PURPOSE To assess the impact of blue-light filtering on retinal processing to evaluate potential side effects of these filters on visual function at the neural level. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS Multifocal electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded monocularly after pupil dilation in pseudophaki...

Purpose. To present the safety and effect of endoscopic transethmosphenoid optic canal decompression (ETOCD) for indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON) patients with no-light-perception (NLP). Methods. A retrospective study performed on 96 patients (96 eyes) with NLP after ITON between June 1, 2010, and June 1, 2015, who underwent ETOCD, was reviewed. Visual outcome before and after treatme...

Sea turtles undertake long migrations in the open ocean, during which they rely at least partly on magnetic cues for navigation. In principle, sensitivity to polarized light might be an additional sensory capability that aids navigation. Furthermore, polarization sensitivity has been linked to ultraviolet (UV) light perception which is present in sea turtles. Here, we tested the ability of hatc...

Five experiments examined circular heading perception with optical flows that departed from the canonical form. Noncanonicity was achieved through nonrigidity of the environment (Experiments 1 and 2), oscillations of the point of observation (Experiment 3), and the bending of light (Experiments 4 and 5). In Experiments 1 and 2, perception was impaired more by nonrigidity of the ground plane tha...

Our visual experience of the world is based on two-dimensional images: nat patterns of varying light intensity and color faIling on a single plane of cells in the retina. Yet we come to perceive solidity and depth. We can do this because a number of cues about depth are available in the retinal image: shading, perspective, occlusion of one object by another and stereoscopic disparity. In some m...

BACKGROUND Call light systems remain the primary means of hospitalized patients to initiate communication with their health care providers. Although there is vast amounts of literature discussing patient communication with their health care providers, few studies have explored patients' perceptions concerning call light use and communication. The specific aim of this study was to solicit patien...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 15 November 2010 193 10 569-571 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Conference Report its report, Hear us: inquiry into hearing health in brought together 70 of Australia’s leading otitis researchers. The workshop reinforced that OM is a m in Australia, identified important research advanc lighted future research areas and strate...

Small-field color-naming performance of two protanopes over a 4-log luminance range was impoverished in comparison with that of normal trichromats, and was more strongly affected by changes in luminance. At 200 cd/m2 responses to mid-spectral lights were dominated by 'yellow'; with lowering luminance, 'green' and 'red' were increasingly used. In the color spaces derived from these data the firs...

BACKGROUND Little research has been done on patient call light use and staff response time, which were found to be associated with inpatient falls and satisfaction. Nurses' perspectives may moderate or mediate the aforementioned relationships. This exploratory study intended to understand staff's perspectives about call lights, staff responsiveness, and the reasons for and the nature of call li...