BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) generally involves a single semicircular canal (single canal BPPV) but it has been reported that more than one semicircular canal on either the same or the opposite side can be involved in 6.8-20% of the cases (multiple canal BPPV). In this study, the clinical characteristics of multiple canal BPPV were analyzed and compared ...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D has been known to maintain the body's balance of calcium and phosphorus as well as skeletal health. There has been increasing emphasis on the importance of vitamin D as recent studies have been reporting the specific functions of vitamin D in the cerebral nervous system and the association between the level of serum vitamin D and depressive symptoms. However, there is curre...

Aims. Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been found to be associated with broad-lined type-Ic supernovae (SNe), but only a handful of cases have been studied in detail. Prompted by the discovery of the exceptionally bright, nearby GRB 130427A (redshift z = 0.3399), we aim at characterising the properties of its associated SN 2013cq. This is the first opportunity to test directly the pro...

We have investigated modifications of sapphire (0 0 0 1) surface with and without coating, induced by a single laser pulse with a 1054 nm wavelength, 2.2 ms duration, 7.75 mm spot and energy of 20–110 J. A holographic optical element was used for smoothing the drive beam spatially, but it induced small hotspots which initiated damage on the uncoated and coated surfaces. The individual damage ef...

Social network information is now being used in ways for which it may have not been originally intended. In particular, increased use of smartphones capable of running applications which access social network information enable applications to be aware of a user’s position and preferences. However, current models for exchange of this information require users to compromise their privacy. We pre...

André Messager, Les p'tites Michu (operetta or opéra-comique, 1897) – CORRIGENDUM Violette Polchi (Marie-Blanche), Anne-Aurore Cochet (Blanche-Marie), Marie Lenormand (Mme. Michu), Caroline Meng (Mlle. Herpin), Artavazd Sargsyan (Aristide), Philippe Estèphe (Captain Gaston Gigaud), Boris Grappe (General des Ifs), Damien Bigourdan (M. Romain Dayez (Bagnolet) Orchestre national Pays de la Loire a...

The study is focused on the investigation of forest habitats and vegetation Dragoman municipality, located in western Bulgaria. Following Braun-Blanquet approach, 212 relev´es were collected 2019 1054 field points verified, as well. As a result, eight habitat types included Directive 92/43/EEC identified. They cover 85.96 km2 or 26.5% total area are mainly northern, southern parts municipality....