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Multi-channel portable odor delivery device for self-administered and rapid smell testing

Communications Engineering
To improve our understanding of the perception of odors, researchers are often required to undertake experimental procedures with users exposed to multiple odors in a variety of settings, including to diagnose smell loss in clinics and care homes ...
Richard Hopper, Daniel Popa, Emanuela Maggioni, Devarsh Patel, Marianna Obrist, Basile Nicolas Landis, Julien Wen Hsieh, Florin Udrea   +7 more
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Cortical Representation of Food-Related Odors in Gustatory Areas Differs According to Their Taste Association: An fMRI Study

Brain Sciences
Background/Objectives: Gustatory stimuli are primarily processed in the insula, while the primary olfactory cortex involves the piriform cortex. Relatively little is known about the central-nervous integration of stimuli from foods.
Mariano Mastinu, Divesh Thaploo, Jonathan Warr, Thomas Hummel   +3 more
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The Chemical Senses [PDF]

, 2015
Long-standing neglect of the chemical senses in the philosophy of perception is due, mostly, to their being regarded as ‘lower’ senses. Smell, taste, and chemically irritated touch are thought to produce mere bodily sensations ...
Smith, Barry C.
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Automated Refactoring of Nested-IF Formulae in Spreadsheets

, 2017
Spreadsheets are the most popular end-user programming software, where formulae act like programs and also have smells. One well recognized common smell of spreadsheet formulae is nest-IF expressions, which have low readability and high cognitive cost ...
Han, Shi, Hao, Dan, Zhang, Dongmei, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Lu   +4 more
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Orientation in space using the sense of smell [PDF]

, 2010
Several studies reported that respiration interacts with olfactory perception. Therefore, in the pilot study of this experiment series human breathing was investigated during an olfactory experiment.
Kleemann, Anna Maria
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An Explicit Electron-Vibron Model for Olfactory Inelastic Electron Transfer Spectroscopy

, 2019
The vibrational theory of olfaction was posited to explain subtle effects in the sense of smell inexplicable by models in which molecular structure alone determines an odorant's smell.
Blair, Enrique P., Liza, Nishattasnim
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The Neural Basis of Salt Perception: A Focus on Potassium Chloride as a Sodium Alternative

Life
Excessive dietary sodium intake is a major risk factor for hypertension, prompting interest in potassium chloride (KCl) as a sodium chloride (NaCl) alternative.
Emilia Iannilli, Raffaela Fürer, Antje Welge-Lüssen, Thomas Hummel   +3 more
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Специфіка функціонування одоративної лексики у поетичній творчості Івана Драча [PDF]

, 2015
У статті досліджено одоративну лексику як продуктивний засіб створення художньої образності в поетичній творчості Івана Драча. Особливу увагу приділено частиномовному вираженню запахових відчуттів та їх функціонально-стилістичній характеристиці. (In the
Абрамчук, О. (O. Abramchuk), Клочко, Н. (H. Klochko), Поздрань, Ю. (Yu. Pozdran)   +2 more
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Applying a new version of the Brazilian-Portuguese UPSIT smell test in Brazil [PDF]

, 2010
Standardized olfactory tests are now available to quantitatively assess disorders of olfaction. A Brazilian-Portuguese version of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is currently being developed specifically for the Brazilian
Azevedo, AMS, Barbosa, ER, Doty, RL, Lees, AJ, Ranvaud, R, Silveira-Moriyama, L   +5 more
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Something Must Be Done: The Construction and Dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg

, 2016
Not only did the armies leave something of a state of chaos behind them after the battle of Gettysburg; they also left their dead buried poorly almost everywhere.
Christensen, Hannah M
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