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INTRODUCTION: Breastfeeding is the first step to forming children who are not only healthier but smarter, with a better emotional quotient (EQ) and spiritual quotient (SQ). Babies need physical closeness and warmth from their mother as much as optimal nourishment. Poor knowledge and attitudes towards exclusive breastfeeding can result from information that is not intensive and maximal, due to limited breastfeeding counseling staff. Other reasons include cultural factors, especially in coastal areas, such as the belief in prelacteal feeding before the first breastfeeding; the baby has then automatically not exclusively breastfed. METHODS: This study used an intervention with a one-group pretest–posttest design. It aimed to analyze the role of breastfeeding counseling in increasing mothers' knowledge and attitudes regarding exclusive breastfeeding. The participants were pregnant women from the end of the second trimester to the third trimester, selected using stratified systematic random sampling. RESULTS: Counseling had a significant effect on mothers' knowledge (p = 0.004) and attitude (p = 0.000) in changing the behavior of coastal communities towards giving exclusive breastfeeding (p = 0.03). Intensified counseling is recommended for pregnant women in the third trimester to realize exclusive breastfeeding. CONCLUSIONS: A positive and significant effect of breastfeeding counseling was found on the level of knowledge, attitudes, and changes in the behavior of coastal communities in exclusive breastfeeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bent Laue monochromator HEX is designed with a high-energy non-focusing X-ray monochromator for full-field imaging. The following design ideas apply to the imaging monochromator: The HEX center branch, which the monochromator serves, is white-beam compatible. The monochromator is located in the first optical enclosure with the following parameters: source to monochromator distance is 31 m; monochromator to sample distance is 73 m. Diffraction Enhanced Imaging (DEI) or Analyzer Based Imaging (ABI) uses a perfect crystal monochromator and matching analyzer to achieve sensitivity to X-ray refraction and ultra small-angle scattering on the order of 0.01 micro-radians. [Extracted from the article]