Sight and Perspective

Preventing sight-threatening ROP: a neonatologist's perspective

COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH JOURNAL | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 99 | 2017 It is recognised that the number of new cases (incidence) of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) varies considerably between different intensive care neonatal units, even those with similar characteristics in terms of the equipment and clinical staff available. Whilst there may be several other reasons for this, one reason we can be certa...

Sight and Life

Timing sight and sound

It has been proposed that there is a perceptual compensation for the difference between the speeds of light and sound. We examined this possibility using a range of auditory-visual tasks, in which performance depends on the relative timing of auditory and visual information, and manipulated viewing distance to test for perceptual compensation. We explored auditory-visual integration, cross moda...

intercultural sensitivity instruction and interfaces among iranian efl learners intercultural sensitivity,language proficiency,ehnic and demograhic backgrounds:an ethnocentrism vs.ethnorelativism perspective

monumental changes occurring on a daily basis have altered the world into a global village of expanding technology and shrinking geography in which preparing language learners for intercultural communication seems to be a sine qua non for modern language education. employing a cross-sectional design in its first phase, this study investigated the intercultural sensitivity and language proficien...

Medical perspective: macular degeneration (AMD) and human sight in the future.

The author concisely presents the results of his 30-year investigations about the harmful influence of the higher sun radiation on the eyes. The investigations were carried out among the population of the Island of Rab, situated in the northern part of the Adriatic sea. This geographical region has been characterized by higher doses of the global sun radiation compared with the remaining part o...