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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=52610#.VJy_qcCAM4 Author(s)    Arjun Raj Pandey 1 , Farzad Shahbodaghlou 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA . 2 Departmant of Engineering, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, USA . ABSTRACT The aim of this project was to prepare and study a hazard map of Nagadhunga-Naubise section of the Tribhuvan highway. This section lies in the Middle Mountain region of Nepal. For the preparation of the hazard map of the corridor three steps, initial study, field investigation, and data analysis and presentation were carried out. In the initial...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50694#.VEiV6VfHRK0 Author(s)   Tuula Kantola 1 , Päivi Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa 2 , Robert N. Coulson 1 , Sheryl Strauch 1 , Maria D. Tchakerian 1 , Markus Holopainen 2 , Hannu Saarenmaa 3 , Douglas A. Streett 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Knowledge Engineering Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA . 2 Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland . 3 SIB Labs, School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland . 4 Alexandria Forestry Center, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA, USA . ABSTRACT Hemlock woolly adelgid (...