OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of diagnostic testing before treating an infection in nursing home (NH) residents suspected of having a urinary tract infection (UTI) or pneumonia. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study nested within a randomized trial, using data from control sites. SETTING Six NHs in southeast Michigan. PARTICIPANTS NH residents with an indwelling urinary catheter, enteral...

Investigations were carried out on coal tailings by conventional cell and column flotation techniques. Tests were conducted to assess processing coal tailings of Alborz Markazi coal washing plant in Iran by column flotation. The effects of reagent type/dosage were investigated with conventional flotation and their results were used in the performance of column flotation. Also the effects of the...

The results of a computational study of feeding and the promotion of feeding by yield improvement techniques is presented. The computer simulations were performed using a commercial solidification software package examining the simple plate-like geometries addressed in the SFSA feeding rules. Solidification criteria from the computer model were used to develop simulation determined feeding dist...

The rate of human milk feeding has been decreasing despite the diverse efforts of many physicians and nurses, as well as numerous professional organizations and various international health institutions. The number of physicians and nurses who can provide proper guidance for human milk feeding and offer appropriate knowledge and techniques to allow the most beneficial and convenient manner of b...

abstract background: premature neonates’ feeding is of great importance due to its effective role in their growth. these neonates should reach an independent oral nutrition stage before being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. therefore, the researcher decided to conduct a study on the effect of palady and cup feeding on premature neonates’ weight gain and their reaching full ora...

Insulin responsiveness to glucose and tissue responsiveness to insulin, using the hyperglycemic clamp and the hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp techniques, were measured before, during and after feeding in sheep fed an alfalfa hay and commercial concentrate diet. Glucose infusion rate and the plasma insulin increment in the hyperglycemic clamp experiment were higher during the feeding period (0...