BACKGROUND Strabismus, or squint, can be defined as a deviation from perfect ocular alignment and can be classified in many ways according to its aetiology and presentation. Treatment can be broadly divided into medical and surgical options, with a variety of surgical techniques being available, including the use of adjustable or non-adjustable sutures for the extraocular muscles. There exists ...

and social issues related to adjustable autonomy and its applications. Second, Dimensions of Adjustable Autonomy discussed the varied dimensions and interpretations of adjustable autonomy, seeking a core definition and theme statement. Third, Future Directions discussed the future research directions for adjustable autonomy systems, including challenge problems, practical applications, and metr...

This paper proposes a new PI/PID controller tuning method within filtered Smith predictor (FSP) configuration in order to deal with various types of time delay processes including stable, unstable and integrating delay dominant and slow dynamic processes. The proposed PI/PID controller is designed based on the IMC principle and is tuned using a new constraint and without requiring any approxima...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether outcomes of strabismus surgery are improved by using the adjustable suture technique and to determine which subgroups of strabismus patients benefit most from the adjustable suture technique. DESIGN A retrospective chart review. PARTICIPANTS A total of 535 adults who underwent strabismus surgery between 1989 and 2010. METHODS Success was defined as ≤10 prism di...

BACKGROUND Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has been proposed as a promising therapeutic option in treating obesity for 20 years. Currently, the available device of GES cannot meet the clinical needs. The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of a new type of adjustable gastric electrical stimulator in reducing food intake and body weight. METHODS Eight beagle dogs randomly follow...

We develop a model of ours fitting the quark and lepton masses and mixing angles by removing from the model a Higgs field previously introduced to organise a large atmospheric mixing angle for neutrino oscillations. Due to the off-diagonal elements dominating in the see-saw neutrino mass matrix the large atmospheric mixing angle comes essentially by itself. It turns out that we have now only fi...