Factors predicting companies' crisis in the engineering industry from the point of view of financial analysis.

A key factor for business management is the assessment of the financial situation of companies. Nowadays, it is essential to monitor the liquidity crisis, which is closely linked to corporate crises. The aim of the paper is to analyse a selected sector of the economy from the perspective of the corporate crisis and to identify the factors of crisis.

Plasma proteome of brain-dead organ donors predicts heart transplant outcome.

Background: The pathophysiological changes related to brain death may affect the quality of the transplanted organs and expose the recipients to risks. We probed systemic changes reflected in donor plasma proteome and investigated their relationship to heart transplant outcomes.

Methods: Plasma samples from brain-dead multi-organ donors were analyzed by label-free protein quantification using high-definition mass spectrometry.

Glycoprofiling as a novel tool in serological assays of systemic sclerosis: a comparative study with three bioanalytical methods.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease seriously affecting patient's quality of life. The heterogeneity of the disease also means that identification and subsequent validation of biomarkers of the disease is quite challenging. A fully validated single biomarker for diagnosis, prognosis, disease activity and assessment of response to therapy is not yet available.

Plasma free serotonin as a marker for early detection of breast cancer recurrence.

Aim: To evaluate the significance of plasma free serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) and Ca15.3 for the early detection of breast cancer recurrence.

Materials And Methods: Free serotonin and Ca15.

Determinants of adrenal androgen hypofunction in premenopausal females with rheumatoid arthritis.

The aim of our study was to investigate adrenocortical function in the context of disease activity and inflammatory status in premenopausal RA females. Adrenal glucocorticoid and androgen responses to the 1 microg ACTH 1-24 test were investigated in 23 premenopausal RA and in 15 age- and BMI-matched healthy females. Twelve RA patients were on low-dose prednisone (<8.