We examined whether sleep quality during the night and naps during the day preceding a learning event are related to memory encoding in human infants. Twenty-four 6- and twenty-four 12-month-old infants' natural sleeping behavior was monitored for 24 hr using actigraphy. After the recording period, encoding was assessed using an imitation paradigm. In an initial baseline phase, infants were all...

Background: The index of weight for age, height for age and weight for height reduces in 6th -18th months of birth. Infancy is the most of period for primary prevention, supporting and teaching of mothers.  Aim: To determine the effect of supporting complementary feeding program to mothers on 6-12 months infants' anthropometric indexes referring to Mashhad Daneshamooz Health Center fromApril to...

Planting high-quality seedlings with desirable growth attributes are associated successful survival and performance following outplanting. Considering that most tree species from the Dipterocarpaceae family on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, proper conservation such is necessary. Very little known no clear consensus regarding whether increasing seedling production period enhances outplanti...

COVID‐19 is caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 and spreads from person‐to‐person. Pregnant women continued to be vulnerable COVID‐19. Infant protection covid-19 infection primarily dependent on neonatal innate immune responses maternally derived, transplacentally acquired antibodies. Our aim was study trans placental passage of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody the magnitude natural passive immunity in infants born m...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life is recommended internationally. This study aimed to investigate exclusive breastfeeding practices and associated factors among mothers of infants aged less than 6 months. METHODS A community based cross-sectional study was conducted on mother-infant pairs in Dubti town in May, 2015. In this study, exclusive breastfeeding was de...

Background Atopic dermatitis (AD), often called eczema or atopic eczema is a very common skin disease; AD looks different in infants, children, and adults. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the disease in Kurdistan province. Materials and Methods Cross-sectional study using written questionnaires ISAAC  where 4,000 students in two age groups 7-6 and 14 -13 years in the pr...

OBJECTIVE Both soluble endothelial protein C receptor (sEPCR) and factor VIII (FVIII) seem to be potential mediators in thrombotic and inflammatory states. The aim of the present study was to determine the relation between plasma sEPCR and FVIII levels in a group of healthy Turkish infants. METHODS The study population consisted of 50 healthy infants aged 6 months (Group 1, n=23) and 12 month...

OBJECTIVE To verify the influence of breastfeeding type and of maternal anemia on hemoglobin concentration in 6-month-old infants. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study nested in a community-based, randomized and controlled intervention study that aimed to prolong the duration of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life. This study was conducted in four towns in the Brazil...