Mitigating the heroin crisis in Baltimore, MD, USA: a cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical supervised injection facility

Abstract Background In Baltimore, MD, as in many cities throughout the USA, overdose rates are on the rise due to both the increase of prescription opioid abuse and that of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the drug market.Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are a widely implemented public health intervention throughout the world, with 97

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The Large Dendritic Morphologies in the Antoniadi Crater (Mars) and Their Potential Astrobiological Significance

Mars has held large amounts of running and standing water throughout its history, as evidenced by numerous morphologies attributed to rivers, outflow channels, lakes, and possibly an ocean.This work examines the crater Antoniadi located in the Syrtis Major quadrangle.Some parts of the central area of the crater exhibit giant polygonal mud cracks, t

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Rethinking the potency of ICAO SARPS on global reduction of aviation emission and protection of global environment

The Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) of Annex 16 Vol.II, Chicago Convention 1944, are created and adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), for the purpose of regulating aircraft emission in the civil aviation sector.The creation of ICAO standard and Recommended Practices on aviation environment came up in 1981, fo

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Composite Antler Combs from Olbia Pontica

In this paper, for Tool Boxes the first time are presented the full selection of finds of antler composite combs with a single row of teeth from Olbia Pontica.All of them belong to the Cherniakhiv culture and are related to the time of the last settlement of the territory of the ancient city.From a typological point Vanity Stool of view, all of the

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