BACKGROUND The Preferential Looking test using Teller acuity cards is widely used for preverbal children but has some weaknesses, in particular because it is examiner dependent and at best half-objective. We tested a new automated method in a pilot study. PATIENTS AND METHODS In our preferential looking setting we project separate images into the left and right eye. This permits measuring eac...

Interventional Endoscopy (IE) involves the use of endoscopic equipment with other contemporary imaging modalities, such as fluoroscopy and/or ultrasound, to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in virtually any part of the body accessed endoscopically (gastrointestinal, biliary, respiratory, urinary tract, etc). Currently, an expanding investigation of the use of some novel techniques ...

AIMS To review whether current New Zealand (NZ) medical student selection policies are likely to result in specialists prepared to work in areas of greatest health need in the future. METHOD This paper describes approaches used to select medical students, with some details about NZ medical student cohorts. It then discusses the evidence linking selection and career choice. RESULTS AND CONCL...

The year 2022 has ended, and the end is always a time of taking summary. In we returned to relative normality after more than two years pandemic. first event was finally hybrid not just an online meeting: IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics in Anchorage, Alaska. Then, held entirely stationary 48th Annual Conference Society (IES) Brussels, Belgium, with around 800 participants...