This issue of ACTA, printed and electronic

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The cover illustration shows senile scleral plaques which is reported by Beck et al. in the electronic part of this issue of ACTA. Grzybowski points out that the various disciplines in medicine and science differ in size and that this effects the impact factor calculation. Scheerlinck et al. in the Netherlands found that the preoperative vision predicts postoperative visual acuity in many studies on epiretinal membrane surgery. OCT characteristics, metamorphopsia and autofluorescence may also have a prognostic role. Fernandes et al. in the United Kingdom and China reviewed smoking during pregnancy and vision difficulties in children. There were higher rates of strabismus, refractive errors and retinopathy among children of women who smoked during pregnancy. Leivo et al. in Helsinki describe a considerable risk of eye injury in sports, such as ice hockey and tennis. Klefter et al. in Denmark used motion-contrast velocimetry to study the regulation of retinal perfusion. Faber et al. in Denmark found increased plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor to be associated with age-related macular degeneration. They suggest that this supports low-grade inflammation. Knaapi et al. in Finland refine an old method to determine the actual size of retinal features on a fundus photograph. Carreno et al. in the United Kingdom, Australia and Spain describe panuveitis with nodular peripapillary changes in juvenile systemic granulomatous disease also known as Blau syndrome. Fledelius et al. in Copenhagen describe corneal deposits and abnormal vessel morphology in patients with Fabry disease. Holmström et al. in Sweden evaluated new Swedish guidelines for screening for retinopathy of prematurity and found the guidelines adequate. Zetterberg et al. in Sweden used anterior chamber angle surgery and in some cases tube implantation to treat paediatric glaucoma. Pärssinen et al. in Finland studied the prevalence of and changes in astigmatism from the onset of myopia at school age. They found that the prevalence and mean amount of refractive astigmatism associated with corneal astigmatism increased, and the axis of astigmatism changed among myopics during the 23-year follow-up. Koefoed et al. in Norway found that contrast sensitivity is not diminished by sleep deprivation. Talebizadeh et al. Uppsala describe the distribution of caspase-3 in the rat lens and suggest this enzyme may be involved in cataract formation. Mollazadegan and Lundström in Sweden analysed the relationship between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical outcome measures in 42 individual Swedish cataract surgery settings. For some clinics, up to 50% of the patients stated that they were very satisfied with their vision before surgery. The following articles are published electronically only. They are available on www.actaophthalmologica.com. On actaopthalmologica.com, you can find all the articles of this issue of ACTA and indeed all articles published in ACTA from the beginning. Eppig et al. in Germany found that the aberration-correcting intraocular lenses are associated with better contrast sensitivity. Beck et al. in Switzerland study senile scleral plaques with imaging and anterior segment OCT. They point out that these plaques have gained increased interest since the advent of intravitreal injections. These plaques are depicted on the cover of this issue of ACTA. Pérez-Rico et al. in Spain found the poor glucose control affects corneal biomechanics in patients with diabetes. Steinberg et al. in Germany and the United Kingdom validated a previously described algorithm as well as Scheimpflug tomography for the diagnose and classification of keratoconus. Rao et al. in India found that the spectral domain OCT imaging of the neuroretinal rim of the optic nerve did not adequately differentiate between glaucomatose and non-glaucomatose discs. Tanito et al. in Japan found no association between exfoliation and central retinal vein occlusion even when they used the LOXL1 gene as a marker for exfoliation. Maestroni et al. in Italy found that vasostatin-1 prevents choroidal neovascularization in mice. Zhang et al. in China found gene polymorphisms which are associated with increased risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a Chinese population. Kessel et al. in Denmark review ocular injuries from ammonium hydroxide sprayed into eyes. Massamba et al. in France found that the pain associated with intravitreal injection was greater in the inferior quadrants of the eye and in the right eye. Rantala and Majander in Helsinki used OCT to image cornea plana. Iribarren et al. in Norway describe the loss of refractive power of the lens in early adulthood. Fleischman et al. in USA reviewed cerebrospinal fluid pressure trends in diseases associated with glaucoma. Sung et al. in Korea found OCT reliable in assessing nerve fibre layer thickness regardless of refractive error. Tanito et al. in Japan describe a bidirectional flow of aqueous following glaucoma tube surgery. Introini et al. in Italy describe ischaemic maculopathy associated with cocaine use. I hope that the current issue of ACTA provides pleasant and educational reading in your summer house and elsewhere.