Methods: Retrospective study of 156 eyes of 82 patients who underwent LASIK to correct a myopic spherical equivalent (SE) at Clı́nica Baviera–Instituto Oftalmológico Europeo, Bilbao, Spain. All procedures were performed with the Technolas Keracor 217 Z excimer laser. Patients had a preoperative diagnosis of bipolar disorder (79 eyes of 42 patients), schizophrenia (61 eyes of 32 patients), or obs...

crystal laser with enhanced far-field emission directionality Jingqing Huang, Se-Heon Kim, Jonathan Gardner, Philippe Regreny, Christian Seassal, Pablo Aitor Postigo, and Axel Scherer Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Kavli Nanoscience Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Université...

Since 1991 Bemisia argentifolii, the silverleaf whitefly (SLWF), has caused annual crop losses of $500 million in the USA including crucifer crops in California and Texas. Foreign exploration for (SLWF) natural enemies has been carried out in 25 countries including SE Spain where the agricultural system is similar to parts of Texas and California where (SLWF) is a pest. Parasitized (SLWF) were ...

Sweden and Spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. Both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. As the analysis of Saltman and Duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. In our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions ...

Objectives: to translate, adapt cross-culturally and validate into Brazilian Portuguese the following instrument: "Self-assessment of communication skills and professionalism in residents" for the nursing professional, and to determine if personal characteristics and performance of the nurse interfere in the self-assessment about professionalism and interpersonal communication. Method: quanti...

Modular chiral dendrimers with monodentate phosphoramidite ligands located at the core were synthesized and applied in the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenations, afforded unprecedented enhancement of enantioselectivity.

AIM To evaluate the accuracy of spherical equivalent (SE) estimates of a double-pass system and to compare it with retinoscopy, subjective refraction and a table-mounted autorefractor. METHODS Non-cycloplegic refraction was performed on 125 eyes of 65 healthy adults (age 23.5±3.0 years) from October 2010 to January 2011 using retinoscopy, subjective refraction, autorefraction (Auto kerato-ref...

Berhane Beyene Mentaye*, Mebratu Zelalem, Angelo Asha, Yosef Tiruneh, Aklog Afework, Menberu Tedela, Tsion Bezuneh, AlmazG/senbet, Femi Oyewole, Almaz Abebe, Tilahun Woldemichael and Oyewale Tomori Polio Laboratory and Virology and Ricketisiology Team, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Disease Prevention and Control Department, Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, World Health Organ...

MARVIN REID,1,2 ASHA BADALOO,2 TERRENCE FORRESTER,2 JOHN F. MORLESE,1,2 MARGARET FRAZER,1 WILLIAM C. HEIRD,1 AND FAROOK JAHOOR1 1United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; and 2Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingst...

The inclusion complexes of a new family of nonionic amphiphilic calix[4]arenes with the anti-inflammatory hydrophobic drugs naproxen (NAP) and ibuprofen (IBP) were investigated. The effects of the alkyl chain's length and the inner core of calix[4]arenes on the interaction of the two drugs with the calix[4]arenes were explored. The inclusion complexes of Amphiphiles 1a-c with NAP and IBP increa...