The baby is checked at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth for heart and respiratory rates, muscle tone, reflexes, and color. Each area can have a score of 0, 1, or 2, with 10 points as the maximum.ewborn babies may often lose 5% to 7% of their birthweight. This means that a baby weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth might lose as much as 8 ounces in the first few days. Babies will usually gain this weight back by 2 weeks of age.
Ara is a neotropical genus of macaws with eight extant species and at least two extinct species. The genus name was coined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de LacÃ©pÃ¨de in 1799. It gives its name to and is part of the Arini, or tribe of neotropical parrots. The genus name Ara is likely related to arara, the Portuguese word for a macaw, itself derived from the Tupi word a'rara. The Ara macaws are large striking parrots with long tails, long narrow wings and vividly coloured plumage. They ...
Aqua regia is used for testing metals and dissolving platinum and gold. aqua weed cutter (s) (noun) , aqua weed cutters (pl). A device attached to the bow of a boat that can cut and clear a wide path through a weed-choked lake. aqua; aq.; a., (s) (noun) ; aquae, (pl). A reference to an aqueduct that was used to supply water to the city of Rome. During the Republic, aqueducts, and the water supplied, were cared for by water companies hired under contract by the censors. This abbreviation (aq.) is used with several adjectives that have applications for medical or pharmaceutical instructions: 1  aq. astr. ( 2 aqua astricta), frozen water. 3  aq. bull.