Visual system

problems that can provide information in a patient’s health status as well as problems with self-care. Changes in the structural components of the eye caused by aging begin early especially with the lens of the eye. Visual functions are reduced due to age-related changes of the nervous system and in the eye support structures. Three layers form the wall of the eye: sclera, choroid, and retina. The sclera, a thick, white, outermost layer that includes the cornea is at the central anterior region…

Optometrists are now and have been for a long time a basic necessity of society. Optometrists, also known as doctors of optometry, or ODs, provide most basic vision care. They diagnose, manage and treat conditions and diseases of the eyes and visual system. ODs examine people’s eye to diagnose vision problem and eye disease, and they prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses. Optometrists also administer drugs to patients to aid in the diagnosis of vision problems and prescribe drugs to treat some…

audience’s connection with the artist’s intent. In some works, artist incorporate juxtaposition symbols to create visual statements about their culture in order to educate or inform their audience of their perspectives in their culture, enabling conceptual connections with and meaning made from the work. Yukinori Yanagi and Brendan Tang, artist from vastly diverse cultures, both employ the visual metaphors and physical connections between symbols to communicate their individual perspectives.…

Tone is a very important part of addressing message including choice of your words and your dress. Let’s consider your voice first, if the voice is relaxed then delivering your message would be smooth. If it is shaky, you may not able to spread the message the way you intended. Same goes with nervous which is worst. Personally, I can’t remember any word when I get nervous. I also mumble a lot and voice turn to shaky. Once I remember I was stopped by police while I was waiting at the airport to…

education system were like for me back in my days of learning. The difference between then and now is so obvious when you see how much we have added on to our education system. Before it seemed like only a couple of philosophies were in use but now we can see how our education system is pulling our key factors from each philosophy and creating an educational environment which is best for our new generation students. In my Educational History paper, I had reflected back to what the education…

are, like most other practices, alternate ways to fix problems that patients have. One of these practices is vision restoration therapy. This practice is described as, “[A]n attempt to develop or improve visual skills and abilities; improve visual comfort, ease, and efficiency; and change visual processing or interpretation of…

influenced by traditional beliefs. In addition, appropriate information is poorly targeted to persons at risk of developing the disease hence, the health and economic burden of glaucoma is continuously increasing. The Nigerian National Blindness and Visual impairment Survey has shown that glaucoma is the most prevalent cause of blindness and has emphasized the need for increasing glaucoma awareness and patient education in reducing blindness from this disease (Abdu 2013). In addition, (Prior et…

When a person has low vision or a visual impairment they often need a support network that is composed of their family and friends. Most people instinctively agree to support their loved ones, but they may not truly understand the level of support that might be required. The article, Family Functioning and Low Vision: a systematic review, by Jennifer K. Bambara examines the issues faced by individuals with low vision and the family members that choose to support them. People with low vision are…

She insists, that viewers will no longer be confused about the purpose of artworks, and have biased false expectations; after getting exposed to contemporary arts. According to Jane Deeth, “Contemporary Art is not just a visual experience, but it has got much more to do with listening.” I support both the claims of Winterson and Deeth. Moreover, I believe that comprehending the storytelling of an art is a two-way process; we as viewers should be exposed to the language,…

The subject matter of Paul Strand’s Porch Shadows is abstracted by limitations of the artist’s preconceived techniques. Strand isolated the subject’s basic formal elements to make it an aesthetically pleasing photograph and nothing more. Anyone can photograph an object, yet it takes a trained eye and a defined strategy to reduce the object into an abstract form. Porch Shadows exemplifies the Modernist shift in photography by rejecting previous conventions of artistic expression and adopting a…