OBJECTIVE To evaluate siMS score and siMS risk score, novel continuous metabolic syndrome scores as methods for quantification of metabolic status and risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS Developed siMS score was calculated using formula: siMS score = 2*Waist/Height + Gly/5.6 + Tg/1.7 + TAsystolic/130-HDL/1.02 or 1.28 (for male or female subjects, respectively). siMS risk score was calculated using fo...

We consider the problem of listing faces of the Minkowski sum of several V-polytopes in R. An algorithm for listing all faces of dimension up to j is presented, for any given 0 ≤ j ≤ d − 1. It runs in time polynomial in the sizes of input and output.

The Roelofs effect is a distortion of perceived space that occurs when a large frame whose center is offset left or right from the objective midline is presented visually to an observer and causes a bias in the observer's subjective judgment of midline. Experiments were designed to test whether an isolated fragment (left or right end) of a Roelofs-inducing frame was capable of generating the Ro...

In this paper we study a 2-color analog of the cycle cone of a graph. Suppose the edges of a graph are colored red and blue. A nonnegative real vector on the edges is said to be balanced if the red sum equals the blue sum at every vertex. A balanced subgraph is a subgraph whose characteristic vector is balanced (i.e., red degree equals blue degree at every vertex). By a sum (respectively, fract...

In today’s dynamic market, organizations must be adaptive to market fluctuations. In addition, studies show that material-handling cost makes up between 20 and 50 percent of the total operating cost. Therefore, this paper considers the problem of arranging and rearranging, when there are changes in product mix and demand, manufacturing facilities such that the sum of material handling and rearr...