OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of Sprinkles alongside infant and young child feeding (IYCF) education compared with IYCF education alone on anemia, deficiencies in iron, vitamin A, and zinc, and growth in Cambodian infants. DESIGN Cluster-randomized effectiveness study. SETTING Cambodian rural health district. PARTICIPANTS Among 3112 infants aged 6 months, a random subsample (n =...

The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, in stimulating lactation in the postpartum period. We enrolled 82 women who had a normal delivery in Osaka Medical College Hospital, and randomly assigned them to the following two groups: a group of 41 women who received Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin at a dose ...

A n i n s t r u m e n t is d e s c r i b e d w h i c h p e r m i t s t h e m e a s u r e m e n t o f t h e q u a l i t y o f X r a y s i n t e r m s o f t h e h a l f v a l u e l a y e r ( H V L ) o f a s u i t a b l e f i l t e r m a t e r i a l . I t c o n s i s t s o f t w o i o n i z a t i o n c h a m b e r s a d j u s t a b l e i n v o l u m e , w h i c h a r e c o n n e c t e d i n o p p ...

(Received: June 6, 2013; Accepted in Revised Form: Nov. 13, 2013) Abstract: Although medical wastewaters are considered as hazardous, little attention is paid to their proper management and disposal. This study conducted on two typical educational hospitals with 300 and 220 beds capacity for parasite cysts and Ova reduction by the hospital wastewater treatment plants. Samples were collected fro...

Seventeen male Ostrich chicks (Ostruiothio, Camelus camelus) aged one month old were brought from Radom National Park to the research farm of University of Nyala, both in Sudan, and reared indoor, concentrate rations were formulated and provided ad-libitum and water equally supplied. During the study period, chick behaviour were observed, body weight gained (g/day), feed intake (g/day), water c...

BACKGROUND To study the relation between alcohol consumption and the fasting insulin concentration in a French population with a range of alcohol intakes. METHODS 2.406 men and 2.500 women, aged 30 to 65 years who were not known as diabetic and with a non-diabetic fasting plasma glucose<7.0 mmol/l were studied. Insulin was assayed by a specific micro-enzyme immunoassay and alcohol intake was ...

During the last decades, hundreds of scientific papers have focused on use anodes consisting conductive diamond coatings, pointing out their outstanding capacity for mineralization organic pollutants contained in wastewater. Most works consist evaluation removal different types organics, with concentrations ranging from a few micrograms up to several grams per liter, matrices, synthetic solutio...