PURPOSE To quantify the degree of association between juvenile myopia and parental myopia, near work, and school achievement. METHODS Refractive error, parental refractive status, current level of near activities (assumed working distance-weighted hours per week spent studying, reading for pleasure, watching television, playing video games or working on the computer), hours per week spent pla...

Keith Stanovich (2000) has said that the greatest contribution of cognitive science to the teaching of reading is the insight that phonological awareness is related to reading. Indeed, there is near incontrovertible evidence that phonological awareness is related to reading achievement. This evidence comes from correlational studies (e.g., Stanovich, Cunningham, & Cramer, 1984: Vellutino & Scan...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of the Tetraflex (Lenstec Inc) intraocular lens (IOL) to provide enhanced near reading ability and spectacle independence relative to a monofocal control IOL in bilaterally implanted eyes tested binocularly. METHODS A prospective, age-matched, non-randomized US Food and Drug Administration clinical trial of 255 Tetraflex and 101 monofocal IOL control patients wa...

BACKGROUND A reading chart that resembles real reading conditions is important to evaluate the quality of life in terms of reading performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the reading speed of UiTM Malay related words (UiTM-Mrw) reading chart with MNread Acuity Chart and Colenbrander Reading Chart. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty subjects with normal sight were randomly recruited thr...

In today's world, we always carry all sorts of keys (house keys, garage keys, office keys, car keys) and/or pass cards. Furthermore, we keep all of them in our pockets or wallets; they occupy a lot of space and weigh a lot. In addition to this, we carry gadgets (smart phones, tablets, smart watches, etc.) which are essential in today's life. After thinking all this, authors came up to the idea ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the development PAK TUA Media(Preliminary Reading Card Board) for early literacy learning children aged 5-6years. This research refers type research. developmentprocedure used Borg and Gall's procedures. Inthis study, simplification carried out into 4 (four) stages (potential problems,data collection, product design validation). instrument usedis an as...

PURPOSE To study the long-term visual and refractive outcomes and evaluate patient satisfaction after bilateral implantation of trifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs). SETTING Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Bangalore. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized study. METHODS Eligible patients undergoing bilateral phacoemulsification with trifocal IOL implantation were included. Follow-up ex...

The visual acuities of 36 young amblyopes were determined by (a) conventional recognition tests (near and distance) and (b) an adapted grating acuity card procedure. Considerable agreement between the estimates of acuity obtained with each method was demonstrated, which was generally less than, or equal to, the mean difference between adjacent Snellen lines (4.5 c deg-1). Estimates of grating a...

In response to cell death signals, an active apoptosome is assembled from Apaf-1 and procaspase-9 (pc-9). Here we report a near atomic structure of the active human apoptosome determined by cryo-electron microscopy. The resulting model gives insights into cytochrome c binding, nucleotide exchange and conformational changes that drive assembly. During activation an acentric disk is formed on the...