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Optometry

Index Optometry

Optometry is a health care profession which involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities as well as the medical diagnosis and management of eye disease. [1]

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A Luneta Mágica

A Luneta Mágica (The Magical Glasses) is a 1869 novel written by Brazilian Romantic writer Joaquim Manuel de Macedo.

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A-scan ultrasound biometry

A-scan ultrasound biometry, commonly referred to as an A-scan (short for Amplitude scan), is routine type of diagnostic test used in optometry or ophthalmology.

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A. M. Skeffington

Arthur Marten Skeffington (1890 - 1976) was an American optometrist known to some as "the father of behavioral optometry".

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Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire and is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa.

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Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, normally at a college or university.

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Academic dress

Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have been admitted to a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities).

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Acts of the 88th Minnesota Legislature

The acts of the 88th Minnesota Legislature includes all acts by the 88th Minnesota Legislature, which lasts from January 8, 2013 to January 5, 2015.

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Acute retinal necrosis

Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN), is a medical inflammatory condition of the eye.

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Adams, Nebraska

Adams is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi

Adebayo "Bayo" O. Ogunlesi, JD (born December 20, 1953) is a Nigerian-born lawyer and investment banker.

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Adelphi University

Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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Adjustable-focus eyeglasses

Adjustable focus eyeglasses are eyeglasses with an adjustable focal length.

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Air Force Officer Training School

Officer Training School (OTS) is a United States Air Force commissioning program located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Air Force Specialty Code

The Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is an alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify a specific job.

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Akio Kanai

is the CEO of Fuji Optical in Hokkaido Japan, and the recipient of the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award.

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Alan Roger Currie

Alan Roger Currie (born March 3, 1963) is an award-winning American dating coach, self-help author, motivational speaker, and YouTube personality.

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Albert King Hawkes

Albert King Hawkes (June 1848 – November 1916) was an optometrist, inventor, and philanthropist and proponent of children's libraries in rural Georgia towns.

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Allied health professions

Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from nursing, medicine, and pharmacy.

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America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses

America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses is a discount provider of eye examinations, eyeglasses and contact lenses, with over 400 retail locations in the United States as of 2014.

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American Academy of Optometry

The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) is an organization of optometrists based in Orlando, Florida.

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American Optometric Association

The American Optometric Association (AOA), founded in 1898, represents approximately 37,000 doctors of optometry, optometry students and para-optometric assistants and technicians in the United States.

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Amsler grid

The Amsler grid, used since 1945, is a grid of horizontal and vertical lines used to monitor a person's central visual field.

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An-Najah National University

An-Najah National University (Arabic: جامعة النجاح الوطنية) is a Palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of Trustees.

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Anglia Regional Co-operative Society

Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited was the fifth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom.

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Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom.

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Anna Turvey

Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland.

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Anthony Adams (optometrist)

Anthony J. Adams (born October 12, 1940) is an Australian-American optometrist.

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Apollo-Optik

Apollo-Optik is a German optics company focusing on retail eyewear.

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Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia

The Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia (ANSA) is a non-profit professional organization for applied neuroscience in Australia, with members in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

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Arlene Wohlgemuth

Arlene Reid Wohlgemuth (born July 16, 1947) is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 58 in Johnson and Bosque counties south of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Army Medical Department (United States)

The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army (AMEDD), formerly the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches (or "Corps").

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Arthur Corvese

Arthur J. Corvese (born January 14, 1956 in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 55 since January 2003.

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Association of Optometrists

The Association of Optometrists (AOP) is the leading professional organisation for optometrists in the United Kingdom.

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Astigmatism (optical systems)

An optical system with astigmatism is one where rays that propagate in two perpendicular planes have different foci.

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Autorefractor

An autorefractor or automated refractor is a computer-controlled machine used during an eye examination to provide an objective measurement of a person's refractive error and prescription for glasses or contact lenses.

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Édouard Chavannes

Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes (5 October 1865 – 29 January 1918) was a French Sinologist and expert on Chinese history and religion, and is best known for his translations of major segments of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, the work's first ever translation into a Western language.

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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in '''Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae'''. (abbreviated in many ways, e.g. MBBS, MB ChB, MB BCh, MB BChir (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), BMBS), are the two first professional degrees in medicine and surgery awarded upon graduation from medical school by universities in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kingdom.

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Badal (disambiguation)

Badal may refer to.

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Bali Mandara Eye Hospital

The Bali Mandara Eye Hospital (Rumah Sakit Mata Bali Mandara, until 2013 Australia Bali Memorial Eye Centre or ABMEC) is an ophthalmology clinic and day surgery centre in Indonesia, built in memory of the 2002 Bali bombings.

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Base curve radius

Base curve radius, or simply base curve, abbreviated BCR or BC, is the measure of an important parameter of a lens in optometry.

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Bates method

The Bates method is an alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight.

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Beijing New Century International Hospital for Children

New Century International Hospital for Children, NCICH is a private, joint-venture, institution affiliated with the Beijing Children's Hospital at Beijing, next to the east gate of the Beijing Children's Hospital.

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Benjamin Lambert

Benjamin Joseph Lambert, III (January 29, 1937 – March 2, 2014) was an American optometrist, community leader and politician.

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Big W

Big W is an Australian chain of discount department stores, which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964.

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Bill Glasson (surgeon)

William John Glasson (born 2 January 1953) is an Australian ophthalmologist.

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Billy Pilgrim

Billy Pilgrim is a fictional character and protagonist of Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five, who has appeared in adaptations of the novel for film and the stage.

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Binocular vision

In biology, binocular vision is a type of vision in which an animal having two eyes is able to perceive a single three-dimensional image of its surroundings.

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Biomedical equipment technician

A biomedical engineering/equipment technician/technologist (BMET) or biomedical engineering/equipment specialist (BES or BMES) is typically an electro-mechanical technician or technologist who ensures that medical equipment is well-maintained, properly configured, and safely functional.

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Blast-related ocular trauma

Blast-related ocular trauma comprises a specialized group of penetrating and blunt force injuries to the eye and its structure caused by the detonation of explosive materials.

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Bob Hawks (Montana politician)

Robert L. "Bob" Hawks is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate.

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Bob Lindner

Bob Lindner (born 10 November 1962) is a former professional rugby league footballer and coach of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Bob Melby

Robert E. Melby (born August 6, 1928) is an American optometrist and former politician in the state of Florida.

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Bob Whittaker

Robert Russell Whittaker (born September 18, 1939) is a former U.S. Representative from Kansas.

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Brandon Burlsworth

Brandon Vaughn Burlsworth (September 20, 1976 – April 28, 1999) was an offensive lineman for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1995 to 1998.

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Brandon Miller (basketball)

Brandon Miller (born May 21, 1979) is an American basketball coach, who previously played college basketball at Southwest Missouri State and Butler.

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Brian A. Barsky

Brian A. Barsky is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, working in computer graphics and geometric modeling as well as in optometry and vision science.

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Brian Regan (comedian)

Brian Joseph Regan (born June 2, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor.

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Brien Holden Vision Institute

The Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) is an Australian nonprofit non-governmental organization with an international focus on eye care research and vision care delivery.

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Brite Futures

Brite Futures (formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, often shortened to NPSH) was an American indie rock/electronica band from Seattle, Washington.

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British degree abbreviations

Degree abbreviations are used as an alternative way to specify an academic degree instead of spelling out the title in full, such as in reference books such as Who's Who and on business cards.

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British Optical Association

The British Optical Association (BOA) was founded in February 1895 as the first professional body for ophthalmic opticians (optometrists) in the world.

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Bryce Harper

Bryce Aron Max Harper (born October 16, 1992) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Camden Medical

Camden Medical is a private medical centre in Singapore.

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Canadian Association of Optometrists

The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) is a national association of doctors of optometry (optometrists).

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Carl Zeiss Meditec

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is a multinational medical technology company.

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Carolyn Begley

Carolyn G. Begley is an American professor of optometry at Indiana University.

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Cebu Doctors' University

Cebu Doctors' University, abbreviated as CDU, is a private university located in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines.

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Central Colleges of the Philippines

The Central Colleges of the Philippines (Kolehiyong Sentral ng Pilipinas) also known as (CCP) is a coeducational educational institution located in Dona Imelda, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Centro Escolar University

Centro Escolar University (Filipino: Pamantasang Centro Escolar) is a private university in Manila, Philippines.

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Chalazion

Chalazion is a cyst in the eyelid due to a blocked oil gland.

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Charles B. Wang Community Health Center

The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (CBWCHC), founded in 1971, is a nonprofit organization and Federally Qualified Health Center.

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Charles O. Bick

Charles O. Bick (1909–1994) was the first chairman of the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners, the civilian body which oversaw the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force.

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Charles Willson Peale

Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist.

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Chinchilla, Queensland

Chinchilla is a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Christian Georg Theodor Ruete

Christian Georg Theodor Ruete (2 May 1810 – 23 June 1867) was a German ophthalmologist born in Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony.

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Cleveland Sight Center

Cleveland Sight Center is a CARF accredited non-profit agency founded in 1906 that provides preventative, educational, rehabilitative, and other services for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, directly serving approximately 10,000 clients annually (in 66 out of Ohio's 88 counties) and many more indirectly through its radio-reading and community outreach programs.

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Clinical officer

A clinical officer (CO) is a gazetted officer who provides medical care and treatment.

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Clinician

A clinician is a health care professional that works as a primary care giver of a patient in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, clinic, or patient's home.

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Cohen's Fashion Optical

Cohen's Fashion Optical (formerly known as Cohen’s Optical) is an optical retailer featuring fashion products such as eyeglasses, frames and sunglasses, lenses, contact lenses, and accessories.

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College of Optometrists

The College of Optometrists is the professional, scientific and examining body for optometry in the United Kingdom, working for the public benefit.

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College of Optometrists in Vision Development

The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) is an international, non-profit optometric membership organization which provides education, evaluation and board certification programs in behavioral and developmental vision care, vision therapy and visual rehabilitation.

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College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is a private, non-profit medical school for osteopathic medicine located in downtown Pomona, in the U.S. state of California.

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Columbia, Kentucky

Columbia is a home rule-class city just above Russell Creek in Adair County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Comparison of the healthcare systems in Canada and the United States

Comparison of the healthcare systems in Canada and the United States is often made by government, public health and public policy analysts.

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Computer vision syndrome

Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer or other display device for protracted, uninterrupted periods of time and the eye muscles being unable to recover from the strain due to a lack of adequate sleep.

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Contact lens

A contact lens, or simply contact, is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye.

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Contrast (vision)

Contrast is the difference in luminance or colour that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) distinguishable.

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Convergence insufficiency

Convergence insufficiency or convergence disorder is a sensory and neuromuscular anomaly of the binocular vision system, characterized by a reduced ability of the eyes to turn towards each other, or sustain convergence.

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Corneal topography

Corneal topography, also known as photokeratoscopy or videokeratography, is a non-invasive medical imaging technique for mapping the surface curvature of the cornea, the outer structure of the eye.

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Corrective lens

A corrective lens is a lens typically worn in front of the eye to improve vision.

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Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation, trading as Costco, is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only warehouse clubs.

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Cover test

A cover test or cover-uncover test is an objective determination of the presence and amount of ocular deviation.

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Cup-to-disc ratio

The cup-to-disc ratio (often notated CDR) is a measurement used in ophthalmology and optometry to assess the progression of glaucoma.

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Current members of the United States Senate

The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states.

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Cutler and Gross

Cutler and Gross is a British luxury eyewear brand founded by Graham Cutler and Tony Gross in 1969.

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Cyclopentolate

Cyclopentolate is a medication commonly used during pediatric eye examinations that dilates the eye (mydriatic), prevents accommodation of the eye to different distances (cycloplegic), and blocks specific receptors called muscarinic receptors (muscarinic antagonist).

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Damon E. Allen

Damon Earl Allen Sr. (January 19, 1921 – February 15, 2009) was an optometrist from Campbellsville in central Kentucky, who as a three-term president of the Kentucky Optometric Association led the campaign to procure passage in the Kentucky State Legislature of a bill permitting optometrists to prescribe medication for their patients.

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David Ferrer

David Ferrer Ern (born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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David Heath (politician)

David William St.

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David Heitmeier

David Richard Heitmeier (born November 1961) is an optometrist from New Orleans, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 7 in Orleans Parish.

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David Paisley

David Paisley (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish actor, especially well known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in Holby City, Ryan Taylor in Tinsel Town and most recently Rory Murdoch in River City.

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David Parker (Mississippi politician)

David Parker (born 1969) is an American optometrist and politician.

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Dawn Y. Lam

Dawn Y. Lam is an American optometrist and a member of American Academy of Optometry and American Optometric Association.

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DEA number

A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, optometrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.

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Dean Evan Hart

Dean Evan Hart, O.D., M.A., B.S., A.A.S., F.A.A.O. (born November 4, 1957) is a U.S.-based scientist, clinical optometrist, professor, and the founder of Woodbury Ophthalmic Group and Woodbury Optical Studio.

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Deck the Halls (2006 film)

Deck the Halls is a 2006 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Whitesell, written by Matt Corman, Chris Ord, and Don Rhymer and starring Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, and Kristin Chenoweth.

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Delia Villegas Vorhauer

Delia Villegas Vorhauer (April 17 1940 – June 1, 1992) was an American Latina social worker, who successfully ran programs to assist the Hispanic communities in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.

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Demographics of the 110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush.

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Diabetes Australia

Diabetes Australia is the third oldest diabetes association in the world, after the United Kingdom and Portugal.

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Die Straße

Die Straße (1923), also known as The Street, is a German silent film, directed by Karl Grune.

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Dilated fundus examination

Dilated fundus examination or dilated-pupil fundus examination (DFE) is a diagnostic procedure that employs the use of mydriatic eye drops (such as tropicamide) to dilate or enlarge the pupil in order to obtain a better view of the fundus of the eye.

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Dioptre

A dioptre (British spelling) or diopter (American spelling) is a unit of measurement of the optical power of a lens or curved mirror, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in metres.

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Diplopia

Diplopia, commonly known as double vision, is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally, vertically, diagonally (i.e., both vertically and horizontally), or rotationally in relation to each other.

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Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns

The Discovery Institute has conducted a series of related public relations campaigns which seek to promote intelligent design while attempting to discredit evolutionary biology, which the Institute terms "Darwinism." The Discovery Institute is the driving force behind the pseudoscientific intelligent design movement and the Institute directs the campaigns through its Center for Science and Culture division with guidance from its public relations firm, Creative Response Concepts.

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Doctor (title)

Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.

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Doctorate

A doctorate (from Latin docere, "to teach") or doctor's degree (from Latin doctor, "teacher") or doctoral degree (from the ancient formalism licentia docendi) is an academic degree awarded by universities that is, in most countries, a research degree that qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the degree's field, or to work in a specific profession.

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Dollond & Aitchison

Dollond & Aitchison was one of the oldest chains of retail opticians in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1750.

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Don Jessop

Donald Scott Jessop (21 June 1927 – 21 May 2018) was an Australian politician.

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Donald J. Mitchell

Donald Jerome Mitchell (May 8, 1923 – September 27, 2003) represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983.

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Doug Perkins

Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a British billionaire businessman.

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Douglas Bischoff

Douglas G. Bischoff (1926–1991) was a professional optometrist, Republican politician and party worker in Utah.

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Dragonnades

The "Dragonnades" were a French government policy instituted by King Louis XIV in 1681 to intimidate Huguenot families into either leaving France or converting to Catholicism.

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Dublin Institute of Technology

Dublin Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as DIT) (Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Atha Cliath) is one of the largest higher education institutions in Ireland.

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East of England Co-operative Society

The East of England Co-operative Society is the fourth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom.

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Ed Hernandez

Edward Paul Hernández (born October 17, 1957) is an American politician serving in the California State Senate since 2010.

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Edgar Miller (artist)

Edgar Miller (b. James Edgar Miller 1899 Idaho Falls, ID d. 1993 Chicago, IL) was an American designer, painter, craftsman, master woodcarver and one of the nation’s foremost stained-glass designers.

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Edmund Landolt

Landolt, Edmund, (17 May 1846 – 9 May 1926) was a Swiss ophthalmologist stationed in Paris, mostly known for a wide range of publications and his research in the field of ophthalmology.

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Education in Singapore

Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), which controls the development and administration of state schools receiving taxpayers' funding, but also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect of private schools.

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Education in Texas

Texas has over 1,000 public school districts—all but one of the school districts in Texas are independent, separate from any form of municipal government.

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Ellicott City, Maryland

Founded in 1772, Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States.

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Elwin Marg

Elwin Marg (23 March 1918 – 15 July 2010) was an American optometrist and neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Epiphany Eyewear

Epiphany Eyewear are smartglasses developed by Vergence Labs.

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Erdoğan Hospital

Erdoğan Hospital, also known as the Digfer Hospital and the Somalia-Turkey Training and Research Hospital, is a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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Erna Takazawa

Erna Takazawa (born 1988) is the first fully qualified optometrist of Samoa.

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European Academy of Optometry and Optics

The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) is a membership organization for the development of optometry and optics in Europe.

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Evan Low

Evan Low (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly.

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Eye care in Ghana

The eye care system in Ghana can be said to be one in its infant or growing stages.

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Eye care in the United Kingdom

Eye care in the United Kingdom is available through the National Health Service.

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Eye care professional

An eye care professional (ECP) is an individual who provides a service related to the eyes or vision.

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Eye chart

An eye chart is a chart used to measure visual acuity.

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Eye doctor

Eye doctor may refer to.

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Eye examination

An eye examination is a series of tests performed by an ophthalmologist (medical doctor), optometrist, or orthoptist assessing vision and ability to focus on and discern objects, as well as other tests and examinations pertaining to the eyes.

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Eye neoplasm

Eye neoplasms can affect all parts of the eye, and can be a benign tumor or a malignant tumor (cancer).

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Eyeglass prescription

An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patient.

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Eyemart Express

Eyemart Express is an eyewear company with retail stores across the United States.

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Eyes For Africa Charity

Eyes For Africa Charity (EFA) is an organisation facilitating no-cost ophthalmic surgery for people living in regional Ethiopia who would otherwise have no access to this service.

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Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act

The Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (codified at et seq.), is a United States federal law that aims improving consumer protection and ocular health for contact lens users.

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Fan Lu

Fan Lu is a Chinese professor and Vice President of optometry at the Wenzhou Medical College from which she graduated in 1986.

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Fear and Loafing

"Fear and Loafing" was a newspaper column by Corey Levitan that ran from January 2006 to June 2011 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada's largest newspaper.

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Fergus W. Campbell

Fergus William Campbell (30 January 1924 – 3 May 1993) was a Scottish vision scientist who conducted foundational research into the optics of the human eye, into the electrical activity of the brains of people experiencing various phenomena of vision, and into the sorts of images which, when shown to people, might reveal the processes of their visual systems.

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Ferris State University

Ferris State University (FSU, Ferris) is an American public university with its main campus in Big Rapids, Michigan.

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Fielmann

Fielmann AG is a German optics company focusing on retail eyewear.

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Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area

Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area constitute one of the fastest growing ethnicities in the of the United States, attracted to the area's massive population and its attendant economic opportunities and cultural offerings.

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First-tier Tribunal

The First-tier Tribunal is part of the court system of the United Kingdom.

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Fluorescein

Fluorescein is a manufactured organic compound and dye.

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Fordsville, Kentucky

Fordsville is a home rule-class city in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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FramesDirect.com

FramesDirect.com is an international online eyewear retailer.

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Frank Field (meteorologist)

Franklyn Field (born March 30, 1923), best known as Dr.

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Frederick Augustus Dixey

Frederick Augustus Dixey FRS (9 December 1855 – 16 January 1935) was president of the Royal Entomological Society of London, and was a distinguished British entomologist.

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Frederick W. Brock

Frederick W. Brock(1899-1972), born in Switzerland, was an optometrist, a major contributions to vision therapy, and the inventor of various vision therapy devices including the Brock string.

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Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis

Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) is a chronic unilateral uveitis appearing with the triad of heterochromia, predisposition to cataract and glaucoma, and keratitic precipitates on the posterior corneal surface.

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Fundus photography

Fundus photography involves capturing a photograph of the back of the eye i.e. fundus.

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G. W. Reynolds

Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (10 October 1895 Bendigo - 7 April 1967 Mbabane), was a South African optometrist and authority on the genus Aloe.

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Garry Simpson

Garry Chalmers Simpson (February 16, 1914 – November 19, 2011) was an American director, writer, and producer for more than 30 years.

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Günther Fielmann

Günther Fielmann (born 17 September 1939) is the founder, majority shareholder and chief executive officer of Fielmann AG, a German optics company focusing on retail eyewear.

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General Optical Council

The General Optical Council (GOC) is an organisation in the United Kingdom which maintains a register of opticians and regulates the services provided by dispensing opticians and optometrists (ophthalmic opticians).

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Geoffrey Vernon Ball

Prof.

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George Jessen

George Jessen (1916–1987) was an optometrist who was an early pioneer of the contact lens.

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Gil Morgan

Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD (born September 25, 1946) is an American professional golfer.

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Gila Martow

Gila Deborah Martow (née Gladstone; born June 5, 1961) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University (informally GCU or Caledonian) is a public university in Glasgow.

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Glasses

Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears.

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Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss.

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Glossary of diabetes

The following is a glossary of diabetes which explains terms connected with diabetes.

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Glossary of medicine

This glossary of medical terms is a list of definitions about medicine, its sub-disciplines, and related fields.

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GNU Health

GNU Health is a free software hospital information system with strong focus on public health and social medicine.

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Gonioscopy

Gonioscopy describes the use of a goniolens (also known as a gonioscope) in conjunction with a slit lamp or operating microscope to gain a view of the iridocorneal angle, or the anatomical angle formed between the eye's cornea and iris.

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Gordon Lynn Walls

Gordon Lynn Walls (April 4, 1905 - August 22, 1962) was an American professor of physiological optics and optometry at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Gosport Conservative primary, 2009

The Gosport Conservative Party parliamentary primary of 2009 was the 1st open primary election used to select the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of Gosport.

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Gouverneur Health

Gouverneur Health (formerly Gouverneur Hospital) is a municipally owned healthcare facility affiliated with the New York University School of Medicine.

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Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Thiruvananthapuram Medical College) is in Thiruvananthapuram (the capital of Kerala), India.

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Granular corneal dystrophy

Granular corneal dystrophy is a slowly progressive corneal dystrophy that most often begins in early childhood.

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Greeper laces

Greeper laces are a novel form of shoelace which have fasteners and stops to prevent them from becoming undone.

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Grenville Goodwin

Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin (c. 1898 – 27 August 1951) was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951.

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Hadassah Academic College

The Hadassah Academic College (HAC, formerly Hadassah College Jerusalem) is a publicly funded college in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Happy Days

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984 on ABC, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning eleven seasons.

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Happy Days (season 3)

This is a list of episodes from the third season of Happy Days.

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Happy Days (season 4)

This is a list of episodes from the fourth season of Happy Days.

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Happy Tree Friends (TV series)

Happy Tree Friends began as an animated video series, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff for Mondo Media.

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Harbin Clinic

With more than 140 doctors specializing in 35 different medical specialties, the Harbin Clinic is the largest privately owned multispecialty medical clinic in Georgia, United States, and is a significant part of Rome, Georgia's dominance in the field of healthcare in the triangular area between Chattanooga, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Harold Basil Christian

Harold Basil Christian (28 October 1871 – 12 May 1950) was a South African-born Rhodesian farmer, horticulturist, and botanist.

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Hayatabad Medical Complex

The Hayatabad Medical Complex is a large medical complex and hospital located in the Hayatabad suburb of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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Health care

Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.

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Health care in Australia

Health care in Australia is delivered as a mixed system: universal health care (public) and private providers (insurance).

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Health care in Karachi

Health care in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan is administered by both private and public health care providers.

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Health care license

Health care license may refer to.

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Health professional

A health professional, health practitioner or healthcare provider (sometimes simply "provider") is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families or communities.

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Health Professions Scholarship Program

The Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) offers prospective military physicians (M.D. or D.O.), dentists, nurse practitioners, optometrists, psychologists, pharmacists, and veterinarians a paid medical education in exchange for service as a commissioned medical department officer.

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Health system

A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or as healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.

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Health systems by country

This article provides a brief overview of the health systems of the world, sorted by continent.

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Healthcare in Canada

Healthcare in Canada is delivered through thirteen provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare.

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Heiko Pult

Dr Heiko Pult (born 1968, in Heidelberg, Germany) is a leading expert for Dry Eye, Contact Lenses, Tear Film and Vision.

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Heinrich Wöhlk

Heinrich Wöhlk (April 9, 1913 in Kiel – December 23, 1991 in Schönkirchen) was a German optometrist.

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Helena Josefsson

Helena Marianne Josefsson is a Swedish singer, songwriter and activist.

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Hemispatial neglect

Hemispatial neglect, also called hemiagnosia, hemineglect, unilateral neglect, spatial neglect, contralateral neglect, unilateral visual inattention,Unsworth, C. A. (2007).

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Henry W. Hofstetter

Henry W. Hofstetter (September 10, 1914 – May 10, 2002) was an American optometrist and the author of two books and 500 research papers.

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Herbert Wertheim

Herbert A. Wertheim is an optometric physician, inventor, and philanthropist.

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Herpes simplex keratitis

Herpetic simplex keratitis, also known as herpetic keratoconjunctivitis and herpesviral keratitis, is a form of keratitis caused by recurrent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the cornea.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Himalayan Cataract Project

The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) was created in 1994 by Dr.

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Hirschberg test

In the fields of optometry and ophthalmology, the Hirschberg test, also Hirschberg corneal reflex test, is a screening test that can be used to assess whether a person has strabismus (ocular misalignment).

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Human eye

The human eye is an organ which reacts to light and pressure.

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Humphrey visual field analyser

Humphrey field analyser (HFA), is a tool for measuring the human visual field, it is used by optometrists, orthoptists and ophthalmologists, particularly for detecting monocular visual field.

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Huvitz

Huvitz Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company specializing in optometric medical equipment, founded in 1998 by members of the research institute of LG Group.

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Hyperlexia

Hyperlexia is a syndrome characterized by a child's precocious ability to read.

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Hypertensive retinopathy

Hypertensive retinopathy is damage to the retina and retinal circulation due to high blood pressure (i.e. hypertension).

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ICHD classification and diagnosis of migraine

The classification of all headaches, including migraines, is organized by the International Headache Society, and published in the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD).

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Illinois College of Optometry

The Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) is a private optometry college in Chicago, Illinois.

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Imbert-Fick law

Armand Imbert (1850-1922) and Adolf Fick (1829-1901) have both demonstrated, independently of each other, that in ocular tonometry the tension of the wall can be "eliminated when the application of the tonometer produces a flat surface instead of a concave one, and the reading of the tonometer (P) then equals (T) the IOP," whence all forces cancel each other.

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Index of branches of science

Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

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Index of health articles

Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.

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Institute of Medicine, Nepal

Institute of Medicine (IoM), in the capital city Kathmandu, is the premier medical institution of Nepal.

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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is a non-profit organization based in the US state of Illinois.

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Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, School of Optometry

Founded in 1981, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Optometry (IAUPR) offers a four-year Doctor of Optometry program and is located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

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Interferometry

Interferometry is a family of techniques in which waves, usually electromagnetic waves, are superimposed causing the phenomenon of interference in order to extract information.

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International Orthoptic Association

The International Orthoptic Association represents over 20,000 orthoptists, in over 20 countries.

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Irlen filters

Irlen Spectral Filters or Irlen Lenses, are coloured overlay filters or tinted lenses crafted specifically for the wearer and worn as glasses or contact lenses.

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Islamic hospitals

This article is about Islamic Hospitals from the 700s to the 1800s.

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Jack Dodson

John S. "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson.

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Jacob Liberman

Jacob Liberman O.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.(Hon) (born 1947) is a US-based optometrist, inventor, author and vision scientist.

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James B. Black

James "Jim" Boyce Black (born March 25, 1935) is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party, and a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly, who represented the state's 100th House district, including constituents in Mecklenburg County.

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James Fry (Australian politician)

James Porter Fry (1880 – 7 February 1948) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Jan E Lovie-Kitchin

Jan E. Lovie-Kitchin is an Australian optometrist, former professor at Queensland University of Technology and founder of the university's Vision Rehabilitation Centre.

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Jason Boe

Jason Douglas Boe (March 10, 1929 – March 20, 1990) was an American optometrist from Oregon.

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Jean-François Thiriart

Jean-François Thiriart (22 March 1922, Brussels – 23 November 1992) was a Belgian politician associated with neo-fascist and neo-Nazi groups.

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Jean-Léo Rochon

Jean-Léo Rochon (3 July 1902 – 21 June 1988) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

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Jeremy Durham

Jeremy Ryan Durham is an American attorney.

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Jerome Namias

Jerome Namias (19 March 1910 – 10 February 1997) was an American meteorologist, whose research included El Niño.

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Jerry Ragovoy

Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy (September 4, 1930 – July 13, 2011) was an American songwriter and record producer.

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Jesse Curry

Jesse Edward Curry (October 3, 1913 – June 22, 1980) was an American police officer who was the chief of the Dallas Police Department from 1960 to 1966.

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Jim L. Smithson

Jimmy Lee Smithson, known as Jim L. Smithson (born September 15, 1943), is a conservative Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who is remembered for cosponsoring legislation in his state to allow generic substitution of prescription medications.

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John Boozman

John Nichols Boozman (born December 10, 1950) is the senior United States Senator for Arkansas, and a member of the Republican Party.

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John Browning (scientific instrument maker)

John Browning (c.1831 – 1925) was an English inventor and manufacturer of precision scientific instruments in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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John Cole (politician)

John E. Cole (born 4 August 1942 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

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John Stafford (baseball)

John Henry "Doc" Stafford (April 8, 1870 – July 3, 1940) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball in 1893.

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Joi Chua

Joi Chua or Joi Tsai (born August 3, 1978) is a Singaporean female pop singer.

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Jonathan Prince

Jonathan Alexander Prince (born August 16, 1958) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and movie producer.

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Josef Rodenstock

Josef Rodenstock (11 April 1846 – 18 February 1932) was a German industrialist and the founder of Rodenstock, a manufacturer of optical systems.

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Joseph A. Bonanno

Joseph A. Bonanno is an American optometrist.

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Joseph Friedman

Joseph B. Friedman (October 9, 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 21, 1982) was an independent American inventor with a broad range of interests and ideas.

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Joseph H. Lewis

Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966.

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Journal of Behavioral Optometry

The Journal of Behavioral Optometry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Optometric Extension Program Foundation.

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Judith Resnik

Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L. Resnik was the second American female astronaut in space, logging 145 hours in orbit.

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Karla Zadnik

Karla Zadnik is an American optometrist.

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Köllner's rule

Köllner’s Rule is a term used in ophthalmology and optometry that pertains to the progressive nature of color vision loss that is secondary to eye disease.

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Keith Clifford Hall

Keith Clifford Hall (b. 29 March 1910, Cambridge - d. 16 December 1964, Bergen) was a British ophthalmic optician and pioneer of contact lenses.

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Keith Mondesir

Keith Raymond Rufus Mondesir (born January 23, 1948) is a Saint Lucian politician.

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Kenneth Kilstrom

Harold Kenneth Russel Kilstrom (December 25, 1922 - May 11, 1995) was an American painter and printmaker, associated in the 1940s -1970s, with Abstract Expressionism.

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Kerala University of Health Sciences

Kerala University of Health Sciences is a medical university in the city of Thrissur in Kerala, India.

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Keratoconus

Keratoconus (KC) is a disorder of the eye which results in progressive thinning of the cornea.

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Kettering Tower

The Kettering Tower is a high-rise office buildings located in Dayton, Ohio.

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Konrad Pesudovs

Konrad Pesudovs (b 1969) is an Australian optometrist and outcomes researcher in ophthalmology.

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Kopernik (organization)

Kopernik is a non-profit organization headquartered in Indonesia that distributes low-cost technologies to recipients in less-developed countries using crowdfunding.

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Koreatown

A Koreatown (코리아타운 Koliataun), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula.

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Kresge Eye Institute

The Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, Michigan is a leading medical center for the preservation of sight and has an international reputation for its pioneering eye research program, basic science studies and as a major referral center for the treatment of difficult vision problems.

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La Salle University, Colombia

The Universidad de La Salle is a catholic and lasallian university, founded in 1964.

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Lancaster red-green test

In the fields of optometry and ophthalmology, the Lancaster red-green test is a binocular, dissociative, subjective cover test that measures strabismus in the nine diagnostic positions of gaze.

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Last Tap Dance in Springfield

"Last Tap Dance in Springfield" is the twentieth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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Laura Izumikawa

Laura Izumikawa Choi is a Southern California-based photographer who created a popular Instagram feed that features her daughter Joey often dressed in costumes as she sleeps during naps.

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Lawrence J. DeLucas

Lawrence James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist.

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Lúrio University

Lúrio University (Portuguese: Universidade Lúrio), also known as UniLúrio, is a public university in Nampula Province, Mozambique.

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Least distance of distinct vision

In optometry, the least distance of distinct vision (LDDV) or the reference seeing distance (RSD) is the closest someone with "normal" vision (20/20 vision) can comfortably look at something.

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Legacy Tower (Rochester, New York)

Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch & Lomb Place) is a skyscraper located in Rochester, New York.

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Lens clock

A lens clock is a mechanical dial indicator that is used to measure the dioptric power of a lens.

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Lens.com, Inc. v. 1-800 Contacts, Inc.

Lens.com, Inc.

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LensCrafters

LensCrafters is an American retailer of prescription eyewear and prescription sunglasses, and the largest optical chain in the United States, with about 90 stores in California alone.

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Lensmeter

A lensmeter or lensometer, also known as a focimeter or vertometer, is an ophthalmic instrument.

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Leon Kolankiewicz

Leon Kolankiewicz (April 6, 1892 – June 1971) was a Democratic politician from Philadelphia.

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Ligny-en-Barrois

Ligny-en-Barrois is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Lions Eye Institute

The Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is an Australian medical research institute affiliated with the University of Western Australia.

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List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

Organizations and personnel.

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List of academic fields

The following outline is provided as an overview of an topical guide to academic disciplines: An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge.

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List of Beavis and Butt-Head episodes

The following is an episode list for the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head.

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List of chiropractic credentials

Doctors holding the DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) degree may claim numerous credentials, denoted by letters placed after the doctor's name in official correspondences and business publications.

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List of Degrassi characters

The following is a list of characters who appeared in the teen drama series Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High (including the immediate follow-up made-for-television movie, Degrassi: School's Out), which are part of the ''Degrassi'' universe.

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List of doctoral degrees awarded by country

The list of doctoral degrees awarded by country includes all doctoral degrees worldwide.

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List of doctoral degrees in the US

There are a wide variety of doctoral degrees awarded to students in a number different categories in the United States.

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List of Hamtaro characters

A list of characters from the anime series Hamtaro.

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List of healthcare occupations

A listing of healthcare professions by medical discipline.

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List of iCarly characters

The Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly centers on Carly Shay, who creates her own web show with her best friends Sam and Freddie.

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List of Little House on the Prairie episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television show Little House on the Prairie, an American Western drama about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota from the 1870s to the 1890s.

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List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes

This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymology.

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List of MeSH codes (G02)

The following is a list of the "G" codes for MeSH.

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List of Ohio State University people

This is a list of Ohio State University people.

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List of optometric abbreviations

Certain abbreviations are current within the profession of optometry.

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List of optometry schools

The following list of optometry schools covers many countries, although the list is not exhaustive.

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List of Pawn Stars episodes

Pawn Stars is an American reality television series that premiered on History on July 19, 2009.

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List of people from Kentucky

The following list contains persons of note who were born, raised, or spent portions of their lives in the American Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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List of people from Louisiana

The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Louisiana.

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List of post-nominal letters in Canada

This is a list of post-nominal letters used in Canada.

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List of Seinfeld minor characters

The television show Seinfeld featured many minor characters.

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List of soft contact lens materials

Soft contact lenses are one of several types on the U.S. Market approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for corrective vision eyewear as prescribed by optometrists and ophthamologists.

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List of tagged degrees

Many American colleges offer programs of study which tag basic bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees with a particular speciality, as is common in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world.

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List of The Phantom Tollbooth characters

The Phantom Tollbooth is a 1961 children's book written by Norton Juster.

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List of The Sopranos characters in the Lupertazzi crime family

The Lupertazzi crime family is a fictional Mafia family from the HBO series The Sopranos. It is thought to be loosely based on the real Lucchese and Gambino crime families.

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List of United States Army careers

The United States Army uses various personnel management systems to classify soldiers in different specialties.

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List of University of Utah people

This list of University of Utah people includes notable alumni, non-graduate former students, faculty, staff, and former university presidents.

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List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M–Z)

This is the list of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z.

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Little Flower Hospital

Little Flower Hospital & Research Centre is a 950-bed multi-specialty hospital in the town of Angamaly, Eranakulam District, about 25 kilometres north of Kochi, situated at the junction of the Main Central Road of Kerala with the National Highway 47.

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Littleton Fowler

Littleton Fowler (born c. 1943) was an American baseball pitcher who is most notable for winning the 1961 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a sophomore at Oklahoma State University.

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Lloyd Pye

Lloyd Anthony Pye Jr. (September 7, 1946 – December 9, 2013) was an American author and paranormal researcher best known for his promotion of the Starchild skull.

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LogMAR chart

A LogMAR chart comprises rows of letters and is used by ophthalmologists, optometrists and vision scientists to estimate visual acuity.

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London Borough of Islington

The London Borough of Islington is a London borough in Inner London, England.

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Long Way Round

Long Way Round (LWR) is a British television series, DVD set and book documenting the journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York City on motorcycles.

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Lorne B. Groom

Lorne B. Groom (May 13, 1919 – July 24, 1994) was an optometrist and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.

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Low vision assessment

Low vision is both a subspeciality and a condition.

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Lynn Hellerstein

Lynn F. Hellerstein is an American optometrist, speaker and author best known for her work in the field of vision therapy.

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Maddox wing

The Maddox Wing is an instrument utilized by ophthalmologists, orthoptists and optometrists in the measurement of strabismus (misalignment of the eyes; commonly referred to as a squint or lazy eye by the lay person).

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Magrabi Hospitals and Centers

Founded in 1955, Magrabi Hospitals & Centers has evolved from a simple eye hospital in Jeddah, the first private specialized facility in the Middle East and Africa, to become the largest and first sub-specialized medical care network in the region, providing eye care to more than 500,0000 patients and doing more than 50,000 sight preserving surgeries annually.

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Manila Central University

The Manila Central University, or MCU, formerly known as the Escuela de Farmacia del Liceo de Manila) is a private, non-sectarian, non-stock educational institution situated in EDSA, Caloocan City, Philippines. It was founded and first directed in 1904 by Dr. Alejandro M. Albert. MCU is the first Pharmacy school run by Filipinos, and the first Nursing school that offered the 4-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in the Philippines. The patron of the university is Minerva. MCU is one of the former member universities of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, from 1952 to 1962.

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Marcus Dunstan

Marcus Dunstan (born April 14, 1978) is an American screenplay writer and director who, along with Patrick Melton, wrote screenplay for the film Feast, which was the winner of Season Three of the filmmaking competition reality TV series Project Greenlight.

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Margaret Darst Corbett

Margaret Darst Corbett (January 17, 1889 – December 5, 1962) was an American vision educator who used the Bates Method for better eyesight.

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Marillac College

Marillac College was a Catholic sisters' college in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Mary Lou Petty

Mary Lou Petty (April 5, 1915 – April 2, 2014), also known by her married name Mary Lou Skok, was an American competition swimmer.

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MCPHS University

MCPHS University (formerly Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), is an accredited, private institution located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe about a homely young woman from Brooklyn who moves to Greenwich Village and finds romance with an aspiring painter.

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Medical credentials

Healthcare professional credentials are credentials awarded to many healthcare practitioners as a way to standardise the level of education and ability to provide care.

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Medical diagnosis

Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx or DS) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.

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Medical education in Hong Kong

Modern medical education in Hong Kong started with the founding of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (Chinese: 香港華人西醫書院) in 1887.

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Medical prescription

A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other qualified health care practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient.

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Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

The Medical Services Plan of British Columbia (MSP) is the government-administered, single-payer health insurance scheme in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare program.

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Medical ultrasound

Medical ultrasound (also known as diagnostic sonography or ultrasonography) is a diagnostic imaging technique based on the application of ultrasound.

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Members of the 111th United States Congress

The 111th United States Congress, in session from 2009 to 2010, consisted of 541 elected officials from 50 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia.

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Members Only (The Sopranos)

"Members Only" is the 66th episode of the HBO series The Sopranos, and the first of the show's sixth season.

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Michael P. Decker

Michael Paul Decker, Sr. (born December 18, 1944) is a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninety-fourth House district, including constituents in Forsyth County.

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Michigan College of Optometry

The Michigan College of Optometry is a college affiliated with Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan that specializes in optometry.

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Mid-level practitioner

Mid-level practitioners, also called assistant practice clinicians, are health care providers who have received different training and have a more restricted scope of practice than physicians and other health professionals in some states, but who do have a formal certificate and accreditation through the licensing bodies in their jurisdictions.

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Midwestern University

Midwestern University (MWU) is an American non-profit graduate medical and professional school specializing in health sciences education, with a main campus located on 105-acres in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago, and an additional campus located on 156-acres in Glendale, Arizona. Midwestern University offers degrees in osteopathic medicine, podiatry, dental medicine, optometry, nurse anesthesia, clinical psychology, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, pharmacy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, biomedical sciences, and veterinary medicine. Founded in 1900 as the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine is the fourth-oldest medical school currently active in the state of Illinois. In 1995, it opened an additional campus in Glendale, Arizona, becoming the second and largest medical school to teach students in the state of Arizona. The university over the years expanded beyond providing education in medicine and in 1993 it united these programs under the name Midwestern University. It offers degrees in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, podiatric medicine, and other health professions. According to U.S. News & World Report (2015), Midwestern University's Downers Grove, IL and Glendale AZ campuses had two of the top physician assistant programs (tied #20) in the country. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The medical schools are also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.

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Mike & Molly (season 2)

The second season of the television comedy series Mike & Molly began airing on September 26, 2011 on CBS in the United States.

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Mike Francis (politician)

Michael Gordon Francis (born November 27, 1946) is a Crowley businessman who is a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

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Mike Kreidler

Myron Bradford "Mike" Kreidler (born September 28, 1943) is an American Democratic politician serving his fourth term as the Washington Insurance Commissioner.

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Mike Morath

Mike Morath is an American software developer, investor, and educator.

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Milton Rogovin

Milton Rogovin Pronounced "ruh-GO-vin" (December 30, 1909 – January 18, 2011) was a documentary photographer who has been compared to great social documentary photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis.

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Minute and second of arc

A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree.

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Moab Regional Hospital

Moab Regional Hospital (formerly known as Allen Memorial Hospital) opened on February 14, 2011.

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Mobile nurseries

Mobile Crèches or Mobile Nurseries and Mumbai Mobile Creches are Indian NGO founded to address a widespread lack of access to education and healthcare that children on construction sites face.

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Monocle

A monocle is a type of corrective lens used to correct or enhance the vision in only one eye.

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Monrad Wallgren

Monrad Charles Wallgren (April 17, 1891September 18, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

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Moorfields Eye Hospital

Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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Moran Eye Center

The John A. Moran Eye Center is an academic medical center offering comprehensive, multi-specialty care, basic, translational and clinical research, ophthalmology residency and fellowship training, and local and international humanitarian outreach.

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Murray State College

Murray State College, is a public, co-educational community college located in southeastern Oklahoma with the main campus located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

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Muscle imbalance

Muscle imbalance can be described as the respective equality between the antagonist and agonist, this balance is necessary for normal muscle movement and roles.

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Myanmar Eye Care Project

The Myanmar Eye Care Project (MECP) is focused on improving the delivery of critical eye care services to at-risk populations in Myanmar.

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N. Rex Ghormley

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Nampula

Nampula is the capital city of Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique.

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Nathan Efron

Nathan Efron (born 3 September 1954) is an Australian and British optometrist and an author of numerous research papers and nine books.

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Nathan F. Ford

Nathan F. Ford (born May 23, 1927), was an American politician in the state of Tennessee.

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National Board of Examiners in Optometry

The National Board of Examiners in Optometry (N.B.E.O.) is the testing organization for the field of optometry, in the United States of America (including Puerto Rico).

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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) is a free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.

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National Matching Service

National Matching Services (NMS) specializes in the development and administration of Matching Programs.

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Navy Medical Service Corps

The United States Navy Medical Service Corps is a staff corps of the U.S. Navy, consisting of officers engaged in medical support duties.

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Near-sightedness

Near-sightedness, also known as short-sightedness and myopia, is a condition of the eye where light focuses in front of, instead of on, the retina.

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Negative relative accommodation

Negative relative accommodation (NRA) was proposed by Joseph Kearney of Oxford University in 1967 as a measure of the maximum ability to relax accommodation while maintaining clear, single binocular vision.

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New England Classic

The New England Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 through 1998.

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New England College of Optometry

The New England College of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest continually operating college of optometry in the United States.

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Newton K. Wesley

Newton K. (Uyesugi) Wesley (October 1, 1917 – July 21, 2011) was an optometrist and an early pioneer of the contact lens.

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NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Ayrshire and Arran (Bòrd SSN Siorrachd Inbhir Àir agus Eilean Arainn) is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.

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NHS Barnet

NHS Barnet (legally known as Barnet Primary Care Trust) was the statutory NHS body responsible for improving the health of the resident population within the London Borough of Barnet.

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is a NHS board in West Central Scotland, created from the amalgamation of NHS Greater Glasgow and part of NHS Argyll and Clyde on 1 April 2006.

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NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.

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Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American romance novelist and screenwriter.

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Noël Saint-Germain

Noël Saint-Germain (December 24, 1922 – July 27, 1998) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec, who represented Jacques-Cartier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1966 to 1981.

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Nolan Frizzelle

Nolan Frizzelle (October 16, 1921 – January 31, 2013) was a Republican politician who represented Orange County in the California State Assembly from 1980 until 1992.

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Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a private nonprofit university, with a main campus located on 315 acres in Davie, in the US state of Florida.

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Ocularist

An ocularist is someone who specializes in the fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost an eye or eyes due to trauma or illness.

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Oculesics

Oculesics, a subcategory of kinesics, is the study of eye movement, eye behavior, gaze, and eye-related nonverbal communication.

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OD

OD or Od may refer to.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a large, primarily residential, public university in Columbus, Ohio.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.

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OPSM

OPSM (Optical Prescription Spectacle Makers) is a retailer of eye glasses in Australia and New Zealand, with locations in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia as well.

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Optic nerve

The optic nerve, also known as cranial nerve II, is a paired nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

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Optical coherence tomography

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique that uses coherent light to capture micrometer-resolution, two- and three-dimensional images from within optical scattering media (e.g., biological tissue).

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Optical power

Optical power (also referred to as dioptric power, refractive power, focusing power, or convergence power) is the degree to which a lens, mirror, or other optical system converges or diverges light.

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Optician

An optician, or dispensing optician, is a technical practitioner who designs, fits and dispenses corrective lenses for the correction of a person's vision.

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Optics

Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it.

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Optics and vision

Visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from visible light reaching the eye.

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Optometer (ophthalmic instrument)

A device, used for measuring spherical and/or cylindrical prescription for eyeglasses, from the middle of the 18th century until around 1922, when modern instruments were developed.

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Optometric Extension Program

The Optometric Extension Program (OEP) is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the discipline of optometry through the gathering and dissemination of information on vision.

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Optometrists Association Australia

The Optometrists Association Australia (the OAA) is a professional association for Australian optometrists.

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Optometry Admission Test

The Optometry Admission Test (O.A.T.) is a test used to determine applicants' qualification for admission to a school of optometry.

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Optometry and Vision Science

Optometry and Vision Science is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Academy of Optometry.

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Optometry in Ghana

Optometry is a relatively new field in eye care in Ghana.

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Optometry in Singapore

Optometry is a health care profession that provides comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes the diagnosis and management of eye diseases.

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Optometry Today

Optometry Today (sometimes abbreviated to OT) is a professional journal, published monthly by the Association of Optometrists in the UK.

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Orchidia

Orchidia is an Egyptian Ophthalmic products manufacturer.

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Otto Frederick Rohwedder

Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880 – November 8, 1960) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use.

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Outline of academic disciplines

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education.

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Outline of applied science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to applied science, which is the branch of science that applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical applications, including inventions and other technological advancements.

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Outline of medicine

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to medicine: Medicine – science of healing.

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Pacific University

Pacific University is a private, non-profit, coeducational university, based in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States.

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Pearle Vision

Pearle Vision is an American chain of eye care stores.

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Peripheral vision

Peripheral vision is a part of vision that occurs only on the side gaze.

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Peru's Challenge

Peru's Challenge is a non-governmental organization that works with volunteers in Cuzco1 to create opportunities for children living in the Andes of Peru in South America.

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Phil Hughes

Philip Joseph Hughes (born June 24, 1986) is an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Phoropter

Phoropter is a common name for an ophthalmic testing device, also called a refractor.

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Photic sneeze reflex

The photic sneeze reflex (also known as, Autosomal Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) and colloquially sun sneezing) is a condition that causes sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection.

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Physician Quality Reporting System

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), is a health care quality improvement incentive program initiated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the United States in 2006.

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Pinhole (optics)

A pinhole is a small circular hole, as could be made with the point of a pin.

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Plön Castle

Plön Castle (Plöner Schloss) in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill.

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Polarized 3D system

A polarized 3D system uses polarization glasses to create the illusion of three-dimensional images by restricting the light that reaches each eye (an example of stereoscopy).

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Poppers

Poppers is a slang term given broadly to the chemical class called alkyl nitrites, that are inhaled for recreational drug purposes, typically for the "high" or "rush" that the drug can create.

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Port-wine stain

A port-wine stain (nevus flammeus), also commonly called a firemark, is a discoloration of the human skin caused by a vascular anomaly (a capillary malformation in the skin).

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Positive relative accommodation

Positive relative accommodation (PRA) is a measure of the maximum ability to stimulate accommodation while maintaining clear, single binocular vision.

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Practice management software

Practice management software may refer to software used for the management of a professional office.

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Practicing without a license

Practicing without a license is the act of working without the licensure offered for that occupation, in a particular jurisdiction.

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Pre-health sciences

Pre-Health Sciences are the undergraduate courses that prepare American college students for admission in medical, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary, and physical therapy schools, and for training as a physician assistant.

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Prentice position

The Prentice position is an orientation of a prism, used in optics, optometry and ophthalmology.

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Presbyopia

Presbyopia is a condition associated with the aging of the eye that results in progressively worsening ability to focus clearly on close objects.

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Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement

The Prescriptive authority for psychologists (RxP) movement is a movement among certain psychologists to give prescriptive authority to psychologists with 2 years of postdoctoral training, or Continuing Education training in clinical psychopharmacology and related sciences, followed by 1 – 2 years of supervised prescribing, or a Certificate from the Department of Defense program, or the Board Certified Diploma from the Prescribing Psychologists Register (FICPP or FICPPM) to enable them, according to state law, to prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental and emotional disorders.

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Profession

A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.

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Professional fraternities and sororities

Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study.

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Professional Regulation Commission

The Professional Regulation Commission, (Komisyon sa Regulasyon ng mga Propesyon) otherwise known as the PRC, is a three-man commission attached to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

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Protestantism in Japan

Protestants in Japan constitute a religious minority of about 0.4% of total population or 509,668 people in number (see Protestantism by country).

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Pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome, often abbreviated as PEX and sometimes as PES or PXS, is an aging-related systemic disease manifesting itself primarily in the eyes which is characterized by the accumulation of microscopic granular amyloid-like protein fibers.

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Punch Trunk

Punch Trunk is a 1953 Looney Tunes cartoon written by Mike Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

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Quentin Orlando

Quentin R. Orlando (November 8, 1919 – January 22, 2011) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1973 to 1980.

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Rainbow Raider

Rainbow Raider (Roy G. Bivolo) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books by DC Comics.

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Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust

The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) is a registered non-profit institution, established in 2002 "to commemorate and take forward the vision of Rajiv Gandhi – India’s former Prime Minister".

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Raymond A. Applegate

Raymond A. Applegate (born 1949) is an American optometrist and a co-founder of International Congress on Wavefront Sensing and Aberration-Free Refraction Correction.

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Redwater Health Centre

The Redwater Health Centre is a 21-bed facility, 14-bed acute care including 1 palliative care bed and 7 long term care bed facility located in Redwater, 65 kilometers northeast of The City Edmonton.

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Refraction

Refraction is the change in direction of wave propagation due to a change in its transmission medium.

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Retinopathy

Retinopathy is any damage to the retina of the eyes, which may cause vision impairment.

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Retinoscopy

Retinoscopy (Ret) is a technique to obtain an objective measurement of the refractive error of a patient's eyes.

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Rimless eyeglasses

Rimless eyeglasses, are a type of eyeglasses in which the lenses are mounted directly to the bridge and/or temples.

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Rodenstock GmbH

Rodenstock GmbH is a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses and spectacle frames.

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Ron Bruder

Ron Bruder is an American entrepreneur and advocate for increased youth employment opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Ronald Wallace (politician)

Ronald Wallace, (August 5, 1916 – May 20, 2008) was a Canadian politician and optometrist.

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Roxann Robinson

Roxann L. Robinson (born January 11, 1956 in Weirton, West Virginia) is an American politician.

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Rudy Van Gelder

Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz.

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Salus University

Salus University is a private university in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, specializing in degree programs for the health care professions.

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Sam Black (public relations)

Sam Black MBE (6 January 1915 - 23 January 1999); was involved in the beginnings of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) in 1948, and the Institutional Public Relations Association (IPRA) in 1955.

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Saputangan

Saputangan (Indonesian for Handkerchief) is a 1949 romance film from what is now Indonesia.

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Sarrell Dental & Eye Centers

Sarrell Dental and Eye Centers, based in Anniston, Alabama, is the largest dental provider in the state of Alabama.

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Saul Maslavi

Saul Maslavi is a Persian American CEO, best known for his company Jovani Fashion.

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Science and technology in Iran

Iran has made considerable advances in science and technology through education and training, despite international sanctions in almost all aspects of research during the past 30 years.

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Scott Tracy Griffin

Scott Tracy Griffin is an American writer, actor and "one of the world's leading experts" on author Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works.

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Secrets & Lies (film)

Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh.

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Seva Foundation

Seva Foundation is an American non-profit international health organization based in Berkeley, California known for treating blindness.

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Shirley Abbott (ambassador)

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Siegmund Lubin

Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was a German-American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia.

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Silhouette (eyewear)

Silhouette is an Austrian brand of sunglasses and eyeglasses, founded in 1964.

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Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969) is a science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut about the World War II experiences and journeys through time of Billy Pilgrim, from his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant, to postwar and early years.

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Slit lamp

The slit lamp is an instrument consisting of a high-intensity light source that can be focused to shine a thin sheet of light into the eye.

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SNDT Women's University

SNDT Women's University, also called by its full name Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, is a women's university in the city of Mumbai, India.

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South Texas Medical Center

The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) consists of of medical-related facilities on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, USA.

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Southern College of Optometry

Southern College of Optometry is a college of optometry in the United States.

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Spanish National Health System

The Spanish National Health System (Sistema Nacional de Salud, SNS) is the agglomeration of public health services that has existed in Spain since it was established through and structured by the Ley General de Sanidad (the "General Health Law") of 1986.

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Stafford, Connecticut

Stafford is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, settled in 1719.

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State University of New York College of Optometry

The State University of New York College of Optometry was established in 1971 as result of a legislative mandate of New York in the United States.

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Stereopsis recovery

Stereopsis recovery, also recovery from stereoblindness, is the phenomenon of a stereoblind person gaining partial or full ability of stereo vision (stereopsis).

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Stereoscopy

Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision.

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Stern College for Women

The Stern College for Women (SCW) is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences of Yeshiva University.

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Steve Beshear

Steven Lynn Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015.

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Steven Tilley

Steven Tilley (born June 11, 1971) is a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives.

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Streff syndrome

Streff syndrome is a vision condition primarily exhibited by children under periods of visual or emotional stress.

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Student center

A student center is a type of building found on university campuses.

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Stye

A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid.

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Subjective refraction

Subjective Refraction is an attempt to determine, by trial and error using the patient’s cooperation, the combination of lenses that will provide the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).

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Suitcase Clinic

The Suitcase Clinic is a humanitarian student organization that has offered free services and supplies to the uninsured, homeless and low-income communities of Berkeley, California and the San Francisco Bay Area since 1989.

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Sunglasses

Sunglasses or sun glasses (informally called shades) are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes.

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Susan Cotter

Susan A. Cotter is a Professor of Optometry at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B Ketchum University where she teaches in the classroom and clinic, works with the residents, and conducts clinical researches.

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Tadpole pupil

The eye is made up of the sclera, the iris, and the pupil, a black hole located at the center of the eye with the main function of allowing light to pass to the retina.

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Task Force East

Black Sea Area Support Team (BS-AST) (Formerly Joint Task Force-East) is a United States European Command initiative executed by U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) designed to strengthen relationships between the United States and its Eastern European allies.

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Teleophthalmology

Teleophthalmology is a branch of telemedicine that delivers eye care through digital medical equipment and telecommunications technology.

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Terminal degree

A terminal degree is a university degree that can signify one of two outcomes.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Affiliated Eye Hospital

The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University is a Chinese institution for study and treatment in the fields of Ophthalmology and Optometry.

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The Broken Bubble

The Broken Bubble is an early mainstream novel by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick.

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The Cooper Companies

The Cooper Companies, Inc. is an American company in the medical specialities sector.

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The Creation of the Humanoids

The Creation of the Humanoids is a 1962 American science fiction film release, directed by Wesley Barry and starring Don Megowan, Erica Elliot, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle and Dudley Manlove.

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The Five Senses (film)

The Five Senses is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed, written and produced by Jeremy Podeswa.

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The Institute of Optometry

The Institute of Optometry is a centre for optometry, based in south London, England.

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The Little Sister

The Little Sister is a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler, his fifth featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe.

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The Miserable Mill

The Miserable Mill is the fourth novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

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Thomas Clark (Long Beach)

Thomas Joseph Clark, Jr. (born July 13, 1926) is an American politician.

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Title

A title is a prefix or suffix added to someone's name in certain contexts.

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Tom Little (optometrist)

Thomas E. Little (March 20, 1949 – August 5, 2010) was an American optometrist from Kinderhook, New York, most widely known as the leader of an International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team killed in the 2010 Badakhshan massacre.

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Tom Muecke

Thomas Warren Muecke, Jr. (pronounced Mickey) (August 20, 1963 – April 23, 2016) was an American football quarterback who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos and Shreveport Pirates.

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Topical anesthetic

A topical anesthetic is a local anesthetic that is used to numb the surface of a body part.

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Toric lens

A toric lens is a lens with different optical power and focal length in two orientations perpendicular to each other.

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Travis Rush

Travis Benjamin Rush (born 15 January 1971) is a country music singer from Oregon.

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UC Berkeley School of Optometry

The University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry (Berkeley Optometry) is an optometry school in the United States.

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Uchenna Ikonne

Uchenna Eleazer Ikonne is a Nigerian professor of optometry.

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Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test

The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) is a test administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in Australia and New Zealand to assist in the selection of domestic students into certain health science courses including most Medical (MBBS or MBChB or MD) and Dentistry (BDSc or BDS) courses, as well as other health science courses such as physiotherapy and optometry.

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Union College (Kentucky)

Union College is a four-year private college located in Barbourville, Kentucky.

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United States Air Force Medical Service

The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians.

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United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), also referred to as the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, is the federal uniformed service of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), and is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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University of Canberra

The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university that is located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

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University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata

The University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata is a private university located in Action Area - III of New Town, Kolkata.

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University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FES) is one of the four faculties that comprise the University of Manchester in northern England.

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University of Missouri System

The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, and ten research and technology parks.

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University of Missouri–St. Louis

The University of Missouri–St.

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University of Pikeville

The University of Pikeville (nicknamed UPIKE and formerly known as Pikeville College) is a private, liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), located in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States.

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University of Salento

The University of Salento (Università del Salento, called until 2007 Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy.

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University of Santiago de Compostela

The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - USC, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - USC) is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

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University of Utah College of Engineering

The College of Engineering at the University of Utah is an academic college of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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University of Utah School of Computing

The School of Computing is a school within the College of Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science

The School of Optometry and Vision Science is one of the professional schools at the University of Waterloo.

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Upper middle class

In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class.

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Upper middle class in the United States

In sociology, the upper middle class of the United States is the social group constituted by higher-status members of the middle class.

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US Vision

U.S. Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Refac Optical Group, is an international optometric dispensary chain.

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Uveitis

Uveitis is the inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer that lies between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.

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Vectograph

A vectograph is a type of stereoscopic print or transparency viewed by using the polarized 3D glasses most commonly associated with projected 3D motion pictures.

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Venice Family Clinic

Venice Family Clinic is a community health center based in Venice, Los Angeles, California.

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Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) or vertebral-basilar ischemia, also called beauty parlour syndrome (BPS), is a temporary set of symptoms due to decreased blood flow (ischemia) in the posterior circulation of the brain.

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Vipin Buckshey

Vipin Buckshey is an Indian optometrist and the official optometrist to the President of India.

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Vision Aid Overseas

Vision Aid Overseas (VAO) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, which provides optical aid and services to developing countries in Africa.

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Vision science

Vision science is the scientific study of vision.

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Vision Source

Vision Source is an optometric service network of independent optometrists headquartered in Kingwood, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Vision therapy

Vision therapy (also known as vision training, or VT) is used to improve vision skills such as eye movement control, eye coordination, contrast sensitivity, and perception.

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Visual field

The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments".

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Visual perception

Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum reflected by the objects in the environment.

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Visual Science

Visual Science may refer to.

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Visual Sciences (game company)

Visual Science, formerly Visual Sciences, was a computer and video game development company based in Dundee, Scotland.

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Vitreomacular adhesion

Vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) is a human medical condition where the vitreous gel (or simply vitreous) of the human eye adheres to the retina in an abnormally strong manner.

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VP Awards

VP Awards or VisionPlus Awards is a recognized award for the optical and eyewear industry.

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W.I.T.C.H.

W.I.T.C.H. is an Italian fantasy comic series written by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa.

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Walter Prescott Webb

Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West.

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Waterfront (1944 film)

Waterfront is a 1944 American film from PRC Pictures directed by Steve Sekely.

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Western University of Health Sciences

Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a private, non-profit, graduate school for the health professions, with a main campus located on in downtown Pomona, California, and an additional medical school campus on 50 acres in Lebanon, Oregon.

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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Wheaton College is a four-year, private liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 1,650.

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White coat ceremony

The White Coat Ceremony (WCC) is a relatively new ritual in some medical (MD, DO), dental, optometry, audiology, chiropractic, dietetic, occupational therapy, physical therapy, podiatric, pharmacy, physician assistant, pathologists' assistant, nursing, naturopathic and veterinary schools that marks the student's transition from the study of preclinical to clinical health sciences.

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William Bates (physician)

William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates Method for better eyesight,Edited by Thomas R. Quackenbush.

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William Feinbloom

William Feinbloom (born Brooklyn 1904, died 1985) was an American optometrist considered to be a pioneer in the field of low vision, visual rehabilitation, and the development of low vision devices.

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Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.

Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.,, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that state laws regulating business are subject to only rational basis review and that the Court need not contemplate all possible reasons for legislation.

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World Council of Optometry

The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is a membership organization for the development of optometry (eye care) internationally.

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Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, UK.

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Wratten number

Wratten numbers are a labeling system for optical filters, usually for photographic use comprising a number sometimes followed by a letter.

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You're Telling Me!

You're Telling Me! is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring W. C. Fields; this film is a remake of his earlier silent film So's Your Old Man (1926), and both films are adapted from the story Mr.

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Zernike polynomials

In mathematics, the Zernike polynomials are a sequence of polynomials that are orthogonal on the unit disk.

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1929 in organized crime

See also: 1928 in organized crime, other events of 1929, 1930 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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2005 New Year Honours

New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005.

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2008 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 29 December 2007, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008.

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24th Arizona Territorial Legislature

The 24th Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly was a session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature which convened in Phoenix, Arizona.

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460th Space Wing

The 460th Space Wing is located at Buckley Air Force Base, east of Aurora, Colorado.

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68W

68W (often pronounced as sixty-eight whiskey using the NATO phonetic alphabet) is the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) for the United States Army's Combat Medic Specialist (Combat Medic).

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82nd Sustainment Brigade

The 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optometry

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