Auditory-verbal therapy : a comprehensive approach for children who are hearing impaired

Includes bibliographical references.The focus of this project was auditory-verbal practice with children who are hearing impaired. Auditory-verbal practice is a comprehensive approach which teaches the child with a hearing impairment to make maximum use of his or her amplified residual hearing. Emphasis is placed on early identification and ongoing audiological evaluation and aural habilitation. Parents and auditory-verbal professionals then work together to teach the child to listen, to process verbal language, and to speak. As a result, the child acquires the ability to communicate through speech. After learning about auditory-verbal therapy through class work and observation, I became particularly interested in learning more about the history, techniques, and outcomes of this approach. Therefore, I chose to explore some of the primary components of the auditoryverbal process, including the following: the auditory-verbal position, audiological management, therapy strategies and techniques, auditory-verbal outcomes, and personal observations of auditory-verbal clients. Although I researched this topic in books and journals, I gathered much information through direct observation. During the Fall semester, I observed various auditory-verbal clients in the NIU Speech and Hearing Clinic. This semester, however, I was given the opportunity to assist a graduate clinician in therapy with a two-year-old auditory-verbal child. I participated in therapy two times a week for fifty minutes each session. I also gathered information from Auditory-Verbal International and auditory-verbal professionals. I was then able to compare my research with my direct observations. I found that auditory-verbal practice is a very ongoing, family centered process. To insure auditory-verbal success, parents and auditory-verbal professionals must work together to shape the approach into a way of life.B.S. (Bachelor of Science

Switching Colors on Beethoven’s Broadwood Fortepiano: Variation 4 of the Piano Sonata, Opus 111

Trotz der bahnbrechenden Analyse von Heinrich Schenker, der beeindruckenden Untersuchung der Skizzen durch William Drabkin und der jüngsten analytischen Übersichten von William Kinderman ist der Variationssatz von Beethovens Klaviersonate Nr. 32 in c-Moll, Opus 111, nach wie vor nur teilweise verstanden. Eine erneute Untersuchung dieses Werks im Hinblick auf klangliche Effekte, die auf dem Originalinstrument, für das es komponiert wurde, hörbar sind, legt eine insgesamt dreiteilige dramatische Aufteilung nahe, die der Form eines Auferstehungsdramas entspricht, in dem ein Thema lebt, stirbt und in der Apotheose wiederkehrt. Diese Schlussfolgerung stützt sich auf Tonaufnahmen, die auf Beethovens originalem Broadwood-Fortepiano in Budapest und ähnlichen Instrumenten in Bonn und Kalifornien gemacht wurden. Recherchen in Beethovens Manuskripten und Skizzen stützen die in diesem Aufsatz dargelegten Schlussfolgerungen.Despite Heinrich Schenker’s groundbreaking analysis, William Drabkin’s impressive examination of the sketches and recent analytical overviews by William Kinderman, the variation movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 in c minor, Opus 111 remains only partially understood. A re-examination of this work in terms of timbral effects audible on the original instrument for which it was composed suggests an overall three-part dramatic division corresponding to the form of a resurrection drama where a theme lives, dies and returns in apotheosis. This conclusion is based upon sound recordings made on Beethoven’s original Broadwood fortepiano located in Budapest and similar instruments in Bonn and California. Research into Beethoven‘s manuscripts and sketches support the conclusions presented in this paper

Guest Artist Recital: Stephen Husarik, Piano; February 3, 1977

Centennial East Recital HallThursday EveningFebruary 3,19778:00 p.m

Reaction of surface water and groundwater to the hydrological drought in 2015-2018 in the Upper Lužnice river

The Bachelor's thesis focuses on the examination of drought as an extreme and complex phenomenon. It provides a clear overview of its types, causes, and impacts on the landscape and society. Furthermore, it discusses the response of surface and groundwater to dry periods. The theoretical conclusion specifically analyzes the period of hydrological drought in the Czech Republic between 2015 and 2018. In the practical part, the characteristics of monthly and annual discharges are evaluated, and the response of surface and groundwater is assessed using data. Data from both surface and groundwater, as well as precipitation totals from the ČHMÚ (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) observation network, were utilized. Average precipitation totals were also taken into account. The evaluation of time series was performed in terms of precipitation-runoff regime, including exceedance lines and monthly flow distributions. The results indicated that the lowest average flows were recorded in 2018, which also saw the lowest average groundwater level. Conversely, the highest number of dry days occurred in the studied period in 2015. Keywords: surface water, groundwater, hydrological drought, the upper Lužnice riverBakalářská práce je zaměřena na přiblížení sucha, jakožto extrémního a komplexního jevu. Přehledně shrnuty jsou jeho typy, příčiny a dopady na krajinu a společnost. Dále je uvedena reakce povrchových a podzemních vod na suché období. V teoretickém závěru je také konkrétně rozebráno období hydrologického sucha na území České republiky mezi roky 2015 až 2018. V praktické části jsou vyhodnoceny charakteristiky měsíčních a ročních odtoků, zhodnocena je reakce povrchových a podzemních vod pomocí dat. Použita byla data jak pro povrchové, tak pro podzemní vody a úhrnů srážek pozorovací sítě ČHMÚ. Využita byla i data průměrných úhrnů srážek. Zhodnocení časových řad bylo provedeno z hlediska srážko- odtokového režimu - čár překročení, rozložení měsíčních průtoků. Výsledky poukázaly na to, že nejmenších průměrných průtoků bylo dosaženo v roce 2018. V tomto roce byla také nejnižší průměrná hladina podzemní vody. Oproti tomu nejvíc suchých dní bylo v zájmovém období zaznamenáno v roce 2015. Klíčová slova: povrchové vody, podzemní vody, hydrologické sucho, horní LužniceDepartment of Physical Geography and GeoecologyKatedra fyzické geografie a geoekologieFaculty of SciencePřírodovědecká fakult

Cost-effective therapy remission assessment in lymphoma patients using 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography: is an end of treatment exam necessary in all patients?

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the necessity of 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) after end of treatment in lymphoma patients who had an interim FDG-PET/CT. Patients and methods: In 38 patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) and 30 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) interim PET/CT (intPET) after two to four cycles of chemotherapy and PET/CT after completion of first-line treatment (endPET) were carried out. Cost reduction was retrospectively calculated for the potentially superfluous endPET examinations. Results: In 31 (82%) HD patients, intPET demonstrated complete remission (CR) which was still present on endPET. The remaining seven HD patients (18%) had partial remission (PR) on intPET. For NHL, 22 (73%) patients had CR on intPET analysis which was still present on endPET. In the remaining eight NHL patients, intPET revealed PR in seven and stable disease in one patient. None of all intPET complete responders progressed until the end of therapy. Thus, of the 196 PET/CT's carried out in our study population, 53 endPET's (27.0%) were carried out in interim complete responders. Conclusion: End-treatment PET/CT is unnecessary if intPET shows CR and the clinical course is uncomplicated. An imaging cost reduction of 27% in our study population could have been achieved by omitting end of treatment FDG-PET/CT in interim complete responder

AGRYPON POLYXENAE (SZÉPLIGETI, 1899) (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE: ANOMALONINAE); NEWLY RECORDED PARASITOID OF ZERYNTHIA POLYXENA (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, 1775) (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONIDAE: PARNASSIINAE) IN THE FAUNA OF SERBIA

Ichneumonid Agrypon polyxenae is a solitary larval-pupal endoparasitoid developing within the caterpillars of the genus Zerynthia and distributed in the western Palearctic. Z. polyxena is the most common host, with its caterpillars feeding on highly poisonous Aristolochia species. Here we report A. polyxenae parasitising Z. polyxena for the first time in Serbia and provide a short species description. This parasitoid has also been recorded on Z. rumina in Spain. We suggest some evidence for its presence  in the newly described Z. cassandra in Italy

Evaluation of [18F]-choline PET/CT for staging and restaging of prostate cancer

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of [18F]-choline (FCH) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for staging and restaging of prostate cancer. Methods: FCH PET/CT was performed in 111 patients with prostate cancer using 200MBq FCH: 43 patients [mean age 63years; mean prostrate specific antigen (PSA) 11.58μg/l] were examined for initial staging, and 68 patients (mean age 66.4years) were examined for restaging (mean PSA 10.81μg/l). FCH PET/CT results were correlated to histopathology, bone scan, morphology as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT, PET/CT follow-up and PSA follow-up after therapy. Results: FCH PET/CT scans at initial staging correctly showed no metastases in 36/38 patients undergoing radical surgery, as confirmed by PSA levels 2μg/

Long-lasting activity of asteroid (248370) 2005 QN 173

We present the results of observations of asteroid (248370) QN$_{173}$ obtained during July 2021 - January 2022 with three telescopes. Our analysis revealed the presence of the dust tail for about half of a year. The direct images of the asteroid were obtained with broad-band filters. No emissions were revealed in the spectra, and the spectrum of the asteroid closely matched that of a C-type asteroid. Created color and linear polarization variations along the tail were analyzed. The asteroid demonstrated a redder color compared to the Sun. Dramatic changes in dust productivity obtained in different filters were not detected. The $g-r$ color changes from $0.2^{m}$ to $0.7^{m}$ over the coma, and the linear polarization degree varies from about $1.2$\% to $0.2$\% and from $-0.2$\% to $-1.5$\% at the phase angle of $23.2^{\circ}$ and $8.16^{\circ}$. The total dust mass ejected until the latest observation on October 10 is $4.2 \times 10^7$~kg, with a maximum rate of 2.6~kg\,s$^{-1}$ based on the Monte Carlo modeling of the dust tail. The estimated asteroid size is 1.3~km. It is shown that large particles are concentrated around the nucleus, whereas smaller ones dominate in the tail. The evolution of (248370) QN$_{173}$ orbit and the orbits of the sample of the 464 short-periodic comets were followed. Ten of them approached the asteroid's orbit. These objects are not genetically related, despite the very close distance of their orbits for a relatively long time.Comment: pages 13; 5 tables; figures 1

Clinical impact of 18F-choline PET/CT in patients with recurrent prostate cancer

Purpose: To investigate the clinical value of 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT (CH-PET/CT) in treatment decisions in patients with recurrent prostate cancer (rPCA). Methods: The study was a retrospective evaluation of 156 patients with rPCA and CH-PET/CT for restaging. Questionnaires for each examination were sent to the referring physicians 14-64months after examination. Questions included information regarding initial extent of disease, curative first-line treatment, and the treatment plan before and after CH-PET/CT. Additionally, PSA values at diagnosis, after initial treatment, before CH-PET/CT and at the end of follow-up were also obtained from the questionnaires. Results: Mean follow-up was 42months. The mean Gleason score was 6.9 at initial diagnosis. Initial treatment was: radical prostatectomy in 110 patients, radiotherapy in 39, and combined prostatectomy and radiotherapy in 7. Median PSA values before CH-PET/CT and at the end of follow-up were 3.40ng/ml and 0.91ng/ml. PSA levels remained stable, decreased or were below measurable levels in 108 patients. PSA levels increased in 48 patients. In 75 of the 156 patients (48%) the treatment plan was changed due to the CH-PET/CT findings. In 33 patients the therapeutic plan was changed from palliative treatment to treatment with curative intent. In 15 patients treatment was changed from curative to palliative. In 8 patients treatment was changed from curative to another strategy and in 2 patients from one palliative strategy to another. In 17 patients the treatment plan was adapted. Conclusion: CH-PET/CT has an important impact on the therapeutic strategy in patients with rPCA and can help to determine an appropriate treatmen