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La Orquesta de Plectro “Cesaraugusta”, de Zaragoza, el Orfeón “Fermín Gurbindo”, de Madrid, y la Coral “Allegro”, de Valencia, todos ellos promocionados por la ONCE, actuarán mañana viernes, 9 de abril, en Santander, dentro de la XII Bienal de Música ONCE que se desarrolla en estos días en Cantabria, con sede en la capital. El […]
…The Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind (RNZFB) currently lends talking books on audio cassette to blind and vision impaired New Zealanders. RNZFB belongs to the international consortium which has developed the DAISY digital talking book standard. Whereas analogue talking books are linear, DAISY books are structured so that the reader can navigate around […]
…Celebración de la VII Conferencia Mundial Helen Keller desde el 7 al 12 de octubre de 2001 en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda, junto con la I Asamblea General de la Federación Mundial de Sordociegos. Bajo el lema, "Qué significa ser sordociego: identidad, derechos, unidad", se tratará de determinar las necesidades y servicios precisos para las personas […]
…Research that highlights disabled students’ perspectives often describes experiences of exclusion, isolation, loneliness, and bullying, and difficulties finding friends. Within this broader social context, students’ rights are placed at risk. Using examples from New Zealand research, this paper explores the social experiences of disabled students at school within a rights-based framework, and with reference to […]
…Objectives: To obtain comprehensive, reliable data on the direct cost of pediatric abusive head trauma in New Zealand, and to use this data to evaluate the possible cost-benefit of a national primary prevention program. Methods: A 5 year cohort of infants with abusive head trauma admitted to hospital in Auckland, New Zealand was reviewed. We […]
…The literature indicates that the expenditure on orphan drugs will be increasing over the coming years. The market for orphan drugs has inherent market characteristics that sometimes result in high prices. The aim of this study was to analyse whether awarding orphan designation status has an influence on the price setting of drugs for rare […]
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