Gaussian model based hybrid technique for infection level identification in TB diagnosis

Model Based Vehicle Level Diagnosis for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

When hybridizing a vehicle, new components are added that need to be monitored due to safety and legislative demands. Diagnostic aspects due to powertrain hybridization are investigated, such as that there are more mode switches in the hybrid powertrain compared to a conventional powertrain, and that there is a freedom in choosing operating points of the components in the powertrain via the ove...

QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

Background: Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of LTBI among healthy tuberculosis unexposed children vaccinated with BCG using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and comparing the agreement between the two tests....

HIV-TB co-infection: epidemiology, diagnosis & management.

HIV/AIDS pandemic has caused a resurgence of TB, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality worldwide. HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have a synergistic interaction; each accentuates progression of the other. Clinical presentation of TB in early HIV infection resembles that observed in immunocompetent persons. In late HIV infection, however, TB is often atypical in presentation, frequen...

Designing an expert system for diagnosis of TB

Vehicle Level Diagnosis for Hybrid Powertrains

There are possibilities to reduce the fuel consumption in trucks using hybrid technology. New components are added when hybridizing a vehicle, and these need to be monitored due to safety and legislative demands. Diagnosis aspects due to hybridization of the powertrain are investigated using a model of a long haulage truck. Such aspects are for example that there are more mode switches in the h...