No matter how committed we are to our faiths, to kill another to proclaim the supremacy of our beliefs reveals nothing but paucity of substance.
And yet in both directions you can find slickness and a certain paucity of content — or substance, sustenance or genuine pleasure.
The paucity of data on substance use among college and university students in Kenya and other low income countries has serious implications on the success of any interventions aimed at reducing this problem.
Although it has been well established that parent and sibling substance use is associated with substance use among their relatives, there is a general paucity of literature examining the direct modeling of substance use behaviors among family members.
The practical considerations related to the rapid calculation of these properties on relevant molecular surfaces (e.g., solvent- or reagent-accessible surfaces) are discussed and exemplified, stressing the special problems posed by the structural variety of toxic substances and the paucity of information on their mechanisms of action.
Similarly, there is a paucity of understanding as to why some MSM do not use substances, and what factors confer protective effects or relative resiliency with regard to substance use [ 49].
Similarly, for alcohol, the most commonly used substance among MSM, there is a marked paucity of behavioral trials specific to the population [ 56, 57].
Efforts to scale up mental health services in LMICs have to contend with the paucity of mental health professionals and health facilities providing specialist services for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders.
We included articles which mentioned the coingestion of ADHD medication (methylphenidate, dexamphetamine, lisdexamfetamine and atomoxetine) with another substance including alcohol, publications relating to animal models, and, due to the paucity of data regarding adolescents, all age groups.
Although deficits in goal-directed behavior have been demonstrated in alcohol and substance use disorders, reliable demonstration of abnormal habit formation has been curtailed by the paucity of paradigms designed to assess habit as a positive result.
We suggest that this paucity of information may be contributing to the persistence of the research-practice gap in treatment for women with substance abuse issues and their children.
