purpose: to describe a new noninvasive method to assure correct orientation of donor lenticules in descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) surgery. methods: dsaek surgery was performed in three eyes with the diagnosis of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (pbk). for the laboratory part of the study, two whole globes and two precut corneoscleral buttons were used. the donor l...

use of the double ring infiltrometer to measure soil water infiltration in center pivot irrigation systems isn’t an accurate approach because the real conditions of infiltration under center pivot sprinklers is different from what happens in the double ring. in this study the infiltration parameters were evaluated in real conditions of a center pivot system. for this purpose a single ring with ...

abstract determining saturated hydraulic conductivity (ks) is one of the important soil characteristics that its estimation is important in soil and water studies. there are several methods for estimating ks in unsaturated conditions. these methods include the inversed-auger-hole method, the double-ring infiltrometer and the single-ring pressure infiltrometer. the measurement of ks by these met...

BACKGROUND Splitting of the lens capsule with a double-ring contour during continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis has not often been reported. CASE An 86-year-old woman underwent phacoemulsification cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation in the right eye. Preoperatively, the anterior lens capsule appeared normal. OBSERVATIONS A double-ring sign was observed during capsulorrhe...

abstract infiltration is one of the most important phenomena which is affected by the soil physical and hydraulic characteristics. measurement of infiltration needs the high cost and is time consuming, therefore estimation of infiltration is necessary. also, due to variability of soil moisture, it is important to determine the appropriate model for the estimating the infiltration rate. the pres...