Addressing milk kinship in milk banking: experience from Singapore’s first donor human milk bank
The KK Human Milk Bank (KKHMB), the first and only human milk bank in Singapore, was established in August 2017 to provide safe pasteurised donor human milk (PDHM) to vulnerable preterm and sick infants with insufficient own mother’s milk, as the use of donor human milk (DHM) is potentially lifesaving for these infants. To promote inclusivity and equal
Jayagobi, Pooja Agarwal+5 more
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The milk of human kindness: the story of the Mothers Milk Bank at Austin [PDF]
Increased scientific study of human milk and awareness of the special nutritional needs of the premature infant have stimulated interest in human donor milk banking. Yet only three donor human milk banks existed in the United States in 1998.
Wilson-Clay, Barbara
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Knowledge, opinions and attitudes of Polish women towards banking and donation of human breast milk [PDF]
Objectives: The aim of the study was to obtain information on the knowledge, opinions and attitudes of Polish women in terms of functioning of human milk banks, as well as the possibility to be a donor.
Bartnik, Pawel+6 more
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Developing global guidance on human milk banking [PDF]
Donor human milk is recommended by the World Health Organization both for its advantageous nutritional and biological properties when mother's own milk is not available and for its recognized support for lactation and breastfeeding when used ...
Biller-Andorno, Nikola+10 more
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Grouping Search Results with Product Graphs in E-commerce Platforms [PDF]
Showing relevant search results to the user is the primary challenge for any search system. Walmart e-commerce provides an omnichannel search platform to its customers to search from millions of products. This search platform takes a textual query as input and shows relevant items from the catalog. One of the primary challenges is that this queries are
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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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The impact of processing on the retention and distribution of macronutrients and bioactive compounds in donor human milk [PDF]
Evidence suggests that nutrients in donor human milk (DHM) are profoundly variable, yet there has been little exploration into how processes within milk banking affect nutrient variability.
Friend, Linda Lee+1 more
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Ultrasound technology as a nethod for homogenizing human milk [PDF]
Background: The lipid content of human milk is its most variable component and provides from 35 to 50% of the daily energy needs of newborns. Losses occur during the freezing and thawing processes due to the coalescence of the fat globules and their ...
Nunes, Lennon Fellipe Dias+1 more
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Marketing Mothers\u27 Milk: The Commodification of Breastfeeding and the New Markets for Breast Milk and Infant Formula [PDF]
Today, breastfeeding, human breast milk, and its substitute, infant formula, are commodities. Mothers\u27 milk is marketed both literally and figuratively, as a good for sale, a normative behavior, and a cure for much of what ails twenty-first century ...
Fentiman, Linda C
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
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