OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to 1) determine the prevalence of DFNB1 in a cohort of children with prelingual nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss (HL), 2) study phenotype/genotype correlations, and 3) establish guidelines for genetic counseling of DFNB1. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS A total of 119 unrelated children (107 sporadic and 12 familial cases...

This paper critically examines the “liberation theology” of José Porfirio Miranda, as expressed in his Marx and the Bible (1971), with a focus on the central idea (and subtitle) of this work: the “Critique of the Philosophy of Oppression.” Miranda’s critique is examined via certain key tropes such as “power,” “justice,” and “freedom,” both in the context of late twentieth-century Latin American...

Issue: Vol 168, Issue 4327 [2] Related articles: Messy liquidation [7] Is that clear? [8] Do we have a group? [9] PETE MILLER asks where we now stand with the complex transactions in securities legislation KEY POINTS The basic framework of ITA 2007, s 684. Activities that fall within the definition of a 'transaction in securities'. The receipt of 'relevant con...

Two experiments investigated deaf individuals' ability to discriminate between same-sex talkers based on vibrotactile stimulation alone. Nineteen participants made same/different judgments on pairs of utterances presented to the lower back through voice coils embedded in a conforming chair. Discrimination of stimuli matched for F0, duration, and perceived magnitude was successful for pairs of s...

Abstract Based on the premise that classroom interactions unfold through a complex series of circular influences between teacher and students, aim this longitudinal study was to test reciprocal effects model connecting students’ perceptions interpersonal justice, one hand, student engagement, agency anger, other. Self-report measures anger were collected from 454 Year Nine students Northern Ita...

The success of pregnancy and infant loss support groups in helping parents, especially mothers, deal with the emotional trauma of stillbirth is well established in sociological and psychological research literature. More recent studies have focused on the emergence of virtual perinatal loss support groups and communities which offer a convenient means of accessing an extensive group of supporte...