To determine whether manifest refractive astigmatism (RA) or anterior corneal (CA) is the best value for excimer laser programming in cases of ocular residual (ORA). Patients who had undergone LASIK surgery with a disagreement between and cylinder (ocular ORA) > 0.75 D were included retrospectively this study. We calculated target induced vector (TIA), surgically (SIA), difference correction pr...

Mariusz Wilk is a Polish prose‑writer, who travels to the remote north of Russia. His first book, The journals White Sea wolf reveals his originality. He tries delve into mysteries ‘Russian soul’ and history, for that he chooses blend in with local life. That why settled faraway, but representative place, Solovetsky Islands. writes ordinary folk meets on daily basis. discovers world marked by r...

The human oculomotor system has been studied by numerous people for well overhalf a century. Since the visual system is our primary sensory input channel, it is important forus to know how information is processed by the system. Most of the previous work on eye move-ments has been on modeling the horizontal eye movement control system.In the present series of experiments, human ...

You must remember this, / a kiss is still a kiss, / a sigh is just a sigh; / the fundamental things apply, / as time goes by. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux (Chapter 21). Most successful applications of science, at least at some stage in their development, are the products of basic research, much of which takes place behind the scenes but is nonetheless essential for the final result. ...

La cataracte est la première cause de cécité curable dans le monde. Son traitement est chirurgical. Le but de notre travail a été d'évaluer les résultats de la phacoalternative ou la chirurgie de la cataracte à petite incision. Il s'est agi d'une étude transversale descriptive à collecte prospective allant du 1er janvier au 31 septembre 2014, chez des patients âgés d'au moins 40 ans. Les donnée...

Deixis, or pointing, is the ability to draw the viewer/listener’s attention to an object, a person, a direction or an event. Pointing is involved at different stages of human communication development, in multiple modalities: first with the eyes, then with the finger, then with intonation and finally with syntax. It is ubiquitous and probably universal in human interactions. The role of index-f...

ONCHOCERCIASIS is caused by infection with the adult filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus; the microfilariae of this worm develop in the body of man and sometimes penetrate the tissues of the eye where they set up pathological changes leading to blindness; embryos may also be found in the skin, in lymph glands, in the fluid of hydroceles, and in effusions into joints. The disease has been reported...

1 Executive summary Today's society is on its way from a traditionally production-based economy to a knowledge-based economy. The European Commission's action plan on Europe's way to the information society 1 outlines some of the major developments in this field and recommends steps to be undertaken to prepare Europe for this challenge. Obviously, the Information Society is not only about infor...

Bank of Canada discussion papers are completed research studies on a wide variety of technical subjects relevant to central bank policy. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors. No responsibility for them should be attributed to the Bank of Canada. useful comments and suggestions, and Geoffrey Hill for research assistance. A special thank you goes to Christian Belisle for his...