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Sampling, identification and sensory evaluation of odors of a newborn baby’s head and amniotic fluid [PDF]
For baby odor analyses, noninvasive, stress-free sample collection is important. Using a simple method, we succeeded in obtaining fresh odors from the head of five newborn babies. These odors were chemically analyzed by two-dimensional gas chromatography
KANAYAMA, Naohiro +8 more
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Parfum de bonté et odeur de sainteté
As invisible and impalpable emanations, odors were central to the close ties that the nineteenth century created between bodily hygiene and morality. As Alain Corbin has shown, notions of olfaction reinforced the articulation between the body and mind ...
Érika Wicky
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Smells in Sustainable Environments: The Scented Silk Road to Spending
Humanity's demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what earth can regenerate in that year, creating an urgent need for more sustainable behavior.
Jasper H. B. de Groot
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Positive relationship between odor identification and affective responses of negatively valenced odors [PDF]
Hedonic ratings of odors and olfactory preferences are influenced by a number of modulating factors, such as prior experience and knowledge about an odor’s identity. The present study addresses the relationship between knowledge about an odor’
S Craig eRoberts +11 more
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A recent study found that in a virtual room devoid of obvious visual cues linking visual and olfactory stimuli, exposure to an unpleasant odor (but not to a pleasant one) led to statistically significant increases in the sense of Presence. A second study
Oliver Baus +3 more
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Oscillatory Sequences of Firing in the Locust Olfactory System: Mechanisms and Functional Significance [PDF]
What neural codes does the brain use to represent and process sensory information? Stimulus-evoked oscillatory synchronization of neuronal activity has been observed in many systems, yet the possible functions of such rhythmic synchronization in neural ...
Wehr, Michael Stephen
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The mereological theory of odors
We propose the mereological theory of odors, according to which odors are proper parts of concrete objects. We distinguish between object solid core and gaseous periphery; the odor is the periphery and plays a role in olfactory perception similar to the ...
Casati, Le Corre
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Wastewater deodorization methods at wastewater treatment plants
The article presents a review of existing methods for reducing gases’ emissions with specific unpleasant odors during the process of wastewater and sludge treatment at wastewater treatment plants.
E. S. Glushchenko, A. A. Kadyseva
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Representation of Olfactory Information in Organized Active Neural Ensembles in the Hypothalamus
Summary: The internal representation of sensory information via coherent activation of specific pathways in the nervous system is key to appropriate behavioral responses.
Vinicius Miessler de Andrade Carvalho +8 more
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Odor as a medium of cohesion and belonging
Within the social sciences, family research in sociology has in recent years – and for good reason – taken to adopting a “practical turn” to its subject.
Tino Schlinzig
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