AIMS To assess the outcome and complications of patients with advanced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODS All patients with eyes achieving stage 4 or 5 retinopathy of prematurity were reviewed. Twenty one eyes were diagnosed during ROP screening in maternity hospitals and 10 eyes were of infants transferred for treatment. RESULTS Thirty one eyes of 17 patients were included. Thirteen...

In 1930 Berger2 reported that visual stimulation by opening of the eyes in a lighted room blocked the occipital brain waves, while opening of the eyes in a dark room did not alter the occipital rhythm. The effect of visual stimulation on the so-called alpha rhythm was subsequently described by many authors, including Adrian and Matthews,' Fischer,4 Gibbs and Gibbs,5 Golla, Hutton, and Walter,7 ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and phenotypic characteristics of small eyes in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk Eye Study. DESIGN Community cross-sectional study. SETTING East England population (Norwich, Norfolk and surrounding area). PARTICIPANTS 8033 participants aged 48-92 years old from the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study, Norfolk, UK with axial length mea...

I. THE BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R A. Classical Economics and Intellectual Property . . . . . . . 5 R B. Behavioral Challenges to the Rational Choice Model: The Endowment Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 R 1. The Strength of the Endowment Effect . ....

The effects of topical timolol maleate 0.5% on the ophthalmic artery diastolic (OABPd), systolic (OABPs) and mean blood pressure (OABPm) were investigated in 19 healthy subjects using compression ophthalmodynamometry. In a randomized, double-blind study, one eye of each subject received one drop of timolol maleate 0.5% and the fellow eye received a drop of placebo. Measurements of OABPd and OAB...

in this research, we investigated basic symptoms of syndrome in illnesses of sick buildings. we designed a questionnaire and asked from male of dormitory residence. questions of the questionnaire were more about known symptoms of buildings (shortness of breath, inflammation, swelling and burning eyes, runny nose, malaise and fatigue, drowsiness, headache) exacerbations time intervals in the res...

objective: the present study aimed at investigating the relationship between attachment styles and self-efficacy in blind and non-blind female high school students in tehran. methods: the statistical population consisted of all female students studying in grades one or two in tehran girl’s high schools, in the academic year 2014. the study design was causal-comparative, conducted on 120 subject...

Another mention of what could be a cataract operation figures in the Bible, in the Book of Tobit (around 600 B.C.). Following instructions from the archangel Raphaël, Tobias applies the gall of a fish to his father’s blind eyes, «He applied the remedy which irritated his eyes. And he rubbed the corner of his eyes with both hands. Then he saw his son, threw his arms around his neck and wept as h...