Author: Helga KolbPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
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Book Description
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Author: Helga KolbConsiderations in Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309044383
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This book summarizes current understanding of the scientific, clinical, and technical issues surrounding the use of contact lenses. It discusses the special occupational conditions experienced by military personnel, particularly in extreme environments, that give rise to the question of whether or not to use contact lenses. Experts in optometry, ophthalmology, visual psychophysics, and engineering describe recent developments in design and use; and representatives of the military services provide examples of actual situations in aerospace settings. Considerations in Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions will be of particular interest to those involved in the design of contact lenses and those responsible for occupational safety and health matters in the private sector.
Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens
Author: Pascal BoyerPublisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1800642091
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.
Lens and Cataract
Author: Steven I. RosenfeldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781560557999
Category : Cataract
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This work reviews the anatomy, physiology, embryology, and pathology of the lens. Also provides an overview of lens and cataract surgery including wound construction, viscoelastics, posterior capsule opacification, and refractive considerations such as phakic IOLs and clear lens extraction. Core curriculum for residency programs and a definitive source of up-to-date clinical knowledge for practitioners. Continually updated by a faculty of leading ophthalmologists in academia and practice, the BCSC draws on a solid foundation of scientific research and clinical experience.
The Human Lens
Author: Katherine ElliottPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470717696
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye
Author: Carlo CavallottiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1597455075
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Aging research on the human eyes crosses all areas of ophthalmology and also relies upon biological, morphological, physiological, and biochemical tools for its study. This book reviews all aspects of human eye aging. In addition to descriptions of age-related changes in almost all the structures of the human eyes, the authors also include interesting accounts of personal experiments and data. It provides an extensive panorama of what happens during aging in the eye.
Field Guide to Geometrical Optics
Author: John E. GreivenkampPublisher: Society of Photo Optical
ISBN: 9780819452948
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
This Field Guide derives from the treatment of geometrical optics that has evolved from both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. The development is both rigorous and complete, and it features a consistent notation and sign convention. This volume covers Gaussian imagery, paraxial optics, first-order optical system design, system examples, illumination, chromatic effects, and an introduction to aberrations. The appendices provide supplemental material on radiometry and photometry, the human eye, and several other topics.
Evolution's Witness
Author: Ivan R. SchwabPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195369742
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocular models have evolved independently into myriad optical and physiological masterpieces. The story of the eye reveals evolution's greatest triumph and sweetest gift. This book describes its journey"--Provided by publisher.
The Human Beast: ...through the Lens of Evolution
Author: Nigel BarberPublisher:
ISBN: 9780985569129
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Human Beast scrutinizes riddles of human psychology through the lens of evolutionary theory. The book offers many surprising takes on everyday behavior. It appeals to a broad range of readers.
Long-lived Proteins in Human Aging and Disease
Author: Roger J. W. TruscottPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 3527347283
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This authoritative overview on an emerging topic in the molecular life sciences covers all aspects of the aging of (long-lived) proteins. It describes the molecular mechanisms of aging on the protein level, in particular the most common side chain modifications and includes analytical methods to study protein half-life and the accumulation of modifications. Finally, the impact of protein aging on several age-related disases in humans is dissected, and their role in limiting human lifespan is discussed.