Publications by authors named "L Huynh-Ngoc"

Nutrition in early life plays a key role in shaping an infant's future health. There is limited understanding of the perspectives of Vietnamese mothers with children under 24 months of age regarding breastmilk expression, donation and use. In this cross-sectional study, an online survey was administered through two parenting social media communities to assess opinions on breastmilk expression, breastmilk donation including contributions from bereaved mothers and the use of donor human milk.

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  • Nutrition policies help fight three main problems: not getting enough food (like stunted growth), being overweight, and missing important vitamins and minerals.
  • A study looked at the latest nutrition plans from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to see how well they match up with global advice, especially for mothers and kids.
  • While some good ideas like promoting breastfeeding and ensuring safe water were included, there were gaps in focusing on women's nutrition outside of pregnancy, and some previously used methods were dropped.
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Underwater gamma-ray spectrometry is an effective alternative or complement to traditional sampling and laboratory analyses for applications such as contamination assessment in emergency situations, long-term monitoring of radioactive releases or investigation of sunken radioactive objects. This technique was recently used in a seabed contamination study undertaken at the South Pacific nuclear weapons test sites of the Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls in order to guide and focus sediment core sampling in the areas with highest gamma-emitting radionuclide levels. 60Co inventories estimated on the basis of the underwater gamma-ray spectrometry survey were in good agreement with results previously obtained by traditional sediment sampling and laboratory analysis.

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