In this paper, we present the design and techniques of GiPSiNet, an open source/open architecture network middleware being developed for surgical simulations. GiPSiNet extends GiPSi (General Interactive Physical Simulation Interface), our framework for developing organ level surgical simulations, to network environments. This network extension is non-trivial, since the network settings pose sev...

This paper examines the potential welfare effects of storage under different market structures. This includes combinations of perfectly competitive and strategic generation and storage sectors, and standalone and generator-owned storage. We demonstrate that if the generation sector is perfectly competitive and does not own storage, then storage cannot be welfare-diminishing. Otherwise, generato...

Distributed surgical virtual environments are desirable since they substantially extend the accessibility of computational resources by network communication. However, network conditions critically affects the quality of a networked surgical simulation in terms of bandwidth limit, delays, and packet losses, etc. A solution to this problem is to introduce a middleware between the simulation appl...

Background and aim: Hyposalivation is one of the most common complications during menopause, which affects the quality of life. The aim of the present study was to assess the correlation between menopause and salivary flow rate. Materials and methods: This historical-cohort study was conducted on 80 healthy women. Forty postmenopausal women were placed in the case group, while 40 premenopaus...

to find out whether or not soy milk as a phytoestrogen product can improve the quality of life of the iranian postmenopausal women.participants of this randomized clinical trial were 57 healthy postmenopausal women. all eligible women were randomly divided into two groups of soy milk (sg) and control (cg). individuals in the sg (n = 34) received 500 ml soy milk including genistein (28.86 mg/dl)...

AIM The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of CA125 measurements in ovarian cancer diagnostics in pre- versus postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group consisted of 99 serum specimens of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer (28 pre- and 71 postmenopausal). The control group consisted of 86 specimens collected from women without any ovarian pathology (34 pre- and 5...

The purpose of this study is to compare central obesity, insulin sensitivity, and cardiovascular disease risk factors between premenopausal and postmenopausal women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), controls, and women with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Subjects were 73 overweight/obese and sedentary women who had a history of GDM (n=31) and were either premenopausal (n=11, 44±1 ...