conclusions kmc is more effective, and increases exclusive breast feeding successfully. it can be a good substitution for cmc (conventional methods of care). it is a safe, effective, and feasible method of care for lbwi even in the nicu settings. background exclusive breastfeeding is one of the most important essential components of kangaroo mother care. objective this study was performed to ev...

From the abstraction point and the entrance of water in a Water System (WS) till its discharge back to the environment, water passes through a number of treatments and uses that directly affect its quality. The water quality changes several times while the water returning to the environment at a discharge point into the sea, a lake or a river has poorer quality compared to the water entering th...

Background: Continuous quality improvement (CQI) in health care involves changes that result in better clinical and process outcomes. Accreditation bodies are mandating postgraduate educational programs to teach CQI among residents, although their baseline knowledge and experience vary tremendously. There is no single effective method to

As many as 86% of intensive care unit (ICU) alarms are false. Multiple signal integration of temporal monitor data by decision tree induction may improve artifact detection. We explore the effect of data granularity on model-building by comparing models made from 1-second versus 1-minute data. Models developed from 1-minute data remained effective when tested on 1-second data. Model development...

Although milk and dairy products are important components of a healthy diet, if consumed unpasteurized, they also can present a health hazard due to possible contamination with pathogenic bacteria. These bacteria can originate even from clinically healthy animals from which milk is derived or from environmental contamination occurring during collection and storage of milk. The decreased frequen...

compiling clinical guidelines is one of the requirements of family physician plan and classification of health care services.1 the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes can easily be seen in general practice so that 2.5% of referrals to general practitioners are due to diabetes. more than half of the patients with type 2 diabetes are left undiagnosed and most of them suffer from its complications ...