Comparison of the predictability of refractive cylinder correction by laser in situ keratomileusis in eyes with low or high ocular residual astigmatism

Purpose: To compare the manifest refractive cylinder (MRC) predictability of myopic astigmatism laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) between eyes with low and high ocular residual astigmatism (ORA). Setting: London Vision Clinic, London, United Kingdom. Design: Retrospective case study. Methods: The ORA was considered the vector difference between the MRC and the corneal astigmatism. The index of success (IoS), difference vector ÷ MRC, was analyzed for different groups as follows: stage 1, low ORA (ORA ÷ MRC <1), high ORA (ORA ÷ MRC ≥1); stage 2, low ORA group reduced to match the high ORA group for MRC; stage 3, grouped by ORA magnitude with low ORA (<0.50 diopters [D]), mid ORA (0.50 to 1.24 D), and high ORA (≥1.25 D); stage 4, high ORA group subdivided into low (<0.75 D) and high (≥0.75 D) corneal astigmatism. Results: For stage 1, the mean preoperative MRC and mean IoS were −1.32 D ± 0.65 (SD) (range −0.55 to −3.77 D) and 0.27, respectively, for low ORA and −0.79 ± 0.20 D (range −0.56 to −2.05 D) and 0.37, respectively, for high ORA. For stage 2, the mean IoS increased to 0.32 for low ORA. For stage 3, the mean IoS was 0.28, 0.29, and 0.31 for low ORA, mid ORA, and high ORA, respectively. For stage 4, the mean IoS was 0.20 for high ORA/low corneal astigmatism and 0.35 for high ORA/high corneal astigmatism. Conclusions: The MRC predictability was slightly worse in eyes with high ORA when grouped by the ORA ÷ MRC. Matching for the MRC and grouping by ORA magnitude resulted in similar predictability; however, eyes with high ORA and high corneal astigmatism were less predictable.

Estimates of %NCW bathing deep North Atlantic (IODP Site 306-U1313) over the past ~3.3 Ma

The circulation and internal structure of the oceans exert a strong influence on Earth's climate because they control latitudinal heat transport and the segregation of carbon between the atmosphere and the abyss (Sigman et al., 2010, doi:10.1038/nature09149). Circulation change, particularly in the Atlantic Ocean, is widely suggested (Bartoli et al., 2005, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.020; Haug and Tiedemann, 1998, doi:10.1038/31447; Woodard et al., 2014, doi:10.1126/science.1255586; McKay et al., 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1112248109) to have been instrumental in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation when large ice sheets first developed on North America and Eurasia during the late Pliocene, approximately 2.7 million years ago (Bailey et al., 2013, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.004). Yet the mechanistic link and cause/effect relationship between ocean circulation and glaciation are debated. Here we present new records of North Atlantic Ocean structure using the carbon and neodymium isotopic composition of marine sediments recording deep water for both the Last Glacial to Holocene (35-5 thousand years ago) and the late Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene (3.3-2.4 million years ago). Our data show no secular change. Instead we document major southern-sourced water incursions into the deep North Atlantic during prominent glacials from 2.7 million years ago. Our results suggest that Atlantic circulation acts as a positive feedback rather than as an underlying cause of late Pliocene Northern Hemisphere glaciation. We propose that, once surface Southern Ocean stratification (Sigman, et al., 2004, doi:10.1038/nature02357) and/or extensive sea-ice cover (McKay et al., 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1112248109) was established, cold-stage expansions of southern-sourced water such as those documented here enhanced carbon dioxide storage in the deep ocean, helping to increase the amplitude of glacial cycles.

La littérature française au dix-neuvième siècle.

v. 1 has subtitle: Les origines du romantisme.

Traité de mécanique rationnelle,

Vol. 4 of this edition wanting in L.C.

Archives des maîtres de l'orgue des XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècles ... avec annotations et adaptations aux orgues modernes par Alexandre Guilmant ... avec la collaboration pour les notices biographiques de André Pirro. [v.p., 1901-14]

Imprint varies: v. 1-2, 4, 6-8 and 10, Leipzig, B. Schott, 1903-1914.--v. 3, 5 and 9, Paris, A. Durand, 1901-09.

Vier Symphonien /

Pl. no.: E.E. 3617, 3621, 3608, 3613.

Acht Stücke für Klarinette, Bratsche und Klavier, oder Violine, Violoncello und Klavier. Eight pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, or violin, cello and piano. Op. 83.

Includes alternative parts for violin and violoncello.

Mannheimer Kammermusik des 18. Jahrhunderts /

II. Verzeichnis der Druckausgaben und thematischer Katalog der Mannheimer Kammermusik des 18. Jahrhunderts. Musiktext (II. Teil: Trios und Duos (ohne Klavier und mit obligatem Klavier)) Richter, F. X. Klaviertrio nr. 6, G moll. Stamitz, Johann. Triosonate, Es dur. Sonata da camera op. 6 IV, A dur. Toeschi, Joseph. Klaviertrio nr. 4, G dur. Filtz, Anton. Streichtrio op. 3 II. A dur. Klaviertrio op. 4 III. C dur. Eichner, Ernst. Klaviertrio op. 1 III, C moll; op. 2 nr. I, A dur. Sterkel, F. X. Violinsonate op. 18 II, G dur. Cramer, Wilhelm. Streichtrio op. 3 II, B dur. Stamitz, Karl. Streichtrio op. 2 I, B dur. Sonata par la viola d'amore e basso. Edelmann, J. F. Klavier-Violin-Sonate op. 2 I, C moll; op. 4 III, F moll. Stamitz, Anton. Streichtrio op. 4 I, Es dur. Stamitz, Karl. Orchesterquartett op. 4 I, C dur.

Historia jeneral de la República de Chile desde su independencia hasta nuestros dias ...

Vol. 1-4 pub. by J. S. Valenzuela; v. 5 by R. Jover.

Œuvres du cardinal de Retz.

Title varies slightly.

Symphonien, für piano solo /

Arranged for piano solo.

Phytanthoza-Iconographia, Oder Eigentliche Vorstellung Etlicher Tausend, so wohl Einheimisch- als Ausländischer aus allen vier Welt-Theilen in Verlauf vieler Jahre, mit unermüdetem Fleiß Von Johann Wilhelm Weinmann ... gesammleter Pflantzen, Bäume, Stauden, Kräuter, Blumen, Früchten und Schwämme ... : Welche auf das netteste in Kupfer gestochen ... mit lebendigen Farben ... herausgegeben und verlegt ... /

Contiene: Vol. 1 : A B - Vol. 2 : C D E F - Vol. 3 : G H I K L M N O - Vol. 4 : P Q R S T U X Y Z

Supplementorum ad lexica hebraica pars tertia ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Dictionnaire technologique ou nouveau dictionnaire universel des arts et métiers et de l'economie industrielle et commerciale /

Contiene : Vol. 1, A-B - Vol. 2, B-C - Vol. 3, C - Vol. 4, D-E - Vol. 7, M-O - Vol. 9, P-S - Vol. 10, S-T.