Dengue virus: Etiology, epidemiology, pathobiology, and developments in diagnosis and control - A comprehensive review.

Dengue flavivirus (DENV) is the virus that causes dengue, one of the most dangerous and common viral diseases in humans that are carried by mosquitoes and can lead to fatalities. Every year, there are over 400 million cases of dengue fever worldwide, and 22,000 fatalities. It has been documented in tropical and subtropical climates in over 100 nations.

Complications of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine as an early warning sign of inborn errors of immunity: a report of 197 patients.

Background: According to the WHO's recommendation for developing countries, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination has been implemented in some countries as part of national vaccination programs at birth. Although it is generally considered safe, some complications may occur; including BCGitis (local) or BCGosis (systemic), ranging from mild like local abscesses to fatal impediments like osteomyelitis and disseminated BCG infection. This study aimed to determine the spectrum of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) in BCG-vaccinated neonates experiencing local or systemic complications.

Hydrogen peroxide and glucose detection using surface plasmon resonance imaging biosensor with corrodible silver thin film.

A surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI)-based biosensor is demonstrated for the detection of both hydrogen peroxide (HO) and glucose. The HO to be detected acts as an oxidant and etch the silver film. This process gradually effects on resonance condition and consequently the reflected light intensity at a fixed angle.

¿Notas La Diferencia? [Do You Hear the Difference?]: Perceptual Consequences of Intensive Voice Treatment in Spanish Speakers With Parkinson's Disease.

Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to explore the effects of intensive voice-focused treatment on speech parameters in Spanish speakers with dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) as perceived by naïve listeners.

Method: Fifteen Spanish speakers with dysarthria associated with PD received the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD) for a month. Voice and speech recordings were conducted pretreatment, posttreatment, and at a 1-month follow-up.

Preprint: Global, and local optimization beamforming for broadband sources.

This paper presents an alternative energy function for global optimization (GO) beamforming, tailored to acoustic broadband sources. Given that properties, such as the source location, multipole rotation, or flow conditions, are parameterized over the frequency, a cross spectral matrix-fitting can be performed for all frequencies at once. A numerical analysis shows that the nonlinear energy function for the standard GO problem is equivalent to the source's point spread function (PSF) and contains local minima at the locations of the grating lobes and side lobes.