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JULY 2008 22 * Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) MacFarland Seminar. Chicago, IL. The theme of the seminar is prosthetic vision. Contact: Jim Gandorf, executive director, AER, 1703 North Beauregard Street, Suite 440, Alexandria, VA 22311; phone: 703-671-4500, extension 201;...

Max New York to raise its paid-up capital to Rs 2,650 cr.
Byline: Viney Sharma CHANDIGARH: MAX New York Life Insurance's paid-up capital will be in the range of Rs 2,650 crore by 2011. On December 31, 2007, the company had a paid-up capital of Rs 907 crore compared with Rs 657 crore by the end of 2006. ...

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JUNE 2008 27-28 * 2008 Braille Challenge Finals, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Nancy N. Niebrugge, Los Angeles Sight Center, Braille Institute, 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029; phone: 323-663-1111, extension 3112; e-mail: <nnniebrugge@brailleinstitute.org>; web site: <www.braillechallenge.org >. 29-July 5 * National Federation of...

Extracanalicular osteoma of the temporal bone.
Abstract Extracanalicular osteomas of the temporal bone are rare, slow-growing, benign neoplasms. Although they may occur anywhere in the temporal bone, they are most common in the mastoid area. Often, symptoms are negligible and treatment is unnecessary. However, surgical removal is indicated when growth of the osteoma...

Dysplastic bone disease mimicking exostoses of the ear canal.
Abstract We present a case of a 43-year-old man who attended the ENT clinic complaining of bilateral hearing loss. He had multiple bony swellings in both ear canals that mimicked exostoses. An audiogram showed bilateral symmetrical mixed hearing loss. Excision was carried out to facilitate the use...

Congenital rubella syndrome in infants of women vaccinated during or just before pregnancy with measles-rubella vaccine.
Background & objectives: Measles and Rubella Control Campaign was conducted in Iran in December 2003 targeting both males and females 5 to 25 yr old using measles-rubella vaccine. During the campaign, some pregnant women received vaccine during the first trimester of pregnancy or some others became pregnant shortly thereafter....

Riff riders: brain scans tune in to jazz improvisers.
It would come as no surprise to the late saxophonist and improvisational master John Coltrane, but when accomplished jazz musicians play free-form, their brain activity suggests a release of self-expression from conscious monitoring and self-censorship. Such neural activity may lie at the heart of musical improvisation and...

Georgi Gospodinov. And Other Stories.
Georgi Gospodinov. And Other Stories. Alexis Levitin & Magdalena Levy, trs. Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern University Press. 2007. 81 pages. $14.95. ISBN 978-0-8101-2432-5 Georgi Gospodinov (b. 1968) is arguably the brightest star among the Bulgarian literati who came of age in the 1990s--that is, during the transition from...

Long-term study sheds light on neonatal NEC.
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Bowel function was normal in up to 90% of patients 15-35 years after treatment for neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis in a large single-center series, but neurologic and respiratory complications were common, Dr. Thomas R. Weber said at the annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association. ...

Virus reprise: mumps outbreak in 2006 was largest in 20 years.
Despite the availability of a vaccine to prevent it, mumps has cropped up in the United States, Europe and Canada several times in recent years. U.S. researchers now report that 2006 was the worst year for mumps since the mid-1980s. The recent outbreak mainly struck college towns...