Implementing no-signaling correlations as a service.

We deal with no-signaling correlations that include Bell-type quantum nonlocality. We consider a logical implementation using a trusted central server with encrypted connections to clients. We show that in this way it is possible to implement two-party no-signaling correlations in an asynchronous manner.

Anti-Neuronal IgG4 Autoimmune Diseases and IgG4-Related Diseases May Not Be Part of the Same Spectrum: A Comparative Study.

Background: IgG4 is associated with two emerging groups of rare diseases: 1) IgG4 autoimmune diseases (IgG4-AID) and 2) IgG4-related diseases (IgG4-RLD). Anti-neuronal IgG4-AID include MuSK myasthenia gravis, LGI1- and Caspr2-encephalitis and autoimmune nodo-/paranodopathies (CNTN1/Caspr1 or NF155 antibodies). IgG4-RLD is a multiorgan disease hallmarked by tissue-destructive fibrotic lesions with lymphocyte and IgG4 plasma cell infiltrates and increased serum IgG4 concentrations.

Integrative analysis of neuroblastoma and pheochromocytoma genomics data.

Background: Pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma are the most common neural crest-derived tumors in adults and children, respectively. We have performed a large-scale in silico analysis of altogether 1784 neuroblastoma and 531 pheochromocytoma samples to establish similarities and differences using analysis of mRNA and microRNA expression, chromosome aberrations and a novel bioinformatics analysis based on cooperative game theory.

Methods: Datasets obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus and ArrayExpress have been subjected to a complex bioinformatics analysis using GeneSpring, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, Ingenuity Pathway Analysis and own software.

Aminoterminal brain natriuretic peptide levels in children and adolescents after Fontan operation correlate with congestive heart failure.

The aim of this study was to generate normal values of amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in children and adolescents after Fontan operation without congestive heart failure (CHF) and to test the hypothesis that plasma levels of NT-pro-BNP correlate with the clinical severity of CHF. NT-pro-BNP plasma levels of 59 consecutive patients, with a median age of 8.4 years, after Fontan operation were measured using an automated enzyme immunoassay.

Use of levosimendan, a new inodilator, for postoperative myocardial stunning in a premature neonate.

Objective: To first report the successful use of the new inodilator levosimendan in a premature infant with congestive heart failure (CHF) following cardiac surgery. Although the calcium sensitizer levosimendan improves hemodynamics in adults with CHF, no data are available on the use of levosimendan in premature infants with CHF.

Design: Single case report.