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In Bad Taste is the second documentary film from Steve Yeager, who had first made Divine Trash in 1998. The documentary follows the cinematic ideas of American filmmaker John Waters, and includes interviews with Waters and his ensemble cast, known as the Dreamlanders.

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Bad Taste (known as Smekkleysa in Icelandic, which literally means very bad or tasteless) is one of Iceland’s most important record labels; located in Reykjavík and known worldwide for being home to The Sugarcubes, it also publishes poetry books, short films, greeting cards and Icelandic gifts. Bad Taste should not be confused with Bad Taste Records, a distinct record label based in Sweden.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs is a compilation album of Jim Croce songs. Released by Lifesong Records in 1978, it features Jim telling stories about his life and the events that inspired his music with songs in between and in the background of his stories.

Abstract: Rat taste nerve responses to salts carrying cations of large molecular size; are the taste responses to the salts induced by cation transport across apical membranes of taste cells? Nakamura M, Kurihara K. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. 1. The responses of rat chorda tympani nerve to various salts carrying cations of large molecular size which have small permeability were measured. 2. Salts carrying polyvalent cations such as Fe3+ or La3+ elicited much larger responses than NaCl or KCl. 3. Ammonium chloride derivatives having methyl or ethyl groups ...

Abstract: Abstract A novel two-port resonator-based shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) sensor has been designed for liquid analysis. The device operates at a wireless ISM frequency of 434 MHz and is built on a 36deg YX LiTaO3 piezoelectric substrate. It relies on a purely physical detection mechanism and it has been designed to function without the need for analyte-specific coatings. The sensor proved successful in identification of all six tastes: alongside the four classical tastes - saltiness, sweetness, sourness, and bitterness - test samples included solutions simulating the umami and...

Abstract: Abstract A novel two-port resonator-based shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) sensor has been designed for liquid analysis. The device operates at a wireless ISM frequency of 434 MHz and is built on a 36deg YX LiTaO3 piezoelectric substrate. It relies on a purely physical detection mechanism and it has been designed to function without the need for analyte-specific coatings. The sensor proved successful in identification of all six tastes: alongside the four classical tastes - saltiness, sweetness, sourness, and bitterness - test samples included solutions simulating the umami and...

Abstract: Molecular cloning of curculin, a novel taste-modifying protein with a sweet taste. Abe K, Yamashita H, Arai S, Kurihara Y. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan. cDNA clones for curculin, a novel taste-modifying protein, were isolated and sequenced. The encoded prepro-curculin was composed of 158 amino acid residues including a signal sequence of 22 residues and a carboxy-terminal extension peptide of 22 residues. Northern blot analysis showed that the mRNA for curculin was first detected in Curculigo latifolia fruits at 2 weeks after pollination and remained at a...

Abstract: Using biosensors to detect the release of serotonin from taste buds during taste stimulation. Huang YJ, Maruyama Y, Lu KS, Pereira E, Plonsky I, Baur JE, Wu D, Roper SD. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. CHO cells transfected with high-affinity 5HT receptors were used to detect and identify the release of serotonin from taste buds. Taste cells release 5HT when depolarized or when stimulated with bitter, sweet, or sour tastants. Sour- and depolarization-evoked release of 5HT from taste buds is triggered by Ca2+ influx from ...

Abstract: Apical K+ channels in Necturus taste cells. Modulation by intracellular factors and taste stimuli. Cummings TA, Kinnamon SC. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins 80523. The apically restricted, voltage-dependent K+ conductance of Necturus taste receptor cells was studied using cell-attached, inside-out and outside-out configurations of the patch-clamp recording technique. Patches from the apical membrane typically contained many channels with unitary conductances ranging from 30 to 175 pS in symmetrical K+ solutions. Channel density was so high that...

Abstract: Differential temperature dependence of taste nerve responses to various taste stimuli in dogs and rats. Nakamura M, Kurihara K. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. The temperature dependence of the canine and rat chorda tympani nerve responses to various taste stimuli was examined. The temperature dependence greatly varied with species of stimuli. In the dog, the tonic responses to fructose, sucrose, acetic acid, and guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) and the response induced by the synergism between monosodium glutamate (MSG) and GMP showed peaks at appro...

Abstract: Naltrexone-induced aversions: assessment by place conditioning, taste reactivity, and taste avoidance paradigms. Parker LA, Rennie M. Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The reinforcing/aversive properties of various doses of naltrexone (0.01, 1, and 10 mg/kg) were assessed in three experiments that employed place conditioning, taste reactivity, and taste avoidance paradigms. Naltrexone produced a place aversion and a taste aversion, but did not produce aversive taste reactivity responses, even at the highest dose (10 mg/kg) tested. This suggests...

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