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Relationship between chewing features and body mass index in young adolescents
Background Behavioural aspects of chewing may influence food intake, nutritional status and in turn body weight. Objectives The current study aimed to study chewing features in adolescents as they naturally occur in home-based settings, and to test for a
Galland, Barbara +13 more
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Chewing Beedis: A Case of Cross-Tobacco use in a Patient with Schizophrenia
While tobacco use occurs in many forms all over the world, there is little information on cross-tobacco use. Authors report an unusual case of tobacco use in the form of chewing beedies which are normally smoked (cross-tobacco use).
Govindappa Lakshmana +3 more
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Long-Term Mastication Changed Salivary Metabolomic Profiles
Saliva is an ideal biofluid for monitoring oral and systemic health. Repeated mastication is a typical physical stimulus that improves salivary flow and oral hygiene.
Yoji Saeki +8 more
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Eating problems among old home care clients
Aims The purpose was to examine the prevalence and determinants of self‐reported eating problems in old home care clients, screened separately by a clinical nutritionist and a dental hygienist.
Annina Salmi +6 more
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Validation of a purpose-built chewing gum and smartphone application to evaluate chewing efficiency [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To validate a purpose-built two-coloured chewing gum (Hue-Check Gum® ), and to test the accuracy of a custom-built smartphone application for a colour-mixing ability test to assess chewing function.
Ramona Buser +12 more
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Masticatory performance and masticatory behavior in individuals with eating disorders: a pilot study
AimThe brief report aims to evaluate masticatory performance and components of chewing behavior in people with anorexia nervosa and compare it with a reference group of individuals with no history of eating disorders.Material and methodsEighteen women ...
Abhishek Kumar +5 more
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Motor cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to enhance motor learning in healthy adults as well as various neurological conditions.
Meg Simione +2 more
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A multivalent DNA nanostructure‐enabled lateral flow assay was developed for rapid, ultrasensitive detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) nucleocapsid protein. Designer net‐shaped DNA nanostructures (DNA‐Net) presenting PEDV‐specific aptamers achieved ~1000‐fold enhanced binding, enabling detection of viral copies with Ct ≤ 37.42 within 10
Saurabh Umrao +9 more
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Chewing gum moderates multi-task induced shifts in stress, mood, and alertness: A re-examination
The finding that chewing gum can moderate stress and mood changes following a multi-task cognitive stressor (Scholey, Haskell, Robertson, Kennedy, Milne, and Wetherell, 2009) was re-examined.
Jenks, R. +14 more
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ABSTRACT Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease initiated and sustained by plaque microorganisms and host immune response, remains an intractable oral disease and a leading cause of tooth loss worldwide. Traditional mechanical debridement and adjunctive antibiotic or antiseptic therapy often shows limited efficacy due to the complex anatomical ...
Weiyu Zhang +12 more
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