Deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex reduces opioid addiction in preclinical studies by Mahdi Fatemizadeh, Esmail Riahi, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh, Anahita Torkaman-Boutorabi, Forough Radfar, Maryam Farahmandfar

“…The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been implicated in various types of SUDs, including nicotine, heroin, and alcohol use disorders. Our research aimed to investigate the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the ACC as a potential therapeutic approach for morphine use disorder. …”
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Paradoxical and Retrograde Air Embolism from Pressurized Peripheral Bolus by Joshua Santucci, Naresh Mullaguri, Anusha Battineni, Raviteja R. Guddeti, Christopher R. Newey

“…Her medical history was significant for intravenous heroin and cocaine abuse, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus tricuspid valve infective endocarditis on vancomycin, patent foramen ovale, septic pulmonary embolism with cavitation, tracheostomy with chronic ventilator dependence, multifocal cerebral infarction, hepatitis C, nephrolithiasis, anxiety, and depression. …”
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Sociodemographic, clinical, and other serological profile of opioid-dependent intravenous drug users infected with hepatitis C virus: A cross-sectional study by Piyush Mahajan, Malvika Dahuja, Manjit Singh, Medi Nagapadma, M Ramasubba Reddy

“…Most of them were using heroin from 0 to 5 years (56.7%). Most of them had tried to quit substances 2 or more times in the form of deaddiction treatment (49%) and had relapsed due to craving. …”
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Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. by Marta Relvas, Luciana Rocha, Paulo Rompante, Filomena Salazar, Luís Monteiro, Ana Sofia Vinhas, Maria Gonçalves

“…Results: The consumption of illicit drugs proved to be a common practice (86.8%), where cannabis, heroin and cocaine were the most prevalent (29.1%). …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent extremism and organized crime in the Republic of Serbia by Đorić Marija, Životić Ilija

“…Drug trafficking was particularly intense, and the Customs Administration seized during the pandemic from 01.03.2020 to 01.08.2021 5630.53 grams of cocaine, which is 60 percent more than in 2019; 2063 grams of heroin, which is a drop to only 5 percent of the total seizure in 2019. …”
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Association of safer smoking supply distribution with participant encounters and naloxone distribution from syringe services programs: Findings from the National Survey of Syringe... by Esther O. Chung, Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Jamie L. Humphrey, Amang Sukasih, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Hansel E. Tookes, Don C. Des Jarlais, Sara N. Glick, Paul A. LaKosky, Stephanie Prohaska, Laura Guzman, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin

“…Background: In response to the recent and growing shift from injecting heroin to smoking fentanyl, an increasing number of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States are distributing safer smoking supplies. …”
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Identification of <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Strains from Animal Cases in Ethiopia and Genetic Characterization by Whole-Genome Sequencing by Abebe Olani, Domenico Galante, Matios Lakew, Bayeta Senbeta Wakjira, Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Tesfaye Rufael, Tsegaye Teklemariam, Wondwosen Kumilachew, Shimalis Dejene, Ayele Woldemeskel, Adanech Wakjira, Getachew Abichu, Baye Ashenafi, Nigatu Kebede, Aklilu Feleke Haile, Fufa Dawo Bari, Laura Del Sambro, Tadesse Eguale

“…Three strains (BA2, BA5, and BA6) belonged to the A.Br.034 subgroup (A.Br.005/006), and two strains (BA1 and BA4) belonged to the A.Br.161 (Heroin) clade of the Trans-Eurasian (TEA) group. The findings of this study will contribute to expanding the current understanding of the anthrax hotspots in Ethiopia, and the phylogenetic correlation and/or diversity of the circulating strains.…”
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Her Heart Lies at the Feet of the Mother by Fiona Moolla

“…In addition, because of the significant differ-ence in age, the heroine is in some ways like a mother to the hero. …”
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Women Reprimanding Women: The Gothic Parody and its Social Criticism by Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

“…In the late eighteenth century, the Gothic parody, ridiculing the generic traits of the Gothic novel, often directed their humor at the parody heroine. Specifically, the didactic Gothic parody aimed at educating the heroine into a normative, gender-role conforming young woman who rejects the excesses of the Gothic in favor of an adherence to normative conduct. …”
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From Chicago to Hollywood: the Metamorphosis of V.I. Warshawski by Nicole Décuré

“…Taking as an example Sara Paretsky’s crime fiction series, with its private detective heroine V.I. Warshawski, and Jeff Kanew’s adaptation for the Disney studios, the article attempts to show how the subversive elements of the novels are weakened in the film and the unconventional heroine finds herself in the eternal roles of seductress and mother, which she is not in the fiction. …”
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The French aire in Jane Eyre by Emily Eells

“…Thanks to the French language, Brontë’s heroine succeeds in constructing her own space in the Victorian domestic world.…”
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Mityczno-symboliczny kontekst nostalgii w „Wygnaniu” Andrieja Zwiagincewa w świetle antropologicznej niepewności podmiotu by Anna Katarzyna Przybysz

“…We also try to show how the nostalgia felt by the heroine can be associated with the state of anthropological uncertainty.…”
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Des vitrines sur le roman : les couvertures de Madame Bovary et Salammbô by Bruna Donatelli

“…Our analysis will focus on two works: Madame Bovary and Salammbô, two heroines belonging to separate, if not contrary, chronological and geographical spheres. …”
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Daphne Du Maurier’s Transformation of Jane Eyre in Rebecca by Bernadette Bertrandias

“…Si l’autre femme fait figure ici d’obstacle à l’aboutissement de la quête de bonheur et de réalisation de soi de l’héroïne, son élimination opportune rend celui-ci finalement possible. …”
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The Postfeminist Masquerade and the Cynical Male Gaze: The Disavowal of Sexual Difference in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves by Tamas NAGYPAL

“…By contrast, this paper argues that the heroine is rather trapped in what Angela McRobbie called the postfeminist masquerade, a feminine gender performance that returns to old forms of patriarchal subordination but with an ironic distance, thereby allowing the subject to imagine herself free of the capture of the masculine symbolic universe. …”
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Defoe’s Mothers of Alterity : Moll Flanders and Roxana by Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou

“…Defoe’s heroines, Moll Flanders and Roxana, are in interesting ways a mixture of diverse Others. …”
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Атрофия разума: Юрьев день Кирилла Серебренникова by Edyta Fedorushkov

“…The article analyses the figure of the heroine Lubov in Kirill Serebrennikov’s film St George’s Day. …”
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« Une jeune femme, en robe de mérinos bleu... » by Florence Pellegrini

“…Based on the analysis of the first meeting scenes in two film adaptations of Madame Bovary — Claude Chabrol’s film with Isabelle Huppert (1991) and Sophie Barthes’ film with Mia Wasikowska (2014) — this article sets out to highlight the recomposition of the heroine they propose, as well as the reconfiguration of plot and narrative stakes.…”
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THE PORTRAIT OF RUXANDA IN THE OPERA ”ALEXANDRU LĂPUŞNEANU” OF THE BESSARABIAN COMPOSER GHEORGHE MUSTEA by Luminiţa GUŢANU

“…The dialectics of the heroine’s character is presented in a wide range of moods, which I will analyse by synthesizing the two emotional areas: the X-major-clear sphere / the Y-minor-obscure sphere. …”
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К теме творчества в ранней поэзии Анны Ахматовой. Финал книги „Четки” (1914) by Swietłana Owsiannikowa

“…In a relatively brief article the author tries to acquaint us with a very complex, multicolored world created by the poetess and also attempts to bring to a focus the deep, sharp feelings of lyric heroine.…”
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