conclusions the use of sms-based education is a constant and efficient educational approach for increasing mothers’ level of knowledge about children’s sleep health. background sleep-deprivation in children decreases the quality of life and endangers health. increasing mother’s level of awareness can help improve the children’s sleep schedule and avoid many associated problems. objectives this ...

Drinking and driving has been the subject of considerable public concern and legislative attention in many countries in recent years. In Canada, the federal criminal laws and provincial traYc acts have been significantly amended since the mid-1980s: police investigatory powers have been broadened, new federal crimes and provincial oVences have been enacted, and more onerous penalties and admini...

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has arguably been one of the most successful public-health grassroots citizen advocacy organizations in the United States in the past century. In 2005, MADD celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding. Based on a national poll by the Gallup Organization in 2005, MADD is recognized by 94% of citizens. It is generally given credit for changing American att...

A hole in a graph is an induced subgraph which is a cycle of length at least four. We prove that for all ν > 0, every triangle-free graph with sufficiently large chromatic number contains holes of ν consecutive lengths. In particular, this implies two well-known conjectures of Gyárfás [3], namely that every triangle-free graph with sufficiently large chromatic number has a hole of length at lea...

this paper is mainly intended to explore the two practices of interpreting and translating so as to spot any possible differences between them. it should be noted, however, that the focal point of the present study is interpreting and consecutive interpreting in particular which seems to create a good many problems for novice interpreters as well as interpreting trainees. to achieve the objecti...

Background and Aim: The frequent use of opioids changes function and plasticity of neural circuits. Exposing the immature nervous system to opioids can have deeper and more extensive impacts. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of morphine consumption during lactation period on learning and memory of rats offspring. Material and Methods: This experimental study included 40 mal...

Infant feeding practices do not always fit with quantity and quality requirements, leading to low expression of growth potential. In Benin, 43.1% of children less than6 months old are exclusively breastfed with 68% of children aged 6-8 months receiving complementary food. The study aimed to produce infant flour from raw food ingredients available in Bopa district and to test its acceptability b...

conclusions the mothers studied in this research had inadequate knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of diarrhea. the educational programs must be an essential part of the health centers programs. results most of the mothers were 25-30 years old (43.8%). slightly more than half (55.6%) had just one child. the health center, educational programs and the personal reading were the main sources ...

introduction : 99% of 4million neonatal mortality occur in developing countries every year. mortality rate of newborns accounts for 18.3 per 1000 live birth that comprised 69% of imr and 56% of under 5 mortality in iran. a  comparison of statistical trend between infant and newborn rate from 1988 to 2001 revealed a considerable decrease in imr but slightly decrease in nmr. training postnatal mo...