BACKGROUND Despite more frequent use of the oscillometric method (OSC) for arterial blood pressure (BP) measurement, little is known about OSC's accuracy when used with hemodialysed patients. This study was undertaken to determine if hemodialysis (HD) and individual features in examined patients can affect the accuracy of OSC for BP measurement. MATERIAL/METHODS In 54 hemodialysed patients (5...

The ultimate efficiency of organic solar cells (OSC) is under active debate. The solar cell efficiency is calculated from the current-voltage characteristic as a product of the open-circuit voltage (VOC), short-circuit current (JSC), and the fill factor (FF). While the factors limiting VOC and JSC for OSC were extensively studied, the ultimate FF for OSC is scarcely explored. Using numerical dr...

We define ordered sequential consistency (OSC), a generic criterion for concurrent objects. We show that OSC encompasses a range of criteria, from sequential consistency to linearizability, and captures the typical behavior of real-world coordination services, such as ZooKeeper. A straightforward composition of OSC objects is not necessarily OSC, e.g., a composition of sequentially consistent o...

Human red cells incubated with oxygenated sterol compounds (OSC) at a concentration of 2.5 x 10 5M in medium containing lipoprotein-depleted serum become echinocytic. The formation of echinocytes by OSC is impeded by low temperature, replacement of lipoprotein-depleted serum by bovine serum albumin, or lipoprotein-containing serum, but not by the presence of free cholesterol. Echinocyte formati...

Oxysophocarpine (OSC) is an alkaloid extracted from Siphocampylus verticillatus. The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-nociceptive effects of OSC through systemic and intracerebroventricular administration in mice. Moreover, to evaluate its effectiveness and mechanism of action, this study investigated whether OSC altered the expression of γ-aminobutyric acid type A α1 (GABAAα1) rec...

The background, purpose, and function of Open Sound Control (OSC) timestamps is reviewed. An analysis shows that jitter-induced noise with dispersion over the millisecond range significantly degrades real-time highresolution sensor signal streams. The design of a distributed clock synchronization and event scheduling domain over an asynchronous network is described. A realization of this model ...

Ultra wideband CW pumped optical supercontinuum source Yue Song Keyword: supercontinuum, ultra wide optical source, nonlinear optical effects, continuous wave pump, ring cavity laser; Optical supercontinuum (OSC) laser source is a new generation wideband laser which has various commercial applications such as telecommunication, biomedicine, and optical sensing systems. However the high costs of...

Multivariate image analysis quantitative structure-activity relationship (MIA-QSAR) study aims to obtain information from a descriptor set, which are pixels of two-dimensional molecule structures. In the QSAR protein P38 mitogen-activated (MAP) kinase compounds, genetic algorithm application for pixel selection and processing is investigated. There between structure pIC50 based on obtained. (Th...

Cochlear outer sulcus cells (OSC) and vestibular transitional cells (VTC) are part of the parasensory epithelium in the inner ear and are located in homologous positions between the sensory hair cells and the cation secretory epithelial cells in the cochlea and the vestibular labyrinth. OSC are known to sustain a reabsorptive transepithelial current and to contain an immunoreactivity for P2X(2)...

In the conscious rabbit, exposure to an air jet stressor increases arterial pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output. During hemorrhage, air jet exposure extends the blood loss necessary to produce hypotension. It is possible that this enhanced defense of arterial pressure is a general characteristic of stressors. However, some stressors such as oscillation (OSC), although they increase arteria...