Preface

Play It Again, Sam Weller: New Digital Audiobooks and Old Ways of Reading

“…13 Malcolm Andrews' recent work on this topic, for example, uses dramatic reconstructions from eyewitness accounts to bring before our ears 'audio-visual Dickens', the virtuoso performer whose mesmerising recitals in front of live audiences elicited a wide range of physical responses, from fits of laughter to fainting spells. 14 Andrews makes a distinction throughout the study between capitalised 'Reading', the act of public recitation, and lower-case 'reading', the private practice overwhelmingly taking place in silence today. The manoeuvre does as much to dispel confusion as to foreground the degree to which the former meaning has been superseded by the latter.…”

The 6-elements orthodontic philosophy: Treatment goals, classification, and rules for treating

“…When the components of each area match the characteristics that are consistently present on either the 120-cast or the 1000-plus profile samples, that area earns the title of "element" and is assigned a Roman numeral for its area: eg, element I, arch 11 ; element II, anteroposterior jaw positions 12 ; element III, maxilla width 13 ; element IV, jaw heights 14 ; element V, chin prominence 15 ; and element VI, occlusion. 16 When the components of all 6 areas are harmonious, they are called the 6 elements of orofacial harmony. Orthodontists who routinely diagnose and treat relative to those goals are called "6-elements orthodontists.…”