Assessing parental beliefs in early childhood is significant because of its ability to properly understand parenting as an adaptational process along with child development. Sigel and McGillicuddy-De Lisi (2002) stated, “What parents believe about parenting is related to their own parenting and to virtually every aspect of children’s developmental accomplishments.” The purpose of this study is ...

Myles Burnyeat has argued that in De Anima II.5 Aristotle marks out a refined kind of alteration which is to be distinguished from ordinary alteration, change of quality as defined in Physics III.1-3. Aristotle’s aim, he says, is to make it clear that perception is an alteration of this refined sort and not an ordinary alteration. Thus, it both supports his own interpretation of Aristotle’s vie...

It is true that mycological culture has a higher specificity, but it has lower sensitivity as compared to histopathology with periodic acid-Schiff staining (HP/ PAS).[1,2] HP/PAS is relatively quick, and a specificity of 72% cannot be overlooked.[3] In most cases, morphological aspect of the hyphae and/or spores can suggest the group to which pathogens belong.[3] In personal view of the authors...

OBJECTIVES Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic syndrome with multisystem abnormalities. Infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The goals of our study were to identify the frequency and types of infections in CdLS and to determine if underlying immunodeficiency contributes to the clinical spectrum of this syndrome. METHODS We assessed infectious histories in ...

THE AIM The aim of the research work is the evaluation of auditory function in children with rare, genetically determined Brachmann-de Lange syndrome. METHODS Test material came from 18 children (7 girls and 11 boys) between 11 months and 18 years of age with Brachmann-de Lange syndrome who have been diagnosed and treated at ENT Department and Department of Paediatrics, Haematology, Oncology ...