Predisposing factors, microbial characteristics and clinical outcome of microbial keratitis in Hong Kong: a 10-year experience

The World Cornea Congress (WCC-7) will be held immediately preceding the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium and Congresspostprin

Reducing debt improves psychological functioning and changes decision-making in the poor

10.1073/pnas.1810901116Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America116157244-724

Establishing research in ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Hong Kong: an institution profile

Established in 2006, the Department of Ophthalmology of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong became the territory’s second clinical academic unit in ophthalmology and visual science. Under the leadership of Professor David Sai Hung Wong (recently succeeded by Professor Jimmy Shiu Ming Lai), the department has focused on clinical excellence and research in vitreoretinal disease, glaucomatous optic neuropathy, and cornea and external eye disease. Through collaboration with leading ophthalmic institutions locally and abroad, the department aims to become one of the top academic institutions in Southeast Asia.link_to_OA_fulltex

The Importance of Considering Debt and Young Children in Activation: A Survival Analysis of Return to Welfare

10.1017/S1474746421000518Social Policy and Society222299-31

Combined application of prophylactic corneal cross-linking and laser in-situ keratomileusis - a review of literature

Laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is safe and effective laser refractive procedures in treating refractive errors. However, regression of treatment and iatrogenic keratectasia remain to be a major concern, especially in treating thin cornea with high ametropia. Collagen cross-linking (CXL) is an effective method in stopping keratoconus progression through increasing the biomechanical strength of the cornea. Adjuvant cross-linking to refractive procedures can theoretically help prevent regression and reduce the risk of keratectasia development by increasing the mechanical stability of cornea. During the procedure, riboflavin is directly applied to the corneal stroma, thereby reducing the need of de-epithelialization as in the conventional protocol for keratoconus. Currently, there is still no consensus regarding the indication of CXL during refractive procedure, nor any standardized treatment protocol. This article aims to summarize the current evidence regarding the use of adjuvant CXL in LASIK

The nationalisation of religion: Youth and Soka Gakkai in Singapore

The nationalisation of religion is introduced in this article as the condition in which the secular interests and values of the state are articulated and enacted by religious organisations or individuals participating in public life. It has two attributes: (1) performances are shrouded in a nationalistic character that renders the religious significantly invisible and as a result; (2) the prevailing political order proceeds unquestioned. To make its case, the article draws from the experiences of the youth of Soka who perform in public events such as the National Day Parade and Chingay in Singapore. These performances are some of the ways in which Soka presents itself as a cultural organisation working for peace and progress in Singapore. For them, it is about sending a message that individual and collective struggles can be overcome and that in spite of their differences, people can come together