DEVELOPMENTAL anomalies of the eye in the region of the optic disc are commonly divided into two groups: those in which failure of coaptation occurs within the optic nerve sheath and those showing lesions of the peripapillary choroid or sclera. With the exception of the small holes sometimes seen on the anterior surface of the optic disc, which are probably related to aberrant formation of Berg...

This paper describes the Question Answering for Machine Reading (QA4MRE) Entrance Exams at the 2013 Cross Language Evaluation Forum. The data set of this task is extracted from actual university entrance examinations as-is, and therefore includes a variety of topics in daily life. Another unique feature of the Entrance Exams task is that questions are designed originally for testing human exami...

BACKGROUND At the entrance of a tunnel, reflection of sunlight from the surrounding environment and a lack of adequate lighting usually cause some vision problems. The purpose of this study was to perform a safety evaluation of lighting on a very long road in Ilam, Iran. METHODS The average luminance was measured using a luminance meter (model S3; Hagner, Solna, Sweden). A camera (model 108, ...

on its production. The first part consists in an enumeration of the duties of a Sanitary Inspector and an explanation of each duty. Part II is entitled " Sanitary Facts " and explains what is meant by night-soil, urine, rubbish, cesspools and open drains. Then comes a short description of various diseases as plague, t}'phoid, small-pox, etc. Part III gives a short account of the characters of g...

Due to the accelerating development of ‘rapidly to become redundant’ technologies, there is a growing mountain of perfectly serviceable discarded electronic devices hiding quietly at the bottom of almost every domestic rubbish pile or at the back of nearly every second hand shop. If you add in to this scenario the accelerating nature of our society where people don’t have time or the motivation...

Bapra Simi, an Ambonwari spiritual healer living in the border town of Vanimo Papua New Guinea comments that “Earth is full rubbish” and associates this material overflow with possible causes consequences sorcery. This short explanatory paper accompanies video entitled Glasmeri, Spiritual Healer, (Vávrová, 2020), which follows Simi through her healing practices, articulation how these practices...

tion amongst Oriental races. In fact, it m?y be said to be the dental nil men t of the Orient, as dental caries is of the Occident, It is, however, widespread amongst Western races, and perhaps especially so amongst the European population of the United States of America. Perhaps for reasons not entirely unconnected with the last statement, moie rubbish has probably been written about alveolar ...

In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Bhuvanagiri et al report on a chemical means to convert molecular junk into gold. They identify a chemical inhibitor of a quality control pathway that is best known for its ability to clear cells of rubbish, but that in certain cases can be detrimental because it eliminates “useful” garbage. The chemical inhibitor identified by Bhuvanagiri et al perturb...

has met all requirements and is qualified for the medical study program, he/she is invited for an entrance examination. The applicant is informed about the date and place of the entrance examination in time. The examination is in the form of multiple-choice tests in Biology and Chemistry and it is carried out in English language. The test consists of 40 questions in each of the subjects and it ...