SUBSTANCE USE AMONG STREET-CONNECTED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN GHANA AND SOUTH AFRICA: A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON STUDY

Substance Use among Street-Connected Children and Adolescents in Ghana and South Africa: A Cross-Country Comparison Study

Using two cross-sectional surveys with a purposive sample of 376 homeless children and adolescents in both Ghana and South Africa, this study was conducted to examine the prevalence, sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates of substance use among street children and adolescents.An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain inform

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Exosome therapy in female reproductive aging

As life expectancy continues to extend, the adverse effects of reproductive aging on female health have become progressively conspicuous.Despite the extant focus on Cleaning Accessories symptom alleviation, a paucity of pharmaceutical interventions addresses the underlying causative factors.Exosome therapy, acknowledged for its relatively safe cell

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Unusual case of isolated major aortopulmonary collateral artery perfusing entire functional left lower lobe of the lung

Pulmonary sequestrations are nonfunctioning pulmonary parenchyma supplied by a systemic artery.We describe an 18-month-old baby girl with no significant past medical history who was found to have a large isolated collateral from the aorta entirely perfusing the functional left lower lobe.Cardiac catheterization confirmed the major aortopulmonary co

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Hybrid Overlap Filter for LiDAR Point Clouds Using Free Software

Despite the large amounts of resources destined to developing filtering algorithms of LiDAR point clouds in order to obtain a Digital Terrain Model (DTM), the task remains a challenge.As a society advancing towards the democratization of information and collaborative processes, the researchers should not only focus on improving the efficacy of filt

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