Opioid use disorder: current trends and potential treatments

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major public health threat, contributing to morbidity and mortality from addiction, overdose, and related medical conditions.Despite our increasing knowledge about the pathophysiology and existing medical treatments of OUD, it has remained a relapsing and remitting disorder for decades, with rising deaths from overdos

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Oral Health Awareness and Practices of School Going Children Aged 11 to 16 Years in a Squatter Settlement of Karachi

Objective: To assess the awareness and practices of school going children aged 11 to 16 years regarding oral health and hygiene in a squatter settlement of Karachi.Methods: Data of this cross sectional study was collected by self administered questionnaire from school students of Gulshan e Sikanderabad, a squatter settlement in Karachi.Sample size

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Vehicle Make and Model Recognition using Bag of Expressions

Vehicle make and model recognition (VMMR) is a key task for automated vehicular surveillance (AVS) and NORWEGIAN KELP various intelligent transport system (ITS) applications.In this paper, we propose and study the suitability of the bag of expressions (BoE) approach for VMMR-based applications.The method includes neighborhood information in additio

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