The history of Botulinum toxin: from poison to beauty
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DOI: 10.1007/s10354-017-0553-7
Abstract: SummaryBotulinum toxin, also called the “miracle toxin,” is a neurotoxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. It is known to block nerve signals that contract muscles resulting in a temporary paralysis of the muscles. Toxins… read more here.
Keywords: history botulinum; toxin; botulinum toxin; botulinum ... See more keywords
The drivers and extent of poison use by Namibia’s communal farmers: Implications for averting the African vulture crisis
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DOI: 10.1007/s13280-018-1128-6
Abstract: The use of poison by farmers to control livestock predators is a major threat to vulture populations across Eurasia and Africa. While there is now some understanding of poison use on freehold farmland regions in… read more here.
Keywords: drivers extent; communal farmers; poison use; vulture ... See more keywords
Ocular Exposures Reported to Poison Control Centers from 2011 to 2015.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.02.037
Abstract: PURPOSE Identify and characterize the ocular exposures reported to poison control centers over a five-year period from 2011 - 2015 in the United States. DESIGN Pooled cross-sectional study SUBJECTS: Callers to poison control centers METHODS:… read more here.
Keywords: reported poison; poison control; ocular exposures; control centers ... See more keywords
Research on the application of burnable poison ZrB2 and Gd2O3 in a small modular lead-based thermal reactor
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.09.012
Abstract: Abstract A lead-based reactor with thermal or epithermal spectra is considered to be a good choice for small modular reactors design. Beside the safe and better thermal property of lead coolant it also takes the… read more here.
Keywords: poison; lead based; small modular; burnable poison ... See more keywords
Poison injection in AHWR calandria: Flow pattern and mixing characteristics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.09.109
Abstract: Abstract In Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), two active, independent, functionally diverse, fast acting shut down systems are used. Shut Down System-1 (SDS-1) consists of mechanical shut off rods and Shut Down System-2 (SDS-2) based… read more here.
Keywords: shut; moderator; calandria; poison injection ... See more keywords
Drug Administration to the Wrong Nursing Home Residents Reported to the Québec Poison Center: A Retrospective Study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.05.007
Abstract: OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between the administration of drugs to the wrong nursing home residents with a need for hospital treatment or as an indicator of mortality. DESIGN A retrospective observational study of… read more here.
Keywords: nursing home; poison center; study; center ... See more keywords
Mechanism of Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824) toad poisoning using in vitro neurobiological preparations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.11.006
Abstract: HighlightsRhinella icterica poison induces neuromuscular blockade.Rhinella icterica poison induces central neurotoxicity.Rhinella icterica poison presents bufalin.The poison mechanisms relay on biochemical and ionic channels interactions. ABSTRACT The biological activity of Rhinella icterica toxic secretion (RITS) was… read more here.
Keywords: icterica; rhinella icterica; icterica poison; activity ... See more keywords
Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (New York: Little, Brown and Company2018), pp. 384, $27.00, paperback, ISBN: 9780802127433.
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DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2020.8
Abstract: Poison became not just a malicious substance, it became a cause for disease itself, an idea that only expanded in the early modern period. Gibbs argues that these various nascent ideas of poison as a… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; substance; disease; century ... See more keywords
Hallucinogenic mushroom misuse reported to Texas poison centers
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DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2020.1785817
Abstract: Abstract Background Hallucinogenic mushrooms are fungi that contain the substance psilocybin. When ingested, psilocybin can induce hallucinations, euphoria, and alterations in the perception of space and time. Ingestion of hallucinogenic mushrooms may result in adverse… read more here.
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Rapid respiratory arrest after ingestion of poison hemlock mistaken for wild celery
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DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2016.1248843
Abstract: Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a common weed that grows throughout the United States. Accidental poisonings from poison hemlock caused by misidentification have occasionally been reported.[1] The piperidine alkaloids, coniine, c-coniceine and N-methylconiine account for… read more here.
Keywords: wild celery; respiratory arrest; poison hemlock; wife ... See more keywords
Poison exposures in young Israeli military personnel: a National Poison Center Data analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2016.1278225
Abstract: Abstract Context: To characterize poison exposures in young Israeli military personnel as reported to the national poison center. Methods: Retrospective poison center chart review over a 14-year period. Cases included were Israeli soldiers aged 18–21… read more here.
Keywords: military personnel; poison center; poison exposures; exposures young ... See more keywords