This essay explores Maimonides’ explanation of the Bible’s rationale behind ritual sacrifices, namely to help wean Jews away from idolatrous rites. After clearly elucidating stance on topic, this examines his view different angles with various possible precedents in earlier rabbinic literature for such an understanding. The also shows why other Jewish commentators objected understanding and how...

ABSTRACT: This study measured milk and solid feed intake in pre- weaning period postweaning of Nellore calves, to correlated them with performance traits ingestive behavior animals classified as most least efficient. During pre phase, efficiency was evaluated 51 cow-calf pairs from 21±5 days after calving until weaning. post-weaning only male calves (n=23) were evaluated. Pre-weaning estimated ...

We describe difficult weaning after prolonged mechanical ventilation in three tracheostomized children affected by respiratory virus infection. Although the spontaneous breathing trials were successful, the patients failed all extubations. Therefore a tracheostomy was performed and the weaning plan was begun. The strategy for weaning was the decrease of ventilation support combining pressure co...

Although most commercial feed companies are currently fortifying their swine diets with the maximum allowable limit of inorganic Se (.3 ppm) and relatively high dietary vitamin E levels, the vitamin E-Se deficiency is still occurring on many swine farms. The periods where the deficiency is more likely to occur is in the neonate, at weaning, and during the reproductive period. It has been demons...

Background & objectives: Weaning of children depends on several factors, recognizing each of these factors will be effective in adopting strategies to prevent abrupt cessation of breastfeeding. The aim of this study was to investigate the method of complete weaning of children and the factors affecting it in mothers with children aged 30-36 months in Kerman. Methods: In this cross-sectional st...