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...

Servo press technology is gaining attention because its punch motion curve offers greater formability than that of a conventional stamping press. This study investigated the effect curves on circular cup extrusion–drawing process. Various were analyzed, and optimal for application was determined. Both process spring back U-shaped sheet metal investigated. In process, (Case A) three servo (Cases...

in this study, the formation of different parts of a cup during deep drawing process has been investigated analytically using the geometrical relationships. for a given punch travel, the effects of the bending angle, and those of the die and shoulder radii on the flange and die shoulder strains were examined. in addition, different components of the deformation force were calculated and the pun...

Warm deep drawing of polypropylene, a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, is studied using finite element analysis. In this process, circular polypropylene blank preheated to temperature much below its melting and drawn into the shape flat-bottom cylindrical cup punch-die combination, both initially at 25°C. The material model used for analysis considers effects varying strain rate during p...

Abstract In forming processes, friction is a local phenomenon influenced by the contact conditions at tool-sheet metal interface. A multi-scale model applicable for coated sheets developed boundary lubrication regime which accounts physical behavior of coating and measured surface topographies sheet tools. The patches therefore real area determined interface different loading conditions. single...

This article is based on field research in two South African host cities of the Men‘s Football World Cup 2010 (eThekwini and Johannesburg). The discussed work is part of the research project “Festivalisation” of Urban Governance: The Production of Socio-Spatial Control in the Context of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. In the context of mega-events, impacts and changes on urban developm...

INTRODUCTION Hearing protection devices are one of the primary noise reduction tools in developing countries. This study is intended to produce and apply acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)/clay nanocomposites to fabricate a laboratory single cup earmuffs and then compare it with double cup and single cup pure ABS earmuffs in terms of noise attenuation performance and comfort. In addition, th...

AIMS To report the experience with trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil for the treatment of paediatric glaucoma. METHODS Retrospective, interventional case series design was used. The sample included 17 children (29 eyes) with primary (19 eyes) or secondary (10 eyes) glaucoma who were treated with augmented trabeculectomy as the primary procedure between 1990 and 2002...