Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of cataract blindness among rural population of more than 50 years of age in study area. To know the factors associated with cataract blindness. Materials & Methods: Using multistage cluster random sampling method, out of 10 Talukapanchayats in Kutch district, Mundra Talukapanchayat was selected as primary sampling unit. Among, Mundrataluka Bhadreshwar, ra...

The Simulation Centre at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, focuses on providing simulation-based skills training to young doctors in surgical procedures such as laparoscopy, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, cystoscopy, hip fracture surgery, and ultrasonography. It is the leading training centre in Denmark, with its vision to have all doctors train on technically advanced clinical pr...

Highlights Subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) has continued to expand in area within the U.S. during last 15 years. Research with SDI continues for multiple crop types (fiber, grain and oilseed, horticultural, forage, turf). usage on many crops matured through research development of appropriate strategies technologies Despite some persistent challenges successful use SDI, important opportunities...

Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment " is an initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to develop a shared vision and consensus for action on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. 2020 discussion papers present technical research results that encompass a wide range of subjects drawn from research on p...

Nacrtak The forest operations engineering and management community has been facing the problem of improving its scientific visibility, realigning its research efforts to the future challenges, and of strengthening its self-confidence. The paper aims at exploring the paradigms that shaped the development of forest operations as a scientific discipline, sketching a vision how forest operations co...

Among ocular pathologies, glaucoma is the second leading cause of progressive vision loss, expected to affect 80 million people worldwide by 2020. A primary cause of glaucoma appears to be damage to the conventional outflow tract. Conventional outflow tissues, a composite of the trabecular meshwork and the Schlemm's canal, regulate and maintain homeostatic responses to intraocular pressure. In ...