INTRODUCTION Globally, rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of gastroenteritis (GE) in children. Longitudinal data about changes in RV genotype distribution and vaccine effectiveness (VE) are scarce. This study was conducted in Lebanon over 3 consecutive RV seasons to estimate the rate of RVGE hospitalization, identify RV genotypes, determine the seasonal and geographical variations, and calcula...

Of the more than 150 human rhinovirus (RV) serotypes, 89 utilize intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) for cell entry. These belong either to species A or B. We recently demonstrated that RV-B14 and RV-A89, despite binding this same receptor, are routed into distinct endosomal compartments for release of their RNA into the cytosol. To gain insight into the underlying mechanism we now compa...

Right ventricular (RV) failure remains a major cause of global morbidity and mortality for patients with advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or acute myocardial infarction and after major cardiac surgery. Over the past 2 decades, percutaneously delivered acute mechanical circulatory support pumps specifically designed to support RV failure have been introduced into clinical practice...

BACKGROUND As right ventricular (RV) remodeling in obesity remains underinvestigated, and the impact of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction on RV hypertrophy is unknown, we aimed to investigate whether (1) sex-specific patterns of RV remodeling exist in obesity and (2) LV diastolic dysfunction in obesity is related to RV hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS Seven hundred thirty-nine subje...

This paper deals with fault location on three-terminal power line. The fault locator is considered as associated with the line protective relay, which communicates with the relays from the remaining line terminals and receives from them the phasors of measured threephase currents. Three subroutines of the fault location algorithm are formulated and an issue of selecting the subroutine, which is...

This paper investigates the lightning impulse duty for 400 kV underground power cables using EMTP/ATP and re-assesses the recommended design level based on probabilistic analysis. The work is a part of a larger investigation that will study by computer simulation, the full range of transient overvoltages due to lightning, switching, faults and other temporary overvoltages (TOV) on cables within...

Whilst failure of the left ventricle (LV) has been the subject of intense interest for decades, failure of the right ventricle (RV) has tended to receive scant attention. Indeed, the RV was long considered a relatively passive conduit for blood flow between the systemic and pulmonary circulations. More recently, the importance of the RV in maintaining haemodynamic stability and organ function h...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to elucidate right ventricular (RV) function and structure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without pulmonary hypertension (PH). BACKGROUND There is little knowledge of RV function and remodeling in COPD without PH. METHODS Thirty-four controls and 98 patients with COPD were included. The study patients were divided in...

Right ventricular (RV) diastolic dysfunction is an important indicator for the assessment of heart failure. Abnormalities in RV diastolic function underlie many pathologies. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly described, because the term is used to describe many variants in diastolic pathophysiology and function. Since the right ventricle is coupled to the pulmonary circulation wit...