Parents’ Acceptance to Alveolar and Nasoalveolar Molding Appliances during Early Cleft Lip and Palate Care: A Call for High-Quality Research

AIM: Acceptance and compliance of the parents are an essential pillar in the success of pre-surgical infant orthopedic (PSIO) treatment. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the burden of care associated with the alveolar molding (AM) and nasoalveolar molding (NAM) appliances as experienced by the parents with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCLP) infants. METHODS: An electronic search was carried on by two reviewers in eight search engines, as well as a manual search till July 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing AM/NAM appliances to controls in infants with UCLP were selected. Risk of bias was evaluated using Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool for RCTs. RESULTS: One RCT was included in the qualitative analysis. Non-significant differences were found in the amount of mothers’ satisfaction between the intervention and control groups. CONCLUSIONS: Insufficient low-quality evidence is available regarding the effects of AM and NAM on parents’ satisfaction and burden of care. No conclusions can be withdrawn from the existing studies. High-quality research is needed to elucidate the degree of parents’ acceptance to the molding appliances. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42016043174

"The Effect of Using Chenille Yarns Produced from polyester Microfiber on Upholstery Fabrics Properties"

The research aims to study the effect of using chenille yarns produced from polyester microfiber on the properties of upholstery fabrics through a comparative study between samples of chenille fabric produced by different pile material of chenille yarns (traditional polyester (48 fiber) Polyester microfiber chenille (288,576 fiber), different weave structures were used with difference of float weft length(1.5-2.1-2.6mm). Tests were done to the produced samples (tensile strength and elongation test of textile fabrics, abrasion resistance test; and stiffness of fabrics test). It was found in the statistical analysis of the tests’ results that chenille polyester microfiber (576 fibre) weave structure with a float length (1.5 mm) achieved the highest tensile strength and elongation, chenille polyester microfiber (288 fibre) weave structure with a float length (2.6 mm) achieved the highest abrasion resistance, and lastly traditional polyester (48 fiber) weave structure with a float length (1.5mm) has a higher stiffness