Search results for "ACCOMMODATION"
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Binocular vision alterations after refractive and cataract surgery: a review.
2018
To review binocular and accommodative disorders documented after corneal or intraocular refractive surgery, in normal healthy prepresbyopic patients. A bibliographic revision was performed; it included works published before 1st July 2017 where accommodation and/or binocularity was assessed following any type of refractive surgical procedure. The search in Pubmed yielded 1273 papers, 95 of which fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Few publications reporting binocular vision and/or accommodative changes after refractive surgery in normal subjects were found. The reduction in fusional vergence is the most frequently reported alteration. Anisometropia is an important risk factor for postoperativ…
Maldivian Tourist Resorts and their Environmental Impact
1993
In the past two decades, the Maldivians have built up a flourishing tourist industry. Tourist resorts have been established on hitherto uninhabited small islands and by 1990 the number of tourists has increased to nearly 200 000. The Maldivian tourist resorts represent a special type of tropical beach resorts catering only to the tourists’ needs for accommodation, board, leisure and recreation. They are distinctly separate from the islands inhabited by the Maldivians and intercultural communication does not take place. These resorts are in effect ‘tourist enclaves’. Holiday facilities in the resorts are clearly geared to the coastal environment - the beach, lagoon and reef. The impact of to…
Communication accommodation between healthcare providers at a private hospital in England : how does identity talk?
2015
A healthcare environment consists of a number of people who perform different roles, and at differing levels of seniority on the workplace hierarchy. How these people communicate with each other is based on many individual factors, including language, culture, ethnicity, and in what way they perceive their own and others’ seniority. These factors can complicate communication, and lead to communication that is ineffective and/or failed. This thesis used the Communication Accommodation Theory to explain how verbal communication between healthcare providers is achieved, and Social Identity Theory to explain why communication is achieved in a particular way. Through analysis of one-on-one inter…
Turismo inbound e ricettività in Sicilia: un’analisi della distribuzione spaziale
2010
In the last few years a significant increase in tourist accommodation has taken place in Sicily, both in hotels and in other hospitality. The increased number of accommodation beds has been encouraged by a multilevel policy of investments – both regional and European – aimed at filling the qualitative and quantitative gap penalizing Sicily in the field of tourism and accommodation competition. In some way, it may seem that the purpose of improving the accommodation supply in our Island has been obtained: indeed, while in 2000, the year when the previous European planning started, the number of accommodation beds in hotels was, in Sicily, of 4,2% of the national amount, in 2008 the Island ra…
Finnish health care and social work students' perceptions of Finnish-English code-switching : a survey study
2015
Englannin kielen asema kansainvälisenä valtakielenä on vaikuttanut sen leviämiseen myös Suomessa. Laajalle levinnyttä vierasta kieltä käyttävät Suomessa moninaisin tavoin eri-ikäiset ja taitotasoltaan erilaiset ihmiset. Siinä missä vieras kieli oli aiemmin kansakunnan ulkopuolelta tuleva asia, on vieraasta kielestä nykyaikana tullut enenevissä määrin myös yhteiskunnan sisäpuolella käytettävä kielellinen resurssi. Englannin kielen kohtaaminen ja sen käyttäminen ei enää edellytä kansainvälisiä kontakteja tai ulkomaanmatkoja, vaan englantia käytetään sujuvasti myös suomen kieltä äidinkielenään puhuvien kesken, osana pääasiallisesti suomenkielistä keskust…
Binocular, Accommodative and Oculomotor Alterations In Multiple Sclerosis: A Review
2020
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an acquired demyelinating and inflammatory neurodegenerative disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS). Clinical and subclinical ocular disturbances occur in almost all patients with MS. The objective of this narrative review was to collect and summarize the available scientific information on oculomotor, accommodative and binocular alterations that have been reported in MS. A systematic search strategy with the following descriptors was carried out: multiple sclerosis, ocular motility disorders, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, nystagmus, vergences, fixation, pupil reflex, accommodation and stereopsis. According to the search, some oculomotor alterations w…
Variations of OCT measurements corrected for the magnification effect according to axial length and refractive error in children
2018
Purpose: The aim of this paper was to examine the distribution of macular, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and optic disc parameters of myopic and hyperopic eyes in comparison with emmetropic control eyes and to investigate their variation according to axial length (AL) and spherical equivalent (SE) in healthy children. Methods: This study included 293 pairs of eyes of 293 children (145 boys and 148 girls), ranging in age from 6 to 17 years. Subjects were divided according to SE in control (emmetropia, 99 children), myopia (100 children) and hyperopia (94 children) groups and according to axial AL in 68 short ([Formula: see text]22.00[Formula: see text]mm, 68), medium (from [For…
Effect of Phenylephrine on the Accommodative System
2016
Accommodation is controlled by the action of the ciliary muscle and mediated primarily by parasympathetic input through postganglionic fibers that originate from neurons in the ciliary and pterygopalatine ganglia. During accommodation the pupil constricts to increase the depth of focus of the eye and improve retinal image quality. Researchers have traditionally faced the challenge of measuring the accommodative properties of the eye through a small pupil and thus have relied on pharmacological agents to dilate the pupil. Achieving pupil dilation (mydriasis) without affecting the accommodative ability of the eye (cycloplegia) could be useful in many clinical and research contexts. Phenylephr…
Millennials, Peer-to-Peer Accommodation and the Hotel Industry
2016
Today’s world market is a buyer’s market and the new customers, the millennials, are thoughtto be distinctively different than others. Technologically comfortable, the most educated generationever, multitaskers, and strongly influenced by friends and peers, millennials have a different buyingbehaviour and other expectations from service providers. Thus, companies from the hospitalityindustry and policy makers face a number of challenges in trying to meet their (future) demands. Atthe same time, the “sharing economy” has led to the rise of the peer-to-peer accommodation sectorand to a new business model (Airbnb). The aim of this paper is to present these challenges for the hotel industry, be…
Sexual communication among intercultural couples with a Finnish partner
2016
In this study the topic of sexual communication, satisfaction, and accommodation in intercultural relationships is examined. Intercultural couples are in need of more attention in scholarly research, especially on the topic of sexual communication. This study aims to bring the topic into clear view. One research question leads this study in asking: “what factors play a role in how intercultural couples discuss sex?” 18 participants, making up 9 couples, were interviewed separately about their sexual communication; following the interviews each couple completed a survey together on the same topic. The Communication Accommodation Theory is utilized to evaluate how accommodative intercultural …