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Tinnitus treatment: clinical protocols/ [edited by] Richard S. Tyler, Ann Perreau
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index"Since publication of the first edition in 2005, new developments have impacted the treatment paradigm for tinnitus, such as sensory meditation and mindfulness. Tinnitus Treatment: Clinical Protocols, Second Edition, by world-renowned tinnitus experts and distinguished authors Richard S. Tyler and Ann Perreau provides comprehensive background information, up-to-date strategies, essential tools, and online supplementary materials grounded in years of clinical experience and research. It fills a gap in graduate education and available materials to empower audiologists to effectively treat patients suffering from bothersome to severely debilitating symptoms associated with tinnitus or hyperacusis"--Neurophysiological Models, Psychological Models, and Treatments for Tinnitus / Phillip E. Gander and Richard S. Tyler -- Treating Tinnitus in Patients with Otologic Conditions / David M. Baguley and Manohar L. Bance -- Internet-Delivered Guided Self-Help Treatments for Tinnitus / Gerhard Andersson and Eldre Beukes -- Tinnitus Activities Treatment / Ann Perreau, Richard S. Tyler, Patricia C. Mancini, and Shelley A. Witt -- Three-Track Tinnitus Protocol: Counseling Emphasizing the Patient, the Clinician, and the Alliance / Anne-Mette Mohr -- The Psychological Management of Tinnitus-Related Insomnia / Laurence McKenna and Elizabeth Marks -- Optimizing Hearing Aid Fittings for Tinnitus Management / Grant D. Searchfield and Alice H. Smith -- Combining Sound Therapy with Amplification / Grant D. Searchfield, Mithila Durai, and Tania Linford -- The Clinical Relevance of Apps for Tinnitus / Ann Perreau, Elizabeth Fetscher, and Michael Piskosz -- Distractions, Relaxation, and Peace with Tinnitus: Guided Imagery, Meditation, Mindfulness, and More / Ann Perreau, Courtney Baker, and Richard S. Tyler -- Tinnitus in Children / Mohamed Salah Elgandy and Claudia Coelho -- Measuring Tinnitus and Reactions to Tinnitus / Ann Perreau, Patricia C. Mancini, and Richard S. Tyler -- Hyperacusis / Richard S. Tyler, Ann Perreau, and Patricia C. Mancini -- Navigating Future Directions in Tinnitus Treatment / Fatima T. Husain -- Establishing a Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Clinic / Patricia C. Mancini, Shelley A. Witt, Richard S. Tyler, and A. Perreau1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages
The Glacier Views of Jean-Antoine Linck – A Milestone for the Mont Blanc Glacier History from the 18th to the 19
No full textInterdisciplinary approaches are needed to reconstruct the behaviour of glaciers beyond the beginning of systematic measurements. For example, historical documents have been used to reconstruct former glacier extents successfully at different sites, including in the well-documented Mont Blanc area that became popular since the mid-18th century among artists, scientists, and travellers. Jean-Antoine Linck from Geneva is probably the artist to whom we owe the greatest number of unique glacier views. Linck’s special preference were the ice regions, which he discovered and drew with alpinistic daring and naturalistic correctness, preferably by gouache, although many pencil sketches are preserved. Linck subtly used the etching technique to create easily reproducible plates in large format, which are then hand-coloured with gouache and watercolour. This technique allowed him to create numerous reproductions of the same view, while still giving them a unique and original aspect, views that are remarkable for their serenity and silence, while offering luminous atmospheres. These illustrations introduced the realistic representation of the high mountains into the iconography of Genevese painting and thus led to a new kind of landscape painting with a permanent character. From a perspective of glacier history and although many of his artworks are not exactly dated by the author, the work of Jean-Antoine Linck is indispensable since it represents the whole development, specifically of the Mer de Glace and the Glacier des Bossons, but also other glaciers during the period from the end of the 18th century until the 19th century glacier maximum around 1820. Linck’s work has the same importance for the Mont Blanc area as that of Caspar Wolf and Samuel Birmann for the central Swiss Alps or Thomas Ender for the Austrian Alps in terms of glacier iconography. Therefore, Linck was both an artist and a glacier historian.
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Des approches interdisciplinaires sont nécessaires pour reconstruire les fluctuations des glaciers au xixe siècle, au-delà du début des mesures systématiques. Par exemple, des documents historiques ont été appliqués pour reconstituer d’anciennes étendues des glaciers sur différents sites, notamment dans la région du Mont-Blanc, qui sont très bien documentés et devenus populaires parmi les artistes, les scientifiques et les voyageurs depuis le milieu du xviiie siècle. Le Genevois Jean-Antoine Linck est probablement l’artiste à qui l’on doit le plus de vues glaciaires exceptionnelles. La préférence particulière de Linck était les régions des glaciers, qu’il a découvertes et dessinées avec une audace d’alpiniste et une exactitude de naturaliste, principalement à la gouache, bien que de nombreux croquis au crayon aient été conservés. Linck a subtilement utilisé la technique de la gravure pour créer des planches de grand format facilement reproductibles, qui ont été ensuite coloriées à la gouache et à l’aquarelle. Cette technique lui a permis de créer de nombreuses reproductions d’une même vue, tout en leur donnant un aspect unique et original. Elles sont remarquables de sérénité et de silence, tout en offrant des ambiances lumineuses. Ces illustrations introduisent la représentation réaliste de la haute montagne dans l’iconographie de la peinture genevoise et conduisent ainsi à une nouvelle forme de peinture de paysage à caractère permanent. D’un point de vue de l’histoire des glaciers, et bien que nombre de ses œuvres ne soient pas exactement datées par l’auteur, l’ouvrage de Jean-Antoine Linck est indispensable. Il représente l’ensemble de l’évolution de la mer de Glace et du glacier des Bossons, mais également d’autres glaciers, pendant la période allant de la fin du xviiie siècle jusqu’au maximum glaciaire du xixe siècle vers 1820. L’œuvre de Linck accorde au territoire du Mont-Blanc la même importance, en termes d’iconographie des glaciers, que celle de Caspar Wolf et Samuel Birmann pour les Alpes centrales suisses, ou de Thomas Ender pour les Alpes autrichiennes. Linck était donc à la fois artiste et historien des glaciers
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Observations on the trial of Mr. Robt. Perreau ::with Mr. Perreau's defence, as spoken on his trial, in which many unaccounted-for omissions in the sessions-paper are supplied, from a copy sent to the author by Mrs. R. Perreau an address to the Jury on Mr. R. Perreau's trial and such remarks on Mr. Rudd's narrative as tend to confirm the justness of these observations : the whole prefaced with correspondence between the author & Mrs. R. Perreau.
No full textObservations on the trial of Mr. Robt. Perreau ::with Mr. Perreau's defence, as spoken on his trial, in which many unaccounted-for omissions in the sessions-paper are supplied, from a copy sent to the author by Mrs. R. Perreau an address to the Jury on Mr. R. Perreau's trial and such remarks on Mr. Rudd's narrative as tend to confirm the justness of these observations : the whole prefaced with correspondence between the author & Mrs. R. Perreau.
No full textAmplissimo Heinrico Linck, U.J.D. Praesidente Disputationem Juridicam De Bonis Censiticis, vulgò Zinsz-Gütern ... sistet Johannes Balthasar Meiland, Oldislebia-Thuringus Author ...
No full textA techno-economic calculation method for the implementation of an autonomous solar and storage system to electrify Vopak’s storage terminals
No full textVopak has the vision to become climate neutral by 2050 (Scope 1 and 2 emissions). Currently, over 99% of its CO2 emissions originate from storage terminal activities. Action must be taken to reduce these emissions by converting the current (fossil fuel-based) generation of electricity to sustainable energy.This study aims to research how we can develop a methodology to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an autonomous solar and storage system to electrify Vopak’s storage terminals? The objective of the method is to develop a system that is clean, reliable, autonomous, and payable (cheap). The selected autonomous system comprises a photovoltaic (PV) system, a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a hybrid inverter to satisfy the energy load of the storage terminal.The developed method is a techno-economic model using three interlinked components. First, a PV model uses meteorological data and specific technical characteristics to simulate different PV systems. Second, based on the cost of different components of the PV system and BESS, a grid-search system selection method is used to determine the lowest-cost sizing of an autonomous PV and batterysystem. Third, the sizing of the system is used to calculate the levelized cost of solar plus storage (LCOSS).The method is evaluated for three selected storage terminals located in different climates. The lowest cost developed system for Vopak Fujairah Horizon terminal (desert climate), which has a LCOSS of 0.33 [/kWh] is calculated. Vopak Panama (tropical climate) has a designed system with a LCOSS of 0.53 [$/kWh]. The calculated LCOSS shows that these autonomous systems are not cost-effective, as they are 3 to 14 times more expensive than average energy prices from the grid for the storage terminal locations. A sensitivity analysis of the system costs and the weighted average cost of capital shows that a 50% decrease in battery costs results in a 38% decrease in the LCOSS. Furthermore, a decrease of 2% of the WACC has the same effect as a total system cost reduction of 10%–15%. Ultimately, enabling the system touse its dumped energy by selling it to the grid shows the most significant reduction in the LCOSS.This study clarifies that the cost-effectiveness of an autonomous PV and battery system strongly depends on the climate and seasonal variation of the location as it affects the energy yield of the PV-generating technology and the sizing of the system. Furthermore, the battery system costs are currently two to three times more expensive than a PV system; therefore, to size the lowest-cost system, the sizing strategy rather increases the (cheaper) PV system size to satisfy the load than install an additional battery. This results in oversized PV systems generating a large amount of unused energy. A solution is to enable the system to sell its unused electricity to the grid. An alternative solution would be to add a secondary “clean” energy source, such as a hydrogen generator, to combat these oversized systems and thus reduce the lifetime system costs.Electrical Engineering | Sustainable Energy Technolog
Humor und Ironie in chinesischen Talkshowgesprächen: Scherzkommunikation an der Grenze der Höflichkeitsverletzung
No full textIn this empirical investigation into modern Chinese humour, the author explores the mechanisms of conversational joking and irony within the scope of the popular Chinese talk show 实话实说 Shihua shishuo . Based on the Chinese notion of concepts like teasing, irony and sarcasm, the borderline between politically correct forms of humor and impoliteness comes into focus. The playful interaction between the former talk show host Cui Yongyuan and his guests comprises techniques of parody, hyperformality, and different kinds of role play.
Approaching Chinese verbal humor and irony from various pragmatic models, 23 sequences from eight episodes of 实话实说 Shihua shishuo are transcribed, translated and analyzed by means of different Chinese concepts of irony. In this regard, the question to what extent Chinese conversational humor can be accounted for by linguistic theories of irony is challenged. In the analysis of the humorous and ironical sequences, audience reactions like applause, laughter or indignation are taken into account. Moreover, interviews with 12 Chinese native speakers help to identify and to evaluate strategies of conversational irony.
In the context of the Chinese media, censorship and self-censorship are important concomitant factors that are considered along with Chinese politeness and face-work. All these aspects help to understand the political and cultural framework of Chinese humour and irony
‘Putting Life in Years’ (PLINY) telephone friendship groups research study: pilot randomised controlled trial
No full textBackground - Loneliness in older people is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We undertook a parallel-group randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone befriending for the maintenance of HRQoL in older people. An internal pilot tested the feasibility of the trial and intervention.
Methods - Participants aged >74 years, with good cognitive function, living independently in one UK city were recruited through general practices and other sources, then randomised to: (1) 6 weeks of short one to one telephone calls, followed by 12 weeks of group telephone calls with up to six participants, led by a trained volunteer facilitator; or (2) a control group. The main trial required the recruitment of 248 participants in a 1-year accrual window, of whom 124 were to receive telephone befriending. The pilot specified three success criteria which had to be met in order to progress the main trial to completion: recruitment of 68 participants in 95 days; retention of 80% participants at 6 months; successful delivery of telephone befriending by local franchise of national charity. The primary clinical outcome was the Short Form (36) Health Instrument (SF-36) Mental Health (MH) dimension score collected by telephone 6 months following randomisation.
Results - We informed 9,579 older people about the study. Seventy consenting participants were randomised to the pilot in 95 days, with 56 (80%) providing valid primary outcome data (26 intervention, 30 control). Twenty-four participants randomly allocated to the research arm actually received telephone befriending due to poor recruitment and retention of volunteer facilitators. The trial was closed early as a result. The mean 6-month SF-36 MH scores were 78 (SD 18) and 71 (SD 21) for the intervention and control groups, respectively (mean difference, 7; 95% CI, -3 to 16).
Conclusions - Recruitment and retention of participants to a definitive trial with a recruitment window of 1 year is feasible. For the voluntary sector to recruit sufficient volunteers to match demand for telephone befriending created by trial recruitment would require the study to be run in more than one major population centre, and/or involve dedicated management of volunteers
Rhinobatos annandalei Norman 1926
No full textRhinobatos annandalei Norman (Figs. 3C, 12C, D) A muscle sample was taken from a frozen specimen of Rhinobatos Linck (SL-115) collected in 2015 from the Peliyagoda fish market in Colombo in the Western Province. This specimen has now been formally deposited in the BRT Ichthyology Collection (BRT-I 0003). Morphologically, this appears to be a specimen of Rhinobatos annandalei. It bears a symmetrical pattern of small, white spots on its dorsal surface and it exhibits broad grayish brown patches on the ventral surface of the disc and possibly also the tail, although the color of the latter is obscured as a result of freezing. NADH2 data for a reference specimen of confirmed identity was unavailable. However, this specimen differed from the five of its congeners included in the Neighbor-Joining analysis by 83–137 bp. This name is in current use for this species in Sri Lanka (see De Silva 1978, 2006; De Bruin et al. 1995; Morón et al. 1998).Published as part of Fernando, Daniel, Bown, Rosalind M. K., Tanna, Akshay, Gobiraj, Ramajeyam, Ralicki, Hannah, Jockusch, Elizabeth L., Ebert, David A., Jensen, Kirsten & Caira, Janine N., 2019, New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka, pp. 201-238 in Zootaxa 4585 (2) on page 220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263723
A poética do arco-íris nos contos de Cíntia Moscovich
No full textA presente dissertação propõe-se a realizar uma exegese sobre a obra Arquitetura do arco-íris,
da autora sul-rio-grandense Cíntia Moscovich, de modo a reconhecer o símbolo do arco-íris
como principal mediador de sentidos entre os contos que compõem a coletânea. À luz da teoria
do Imaginário, sustentada pelo filósofo Gilbert Durand, percebe-se que é possível conjeturar
uma poética do arco-íris, uma vez que a imagem do arco celestial surge como um eixo
simbólico, que por vezes se dissolve em imagens caracterizantes dos espaços, das personagens
e das ações dentro das narrativas. Busca-se compreender como os símbolos eufemizam os
conflitos vividos pelas personagens principais, ao passo que aludem os dilemas existenciais que
rompem a estabilidade na vida das mulheres que protagonizam os enredos. Assim, almeja-se
estabelecer um novo olhar sobre o simbólico na escritura de Cíntia Moscovich, tendo em vista
que tal abordagem ainda se encontra escassa na fortuna crítica da autora.This thesis proposes to realize an exegesis on the work Arquitetura do arco-íris by the southern
author Cíntia Moscovich in order to recognize the symbol of the rainbow as the main mediator
of meanings among the stories that compose the collection. In the light of the theory of imagery,
supported by the philosopher Gilbert Durand, it is possible to conjecture a poetic of the rainbow,
since the image of the celestial arc appears as a symbolic axis that, at times, dissolves into
characterizing images of spaces, characters, and actions within the narratives. Thus, it is sought
to understand how symbols euphemize the conflicts experienced by the main characters,
whereas alluding to existential dilemmas which break the stability in the lives of the women
who play the plots. Therefore, it is aimed to establish a new look on the symbolic in Cíntia
Moscovich’s writing, considering that such an approach is still scarce in the author's critical
fortune
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