bootstrapping the dea is one of the current methods of measuring robust efficiency by constructing a confidence interval and measuring the noise (bias) in production. in this study, two estimators: the conventional data envelopment analysis (dea) and bootstrap simulation with 2,000 bootstrap iterations were applied on a cross sectional data of 296 broiler farms in peninsular malaysia. the objec...

Background: Photon attenuation as an inevitable physical phenomenon influences on the diagnostic information of SPECT images and results to errors in accuracy of quantitative measurements. This can be corrected via different physical or mathematical approaches. As the correction equation in mathematical approaches is nonlinear, in this study a new method of linearization called ‘Piece ...

The approximability of multi-criteria combinatorial problems motivated a lot of articles. However, the non-approximability of this problems has never been investigated up to our knowledge. We propose a way to get some results of this kind which works for several problems and we put it into practice on a multi-criteria version of the traveling salesman problem with distances one and two (TSP (1,...

PURPOSE To describe the breastfeeding initial conditions for premature infants. METHODS The sample consisted on 26 mother/baby dyads. The babies had an average of 36.1 weeks corrected gestational age and were hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Southern Brazil. Data was collected from medical records, and the observation of the dyads was conducted during feeding, using the Obser...

Little is documented about the determinants of developmental outcomes for medically fragile infants who receive early intervention. In this controlled longitudinal study 65 premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) were randomly assigned to intervention groups beginning at 3 months adjusted age (Early) or 12 months adjusted age (Delayed). The sample was 65% African American and 3...

Yazışma Adresi / Address for Correspondence: Kadir Şerafettin Tekgündüz, Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Yenidoğan Hastalıkları, Erzurum, Türkiye. E-posta / E-mail: [email protected] Geliş Tarihi / Received: 26.01.2015 Kabul Tarihi / Accepted: 13.02.2015 ©Telif Hakkı 2015 Türk Pediatri Kurumu Derneği Makale metnine www.turkpediatriarsivi.com web adresinden ulaşılabilir. ©Copyright 20...

The use of chronological or/and corrected age administering BSITD-III in preterm children was investigated in a sample of preterm infants and full-term infants. BSITD-III was administered at 12 months corrected age. The performance scores for the three BSITD-III subscales were calculated according to the child’ chronological age and considering the BSITD-III request for correction referring to ...

PURPOSE The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is a standardized motor assessment for young infants. This study aimed to examine the reliability of the AIMS in a group of infants born at or before 29 weeks of gestation. METHODS Fifty-nine infants born preterm were recruited. Two experienced pediatric physical therapists participated in this reliability study. Infants were assessed at 4, 8, 12,...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to obtain Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) scores from the background population so that these may be used as a reference group to extremely preterm children at nine and 18 months of corrected age. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 298 children were randomly chosen among the Danish population in three different groups: 9-, 18- and 21 month-old children....