vessel element
vessel element A
tracheary cell with thickened walls and
perforation plates at either end, many vessel elements being joined end to end in
xylem to form a vessel. See
TRACHEA and
TRACHEID.
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'Intoxication' may not always be visible.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health; 6/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...often deadly consequence of alcohol intoxication is impaired driving. Yet still today...trained observers to fully identify "intoxication," given that so many factors contribute...review examines the very definition of intoxication, as well as methods designed to prevent...
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Law on the rocks: The intoxication defenses are being eighty-sixed
Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Law Review; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...INTRODUCTION THE COURT: It says, "Intoxication itself is not a defense to the...prosecution for an offense. However, intoxication, while voluntary or involuntary...the voluntary and involuntary intoxication defenses remain alive in a majority...
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The intoxication defense in Canada: Why women should care
Magazine article from: Contemporary Drug Problems; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Daviault' regarding the defense of intoxication. Prior to the decision in Daviault, the defense of intoxication was available for only one class...a new defense, that of "extreme intoxication," available for all of these...
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Incidence and causes of carbon monoxide intoxication: results of an epidemiologic survey in a French department.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 11/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...the frequency of CO intoxications has diminished but...cause of death by intoxication. [2] Morbidity...France) for CO intoxication during a 9-y period...the treatment of CO intoxication; therefore, its...current causes of CO intoxications in a French department...
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The language of intoxication: the term 'drunk' doesn't really cut it any more.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science; 1/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...drinkers to describe their levels of intoxication; also, these tend to differ by gender...developed a rich and diverse vocabulary of intoxication-related slang to describe the subjective...have largely ignored the language of intoxication." Instead, he added, researchers...
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Between culture and nature: Intoxication in cultural studies of alcohol and drug use
Magazine article from: Contemporary Drug Problems; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to reduce drinking and drug practices to intoxication alone or to neglect intoxication altogether. The semiotic turn in the 1980s...should be seen as translations of each other. Intoxication is a proto-semiotic fact between culture...
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Intoxication and rite of passage to adulthood in Norway
Magazine article from: Contemporary Drug Problems; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...this kind of ritual alcohol use and intoxication. Theoretically, the focus is on studying...KEY WORDS: Alcohol, young people, intoxication, graduation party, rite of passage...with legal rights to use alcohol for intoxication purposes on holidays and weekends...
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Alcohol intoxication may not always be visible.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 5/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...Washington, May 23 (ANI): Alcohol intoxication is often accompanied by trouble walking...trained observers to fully identify "intoxication," given that so many factors contribute...important to understand and recognize intoxication because of the risk for injury that...
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Self-induced intoxication: Balancing principles of justice and responsibility
Magazine article from: Contemporary Drug Problems; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...S.C.C.) allowed evidence of intoxication to be presented as a defense to this...The S.C.C. held that evidence of intoxication was available in situations where the...not formed as a result of a state of intoxication akin to insanity or automatism. This...
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Self-induced intoxication as a defense in the Criminal Code of Canada: Issues and discussion around Daviault v.R.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Drug Problems; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...status of a defense of self-induced intoxication in Canadian criminal law was drastically...the first time to use the defense of intoxication (under specific circumstances) for...focuses on the issue of self-induced intoxication as a legal defense for criminal offenses...
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Excuse: Intoxication
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
EXCUSE: INTOXICATION The importance of intoxication as a criminal defense can be easily exaggerated. In many...level of conviction rather than excuse entirely. Yet intoxication remains of great interest to the student of criminal law...
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Intoxication
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
INTOXICATION A state in which a person's normal capacity...recognition of this factor, the law may allow intoxication to be used as a defense to certain crimes. In many jurisdictions, intoxication is a defense to specific-intent crimes...
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Intoxication of the Ulstermen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Intoxication of the Ulstermen. See MESCA ULAD .
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intoxication
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
intoxication Condition arising when the body is poisoned by any toxic substance, whether liquid, solid or gas. Symptoms vary according to the ingested substance. The term is most commonly used in connection with alcohol consumption.
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Inhalants and related disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...inhalantinduced disorder of inhalant intoxication is listed in the substance-related...because they have slightly different intoxication syndromes. Problems with the use of...recurrent use of inhalants. Inhalant intoxication When a person uses enough of an inhalant...
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