Characterizing Alcohol Expectancies in the ABCD Study: Associations with Sociodemographic Factors, the Immediate Social Environment, and Genetic Propensities.

Alcohol expectancies (AEs) are associated with likelihood of alcohol initiation and subsequent alcohol use disorders. It is unclear whether genetic predisposition to alcohol use and/or related traits contributes to shaping how one expects to feel when drinking alcohol. We used the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study to examine associations between genetic propensities (i.

Superior versus inferior conjunctival autografts combined with fibrin glue in the management of primary pterygia.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of superior versus inferior conjunctival autograft (CAU) in the prevention of recurrence after performing a pterygium surgery in patients with primary pterygia.

Methods: This was a prospective randomized study of 60 eyes of 60 patients with primary pterygium. All the eyes underwent pterygium excision and were assigned randomly to receive either superior (30 eyes) or inferior (30 eyes) CAU.

Shifting trends in bacterial keratitis in Toronto: an 11-year review.

Objective: To review the distribution, current trends, and resistance patterns of bacterial keratitis isolates in Toronto over the last 11 years.

Design: Retrospective, observational, case series.

Participants: Microbiology records of suspected bacterial keratitis cases that underwent a diagnostic corneal scraping and cultures from January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2010, were reviewed.

Validation of tissue quality parameters for donor corneas, designated for emergency cases: corneal graft survival.

Purpose: To validate tissue quality parameters for donor corneas designated for emergency grafting for corneal graft survival.

Methods: In a longitudinal cohort follow-up study, 131 emergency penetrating grafts were studied. Grafts were performed with a pool of organ-cultured donor corneas designated for emergency grafting and prepared for immediate use with all safety tests performed.

Validation of tissue quality parameters for donor corneas designated for emergency use in preservation of the globe.

Purpose: To validate tissue quality parameters for donor corneas designated for emergency grafting to preserve the globe.

Methods: In a longitudinal cohort follow-up study, 151 emergency grafts in the Netherlands were studied. Grafts were performed with a pool of organ-cultured donor corneas designated for emergency grafting and prepared for immediate use with all safety tests performed.