during the last decades a new class of materials named fiber/metal laminates (fmls) was introduced. it is a hybrid composite consisting of alternating thin layers of metal sheets and fiber-reinforced composite material. fmls have both low weight and good mechanical properties. in this study, the impact behavior of this attractive material is investigated. the effect of fiber angle, stacking seq...

glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide. a single nucleotide polymorphism of the mthfr gene (c677t) has been associated with susceptibility to this disease, although this is controversial in the last decade. in this study, the possible association between the mthfr c677t polymorphism and the risk of developing primary open angle (poag) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (pexg) was investig...

Aim: To determine (i) the prevalence of glaucoma in people aged >50 years, (ii) the proportions of different types of glaucoma, (iii) the distributions of intraocular pressure and vertical cup disc ratio. Method: Population based prevalence survey in rural West Bengal. People aged >50 years in randomly selected villages in 24 Parganas South district. The main outcome measures were diagnosis of ...

PURPOSE To document the diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP) profile with rebound tonometry performed by primary glaucoma patients in non-clinic environment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-three medically-treated eyes of 31 primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and 22 primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients with no previous eye surgery were recruited. Diurnal IOP was measured 5 times per day at...

Introduction: Nowadays,  considerable developments  in  the field  of  radiotherapy have  been  achieved.  They  include  the  advances  made  in  the  equipments  and  treatment  planning  techniques  which  require  highly complex calculations. Such achievements have made it possible to treat cancer patients not only  with  higher  radiation  dose  but  also  with  higher  precision  and  con...

A finite poset is an angle order if its points can be mapped into angular regions in the plane so that x precedes y in the poset precisely when the region for x is properly included in the region for y. We show that all posets of dimension four or less are angle orders, all interval orders are angle orders, and that some angle orders must have an angular region less than 180” (or more than 180”...

We describe the prevalence and treatment of glaucoma in a Muslim Arab population in Israel. Based on the medical records of 15 122 persons, the overall prevalence of glaucoma was 3.9%. Prevalence rates of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) were 3.0% and 0.42%, respectively. Prevalence rates of women were 135% that of men considering all types of glaucom...

The present paper focuses on the investigation of self-cleaning properties based on studding of water repellency and blood repellency for TiN- and CrN single-layer and TiN/CrN nanoscale multi-layer coatings deposited via Cathodic Arc Evaporation (CAE) method on medical grade 420C stainless steel substrate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) method and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) wa...