Purpose This paper analyses the establishment and evolution of a public oversight body (POB) – Egyptian Audit Oversight Unit (AOU) its implications for local auditing firms practices. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were gathered from 34 semi-structured interviews (including follow-up ones) between 2014 2020. Secondary was obtained through publicly available documents internal memos. D...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) compared to photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for the correction of low or moderate myopia (-0.50 to -6.00 D) at 6 months after surgery. METHODS The study population comprised a non-randomized consecutive series of 622 eyes of 392 patients who were treated with the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser. LASIK was perfor...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of INTACS micro-thin prescription inserts (Kera Vision, Inc., Fremont, CA) for the treatment of keratoconus. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized (self-controlled) comparative trial. PARTICIPANTS/INTERVENTION Ten patients from our prospective clinical study who had completed 12 months of follow-up were evaluated. All patients had keratoconus with clear central cor...

IMPORTANCE The number of urban migrants in China is 300 million and is increasing rapidly in response to government policies. Urban migrants have poor access to health care, but little is known about rates of correction of refractive error among migrant children. This is of particular significance in light of recent evidence demonstrating the educational impact of providing children with specta...

purpose: to report a case of hypotonous maculopathy after blunt trauma and its treatment. patient and findings: a 34-year-old woman presented with decreased visual acuity in her left eye following blunt trauma. right eye examination was unremarkable, but visual acuity of left eye was counting fingers. slit lamp biomicroscopy of the left eye was within normal limits, but on funduscopy, papilloma...

METHODS: This is a retrospective uncontrolled study in eyes with progressive KC. In all 62 eyes from 48 patients, BSCVA, mean K, corneal irregularity at 3 mm and 5 mm were measured before CXL, at six months, and then annually until the last visit. For data analysis, patients were divided into three groups according to their mean preoperative K: group 1 included 12 patients with mean K value les...

purpose : the objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of acrysof toric intraocular lenses (iols) implantation in cataract surgery for the correction of regular corneal astigmatism. methods : twenty eyes of 16 patients with cataract and regular corneal astigmatism of 1.00-4.00 diopter (d) underwent surgery. depending on the amount of corneal astigmatism, an acrysof toric iol of type ...

Aeroelastic load simulations on a Siemens 2.3MW wind turbine have been validated using load measurements from the turbine and wind inflow measurements from a Nacelle based Lidar. A detailed survey of industrial usage of Nacelle mounted Lidars has also been conducted to extrapolate the findings from the present study to a broader framework.. Based on this information we assess the current techno...