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Special cases of the planar least gradient problem by Górny, Wojciech, Rybka, Piotr, Sabra, Ahmad

“…We study two special cases of the planar least gradient problem. In the first one, the boundary conditions are imposed on a part of a strictly convex domain…”
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Genetic Diversity of Human Rotavirus A Among Hospitalized Children Under-5 Years in Lebanon by Harastani, Houda H, Reslan, Lina, Sabra, Ahmad, Ali, Zainab, Hammadi, Moza, Ghanem, Soha, Hajar, Farah, Matar, Ghassan M, Dbaibo, Ghassan S, Zaraket, Hassan

“…Human rotavirus remains a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide despite the availability of effective vaccines. In this study, we investigated the genetic…”
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Rotavirus Genotypes and Vaccine Effectiveness from a Sentinel, Hospital-Based, Surveillance Study for Three Consecutive Rotavirus Seasons in Lebanon by Ali, Zainab, Harastani, Houda, Hammadi, Moza, Reslan, Lina, Ghanem, Soha, Hajar, Farah, Sabra, Ahmad, Haidar, Amjad, Inati, Adlette, Rajab, Mariam, Fakhouri, Hassan, Ghanem, Bassam, Baasiri, Ghassan, Gerbaka, Bernard, Zaraket, Hassan, Matar, Ghassan M, Dbaibo, Ghassan

“…Globally, rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of gastroenteritis (GE) in children. Longitudinal data about changes in RV genotype distribution and vaccine…”
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Impairment of agonist-induced M2 muscarinic receptor activation by autoantibodies from chagasic patients with cardiovascular dysautonomia by Beltrame, Sabrina P., Carrera Páez, Laura C., Auger, Sergio R., Sabra, Ahmad H., Bilder, Claudio R., Waldner, Claudia I., Goin, Juan C.

“…Previous studies showed that circulating autoantibodies against M2 muscarinic receptors (anti-M2R Ab) are associated with decreased cardiac parasympathetic…”
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A comparison of two user-friendly methods to identify and support correction of misspelled medications by Dasaro, Christopher R., Sabra, Ahmad, Jeon, Yunho, Williams, Tankeesha A., Sloan, Nancy L., Todd, Andrew C., Teitelbaum, Susan L.

“…•Free text medication name entry include misspellings and can lead to medical errors.•Two user-friendly methods efficiently support medication spelling…”
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Erratum: Rotavirus Genotypes and Vaccine Effectiveness from a Sentinel, Hospital-Based, Surveillance Study for Three Consecutive Rotavirus Seasons in Lebanon by Ali, Zainab, Harastani, Houda, Hammadi, Moza, Reslan, Lina, Ghanem, Soha, Hajar, Farah, Sabra, Ahmad, Haidar, Amjad, Inati, Adlette, Rajab, Mariam, Fakhouri, Hassan, Ghanem, Bassam, Baasiri, Ghassan, Gerbaka, Bernard, Zaraket, Hassan, Matar, Ghassan M, Dbaibo, Ghassan

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161345.]…”
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The planar Least Gradient problem in convex domains, the case of continuous datum by Rybka, Piotr, Sabra, Ahmad

“…We study the two dimensional least gradient problem in a convex polygonal set in the plane. We show existence of solutions when the boundary data are attained…”
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Decrease in Shiga toxin expression using a minimal inhibitory concentration of rifampicin followed by bactericidal gentamicin treatment enhances survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7-infected BALB/c mice by Rahal, Elias A, Kazzi, Natalie, Sabra, Ahmad, Abdelnoor, Alexander M, Matar, Ghassan M

“…Treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections with antimicrobial agents is controversial due to an association with potentially fatal sequelae. The…”
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Genotypes and serotype distribution of macrolide resistant invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Lebanon by Taha, Nedal, Araj, George F, Wakim, Rima H, Kanj, Souha S, Kanafani, Zeina A, Sabra, Ahmad, Khairallah, Marie-Therese, Nassar, Farah J, Shehab, Marwa, Baroud, Maysa, Dbaibo, Ghassan, Matar, Ghassan M

“…This study determined macrolide resistance genotypes in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from multiple medical centers in Lebanon and assessed the…”
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Expression levels of virulence factors with up-regulation of hemolytic phospholipase C in biofilm-forming pseudomonas aeruginosa at a tertiary care center by Zahreddine, Lama T, Khairallah, Marie Therese, Sabra, Ahmad H, Baroud, Maysa, Hadi, Usamah, Matar, Ghassan M

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen known to be a leading cause of nosocomial and community-acquired infections worldwide. Here, the role of…”
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Molecular characterization of ESBL-producing Shigella sonnei isolates from patients with bacilliary dysentery in Lebanon by Sabra, Ahmad H, Araj, George F, Kattar, Mireille M, Abi-Rached, Roland Y, Khairallah, Marie-Therese, Klena, John D, Matar, Ghassan M

“…Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in Shigella species imparting resistance to third-generation cephalosporins is a growing concern…”
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Inverse problems with hybrid lenses by Amro, Issar, Fneish, Fatima, Kansoh, Rawad, Sabra, Ahmad, Tabbara, Walid

“…We design lenses composed of a combination of standard freeform refracting surface and flat metasurface refracting an arbitrary incident field into a…”
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Correlation between Group B Streptococcal Genotypes, Their Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles, and Virulence Genes among Pregnant Women in Lebanon by Hannoun, Antoine, Shehab, Marwa, Khairallah, Marie-Therese, Sabra, Ahmad, Abi-Rached, Roland, Bazi, Tony, Yunis, Khalid A., Araj, George F., Matar, Ghassan M.

“…The antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 76 Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococci [GBS]) isolates from vaginal specimens of pregnant women near…”
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The planar least gradient problem in convex domains: the discontinuous case by Rybka, Piotr, Sabra, Ahmad

“…We study the two dimensional least gradient problem in convex polygonal sets in the plane, Ω . We show the existence of solutions when the boundary data f are…”
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Freeform Lens Design for Scattering Data with General Radiant Fields by Gutiérrez, Cristian E., Sabra, Ahmad

“…We show the existence of a lens, when its lower face is given, such that it refracts radiation emanating from a planar source, with a given field of…”
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Chromatic aberration in metalenses by Gutiérrez, Cristian E., Sabra, Ahmad

“…This paper provides a mathematical approach to the study of chromatic aberration in metalenses. It is shown that radiation of a given wavelength is refracted…”
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Rotavirus Genotypes and Vaccine Effectiveness from a Sentinel, Hospital-Based, Surveillance Study for Three Consecutive Rotavirus Seasons in Lebanon by Ali, Zainab, Harastani, Houda, Hammadi, Moza, Reslan, Lina, Ghanem, Soha, Hajar, Farah, Sabra, Ahmad, Haidar, Amjad, Inati, Adlette, Rajab, Mariam, Fakhouri, Hassan, Ghanem, Bassam, Baasiri, Ghassan, Gerbaka, Bernard, Zaraket, Hassan, Matar, Ghassan M, Dbaibo, Ghassan

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A pilot study to identify factors associated with frailty within the World Trade Center general responder cohort by Thompson, Hannah M., Thanik, Erin, Sabra, Ahmad, Ko, Fred, Hung, William W., Colicino, Elena, Lucchini, Roberto G., Bello, Ghalib, Crane, Michael, Teitelbaum, Susan L., Ornstein, Katherine A.

“…Background Given the significant exposures experienced by the World Trade Center (WTC) general responders, there is increasing interest in understanding the…”
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The reflector problem and the inverse square law by Gutiérrez, Cristian E., Sabra, Ahmad

“…We introduce a model to design reflectors that take into account the inverse square law for radiation. We prove existence of solutions both in the near and far…”
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POLYPHARMACY AND FRAILTY AMONG WORLD TRADE CENTER GENERAL RESPONDERS by Hung, William, Bello, Ghalib, Ko, Fred, Sabra, Ahmad, Thanik, Erin, Lucchini, Roberto, Ornstein, Katherine

“…Abstract Polypharmacy in older adults is associated with increased risk of adverse events such as falls, adverse drug reactions and functional decline. WTC…”
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