Use Of Pillow Research Articles

Allergen Avoidance in House Dust Mite Sensitive Adult Asthma

Fifty adult asthmatic patients with strongly positive skinprick tests to the house dust mite were admitted into a prospective randomised controlled trial of house dust mite avoidance in the community. Twenty-two of the experimental group completed one year of dust avoidance and 19 of these tolerated the use of plastic mattress and pillow covers. Twenty of the control group (who did not alter their housecleaning habits) also completed one year of study. A fall in mite and dust levels was noted in the homes of the experimental but not the control group. Fifteen of the experimental group who completed the study were strongly RAST positive (score 3 or more) to the house dust mite. These patients had a significant improvement in FEV1/FVC, PEFR, PC20, use of treatment, and symptom score at one year, whilst the seven experimental patients who were not strongly RAST positive (score 2 or less) did not, suggesting that the change noted in the former patients was not merely due to a placebo effect. Fifteen of the control group who completed the study were also strongly RAST positive for the house dust mite and these patients showed no change in any of the parameters. This study demonstrates that adult asthmatic patients can successfully carry out house dust eradication procedures in the community over a long period of time, and that those patients who are allergic to the house dust mite appear to have both subjective and objective improvement in their asthma.

Tectonically deformed pillow lava as an indicator of bedding and way-up

Often the outlines of tectonically deformed lava pillows cannot be used to give directly the true bedding and way-up directions. Where the pillows are strained homogeneously, with moderate total strains, certain procedures allow the determination of the true bedding and way-up directions. Where the strain history has been coaxial, these are: the use of pillows fortuitously parallel with a principal extension direction and graphical restoration of pre-tectonic pillow shapes to fix true bedding directions. Furthermore, use may be made of special pillow shapes with flat bases or multiple cusps, even where the strain history has been noncoaxial. With total strain ratios > 4.5, heterogeneous strain often occurs and it may not be possible to determine the true bedding and way-up directions.

Snow-Water Equivalent Observation by Pressure Pillow

During the period from 26 November 1976 to 10 May 1977, a continuous observation of snow-water equivalent by the use of surface-mounted type pressure pillow 2. 4 m in diameter, mounted on ground surface. was carried out at Hassaki, Yunotani-mura, Kitauonuma-gun, Niigata-ken, Japan.The inner pressure of this pillow was measured electrically by a pressure sensor consisted of semiconductor gages instead of the standpipe system which was equipped in original pressure pillows. The out-put response was recorded on strip chart of an analog recorder.Snow-water equivalent values obtained by the pressure pillow agreed well with the actual values by a snow sampler with a error less than 10%, especially in the snow melt season. The record of the pressure pillow indicated irregular wave pattern in the daytime of the melt season.

PENGGUNAAN REDESAIN BANTAL MENYUSUI MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI IBU MENYUSUI DAN KEPUASAN BAYI SERTA MENGURANGI KELELAHAN DAN KELUHAN MUSKULOSKELETAL IBU POST PARTUM

Breastfeeding is a very important activity for both mother and baby. In the breastfeeding state the relationship between mother and baby will be tight and close. The old method and also duration of breastfeeding can cause fatigue, shoulder muscle tension, and soreness / stiffness in breastfeeding mothers. Problems due to absence of the use of pillow when mother breastfeed and mothers only depending on her limb to sustain baby when breastfeeding. In this case we need an ergonomic pillow to help mother feeding her baby. The purpose of this research is to investigate the use of redesigning nursing pillow can reduce fatigue, musculoskeletal complaints in breastfeeding mothers, to determine the use redesigning nursing pillow increase the motivation of mothers to breastfeed the baby as well as increase the satisfaction of nursing infants.This research held in as an experimental research draft of pre and post control group design. Samples that were included in this study was 22 people divided into two groups. The control group will breastfeeding using older model nursing pillow, while the another group will use the new redesign nursing pillow. Data analysis using t-test paried significance level of 5%.The result showed mother’s motivation after breastfeeding in both groups increased, the control group (18.27 ± 2.370) and the treatment group (15.45 ± 1.809). Baby satisfaction in the control group (11.09 ± 0.943), while the treatment group (12.27 ± 0.904). Exhausted mother’s in the control group (39.64 ± 2.803), while the treatment group (32.64 ± 1.504).Musculoskeletal disorders that mother’s felt in the control group (37.54 ± 1.694), while the treatment group (30.81 ± 2.136).Based on the study can be concluded that redesign breastfeeding pillow can giving impact to increase motivation and baby satisfaction and also decrease fatigue and musculoskeletal complain/disorder that mothers can feel. So hopefully by using this nursing pillow design maximizes mothers to breastfeed