Background: Oral feeding problems are among the most common issues in preterm infants. Various methods and feeding support tools are used in this regard, such as cup feeding and feeding nozzle. The present study aimed to determine the preferred method between cup feeding and feeding nozzle to support oral feeding in premature neonates. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 70 preterm i...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial and behavioral problems should be detected early during the pediatric consultation to prevent more severe psychosocial impairment as children move into adolescence. The pediatric visit offers an excellent opportunity to assess possible problems using screening tools. The aim of this study is to assess whether an adaptation of a screening tool (Pediatric Symptom Checklist...

background: nowadays, infertility problems have become a social concern, and are associated with multiple psychological and social problems. also, it affects the interpersonal communication between the individual, familial, and social characteristics. since women are exposed to stressors of physical, mental, social factors, and treatment of infertility, providing a psychometric screening tool i...

background: for screening sequence variations in genes, rapid turnover time is of fundamental importance. while, many of the current methods are unfortunately time consuming and technically difficult to implement. denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dhplc) method had been shown to be a high-throughput, time saving, and economical tool for mutation screening. objective: in the pre...

INTRODUCTION Behavioral health disorders remain under recognized and under diagnosed among urban primary care patients. Screening patients for such problems is widely recommended, yet is challenging to do in a brief primary care encounter, particularly for this socially and medically complex patient population. METHODS In 2013, intervention patients at an urban Connecticut primary clinic were...

background: heat stress is a common and usual problem in industries. several indices, including wet bulb globe temperature (wbgt), are used to evaluate heat stress. however, wbgt index has limitations such as high cost and response time. it is not thus suitable as a screening tool. heat strain scoring index (hssi) is also an observational-judgmental technique that has been developed for primary...