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the eye-its refraction and accommodation 1889

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Title: The eye, its refraction and accommodation : a brief description of the mechanical conditions which make spectacles a necessity
Author: Pixley, Chas. H. (Charles H.), author
Language: polski
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine & Nursing, Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Ophthalmology
Publisher: Kenneth Kee
ISBN: N/A
Total pages: 32

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This book describes The Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
This is a collection of books that I have written over the years about eye disorders.
Most of them have been updated.
“The eyes are the window of the soul”.
The eyes are also the organs of vision in the human body.
There is a pair of eyes in every person.
The eyeball is a bilateral and sphere-shaped organ which holds the structures accountable for sight.
The eye is made up of 3 layers:
The outer fibrous layer comprising the cornea and sclera which are continuous with each other..
Their main functions are to supply the appearance to the eye and support the deeper structures.
The sclera comprises the majority of the fibrous layer (about 85%).
It supplies attachment to the extra-ocular muscles responsible for the movement of the eye.
It is seen as the white part of the eye.
The cornea is transparent and placed centrally at the front of the eye.
Light that enters the eye is refracted by the cornea and lens.
The cornea does about 75% of the work and the lens about 25% but the cornea has fixed focus power and the lens variable focus power.
The middle vascular layer of the eye is below the fibrous layer comprising:
1. Choroid – (layer of connective tissue and blood vessels).
2. Ciliary body comprised of two parts (ciliary muscle and ciliary processes).
The ciliary body regulates the shape of the lens, and adds to the formation of aqueous humor
3. Iris is a circular structure of tissue, with an aperture in the center (the pupil).
The diameter of the pupil is changed by smooth muscle fibers within the iris, innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
The inner layer of the eye is produced by the retina
The retina comprises 2 layers:
1. Pigmented (outer) layer
2. Neural (inner) layer comprises photoreceptors.
The retina contains the receptive light rods and cones which function as photoreceptors that transmit received images to the brain through the optic nerve.
The center of the retina is marked by an area termed the macula, an important part of color vision
The aqueous humor is a clear fluid that is maintained:
a. the anterior chamber between the cornea and the iris
b. the posterior chamber between the iris and the lens.
If the drainage of aqueous humor is blocked, a disorder known as glaucoma can result.
The vitreous body comprises a transparent gel which fills the posterior segment of the eyeball
Occasionally, as the gel liquefies and the meshwork collapses, the posterior vitreous membrane can slide or suddenly pull off from its attachment with the retina or optic nerve, resulting in visual floaters or flashes
The flexible lens is kept in place to the ciliary body by the suspensory ligament made up of fine transparent fibers.
The shape of the lens is changed by the ciliary body, altering its refractive power.
In old age, the lens can turn opaque forming a cataract.
If there is no symptoms and low risk for eye disease, the person should have a complete eye examination every 1 to 2 years.
The risk of developing cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration increases slightly with each passing year.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Eye
Chapter 2 Eyesight
a. Myopia
b. Hypermetropia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism
e. My spectacles
Chapter 3 Eyelid
a. Entropion
b. Ectropion
c. Chalazion
d. Stye
e. Blepheritis
f. Ptosis
Chapter 4 Eye Duct
a. Dry Eye
b. Tear duct Blocked
Chapter 5 Conjunctiva
a. Conjunctivitis
b. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Chapter 6 Cataract
Chapter 7 Glaucoma
Chapter 8 AMD
Chapter 9 Retinal Detachment
Chapter 10 Corneal Ulcers
Chapter 11 Uveitis
Chapter 12 Systemic Eye Diseases
a. Diabetes Retinopathy
b. Thyroid Eye Disease
Chapter 13 Other eye diseases
a. Lazy Eye and Squint
b. Floaters and Flashes
c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Diplopia
Chapter 14 The Third Eye (Pineal Gland)

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the exterior of the horse 1904

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Title: The exterior of the horse
Author: Goubaux, Armand, 1820-1890
Language: francuski
Year: 2025
Subjects: Mystery & Thrillers, Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Suspense Fiction, Techno-Thrillers
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780385546928
Total pages: 952

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The world’s most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet-a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do.

Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon-a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague’s most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.

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the evolution of whist-a study of the progressive changes 1895

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Title: The evolution of whist : a study of the progressive changes which the game has passed through from its origin to the present time
Author: Pole, William, 1814-1900
Language: angielski
Year: 2023
Subjects: Current Affairs & Politics, Social Services & Welfare, General & Miscellaneous Social Services
Publisher: WSPC
ISBN: 9789811278488
Total pages: 308

Description:

Since the 1990s, neo-institutionalists have posited that ‘institutions matter’. However, they overlook one important issue: the ways institutions change also matters. Numerous academic studies have identified ‘good’ and ‘bad’ institutions, but little has been written about effective methods of transforming ‘bad’ institutions so that they enhance economic performance. To fill this gap, this book reframes the approach of neo-institutional economics to analyze institutions’ role and evolution, focusing on the interaction between the household registration (hukou) system evolution and economic transformation.
The authors apply an endogenous and dynamic perspective. First, the theory of endogenous institutional change illustrates how the drivers of hukou system evolution differ in the pre-reform and reform eras. Second, the theory of adaptive efficiency evaluates the evolution of the system’s institutional efficiency. Finally, the authors were able to test the impact of the hukou reform on urban economic growth by examining local experimentation, helping explain the current ‘stickiness’ of the system.
At the heart of hukou reform lies the question of how to deal with the link between hukou and welfare provision. This book will offer policymakers a better understanding of institutional change in dynamic economic contexts, helping them enhance economic performance.
Contents:

• Introduction:

  • Why Does the Hukou System Still Function Well
  • Hukou System in the Current Literature
  • An Institutional Paradigm
  • Manner of Evolution of Hukou System Matters

• Institutional Change and Adaptive Efficiency:

  • Hukou System as an Institution
  • Institutional Change
  • Adaptive Efficiency
  • Linking Endogenous Institutional Change with Adaptive Efficiency

• Hukou System Institutionalization:

  • Hukou System on the Eve of Large-Scale Industrialization
  • Hukou System and the Planned Economy
  • Exogenous Institutionalization of the Hukou System
  • Impacts of the Rigid Hukou System

• Hukou System Reform and Economic Transformation:

  • Hukou System on the Eve of Reform
  • Hukou System and Economic Transformation
  • Endogenous Reform of the Hukou System

• Hukou System Persistence and Decentralization:

  • Local Practices of Hukou System Reform
  • The Case of Zhengzhou
  • Changes in the Relationship Between Hukou and Welfare

• Adaptive Efficiency of the Evolution of the Hukou System:

  • Hukou System’s Adaptive Efficiency before and after Reform
  • Measurement of the Hukou System’s Adaptive Efficiency
  • Hukou System Reform and City Economic Growth

• Conclusion and Discussion:

  • Major Arguments
  • Path to Enhance Adaptive Efficiency

Readership: Researchers and practitioners in the fields of public policy. Graduate and undergraduate students engaged in China Studies; Readers interested in the development of China.
Key Features:

• This book analyses reforms in Chinese institutions by linking endogenous institutional change to adaptive efficiency
• Provides locally experimented results to study the impacts of the reforms on economic growth and welfare provision in rural and urban China

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the evolution of the steam locomotive 1803 to 1898-1899

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Title: The evolution of the steam locomotive [1803 to 1898]
Author: George Augustus Nokes
Language: polski
Year: 2013
Subjects: Transportation, Nonfiction
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760344880
Total pages: 339

Description:

The history of railroading in North America is as much a story of boardroom intrigue as it is a story of the brute force that stamped thousands of miles of train track across a rugged continent. Today’s nine U.S. and Canadian Class I railroads are the result of well over a century of convoluted bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions, and expansions. North American Railroad Family Trees marks the first time in book form that this major aspect of railroad history has been presented in a clear, graphic format, helping the railfan make sense of the many smaller train lines that shaped North American rail as it is today. In these pages, renowned rail author Brian Solomon takes a visual and chronological approach, presenting 50 "family trees" in the style of human lineages. The story begins with the railroads of the "Golden Age" (1890-1930), continuing through the second wave of consolidations between the World Wars, the merger mania of the 1950s through the 1970s, the creation of major passenger networks, and the megamergers of the last three decades that have left railroading close to its current incarnation. Solomon even offers a selection of maps tracing the evolution of the North American rail system and diagrams proposing what-if scenarios for the industry’s future. Including chapter-by-chapter narrative overviews of key eras, along with a selection of rare photography and period advertising to lend historical context, North American Railroad Family Trees provides an unprecedented retrospective of the continent’s iconic rail network.

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the evolution of law 1925

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Title: The Evolution of Law and the State in Europe
Author: Spyridon Flogaitis
Language: angielski
Year: 2014
Subjects: Law, Nonfiction
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781509912995
Total pages: 200

Description:

Most books about public power and the state deal with their subject from the point of view of legal theory, sociology or political science. This book, without claiming to deliver a comprehensive theory of law and state, aims to inform by offering a fresh reading of history and institutions, particularly as they have developed in continental Europe and European political and legal science. Drawing on a remarkably wide range of sources from both Western and Eastern Europe, the author suggests that only by knowing the history of the state, and state administration since the twelfth century, can we begin to comprehend the continuing importance of the state and public powers in modern Europe. In an era of globalization, when the importance of international law and institutions frequently lead to the claim that the state either no longer exists or no longer matters, the truth is in fact more complex. We now live in an era where the balance is shifting away from the struggle to build states based on democratic values, towards fundamental values existing above and beyond the borders of nations and states, under the watchful gaze of judges bound by the rule of law.

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the evening post-a century of journalism 1922

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Name: the evening post-a century of journalism 1922
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Title: The Evening Post
Author: Allan Nevins
Language: angielski
Year: 2014
Subjects: Art, Performing Arts, Nonfiction
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691614151
Total pages: 603

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This work explains how and why Japan supports a community of professional dancers, musicians, production companies, and visual artists that has nearly tripled in size during the past 25 years.
Originally published in 1982.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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the ethics of wagners the ring of the nibelung 1906

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Title: The Ethics of Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung
Author: Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Language: polski
Year: 2018
Subjects: Fiction, Poetry, Fiction Subjects, Literary Styles & Movements – Fiction, Fiction Classics – Other, European Poetry, German Poetry
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780241305867
Total pages: 216

Description:

A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner’s Ring cycle

The scale and grandeur of Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. The four operas-The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods – are complete worlds, conjuring up extraordinary mythological landscapes through sound as much as staging.

Wagner wrote the entire libretto before embarking on the music. Discarding the grand choruses and bravura duets central to most operas, he used the largest musical forces in the context often of only a handful of singers on stage. The words were essential: he was telling a story and making an argument in a way that required absolute attention to what was said. The libretto for The Ring lies at the heart of nineteenth century culture. It is in itself a work of power and grandeur and it had an incalculable effect on European and specifically German culture. John Deathridge’s superb new translation, with notes and a fascinating introduction, is essential for anyone who wishes to get to grips with one of the great musical experiences.

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the ethics of political science 1891

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Title: The ethics of political science
Author: Everett, William, 1839- [from old catalog]
Language: angielski
Year: 2014
Subjects: Philosophy, Nonfiction
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 9781781680186
Total pages: 30

Description:

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.

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the ethics of hobbes 1898

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Title: The ethics of Hobbes
Author: Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
Language: angielski
Year: 2009
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691123646
Total pages: 402

Description:

Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read Roman rhetorical writing as a mode of political thought, it focuses on Rome’s greatest practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. Through new readings of his dialogues and treatises, Joy Connolly shows how Cicero’s treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition’s central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. Rhetoric, Connolly argues, sheds new light on Cicero’s deepest political preoccupations: the formation of individual and communal identity, the communicative role of the body, and the "unmanly" aspects of politics, especially civility and compromise.
Transcending traditional lines between rhetorical and political theory, The State of Speech is a major contribution to the current debate over the role of public speech in Roman politics. Instead of a conventional, top-down model of power, it sketches a dynamic model of authority and consent enacted through oratorical performance and examines how oratory modeled an ethics of citizenship for the masses as well as the elite. It explains how imperial Roman rhetoricians reshaped Cicero’s ideal republican citizen to meet the new political conditions of autocracy, and defends Ciceronian thought as a resource for contemporary democracy.

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the ethics of force 1905

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Title: The Ethics of Force
Author: Horace Everett Warner
Language: angielski
Year: 2019
Subjects: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780567698933
Total pages: 134

Description:

The modern ethics of war is a field of disparate, competing voices based on often unexplored theological and metaphysical assumptions. Therese Feiler approaches them from the borderline area between systematics, philosophical theology and religious studies. With reference to G. W. F. Hegel’s and like-minded thinkers’ ‘theo-logic’ that negotiates Christ’s mediation and immanent dialectics, Feiler identifies the logic and problem of mediation as the core concern of political ethics.

Feiler unites five representative authors from now disparate strands of contemporary just war ethics, testing whether they offer a meaningful possibility of mediation and subsequent reconciliation: a sovereign realist and a cosmopolitan idealist; a rationalist individualist, an idealist Christian ethicist, and finally, an evangelical theologian. Opening the just war debate for comparative critical engagement, Feiler creates a fascinating study that locates a "dynamic point" at which faithful, free political action can be wrestled from irony, tragedy, and melancholic inertia in the face of totalitarian suffocation.

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