实验组和对照组,实验组采用戊二醛原液气雾熏蒸法消毒4 h,对照组采用戊二醛原液浸泡消毒30 min,12 d为1个周期.两组分别于第1、6、12天对消毒后的吸痰管及消毒过程中的戊二醛采样行细菌菌落数计数,并观察有无细菌生长.结果两组每周期第1、6天吸痰管和消毒液标本均未检测出细菌,且无致病微生物生长;每周期第12天对照组吸痰管和消毒液标本均检测出细菌,实验组未检测出细菌.结论气雾熏蒸法消毒灭菌效果可靠,具有节约开支、使用方便、有利于吸痰管的保存与放置等优点.     

遏制轻型急性胰腺炎向重症转化的非手术 治疗策略

目的 ：探讨遏制急性胰腺炎向重症转化的非手术治疗策略。方法 ：将4年间收治的286例轻型急性胰腺炎分为对照组和治疗观察组。对照组采取常规非手术治疗措施;观察组加用改善胰腺微循环，防治细胞钙超载和抑制胰酶的治疗方法。结果 ：对照组144轻型有20例转化为重症胰腺炎，14例发生全身性并发症;观察组142例轻型有8例转化为重症，2例出现全身性并发症。观察组重症患者血C-反应蛋白和Balthazar CT严重度指数在治疗后各时点较对照组明显降低。结论 ：在常规治疗的基础上加用改善胰腺微循环，防治细胞钙超载和抑制胰酶的治疗措施可能有助于阻止轻型急性胰腺炎向重症化发展。     

Image-directed color Doppler ultrasonography in the evaluation of superficial solid tumors

Image-directed color Doppler ultrasonography (ICDUS) studies of 86 patients with superficial solid masses yielded significantly lower resistive index (RI) values in acute inflammatory lesions, but no significant difference between the maximum systolic flow velocities (S) of the patient groups with malignant, benign, and acute inflammatory lesions. When analyzed separately, the malignant soft-tissue tumor subgroup was shown to have significantly higher mean RI compared to that of the malignant node subgroup. We conclude that RI may be useful in the differentiation of acute inflammatory masses from other pathological entities. Malignant soft-tissue tumors, especially sarcomas, may have different Doppler features from those of carcinomatous tumors. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

饮用水电化学法杀菌副产物三氯甲烷生成因素的研究

目的　了解电化学杀菌过程中副产物三氯甲烷的生成因素。方法　取滤后水 (三层滤料快滤池后、投放液氯前 )分别以石墨、Ti(基 ) - Ti为电极 ,配制不同 SO42 - 和 Cl- 浓度的实验水样 ,调节不同槽电流密度 ,电解不同时间后 ,取样分析 ,考察在不同条件下 CHCl3 的产生情况。结果　采用 Ti(基 ) - Ti电极的间歇电解过程中产生的 CHCl3 比采用石墨电极时多 ,且电流密度越大 ,产生的 CHCl3 越多。加入微量电解质 Na2 SO4对 CHCl3 的产生量无显著影响 ;加入微量电解质 Na Cl,〔CHCl3 〕随〔Cl- 〕的增大而增大。结论　在饮用水电解杀菌时应采用石墨电极 ,电解时间不宜超过 10分钟 ,电流密度宜 1m A/ cm2 ,以使 CHCl3 的生成量最小     

艾灸对30例健康人甲皱微循环及血液流变学的影响

目的：探讨艾灸对健康人甲皱微循环及血液流变学的影响。方法：选择健康学员及武警战士各30例，年龄20－22岁，应用江苏协达公司生产的XDM－1型微循环电脑检测仪及北京世帝科学仪器公司生产的LG－R－80血液粘度计，LG－B－190型红细胞变形／聚集测试仪。固定专人操作，分别于艾灸前及艾灸后，测试甲皱微循环及血液流变学各项指标的变化。结果：艾灸八邪及三阴交穴后，甲皱微循环各项指标均有明显变化，经统计学处理，红细胞聚集程度、血流速度、流态积分、管周积分均有显著性差异（P＜0．05），其余各项指标虽有不同程度的改变，但无统计学意义（P＞0．05）；血液流变学各项指标亦有明显变化，经统计学处理，全血低切相对粘度、全血低切还原粘度、红细胞刚性指数、红细胞聚集指数及血浆纤维蛋白原都有非常显著性差异（P＜0．01），全血高切相对粘度有显著性差异（P＜0．05），其余各项指标虽有不同程度的改变，但无统计学意义（P＞0．05）。结论：艾灸八邪及三阴交穴后可明显改善红细胞聚集程度，降低血液粘度，加快血流速度，降低外周血管阻力。