purpose: to compare central corneal thickness (cct) measured by galilei and orbscan ii with that by ultrasonic (u/s) pachymetry in unoperated eyes. methods: cct was measured in 184 unoperated eyes of 92 healthy retractive surgery candidates using galilei, orbscan ii, and u/s pachymetry. considered as a benchmark, measurements by u/s pachymetry were compared to those obtained by the other two de...

background. one of the treatment methods for facial fractures is close reduction technique, but treatment with intermaxillary fixation (imf) interferes with normal nutrition, and malnutrition can affect patient’s recovery. anthropometric measurements such as skinfold thickness and body mass index (bmi) are universal indexes for diagnosing malnutrition. so in this study we pointed out how treatm...

. to investigate the effect of anisometropic and strabismic amblyopia on the nerve fiber layer thickness. this cross-sectional study was done on 54 amblyopic subjects, equally in both strabismic and anisometropic groups. the thickness otonerve fiber layer measured in superior, inferior, nasal, temporal quadrants and as a whole in both eyes of both groups. the means of thickness were compared in...

background: scuba divers work in high pressure conditions which may cause some changes in physiological status to adapt to this situation. in this study, the carotid intima-media thickness (cimt) was assessed in divers as a risk factor of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders. methods: this historical cohort study was performed on 16 male professional scuba divers as case group and 30 he...

copper thin films with nano-scale structure have numerous applications in modern technology.  in this work, cu thin films with different thicknesses from 50–220 nm have been deposited on glass substrate by dc magnetron sputtering technique at room temperature in pure ar gas. the sputtering time was considered in 4, 8, 12 and 16 min, respectively. the thickness effect on the structural, morpholo...