OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and physiologic consequences of the face-straight-down (FSD) position, a postulated mechanism for the sudden infant death syndrome in prone-sleeping infants. STUDY DESIGN A survey of 151 infants, aged 1 to 7 months, in Montreal showed that 33% slept prone. Ten healthy prone-sleeping infants were studied in their homes at age 10 to 22 weeks. Infrared video ...

We have carried out all-atom action-derived molecular dynamics (ADMD) folding simulations of the full-size FSD-1. FSD-1 is a designed mini-protein of 28 residues containing both α and β secondary structure elements. Multiple folding pathways are found for FSD-1, which is consistent with existing computational studies. Hydrophobic collapse is observed first, and then subsequent folding events pr...

BACKGROUND Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant indigenous to West Africa. The fruit is used to modify taste of foods to sweetness. OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the antidiabetic potentials of both methanolic and flavonoid-rich leaf extracts of S. dulcificum (MSD and FSD respectively) in type 2 diabetic Wistar albino rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty three rats were randomly distrib...

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of and identify the factors influencing female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among Chinese nurses. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from March 2013 to May 2014 among 6 hospitals in Suzhou, China. In total, 2,030 married female nurses were included in the analysis. Data on the sociodemographic, lifestyle, and self-reported health status of the partici...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in diabetic and nondiabetic Jordanian women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data were collected from 1,137 married women using the Arabic translation of the Female Sexual Function Index questionnaire. RESULTS Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in diabetic women 50 years of age or older was 59.6 vs. 45.6% in nondiabetic women...

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) affects the health, relationships and quality of life of substantial numbers of women worldwide. FSD includes disorders of desire, arousal, orgasm and sexual pain. The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV) stipulates that both low sexual function and sexually-related personal distress n...

Currently, accepted treatments for Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) are limited to psychological, behavioral, hormonal and psychopharmacologic interventions. Because of the complex and multifactorial nature of FSD, current therapeutic options may leave a subset of women suffering with sexual dysfunction without clinical improvement. As a simple, safe, and natural alternative therapeutic option f...

Benford’s Law can be seen as one of the many first significant digit (FSD) distributions in a family of monotonically decreasing distributions. We examine the interrelationship between Benford and other monotonically decreasing distributions such as those arising from Stigler, Zipf, and the power laws. We examine the theoretical basis of the Stigler distribution and extend his reasoning by inco...

PURPOSE The main aim of this study is to investigate the occurrence and severity of FSD in women working in tertiary hospitals. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study sample was drawn from health care women between the ages of 20 and 65 years, working in two hospitals in Greece. This descriptive study used a structured Greek questionnaire and sexual function screener and quality of life sectors were ...

Shape is one of the main features in content based image retrieval (CBIR). This paper proposes a new shape signature. In this technique, features of each shape are extracted based on four sides of the rectangle that covers the shape. The proposed technique is Fourier based and it is invariant to translation, scaling and rotation. The retrieval performance between some commonly used Fourier base...