1 Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 2 Associate Professor, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 3 Professor, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849, [email protected] 4 Project Leader, U.S. Forest Service, 521 Devall Drive, Auburn University,...

AIM To investigate the influence of laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on the values for retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFLT) as measured with scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) during the healing process of the cornea after LASIK. METHODS SLP with the GDx instrument was performed on 20 consecutive healthy subjects without any eye disease undergoing LASIK for ametropia correct...

It is commonly held that knowledge is of distinctive value to us. The goal of this paper is to unpack and examine a possible defence of this claima defence which is at least implicit in recent work by some virtue epistemologiststo the effect that knowledge is distinctively valuable because, qua cognitive achievement, it has final value. 1. THE VALUE PROBLEM It is widely thought that knowledge...