Monitoring cow comfort and rumen health indices in a cubicle-housed herd with an automatic milking system: a repeated measures approach [PDF]
, 2015 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13620-015-0040-7.]
AM Vuuren van +20 more
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BioengineeringThis study examined the effects of khat chewing on oral gingival conditions by adopting a targeted process which combined physicochemical analyses of the teeth, histopathological examinations of the gums, and bioinformatics modeling.
Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-Latif +6 more
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A robotic chewing device for food evaluation : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Mechatronics at Massey University, [PDF]
, 2006 The aim of this masters project was to design and develop a prototype of robotic chewing device. This project was required for use in food evaluation as it can provide standardised chewing.
Lewis, Darren
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Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017 Trigeminal input to the ascending activating system is important for the maintenance of arousal and may affect the discharge of the noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC), whose activity influences both vigilance state and pupil size, inducing
Maria Paola Tramonti Fantozzi +7 more
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Variations in concerns reported on the Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) in head and neck cancer patients from different health settings across the world [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The aim was to collate and contrast patient concerns from a range of different head and neck cancer follow-up clinics around the world. Also, we sought to explore the relationship, if any, between responses to the patient concerns inventory ...
Alvear, Alvaro +36 more
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A chewing robot based on parallel mechanism-- analysis and design : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Mechatronics at Massey University [PDF]
, 2006 Masticatory efficiency, dependent on number and condition of the teeth, length of time spent in chewing a bolus and the force exerted when chewing, influences an individual with the selection of food and therefore nutritionally diet.
Pap, József-Sebastian
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Nicotine-replacement therapy: A proven treatment for smoking cessation [PDF]
, 2010 Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer. Despite the high prevalence of smokers worldwide, smokers are often neglected and not offered effective assistance with quitting their habits. In order to overcome this
Robson, Noorzurani
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Utilização da raiz de mandioca sobre a digestibilidade e comportamento ingestivo de cabras Saanen em lactação=Use of cassava replacing corn on the digestibility and ingestivo behavior of lactating Saanen goats [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2012 Foram estudados os efeitos da inclusão da raiz de mandioca em substituição ao milho sobre a digestibilidade dos nutrientes e comportamento ingestivo de cabras leiteiras de raça Saanen alimentadas com dietas à base de cana-de-açúcar.
Nara Nancy Nascimento Fonseca +5 more
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Feeding behavior of dairy cows fed different levels of xiquexique (Pilosocereus gounellei)
Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2016 This study evaluated the replacement of Tifton hay with xiquexique (0, 12, 24 and 36%) on feeding behavior of lactating dairy cows. To this end, eight cows with average milk production of 15 kg milk day-1 and average body weight of 465.2 ± 39.4 kg were ...
Rafael Nogueira Furtado +4 more
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness. METHODS: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention ...
Allen AP +5 more
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