Recently there has been an outburst of interest in extending topographic maps of vectorial data to more general data structures, such as sequences or trees. However, there is no general consensus as to how best to process sequences using topographic maps, and this topic remains an active focus of neurocomputational research. The representational capabilities and internal representations of the ...

background: the early postoperative feeding after caesarean section (c- section) has remained controversial. this study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early versus delayed postcaesarean section oral feeding regarding gastrointestinal complications and patients postoperative satisfaction after c- section. methods: this clinical trial study was conducted on 200 pregnant women...

conclusion this study showed that early feeding decreased post cesarean gastrointestinal complications. results no mother experienced nausea, vomiting and illus. flatulence severity 4 and 12 hours after surgery was similar in both groups (p = 0.856, p = 0.392). however, flatulence severity 24, 36 and 48 hours after surgery, was less in the experimental group (p = 0.030, p = 0.016, p = 0.001). a...

background and purpose: inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the causes of malnutrition worldwide. this study was aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices according to world health organization recommendation in sari, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study on complementary feeding practices assayed the different aspect of infant feeding based o...

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...

Abstract Cowpea protein isolate (CPI) was subjected to various dry and wet heat pretreatments followed by sequential digestion with pepsin pancreatin; the undigested residues were isolated as indigestible cowpea proteins (ICPs). All ICPs exhibited in vitro bile acid-binding capacity but ICP from slow cooling-induced gelation had highest yield (68%) used for rat feeding experiments determine eff...

the nutritional requirements of mammalian embryos changes throughout pre-implantation period, coincident with changes in the secretion of the female reproductive tract. therefore, it has been suggested that sequential culture media may support nutritional requirements for optimal growth of the mammalian embryos. in this study, we investigated the effect of two different concentrations (10 or 10...

use of saline water for irrigation has shown considerable promise. however, its effect on the solubility and bioavailability of native soil nutrients is not well understood. this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of salinity on the behavior of zinc(zn) in calcareous soils. the soil samples with different physiochemical properties were collected from four locations in khorasan province...