[Standardisation of optotypes].

Standardisation de la meleine a l'institut d'Hessarek (lran)

Use of Lea symbols in young children.

ccurate measurement of visual acuity is fundamental to ophthal-mological care for all ages. This measure is used for diagnosis, for documentation of clinical outcomes, for qualification for special education or disability programmes, and for permission to drive a motor vehicle. More than 20 years ago the importance of ensuring that such a measure be scientifically rigorous was recognised with t...

Optimisation of Healthcare Contracts: Tensions Between Standardisation and Innovation; Comment on “Competition in Healthcare: Good, Bad or Ugly?”

An important determinant of health system performance is contracting. Providers often respond to financial incentives, despite the ethical underpinnings of medicine, and payers can craft contracts to influence performance. Yet contracting is highly imperfect in both single-payer and multi-payer health systems. Arguably, in a competitive, multi-payer environment, contractual innovation may occur...

Vanishing Optotype acuity: repeatability and effect of the number of alternatives.

PURPOSE Vanishing Optotype letters have a pseudo high-pass design so that the mean luminance of the target is the same as the background and the letters thus 'vanish' soon after the resolution threshold is reached. We wished to determine the variability of acuity measurements using these letters compared to conventional letters, and in particular how acuity is affected by the number of alternat...

Standardisation and the Question of Identity: On The Dominant Discourses on Contemporary Iranian Art

This article deals with the discourse of cultural globalisation and related issues such as the global market and cultural industry, which emerged as recent seminal factors within the context of Iranian culture, art and artistic practice during the recent history of Iran. Moreover, it seeks to explore the inevitable issues drawn from the process of globalisation, namely the forces of standar...