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"The Duel: A Story About Peace" is a children's picture book written by Inês Viegas Oliveira and translated from Portuguese by Rosa Churcher Clarke. The book tells the story of two figures engaged in a duel, but instead of firing their pistols, they choose to walk away from each other. The narrator reflects on their thoughts about the adversary and eventually writes a letter of reconciliation, inviting the former enemy to put down their weapons and seek peace. The book emphasizes the importance of moving on from violence and offers a message of hope and new perspectives. The illustrations depict diverse characters with various skin tones. Recommended for ages 4-7. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that acute otitis media with subsequent drum perforation and ear discharge is predominantly a condition affecting children under the age of 5 years. Other common causes of discharge in primary care are furuneulosis (boils in the external ear canal which are a localized form of otitis externa) and otitis externa (diffuse inflammation of the ear canal). Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a persistent inflammation of the middle ear that produces discharge through a perforated tympanic membrane. Rarely, a malignancy (basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin of the ear canal) can cause ear discharge.

The article reports on a Duke University study which found that when the eyes move, so do the eardrums. Replicating the findings in humans and rhesus monkeys, researchers determined that the movement of the eardrum following eye movement occurred even in the absence of externally delivered sounds. The results are said to suggest that a vision-related process modulates the first stage of hearing.

Discusses the use of laser-doppler vibrometry (LDV) to diagnose conductive hearing loss. Measurements of the sound-induced velocity of the eardrum in patients with conductive hearing loss; Sensitivity of the LDV devices to make measurements of the motion of the eardrum of human subjects; Application to ossicular disorders.

The article offers information related to audiology including a diagnosis of the risk of dyslexia associated with abnormal auditory sampling, a new technique for eardrum surgery called hyaluronic acid fat graft myringoplasty, and risk of hearing loss associated with high level of lead in the blood.