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Swallowing and Communication in Cockayne Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Management

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cockayne syndrome (CS) is an ultrarare genetic disorder associated with genes encoding proteins involved in DNA repair. The clinical course of CS involves neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative features, including swallowing and communication impairments.
Abigail M. Spoden, Katlyn E. McGrattan, Peter B. Kang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Artificial Sweeteners in Chewing Gum, Helpful or Harmful? [PDF]

, 2019
Objective/Aims: This review of literature was designed to analyze the effects of artificial sweeteners in chewing gum in the oral cavity. The intent was to recognize which formulations of artificial sweeteners in chewing gum lead to beneficial outcomes ...
Liebe, Emily, Rue, Taylor
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In vivo cranial bone strain and bite force in the agamid lizard Uromastyx geyri [PDF]

, 2014
In vivo bone strain data are the most direct evidence of deformation and strain regimes in the vertebrate cranium during feeding and can provide important insights into skull morphology.
Evans, S. E., Fagan, M. J., Iriarte-Diaz, J., O'Reilly, J. C., Porro, L. B., Ross, C. F.   +5 more
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Behavior patterns of cows with Charolais or Nellore breed predominance fed diets with plant extract or monensin sodium

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011
The objective of this research was to study the ingestive behavior of feedlot cows fed additives based on plant extracts or monensin sodium. Twenty-four Charolais and Nellore crossbred cows with age and average initial weight of 7 years and 423 kg ...
Luciane Rumpel Segabinazzi, Julio Viégas, Leandro da Silva Freitas, Ivan Luiz Brondani, Flânia Mônego Argenta, Juliano Binotto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

m.10010T>C Mitochondrial Disease: A Case Report With Hypoparathyroidism and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are essential intracellular organelles that play a critical role in cellular metabolism, including the regulation of intracellular calcium signaling. Advances in genomic sequencing have facilitated the identification of rare pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic variants in patients with unexplained endocrine disorders.
Jacob Mohr, Anja Lisbeth Frederiksen, Morten Duno, Anne Pernille Hermann, Trine Maxel Juul, Simone Rask Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) extracts on human T lymphoblastoid cell line [PDF]

, 2009
This paper reports on an investigation of the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of khat extract using a human T lymphoblastoid cell line (CEM). Exponentially growing CEM cells were cultured for 12 h in the presence of khat extract (0-2000 μg ml-1 ...
Al-Meshal, Al-Meshal, Barnett, C.N. Fokunang ., C.R. Barnett ., Fenech, Gunaid, Hammouda, Kabarity, Kalix, Kamel, Morton, O’Gara, O’Gara, P.T. Tomkins ., Reed, S.S. Barkwan, Sakagam, Sharma, Y.A. Barnett ., Zheng   +20 more
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Does chewing xylitol gum improve oral health? [PDF]

, 2013
Popular chewing gum brands such as Orbit and Trident advertise that chewing their gum promotes oral health due to the presence of xylitol. This compound has interested oral health researchers since the 1970 s, but recent advances in research have been ...
Rouse, Thomas
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fragmentation of a viscoelastic food by human mastication

, 2010
Fragment-size distributions have been studied experimentally in masticated viscoelastic food (fish sausage).The mastication experiment in seven subjects was examined.
Bilt, Epstein, Hiiemae, Hutchings, Ishii, Jalabert-Malbos, Katsuragi, Klačka, Kobayashi, Kohyama, Kohyama, Kohyama, Lucas, Matsushita, Olthoff, Peyron, Sumino, Wittel   +17 more
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum, Michael J. Blumer, Mason N. Dean, Laura J. Ekstrom   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source