Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveUncorrected refractive error (i.e., lack of eyeglasses for the treatment of refractive error) is one of the leading causes of visual impairment in Eastern Europe.
Gergana Damianova Kodjebacheva +3 more
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Infection Risk from Surgeons' Eyeglasses
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2012 Purpose. To assess bacterial contamination of 20 eyeglasses from surgeons. Methods. 40 samples were taken from the nose pad (n=20) and earpiece (n=20) of 20 eyeglasses from orthopaedic surgeons using a sterile swab stick soaked in sterile distilled water.
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Smart Eyeglasses: A Valid and Reliable Device to Assess Spatiotemporal Parameters during Gait [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 The study aims to determine the validity and reproducibility of step duration and step length parameters measured during walking in healthy participants using an accelerometer embedded in smart eyeglasses.
Justine Hellec +4 more
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Does Vision Health Knowledge Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study of Primary School Students in Rural China. [PDF]
Risk Manag Healthc PolicyZhaofeng Pang,1 Xiyuan Jia,2 Ming Zhou,2 Xinwu Zhang,3 Cindy Feng,3 Yue Ma3 1School of Politics and Public Administration, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Public Administration, Northwest ...
Pang Z +5 more
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Diverse Dataset for Eyeglasses Detection: Extending the Flickr-Faces-HQ (FFHQ) Dataset. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Facial analysis is an important area of research in computer vision and machine learning, with applications spanning security, healthcare, and user interaction systems.
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The association between visual impairment, educational outcomes, and mental health: insights from eyeglasses usage among junior high school students in rural China. [PDF]
Sci RepThis study examined the association between visual impairment, visual impairment corrected by wearing eyeglasses, academic performance, and mental health among junior high school students in rural China. Visual acuity assessments were conducted on 19,425
Pang X +7 more
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What is the Zanzibari craftswomen's experience on eyeglass use, business challenges and solutions? Participatory action research using solicited diaries and listening workshop narratives. [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective To present older presbyopic Zanzibari craftswomen’s firsthand experiences with the eyeglasses, the challenges they face in advancing their businesses and proposed solutions to these challenges.Design This participatory action research used ...
Omar F +8 more
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A Non-Surgical Wearable Option for Bone Conduction Hearing Implants: A Comparative Study with Conventional Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Mounted on Eyeglasses. [PDF]
Audiol ResObjectives. This study aimed to compare the audiological benefits of a non-implantable wearable option for a bone conduction (BC) implant mounted on an arch (SoundArc) to those of traditional BC hearing aids (HAs) mounted on eyeglasses (BCHAs) in ...
Di Berardino F +6 more
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Knowledge and barriers associated with contact lens use among spectacle wearers
Khyber Medical University Journal, 2023 OBJECTIVE: To determine the knowledge and barriers to contact lens usage among spectacle wearers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to January 2021 on the spectacle wearers visiting Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital ...
. Umm-e-Aiman +3 more
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Prevention of myopia progression using orthokeratology [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2023 The prevalence of myopia in children and juveniles has increased significantly in Korea and worldwide; in particular, the rates of myopia and high myopia in East Asia have grown rapidly.
Stephanie Suzanne S. Garcia +1 more
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