We recently developed a mass spectrometry (MS) procedure based on the detection of a serum disaccharide (MS-DS) in patients with invasive candidiasis (IC). Here, we compare the performance of MS-DS for the diagnosis of IC, invasive aspergillosis (IA), and mucormycosis (MM) with those of commercially available antigen detection tests. This retrospective study included 48 patients (23 IC patients...

We report systematic results from ab initio calculations with density functional theory on three cubic structures, zincblende (zb), rocksalt (rs) and cesium chloride (cc), of the ten 3d transition metal nitrides. We computed lattice constants, elastic constants, their derived moduli and ratios that characterize mechanical properties. Experimental measurements exist in the literature of lattice ...

To embed modularity (i.e. to perform a local and encapsulated computation) into neural networks (NN) leads to many advantages. Hence, the development of a general model of modular neural networks (MNN) will enable a broader use of Neural Networks (NN). However, some important issues remain to be solved to enable a systematic use of MNN. In a practical point of view, the most important matter co...

Inflammatory neuropathies may be due to infection (with a specific casual agent identified) including Lyme disease, HIV, Leprosy, Herpes Zoster, Hepatitis B & C. The other group of are Autoimmune or possibly infectious (but with no specific causal infectious agent identified) including sarcoidosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome/ acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( AIDP), chronic in...

INTRODUCTION The positive family history of chronic kidney disease (FH+) is a risk factor for the appearance and development of this disease. Thus, it is important to assess traits that may be related to familial predisposition to chronic kidney disease. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the autonomic modulation by heart rate variability in individuals with FH+. METHODS We studied 9 health subjects wit...

In this work, we present the CoESCA station for electron-electron coincidence spectroscopy from surfaces, built in a close collaboration between Uppsala University and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at BESSY II synchrotron facility Berlin, Germany. We start with detailed overview of previous work field coincidences, before describe setup its design parameters. The system is capable recording shot-to-...

In the present study, five modeling approaches of RA, MLP, MNN, GFF, and CANFIS were applied so as to estimate the radial overcut values in electrochemical drilling process. For these models, four input variables, namely electrolyte concentration, voltage, initial machining gap, and tool feed rate, were selected. The developed models were evaluated in terms of their prediction capability with m...

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials have attracted tremendous research interest because of the promising application in next-generation microelectronic devices. Here, by first-principles calculations, we propose a two-dimensional ferromagnetic material with high Curie temperature, manganese tetranitride MnN 4 monolayer, which is square-planar lattice made up only one layer atoms. The struct...