We determined effects of hemiretinal form deprivation (i.e., form-depriving half of the retina) on central refractive development and posterior eye shape in chicks. Seventy-seven White Leghorn chicks were randomly assigned to receive superior (SRD, "Superior Retinal Deprivation" or inferior visual field deprivation, same principle applies for the following abbreviations, n=17), inferior (IRD, n...

self compacting concrete (scc) specimens with limestone (l) and quartz (q) powders were formulated. the influence of the type of the powder on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete was evaluated. dense packing theories were used for mix design of samples. the equation of fuller and thompson for particle size distribution (psd) of aggregates was modified with considering fine particles a...

62.8% of the Romani population in Spain lives settlements that are segregated from urban center or peripheral neighborhoods, a sign their historical persecution and discrimination. Anti-Romani sentiment has been territorialized by eliminating autonomy means self-production space, with planning housing policies being key element materialization segregation, particularly during Franco regime. Ide...

Purpose To report a case of a giant retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tear associated with fluid overload in a patient with diabetic macular edema (DME) and kidney disease. Observations A 60-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and end-stage diabetic kidney disease who had gained weight because of fluid overload complained of a visual disturbance in the left eye that had started a few da...

Shifting of visual attention induced by peripheral cues was studied in 24 children with specific reading disorder (SRD) or dyslexia and was compared with that of 19 normal readers by means of a covert orienting paradigm. This paradigm presents participants with valid, neutral and invalid spatial cues preceding the presentation of a target stimulus. As compared to normal readers, in SRD children...

Self-similar (s-s) arrival processes are realistic models for many types of network traffic. Unfortunately, generating synthetic s-s arrivals and interarrival times for simulations is rather involved. This paper discusses six issues related to s-s traffic generation for discrete-event simulations: (i) what s-s processes are, and why they are important to network modelers; (ii) where to find a f...

Molecular simulations and an energy landscape analysis are used to investigate the effects of shear on aging in a glass. Shear beyond the yield point is shown to change the state of a glass such that it resembles (but is not identical to) a different stage in the aging process. A cycle of large strain rejuvenates the glass by relocating the system to shallower energy minima, while a cycle of sm...