ably lower than prior published estimates based on visual physical examinations. Routine community-level screening and cost financing schemes could improve detection of pre-clinical eye disease and the utilisation of surgical care. It could also pre-empt disability and economic hardships associated with advanced VI in the region.

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Subsequently, we investigate when we can hold someone responsible for her actions. We argue that the standard conception of personal responsibility does not provide an appropriate framework to address these concerns. A different, prospective account of responsibility meets part of our concerns, that is, concerns about inequality of opportunities,…[Read more]

Damage generated by both the refrigeration process and exposure to irritant products led to a five-fold reduction in the amount of corneal-permeated pesticide as well as a two-fold increase in retention. Thus, the ex vivo permeation approach with whole eyes seems to be a simple and reproducible method to evaluate pesticides. It is evident that…[Read more]

In conservation agriculture systems, farmers gain many advantages from retaining crop residue on the soil surface, but crop residue retention in these systems may intervene with the activity of pre-emergence herbicides. A pot study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different rates of pre-emergence herbicides [imazethapyr (100 and 150 g a. i.…[Read more]