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Read  full  paper  at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53971#.VN2sSizQrzE Author(s)   George D. Kymionis 1,2 , Konstantinos I. Tsoulnaras 1* , Stella V. Blazaki 1 , Michael A. Grentzelos 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece . 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA . ABSTRACT We report a case of a 21-year-old male patient who underwent corneal cross-linking (CXL) due to bilateral progressive keratoconus. Topographical screening of his family members was performed for the detection of possible familial keratoconus and showed abnormal topographical patterns resembling to Forme Fruste Keratoconus (FFK) in all the members of his family. The reported keratoconic patient that underwent CXL was the only individual of this family that referred eye rubbing in his per...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53741#.VNHE_CzQrzE Author(s)   Mary Jerome Obiorah Affiliation(s) Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Beset by all kinds of ideologies that divest it of its divinely endowed values, family in our contemporary society suffers greatly from those who purport to have a better way of fulfilling its divine mandate. All who understand the importance of family are greatly concerned at the overt derailment that has proved detrimental to human society. The Sacred Scripture offers us varied insights into solving the problem in which we find ourselves. Psalm 128 chosen for this paper is one of those texts in the Bible that reflects on family and its value in human society. As a Wisdom Psalm and didactic in nature, the poem presents to its readers what family is in dire need of at this time. The meaning of...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52591#.VJunDcCAM4 Author(s)   Teodoro Hernandez de Frutos 1* , José Antonio Diaz Martínez 2* , Neus Caparros Civera 3* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Sociology, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain . 2 Department of Sociology, National University of Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain . 3 Department of Social Work and Law, Rioja University, Logro?o, Spain . ABSTRACT In this article the different phases social cohesion in Spain has passed through from 1980 to 2010, which is analysed using time series based on developments within the work market and the area of social protection. By observing unemployment rates take...