Hereditary Congenital Unilateral Deafness: A New Disorder?

2005 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik G. Dikkers ◽  
Joke B. G. M. Verheij ◽  
Monique van Mechelen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Literature ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Rare Disorder ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Inheritance Pattern ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Unilateral Deafness ◽  
Live Births ◽  
The Family

Congenital unilateral deafness is a rare disorder. The prevalence rates are unknown. The prevalence of children with severe to profound hearing losses that are congenital (or acquired before the development of speech and language) is 0.5 to 3 per 1,000 live births. Evidently, congenital unilateral deafness must have a lower prevalence. The purpose of this research was to present a new disorder, hereditary congenital unilateral deafness. A pedigree is presented in which both male and female members display symptoms of congenital unilateral deafness. Two affected persons and a normal-hearing member of the family have vestibular abnormalities without dysequilibrium. The inheritance pattern of this new syndrome is not clear. We hypothesize that the disorder might be new. A family like this has never before been presented in the medical literature.

Ayurveda provides complete package for healthy progeny !!

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilofar Shaikh ◽  
Shilpa Donga
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Health ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Female Gamete ◽  
Static Equilibrium ◽  
Normal Delivery ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
New Born ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Family ◽  
State Of Mind

The woman is an axle around whom not only the family or the society but the whole Universe revolves. A good progeny probably is the only prime thing on the earth that any couple would expect child is one who protects his race from grief, miseries etc. Today due to changing lifestyle Medical world is concerned about increasing rate of congenital imperfections in the new born which is posing confront to the aim of healthy humanity. Science reveals the fact that the anatomical, physiological, psychological built up of offspring is dependent on parents who provide ‘genes’ for specific characters to the child. Best of male and female gamete (sperm and ovum – through Shodhana and following regimes before conception) Atma, Suddha Garbhashaya, proper Kala (Ritukala), and observing Garbhini Paricharya properly will ensure timely and normal delivery of a healthy offspring. The contented, positive, enthusiastic but controlled state of mind of parents during conjugation results in static equilibrium of Manogunas, increment of Satvaguna leading to high ranked Satva of Garbha grating noble qualities like piousness, dexterity, intelligence, memory, quickness for work, gratitude and positive thoughts etc. Thus, Ayurveda- A complete and holistic health science, not only deal with preventive and curative aspects of health but also has a strong footings in the field of healthy progeny from choosing of life-partner to care during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Impact of cardiovascular disease and risk factors on fatal outcomes in patients with COVID-19 according to age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Heart ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. heartjnl-2020-317901
Author(s):  
SungA Bae ◽  
So Ree Kim ◽  
Mi-Na Kim ◽  
Wan Joo Shim ◽  
Seong-Mi Park
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Relative Risk ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
The Impact

ObjectivePrevious studies that evaluated cardiovascular risk factors considered age as a potential confounder. We aimed to investigate the impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors on fatal outcomes according to age in patients with COVID-19.MethodsA systematic literature review and meta-analysis was performed on data collected from PubMed and Embase databases up to 11 June 2020. All observational studies (case series or cohort studies) that assessed in-hospital patients were included, except those involving the paediatric population. Prevalence rates of comorbid diseases and clinical outcomes were stratified by mean patient age in each study (ranges: <50 years, 50–60 years and ≥60 years). The primary outcome measure was a composite fatal outcome of severe COVID-19 or death.ResultsWe included 51 studies with a total of 48 317 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Overall, the relative risk of developing severe COVID-19 or death was significantly higher in patients with risk factors for CVD (hypertension: OR 2.50, 95% CI 2.15 to 2.90; diabetes: 2.25, 95% CI 1.89 to 2.69) and CVD (3.11, 95% 2.55 to 3.79). Younger patients had a lower prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and CVD compared with older patients; however, the relative risk of fatal outcomes was higher among the former.ConclusionsThe results of the meta-analysis suggest that CVD and its risk factors (hypertension and diabetes) were closely related to fatal outcomes in COVID-19 for patients across all ages. Although young patients had lower prevalence rates of cardiovascular comorbidities than elderly patients, relative risk of fatal outcome in young patients with hypertension, diabetes and CVD was higher than in elderly patients.Prospero registration numberCRD42020198152.

Complex transformation of divorce in Vietnam under the forces of modernization and individualism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Minh Thi
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
The North ◽  
Complex Transformation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Annual Population ◽  
And Gender

Abstract After more than four decades since its reunification since 1975, Vietnam has achieved remarkable results in social and economic development. With the rapid speed of recent modernization, society has loosened numerous old values related to the family and promoted individual freedoms. Marriage and family affairs, including divorce, have modernized with liberal characteristics. The paper examines the trends of divorce and reasons for divorce using statistical data from the Vietnam People's Supreme Court and from the government's annual population statistics. The analysis compiled and analysed a database of every divorce case at six urban and rural districts in Can Tho province. The analysis highlights changes in the reasons for divorce in the South in comparison with previous divorce studies in the North of Vietnam, discussed in relation to modernization, individualism and gender equality. The analysis is supported by interview data with thirty male and female divorcees.

Abstract WP199: Higher Stroke Prevalence Rates among Ribeirinhos Compared to Townsmen in the Brazilian Amazon.

Stroke ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiotrefis G Fernandes ◽  
Isabela M Bensenor ◽  
Paulo A Lotufo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cerebrovascular Diseases ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Family Health Program ◽  
Stroke Prevalence ◽  
The Family

There is a lack of epidemiological studies addressing cerebrovascular diseases in remote places as the Amazon river basin. We aimed to calculate the stroke prevalence rates among "ribeirinhos", rural inhabitants who living in riverbanks fishing and extracting fruit and nuts, in the rainforest comparing to townsmen in the same municipality. Methods: From May to October 2011, 6216 residents aged over 35 years in the of Coari, a municipality that is coverage by the Family Health Program with of 76 000 inhabitants, 35% of them are "ribeirinhos”. We trained all community health workers to carry out a door-to-door application of the “Stroke Symptom Questionnaire” for people over 35 years-old. This tool was applied first for the family for stroke screening and further for the index stroke case, including questions about six key functional impairment. It was previously translated to Portuguese and validated by a neurologist. Results: From a total of of 4897 respondents of urban area and 1028 "ribeirinhos", we calculated crude prevalence of stroke of 6.3% (95% CI; 5.0-7.7) among the "ribeirinhos" and of 3.7% (95% CI; 3.3-4.1) among townsmen. This difference was maintained after sex-age-adjustment. The female:male prevalence ratio was 1.37 (95% CI; 1.02-1.85) in urban area and the rural area of 0.93 (95% CI; 0.57-1.52). Among stroke suffers, the "ribeirinhos" were those with less access to medical care (32.1% vs. 52.5%, p=0.01) and a lower proportion of stroke survivors requiring help with least 1 activity of daily living (16.9% vs. 39.3%, p=0.001) in comparison to townsmen. Conclusion: To our knowledge it was the first study that provided a population-based stroke survey in the Amazon rainforest revealing a higher stroke prevalence among "ribeirinhos" compared to townsmen of the same municipality.

scholarly journals Description of three new species of Aposphragisma Thoma, 2014 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 797 ◽  
pp. 71-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riko Fardiansah ◽  
Nadine Dupérré ◽  
Rahayu Widyastuti ◽  
Anton Potapov ◽  
Stefan Scheu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

Three species from the family Oonopidae are newly described from leaf litter habitats in Sumatra, Indonesia based on male and female morphology. All three species belong to the genusAposphragismaThoma, 2014:Aposphragismaglobosumsp. n.,Aposphragismajambisp. n., andAposphragismasumatrasp. n.

Bidder's organs: Bufonid by-products of the evolutionary loss of hyperfecundity

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha K. P. Roessler ◽  
Hobart M. Smith ◽  
David Chiszar
Keyword(s):  
Fat Body ◽  
Ancestral State ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Functional Transition ◽  
The Family ◽  
Vestigial Structures ◽  
By Products ◽  
Transitory State

AbstractBidder's organs in both male and female bufonids are hypothesized to represent a transitory state in an evolutionary transformation from extensive, hyperfecund ovaries to smaller, less fecund ones-a transformation that other families of anurans experienced in forms now long extinct. Some members of the genus Bufo retain considerable hyperfecundity, but in derived species of Bufo and genera of Bufonidae a spectrum of ovarian reduction exists. In those groups, Bidder's organs normally persist, always in males and often in females, as an undifferentiated ovaroid or ovary in a non-functional transition between the ancestral state and modification as part of the fat body. The organs are gynomorphs in males and highly variable as vestigial structures, but may well have endocrinogenic functions in both sexes although gametogenic functions in nature have been lost in males. Presence of Bidder's organs is a derived condition in the context of anurans as a whole, but primitive within the family Bufonidae.

Revision of Australian Parathyginus with description of two new species, along with first detailed description of aedeagus in the family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5016 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-522
Author(s):  
M. B. MALIPATIL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The Australian species of the small heterogastrid genus Parathyginus Scudder, 1957 have been reviewed, resulting in the establishment of the junior subjective synonymy of P. doddi (Distant, 1918) with P. signifer (Walker, 1872), and the description of two new species, P. australis sp. nov. and P. acuminatus sp. nov. A redescription of the genus is provided with emphasis on male and female genitalia characters, along with a key to all included Australian species. Male genitalia, particularly the details of the aedeagus, have been rarely studied in this genus or for that matter the family Heterogastridae particularly due to the difficulty in inflating the inflatable sections. In this study, therefore, an attempt was made to fully inflate and describe the aedeagus of all the species included in this contribution, as well as of Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775), the type species of the oldest genus Heterogaster Schilling, 1829, of the family Heterogastridae.  

Revision of the Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1480 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
OWEN D. SEEMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The Fedrizziidae are the most diverse group of mites associated with passalid beetles in Australia. Herein, I re-diagnose the family, genera and species, and describe ten new species from Australia, Indonesia and Thailand: Fedrizzia abradoalves sp. nov., F. gilloglyi sp. nov., F. parvipilus sp. nov., Neofedrizzia bunyas sp. nov., N. gordoni sp. nov., N. helenae sp. nov., N. imparmentum sp. nov., N. janae sp. nov., N. lepas sp. nov. and N. sulawesi sp. nov. Fedrizzia strandi (Oudemans), Neofedrizzia leonilae Rosario & Hunter, Neofedrizzia tani Pope & Chernoff and Neofedrizzia vitzthumi (Oudemans) are re-described. Neofedrizzia bicornis Karg is a junior synonym of Neofedrizzia scutata Womersley, which is also transferred to Fedrizzia. Fedrizzia unospina Karg is a junior synonym of Fedrizzia carabi Womersley. Fedrizzia gloriosa Berlese is transferred to Neofedrizzia. The specimens described by Womersley as Fedrizzia sp. cf. grossipes represent specimens of Fedrizzia sellnicki Womersley. Parafedrizzia buloloensis Womersley is recorded from Australia for the first time. A key to adult male and female Fedrizziidae and a summary of host records is provided.

Foot and Leg Problems

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 395-400
Author(s):  
Clifford L. Craig ◽  
Michael J. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Inheritance Pattern ◽  
Fetal Ultrasound ◽  
Adaptive Changes ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Active Intervention ◽  
Tarsometatarsal Joint ◽  
Metatarsus Adductus ◽  
Postural Deformity

Metatarsus Adductus Forefoot adduction, a common deformity in infants, can present a spectrum of severity. Unfortunately, the terminology used in the literature is confusing. Congenital metatarsus adductus is an intrauterine postural deformity of the forefoot. Congenital metatarsus varus is an intrauterine subluxation of the tarsometatarsal joint, with adduction of the metatarsals. The distinction is important because metatarsus adductus usually corrects spontaneously, whereas metatarsus varus will progress without active intervention. INCIDENCE AND ETIOLOGY Metatarsus varus occurs in about 1 per 1000 live births. There is no definable inheritance pattern. The risk of a second occurrence within a family is about 1 in 20. Pathogenesis has been studied by dissecting the feet of stillborn infants. This supports the concept of medial subluxation of the tarsometatarsal joints occurring while the foot is dorsiflexed. Adaptive changes of the bone and soft tissues occur secondarily. The incidence of congenital metatarsus adductus is unknown but is far more frequent than 1 per 1000 live births. The etiology is presumed to be a "packaging problem," with the forefoot compressed into adduction. Greater utilization and expertise with fetal ultrasound will help resolve these issues. DIAGNOSIS In congenital metatarsus adductus, the forefoot easily can be corrected passively to line up parallel to the heel and frequently can be overcorrected into abduction.

scholarly journals Flightless Disphaerona rediscovered in China: mtDNA phylogeography of the Yunnan clade and the sobering state of fungus weevil phylogenetics (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasily V. Grebennikov
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
The State ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Dabie Mountains ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family

This paper reports discovery of the genus <em>Disphaerona</em> Jordan, 1902 in two widely separated regions in China: in three isolated highlands in Yunnan (the Cang Shan Range, Mt. Jizu and Mt. Haba) and in the Dabie Mountains of Hubei, at the border with Anhui. Till present the genus was known from China only from four specimens of<em> D.</em> <em>chinensis</em> (including its holotype) described from Sichuan in 1995. Sixteen specimens from each of the three newly detected localities in Yunnan were DNA barcoded and the data were made publicly available at dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-DISPHAE. Temporal phylogenetic analysis revealed a topology suggesting monophyly and recent (0.2–0.4 Ma) origin of the populations on both Mt. Jizu and Mt. Haba. The population on the Cang Shan Range harbours representatives of both clades forming the ingroup, mtDNA of which diverged some 7.9 Ma. The habitus of the holotype of the only nominative Chinese <em>Disphaerona</em> species, <em>D. chinensis,</em> is illustrated, together with habitus and male and female genitalia of specimens newly discovered in both Yunnan and Hubei. All specimens of <em>Disphaerona</em> from Yunnan are seemingly conspecific and are taxonomically assigned to D. chinensis. Two similar males and one sympatric but dissimilar, smaller female from the Dabie Mountains do not have associated DNA barcode data. It remains unknown whether the three Dabie Mountains specimens are conspecific or even congeneric; pending this uncertainty they are tentatively treated as <em>Disphaerona</em> without a Linnaean name. <em>Disphaerona</em> population in the Dabie Mountains, if indeed a member of this hypothesised clade, forms the easternmost record of the genus. Monophyly and sister group of <em>Disphaerona</em> are briefly discussed and both are shown as unknown and unverifiable. A brief overview of the state of phylogenetic knowledge of Anthribidae is given, which is practically non-existing and with neither the family, nor any of its tribes and the vast majority of genera tested as monophyletic.

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