First Report of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus on Melon in the United States.

In July 2013, a melon (Cucumis melo var. Saski) field in Yolo County, California, was inspected as part of a phytosanitary inspection for seed production. The leaves of the plants showed mosaic, green mottle, and blotches.

Shared care for chronic eye diseases: perspectives of ophthalmologists, optometrists and patients.

Objective: To report the perspectives of optometrists, ophthalmologists and patients on a model of shared care for patients with chronic eye diseases.

Design, Setting And Participants: Qualitative study of a model of shared care between optometrists and ophthalmologists for patients with stable age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma, trialled by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne during 2007–2009. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with optometrists, ophthalmologists and patients at completion of the project to obtain their perspectives on this model.

Effects of thrombolytic agents on tympanostomy tubes occluded by blood clots.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of various topical applications in opening a clotted tympanostomy tube (TT) using an in vitro model.

Design: In vitro clinical trial.

Interventions: Fresh human blood was allowed to clot in the lumen of TTs.

Gaze behavior among experts and trainees during optic disc examination: does how we look affect what we see?

Purpose: The authors compared the visual gaze behaviors of glaucoma subspecialists with those of ophthalmology trainees during optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) examination.

Methods: Seven glaucoma subspecialists and 23 ophthalmology trainees participated in the project. Participants were shown eight glaucomatous optic disc images with varied morphology.