Hearing impairment (HI) affects 1 in 650 newborns, which makes it the most common congenital
sensory impairment. Despite extraordinary genetic heterogeneity, mutations in one gene…

Publisher Summary This chapter studies the genus Saccharomyces. In the determination of
the asexual reproduction it is seen that budding is multilateral and cells are globose, ellipsoid…

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate the extracellular enzymatic activity (EEA)
profile of yeasts isolated from tropical environments of the Brazilian rain forest. This …

Recent ecological evidence points to a circulation model for Saccharomyces cerevisiae in
nature which is different from that proposed at the end of the last century. The wine yeast ‘par …

A growing interest in cognitive effects associated with speech and hearing processes is
spreading throughout the scientific community essentially guided by evidence that central and …

In this study, an assessment was made of the global assumption that working adults with a
mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss experience more negative emotional reactions …

Aims/Hypothesis: Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) represents an
acute inner ear disorder with an overall incidence of 5–20/100000 individuals per year in …

Cisplatin is the most common antineoplastic drug used for the therapy of solid tumours. To
date, researchers have focused on the dosage to be administered for each specific tumour, …

The production of carotenoids by strains of Rhodotorula glutinis on different raw materials of
agro-industrial origin (grape must, glucose syrup, beet molasses, soybean flour extract, …

Recent ecological surveys indicate that the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae may be
isolated with extreme difficulty from natural substrates, such as vineyard soil or the surface of …