BACKGROUND Ecological models have emphasized that short sleep duration (SSD) is influenced by both individual and environmental variables. However, few studies have considered the latter. OBJECTIVES The present study explores the influence of urban and regional contextual factors, net of individual characteristics, on the prevalence of SSD among university students in China. METHODS Partici...

To find out the psychological root cause of Secure System Development (SSD) innovation digestion behavior, this article establishes the double digestion model of SSD innovation based on psychological factors. The theoretical bases include the acceptance model, motivation theory and theories related to innovation digestion. Then, we use SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 17.0 to verify the model. The results in...

Power consumption now becomes the most critical performance limiting factor to solid state disk (SSD) in embedded systems. It is imperative to devise design methods and architectures for power efficient SSD designs. In our work, we present the first step towards low power SSD design, i.e., power estimation of SSD. We present a practical approach of SSD power estimation which tries to keep the a...

It is well known that Space-Time Block Codes (STBCs) from orthogonal designs (ODs) are single-symbol decodable/symbol-by-symbol decodable (SSD) and are obtainable from unitary matrix representations of Clifford algebras. However, SSD codes are obtainable from designs that are not orthogonal also. Recently, two such classes of SSD codes have been studied: (i) Coordinate Interleaved Orthogonal De...

Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (USNHL)/single-side deafness (SSD) is a frequently encountered disability in children. The etiology of a substantial portion of USNHL/SSD still remains unknown, and genetic causes have not been clearly elucidated. In this study, the authors evaluated the heritability of USNHL/SSD.The authors sequentially recruited 50 unrelated children with SSD. For an etio...

INTRODUCTION In a patient, the skin to Subarachnoid Space Depth (SSD) varies considerably at different levels of the spinal cord. It also varies from patient to patient at the same vertebral level as per age, sex and Body Mass Index (BMI). Estimation of the skin to SSD reduces complications related to spinal anaesthesia. AIM To measure the skin to SSD in the Indian population and to find a fo...

Subsurface damages (SSD), which are introduce during grinding process of optical components for high power lasers applications, act as initiator for laser damage and are responsible of the low lifetime of these components. The knowledge of the SSD depth is essential to remove the damaged layer of the optical component during the last finishing step of grinding. However, existing methods to meas...

To elucidate the developmental aspects of the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD), an understanding of the sex-specific ontogeny of body size is critical. Here, we evaluate the relative importance of genetic and environmental determinants of SSD in juvenile common lizards (Lacerta vivipara). We examined the prenatal and post-natal effects of population density and habitat humidity on SSD,...

OBJECTIVE Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major cause of chemotherapy failure in the treatment of cancer patients. This study aimed to determine whether saikosaponin D (SSd) can enhance the efficacy of the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) both in vitro and in vivo and whether SSd can alter Dox pharmacokinetics in the serum of mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS MCF-7/adr cells were used to investiga...