A total of 588 samples of 24 hour collections of preterm milk obtained during the first month of lactation from 58 mothers of low birthweight infants have been analysed for total nitrogen content. In addition to the expected decline in milk protein content (total nitrogen X 6 X 38) seen with postnatal age, a strong negative correlation between milk protein and milk volume output has been shown....

This study investigated whether the prenatal maternal environment in dairy cattle influences the postnatal milking performance of the resulting daughters and grand-daughters. Linear mixed models were used to analyse whole season milk production from ∼ 46,000 Jersey and ∼ 123,000 Holstein Friesian cows in their 1st and 2nd lactations. Variation in the prenatal environment was associated with a s...

BACKGROUND Breast milk is the main food source for infants' growth and development. Insufficient milk is one of the obstacles to the adequate use of this substance. One of the treatments to help this issue is acupressure. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the effect of acupressure on maternal milk volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a randomized clinical trial in ...

Introduction For dose measurement in Megavoltage (MV) photon beams with ion chambers, the effect of volume occupied by the air cavity is not negligible. Therefore, the result of measurement should be corrected with a displacement perturbation correction factor (Pdis) or using an effective point of measurement (EPOM). The aim of this study is to calculate the EPOM for cylindrical ion chamber and...

BACKGROUND Quantitative myocardial PET perfusion imaging requires partial volume corrections. METHODS Patients underwent ECG-gated, rest-dipyridamole, myocardial perfusion PET using Rb-82 decay corrected in Bq/cc for diastolic, systolic, and combined whole cycle ungated images. Diastolic partial volume correction relative to systole was determined from the systolic/diastolic activity ratio, s...