Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"chewing gum"”.
-
The release of nicotine from chewing gum formulations
… to obtain regulatory approval was Nicorette® gum. It provides a convenient way of delivering nicotine directly to the buccal cavity, thus, circumventing 'first-pass' elimination following gastrointestinal absorption. Since launch, Nicorette® gum has been investigated in numerous studies …
-
Chewing gum : a potential strategy to relieve thirst in chronic heart failure
… as artificial saliva showed differing results, chewing gum demonstrated promising outcomes in relieving thirst. Based on the comprehensive literature review and preliminary Bachelor Honours study, RELIEVE-CHF was developed. RELIEVE-CHF was a novel pilot intervention which sought to investigate …
-
Properties of a Model Zein-Based Chewing Gum Investigated by Objective and Sensory Methods
Keywords. zein, texture, chewing gum, LCC, MCC.
-
Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de goma de mascar energética a partir del borojó (Borojoa patinoi) para el mercado de Lima Metropolitana
… the installation of a plant to produce energetic chewing gum mainly made from borojó. For this, the market of people between 18 and 35 years old who live in Metropolitan Lima and who belong to the NSE A and B sectors of zones 6 and 7 was studied. Subsequently, the product is defined as packages …
-
No Longer Your Best Black Friend (BBF): The Roles and Expectations of Black Women in Contemporary Television
… in Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Chewing Gum, and Insecure in the conceptual frame work of Houston Baker’s mastery of form and deformation of master. Before the analysis of the shows, secondary research was performed to provide historical context of black women’s history and their …
-
Performance Evaluation and Durability Studies of Adhesive Bonds
… joints to popular confectionaries such as chewing gum. In the first chapter, a double cantilever beam (DCB) specimen geometry is proposed for combinatorial fracture studies of structural adhesive bonds. This specimen geometry enabled the characterization of fracture energy vs. bondline …
-
Η επίδραση της άσκησης με μαστίχα στα επί μέρους τμήματα του στοματογναθικού συστήματος
… OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO STUDY POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHEWING GUM TRAINING ON THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM, THE BITE FORCE, THE TACTILE SENSIBILITY AND THE CHEWING EFFICIENCY AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT CHEWING EXERCISES HAVE AN EFFECT ON THESTOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM AND ON ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS BOTH IN …
-
Biorubber (PGS) : evaluation of a novel biodegradable elastomer
… napkins or diapers, and even fishing lure or chewing gum.
-
Running Catalina
… famous Catalina bison, William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate who developed the island into what it is today, and much more.</p> <p>This memoir-history gives readers a little taste of the unique nature of this island, its inhabitants across the centuries, what it is like to run the …
-
The nanogranular origin of concrete creep : a nanoindentation investigation of microstructure and fundamental properties of calcium-silicate-hydrates
… concrete subject to sustained load creeps, like chewing gum, at a rate that deteriorates the durability and lifespan of concrete infrastructure. While it is generally agreed that concrete creep originates from the complex viscous behavior of nanometer-sized building blocks of concrete, the …
-
Fast GC: Applications and Theoretical Studies
… 2,6-di-(tert-butyl)-4-methylphenol, BHT, from chewing gum and breakfast cereal. The extraction was followed by a fast GC analysis (less than 4 minutes) using "flash"â ¢ temperature programming. MAE reduced the sample preparation time, from hours to minutes, and consequently reduced, the total …
-
Analysis of potent odorants in spearmint oils
… of spearmint is attributed mainly to its use in chewing gum and breath mints, as well as other confectionery products and oral healthcare products. While the major volatile constituents of spearmint are well known, there has been little research on the potent odorants in spearmint. The …
-
A comparison of the effects of different forms of caffeine supplementation on 5000-metre running performance
… three different supplementation forms (caffeine gum, tablets, and strips), affected 5000-metre track running performance. METHOD Using a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover design, 10 males (mean ± SD, age 40 ± 9 years, body mass 73.4 ± 10.1kg, height 180.6 ± 10.2cm), and 4 females (age …
-
Oxidation of waxes using microwave-generated singlet molecular oxygen
… hot melt adhesives, textile processing and chewing gum. The waxes used are obtained from a variety of sources, natural, mineral, and synthetic. The properties of the wax determine its suitability for a particular application. For certain of the latter, a wax containing Oxygen groups is often …
-
Optimization of sample preparation in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry of macromolecules
… the characterization of commercially available chewing gum. The optimization of MALDI analysis of PVAc was achieved by investigating the influence of sample preparation variables such as the choice of solvent and choice of matrix-analyte ratio. It was demonstrated that the use of ethyl acetate …
-
Factors affecting dietary intake, dietary change, nutritional status and appetite in older adults: impact of oral health status
… between objective, obtained using a two-colour chewing gum test, and subjective, using a self-report questionnaire, methods of evaluating masticatory performance<br/>5. Investigation of how improvements in masticatory performance, as a result of removable partial dental prosthesis treatment or …
-
Characterization of zein extracted from beer solids, a coproduct of dry-grind ethanol
… encapsulation, in moisture barrier films, as chewing gum base. Most recently, it has been explored in biomedical applications as tissue scaffolding, to enhance cell spreading and viability. Coproducts of corn-to-ethanol processing remain potential sources of zein. Distillers’ wet grains (DWG) …
-
Mechanical Monitoring of Inhibitory Jaw Reflexes in Health and Simulated Dysfunction
… and 10 minutes following a 3-minute accelerated chewing task. This task consisted of chewing 1.5g of a tough chewing gum at 1.5 times the subject’s natural chewing rate and in 18 cases, muscle fatigue and/or pain were reported by the subjects. Results: Following stimulation at intensities that …
-
Auswirkungen eines Kautrainings auf die Kaumuskulatur
… Kautrainings mit einem standardisierten Kaugummi auf die Querschnitte der Musculi masseter und digastricus, sowie die Volumina der Musculi masseter, pterygoideus medialis und lateralis untersucht werden. <br> <br>29 gesunde Probanden (Altersdurchschnitt: 25,4 ± 3,6 Jahre; 15 Männer und 14 …