Research Assessment: How Do Infant Feeding Work?

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Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of information to increase understanding of a topic or issue. A research project may be an expansion on past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole. The primary purposes of basic research (as opposed to applied research) are documentation, discovery, interpretation, and the research and development (R&D) of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge. Approaches to research depend on epistemologies, which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences. There are several forms of research: scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, social, business, marketing, practitioner research, life, technological, etc. The scientific study of research practices is known as meta-research.Assessment may refer to: Health assessment, identifies needs of the patient and how those needs will be addressed Nursing assessment, gathering information about a patient's physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual status Psychiatric assessment, gathering information about a person in a psychiatric or mental health service Psychological assessment, examination of a person's mental health by a professional such as a psychologAssessment (journal) (ASMNT), a psychology journal Educational assessment, documenting knowledge, skills, aptitudes, and beliefs Environmental impact assessment, assessment of environmental consequences of a plan Library assessment, to learn about the needs of patrons Risk assessment, determining value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognized threat Survey data collection, marketing assessments Tax assessment, determining amounts to be paid or assessed for tax or insurance purposes Vulnerability assessment, identifying, quantifying, and ranking vulnerabilities in a system Writing assessment, examining practices, technologies, and process of using writing to assess performance and poteExam (disambiguation) Examination (disambiguation) Types of assessmentAn infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is the more formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby, meaning the very young offspring of human beings. The term may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate (from Latin, neonatus, newborn) refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth; the term applies to premature, full term, and postmature infants. Before birth, the term fetus is used. The term infant is typically applied to very young children under one year of age; however, definitions may vary and may include children up to two years of age. When a human child learns to walk, the term toddler may be used instead.Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. For humans, eating is an activity of daily living. Some individuals may limit their amount of nutritional intake. This may be a result of a lifestyle choice, due to hunger or famine, as part of a diet or as religious fasting.