With ever increasing energy demand no site for setting up power plant can be left un-harnessed. Therefore, in the present work a methodology based upon the combination of graph theory and matrix method is developed so that an site may be evaluated in terms of best suitability for setting up a power plant. Factor responsible for best operational performance of a power plant are identified and ev...

The present study evaluated and compared the oxidative stress status of dogs undergoing laparoscopic or open ovariectomy. Twelve healthy female dogs were divided into two groups according to the type of the surgical procedure, laparoscopic or open ovariectomy. Plasma total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) levels for the evaluation of oxidativ...

Oxidative stress can be defined as an increase in oxidants and/or a decrease in antioxidant capacity. We aimed to determine total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total peroxide, malondialdehyde and catalase levels in plasma samples, and calculation of oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with brucellosis to evaluate their oxidative status using a novel automated method. Sixty-nine patients with...

UNLABELLED Shift workers from control centers of electrical systems are a group that has received little attention in Brazil. This study aimed to compare workers' job satisfaction at five control centers of a Brazilian company electrical system, and according to their job titles. METHOD The Organization Satisfaction Index (OSI) questionnaire to assess job satisfaction was used. ANOVA was used...

The present work focuses the study of wall shear stress-based descriptors: time averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), oscillating shear index (OSI) and relative residence time (RRT), of sketch geometries of the left coronary artery (LCA): one healthy case, one disease case with 30% obstruction in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and other disease case with 50% obstruction in the LAD. Mor...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the status of the oxidant/antioxidant balance in patients with multiple myeloma compared to healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted on 40 multiple myeloma patients and 40 healthy controls of matched age and sex. Serum total thiol, oxidative stress index (OSI), total oxidant status (TOS), and total antioxidant status (TAS) were measured using c...

Aim: Still there is no any specific laboratory marker for diagnosis of FMS and it mainly depends on clinical examination. So that we aimed to evaluate whether serum Vitamin C levels oxidative stress index (OSI) can be used in the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). 
 Material Method: 53 female patients 35 healthy controls were enrolled our cross-sectional study. VAS, BDI FIQ applied patients. mea...

This study examined the laterality of the supporting leg in postural stability during a one-leg stance test on an unstable moving platform and its practice effect. 30 male university students were evaluated using the omnidirection stability index (OSI) during a one-leg stance test on an unstable moving platform (three trials). The leg used when kicking a ball was defined as the manipulation leg...

However, the practical use of the OSI protocols for distributed applications is complicated today by the numerous design choices left to an application developer by the OSI upper-layer standards. Development tools for OSI upper layers existing today do not address this issue. Thus, the developer of a distributed application has to be an expert on the OSI upper layer standard documents to be abl...