The paper presents an approach to joint tracking and classification based on belief functions as understood in the transferable belief model (TBM). For the tracking phase, a Kalman filter in the TBM framework is derived. This filter is essentially the same as the classical Kalman filter with a diffuse prior, although it is derived in a more general context. For the classification phase, the TBM...

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most lethal form of tuberculosis, and new treatments that improve outcomes are required. We randomly assigned adults with TBM to treatment with standard antituberculosis treatment alone or in combination with ciprofloxacin (750 mg/12 h), levofloxacin (500 mg/12 h), or gatifloxacin (400 mg/24 h) for the first 60 days of therapy. Fluoroquinolone concentrations ...

A kidney tubular basement membrane (TBM) component that is bound by antibodies from individuals with anti-TBM antibody-associated tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) was purified and characterized (TIN antigen). TIN antigen was prepared from rabbit TBM by extraction with guanidine and purified by ion-exchange, gel filtration, and reversed-phase chromatography. Based upon yields of protein and an...

Introduction: Tubercular meningitis (TBM) remains a major global health problem and is the most dangerous form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Therefore early, simple and inexpensive diagnostic test has always been a matter of concern especially in a developing country like India. Therefore we aimed in our study to find out the diagnostic significance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood ade...

BACKGROUND Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is a pathologic condition in which softening of tracheal and bronchial cartilage causes the dynamic narrowing of transverse or sagittal diameters of tracheobronchial lumen; an excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) may also be associated, with a substantial invagination of the posterior membrane of trachebronchial tree.The aim of this study was to assess...

Antigen 85 (Ag 85) complex, a component of M.tuberculosis bacilli (MTB) have been the focus of extensive research for diagnosis of tuberculosis for last several years. The aim of the present study to evaluate the status of primary tuberculosis infection in confirmed tuberculous meningitis (TBM) patients by estimating Ag 85 complex in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and serum specimen. A prospective s...

BACKGROUND A delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) may lead to increased mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical, radiological and laboratory findings of TBM on a cohort of 185 pediatric patients at a single centre over a 10 year period and to investigate relationship between the stage of the disease. METHODS The hospital rec...

Computational fluid dynamics simulations have demonstrated flow problems within the helium flow path in the current US DCLL ITER test blanket module design. New geometry for the helium flow path has been designed that will improve flow evenness and simplify the overall helium flow path within the test blanket module while maintaining the overall test blanket module geometry. Global changes to t...

With widespread increasing applications of mechanized tunneling in almost all ground conditions, prediction of tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance is required for time planning, cost control and choice of excavation method in order to make tunneling economical. Penetration rate is a principal measure of full-face TBM performance and is used to evaluate the feasibility of the machine and pre...

BACKGROUND A modified clinical presentation of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in children vaccinated with BCG has been described in the literature. However, most reports are old and not based on actual comparisons and tests of significance. Also, neuroimaging features were not compared. With large scale BCG coverage, it becomes pertinent to describe the "modified" presentation and identify any si...