The influence of dietary protein source (fishmeal, soy-protein concentrate and soy-protein concentrate supplemented with methionine) on voluntary feed intake, daily feeding rhythm and nutritive utilisation of diet was studied in the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed by hand or demand feeding. Fish weighing 21 g were maintained indoors under natural conditions of temperature and photoperiod...

The purpose of this study was to establish a hand-feeding method for the mouse by using nursing bottles. Five different-sized nipples were tested. The largest nipple used for pups from 12 to 15 days of age was 5.5 mm in diameter and 10 mm long, with a tip of 1.5 mm in diameter. The size of the nipple was much larger than that of the mothers, and bloating due to air accumulation was observed in ...

BACKGROUND Nationwide, many nursing home (NH) residents with advanced cognitive impairment are tube fed, despite no demonstrable benefits of this intervention in this population. Studies suggest that organizational features of NHs are associated with this practice, but underlying reasons for these associations are poorly understood. METHODS We conducted a focused ethnographic study of 2 NHs i...

objectives this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of afcl in improvement of hand photoaging in 25 patients. patients and methods a prospective, before- after, single blind study was conducted in 25 patients who presented for desired treatment of hand photoaging. patients received three treatments sessions with afcl. results all enrolled patients were female and received three treatment sessi...

This prospective cohort study was carried out in the neonatal unit of the Yangon Children Hospital, Myanmar, to gather more information on the types of feedings and hand-washing practices of mothers as the determinant of severe dehydration in infants with acute diarrhoea due to Escherichia coli. The study subjects included 100 infants with diarrhoea, aged less than 4 months, admitted to the hos...

dear editor,   implementing health and family planning programs is the most effective way for birth control. intrauterine device (iud) is an effective long-acting contraceptive mean. 1 considering little side effects and good compatibility of iud to physiologic hormonal alterations occurring during breast feeding, the device is an acceptable contraceptive mean in nursing mothers. 2 in spite of ...

There are two major theories that attempt to explain hand preference in non-human primates-the 'task complexity' theory and the 'postural origins' theory. In the present study, we proposed a third hypothesis to explain the evolutionary origin of hand preference in non-human primates, stating that it could have evolved owing to structural and functional adaptations to feeding, which we refer to ...

The feeding behavior of 19 mule ducks (males and females) bred in a group was studied during their growth phase (between 3 and 8 wk of age) using the recording system for waterfowl feeding behavior developed in our lab. The basic feeding behavior data obtained allowed us to confirm on the one hand the reliability of our tool and, on the other hand, to compute food intake traits per day (ADFI, n...

Background and Objective: Social class, hygiene, and feeding behavior determine the status of nutrition in children during the first 1000 days of life. This study aimed to evaluate the association of the above factors with the need for admission to nutrition rehabilitation. Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) of a secondary care center f...