Kukui (Candle-Nut) Oil.

Effect of vegetable oil (Brazil nut oil) and mineral oil (liquid petrolatum) on dental biofilm control.

Dental biofilm control represents a basic procedure to prevent caries and the occurrence of periodontal diseases. Currently, toothbrushes and dentifrices are used almost universally, and the employment of good oral hygiene allows for appropriate biofilm removal by both mechanical and chemical control. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of adding vegetable or mineral oil to ...

Candle auctions

We define an auction inspired procedure through which an agent A (the so called initial auctioneer) allocates a chore to one agent from a predefined set of sub-agents by letting them arrange the things among themselves including the definition of the compensation for the losing sub-agent. The compensation is a multiple of the fee f that A fixes at his will and the selected sub-agents are called...

Candle-Candle-Candle-Candy: Continuous Attraction Toward Previously Seen Phonological Competitors

Mouse-tracking provides rich information about temporally sensitive mental processing. In two experiments, we applied this methodology to a phonological cohort task that can be interpreted as a version of the A-not-B task. In the first experiment, participants had to click a word such as “candle” three times in a row on the same side of the computer screen. They then had to click a phonological...

Indigenous Hawaiian nonmedical and medical use of the kukui tree.

Cashew-Nut (Anacardium Accidentale Linn) Shell Oil as an Anthelmintic in Human Helminthiasis—A Preliminary