High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents is seriuous problem of modern society. In order to prevent development of possible complications (cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus type 2) later in life, early recognition of children at risk for developing metabolic syndrome is of great importance. Previous differences in criteria for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents have been significantly decreased by new criteria issued by the International Diabetes Federation. From the aspect of prevention, key elements are proper nutrition and regular physical activity. In a view of treatment recommendations, initial steps should be regulation of energy balance in the diet and increase in physical activity; the drug treatment is reserved for patients with high risk of complications.

Congenital anomalies are the cause of 20.0-25.0% of cases of perinatal death, while 3.0% of children are born with malformations of varying size. We examined the predictive values and defined the credibility ratio of the combined test results. Sensitivity of the test is 94.0%, and specificity is 99.0%. The positive likelihood ratio [likelihood ratio test (LR+)] is 94.00; a negative likelihood ratio [likelihood ratio test (LR-)] is 0.06. The pretest probability that pregnant women carry a fetus with chromosomal abnormality is 1:250. Posttest odds after the combined test to discover this abnormality are 0.3760, and probability of the same case is 0.2732 if it happens that the test result is positive. The result of our study confirms the justification of combined test usage in routine clinical practice, since the posttest odds rate in the case of a positive screening increases several times over (almost 90 times); the probability of detecting a chromosomal abnormality was about 70 times.

Poster: "ECR 2011 / C-2214 / Heterogeneity in DCE-MRI maps: a biomarker for tumor response?" by: "L. Alic1, M. van Vliet1, C. F. van Dijke2, A. M. M. Eggermont1, W. J. Niessen1, J. F. Veenland1; 1Rotterdam/NL, 2Schoorl/NL"

. Visually grounded human-robot interaction is recognized to be an essential ingredient of socially intelligent robots, and the integration of vision and language increasingly attracts attention of researchers in diverse fields. However, most systems lack the capa-bility to adapt and expand themselves beyond the preprogrammed set of communicative behaviors. Their linguistic capabilities are still far from being satisfactory which make them unsuitable for real-world applications. In this paper we will present a system in which a robotic agent can learn a grounded language model by actively interacting with a human user. The model is grounded in the sense that meaning of the words is linked to a concrete sensorimotor experience of the agent, and linguistic rules are automatically extracted from the interaction data. The system has been tested on the NAO humanoid robot and it has been used to understand and generate appropriate natural language descriptions of real objects. The system is also capable of conducting a verbal interaction with a human partner in potentially ambiguous situations.

This paper deals with design and construction of material cutting machine. The main aim is to offer a cost efficient solution, acceptable, mainly in textile industry, but also compatible for use in other areas (i.e. paper cutting). Design and implementation of such solution based on PIC 16F877A microcontroller, so therefore financially more acceptable and with same functionality is described. Even more “user friendly” environment and real time control and surveillance of machine was achieved through GUI made in Matlab and by using of RS 232 serial communication protocol. After integration of hardware, both electronic and mechanical, and software solutions, physical model, although only a prototype, was subjected to regular working conditions and demonstrated its effectiveness and functionality.

Tax evasion is a criminal act of formal character. It means that there are legal acts which complete the disposition of this criminal act, and through which paying taxes, the characteristics of the tax payers and their rights and obligations, then the kinds and competence of certain tax violation organs are regulated. The protection object is the tax system of certain country. As a doer of this criminal act there appears any person characterized as a tax payer. The criminal act of tax evasion can be done by doing or non-doing. In order this criminal act to be existed, it is necessary to make a certain material-legal assumption - an objective condition of incrimination. This criminal act has its qualificatory circumstances too. and that is a level of obligation whose paying is tried to be avoided and which is included into the content of the doer's guilt. The main characteristic of the tax evasion is illegal acting, that is violating legal regulations directly which can be sanctioned and because of which a tax payer is 'worried' to be revealed. Criminal acts concerning taxes, especially tax evasion (in French - fraude fiscale, in German - steuerbetrug) represent extremely socially dangerous kinds of behaviour of an individual or groups. These are all legal participants such as companies, institutions or other organizations whose violating regulations endanger financial interests of the whole society directly or indirectly. In this way they make great damage to the whole social financial system.