Although leaf toughness is an essential plant adaptation to herbivore pressure and environmental stress, the relationships of with anatomy photosynthetic traits, its spatial variations within tropical rainforests, remain poorly understood. We measured these traits in 103 tree species belonging 27 families from canopy understory using a crane system rainforest Sarawak, Malaysia. focused on anato...

PURPOSE To determine if women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) are more likely than unexposed women to receive recommended or additional breast cancer screening examinations. METHODS 1994 Diethylstilbestrol-Adenosis (DESAD) cohort data are used to assess the degree of recommended compliance of breast cancer screenings found in 3140 DES-exposed and 826 unexposed women. Participants...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects quarantine/social isolation on maternal depression, breastfeeding and sleep quality in mothers who have just given birth during pandemic period that has affected whole world. This cross-sectional included women gave either first peak wave (April, 2020) or end (July, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) a tertiary region...

THIS PAPER describes recent BSES initiatives to develop laboratory NIR systems for sugar industry applications, in particular, for the analysis of sugar, molasses and other factory products. For the analysis of sugar, previous BSES work to develop online NIR calibrations was available for adaptation to a laboratory or at-line format and was supplemented by a targeted program of analytical work ...

The capability of bulls to distribute their genetics is dependant upon their fertility, whether they are used for natural breeding or A.I. In turn, herd reproductive performance has been shown to have a greater impact on economic returns than either growth rate or product quality (Wiltbank 1994). Here, chute-side math indicates it takes approximately 5 generations (15 years) using bulls of 10% ...

Cellular networks with device-to-device (D2D) links are increasingly being explored for mission-critical industrial applications which require predictable communication reliability. With interference a major source of packet loss, it is thus critical to control among concurrent transmissions in manner ensure the required To this end, we propose Unified Scheduling (UCS) framework that, based on ...

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for up to six months has several benefits children in reducing their morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was find out the prevalence EBF practice its influencing factors.
 Methods: A cross-sectional survey conducted with 362 mothers attending selected health facilities Kathmandu district. Data were collected using structured ques...

Restrictions that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic also impacted pregnant women's access to health services, one of which was opportunity get information about daily baby care through classes for women. The purpose this activity is toexecuteonline classdaily preparation. target Community Service 50 primigravida women in Baturraden sub-district, 4 people dropped out process. Online class ac...

Background: Breastfeeding is an ideal nutritional method that has many benefits for mothers, infants and the health system.Negative attitude toward breastfeeding is accompanied with unpleasant consequences. We aimed to determine the predictors of breastfeeding attitude in Iranian breastfeeding mothers. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on...