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The olfactory receptor SNIF-1 mediates foraging for leucine-enriched diets in C. elegans [PDF]

eLife
Acquisition of essential nutrients through diet is crucial for the survival of animals. Dietary odors might enable animals to forage for nutrient-rich diets.
Ritika Siddiqui, Nikita Mehta, Gopika Ranjith, Marie-Anne Félix, Changchun Chen, Varsha Singh   +5 more
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Indoor Environmental Determinants of Depression: A New Approach to Understanding Mental Health [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Depression has emerged in recent years as a significant global health issue, drawing considerable research interest and attention. The development of depression could be impacted by a range of environmental factors.
Gintare Kaliniene, Ruta Ustinaviciene, Rasa Zutautiene, Jolita Kirvaitiene, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Vaiva Lesauskaite, Dalia Luksiene   +6 more
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Linguistic sensory of the interlocutor’s image in H. Boll’s novel “The Clown”

Неофилология, 2023
The purpose of study is to describe the sensory features of interlocutor’s perception by the main character of the novel by H. Boll “The Clown”. Sensory vocabulary representing odors, skin reactions and color combinations of clothes perceived by the ...
Yu. M. Shemchuk, M. V. Spanopulo
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Prediction of Residual NPK Levels in Crop Fruits by Electronic-Nose VOC Analysis following Application of Multiple Fertilizer Rates

Applied Sciences, 2022
The excessive application of nitrogen in cucumber cultivation may lead to nitrate accumulation in fruits with potential toxicity to humans. Harvested fruits of agricultural crops should be evaluated for residual nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK ...
Sana Tatli, Esmaeil Mirzaee-Ghaleh, Hekmat Rabbani, Hamed Karami, Alphus Dan Wilson   +4 more
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Responses of Adult Hypera rumicis L. to Synthetic Plant Volatile Blends

Molecules, 2022
The behavioral responses of Hypera rumicis L. adults to varying blends of synthetic plant volatiles (SPVs) at various concentrations in lieu of single compounds are reported for the first time. For this study, Rumex confertus plants were treated with two
Dariusz Piesik, Jan Bocianowski, Karol Kotwica, Grzegorz Lemańczyk, Magdalena Piesik, Veronika Ruzsanyi, Chris A. Mayhew   +6 more
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Odor mixtures: A chord with silent notes

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The olfactory world is one of complex mixtures and blends containing up to hundreds of molecules. Many of those molecules can act as agonists, antagonists or enhancers at different receptors.
Lu Xu, Dong-Jing Zou, Stuart Firestein
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Combining the Classification and Pharmacophore Approaches to Understand Homogeneous Olfactory Perceptions at Peripheral Level: Focus on Two Aroma Mixtures

Molecules, 2023
The mechanisms involved in the homogeneous perception of odorant mixtures remain largely unknown. With the aim of enhancing knowledge about blending and masking mixture perceptions, we focused on structure-odor relationships by combining the ...
Marylène Rugard, Karine Audouze, Anne Tromelin   +2 more
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Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses—A Review

Animals, 2023
Horses constantly face several challenges inherent to the domestic environment, and it is common for the expression of their natural behavior to be drastically limited.
Ana Caroline Bini de Lima, Vanessa Cristini Sebastião da Fé, Maria Simara Palermo Hernandes, Viviane Maria Oliveira dos Santos   +3 more
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Reflections on Odor Management for Animal Feeding Operations

Atmosphere, 2020
Most animal feeding operation owners recognize that they need to manage odors from their operations as part of their social relationship with their neighbors and local community. That was not always the case.
Kevin Janni
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Experimental protocol to repel opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) through an artisanal odor repellent device

Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2022
Background: The human-opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) conflict has increased during the last decades mainly due to natural habitat loss, and mediated by generalist and opportunistic habits of opossums.
Karen N Rodríguez, Diana R Aguirre, Claudia P Ceballos   +2 more
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