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Experiencias De Vida De Madres Con Hijos En Condición De Discapacidad Visual, Luz Yurany Barona Peña, Judy Alexandra Rey León, Juan Fernando Oyasa Moncayo, Sandra Ortiz Vega

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

El objetivo del presente estudio es describir las experiencias de vida de madres con hijos en condición de discapacidad visual reportadas en la literatura científica. Se realizó una búsqueda de literatura en idioma inglés, sin límite en el periodo de publicación, por medio de los motores de búsqueda Pubmed, Scopus y Google Scholar. A los resultados reportados en dicha pesquisa se les aplicaron los criterios de inclusión y de exclusión planteados para este trabajo, seguidos de la evaluación de la calidad científica (Caspe), y finalmente se analizó cada uno de los artículos, organizando dichas experiencias con relación a las diferentes …

Ginkgo Biloba Extract 761 Reduces The Risk Of Progression Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Sergio Ramírez-González, Elizabeth Casillas-Casillas, Fernando Jaramillo-Juárez, Ana Rosa Rincón-Sánchez

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

La degeneración macular relacionada con la edad (AMD) es la principal causa de ceguera. Su desarrollo es poco conocido, pero concentraciones altas de especies reactivas de oxígeno pueden desencadenarla. El objetivo del estudio fue analizar si la acción antioxidante del suplemento dietético ginkgo biloba (EGb-761) retrasa el desarrollo de la AMD. Ensayo clínico hecho en México, con personas mayores de 55 años. Pacientes con AMD recibieron EGb-761: 50 mg/día (n = 26) o 100 mg/día (n = 22), durante 3 meses. Participó un grupo control de 22 personas sanas. Antes y después del tratamiento, se realizaron pruebas oculares funcionales y …

Asociación Entre El Uso De Los Lentes De Contacto Y La Epiteliopatía Palpebral En Limpiabrisas (Lwe): Una Revisión Cualitativa De La Literatura, Jefferson Alexander Pabón Rodríguez, Myriam Teresa Mayorga Corredor

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

Uno de los principales motivos de abandono de los lentes de contacto (LC) corresponde a los síntomas de incomodidad ocular. En ese sentido, la epiteliopatía palpebral en limpiabrisas (LWE, por sus siglas en inglés, lid wiper epitheliopathy) es una alteración epitelial de una región del margen palpebral llamada limpiabrisas palpebral (LW, por sus siglas en inglés, lid wiper). Durante los últimos años, dicha patología se ha evidenciado frecuentemente en usuarios de LC, según lo cual podría tratarse de un posible indicador clínico de las interacciones entre el lente y la superficie ocular que conducen al desarrollo de diversos síntomas, y …

Live Audiovisual Remote Assistance System (Laras) For Person With Visual Impairments, Zachary Frey, Nghia Vo, Varaha Maithreya, Tais Mota, Urvish Trivedi, Redwan Alqasemi, Rajiv Dubey

36th Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics

According to "The World Report on Vision" by World Health Organization (WHO) [1], there are more than 2.2 billion people who have near or distant vision Impairments, out of which 36 million people are classified as entirely blind. This report also emphasizes the importance of social and communal support in enabling individuals with vision impairments to integrate into society and reach their full potential. While performing daily activities and navigating the environment, people with visual impairments (PVIs) often require direct or synchronous assistance [2]. Consequently, there is a growing need for automated solutions to assist in this regard. However, existing …

Extracellular-Vesicle-Based Therapeutics In Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders, Hamed Massoumi, Sohil Amin, Mohammad Soleimani, Bita Momenaei, Mohammad Javad Ashraf, Victor H Guaiquil, Peiman Hematti, Mark I Rosenblatt, Ali R Djalilian, Elmira Jalilian

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as promising candidates for developing novel therapeutics for a wide range of pathologies, including ocular disorders, due to their ability to deliver a diverse array of bioactive molecules, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, to recipient cells. Recent studies have shown that EVs derived from various cell types, including mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), retinal pigment epithelium cells, and endothelial cells, have therapeutic potential in ocular disorders, such as corneal injury and diabetic retinopathy. EVs exert their effects through various mechanisms, including promoting cell survival, reducing inflammation, and inducing tissue regeneration. Furthermore, EVs have shown …

Comparación De Las Manifestaciones Oculares Durante El Contagio Por Covid-19 Y Después De La Vacunación, Luisa Fernanda Aguilar Serrano, Daniel Sebastián Cruz Mendoza, Nicolle Daniela Hernández Pacheco, Diana Valeria Rey-Rodríguez, Laura Nathaly Rojas Sánchez

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

El objetivo del presente estudio es identificar la frecuencia de manifestaciones sistémicas y oculares en pacientes diagnosticados con COVID-19, y analizar los síntomas asociados a la vacunación. Como metodología, se diseñó un cuestionario de 15 preguntas sobre manifestaciones oculares asociadas a la SARS-CoV-2 y síntomas tras la vacunación. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo, incluyendo el uso de porcentajes y frecuencias para variables cualitativas. Se realizaron análisis bivariados según la relación existentes entre las variables de interés. En el estudio participaron 270 personas en los siguientes porcentajes según edad: menores de 18 años, 10,7 % (29 personas); de 18 a 30 …

Leuprolide Acetate, A Gnrh Agonist, Holds Up Neurodegeneration In An Experimental Glaucoma Model, Héctor Esparza-Leal, Carlos G. Martínez-Moreno, Javier Ventura-Juárez, Jose Luis Quintanar

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

El glaucoma es la principal causa de ceguera irreversible en todo el mundo. En resumen, es una neuropatía óptica progresiva multifactorial que se correlaciona con la muerte de las células ganglionares de la retina, trastornos de la cabeza del nervio óptico y desórdenes del campo visual. Recientemente se ha reportado que el acetato de leuprolida tiene propiedades neurotróficas, el objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si su administración sistémica retrasa el proceso neurodegenerativo en un modelo experimental de glaucoma. Se incluyeron ratas Wistar divididas en tres grupos: 1) un grupo de control, 2) un grupo de glaucoma inducido por ácido …

Efecto Del Humo De Tabaco En La Película Lagrimal En Fumadores Activos Y Pasivos: Revisión De Tema, Mayra Jessica Tapia-Vargas, Mitzi Lorea Rodríguez De La Torre, Aranza Valeria García-Figueroa, Amabile A. Velo-Silvestre

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

Fumar tabaco de modo habitual, así como estar expuesto prolongadamente al humo del tabaco, son factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de diversos problemas en la superficie ocular; entre ellos, las alteraciones en la lágrima. El objetivo de esta revisión de tema es sintetizar la evidencia disponible sobre los diversos cambios que puede presentar la película lagrimal por la exposición del humo de tabaco. Para ello, se incluyeron estudios clínicos publicados entre los años 2016 y 2021, La búsqueda se realizó en tres bases de datos: PubMed, Web of Science y Science Direct, mediante las siguientes palabras clave: “tear film” …

2d Respiratory Sound Analysis To Detect Lung Abnormalities, Rafia Sharmin Alice, Kc Santosh

SDSU Data Science Symposium

Abstract. In this paper, we analyze deep visual features from 2D data representation(s) of the respiratory sound to detect evidence of lung abnormalities. The primary motivation behind this is that visual cues are more important in decision-making than raw data (lung sound). Early detection and prompt treatments are essential for any future possible respiratory disorders, and respiratory sound is proven to be one of the biomarkers. In contrast to state-of-the-art approaches, we aim at understanding/analyzing visual features using our Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) tailored Deep Learning Models, where we consider all possible 2D data such as Spectrogram, Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients …

Neonatal Intraocular Injection And Delivery System, Nina Treacher, Cory Ramsey, Marie Kosco, Jackson Carrell

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The proposed project is a way to deliver liquid medicine into the neonatal eye to prevent retinal detachment with lower risk for bacterial infection and drug misplacement. Currently, ophthalmologists use diabetic needles to introduce medication to the neonate eye. They estimate the injection location with hand-held calipers. This may allow the medicine to be misplaced from poor needle placement and introduce preventable error. The goal is to improve the delivery system ophthalmologists currently use by investigating ways to alter or enhance commonly used injection systems to make the procedure safer and more effective.

On The Pursuit Of Developer Happiness: Webcam-Based Eye Tracking And Affect Recognition In The Ide, Tamsin Rogers

Honors Theses

Recent research highlights the viability of webcam-based eye tracking as a low-cost alternative to dedicated remote eye trackers. Simultaneously, research shows the importance of understanding emotions of software developers, where it was found that emotions have significant effects on productivity, code quality, and team dynamics. In this paper, we present our work towards an integrated eye-tracking and affect recognition tool for use during software development. This combined approach could enhance our understanding of software development by combining information about the code developers are looking at, along with the emotions they experience. The presented tool utilizes an unmodified webcam to capture …

Neurorretinitis Por Arañazo De Gato: A Propósito De Un Caso, Fernando Godín Estrada, Eduardo Enrique Cadena Galvis, Laura Alejandra Acevedo Espitia, Diana Valeria Rey-Rodríguez

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

La enfermedad por arañazo de gato es una zoonosis distribuida por todo el mundo. En esa condición, los gatos son el reservorio primario de Bartonella henselae, siendo la pulga del gato (Ctenocephalides felis) el principal vector entre ellos. Dicha enfermedad se caracteriza por manifestaciones sistémicas predominantes en el cerebro, el ojo, el hígado, el bazo y el hueso. En este estudio se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina de 29 años, quien consultó por disminución de agudeza visual (AV) y dolor ocular pulsátil de intensidad 8/10, según la escala visual análoga (EVA) en el ojo izquierdo (OI), sin síntomas …

The Interconnection Of The Vestibular And Oculomotor Systems Analyzed In Healthy Young Adults By Examining Postural Sway, Cassandra Martin

Theses

In order to study the human brain in a non-invasive way, the vestibular and oculomotor systems have been analyzed simultaneously. To achieve this, an eye movement and balance assessment was conducted for 29 (23 male; 21.6 ± 3.8 years) healthy participants with no history of concussions, brain injuries, vertigo, migraines, brain surgeries, eye surgeries, or amblyopia. The tasks consisted of eyes open, eyes closed, horizontal saccades, vertical saccades, vergence jumps, horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), and vertical VOR. Each task was completed in two stances: feet shoulder width apart and feet together. Distance, velocity, sway area, center of pressure (COP) frequency, …

Investigating The Effect Of Dissolved Oxygen-Assisted Corneal Cross-Linking (Cxl) On Porcine Corneas, Julianni Dar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Corneal cross-linking is a clinical procedure that is known to stop the progression of keratoconus, an eye disease that affects the cornea’s structure, ultimately leading to vision loss in its advanced stages. The typical treatment plan includes riboflavin and UV-A exposure in the hope to increase the mechanical properties of the cornea. There are two types of CXL pathways, with Type-II CXL requiring oxygen. Naturally, the dissolved oxygen is limited in the cornea; therefore, limiting the effect of Type-II CXL. This study proposes to improve the Type-II CXL contribution by integrating dissolved oxygen during the standard CXL treatment used in …

Scandy: Simulating Realistic Human Scanpaths In Dynamic Real-World Scenes, Nicolas Roth, Martin Rolfs, Klaus Obermayer

MODVIS Workshop

No abstract provided.

Human Interaction With Fake News, Autumn Woodson, Sampath Jayarathna (Mentor)

Computer & Information Science: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Disinformation Detection and Analytics

No abstract provided.

Eye Movement And Pupil Measures: A Review, Bhanuka Mahanama, Yasith Jayawardana, Sundararaman Rengarajan, Gavindya Jayawardena, Leanne Chukoskie, Joseph Snider, Sampath Jayarathna

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Our subjective visual experiences involve complex interaction between our eyes, our brain, and the surrounding world. It gives us the sense of sight, color, stereopsis, distance, pattern recognition, motor coordination, and more. The increasing ubiquity of gaze-aware technology brings with it the ability to track gaze and pupil measures with varying degrees of fidelity. With this in mind, a review that considers the various gaze measures becomes increasingly relevant, especially considering our ability to make sense of these signals given different spatio-temporal sampling capacities. In this paper, we selectively review prior work on eye movements and pupil measures. We first …

Customer Gaze Estimation In Retail Using Deep Learning, Shashimal Senarath, Primesh Pathirana, Dulani Meedeniya, Sampath Jayarathna

Computer Science Faculty Publications

At present, intelligent computing applications are widely used in different domains, including retail stores. The analysis of customer behaviour has become crucial for the benefit of both customers and retailers. In this regard, the concept of remote gaze estimation using deep learning has shown promising results in analyzing customer behaviour in retail due to its scalability, robustness, low cost, and uninterrupted nature. This study presents a three-stage, three-attention-based deep convolutional neural network for remote gaze estimation in retail using image data. In the first stage, we design a mechanism to estimate the 3D gaze of the subject using image data …

Visuomotor Adaptation During Asymmetric Walking, Charles Napoli

Masters Theses

Necessary for effective ambulation, head stability affords optimal conditions for the perception of visual information during dynamic tasks. This maintenance of head-in-space equilibrium is achieved, in part, by the attenuation of the high frequency impact shock resulting from ground contact. While a great deal of experimentation has been done on the matter during steady state locomotion, little is known about how head stability or dynamic visual acuity is maintained during asymmetric walking.

In this study, fifteen participants were instructed to walk on a split-belt treadmill for ten minutes while verbally reporting the orientation of a randomized Landolt-C optotype that was …

Poly(2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Hydrogels For Contact Lens Applications–A Review, Kushendarsyah Saptaji, Nurlaely Rohmatul Iza, Sinta Widianingrum, Vania Katherine Mulia, Iwan Setiawan

Makara Journal of Science

The emerging technology in biomedical engineering requires biocompatible materials, which are also referred to as biomaterials. For a material to be considered biocompatible, it should not interact with human tissues in a harmful way, and vice versa. Various properties of biocompatible materials, such as mechanical and optical properties, have to be considered for different biomedical applications. One of the most popular applications of biomaterials is for contact lenses. Hydrogels, specifically poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) hydrogels, are among the most popular ones in ophthalmologic applications, especially in soft contact lenses. This paper reviews the use of PHEMA hydrogels as one of the …