COMBINING RESPONDENT-DRIVEN SAMPLING WITH A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION STUDY OF PEOPLE WHO SMOKE DRUGS IN TWO CITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Combining respondent-driven sampling with a community-based participatory action study of people who smoke drugs in two cities in British Columbia, Canada

Abstract Background The smoking of illicit drugs presents a serious social and economic burden in Canada.People who smoke drugs (PWSD) are at increased risk of contracting multiple infections through risky drug practices.Peer-led harm reduction activities, and the resulting social networks that form around them, can potentially minimize the dangers

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Disarm The Bacteria: What Temperate Phages Can Do

In the field of Water Jug Outlet Cock phage applications and clinical treatment, virulent phages have been in the spotlight whereas temperate phages received, relatively speaking, less attention.The fact that temperate phages often carry virulent or drug-resistant genes is a constant concern and drawback in temperate phage applications.However, tem

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Anatomy of the coronary arteries and localization of coronary atherosclerosis in siblings with coronary heart disease

There is no doubt that there is a similar genetic predisposition in close relatives to the development of cardiovascular disease, while the features of coronary anatomy and possible commonality of pathological process in close relatives remain beyond research interest.Aim.To study the anatomy of the coronary arteries, the nature and severity of cor

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Ecumenical tendencies in relations of Christian communities

The growth of the fanny pack religious network, the pluralisation of religious life, the desecularization of the Ukrainian society, and the increase in the number of citizens who do not identify with one of the religions or believe themselves to be religious, raise the issue of the development of interfaith relations."Religious Revival" in Ukraine

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