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Development of Pocket Vision Screener and its effectiveness at screening visual acuity deficits

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
Aim: The aim was to construct a visual acuity chart and find its effectiveness at screening visual acuity deficits. Materials and Methods: Two phases were involved in this study.Construction of the screener: Ten Sloan letters (C, D, H, K, N, O, R, S, V ...
Monica Raja   +3 more
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Charting the Future of Cancer Health Disparities Research—Letter [PDF]

open access: yesCancer Research, 2018
A recent special report proposed a road map for cancer health disparities research ([1][1]). Research on integrated strategies to address multi-cancer health disparities might also be added to this road map. Recently published data highlight large U.S.
openaire   +2 more sources

Screening efficacy of a simplified logMAR chart

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2016
Background: Snellen acuity charts are the most commonly used method for visual acuity (VA) testing in screening programmes despite comparative studies verifying that the logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) acuity measurement charts are more
Naganathan Muthuramalingam   +3 more
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The impact of a prescription review and prescriber feedback system on prescribing practices in primary care clinics: a cluster randomised trial

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2018
Background To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured prescription review and prescriber feedback program in reducing prescribing errors in government primary care clinics within an administrative region in Malaysia.
Wei Yin Lim   +7 more
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The effect of astigmatic axis on visual acuity measured with different alphabets in Roman alphabet readers

open access: yesClinical Optometry, 2018
Pedro M Serra, Michael J Cox, Catharine M Chisholm Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK Objective: Astigmatism produces meridional variations in the retinal blur pattern, thus interacting with object ...
Serra PM, Cox MJ, Chisholm CM
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Pain is vital in resuscitation in trauma

open access: yesSICOT-J, 2019
Implementation of the ATLS algorithm has remarkably improved the resuscitation of trauma patients and has significantly contributed to the systematic management of multi-trauma patients.
Saranteas Theodosios   +5 more
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New standardized visual acuity charts in hindi and gujarati

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1996
Conventional Snellen visual acuity chart has unequal difficulty score and irregular progression in letter size causing jumping effect at different visual acuity levels. There is also increase in number of letters from above downwards. Consequently one or
Khamar Bakulesh, Vyas Usha, Desai Tejas
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Next-generation vision testing: the quick CSF

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2015
The Contrast Sensitivity Function relates the spatial frequency and contrast of a spatial pattern to its visibility and thus provides a fundamental description of visual function.
Dorr Michael   +6 more
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The Man in the Box (extract from The Shakespeare Riots)

open access: yes19, 2009
One of the bloodiest incidents in nineteenth-century New York, the so-called Astor Place Riot of 10 May 1849, had its unlikely origins in a long-simmering grudge between the two leading Shakespearean actors of the age, William Charles Macready and Edwin ...
Nigel Cliff
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A new Gujarati language logMAR visual acuity chart: Development and validation

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Aims: Gujarati is the main spoken language of a large proportion of the population of India. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR) visual acuity chart in the Gujarati language. Materials and Methods:
Ananth Sailoganathan   +2 more
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