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Experiences With Vitamin A In Copperbelt Province, Zambia, Topacio Ortiz
Experiences With Vitamin A In Copperbelt Province, Zambia, Topacio Ortiz
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Zambians face high VAD rates, despite a mandate for fortified sugar and crops. Limited data have been collected from the most vulnerable segments of Zambia’s population; hence this study was designed as an initiatory study for future research to be conducted with primary school children and pregnant women in Zambian communities.
Once IRB approvals were obtained from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Copperbelt University School of Medicine, data were collected in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, in the cities of Ndola and Luanshya, during May …
Non-Nutritive Suck Burst Pattern Stability In Extremely Premature Infants, Alejandra Marquez
Non-Nutritive Suck Burst Pattern Stability In Extremely Premature Infants, Alejandra Marquez
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The development of non-nutritive suck (NNS) burst dynamics in preterm infants reflects the integrity of the brain and is used clinically to assess feeding readiness and orofacial motor development (Mizuno and Ueda, 2005). The application of NNS analytics in the present report represents one outcome measurement set that is part of an ongoing clinical trial involving extremely preterm infants (EPI’s,[GA]) randomized to receive either pulsed orocutaneous stimulation therapeutics or a sham (blind pacifier), in conjunction with salivary sampling twice weekly to map gene expression of key proteins involved in neural development and molecular sensing of feeding related pathways in the …