The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting care for high-risk newborns in ways that will likely be sustained beyond the initial pandemic response. These novel challenges present an urgent imperative to understand how COVID-19 impacts parent, family, and infant outcomes. We highlight three areas that warrant targeted attention: (1) inpatient care: visitation policies, developmental care, and communication practices; (2) outpatient care: high-risk infant follow-up and early intervention programs; and (3) parent psychosocial distress: mental health, social support, and financial toxicity. Changes to care delivery in these areas provide an opportunity to identify and implement novel strategies to provide family-centered care during COVID-19 and beyond.
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A method using nuclear scattering with an ion beam microprobe for characterizing the spatial and temporal density profile of a supersonic gas jet is described. The technique was applied to Ar and N2 gas jets from an axially symmetric DeLaval nozzle and the results are presented.
An effective, low-cost microcomputer-controlled chemiluminescence detection system was developed for use in correlating the stability and aging of materials to the chemiluminescence emitted from the surface of these materials. The system is completely automated to record data as a function of time and sample temperature. In addition, spectra over the visible light region can be obtained under microcomputer control. A description of the hardware, computer interface, and programs as well as the use of the system are presented.
The Lockheed Martin -University of Arizona Infrared Spectrometer (LAIRS) is designed to image the emission lines of celestial objects in the 1.3-2.5 µm regime. The Instrument has been built and tested at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center, and demonstrated to work at cryogenic temperatures. The Instrument employs a tunable Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) to select the wavelength at which the Instrument images targets. The FPI employs voice coil actuators and capacitive sensors to maintain parallelism of its reflective lenses and control their gap spacing. During functional tests of the FPI and the LAIRS instrument, finesse numbers of 60 and 24 were measured for the interferometer at room temperature and 80K, respectively. This measurement was performed using a laser operating at 1529.33 nm. This paper presents an overview of the optical, mechanical, and control design of the FPI, as well as a summary of cryogenic test results.
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