BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES NICUs vary in the quality of care delivered to very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. NICU performance on 1 measure of quality only modestly predicts performance on others. Composite measurement of quality of care delivery may provide a more comprehensive assessment of quality. The objective of our study was to develop a robust composite indicator of quality of NICU car...

An analytical-numerical coupled model has been derived to predict the effects of dynamic thermo-mechanical loading on aluminium composite panels specifically in form metallic skin sandwich structures, for purposes enhanced design spacecraft structures where environmental conditions comprise combined mechanical and thermal loading. The can arise as a consequence localised structural dynamics, is...