Publications by authors named "T W Dukes"

Although orthonasal odorants are often associated with the external environment, retronasal odorants are accompanied by consummatory behaviors and indicate an internal state of an animal. Our study aimed to examine whether the same odorants may generate a consistent perceptual experience when 2 olfactory routes potentiate variations in concentration in the nasal cavity and orosensory activation. A customized lick spout with vacuum removing odorants around the animal's nares was used to render a pure retronasal exposure experience.

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Adolescents who attend high school as preparatory boarding students are growing up and learning to care for themselves in a very different set of circumstances than those who live at home with their families. Although this choice may present myriad opportunities for personal growth and academic advantages, nurturance and support from caring adults is necessary to foster health and well-being. Our model of a collaborative relationship between nursing and counseling in providing health services to the adolescents in our care at St.

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We herein report on the pharmacophore determination of the ERK docking domain inhibitor (Z)-3-(2-aminoethyl)-5-(4-ethoxybenzylidene)thiazolidine-2,4-dione, which has led to the discovery of compounds with greater selectivities for inhibiting the proliferation of melanoma cells containing active ERK signaling.

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This study examined the association between medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in-prison behavioral infractions in a statewide population by comparing rate ratios of infractions in inmates with and without TBI over an 11.5-year period (16,299 males and 1,270 females). The in-prison behavioral infraction rate was significantly increased in males with TBI compared with no TBI for all infractions (RR = 1.

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