Changes In Accommodation Research Articles

To what extent can intracrater layered deposits that lack clear sedimentary textures be used to infer depositional environments?

Craters within Arabia Terra, Mars, contain hundreds of meters of layered strata showing systematic alternation between slope- and cliff-forming units, suggesting either rhythmic deposition of distinct lithologies or similar lithologies that experienced differential cementation. On Earth, rhythmically deposited strata can be examined in terms of stratal packaging, wherein the interplay of tectonics, sediment deposition, and base level (i.e., the position above which sediment accumulation is expected to be temporary) result in changes in the amount of space available for sediment accumulation. These predictable patterns of sediment deposition can be used to infer changes in basin accommodation regardless of the mechanism of deposition (e.g. fluvial, lacustrine, or aeolian). Here, we analyze sedimentary deposits from three craters (Becquerel Crater, Danielson Crater, Crater A) in Arabia Terra. Each crater contains layered deposits that are clearly observed in orbital images. Although orbital images are insufficient to specifically determine the origin of sedimentary deposits, depositional couplets can be interpreted in terms of potential accommodation space available for deposition, and changes in the distribution of couplet thickness through stratigraphy can be interpreted in terms of changing base level and the production of new accommodation space. Differences in stratal packaging in these three craters suggest varying relationships between sedimentary influx, sedimentary base level, and concomitant changes in accommodation space. Previous groundwater upwelling models hypothesize that layered sedimentary deposits were deposited under warm climate conditions of early Mars. Here, we use observed stacking patterns to propose a model for deposition under cold climate conditions, wherein episodic melting of ground ice could raise local base level, stabilize sediment deposition, and result in differential cementation of accumulated strata. Such analysis demonstrates that a first-order understanding of sedimentary deposition and accumulation—despite a lack of textural information that inhibits interpretation of depositional mechanism—can provide insight into potentially changeable depositional conditions of early Mars.

A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Brief Family Intervention to Reduce Accommodation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Preliminary Study

Accommodation consists of changes in family members’ behavior to prevent or reduce patients’ obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) rituals or distress. High levels of family accommodation are associated with more severe symptoms and functional impairment in patients, and may also interfere with exposure-based treatment. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an intervention to reduce accommodation in the family members of adult OCD patients. Patients (N=18, mean age=35.44, 33% male, 94% Caucasian) received a course of standard individual exposure and ritual prevention (ERP) for OCD. Family members (N=18, mean age=41.72, 56% male, 94% Caucasian) were randomized to either receive or not receive the adjunctive intervention, consisting of two sessions of psychoeducation and skills training in reducing accommodation. Results revealed that the intervention successfully reduced scores on the clinician-rated Family Accommodation Scale (Week 8: d=1.05). Patients whose family members received the intervention showed greater reductions in Yale-Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale scores across treatment than patients whose family members had not (Week 8: d=1.27), and hierarchical regression analyses revealed that change in family accommodation from baseline accounted for a significant amount of variance in later OCD symptoms (β=.45, p=.02). Results from this preliminary study suggest that adjunctive intervention produces more rapid treatment response compared with traditional ERP alone. Accommodation is a potentially important target for improving treatment in OCD and other diagnostic groups where accommodation is likely to occur.

Reciprocal Changes In Foreset To Bottomset Facies In A Gilbert-Type Delta: Response To Short-Term Changes In Base Level

Abstract Results of a detailed sedimentological study of the mid-Pleistocene Gilbert-type Ilias delta at the southern coast of the Corinth Rift, Greece, are reported. The study indicates that the development of a turbidite-dominated facies assemblage (TFA) of delta foreset deposits is associated with an oblique delta-brink geometry, which signifies a deficit of delta-front accommodation due to the falling or stable base level. A debrite-dominated assemblage (DFA) of foreset deposits forms when the base level is rising and the delta-brink geometry becomes sigmoidal, signifying an increase in delta-front accommodation. The comparison of coeval foreset and toeset to bottomset deposits in the delta indicates a reverse pattern of reciprocal changes in facies assemblages, with the foreset TFA deposits corresponding to delta-foot DFA deposits, and with the foreset DFA deposits corresponding to delta-foot TFA deposits. This reciprocal alternation of TFA and DFA facies assemblages is attributed to changes in the delta-front accommodation driven by short-term base-level changes, with a degree of “noise” in the facies record due to the system autogenic variability and regional climatic fluctuations. The study sheds a new light on the changing pattern of subaqueous sediment dispersal in Gilbert-type deltaic systems in response to base-level changes. It also indicates a new possibility for the recognition of a hidden record of such changes in other similar ancient deltas on the basis of their detailed facies analysis.

20 Myr of eccentricity paced lacustrine cycles in the Cenozoic Ebro Basin

Long-period orbital forcing is a crucial component of the major global climate shifts during the Cenozoic as revealed in marine pelagic records. A complementary regional perspective of climate change can be assessed from internally drained lake basins, which are directly affected by insolation and precipitation balance. The Ebro Basin in northeastern Iberia embraces a 20 Myr long continuous sedimentary record where recurrent expansions and retractions of the central lacustrine system suggest periodic shifts of water balance due to orbital oscillations. In order to test climatic (orbital) forcing a key-piece of the basin, the Los Monegros lacustrine system, has been analyzed in detail. The cyclostratigraphic analysis points to orbital eccentricity as pacemaker of short to long-term lacustrine sequences, and reveals a correlation of maxima of the 100-kyr, 400-kyr and 2.4-Myr eccentricity cycles with periods of lake expansion. A magnetostratigraphy-based chronostratigraphy of the complete continental record allows further assessing long-period orbital forcing at basin scale, a view that challenges alternate scenarios where the stratigraphic architecture in foreland systems is preferably associated to tectonic processes. We conclude that while the location of lacustrine depocenters reacted to the long-term tectonic-driven accommodation changes, shorter wavelenght oscillations of lake environments, still million-year scale, claims for a dominance of orbital forcing. We suggest a decoupling between (tectonic) supply-driven clastic sequences fed from basin margins and (climatic) base level-driven lacustrine sequences in active settings with medium to large sediment transfer systems.

Juvenile Desistance and Community Disadvantage: The Role of Appropriate Accommodations and Engagements

In recent years, juvenile justice systems have shown renewed interest in ensuring effective programming and support for young offenders as they reenter the community. These services often focus on suitable accommodations, education, work-based employment, and engagement in conventional activities. Recent studies also suggest, however, that these services may not have the desired impact in the community (i.e. desistance) if underlying community-level risk factors are not attended to. This may especially be the case for young offenders. Given the developmental literature underscoring the heightened sensitivity of youth to external conditions, this study focuses attention on the recidivism of young offenders in the United Kingdom. Data from 2005 through 2009 show that changes in appropriate accommodation and engagement offered to ex-offenders in a community are both related to a community’s rate of youth reoffending; however, the strength of this relationship differs across level of community disadvantage.

Anisotropic thermal expansion of a 3D metal–organic framework with hydrophilic and hydrophobic pores

A 3D flexible metal–organic framework (MOF) with 1D hydrophilic and hydrophobic pores shows anisotropic thermal expansion with relatively large thermal expansion coefficient (αa=−21×10−6K−1 and αc=79×10−6K−1) between 133K and 383K. Temperature change gives deformation of both pores, which expand in diameter and elongate in length on cooling and vice versa. The thermally induced structural change should be derived from a unique framework topology like “lattice fence”. Silica accommodation changes not only the nature of the MOF but also thermal responsiveness of the MOF. Since the hydrophobic pores in the material are selectively blocked by the silica, the MOF with the silica is considered as a hydrophilic microporous material. Furthermore, inclusion of silica resulted in a drastic pore contraction in diameter and anisotropically changed the thermal responsiveness of the MOF.

Sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Lower Jurassic succession, Western Iraq

The Lower Jurassic succession of Western Iraq reflects deposition within various depositional environments. These are fluvial, coastal plain, sabkha, shallow restricted marine, and shallow open marine environments. Several third- and fourth-order cycles were recognized within the studied succession. Facies stacking patterns, cycle thicknesses, and symmetries were the direct result of different effects of the major controlling factors (eustacy, subsidence, rate of carbonate production, and clastic supply) at different locations within the study area of Western Iraq. The different rates of subsidence between the Rutba uplift, Anah Graben, and the unstable shelf area produced different effects on the Lower Jurassic sequence development. In the Rutba uplift where the rate of subsidence was at its minimum, eustacy was the major controlling factor. Tectonic subsidence was the major controlling factor on sequence development of the other sections where high rates of subsidence characterized these areas. The development of the Lower Jurassic basin in Western Iraq was initiated during the early stages of the Neo-Tethys opening. The physiography of this passive margin basin was controlled by the Hail-Rutba Arch and the Anah Graben within the stable shelf area. Facies architecture was controlled mainly by the change in accommodation (eustacy + subsidence). The resultant relative sea level greatly affected the nature of carbonate production and consequently facies stacking pattern.

Asymmetric wavefront aberrations and pupillary shapes induced by electrical stimulation of ciliary nerve in cats measured with compact wavefront aberrometer.

To investigate the changes in the wavefront aberrations and pupillary shape in response to electrical stimulation of the branches of the ciliary nerves in cats. Seven eyes of seven cats were studied under general anesthesia. Trains of monophasic pulses (current, 0.1 to 1.0 mA; duration, 0.5 ms/phase; frequency, 5 to 40 Hz) were applied to the lateral or medial branch of the short ciliary nerve near the posterior pole of the eye. A pair of electrodes was hooked onto one or both branch of the short ciliary nerve. The electrodes were placed about 5 mm from the scleral surface. The wavefront aberrations were recorded continuously for 2 seconds before, 8 seconds during, and for 20 seconds after the electrical stimulation. The pupillary images were simultaneously recorded during the stimulation period. Both the wavefront aberrations and the pupillary images were obtained 10 times/sec with a custom-built wavefront aberrometer. The maximum accommodative amplitude was 1.19 diopters (D) produced by electrical stimulation of the short ciliary nerves. The latency of the accommodative changes was very short, and the accommodative level gradually increased up to 4 seconds and reached a plateau. When only one branch of the ciliary nerve was stimulated, the pupil dilated asymmetrically, and the oblique astigmatism and one of the asymmetrical wavefront terms was also altered. Our results showed that the wavefront aberrations and pupillary dilations can be measured simultaneously and serially with a compact wavefront aberrometer. The asymmetric pupil dilation and asymmetric changes of the wavefront aberrations suggest that each branch of the ciliary nerve innervates specific segments of the ciliary muscle and dilator muscle of the pupil.

A quantitative geometric mechanics lens model: Insights into the mechanisms of accommodation and presbyopia

This study expands on a geometric model of ocular accommodation (Reilly and Ravi, Vision Res. 50:330-336; 2010) by relaxing assumptions regarding lens symmetry about the equator. A method for predicting stretching force was derived. Two models were then developed: Model 1 held the equatorial geometry constant at all stages of accommodation, while Model 2 allowed localized deformation at the equator. Both models were compared to recent data for axial thickness, anterior and posterior radii of curvature, surface area, cross-sectional area, volume, and stretching force for the 29-year-old lens. Age-related changes in accommodation were also simulated. Model 1 gave predictions which agreed with the Helmholtz theory of accommodation, while Model 2's predictions agreed with the Schachar mechanism of accommodation. Trends predicted by Model 1 agreed with all available experimental data, while Model 2 disagreed with recent surface area measurements. Further analysis indicated that Model 1 was fundamentally more efficient in that it required less force per diopter change in optical power than Model 2. Model 1 more accurately predicted age-related changes in accommodation amplitude. This implies that the zero-force (fully accommodated) state geometry changes with age due to a shifting balance in residual stresses between the lens and capsule.

Pharmacologically stimulated pupil and accommodative changes in Guinea pigs.

The guinea pig is being used increasingly as a model of human myopia. As accommodation may influence the effects of manipulations used in experimental myopia models, understanding the accommodative ability of guinea pigs is important. Here, nonselective muscarinic agonists were used as pharmacological tools to study guinea pig accommodation. Measurements were made on 15 pigmented guinea pigs. For in vivo testing, animals were anesthetized and, following baseline measurements, 2% pilocarpine was applied topically. Measurements included A-scan ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, corneal topography, and refraction. In vitro lens scanning experiments were performed using anterior segment preparations, with measurements before and during exposure to carbachol. Anterior segment structures were examined histologically and immunohistochemistry was done to characterize the muscarinic receptor subtypes present. In vivo, pilocarpine induced a myopic shift in refractive error coupled to a small, but consistent decrease in anterior chamber depth (ACD), a smaller and more variable increase in lens thickness, and a decrease in pupil size. Lens thickness increases were short-lived (10 minutes), while ACD and pupil size decreased over 20 minutes. Corneal curvature was not significantly affected. Carbachol tested on anterior segment preparations in vitro was without effect on lens back vertex distance, but did stimulate pupil constriction. Immunohistochemistry indicated the presence of muscarinic receptor subtypes 1 to 5 in the iris and ciliary body. The observed pilocarpine-induced changes in ACD, lens thickness, and refraction are consistent with active accommodation in the guinea pig, through cholinergic muscarinic stimulation.

Convergence Accommodation to Convergence CA/C Ratio: Convergence Versus Divergence

Aim: To determine whether the convergence accommodation to convergence (CA/C) ratio during divergence with base-in (BI) prisms is of a similar or different magnitude to that measured during convergence with base-out (BO) prisms.Methods: Eighteen participants with normal binocular single vision were recruited. The participants viewed a pseudo-Gaussian target, which consisted of a light emitting diode (LED) behind a diffusing screen at 40 cm. After 5 minutes of dark adaptation, the refractive status of the eye was measured without any prism using a Shin-Nippon SRW-5000 autorefractor. The participant held the selected prism (5Δ or 10Δ BO or BI, counterbalanced) in front of their right eye and obtained a single, fused image of the target while refractive measures were taken with each. A 30-second rest period was given between measurements. The mean age of the participants was 20.6 ± 3.22 years.Results: The mean CA/C ratios for the 5Δ BO, 10Δ BO, 5Δ BI, and 10Δ BI were 0.108 (±0.074) D/Δ, 0.110 (±0.056) D/Δ, 0.100 (±0.090) D/Δ, and 0.089 (±0.055) D/Δ, respectively. A 2-factor repeated measures ANOVA found that the CA/C ratio did not significantly change with differing levels of prism-induced convergence and divergence (p = 0.649).Conclusions: Change in accommodation induced by manipulating vergence is similar whether convergence or divergence are induced. The CA/C ratio did not show any change with differing levels of prism-induced convergence and divergence.

A baseline controlled examination of a 5-day intensive treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

This study extends support for a 5-day intensive exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment protocol for pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Twenty-two children with OCD received ERP treatment twice daily for 5 days. The treatment also emphasized teaching children and parents how to conduct ERP independently after they returned home. Symptoms were assessed at four time-points: Baseline, 4 weeks later at pre-treatment, one week after the intensive treatment 5-day treatment, and at 3 month follow-up. Changes on the primary outcome measure, clinician severity ratings on the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children, and secondary measures, indicated that OCD symptoms remained stable from the evaluation to baseline and improved significantly from baseline to follow-up. Moreover, parental accommodation of OCD decreased significantly from baseline to post-treatment and from post-treatment to follow-up. These data suggest that the 5-day intervention demonstrates efficacy in reducing OCD symptoms and may initiate change in parent accommodation that continues to improve after the family returns home.

스마트폰 사용에 따른 20대 성인의 조절기능 변화

목적: 본 연구에서는스마트폰을 이용한 근거리 작업 시 조절 기능의 변화가 유도되는가를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 20대의 총 63명 (남성 26명, 여성 37명)을 대상으로 조절 기능과 교정 전 등가구면도수를 측정하여 대조군 값으로 하였다. 실내조명 아래에서 연구대상자들에게 30분 동안 책을 읽게 한 후 30분간의 휴식 시간을 가지게 하고 순차적으로 동일한 시간 동안 스마트폰으로 영화를 보게 하거나 작업순서에 따른 오차를 배제하기 위하여 반대의 순서로 영화보기와 책읽기를 하게 하였다. 연구대상자들의 조절기능은 1) 최대조절력, 2) 조절 용이성, 3) 양성 및 음성상대조절, 4) 조절 래그 및 교정하지 않은 등가구면도수를 각 작업 후에 다시 검사하고 대조군 값과 비교하였다. 결과: 단안 최대조절력은 독서 후와 비교하여 스마트폰 시청 후 유의하게 감소하였다. 단안 및 양안 조절용이성은 독서나 스마트폰 사용 후 모두 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 아니었으며, 양성상대조절값은 독서나 스마트폰 사용 후 모두 유의한 변화가 없었다. 스마트폰 사용 후 음성상대조절 값은 독서 후와는 달리 거의 변화가 없었다. 스마트폰 사용 후 조절래그 값은 독서 후의 경우보다 유의하게 높았다. 결론: 30분 동안의 스마트폰을 사용한 근거리 작업은 일부 조절기능의 변화를 유발하였으며, 그 변화는 동일한 작업 환경에서의 독서 시 보다 유의하게 컸다. Purpose: The present study was conducted to investigate whether near work with smartphone could induce the change of accommodative function. Methods: Total 63 subjects(26 male and 37 female) in their 20s were firstly examined their visual functions related to accommodation and uncorrected spherical equivalent power as the control. After that, the subjects were asked to read a book for 30 min and sequentially watch a movie on smartphone for the same time after 30 min-break under the indoor light or as it was in the reverse order to avoid time-ordered effect. Their accommodative functions, 1) accommodative amplitude, 2) accommodative facility, 3) relative positive/negative accommodation, and 4) accommodative lag and their uncorrected spherical equivalent power were examined again following each task and compared with the control values. Results: The monocular accommodative amplitude was significantly decreased after smartphone watching compared with it after reading. The monocular and binocular accommodative facilities were tended to reduce after smartphone watching and book reading but were not significantly different. Neither significant change in positive relative accommodation was determined after smartphone watching nor book reading. Negative relative accommodation after smartphone watching was almost unchanged unlike reading a book. The accommodative lag after smartphone work was significantly higher than after book reading. Conclusions: The near work with a smartphone for 30 min induced the change of some accommodative functions, which was significantly greater than when reading under the same working environment.

70 * REFERRALS FOR INDEPENDENT MEDICAL CAPACITY ADVOCATES: EXPLORATORY SURVEY FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIT

Background: The Mental Capacity Act (2005) states an Independent Medical Capacity Advocate (IMCA) should be arranged for any unbefriended adult who lacks capacity and is in need of serious medical treatment, is in need of a change in accommodation or who has been in hospital for 28 days. Concern had been raised from the Safeguarding Team at the local county council about low referral rates compared to government estimates. We wanted to establish whether we were failing to refer people who meet IMCA referral criteria, and how we could efficiently audit this on a hospital-wide scale. Sampling methods: Two geriatricians systematically reviewed hospital notes from all discharges over a two-week period in September 2011 (one surgical ward, two medical). We identified from the notes whether patients had a diagnosis of dementia/delirium during that admission, which may have caused them to lack capacity. For those who did, documented next of kin/friend details were sought. Full hospital coding for these admissions was reviewed, to establish its potential for identifying all patients with dementia/delirium. Our designated “gold-standard” was the two-doctor agreement on dementia/delirium being present during that admission. Results: 92 sets of notes were obtained. 11/92 (12%) patients were considered to have had dementia/ delirium. All 11 (100%) had a clearly documented next of kin/friend. Regarding coding, 0/92 patients were considered to have been inappropriately coded as having dementia/delirium. Only 6/11 (55%) were correctly identified as having dementia/delirium on coding. Conclusions: Systematic notes review is a preferable method for auditing whether IMCA referrals are made when appropriate, as 45% patients with dementia/delirium were missed on coding. Further education on dementia, delirium recognition and importance of documentation is being given to medical and coding staff, and mandatory fields in discharge summaries introduced. IMCA referrals and coding accuracy will be re-reviewed.

Reef slope geometries and facies distribution: controlling factors (Messinian, SE Spain)

Sea-level fluctuations and changes in sediment grain size are widely thought to be the main factors controlling carbonate platform slope geometries. Two successive clinoform bodies from the Upper Miocene Cariatiz carbonate platform (SE Spain) were selected to analyze geometry and facies distribution in relation to sea-level oscillations. Facies occurring in these clinoform bodies are from top to bottom reef-framework, reef-framework debris, Halimeda breccia, Halimeda rudstone, and bioclastic packstone, as well as siltstone and marl. Slope geometry and facies, composition, and distribution, are significantly different in each clinoform body. These differences are the result of the interaction of several factors such as coral growth, in situ slope carbonate production, rockfalls and sediment gravity flows, hemipelagic rain, reworking of reef-slope facies and siliciclastic input. Changes in accommodation were related to sea-level fluctuations and controlled the relative impact of these factors. A sea-level fall took place in the time between deposition of the selected clinoform bodies and changed the hydrographical conditions of the basin. These changes influenced the presence of Halimeda and the grain-size distribution, and consequently the slope geometries. Reef-slope geometry is not exclusively controlled by changes in grain size. The stabilization by organic binding is proposed to be a significant factor controlling the slope deposition.

An analytical method for predicting the geometrical and optical properties of the human lens under accommodation

We present an analytical method to describe the accommodative changes in the human crystalline lens. The method is based on the geometry-invariant lens model, in which the gradient-index (GRIN) iso-indicial contours are coupled to the external shape. This feature ensures that any given number of iso-indicial contours does not change with accommodation, which preserves the optical integrity of the GRIN structure. The coupling also enables us to define the GRIN structure if the radii and asphericities of the external lens surfaces are known. As an example, the accommodative changes in lenticular radii and central thickness were taken from the literature, while the asphericities of the external surfaces were derived analytically by adhering to the basic physical conditions of constant lens volume and its axial position. The resulting changes in lens geometry are consistent with experimental data, and the optical properties are in line with expected values for optical power and spherical aberration. The aim of the paper is to provide an anatomically and optically accurate lens model that is valid for 3 mm pupils and can be used as a new tool for better understanding of accommodation.

Reduced vergence adaptation is associated with a prolonged output of convergence accommodation in convergence insufficiency.

Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a developmental visual anomaly defined clinically by a reduced near point of convergence, a reduced capacity to view through base-out prisms (fusional convergence); coupled with asthenopic symptoms typically blur and diplopia. Experimental studies show reduced vergence parameters and tonic adaptation. Based upon current models of accommodation and vergence, we hypothesize that the reduced vergence adaptation in CI leads to excessive amounts of convergence accommodation (CA). Eleven CI participants (mean age=17.4±2.3 years) were recruited with reduced capacity to view through increasing magnitudes of base out (BO) prisms (mean fusional convergence at 40 cm=12±0.9Δ). Testing followed our previous experimental design for (n=11) binocularly normal adults. Binocular fixation of a difference of Gaussian (DoG) target (0.2 cpd) elicited CA responses during vergence adaptation to a 12Δ BO. Vergence and CA responses were obtained at 3 min intervals over a 15 min period and time course were quantified using exponential decay functions. Results were compared to previously published data on eleven binocular normals. Eight participants completed the study. CI's showed significantly reduced magnitude of vergence adaptation (CI: 2.9Δ vs. normals: 6.6Δ; p=0.01) and CA reduction (CI=0.21 D, Normals=0.55 D; p=0.03). However, the decay time constants for adaptation and CA responses were not significantly different. CA changes were not confounded by changes in tonic accommodation (Change in TA=0.01±0.2D; p=0.8). The reduced magnitude of vergence adaptation found in CI patients resulting in higher levels of CA may potentially explain their clinical findings of reduced positive fusional vergence (PFV) and the common symptom of blur.

정상군과 폭주부족군에서 조절반응 변화량의 비교

목적: 정상군과 폭주부족군을 대상으로 양안개방형 자동굴절검사기(Nvision-K5001, shin-nippon, Japan)를 이용하여 시교정 상태에 따른 조절 반응량을 측정하여 조절의 변화량을 조사하였다. 방법: 피검자는 등가구면 굴절력 평균이 우안은 <TEX>$-2.28{\pm}2.03$</TEX> D이고, 좌안은 <TEX>$-2.18{\pm}2.01$</TEX> D인 19~29세(평균연령 <TEX>$21.59{\pm}2.53$</TEX>세)의 대학생 74명(남 54명, 여 20명)을 타각적자각적 굴절검사를 실시하여 완전교정과 플러스 렌즈를 임의적으로 +0.25 D, +0.50 D, +0.75 D로 부가한 저교정 상태에서 조절 반응량을 측정하여 그 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 정상군과 폭주부족군 모두에서 주시거리가 짧을수록 조절래그가 커지는 경향을 보였다. 폭주부족군은 정상군보다 조절 반응량의 값이 낮게 나타났으나 조절폭은 조금 크게 나타났다. 정상군에서는 저교정(+0.50 D) 상태와 폭주부족군의 완전교정의 조절 반응량이 비슷한 값을 보였다. 시교정 상태에 따른 주시거리와 조절 반응량의 상관관계는 저교정 정도가 클수록 상관계수가 작아지는 것으로 분석 되었다. 결론: 근시와 정시안인 경우 장시간 근거리 작업 시 +0.50 D 정도의 저교정은 조절기능에 영향을 주어 안정피로 증상을 해소하는데 도움이 된다. Purpose: This study investigated accommodative changes by measuring accommodative response, appearing on the normal and convergence insufficiency Group, by using both eyes open-view auto-refractometer (Nvision-K5001, shin-nippon, Japan). Methods: It carried out objective and subjective refractions, targeting 74 college students (54 males and 20 females) aged between 19 and 29 (<TEX>$21.59{\pm}2.53$</TEX>), spherical equivalent OD <TEX>$-2.28{\pm}2.03$</TEX> D, OS <TEX>$-2.18{\pm}2.01$</TEX> D, by measuring accommodative responses at full correction and under correction with plus lens +0.25, +0.50, +0.75 arbitrarily added. Results: In the group of normal and convergence insufficiency, the shorter fixation distances were, the greater accommodative lags showed. The group of convergence insufficiency showed the lesser changes of accommodative response than those of normal. But we found that the convergence insufficiency group had a little larger accommodative amplitude in the total fixation distances. The full correction of convergence insufficiency group and the under correction (+0.50 D) of normal were alike in the accommodative responses. We have also investigated that the correlation between accommodative responses and fixation distances was decreased steeply at the excessive low vision correction. Conclusions: Under correction (+0.50 D) in a near distance is expected to avoid unnecessary accommodative responses, make eyes relaxed and comfortable.

4D Wheeler diagrams: concept and applications

Abstract The conventional Wheeler diagram aids the construction of a spatiotemporal framework of strata. The diagrams are created manually by studying outcrops, wells, or seismic data. For the latter case, automated methods now exist, which support the construction of 2D, as well as 3D Wheeler diagrams. Seismic data contains information in three dimensions, X , Y and Z , where ‘ Z ’ is either two-way time or depth. Seismic horizons are correlated surfaces that often follow geological time lines. In this case, a set of interpreted seismic horizons contains information in four dimensions ( X , Y , Z , and Geological Time). In the mapping from the structural domain to Wheeler space, information about Z (thickness) is lost. This means that one dimension is missing in the conventional Wheeler diagram. This paper describes a method to add information from the Z dimension to the Wheeler domain. It is done by computing stratigraphic thicknesses per sequence stratigraphic unit and displaying these as colour-coded overlays in the Wheeler domain. Thus displayed, thickness variations help in understanding changes in accommodation, sedimentation rate, and depositional trends. 3D Wheeler displays with colour-coded thickness information are referred to as 4D Wheeler diagrams. In this article, the method is described and applied to a case study from the southern North Sea.

Bi-directional corneal accommodation in alert chicks with experimentally-induced astigmatism

This study aimed to characterize corneal accommodation in alert chicks with and without experimentally-induced astigmatism. Refraction and corneal biometry were measured in 16 chicks with experimentally-induced astigmatism (>1.00 D) and 6 age-matched control chicks (astigmatism ⩽ 1.00 D). Corneal accommodation was detected using a Placido-ring based videokeratography system, by measuring changes in corneal curvature from a series of consecutive images acquired from alert chicks. The correlation between the magnitudes of corneal accommodation and astigmatism was analyzed by including data from all 22 chicks. Data from all eyes showed obvious bi-directional changes in corneal accommodation. There was no significant difference in corneal accommodative changes between the fellow eyes of the treated birds, and the right and left eyes of control birds. However, positive accommodation (PA) and maximum magnitude of PA (MPA) were significantly higher in the astigmatic vs. the fellow eyes of treated chicks (mean ± SE: PA=+2.24 ± 0.44 D vs. +1.26 ± 0.20 D; MPA=+7.53 ± 0.81 D vs. +4.38 ± 0.53 D, both p<0.05). This was not the case for negative accommodation (NA) or maximum magnitude of NA (MNA) (NA=-0.46 ± 0.15 D vs. -0.33 ± 0.04 D; MNA=-0.92 ± 0.23 D vs. -0.73 ± 0.12D, respectively, p>0.05). Furthermore, higher PA and MPA were found to be correlated with higher refractive astigmatism (both r=0.34, p<0.05). These results suggest that the presence of astigmatism may interfere with accommodative function in chicks.