AbstractBackground: Infantile colic is a common complaint in the first few weeks of life. On the other hand, because of its unknown etiology, there is not a specific therapy for this complaint, but various therapeutic options for reducing pain and restlessness of these infants are recommended. Skin to skin contact by Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) increases in pain threshold and it seems to be a su...

On montre que les ensembles d'Aubry et de Mañé introduits par Mather en dynamique Lagrangienne sont des invariants symplectiques. On introduit pour ceci une barriere dans l'espace des phases. Ceci est aussi l'occasion d'´ ebaucher une théorie d'Aubry-Mather pour des Hamiltoniens non convexes. Abstract : We prove that the Aubry and Mañé sets introduced by Mather in Lagrangian dynamics are symple...

BACKGROUND Kangaroo mother care (KMC), often defined as skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn, frequent or exclusive breastfeeding, and early discharge from the hospital has been effective in reducing the risk of mortality among preterm and low birth weight infants. Research studies and program implementation of KMC have used various definitions. OBJECTIVES To describe the cur...

BACKGROUND Heel stick is the most common painful procedure for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units. Resultant pain causes adverse physiological effects in major organ systems. Kangaroo Care (KC), involving mother-infant skin-to-skin contact is a promising analgesic for infant pain; however, the effect of KC on the autonomic nervous system's response to pain is unknown. AIM To det...

BACKGROUND Based on the general bonding hypothesis, it is suggested that kangaroo mother care (KMC) creates a climate in the family whereby parents become prone to sensitive caregiving. The general hypothesis is that skin-to-skin contact in the KMC group will build up a positive perception in the mothers and a state of readiness to detect and respond to infant's cues. METHOD The randomized co...

In this paper we discuss a weak version of KAM theory for symplectic maps which arise from the discretization of the minimal action principle. These maps have certain invariant sets, the Mather sets, which are the generalization of KAM tori in the non-differentiable case. These sets support invariant measures, the Mather measures, which are action minimizing measures. We generalize viscosity so...

BACKGROUND In India, the Home Based Postnatal Newborn Care programme by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) under the National Rural Health Mission was initiated in 2011 to reduce neonatal mortality rates (NMRs). ASHAs get cash incentives for six postnatal home visits for newborn care. We studied newborn care practices among mothers in Mewat, Haryana, having a high NMR and determined ris...

Xiyuan Lu, Hong Liu, Lianguo Wang, and Saul Schaefer Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of California, Davis; and Cardiology Section, Department of Veteran Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California; and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ...