The notion of linear finite transducer (LFT) plays a crucial role in a family of cryptosystems introduced in the 80’s and 90’s. However, as far as we know, no study was ever conducted to count and enumerate these transducers, which is essential to verify if the size of the key space, of the aforementioned systems, is large enough to prevent a exhaustive search attack. In this paper, we determin...

An article by Zhao et al. [Phys. Rev. A 86, 053413 (2012)] tests the local frame transformation (LFT) theory by comparing it with benchmark coupled-channel calculations. The system under consideration is an alkali-metal atom that is two-photon ionized in the presence of a static external electric field. Zhao et al. state that the differential cross sections computed in the LFT theory disagree w...

developed for detection of allergen-specific IgE and could have utility for allergy diagnosis. However, it is only recently that an allergy diagnostic LFT has been introduced to practice. In this issue, Sanchez-Bahillo et al. [6] compare the performance of an allergy diagnostic LFT (ImmunoCAP Rapid, Phadia, Sweden) with skin prick testing in a cohort of allergic children from Cartagena (Spain) ...

The aims were assessing liver function tests (LFT) in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) on glucocorticoids. Sixty-one women with genetically verified CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, aged 18-63 years were compared to 61 controls. Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), anthropo...

BACKGROUND Fibrates are used especially in patients with hypertriglyceridaemia, a feature of the metabolic syndrome. Elevated LFTs are often observed in these patients perhaps related to fatty infiltration. AIM We wished to study changes seen in LFTs (GGT, ALT and ALP) following fibrate therapy and then determine associated factors. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study in wh...

BACKGROUND The liver function test (LFT) is among the most commonly used clinical investigations to assess hepatic function, severity of liver diseases and the effect of therapies, as well as to detect drug-induced liver injury (DILI). AIMS To determine the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors as well as test and quantify the effects of sex, age, BMI and alcohol consumpt...

OBJECTIVES Dermatologists and rheumatologists have differed in their use of serial liver biopsy and liver function tests (LFT) to monitor the risk of hepatic fibrosis in long-term MTX therapy. It is judged safe to monitor LFT only in RA. Whilst there are few studies in PsA to justify this approach, it is widely used in rheumatology practice. The study aimed to assess prevalence of hepatic fibro...

OBJECTIVE Determine the relationship between bilirubin levels with and without other liver function test (LFT) elevations and relative mortality in life insurance applicants. METHOD By use of the Social Security Death Master File mortality was determined in 1,905,664 insurance applicants for whom blood samples were submitted to the Clinical Reference Laboratory. There were 50,174 deaths obser...

Formal robustness analysis of aircraft control upset prevention and recovery systems could play an important role in their validation and ultimate certification. Such systems developed for failure detection, identification, and reconfiguration, as well as upset recovery, need to be evaluated over broad regions of the flight envelope or under extreme flight conditions, and should include various...

Despite the therapeutic equivalence between twice-daily and once-daily tacrolimus, patient safety after conversion is still a concern. We reviewed 218 liver transplantation (LT) patients who converted twice-daily to once-daily tacrolimus between May 2011 and January 2014. Thirty (13.8%) patients had adverse events after conversion, with a liver function test (LFT) abnormality being the most com...