BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT KANGAROO CARE IN PRETERM INFANTS IN THE NICU

This thesis investigates credible medical and nursing journals on the topics of kangaroo care in preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit setting. These research articles focused on interventions and recommendations that maximize the benefits of kangaroo care in this targeted population. Research and education on this topic is much less utilized compared to kangaroo care in full-term infants. Implementation of kangaroo care in the clinical setting is slow-moving, during its transition state from the literature to execution (Ludington-Hoe, 2011). Many variations of kangaroo care are explored in these research articles, thus there is great room for interpretation into best practice recommendations. The purpose of this thesis is to create best practice recommendation to support kangaroo care in the NICU, and promote utilization of such recommendations. Along with various interventions, many outcomes and benefits were analyzed in these articles as well. The proven benefits and positive outcomes for the use of kangaroo care have been momentous and have a potential to play a crucial role in the clinical setting. The culmination of this paper will establish best practice recommendations, an implementation plan for an educational bulletin board in a kangaroo-a-thon, and an evaluation of the participation in the kangaroo-a-thon

Design and analysis of a beacon-less routing protocol for large volume content dissemination in vehicular ad hoc networks

Largevolumecontentdisseminationispursuedbythegrowingnumberofhighquality applications for Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks(VANETs), e.g., the live road surveillance service and the video-based overtaking assistant service. For the highly dynamical vehicular network topology, beacon-less routing protocols have been proven to be efficient in achieving a balance between the system performance and the control overhead. However, to the authors’ best knowledge, the routing design for large volume content has not been well considered in the previous work, which will introduce new challenges, e.g., the enhanced connectivity requirement for a radio link. In this paper, a link Lifetime-aware Beacon-less Routing Protocol (LBRP) is designed for large volume content delivery in VANETs. Each vehicle makes the forwarding decision based on the message header information and its current state, including the speed and position information. A semi-Markov process analytical model is proposed to evaluate the expected delay in constructing one routing path for LBRP. Simulations show that the proposed LBRP scheme outperforms the traditional dissemination protocols in providing a low end-to-end delay. The analytical model is shown to exhibit a good match on the delay estimation with Monte Carlo simulations, as well

Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)(sulfato-O)copper(II) ethane-1,2-diol monosolvate

In the title compound, [Cu(SO4)(C12H8N2)2]·C2H6O2, the CuII ion is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal manner by four N atoms from two chelating 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands and one O atom from a monodentate sulfate anion. The four N atoms comprise a square and the one O atom the apex of a square pyramid. The two chelating N2C2 groups are oriented at 71.1 (2)°. In the crystal, the components are connected by inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding. The presence of pseudosymmetry in the structure suggests the higher symmetry space group C2/c, but attempts to refine the structure in this space group resulted in an unsatisfactory model

Electrogasdynamic Spectral Anemometer

PatentAn electrogasdynamic spectral anemometer including a particle injector and a particle collector that are inserted into a turbulent fluid stream that is under investigation. The injector includes a hollow cylinder into which near saturated steam from an outside source is introduced. The injector also includes a nozzle, a corona needle and an attractor ring which are oppositely charged and located within the nozzle. As the steam passes through the nozzle it supersaturates and condenses into droplets having a size that is primarily determined by the condition of the incoming steam. The droplets are then charged through the corona developed between the corona needle and the attractor ring. Then the charged droplets are ejected from the nozzle and into the stream to be measured where they follow its rapid fluctuations. These charged particles move towards the collector which may be placed downstream of the injector. When a charged particle passes the collector it becomes neutralized and transmits an electrical signal into collector circuitry where it is analyzed to provide information about the intensity of the turbulence at various frequencies. Different droplet sizes are used for different turbulent frequencies of interest depending on the maximum value of the frequency present in the flow

Tris(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)nickel(II) bis­(2,4,5-tricarb­oxy­benzo­ate) monohydrate

In the title compound, [Ni(C12H8N2)3](C10H5O8)2·H2O, the NiII cation is coordinated by six N atoms of the three bidentate chelating 1,10-phenanthroline ligands in a slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry. The Ni—N bond lengths range from 2.074 (2) to 2.094 (2) Å. The dihedral angles between the three chelating NCCN groups to each other are 85.71 (3), 73.75 (2) and 85.71 (3)°, respectively. The Ni cation, the phenyl ring of the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and the lattice water molecule are located on special positions (site symmetry 2). In the crystal, the uncoordinated 2,4,5-tricarb­oxy­benzeno­ate anions join with each other through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded layer structure along the bc plane. The layers are further linked via additional O—H⋯O inter­actions between water and carboxyl groups, resulting in a three-dimensional supra­molecular network

Deregulation of power systems in Asia: Special consideration in developing countries

Power industry is undergoing restructuring throughout the world. The traditional vertically monopolistic structure has been deregulated and replaced by gencos, transcos and discos with competition introduced to gencos and discos in order to reach higher efficiency in electricity production and utilization. A lot of power markets have been established for the purpose. However for different countries, the principal objectives and considerations of power system deregulation are different. In this paper special considerations on power system deregulation of developing countries in Asia are discussed. Two regional power markets in China are used as examples. It is shown that for developing countries, the main objectives of power system deregulation are to attract various investments to power industry in order to meet the fast growth of electric demand caused by blooming economy and in the meantime to reduce government commitment and functions in power industry. Only this way, the power industry, as a significant infrastructure, can realize sustainable development at high efficiency. It is also shown that in the market environment, how to realize optimal system planning and reliable operation at acceptable electricity prices with qualifies service and how to transit to the market environment smoothly at lowest costs and lowest risks should be considered thoroughly. © 2005 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

Biperspective functions for mixed-integer fractional programs with indicator variables

Perspective functions have long been used to convert fractional programs into convex programs. More recently, they have been used to form tight relaxations of mixed-integer nonlinear programs with so-called indicator variables. Motivated by a practical application (maximising energy efficiency in an OFDMA system), we consider problems that have a fractional objective and indicator variables simultaneously. To obtain a tight relaxation of such problems, one must consider what we call a “bi-perspective” (Bi-P) function. An analysis of Bi-P functions leads to the derivation of a new kind of cutting planes, which we call “Bi-P-cuts”. Computational results indicate that Bi-P-cuts typically close a substantial proportion of the integrality gap