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  2. Esotropia - Wikipedia

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    Treatment options for esotropia include glasses to correct refractive errors (see accommodative esotropia below), the use of prisms, orthoptic exercises, or eye muscle surgery. The term is from Greek eso meaning "inward" and trope meaning "a turning".

  3. ‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show ...

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    The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were ...

  4. Strabismus - Wikipedia

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    Incomitant strabismus cannot be fully corrected by prism glasses, because the eyes would require different degrees of prismatic correction dependent on the direction of the gaze. Incomitant strabismus of the eso- or exo-type are classified as "alphabet patterns": they are denoted as A- or V- or more rarely λ -, Y- or X-pattern depending on the ...

  5. Prism adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Prism adaptation. Prism adaptation is a sensory-motor adaptation that occurs after the visual field has been artificially shifted laterally or vertically. It was first introduced by Hermann von Helmholtz in late 19th-century Germany as supportive evidence for his perceptual learning theory (Helmholtz, 1909/1962). [1]

  6. Ancient Mayan compartments — used to hold water — discovered ...

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    The researchers believe instead of water, this chultún may have been used to store food and plants. Inside the chultún, a large cavern was built from layers of crushed coral and clay and ash ...

  7. Maddox rod - Wikipedia

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    The strength of the prism is increased until the streak of the light passes through the centre of the prism, as the strength of the prism indicates the amount of deviation present. The Maddox rod is a handheld instrument composed of red parallel plano convex cylinder lens , which refracts light rays so that a point source of light is seen as a ...

  8. What Really Happened to Orbitz? Here's How the 'Lava Lamp ...

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    For those hard-pressed and relentless supporters, bottles of the now-rare treat can be found scarcely scattered throughout the pages of eBay for about $50 a bottle. You might be thinking that this ...

  9. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Prism dioptres. Prism correction is commonly specified in prism dioptres, a unit of angular measurement that is loosely related to the dioptre. Prism dioptres are represented by the Greek symbol delta (Δ) in superscript. A prism of power 1 Δ would produce 1 unit of displacement for an object held 100 units from the prism. [2]

  10. Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from ...

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    "The conduct for which you stand convicted cuts to the very heart of our justice system," Young said. "It's corruption of the most dangerous sort." Young ordered the New Hampshire resident to ...

  11. Diplopia - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus under regular conditions, and is often voluntary.