Colour Vision Deficiencies Xiii

Author : C.R. Cavonius
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401154086

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Colour Vision Deficiencies XIII by C.R. Cavonius Pdf

The 13th biennial Symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies was held from 27 July to 30 July, 1995, in the splendidjin de siecle Theatre Saint Louis, in Pau, France. A total of 80 papers and posters were presented during the four days, of which 56 have been selected for inclusion in this volume. Each has been reviewed by two of the Editors. Additionally, in numerous cases in which specialized knowledge was called for the Editors asked for external help; their assistance is acknowledged below. While Pau now exists largely on agriculture and, more recently, oil extraction and refining, a century ago it was a winter resort that rivalled Cannes and Nice; indeed, Baedeker judged the air of Pau to be preferable for those of a nervous disposition. Pau and the surrounding Beam district are rich in history and have close ties to the Basque region, both of which were exploited brilliantly by the local organizers, Doctors Jean and Veronique Lied, to introduce the partici pants to the gastronomy and traditions of the region. The Committee of the IRGCVD owe a great debt of gratitude to the external reviewers, Oscar Estevez, Karl Gegenfurtner, Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy, RL. Hilz, John Krauskopf, Anne Kurtenbach, Barry B. Lee, Adam Reeves, Marilyn Schneck, L.T. Sharpe, Eugene Switkes, Wayne Verdon, and B.A.

Author : B. Drum,J.D. Moreland,A. Serra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401137744

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Colour Vision Deficiencies X by B. Drum,J.D. Moreland,A. Serra Pdf

Since its inception, the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies (IRGCVD) has followed the policy that the Symposium Pro ceedings should be as close as possible to a complete record of the scientific content of the meeting. This policy has the advantage of providing an accurate picture of the current state of the art in research on color vision deficiencies, but it also has the disadvantage that papers typically span a wide range of quality. In this volume, however, we have instituted a system of peer review in an effort to enhance scientific quality as much as possible while continuing our past policy of publishing all submitted manuscripts. In addition to being edited for English composition and grammar, each of the papers included here has been carefully reviewed by an IRGCVD member selected for his or her expertise in the specific topic of the paper. Reviewers were instructed to include in their comments suggestions for improvement rather than recom or rejection. In our opinion, this review process mendations for publication has resulted in substantial improvement of many of the articles and has enhanced the value of the publication. We are pleased to acknowledge the efforts of our reviewers and offer them our sincere thanks for their important contributions to Colour Vision Deficiencies X. The Editors B. Drum, J. D. Moreland & A. Serra (eds. ), Colour Vision Deficiencies X, p. xiii.

Author : G. Verriest
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789400942752

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Colour Vision Deficiencies VIII by G. Verriest Pdf

Colour Vision Deficiences VIII brings together information on the latest trends in the following areas of research: -Visual effects of intense lights; -Effects of intoxications on colour vision; -Ageing and vision; -Methods of examination; -Congenital defects; -Acquired defects; -Practical aspects; -Physiological bases. This volume is a natural follow-up on Volumes VI and VII published in 1981 and 1983 respectively by Dr. W. Junk Publishers.

Author : G. Craddock,C. Doran,L. McNutt
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781614999232

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Transforming our World Through Design, Diversity and Education by G. Craddock,C. Doran,L. McNutt Pdf

Good design is enabling, and each and every one of us is a designer. Universal Design is widely recognized an important concept that should be incorporated in all person-centred policies. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) clearly stipulates that the most effective way of delivering on the promise of an inclusive society is through a Universal Design approach. Sitting at the intersection of the fields of Higher Education and Universal Design, this book presents papers delivered at the Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress (UDHEIT2018), held in Dublin, Ireland, from 30 October to 2 November 2018. This event brings together key experts from industry, education, and government and non-government organization sectors to share experiences and knowledge with all participants. The 86 papers included here are grouped under 17 headings, or themes, ranging from education and digital learning through healthcare to engagement with industry and urban design. Celebrating and integrating all that is good in design, diversity and education, this book will be a valuable resource for all those interested in the inspiring and empowering developments in both Universal Design and higher education.

Author : G. Verriest
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1982-09-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9061937299

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Colour Vision Deficiencies VI by G. Verriest Pdf

Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies

Author : David H. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Color blindness
ISBN : 0333527135

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Inherited and Acquired Colour Vision Deficiencies by David H. Foster Pdf

Author : William J. Benjamin
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1712 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702038976

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Borish's Clinical Refraction - E-Book by William J. Benjamin Pdf

Now updated and expanded to cover the latest technologies, this full-color text on clinical refraction uses an easy-to-read format to give optometry students and practitioners all the important information they need. Also covers a wide range of other aspects of the eye exam, including anterior and posterior segment evaluations, contact lens, ocular pharmacology, and visual field analysis. Four new chapters cover wavefront-guided refraction, optical correction with refractive surgeries, prosthetic devices, and patients with ocular pathology. Offer precise, step-by-step how-to's for performing all of the most effective refractive techniques. Presents individualized refractive approaches for the full range of patients, including special patient populations. Contriubtors are internationally recognized, leading authorities in the field. New full-color design with full-color images throughout. Completely updated and expanded to include current technologies. A new chapter on Optical Correction with Refractive Surgeries, including keratoplasty, traditional refractive surgeries (e.g. LASIK and PRK), crystalline lens extraction with and without pseudophakia, the new presbyopic surgery, etc. A new chapter on Wavefront Guided Refraction provides information on the advantages and limitations the Hartmann-Shack Method for objective refraction plus aberrometry and the refraction and the use of in the correction of the eye with spectacles, contact lenses, and refractive surgery. A new chapter on Patients with Ocular Pathology reflects the most current knowledge of patients with ocular pathologies. Provides information on Optical Correction with Prosthetic Devices, including corneal onlays, stromal implants, phakic intraocular lenses, etc. Includes new chapters and/or discussions on such topics as: Aberrations of the Eye, Refractive Consequences of Eye Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Dry Eye, Diagnosis of Pathology of the Anterior Segment, Diagnosis of Glaucoma, and Diagnosis of Pathology of the Posterior Segment. Visual Acuity chapter expanded to include the effect of refractive error on visual acuity and statistics on how much of a change in visual acuity is significant. Objective Refraction, Corneal Topography, and Visual Field Analysis chapters include the addition of new electro-optical and computer techniques and equipment. Chapters on Multifocal Spectacle Lenses and Contact Lenses now cover newer progressive addition lenses and contact lenses that are now on the market. Electrodiagnosis chapter revised to take a more clinical approach.

Author : Gabriel Coscas,Felice Cardillo Piccolino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401151375

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Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Macular Diseases by Gabriel Coscas,Felice Cardillo Piccolino Pdf

This volume of Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series collects the scientific papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Retinal Pigment Epithelium and the 4th Meeting of the European Macula Group held in Genoa, May 29-June 1, 1996. The Symposium on Retinal Pigment Epithelium was promoted by the University Eye Clinic of Genoa as the natural continuation of the first Symposium held with great success in Genoa in 1988. The previous Meetings of the European Macula Group were held in Coimbra (1988), Crete (1989) and Athens (1994). I was greatly pleased and honoured to host the fourth congress of this distinguished Society and I am grateful to Gabriel Coscas, Jose Cunha-Vaz and George Theodossiadis, found ers of the Society, for selecting Genoa on this occasion. The two meetings integrated well in an unicuum and brought together an exceptional number of outstanding retinal specialists coming from all over the world. All the aspects of the current research concerning retinal pigment epithelial and macular diseases were covered. Several interesting presentations regarded new techniques of retinal and choroidal imaging. A full session was dedicated to the latest advances in culture and transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial cells. Age-related macular degeneration was a major subject for discussion, including new approaches to treatment. This topic was high lighted by a mini-symposium on drusen, including a series of superb lectures on classification, clinicopathological studies, indocyanine green imaging, and laser treatment for prevention of choroidal neovascularization.

Author : Karl R. Gegenfurtner,Lindsay T. Sharpe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 052100439X

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Color Vision by Karl R. Gegenfurtner,Lindsay T. Sharpe Pdf

Color Vision, first published in 2000, defines the state of knowledge about all aspects of human and primate color vision.

Author : Mary Collins
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317358213

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Colour-Blindness by Mary Collins Pdf

Originally published in 1925, this book embodies the results of research on red-green colour-blind subjects, supplemented by brief accounts of blue-yellow, total, and acquired colour-blindness to complete the description of the different forms of the defect. After a historical survey of previous work by such men as Dalton, Helmholtz, Rayleigh, Edridge-Green and others, the author deals with the most important theories of colour-blindness, and with a description of the tests and a discussion of their results.

Author : Marcelo Fernandes Costa
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9782889199600

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Color Vision Sensation and Perception by Marcelo Fernandes Costa Pdf

Color vision is considered a microcosm of the visual science. Special physiological and psychological processes make this scientific topic an intriguing and complex research field that can aggregates around molecular biologists, neurophysiologists, physicists, psychophysicists and cognitive neuroscientists. Our purpose is to present the frontier knowledge of this area of visual science, showing, in the end, the future prospects of application and basic studies of color perception.

Author : Steven K. Shevell
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780080523224

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The Science of Color by Steven K. Shevell Pdf

The Science of Color focuses on the principles and observations that are foundations of modern color science. Written for a general scientific audience, the book broadly covers essential topics in the interdisciplinary field of color, drawing from physics, physiology and psychology. This book comprises eight chapters and begins by tracing scientific thinking about color since the seventeenth century. This historical perspective provides an introduction to the fundamental questions in color science, by following advances as well as misconceptions over more than 300 years. The next chapters then discuss the relationship between light, the retinal image, and photoreceptors, followed by a focus on concepts such as color matching and color discrimination; color appearance and color difference specification; the physiology of color vision; the 15 mechanisms of the physics and chemistry of color; and digital color reproduction. Each chapter begins with a short outline that summarizes the organization and breadth of its material. The outlines are valuable guides to chapter structure, and worth scanning even by readers who may not care to go through a chapter from start to finish. This book will be of interest to scientists, artists, manufacturers, and students.

Author : S. Archer,M.B. Djamgoz,E. Loew,J.C. Partridge,S. Vallerga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401706193

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Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision by S. Archer,M.B. Djamgoz,E. Loew,J.C. Partridge,S. Vallerga Pdf

John Lythgoe was one of the pioneers of the 'Ecology of Vision', a subject that he ably delineated in his classic and inspirational book published some 20 years ago [1]. At heart, the original book aimed generally to identify inter-relationships between vision, animal behaviour and the environment. John Lythgoe excelled at identifying the interesting 'questions' in the ecology of an animal that fitted the 'answers' presented by an analysis of the visual system. Over the last twenty years, however, since Lythgoe's landmark publication, much progress has been made and the field has broadened considerably. In particular, our understanding of the 'adaptive mechanisms' underlying the ecology of vision has reached considerable depths, extending to the molecular dimension, partly as a result of development and application of new techniques. This complements the advances made in parallel in clinically oriented vision research [2]. The current book endeavours to review the progress made in the ecology of vision field by bringing together many of the major researchers presently active in the expanded subject area. The contents deal with theoretical and physical considerations of light and photoreception, present examples of visual system structure and function, and delve into aspects of visual behaviour and communi cation. Throughout the book, we have tried to emphasise one of the major themes to emerge within the ecology of vision: the high degree of adaptability that visual mechanisms are capable of undergoing in response to diverse, and dynamic, environments and behaviours.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1732 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015007732210

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Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Medicine
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030021768827

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National Library of Medicine Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf