abstract background: premature neonates’ feeding is of great importance due to its effective role in their growth. these neonates should reach an independent oral nutrition stage before being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. therefore, the researcher decided to conduct a study on the effect of palady and cup feeding on premature neonates’ weight gain and their reaching full ora...

This paper presents Feres, a peer-to-peer data synchronization protocol that can be used to construct new, flexible distributed file systems that share data across collections of devices with limited, varying, or intermittent connectivity. The amount of flexibility provided by Feres is not matched by existing protocols. In particular, Feres allows any device to synchronize any subset of data wi...

AbstrAct: Digital watermarking is an emerging technology for combating copyright piracy. In real applications, the transaction between a buyer and a seller is done through a specific watermarking protocol, which enables the seller to successfully identify a traitor from a pirated copy, while preventing the dishonest seller from framing an inno cent buyer. In this paper, we propose a new buyer-s...

Numerous multistage planning problems in finance involve nonlinear and nonconvex decision controls. One of the simplest is the fixed-mix • Research supported in part by NSF grant CCR-9102660 and Air Force grant AFOSR-91-0359. We acknowledge the assistance of Michael T. Tapia in preparing this paper for publication. investment strategy. At each stage during the planning horizon, an in· vestor re...

Ltd. 1897. There is nothing very original in this small book, which is written^ " for the General Practitioner by a General Practi* tioner." It is illustrated by a large number of photographs 01 cases which have been under the author's care, but most 0 them are of little value in conveying information to the readerThe chapters on treatment are eminently practical and judiciousMechanical treatme...

The application of a service-oriented perspective in the IT sector has become the paradigm, making managers highly aware of the importance of being service oriented and customer focused. In the IT sector, a service-oriented perspective is encompassed in the widespread field of IT Service Management (ITSM). However, while ITSM practitioners are, to a certain degree, becoming aware of the benefit...

conclusions the prevalence of predominant breastfeeding during the first month postpartum is high in shahroud. interventions to strengthen adherence to who guidelines for breastfeeding should be considered. breastfeeding education providers at the hospitals should emphasize the effects of formula on breastfeeding continuation at early postpartum. background the introduction of fluids to infants...

objective about 1 % of infants are of very low birth weight. however, they comprise about 50% of infant mortality. we compare the effects of continuous versus intermittent feeding on physical growth, gastrointestinal tolerance and macronutrient retention in low birth weight infants (methods a prospective randomized trial clinical trial was performed from 2004-2005. very low birth weight neonate...