A new neonatal neurobehavioral examination (NNE) was designed in response to the need for a more quantitative assessment of neonatal neurological status. The NNE consists of 27 items divided into three sections: 1) tone and motor patterns, 2) primitive reflexes, and 3) behavioral responses. Each section consists of 9 items scored on a three-point scale. Fifty-four healthy full-term infants were...

Purpose Reporting a special clinical finding after intravitreal bevacizumab monotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity. Methods In a retrospective case series, the clinical courses of five premature infants with similar vitreous changes after a single dose of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection without additional laser therapy were reported. Results The mean post-conceptional age at IV...

We previously reported that transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) continue to develop after the onset of cochlear function in pre-term infants from 34 to 39 weeks of conceptional age (Morlet et al., 1996). The time-course of development differed between genders. Reported here are findings of further analysis of data from the study cohort, comprising 1020 ears of 510 pre-term neonates ...

Endometriosis is tightly linked to infertility which is manifested at very early or more advanced stages of the gestational cycle. Alteration on the production of a great number of cytokines/growth factors can be accused for problems on ovum maturation, fertilization or implantation. Yet, macroscopically these stages are characterized by the inability of conception. A closer look of the cytokin...

OBJECTIVE To study the significance of electroencephalographic background activity and positive sharp waves in neonatal electroencephalogram as prognostic of cerebral palsy. METHOD We studied prospectively and sequentially 73 newborns who had severe neonatal complications (neonatal anoxia, seizures, respiratory distress, sepsis, and meningitis). Nineteen newborns were excluded and 54 children...

Social networks are the backbone of Web 2.0. More than 500 million users are part of social networks like Twitter, Facebook, discussion boards or other virtual online communities. In this work we report on a first empirical study of the conceptional community membership life-cycle model of (Sonnenbichler, A Community Membership Life Cycle Model, Sunbelt XIX International Social Network Conferen...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of zinc supplementation on neuro-development and growth of preterm neonates. SETTING Referral neonatal unit of a teaching hospital. DESIGN Open-labeled Randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS 100 preterm neonates. INTERVENTION Participants randomized to receive oral zinc (study group) or not (controls). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Primary: Neuro-development ...

This article examines the process of Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR ) system , features and steps involved, methods employed, applications. CBIR aims to identify, sort, manage images on basis requirements posed system. The cross checks using Machine learning processes against a given database reduces manual effort sifting through all pictures individually. Incorporating references differen...