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EVALUATION OF AUDITORY CORTICAL PLASTICITY FROM FIRST AMPLIFICATION TO ONE YEAR OF HEARING AID USE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIDED CORTICAL AUDITORY …
2021
Over the last decade, aided cortical auditory evoked potentials (ACAEPs) have continued to be a focus of interest due to the lack of adequate tools to objectively assess cortical auditory activity in response to amplified stimuli. The majority of authors have investigated the direct relationship between behavioral thresholds and ACAEPs and the evolution of ACAEP waves among children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) undergoing rehabilitation. In contrast, scarce data are available regarding changes in ACAEPs over time in adult hearing aid users, particularly in relation to speech perception outcomes. The main goal of this project was to investigate the relationship between ACAEPs and s…
The economic impact of audit failures
2022
This paper examines the economic consequences associated with an audit failure in the field of statutory auditing services, by analyzing changes in the audit firm’s market share around the time of the investigation process undertaken by the Spanish Public Oversight Board. We explore the variations in audit market share by applying the difference in differences method to a treatment group of 70 sanctioned audit firms and a matched control group of 70 non-sanctioned audit firms. The period of analysis covers the years from 1999 to 2015. Our results show that the sanctioned audit firms suffered a significant decrease in their relative number of clients. Moreover, this measure of market share d…
Scaffold protein harmonin (USH1C) provides molecular links between Usher syndrome type 1 and type 2.
2005
Contains fulltext : 48386.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Usher syndrome (USH) is the most frequent cause of combined deaf-blindness in man. USH is clinically and genetically heterogeneous with at least 11 chromosomal loci assigned to the three USH types (USH1A-G, USH2A-C, USH3A). Although the different USH types exhibit almost the same phenotype in human, the identified USH genes encode for proteins which belong to very different protein classes and families. We and others recently reported that the scaffold protein harmonin (USH1C-gene product) integrates all identified USH1 molecules in a USH1-protein network. Here, we investigated the relationship between the USH2 molecules a…
Universal newborn hearing screening in the Italian Region of Sicily in 2018
2021
We have clarified the role of Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening (UNHS) for both early diagnosis and rapid treatment in order to improve the prognosis of the deaf child and reduce patient management costs. Although in Sicily UNHS has been progressively implemented, there is scarce data in the literature on this matter. Therefore, the main objective was to collect in the year 2018 the following data: number of newborns screened for hearing loss, number of infants "referred" to transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE), number of infants with pathologic auditory brainstem response (ABR) and number of infants affected by permanent hearing loss.UNHS monitoring was conducted through the…
THE SCOPE OF DUE DILIGENCE IN CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITIONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
2015
Cross-border acquisitions play an important role in the corporate strategic development and international expansion. The paper summarizes the results of the dissertation, which intends to establish vital link between research and practice, deeply exploring the risk assessment methods and the scope of due diligence audit in the pre-acquisition phase. The central hypothesis of the comprehensive model stated that thorough due diligence in the pre-acquisition phase is necessary to make successful cross-border acquisition. The empirical evidence has been drawn on data sample of acquisitions made by automotive firms in cross-border acquisitions in the Central and Eastern Europe. The main results …
How Democratic is Latvia? Audit of Democracy 2005–2014
2015
The Audit of Democracy 2014 prepared within the scope of National Research Programme “National Identity”. Audit preparation and publication supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the United States Embassy in Latvia.
Konkursa "Adwards" TV reklāmu (2013.-2015.) semiotiskā un auditorijas analīze
2015
Bakalaura darba “Konkursa "Adwards" TV reklāmu (2013.-2015.) semiotiskā un auditorijas analīze” mērķis ir noskaidrot, kāds ir “Adwards” reklāmu vēstījuma semiotiskais pamats, kā arī vai auditorija labāk atceras tās reklāmas, kurās ir vizuālais naratīvs. Pētījumā izvirzītā hipotēze- ja vizuālajā reklāmā ir vizuālais naratīvs, tad to atceras labāk. Lai apstiprinātu hipotēzi- izvirzīti 4 pētnieciskie jautājumi: 1)Kas ir “Adwards” konkursa reklāmu vēstījuma pamats? 2) Kāda ir “Adwards” vizuālo vēstījumu efektivitāte? 3) Ar ko viena “Adwards” reklāma ir labāka par otru ? 4) Kas vizuālajās reklāmā piesaista vislielāko uzmanību? 5) Kādi semiotiskie aspekti saskatāmi vizuālajās reklāmās? Darbs sast…
Prior precision modulates the minimisation of prediction error in human auditory cortex
2018
AbstractThe predictive coding model of perception proposes that successful representation of the perceptual world depends upon cancelling out the discrepancy between prediction and sensory input (i.e., prediction error). Recent studies further suggest a distinction between prediction error associated with non-predicted stimuli of different prior precision (i.e., inverse variance). However, it is not fully understood how prediction error from different precision levels is minimised in the predictive process. The current research used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to examine whether prior precision modulates the cortical dynamics of the making of perceptual inferences. We presented participant…
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Human Auditory Evoked Responses Revealed By Human Neocortical Neurosolver
2022
Funding Information: This study was supported by National Institutes of Health (Grant Nos. NIBIB RO1 EB022889, NIMH RO1 MH106174). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Auditory evoked fields (AEFs) are commonly studied, yet their underlying neural mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we used the biophysical modelling software Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN) whose foundation is a canonical neocortical circuit model to interpret the cell and network mechanisms contributing to macroscale AEFs elicited by a simple tone, measured with magnetoencephalography. We found that AEFs can be reproduced by activating the neocortical circuit through a layer specific sequence of feedforwar…
FSC® Mežu apsaimniekošanas sertifikācijas kvalitāte un tās ietekme uz darba aizsardzību Latvijā un Somijā
2015
Pirmajā daļā ir apkopota un analizēta literatūra par Latvijas un Somijas mežu nozari, tai skaitā par FSC Mežu apsaimniekošanas sertifikāciju un saistošo standartu prasībām. Literatūras analīze uzrāda, ka Latvijas meži ir vieni no procentuāli visplašāk FSC sertificētajiem mežiem pasaulē. Somija ir viena no mežainākajām valstīm pasaulē un FSC sertifikācija Somijas privāto mežu īpašnieku vidū ir populārāka kā Latvijā. Otrajā daļā ir aprakstītas pētījumā lietotās metodes, bet trešajā daļā ir apkopoti iegūtie dati un veikta rezultātu analīze. Iegūtie pētījuma rezultāti ļauj secināt, ka FSC Mežu apsaimniekošanas sertifikācija uzlabo nodarbināto veselības un drošības aizsardzību. Kopš 2010. gada L…