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Doses from radiocesium and 40K activities found in some tobacco leaves and cigarettes.

Short communication English Fletcher JJ. Tajoura Research Centre, Libya. Appl Radiat Isot. 1994 Jan;45(1):133-4. Abstract It has been found that tobacco leaves and cigarettes contain on the average 1.30 +/- 0.40 Bq.g-1 of 40K which is a beta-gamma emitter. Besides due to the unfortunate Chernobyl accident tobacco leaves may contain 0.04 Bq.g-1 of 137Cs and …

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Eradication of the screwworm from Libya using the sterile insect technique.

Review English Vargas-Teran M, Hursey BS, Cunningham EP. Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Parasitol Today. 1994 Mar;10(3):119-22. Abstract The introduction in 1988 of the New World screwworm into Libya presented a serious threat to the livestock and wildlife sectors …

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Occlusal status and permanent teeth eruption in Libyan children.

Original article English Ommar SM. Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Benghazi, Libya. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 1994 Mar;12(1):1-6. Abstract The occlusal status was assessed in 2015 Libyan children. Angle class I was found to be the predominant type (94.5%), overbite relationship in the majority (50.6%) were within the incisal …

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Dopamine contracts the rat isolated seminal vesicle by activation of postjunctional alpha-1-adrenoceptors.

Original article English Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Pharmacology. 1994 May;48(5):328-34. Abstract The contractile effect of dopamine in the rat isolated seminal vesicle was investigated to determine the nature of the receptors involved. Noradrenaline (NA; 10(-8) to 10(-4) mol/l), phenylephrine (PE; 10(-7) to 10(-4) mol/l) and dopamine …

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High prevalence of hepatitis C virus in the normal Libyan population.

Original article English Saleh MG, Pereira LM, Tibbs CJ, Ziu M, al-Fituri MO, Williams R, McFarlane IG. Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1994 May-Jun;88(3):292-4. Abstract The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Libya has been investigated by seeking evidence of …

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Efficacy and tolerability of nabumetone in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee joint: an open trial.

Original article English Ben Dallah SK, Lenghi M. Salaheddin University Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. J Int Med Res. 1994 Jul-Aug;22(4):218-24. Abstract Nabumetone is the first of a new alkalone class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with a lower propensity for gastric irritation than either aspirin or indomethacin. The efficacy and tolerability of nabumetone was studied in 75 …

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Effects of chronic treatment with the GABA-transaminase inhibitor vigabatrin on exploratory behaviour in rats.

Original article English Sherif F, Oreland L. Department of Pharmacology, University for Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Behav Brain Res. 1994 Jul 29;63(1):11-5. Abstract Vigabatrin (gamma-vinyl GABA, GVG) is an irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) GABA-T is the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of the major inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the mammalian …

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