Vasculitis syndrome comprises a heterogenic group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases whose common feature is inflammation in the blood vessel wall. Establishing the diagnosis of vasculitis is one of the greatest challenges in medicine. Clinical presentation of vasculitis depends on the extent of an organ system affection, as well as on the total number of affected organs. A great range of clini...

The bulk terrestrial biomass resource in a future bio-economy will be lignocellulosic biomass, which is recalcitrant and challenging to process. Enzymatic conversion of polysaccharides in the lignocellulosic biomass will be a key technology in future biorefineries and this technology is currently the subject of intensive research. We describe recent developments in enzyme technology for convers...

Analysis of broad-band X/γ-ray spectra of NGC 4151 shows that the data are well modelled with an intrinsic spectrum due to thermal Comptonization with temperature ∼ 50 keV and X-ray spectral index α ∼ 0.4– 0.7. The variable X-ray spectrum pivots at ∼ 100 keV, which is consistent with the observed approximatly constant γ-ray spectrum. The observed UV/X-ray correlation can be explained by two spe...

The short-time asymptotic behavior of option prices for a variety of models with jumps has received much attention in recent years. In the present work, a novel third-order approximation for ATM option prices under the CGMY Lévy model is derived, and extended to a model with an additional independent Brownian component. Our results shed new light on the connection between both the volatility of...

The main objective of this research is to contribute to innovation capability understanding. Furthermore, it is mainly focused in the way innovation capability is built and developed. Based on a multiple case study and interviews with managers, who are responsible for the new product development projects, in two innovative technologybased companies (ITBC) in the broadcasting sector, a collectio...

a supplement to ICD. This combined more detailed subdivision of diagnostic categories of interest to paediatricians with the elimination of diagnoses not commonly encountered in children. It was first available in 1962, known initially as the 'Cardiff classification'. The most recent extensive revision was published in 1979. In 1990, with a new revision of ICD in production (ICD-10), the Intern...

In this paper we are focusing on patterns and pattern classification. We are dealing how patterns from different domain can relate in solving more complex tasks. We try to design pattern classification reflecting pattern features. We assume that it can be very helpful in pattern searching. We assign classification attributes to patterns and use them to find pattern clusters. Each pattern cluste...

A new wave confinement effect is predicted in graded crystals with a concave slowness surface under conditions of growth of the phase velocity with decreasing distance from the waveguide axis. This finding overturns the common notion about the guiding and 'antiguiding' profiles of wave velocity in inhomogeneous media. The waveguide effect found is elucidated by means of ray analysis and particu...

research focuses on social movements, new media and class formation under globalizing capitalism. Currently, he is working on a book length study of the World Social Forum. Communication and Class Identity 2 Communication can alone create a great community. Our Babel is not one of tongues but of signs and symbols without which shared experience is impossible John Dewey, The Eclipse of the Public

In this paper we review the various high precision methods that are now available to determine the distance to NGC 5128. These methods include: Cepheids, TRGB (tip of the red giant branch), PNLF (planetary nebula luminosity function), SBF (surface brightness fluctuations), and Long Period Variable (LPV) Mira stars. From an evaluation of these methods and their uncertainties, we derive a best-es...