STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS IN A PATIENT WITH MENINGITIS.

Background: Streptococcus suis is a major porcine pathogen that can cause severe systemic infection in humans. The common clinical features include meningitis, septicemia, purulent arthritis, and oftentimes deafness. However, ocular inflammation is very rare.

Whole exome sequencing revealed novel pathogenic variants in Vietnamese patients with FEVR.

Background: Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a rare inherited disorder marked by incomplete retinal vascularization associated with exudation, neovascularization, and tractional retinal detachment. FEVR is genetically heterogeneous and is caused by variants in six genes: and In addition, the phenotypic overlap between FEVR and other disorders has been reported in patients harboring variants in other genes, such as , and .

Purpose: To identify pathogenic variants in Vietnamese pediatric patients diagnosed with FEVR and to investigate the clinical findings in correlation with each causative gene.

Thermohydraulic performance augmentation in a solar air heater using a perforated circular segment vortex generator.

Hybrid turbulators have been introduced as a feasible solution to improve heat transfer in fluid channels. In this study, a perforated circular segment was used as a vortex generator to enhance the heat transfer rate in an air collector duct. The effects of key parameters, including Reynolds numbers ranging from 6000 to 18,000 (four values), angles of attack from 30 to 90° (five values), and inline and staggered segment arrangements, on heat transfer, pressure loss, and thermohydraulic performance were investigated.