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And Taste (and + taste)

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    Selected Abstracts

    FEELING IS BELIEVING, OR LANDSCAPE AS A WAY OF BEING IN THE WORLD

    GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES B: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, Issue 3 2007
    Edmunds Valdem, rs Bunk
    ABSTRACT. This article is work-in-progress, an orientation of thought towards possibilities for individual human beings to diminish the distance between outer and inner landscapes imposed by cultural norms and happenstances such as exile. The dominance of visual landscapes and visual perceptions is seen as a pivotal problem, to be solved by the engagement of all the senses in landscape discourse and formation. All the senses are engaged in earliest childhood, as they have been in ,primitive' societies. While returning to either a state of childhood or primitivism is an impossible dream, it is possible to edge closer to human nature by engaging and honing all the senses, especially the ,earth-bound senses' of feel, smell and taste. Cultivating those senses and developing discourse about them, and incorporating them into landscape formation and enjoyment, is much more difficult than having a discourse about sight and hearing, for which there is a rich and well-developed symbolic language and which can be shared through various types of media. The way towards a deeper discourse about the earth-bound senses, and the way out of the tyranny of the visual, is to be found in stories, as several thinkers suggest. The story told is autobiographical and literary , a mode of geographic writing that I developed in a 2004 book (Bunk,e 2004a), in which the complex dilemmas of home and road were explored. This article shows how in the early 1970s I defined the individual's landscape as ,a unity in one's surroundings perceived through all the senses', with imagination as the key human faculty. And I tell the story of how through complex circumstances, a visually and emotionally repugnant landscape became emotionally and intellectually attractive, with a scent, not a picture or image causing the initial attraction. The external and internal landscapes are thus unified, resulting in a sense of timelessness and placelessness of deep existential significance for the person. [source]

    SENSORY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY EVALUATION OF VACUUM-PACKED SLICED COOKED CHICKEN BREAST.

    JOURNAL OF FOOD QUALITY, Issue 2 2003
    SHELF-LIFE ESTIMATION
    Sensory evaluation and a microbiological study charted the development of lactic acid and psychotropic bacteria and of Brochothrix thermosphacta. Six different sensory methods were used to estimate product shelf-life; of these, the method based on average smell and taste was deemed the most suitable, since these parameters had a greater impact on shelf-life. From a microbiological point of view, mean shelf-life times were estimated at each temperature and compared with the estimates of the tasting panel. In the samples stored at the three lowest study temperatures (2.3, 6.5 and 10C), lactic acid and psychotropic bacteria counts of 107,108 cfu/g were not achieved; this agrees with the absence of sensory rejection at the end of the experiment. At 13.5 and 17.7C, mean shelf-life estimated microbiologically was shorter than that estimated using sensory methods. This difference, which here amounted to at least 8 days, is due to the so-called "delayed change", reported in previous experiments with cooked meat products. [source]

    A ChemoSensory Questionnaire for Patients Treated for Cancer of the Head and Neck,

    THE LARYNGOSCOPE, Issue 12 2005
    Andrew N. Goldberg MD, MSCE
    Abstract Objectives: To investigate primary chemosensory issues experienced by patients who undergo treatment for cancer of the head and neck and to develop and assess a ChemoSensory Questionnaire (CSQ). Design: Cross sectional survey for questionnaire development and testing. Methods: Literature, expert opinion, and focus group methodology were used to identify aspects of smell and taste affecting patients before, during, and after therapy for cancer of the head and neck. A draft instrument was compiled, reviewed, and revised. The revised instrument was administered along with a demographic and clinical form, the SF-12, the Performance Status Survey, and the University of Michigan Head and Neck Quality of Life Questionnaire (HRQOL) to a sample of patients. After item and scale analyses and reductions, a final instrument was assembled. Construct validity and test-retest reliability were assessed. Results: Two hundred six patients were included in the study. The final survey instrument consisted of eight items, four on smell and four on taste. Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 for the smell scale and 0.78 for the taste scale. Correlations with other HRQOL scales ranged from 0.20 to 0.64 for the taste scale and from 0.10 to 0.33 for the smell scale. Good construct validity of the CSQ scores was demonstrated. Conclusions: Treatment for head and neck cancer negatively impacts smell and taste. A survey instrument was developed to evaluate chemosensory function that is simple to administer and is brief. This instrument will be of value in identifying factors that contribute to chemosensory disturbance and may serve as a guide for planning treatment regimens that minimize such disturbance. [source]

    Postoperative Pain and Side Effects After Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatoplasty, and Radiofrequency Tissue Volume Reduction in Primary Snoring

    THE LARYNGOSCOPE, Issue 12 2003
    Philippe Rombaux MD
    Abstract Objectives We compared, in a prospective study, the side effects and the postoperative complications of three procedures commonly used for the treatment of primary snoring. Method Forty-nine patients underwent velopharyngeal surgery for primary snoring (17 for uvulopalatopharyngoplasty [UPPP]; 15 for laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty [LAUP], and 17 for radiofrequency tissue volume reduction [RFTVR]). Preoperative full polysomnographic studies ruled out obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Each patient's evaluation encompassed postoperative pharyngeal pain (as measured by a 5-point visual analogue scale) and use of narcotic drugs in the early postoperative period as well as a subjective evaluation of late postoperative complaints. A surgeon's examination was performed to report postoperative complications in the oropharynx. Results Postoperative pharyngeal pain was less important in the RFTVR group than in the UPPP and LAUP groups. Mean scores at days 3, 7, 16 were as follows: 4.2, 4.0, and 2.4, respectively, for UPPP; 4.6, 3.8, and 1.6 for LAUP; and 2.4, 2.0, and 0.7 for RFTVR. Mean duration of pain with a score greater than 2 was calculated as follows: UPPP, 21.3 days; LAUP, 15.1 days; and RFTVR, 6.1 days. Mean duration of narcotic drug use for the patients who needed this medication was 10.1 days for UPPP, 7.2 days for LAUP, and 1.3 for RFTVR. Postoperative side effects (trouble with smell and taste, pharyngeal dryness, globus sensation, voice change, and pharyngonasal reflux) were more present in the UPPP and LAUP groups than in the RFTVR group. Surgeon's assessment for postoperative complications reported more wound infection, dehiscence, and posterior pillar narrowing in the UPPP and LAUP groups than in the RFTVR group. Conclusion RFTVR is a safer and less painful procedure than UPPP and LAUP for the treatment of primary snoring. Postoperative discomfort after LAUP and after UPPP appears to be very similar. [source]

    Anosmia after general anaesthesia: a case report

    ANAESTHESIA, Issue 12 2009
    I. Konstantinidis
    Summary Although anaesthetic drugs are included among the aetiological factors of anosmia, limited reports exist of anosmia induced by general anaesthesia. We present the case of a 60-year-old female patient with a 3-month history of altered smell and taste immediately after recovery from general anaesthesia for a urological operation. The anaesthetic drugs used were fentanyl, propofol and sevoflurane. Clinical examination and a computed tomography brain scan did not reveal any pathology. Psychophysical testing showed anosmia and normal taste function. Imaging studies using single photon emission computed tomography of the brain were performed twice: as a baseline examination; and after odour stimulation with phenyl ethyl alcohol. Normal brain activity without reaction to odorous stimuli suggested peripheral dysfunction or stimuli transmission problems. The patient, after four months of olfactory retraining, demonstrated significant improvement. The onset of the dysfunction in relation with the imaging findings may imply that anaesthetics could induce the olfactory dysfunction. [source]