PurposeTo determine the mechanism behind macular bulge height increase in eyes with dome-shaped macula (DSM).DesignRetrospective, observational case series.MethodsEyes presenting DSM followed up for a minimum of 1 year were examined using ocular biometry and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography at baseline end follow-up. Axial length (AL), height, central peripheral choroidal thickness ...

background: alexithymia as a cluster of cognitive and affective deficits has been studied for its ability to predict a variety of psychological disorders. given its clinical importance, various self-report questionnaires have been developed to measure alexithymia. the aim of this study was to determine the psychometric characteristics of persian version of the toronto alexithymia scale-20 (ftas...

Canada in the mid-1980s, we know virtually nothing about contraceptive use among Canadians during the 1990s.2 The 1995 General Social Survey (GSS-95) collected detailed information on contraceptive use, as well as fertility and union histories, from a nationally representative sample of Canadian women and men aged 15 and older. The main objective of this article is to use these data to update o...

This study was oriented to production of bioactive tetradecane reported in extracts Pediococcus acidilactici isolated from curd milk and 16S rRNA sequence analysis isolate showed 98% correlation with P. DSM: 20284-CM (accession no. NR042057.1). activity has been tested by disc diffusion assay against Staphylococcus aureus MRSA ATCC 43300, Listeria monocytogenes 19116, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTC...