Protective mechanisms of breast milk and infant health

Optimal breastfeeding is a highly effective public health strategy for the reduction of infant mortality from gastroenteritis and pneumonia, especially in developing countries. Breastfeeding studies have shown the protective role of breast milk against many chronic and immune conditions, in particular, type 1 diabetes, necrotizing enterocolitis, asthma and leukemia. This article offers an overview of the protective mechanisms of mother’s milk

Asteroseismology of the {\it Kepler} target KIC\,9204718

The high precision data obtained by the {\it Kepler} satellite allows us to detect hybrid type pulsator candidates more accurately than the data obtained by ground-based observations. In this study, we present preliminary results on the new analysis of the {\it Kepler} light curve and high resolution spectroscopic observations of pulsating Am star KIC\,9204718. Our tentative analysis therefore show that the star has hybrid pulsational characteristics.Comment: 'Proceedings of Wide Field variability surveys : a 21 st Century 22nd Los Alamos Stellar Pulsation Conference San Pedro De Atacama ,Chile Nov 28-Dec 2, 2016' to be published by the EPJ Web of Conference

Sezonska i vertikalna varijacija temperature vode i sadržaja kiseonika u akumulaciji dospat, Bugarska

The changes in water oxygen content depending on the water temperature and depth of Dospat dam lake for the period May 2009 –April 2010 were investigated. The dam lake is situated in the Western Rhodopi Mountain. With it`s altitude of 1200 m above sea level it is the highest dam lake in Bulgaria, with a total of 22 000 dka of flooded area. The average surface layer temperature values vary from 9.6 oC (April) to 22.74oC (July). In the summer months these values are within the limits of 17.26 oC – 22.74oC (0.5 m dept) – 5.26 oC -5.47oC (30 m dept). Lower temperature values were reported during the spring (April-May) and autumn (November). The horizontal differentiation indicates that the average surface layer values of the oxygen content in the water vary from 4.22 mg.1-1 to 11.48 mg.1-1. In the summer months sampling points the values were within the limits of 4.22 mg.1-1–7.47 mg.1-1 (0.5 m depth) and respectively of 1.12 mg.1-1 - 1.60 mg.1-1 (30 m depth).These investigations gave the possibility to determine the periods and the depth zones with optimum values of temperature and oxygen content for trout rearing, which can be used for optimization of the technological process of the net cage aquaculture in Dospat dam lake