PURPOSE To compare the visibility of the lamina cribrosa (LC) in optic disc images acquired from 60 glaucoma and 60 control subjects using three optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices, with and without enhanced depth imaging (EDI) and adaptive compensation (AC). METHODS A horizontal B-scan was acquired through the center of the disc using two spectral-domain (Spectralis and Cirrus; with a...

abstract aim and background: adoption is a subject with prolix antecedent in historical society and culture. child acceptation affects on partner and kinfolk relation; so the family experience recognition help nurse to have deep knowledge about family relation. method and materials: in this phenomenological qualitative study, participants were 15 family with adopted child in shahrekord, iran. t...

BACKGROUND As there is little Indian data about severity, frequency and types of research related injuries, costs involved and policies regarding compensation, this study was conducted to review the present Indian scenario. METHODS The study was carried out in three parts; a questionnaire-based survey, in-depth interviews, and a review of informed consent and insurance documents of projects s...

The employee engagement has emerged as a pivotal business driver for organizational success. High level of engagement in domestic and global firms is supposed to have multiple enriching effects on an organization. Studies have highlighted the importance of both organizational and individual factors in ensuring highly engaged employees. The present paper explores the individual differs across fo...

The aim of this project is to remove the motion related artifacts of the current watermarking algorithm, known as the ‘dirty window problem’. It was observed that part of the dirty window problem originated from watermark artifacts in still images. Therefore, two possible improvements of the current algorithm are suggested that will lower the visibility of the watermark in still images: adjusti...

This study explores the practice of employee management at Universitas PGRI Semarang. The discusses practices lecturers and employees based on indicators recruitment, training, performance appraisal, career planning, job definition, participation, compensation. authors have used qualitative research methods, data were obtained through observation, documentation, in-depth interviews with leaders...

Stereo vision is one of the methods that can yield depth information of the scene. It uses stereo image pairs from two cameras to produce disparity maps that can be easily turn into depth maps. It is assumed that both the left and right channels of the multiview image sequence are coded using block or object-based methods. A dynamic programming algorithm is used to estimate a disparity field be...

Given an estimate of the binocular disparity between a pair of points and an estimate of the viewing distance, or knowledge of eye position, it should be possible to obtain an estimate of their depth separation. Here we show that, when points are arranged in different vertical geometric configurations across two intervals, many observers find this task difficult. Those who can do the task tend ...

Open source software (OSS) has changed the landscape and economics of software industry. Large software firms are changing their business models to incorporate OSS for long term success. As a result of greater organizational involvement in OSS, there is an increased prevalence of reward options for OSS developers. However, introducing compensation/rewards to these ideologically motivated commun...