OBJECTIVE Orbital exenteration results in devastating functional, aesthetic and psychological losses. We studied the psycho-social challenges of patients following orbital exenteration. DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, eye clinic, Accra. SUBJECTS Ten surviving patients, at least six months post orbital exenteration. RESULTS Though all the patie...

The perceived differences between comfortable and uncomfortable shoes and the fit preferences in the different regions of ladies’ shoes were explored. Twenty Hong Kong Chinese females participated in the study. Each participant wore and rated the different aspects of their own comfortable and uncomfortable shoes. The Wilcoxon signed rank tests showed significant differences in ten perceived cha...

This thesis examines the hidden aspect of family dynamic and questions the idealized convention of family portraits. Based on Erving Goffman’s theatrical theory of community, family as a relaxing intimate group in the backstage, the underlying tensions, conflicts, and power play are discussed. This thesis draws upon the familial issues and treatments of Leon J. Saul and Rhee Dong Shick to evalu...

WHAT KIND OF WORLD is it where some postganglionic sympathetic nerves secrete acetylcholine and where norepinephrine in conjunction with neuropeptide Y facilitates a key vasodilator response? It is the upside-down world of the human skin that possesses perhaps the most complex regional circulation in nature. Skin responds to environmental stimuli in ways that might be described as beautiful and...