Body weight prediction using different data mining algorithms in Thalli sheep: A comparative study.

Background And Aim: The Thalli sheep are the main breed of sheep in Pakistan, and an effective method to predict their body weight (BW) using linear body measurements has not yet been determined. Therefore, this study aims to establish an algorithm with the best predictive capability, among the Chi-square automatic interaction detector (CHAID), exhaustive CHAID, artificial neural network, and classification and regression tree (CART) algorithms, in live BW prediction using selected body measurements in female Pakistani Thalli sheep.

Materials And Methods: A total of 152 BW records, including nine continuous predictors (wither height, body length [BL], head length, rump length, tail length, head width, rump width, heart girth [HG], and barrel depth), were utilized.

Health insurance acceptance of female labour force: A special focus on reproductive health.

Objective: To measure the demand for health insurance policy with special focus on maternity services among working women.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, from October 15 to November 15, 2018, after approval from the Punjab Economic Research Institute, and comprised public and private school teachers of reproductive age. The primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire.

Bilateral Implantation of Scleral-Fixated Cionni Endocapsular Rings and Toric Intraocular Lenses in a Pediatric Patient with Marfan's Syndrome.

The management of ectopia lentis in Marfan's syndrome is challenging. Multiple disease-associated factors conspire to deprive these patients of adequate vision. While optical correction with glasses and contact lenses is usually advocated early on, the irregular astigmatism and even partial aphakia that accompanies advanced cases generally warrant surgical intervention.

Necrotizing keratitis after laser refractive surgery in patients with inactive inflammatory bowel disease.

Two cases of necrotizing keratitis following laser refractive corneal surgery, with stable and controlled Crohn's disease are described. A 40-year-old woman developed bilateral stromal inflammation and inferior thinning in the right eye along the flap edge within 1 day of uneventful bilateral IntraLase laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. The other case is a 30-year-old man who also developed bilateral inferior stromal infiltrates 2 days following photorefractive keratectomy.

Toric implantable collamer lens implantation in a case with bilateral primary peripheral iris cysts.

The authors describe a patient who was found to have bilateral, peripheral iris cysts during preoperative ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) assessment prior to toric implantable collamer lens (TICL) implantation. TICL implantation was undertaken with no intraoperative or postoperative complications. The TICLs remained in stable position over a follow-up period of 15 months.

Toric collagen copolymer phakic intraocular lens to correct myopic astigmatism in eyes with pellucid marginal degeneration.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of implantation of the Implantable Collamer Lens collagen copolymer toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) to correct myopic astigmatism in eyes with mild pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD).

Setting: Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Anterior segment epibulbar choristoma containing brain tissue and with aphakia.

We report an unusual case of an epibulbar choristoma in a neonate born with a mass arising from the cornea. Radiologic examination showed focal corneal bulge with absence of the lens. Histologic study revealed the lesion was an epibulbar choristoma composed of only brain tissue.

The role of binocular occlusion in determining the preferred eye for fixation in intermittent exotropia: a guide to choosing the eye for unilateral surgery.

Introduction And Purpose: This study aims to determine whether a binocular occlusion test for distance in intermittent exotropia could reliably show the most frequently deviating eye. With the reliable demonstration of such an event this test can be very helpful in selecting the appropriate eye for surgery when a unilateral lateral rectus recession is planned for the treatment of an intermittent exotropia.

Patients And Method: 24 patients (11 males, 13 females) aged 2.