PURPOSE To assess the reliability of school teachers for vision screening of younger school children and to study the pattern of vision problems. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, trained school teachers screened 5,938 school children aged 3 to 8 years for vision and ocular disorders. Children were cross screened by professionals to assess the reliability of the teachers in vision screen...

•We demonstrate a modular, closed-loop robotic platform for solubility screening•Automated solvent titration is informed by computer vision and turbidity monitoring•No human intervention or HPLC analysis required during the experimental loop•Solubility values obtained system match those via traditional methods Solubility screening an essential, routine process that often labor intensive. Roboti...

Objective. To ascertain if parents are familiar with current recommendations on pediatric vision screening and to assess their knowledge of the roles that pediatricians, ophthalmologists and optometrists have in this screening process. Methods. A survey was targeted at parents to determine what the general public understands regarding vision screening. Results. The survey was conducted from Jan...

OBJECTIVES To assess the accuracy of preschool vision screening in a large, ethnically diverse, urban population in South Auckland, New Zealand. DESIGN Retrospective longitudinal study. METHODS B4 School Check vision screening records (n=5572) were compared with hospital eye department data for children referred from screening due to impaired acuity in one or both eyes who attended a referr...

The AAPOS Vision Screening Committee established the first guidelines for automated preschool vision screening in 2003. These primarily addressed the magnitude of refractive error that was (by consensus) thought to put a child at risk for the development of amblyopia. Since then, more data have emerged about the prevalence of amblyopia risk factors in young children from which it is clear that ...