Current paper is a part of group project to create a consultative information system that helps doctors to diagnose breast cancer with combined thermometry. For use in diagnostic algorithms, it is necessary to form a space of characteristic and highly informative diagnostic features. This paper outlines three algorithms for constructing two-dimensional features and presents the results of computational experiments that allow one to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of such features. Combining the best pairs of one-dimensional signs, it is possible to obtain the specificity and sensitivity of 70-80 %.

The article considers a method of controlling the motion of the output links of the tracking system of pneumatic actuators of technological equipment actuators. Dynamic and qualitative characteristics are improved by means of proportional-integral-differential (PID) controller. The mathematical model of actuator system, which includes power and control parts, has been developed. By calculation experiment the dynamic characteristics of the actuator have been obtained, from which it has been found possible to reduce the energy consumed by the actuator system to about 30%.

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A clinical case of simultaneous presentation of ankylosing spondylitis and pancreatic cancer is described. Patients with rheumatic disorders must be closely followed to screen for malignancies. Most paraneoplastic rheumatic syndromes are difficult to distinguish from autoimmune rheumatic diseases; thus, cancer occurrence may constitute a major diagnostic challenge.

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