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Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the ethical issues [PDF]
Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways.
Mason, F.+4 more
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"This paper discusses the Islamic jurisprudence as well as the scientific stance regarding breast feeding. Breast feeding is a natural gift for a new born baby, which not only nourishes the infant but also provides great immunity to him.
Khair Muhammad Asif Memon
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Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that donor human milk is superior to artificial infant formula in situations where the baby cannot feed on the mother’s breastmilk.
Dexter T. Chagwena+6 more
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Detection of Clostridium perfringens in donor milk at a human breast milk bank: a case report
Background The breast milk bank is a professional organization that collects donor human milk (DHM) for special medical needs by recruiting qualified breast milk donors.
Ke Liu+4 more
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A Hedonic Metric Approach to Estimating the Demand for Differentiated Products: An Application to Retail Milk Demand [PDF]
This article introduces the Hedonic Metric (HM) approach as an original method to model the demand for differentiated products. Using this approach, initially, we create an n-dimensional hedonic space based on the characteristic information available to consumers. Next, we allocate products into this space and estimate the elasticities using distances.
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Donor breast milk banking [PDF]
Mother's milk is recommended for all babies, but mothers of preterm babies and other babies in intensive care are often unable or too ill to provide enough milk for their baby's needs. Mother's milk protects against infection and enhances neurocognitive development; it may also improve enteral tolerance and long term metabolic health as well as reduce ...
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Should Human Milk Be Regulated? [PDF]
Markets in human milk are booming. They take two main forms: informal markets—women giving or selling their milk peer-to-peer—, and formal markets—for-profit or non-profit organizations collecting, processing, and distributing donor milk to neonatal ...
Cohen, Mathilde
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Representations of women milk donors on donations for the human milk bank
Human milk banks (HMBs) have difficulty maintaining and increasing their stocks, and the number of women enrolling as members remains low. The present qualitative study, based on social representation theory, aimed to understand women’s representations ...
Wanessa Debôrtoli de Miranda+3 more
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Teat Pose Estimation via RGBD Segmentation for Automated Milking [PDF]
We present initial results in the development of a novel robot using RGBD cameras, image segmentation, and a simple teat pose estimation algorithm for automated milking. We relate on the analysis of the accuracy of different commercial RGBD cameras in realistic conditions.
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A longitudinal study of human milk composition in the second year postpartum: Implications for donor milk banking [PDF]
While the composition of human milk has been studied extensively in the first year of lactation, there is a paucity of data regarding human milk composition beyond one year postpartum.
NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro+1 more
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