The potential advantages of using the California Consonant Test (CCT) (Owens & Schubert, 1977) with children are discussed, followed by reports of two exploratory investigations. In the fi rst investigation, the CCT was administered in classrooms to second, third and fourth graders with normal hearing. The children scored within 13% of an adult control group, suggesting that the CCT was not too...

BACKGROUND Central corneal thickness (CCT) can be measured by using contact and non-contact methods. Ultrasound pachymetry (US pachymetry) is a contact method for measuring CCT and is perhaps the most commonly used method. However, non-contact methods like scanning slit topography (Orbscan II), slit-lamp optical coherence tomography (SL-OCT), and specular microscopy are also used. Not many stud...

For most proteins of the eukaryotic cytosol, the folding pathways are still largely a mystery, even though many cytosolic chaperones have been identified, including multiple members of the heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 family, Hsp90 and the chaperonin, CCT/TRiC. Particularly puzzling has been the role of CCT, a distant cousin of the prokaryotic chaperonin GroEL, found in eukaryotes and archea. Gr...

For most proteins of the eukaryotic cytosol, the folding pathways are still largely a mystery, even though many cytosolic chaperones have been identified, including multiple members of the heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 family, Hsp90 and the chaperonin, CCT/TRiC. Particularly puzzling has been the role of CCT, a distant cousin of the prokaryotic chaperonin GroEL, found in eukaryotes and archea. Gr...

AIM To investigate changes in central corneal thickness (CCT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) in children after congenital cataract surgery, as well as risk factors associated with these changes. METHODS 37 eyes of 26 children with congenital cataract undergoing surgery were prospectively recruited. IOP and CCT measurements were performed before the surgery and 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months afte...

PURPOSE This study was designed to determine the relationship between central corneal thickness (CCT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) measured by applanation tonometer in glaucomatous, ocular hypertensive, and normal eyes. METHODS A total of 125 subjects were included in the study. Twenty-six had primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), 25 had pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG), 24 had ocular hyperte...

Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is the most common late-onset, vision-threatening corneal dystrophy in the United States, affecting about 4% of the population. Advanced FECD involves a thickening of the cornea from stromal edema and changes in Descemet membrane. To understand the relationship between FECD and central corneal thickness (CCT), we characterized common genetic variation ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of the new Sirius(®) Scheimpflug anterior segment examination device for measurement of central corneal thickness (CCT) and anterior chamber depth (ACD) with that of CCT measurements obtained by ultrasound pachymetry and ACD measurements obtained by ultrasound biometry, respectively. METHODS CCT and ACD was measured in 50 right ...

purpose : to evaluate the correlation of central corneal thickness (cct) with refractive error and keratometry in a group of patients eligible for laser keratorefractive surgery, which may serve as a bias in studies on intraocular pressure (iop) measurement methods : in a cross sectional observational study, the right eyes of 340 patients who underwent laser keratorefractive surgery during the ...

The title refers to the question addressed in this paper, namely, to what degree if any technology, including nanotechnologies, in the form of products and processes, is capable of contributing to a good life. To answer that question, the paper will develop a meta-normative model whose primary purpose is to determine the essential conditions that any normative theory of the Good Life and Techno...