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Developmental research of sustainable technologies to minimise problematic road embankment settlements [PDF]

, 2017
Challenging, problematic and non-uniform ground conditions are a night mare to geotechnical engineers tasked with the design and construction of buildings and transport infrastructure. These often suffer undesirable structural settlements.
Abu Talib, M. K., Bakar, I., Ismail, T. N. H. T., Ratha, N., Siang, A. J. L. M., Wijeyesekera, D. C., Zainorabidin, A.   +6 more
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Is Drinking to Thirst Optimum? [PDF]

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2010
<i>Backgrounds/Aims:</i> Prior to 1969, athletes were advised to avoid drinking during exercise. At least 4 subsequent events led to the adoption of a radically different approach. By 1996, all exercisers were advised to drink ‘as much as tolerable’ in order to insure that they did not lose any weight during exercise – the ‘zero percent ...
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Trajectory of thirst intensity and distress from admission to 4-weeks follow up at home in patients with heart failure

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2018
Nana Waldréus,1 Misook L Chung,2 Martje HL van der Wal,3,4 Tiny Jaarsma5,6 1Department of Neurobiology, Division of Nursing, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; 2College of Nursing, University of Kentucky ...
Waldréus N, Chung ML, van der Wal MHL, Jaarsma T   +3 more
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Human Minds [PDF]

, 2003
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Papineau, David
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Menthol chewing gum on preoperative thirst management: randomized clinical trial *

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2019
Objective to evaluate the effectiveness of menthol chewing gum, in the relief of the intensity and discomfort of the surgical patient’s thirst in the preoperative period. Method a randomized controlled trial, with 102 patients in the preoperative period,
Aline Korki Arrabal Garcia, R. Furuya, M. F. Conchon, E. G. Rossetto, R. Dantas, L. F. Fonseca   +5 more
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Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez, Gabriel Rosero, Bernhard Brümmer   +2 more
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Interventional effect of diluted essential balm mouthwash on hemodialysis patients with thirst

Linchuang shenzangbing zazhi
ObjectiveTo explore the intervention effect of diluted essential balm mouthwash on thirst in hemodialysis patients.MethodsA total of 43 patients with thirst who underwent maintenance hemodialysis at the Blood Purification Center of Taihe County People's ...
Lu Wen-wen, Zhang Di, Liu Xue-chun, Zhang Li   +3 more
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The Effects of Mild Dehydration on Cycling Performance in the Heat [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Hypohydration exceeding 2% of body mass (bm), affected by heat and thirst level, leads to decreased athletic performance. Both physiological and psychological factors of dehydration have an impact on an athlete’s perceived performance ...
Hamer, Elika
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Water-loss dehydration and aging [PDF]

, 2013
This review defines water-loss and salt-loss dehydration. For older people serum osmolality appears the most appropriate gold standard for diagnosis of water-loss dehydration, but clear signs of early dehydration have not been developed. In older adults,
Adams, Altman, American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), Andrews, Anglian Water Services, Armstrong, Armstrong-Esther, Australian Government, Bellisle, Bhalla, Bourre, Bunn, Campbell, Chan, Cheuvront, Cheuvront, Davies, Davies, Devriese, Diane Bunn, Dickinson, Dunne, Dupin, EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, NaAN, Fazekas, Finch, Florence O. Jimoh, Friedman, Friis-Hansen, Gleibs, Godfrey, Goldman, Gorelick, Greenleaf, Gross, Haveman-Nies, Hodgkinson, Hollis, Hooper, Institute of Medicine, Kafri, Kant, Kayser-Jones, Kenkmann, Kim, Kyle, Lee Hooper, Leibovitz, Leiper, Lindeman, Mack, Manz, Martin, McGee, Mentes, Mentes, Mentes, Naitoh, NHS Choices, NNR, Olde Rikkert, Olde Rikkert, Olde Rikkert, Philpin, Pietruszka, Reid, Robinson, Rochon, Rolland, Rowe, Rutishauser, Sands, Scales, Schloerb, Schut, Seymour, Shimizu, Shirreffs, Simmons, Simmons, Simmons, Solemdal, Steiner, Stookey, Stookey, Stookey, Susan J. Fairweather-Tait, Thomas, Thomas, Thompson, Ullrich, Van Staveren, Vergne, Vivanti, Vivanti, Wachtel, Waikar, Wakefield, Walsh, Warren, Weinberg, World Health Organization, Wotton, Wu, Xiao, Zizza   +105 more
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