Aim To examine two hypotheses about the longitudinal relationship between night-time parenting behaviours in the first few postnatal weeks and infant night-time sleep-waking at five weeks, three months and six months of age in normal London home environments. BACKGROUND Most western infants develop long night-time sleep periods by four months of age. However, around 20-30% of infants in many ...

The experiments were carried out in 2009 in phytotron chambers and commercial greenhouses of the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture. The frigo plants of ‘Elkat’ strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) were investigated. The frigo sprouts were grown in a phytotron chamber for a month under different light-emitting diode (LED) treatment: sole red (640 nm) light, photosynthetic photon flux dens...

the drying behavior of green peas is investigated in a pilot scaled fluidized bed dryer (fbd) with inert particles assisted by an infra red (ir) heat source. the variation of shrinkage and moisture diffusivity with temperature and moisture content were investigated. the experimental drying curves were adjusted to the diffusion model of fick’s law for spherical particles. the result was that, al...

A 16-year-old boy vomited due to heatstroke during a soccer game but continued to train hard after the game. He was admitted to our hospital for chest discomfort three days later. Chest radiograph demonstrated pneumomediastinum, and computed tomography of the neck revealed emphysema within the spinal canal (Picture 1A) at cervical level 5 (Picture 1B, red arrows). Barium esophagography revealed...

sized general hospital, with a staff of 930 and a budget of $70 million. In addition to being a general healthcare provider, Red Cross Hospital is the base for a 25-bed national burn care center that provides services to all of the Netherlands. In 2002, it admitted 11,632 patients, performed 8,269 outpatient treatments and received 190,218 visits to its outpatient units. During the past four ye...

The authors present a radiochromic film dosimetry protocol for a multicolor channel radiochromic film dosimetry system consisting of the external beam therapy (EBT) model GAFCHROMIC film and the Epson Expression 1680 flat-bed document scanner. Instead of extracting only the red color channel, the authors are using all three color channels in the absorption spectrum of the EBT film to extend the...

The microgravity experienced during space flight induces physiological changes that affect astronauts' health and performance. Simulations such as prolonged bed rest can mimic some of these changes and provide study conditions that are more accessible than during space flight itself. Previous studies, including several long and short-term bed-rest campaigns supported by ESA, have yielded signif...

great prostration with fever and pains in the iorehead, eyeballs, back and liinbs, which symptoms gradually increased in severity. On admission his tongue was coated with white fur, tip and edges markedly red, Avith the papilla prominent. Skin hot and covered by a deep red rash. Conjunctivae congested. Pulse 130, and respirations frequent. Temperature 011 evening of admission (6th) 103? F. 7th....