AIM To compare the correlation between visual field loss and the pretreatment intraocular pressure (IOP) in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS In a cross sectional observational study of 74 patients (43 PACG, 31 POAG), pretreatment IOP was measured at presentation, before treatment was initiated. The severity of visual field loss was assessed...

Tyrosine phosphorylation has long been recognized as a crucial post-translational regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes. However, only in the past decade has recognition been given to the crucial importance of bacterial tyrosine phosphorylation as an important regulatory feature of pathogenesis. This study describes the effect of tyrosine phosphorylation on the activity of a major virulence factor...

PURPOSE To describe a new method of quantifying retinal nerve fiber layer defects (NFLD) in glaucomatous eyes using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT). METHODS Mean tomographic images including the optic disc and peripapillary area were constructed using HRT. An image field of 15 degrees x 15 degrees or 20 degrees x 20 degrees was used for the NFLD analysis. Data on the nerve fiber layer t...

Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a serum protein that has been demonstrated to activate the classical complement pathway and to function directly as an opsonin. Although MBL deficiency is associated with a common opsonic defect and a predisposition to infection, the role of the protein in bacterial infection remains unclear. We have investigated MBL binding to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B1...

Predicting the future behavior of precipitation is utmost importance for planning agriculture or water resource management and in designing structures. Determining relationships between oceans may enable more accurate predictions. Therefore, oceanic other persistent indices called teleconnection patterns can be used, namely North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) Indian Ocean dipole (IOD). The NAO aff...

In Gram-positive bacteria, tyrosine kinases are split into two proteins, the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase and a transmembrane adaptor protein. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, this transmembrane adaptor is CpsC, with the C terminus of CpsC critical for interaction and subsequent tyrosine kinase activity of CpsD. Topology predictions suggest that CpsC has two transmembrane domains, with the N and C t...

PURPOSE To determine which machine learning classifier learns best to interpret standard automated perimetry (SAP) and to compare the best of the machine classifiers with the global indices of STATPAC 2 and with experts in glaucoma. METHODS Multilayer perceptrons (MLP), support vector machines (SVM), mixture of Gaussian (MoG), and mixture of generalized Gaussian (MGG) classifiers were trained...

The purpose of the proposed study is to substantiate a comprehensive plan for spatial development territories (hereinafter CPSD), tasks be solved in territorial communities. Considering decentralization country, newly formed communities faced problems with land use, namely data state cadastre, as additional areas were transferred from ownership. There was also problem visual planning materials ...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the capability of statistical analysis indices to characterize static automated visual fields (VFs) accurately in cases of far-advanced glaucoma was assessed. DESIGN Retrospective observational case series. PARTICIPANTS Sixteen eyes of 15 patients with end-stage glaucoma and evidence of collapse of VF statistical analysis indices were included in the study. METHOD...