PURPOSE To examine associations between neuroretinal rim area, pressure related factors and anthropometric parameters in a population-based setting. METHODS The population-based cross-sectional Beijing Eye Study 2006 included 3251 subjects with an age of 45+ years. The participants underwent a detailed ophthalmic examination. Exclusion criteria for our study were high myopia of more than -8 d...

Two aspects of patch geometry—area and isolation—currently dominate the field of metapopulation dynamics. Under this area-and-isolation paradigm, models commonly assume that the probability of local extinction decreases as patch area increases and that the probability of colonization increases as patch connectivity increases. Environmental variables other than patch area and isolation are assum...

The objective of this case report is to describe a surgical and prosthetic technique to create a lost papilla following orthodontic space opening (Atherton´s patch) through implant supported rehabilitation. A switching platform implant was used to replace a left maxillary canine in a unitary interdental edentulous ridge with Atherton´s patch in the distal area of the upper lateral left incisor....

Bale Mountains National Park is one of the protected areas in Ethiopia that holds largest area Afroalpine habitat Africa and second stand moist tropical forest. Nevertheless, human settlements, overgrazing, recurrent fire are main problems park. This study aimed to determine effects human-induced landscape change floristic composition structure The vegetation data were collected systematically ...

Macro-reentrant ventricular tachycardia (VT) developed in a 20-year-old man, 17 years after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Activation mapping of the VT revealed its counterclockwise propagation around the right ventricle, and through a critical pathway between a transannular patch and the tricuspid annulus. This critical pathway was 6 cm long and contained myocardium with a normal ampl...

The design and performance of a circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna, for the application in Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), are reported here. The antenna is a proximity coupled microstrip patch antenna where the radiating patch is loaded by a V-slot. This miniaturized microstrip antenna has wide bandwidth in the frequency band of WLAN and exhibits circularly polarized far field w...

Electrophysiological recordings are commonly used to study the neural correlates of consciousness in humans. Previous research is inconsistent as to whether awareness can be indexed with visual awareness negativity (VAN) at about 200 ms or if it occurs later. The present study was preregistered with two main aims: First, to provide independent evidence for or against the presence of VAN, and se...

The amount of leaves in a plant canopy (measured as leaf area index, LAI) modulates key land–atmosphere interactions, including the exchange of energy, moisture, carbon dioxide (CO 2), and other trace gases, and is therefore an essential variable in predicting terrestrial carbon, water, and energy fluxes. The latest generation of Earth system 5 models (ESMs) simulate LAI, as well as provide pro...