To recruit a sample of sexual minority women with diversity in regards to age and race, the Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women study (CHLEW), a longitudinal study of sexual minority women’s health, used respondent driven (RDS) sampling. RDS, a refinement of chain referral sampling, uses initial participants or “seeds” recruited by the research team, to recruit the remainder of the pan...

Purpose: This study was aimed to reveal the involvement of miRNAs in RDS by bioinformatics analysis. Methods: The data in this study came from the paper of Kan et al. who analyzed the microRNA (miRNA) expression profile between RDS patients and normal controls. Based on the identified differentially expressed miRNAs, we predicted the target genes, lncRNA and circRNA. Then we performed functiona...

Surfactant replacement therapy by ‘INSURE’ is a gentle ventilatory approach in preterms with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) reducing the mortality and is associated with less adverse sequelae than mechanical ventilation. The objective of the present study is to determine the role of surfactant therapy by INSURE in reducing the mortality of preterms with RDS. 59 preterm babies with RDS were...

Three experiments examined the effects of image decorrelation on the stereoscopic detection of sinusoidal depth gratings in static and dynamic random-dot stereograms (RDS). Detection was found to tolerate greater levels of image decorrelation as: (i) density increased from 23 to 676 dots/deg2; (ii) spatial frequency decreased from 0.88 to 0.22 cpd; (iii) amplitude increased above 0.5 arcmin; an...

RESULTS: Cord serum PRL level was directly proportional to gestational age and birth weight in normal and abnormal pregnancies but was not affected by maternal age, parity, socioeconomic status, geographical background and mode of delivery. Women with abnormal pregnancy had significantly lower (302.12± 103.02 vs 385.65 ± 85.01 ng/mL) prolaction level as compared to that with normal pregnancy. N...

This paper is devoted to the detailed description of development processes and features of multicomputer desks based on the development software tool RDS (Research of Dynamic Systems). Powerful capabilities of multicomputer desks developed with use of RDS are illustrated by different examples of control algorithms implementation for technical plants. The software tool RDS developed in Institute...

Twenty-four studies utilizing the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Digit Span subtest--either the Reliable Digit Span (RDS) or Age-Corrected Scaled Score (DS-ACSS) variant--for malingering detection were meta-analytically reviewed to evaluate their effectiveness in detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction. RDS and DS-ACSS effectively discriminated between honest responders and di...

Müller radial glia accumulate glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) in response to retinal injuries. We have studied the changes in cellular localization of GFAP in genetically caused retinal dystrophy in strains of cat and mouse: Abyssinian cats with progressive retinal dystrophy, and mice homo- and heterozygous for the retinal degeneration (rd) and retinal degeneration slow (rds) genes. The fo...

BACKGROUND Efforts have focused on developing innovative recruitment strategies to engage the most marginalized of populations in public health research. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has been found to be an effective sampling strategy for hard-to-reach, hidden populations. Though studies have documented RDS peer referral as challenging, literature contextualizing these challenges is scant a...

Polymorphisms and mutations in the surfactant protein B (SP-B) gene have been associated with the pathogenesis of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The objective of the present study was to compare the frequencies of SP-B gene polymorphisms between preterm babies with RDS and healthy term newborns. We studied 50 preterm babies with RDS (inclusion criteria - newborns with RDS and gestational ...