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Angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is a type of glaucoma that is triggered by an anatomical disorder in the anterior segment of the eye. At a ciliary body, aqueous humor is generated, introduced to the anterior eye chamber, and drained from the trabecular meshwork. The anatomical blockage of the drainage channel of the trabecular meshwork triggers the elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP), and this elevated IOP damages the optic nerve.1 This acute process is referred to as an attack of ACG. Since the prevalence of ACG is high,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 it is important to assess the risk of ACG before the onset of symptoms by using suitable screening procedures.
In a conventional screening procedure, the opening of the iridocorneal angle is assessed by a contact gonioscopic lens, and the position of the trabecular meshwork is used as a landmark for the angle assessment. Anterior-eye-segment optical coherence tomography10 (AS-OCT) and 3-dimensional (3–D) cornea-and-anterior-eye-segment OCT (3-D CAS-OCT) (Refs. 11 and 12) are recent technologies that provide tomographic images of the cross section of an anterior eye segment in a noncontact manner. Since this equipment can be easily operated and is comfortable for the patients, it has been widely utilized for ACG screening. By using compatibility between the image properties of OCT and ultrasound, ultrasound-based structural parameters, such as angle-opening distance at 500 μm (AOD500) (Ref. 13) and angle recess area14 (ARA) have been applied to perform the OCT-based screening. Since the trabecular meshwork is rarely visible in the OCT images, these parameters are assessed using the location of a scleral spur as a landmark.
Occasionally, although the OCT screening protocol may have been properly employed, the scleral spur may not be visible in the OCT image. A previous study has shown that the scleral spur is visible in only 72% of the OCT images,15 i.e., the mentioned parameters are not applicable to more than a quarter of the general population. The use of the trabecular meshwork as a landmark may be more appropriate not only because of the visibility issue of the scleral spur but also because the glaucoma attack is triggered by an anatomical blocking of the trabecular meshwork.
The trabecular meshwork appears as a diffuse hyperscattering region in an OCT image,10, 11, 12 but it is not always clearly visualized. Therefore, it is important to establish new types of OCT with improved contrast mechanisms that can be used to clearly visualize the trabecular meshwork.
The trabecular meshwork is a collagenous tissue with a perforate structure.16 Consequently, the meshwork shows birefringence, and it can be selectively visualized17, 18 by using a polarization-sensitive extension of OCT. This modified OCT, referred to as polarization-sensitive OCT (PS-OCT), is an OCT system that measures the polarization phase retardation caused by the birefringence of a sample.19, 20 PS-OCT can simultaneously provide phase-retardation tomography (P-OCT) and standard scattering OCT (S-OCT) images. This new type of OCT has been used for the investigation of the posterior21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and anterior eye segments,26 quantitative assessment of a retinal nerve fiber layer,27, 28, 29, 30 and follow-up investigations after glaucoma surgery.31
Although it is known that PS-OCT has the potential to clearly visualize the trabecular meshwork, there are no evidence-based studies for proving this improved visibility.17, 18 In this paper, we aim to provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first statistical evidence of the enhanced visibility of the trabecular meshwork by PS-OCT.
Subjects and Protocol
We recruited 31 subjects who did not show any marked disorder in the anterior eye segment. The subjects, who were recruited at the University of Tsukuba, consisted of 24 men, and 7 women, and the mean age of the subjects was 26.6±6.0 yr (mean±standard deviation; ranged from 22 to 48 yrs).
The IOPs of both eyes of all the subjects were measured by using a Goldman applanation tonometer. After the tonometric examination, the subjects were examined18 using our 3-D PS-CAS-OCT. The tilting angle of the eye was minimized as the angle between the bottom line of the iris becomes parallel to the bottom line of the OCT image. During the 3-D PS-OCT scan, which typically takes 3.3 s, the eye was kept open by using a speculum. Since the tonometric examination and the eye speculum were contact methods, 0.4% topical oxybuprocaine was applied to anesthetize the cornea. The scanning protocol involved a horizontal fast-raster scan with 256×256 A-lines, and the transversal scanning area was 16 ×16 mm. The PS-OCT examination was performed on both eyes. Thus, a total of 62 eyes were examined. Before and after the OCT scan, the integrity of the eye was examined by a standard slit-lamp microscope.
The study protocol, purpose of the study, and the potential risks of the examination were explained to the subjects orally, and in writing, and written informed consent was obtained from all of the subjects.
All the examinations conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki, and all the protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tsukuba.
A custom-built 3-D PS-CAS-OCT was employed in this study. This PS-OCT is an extension of our 3-D swept-source CAS-OCT (Ref. 11), and it can acquire 3-D S-OCT and P-OCT images simultaneously. Since the details of the system are comprehensively described in Ref. 18, we provide only a brief summary of the working principle of this instrument.
This PS-OCT continuously modulates the polarization state of the probe beam along the wavelength tuning of frequency-domain optical detection. Consequently, the probe beam possesses two orthogonal polarization components; one of these components is modulated in its phase, and the other is not modulated. The probe beam illuminates the sample, is scattered back, introduced to a polarization-sensitive photodetector pair, and forms a pair of spectral-interference fringes as a result of the interference with a reference beam. One of the detectors of the photodetector pair is sensitive to the horizontal polarization state (horizontal channel), and the other is sensitive to the vertical polarization state (vertical channel). Since the polarization axes of the polarization-sensitive detectors were not identical to the polarization axes of the already-mentioned modulation, we obtained four combinations of the polarization states: modulated in phase and detected by the horizontal channel, modulated-vertical, nonmodulated-horizontal, and nonmodulated-vertical. These four combinations of polarization yield four complex OCT images, which are processed using a custom-made PS-OCT algorithm to yield a depth-resolved Jones-matrix tomography. Each Jones matrix of the tomography is then diagonalized and resolved to physically meaningful parameters: phase retardation (the relative phase between the eigenvalues of the Jones matrix), diattenuation coefficients (the ratio of squared amplitudes of the eigenvalues), and optic axis orientation (the direction of the eigenvectors). The depth-resolved phase-retardation map obtained is the final PS-OCT image, which is referred to as a P-OCT image. Further, the intensities of the nonmodulated complex OCT images are averaged to provide an S-OCT image.
The center wavelength of PS-OCT was 1.31 μm, the depth and transversal optical resolutions were 11.9 μm (in air) and 32.2 μm, respectively, and the acquisition speed was 20,000 A-lines/s. The scanning protocol utilized in this particular study provided the transversal A-line spacing of 62.5 μm, and hence this A-line spacing dominated the nominal transversal resolution. During the scanning procedure, the optical power incident on the cornea was 4.0 mW, which satisfied the safety standard of ANSI (Ref. 32).
The examples of P- and S-OCT images of an anterior eye segment are shown in Fig. 1. In the S-OCT image [Fig. 1], the trabecular meshwork appears as a diffusive scattering region, while it appears as a bending fringe pattern in the corresponding P-OCT image [Fig. 1]. This is caused by a characteristic birefringence property of the trabecular meshwork, and this fringe pattern makes the recognition of the trabecular meshwork easy. The detailed mechanism of this appearance is discussed in Sec. 4, and the superior visibility of the trabecular meshwork by P-OCT to S-OCT is discussed in the following sections.
Image Preparation and Grading
After the mentioned PS-OCT examinations, the S- and P-OCT images were processed using the following protocol. From each 3-D OCT volume, images corresponding to four virtual cross sections, namely, the temporal, superior, nasal, and inferior quadrants were extracted. The images were properly flipped to align their angle corners to the left side of the image. This step was performed to blind the quadrant from the graders who subjectively graded the visibility of the trabecular meshwork. Since four S-OCT images and four P-OCT images were created from each eye, a total of 496 images were used in the subsequent grading process.
All the quadrant images were then examined by three graders, including two experienced ophthalmologists, KK and SF, who used CAS-OCT (Visante OCT, Carl Zeiss Meditec, California) in their daily clinical routines. The third grader was an OCT engineer, YY, who is experienced in both standard OCT and PS-OCT. The quadrant images were presented to the graders in a random sequence, and each grader was blinded to the results provided by the other graders. The graders graded the visibility of the trabecular meshwork in the S- and P-OCT images on the basis of the grading criteria presented in Table 1. This criteria were designed not to directly evaluate an image contrast but to evaluate the clinical significance of OCT images. This grading concept enabled a fair comparison of P-OCT and S-OCT, which were based on different imaging mechanisms. This visibility defined here was referred to as the score visibility. Figure 2 shows the examples of the S- and P-OCT images corresponding to each score.
Table 1
The grading criteria to access the visibility of the trabecular meshwork.
|Clearly Visible, and the location is identified
|Moderately Visible, but could be artifact
|Image not available
A binary visibility was then determined by using the score visibility. In the binary visibility, the images with scores of 1 and 2 were labeled as invisible, while images with scores of 3 and 4 were labeled as visible. Then, the sensitivity was defined as the ratio of the number of visible images to the total number of images. The images with scores of 0 (image not available) were excluded from the subsequent analyses.
The cohort was then resized according to the score visibility. Only the subjects with the score visibility better than or equal to 1 for 6 quadrants, i.e., the temporal, nasal, and inferior quadrants of the 2 eyes, were included in the subsequent statistical analysis. A few images presented the score visibility of 0 at these three quadrants mainly because of unoptimized alignment of the eye. The superior quadrants were not used in the analysis, because the images from almost all the subjects showed vignetting caused by the eyelid. After this resizing procedure, 52 eyes from 26 subjects were finally included in the study.
Statistical Analysis
The properties of the score visibility, binary visibility and sensitivity were analyzed by the following statistical methods. The overall property of the score visibility was examined by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The intergrader agreement of the score visibility was analyzed by Spearman's rank correlation. The intermodality differences between the score visibilities for the S- and P-OCT images were examined by Wilcoxon's signed rank test. The interquadrant dependence of the score visibility was examined by Wilcoxon's signed-rank test. For these analyses of score visibility, rank correlation and rank test were used because the score visibility was represented by discrete ranks.
The overall properties of the binary visibility were analyzed by logistic regression analysis, while the intergrader agreement was examined by Fleiss's kappa test. The intermodality differences and the interquadrant dependence of the sensitivity were examined by Fisher's exact test. For these analyses of binary visibility, we properly selected the statistics suitable for the analysis of binary data.
Both for the score visibility and binary visibility the mentioned statistical analyses were performed for the following purposes. Intergrader agreements were examined to evaluate the consistency of grading results among the three graders. This consistency may indicate grading objectivity. The intermodality differences were examined to prove the superior performance of P-OCT to S-OCT. The interquadrant analyses were performed to reveal the further direction-dependent contrast property of S-OCT and P-OCT.
The left eyes were used for analyzing intermodality and interquadrant differences in the score visibility, while the right eyes were used for analyzing intermodality and interquadrant differences in sensitivity.
The statistical analyses were performed by using the statistics computing language R. Most of the statistical analyses were performed using a base-package of R, and additional libraries, including Coin-package, were properly used to calculate the tie-corrected exact p values.
Score Visibility
The overall properties of the score visibilities recorded by the three graders were examined by ANOVA where the explaining variables were the type of OCT (S- and P-OCT, denoted as modality), quadrant, laterality, IOP, and age. All interactions of two of the explaining variables were accounted. The results of this analysis are summarized in Table 2. For all the three graders, the score visibilities showed statistically significant dependence on the modality (S- and P-OCT) and the quadrants, and there was a significant interaction between the modality and quadrant in the scores recorded by all the three graders.
Table 2
ANOVA p values of score visibilities.
The intergrader agreements for the score visibilities were evaluated for both S- and P-OCT images. We observed a substantial agreement between the S-OCT-based scores in one of the three combinations of graders (ρ = 0.72, p < 0.0001), and the remaining two combinations showed moderate agreements (ρ = 0.58 and 0.59, p < 0.0001 for both), where ρ > 0.60 was regarded as substantial. For the P-OCT-based scores, all the three combinations of graders showed substantial agreement (ρ = 0.74, 0.68, and 0.70, p < 0.0001 for all).
The average scores of the score visibility for each modality, and each grader are summarized in Fig. 3 Since we did not observe any significant dependence on laterality in the ANOVA, only the left eyes were analyzed. The average scores for the P-OCT images were better than those for the S-OCT images, for all quadrants and all graders. Statistically significant differences existed between the temporal-quadrant scores recorded by all the graders.
The interquadrant differences in the scores for the left eyes were analyzed by a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The mean score differences for each combination of quadrants are summarized in Table 3. For all the graders and both modalities, the scores for the inferior quadrant were significantly lower than those for the temporal and nasal quadrants. The average scores for the nasal quadrant were better than those for the temporal quadrant for all the graders, and was statistically significant for YY. In contrast, the average P-OCT scores for the temporal quadrant were better than those for the nasal quadrant, for all the graders.
Table 3
The mean differences of score-visibility for each combination of two quadrants.
|−0.22 (0.35)
|−0.41 (0.10)
|−0.59 (0.01)
|1.59 (<0.001**)
|0.56 (<0.01∗∗)
|1.07 (<0.001**)
|1.81 (<0.001**)
|0.96 (<0.001**)
|1.67 (<0.001**)
|0.22 (0.21)
|0.04 (0.87)
|0.19 (0.36)
|1.30 (<0.001**)
|0.96 (<0.001**)
|1.56 (<0.001**)
|1.07 (<0.001**)
|0.93 (<0.001**)
|1.37 (<0.001**)
Binary Visibility and Sensitivity
The average sensitivities of S- and P-OCT were 40.7 and 65.8%, respectively, where the average sensitivities are the averages of the three quadrants and the three graders at right eyes. The overall properties of the binary visibility, and therefore the sensitivity, were analyzed by logistic regression analysis, as summarized in Table 4. The binary visibilities recorded by all the three graders were found to be significantly dependent on the OCT modality. We also found a statistically significant interaction between the nasal and inferior quadrants for all three graders.
Table 4
The overall properties of the binary-visibility.
|Quadrant (T)
|Quadrant (I)
The values are p values of logistic regression analysis. Modality is a binary valuable that takes S-OCT or P-OCT. T and I indicate temporal and inferior quadrant. For this quadrant analysis, the sensitivity at the nasal quadrant was used as a reference. Statistical significance is *at p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.01.
The intergrader agreement for the sensitivity values was evaluated by using the Fleiss kappa statistics. The Fleiss kappa values were 0.529 for S-OCT and 0.534 for P-OCT. These kappa values indicate moderate intergrader agreement both for S- and P-OCT, which implies that subjective variation among the graders did not strongly affect the sensitivity.
The sensitivities calculated from the scores for the right eyes and their corresponding intermodality differences are summarized in Table 5. For all the three graders, the results showed superior sensitivity of P-OCT to S-OCT. At the inferior quadrant, the improved sensitivity was found by two of three graders. Additional analyses of the left eye showed similar results.
Table 5
The summary of sensitivities.
|p value
|p value
|p value
The interquadrant differences in the binary visibility were analyzed by using the dataset of the right eyes in Fisher's exact test. Table 6 shows a summary of the interquadrant difference obtained by a representative grader (KK). The residual two graders showed similar results. For all three of three graders and for both S- and P-OCT, statistically significant interquadrant differences were found for temporal-nasal and nasal-inferior quadrants. Although we did not find any statistical significance, note that the odds ratios of S-OCT for the temporal-nasal quadrant were less than unity for all the graders, while the corresponding odds ratios for the P-OCT images were greater than unity for all the graders. This suggests that S-OCT has better visibility at the nasal quadrant than the temporal quadrant, while P-OCT has better visibility at the temporal quadrant than the nasal quadrant.
Table 6
Interquadrant difference in sensitivity obtained by a representative grader (KK).
|Odds Ratio
|p Value
Discussion and Conclusion
The results of the intergrader agreement analysis of the binary visibility for the P-OCT images showed a comparable degree of agreement with those for the S-OCT images. In contrast, in the intergrader analysis of the visibility scores, we found that the number of grader combinations showing substantial agreement for the P-OCT-based assessments was greater than the corresponding number for the S-OCT-based assessments. Since the agreement for binary visibility assessments is not affected by the score fluctuation between 1 and 2, and between 3 and 4, the results imply that P-OCT has a higher intergrader agreement, especially between scores 1 and 2, and scores 3, and 4.
The ANOVA of the score visibility (Table 2) and the logistic-regression analysis of the binary visibility (Table 4) indicated a significant improvement in the visibility when using P-OCT. Subsequent analyses with Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Fig. 3), and Fisher's exact test (Table 5) of the intermodality difference showed that there was a significant improvement in the temporal quadrant visibility for all the graders when using P-OCT. In the same analysis, two of the three graders showed significantly improved visibility when analyzing inferior quadrant P-OCT images. At the nasal quadrant, the average score and the sensitivity of P-OCT were higher than those of S-OCT, although the statistical significance was low.
Although there are some reports of preliminary single cases in which the use of PS-OCT improved the contrast of the trabecular meshwork,17, 18 to the best of our knowledge, this is the first statistical-evidence-based study to prove the enhanced visibility afforded by by PS-OCT for visualizing the trabecular meshwork.
The improved visibility can be attributed to the differences in the appearance of the trabecular meshwork in S- and P-OCT images. In S-OCT images, the trabecular meshwork appears as a diffuse hyperscattering region. To identify the trabecular meshwork in S-OCT images, an observer is required to identify a relative alteration of the OCT intensity, which is occasionally difficult to determine. In contrast, in P-OCT, the trabecular meshwork appears as a bending fringe pattern, since the trabecular meshwork is a collagenous tissue, and possesses a characteristic birefringence, and P-OCT is sensitive to tissue birefringence. P-OCT visualizes the phase retardation induced by the tissue birefringence and accumulated along the depth of the tissue. Therefore, tissues with strong birefringence present a fringe pattern in the P-OCT image, and this pattern alters along the depth of the tissue. It is often found that in cross-sectional P-OCT, a 2-D fringe pattern is bent around a localized birefringent tissue. Note here that this bending of the fringe does not mean bending of a structure, but a nonuniform cumulative phase retardation of the OCT probe beam. Similar hypercumulative phase retardation at a point does not necessarily mean the hyperbirefringence at that point. However, it has been known that, in particular, a bending fringe is formed at the trabecular meshwork.17, 18 To identify the trabecular meshwork in P-OCT images, the observer is required to identify a deformation of a clearly visualized fringe pattern. Such deformations are easier to detect and can be more qualitative than the already mentioned intensity alteration. These properties of P-OCT may explain the higher intergrader agreement and the improved visibility.
An ANOVA of the score visibility (Table 2) as well as the logistic-regression analysis of the binary visibility assessments (Table 4) showed significant interquadrant dependence. Subsequent Wilcoxon signed-rank tests using the score visibility (Table 3) and Fisher's exact tests using the binary visibility (Table 6) showed that there were significant differences between the visibilities in the inferior quadrant and the other two quadrants in both S- and P-OCT images. This difference may be attributed to the scanning protocol. The images corresponding to the temporal and nasal quadrants were obtained along the fast-scanning direction of the raster scanning protocol, and the corresponding acquisition time was 13 ms; in contrast, the inferior quadrant image was obtained along the slow-scanning direction, and the corresponding acquisition time was 3.3 s. This difference in acquisition times resulted in differences in the effects of subject motion and OCT-phase stability, consequently affecting the image quality. A cross-scanning protocol, in which horizontal temporal-nasal scan was followed by vertical superior-inferior scan, could reduce this possibly artificial differences of visibilities.
Although its statistical significance was low, we found another interesting tendency of the visibility scores in the interquadrant analysis (Table 3). In S-OCT images, the average nasal quadrant scores of score visibility recorded by all the graders were higher than the corresponding scores for the temporal quadrant; in contrast, in the P-OCT images, the average temporal quadrant scores recorded by all the graders were higher than the corresponding scores for the nasal quadrant. We observed the same tendency in the sensitivity values (Table 6). Note here that the interquadrant analysis of the visibility scores was performed for the data set of the left eyes, while that of the sensitivity values was performed for the data set of the right eyes; therefore, these two results are fairly independent of each other. The already mentioned differences in scanning direction cannot explain this interquadrant dependence, because the nasal, and temporal quadrants were simultaneously scanned along the fast-scanning direction. We hypothesized three reasons, i.e., system asymmetricity, tilting of the eye, and tissue asymmetricity, to explain this interquadrant dependence.
The first scenario is based on a system asymmetricity associated with the scanning direction of the fast horizontal scan. Our PS-OCT system always scans the eye from the 3- to the 9-o'clock position, and this fixed scanning pattern could have introduced bias in the visibility. If this hypothesis was valid, the nasal-temporal tendencies between the left and right eyes would be opposite of each other, because the scanning is performed from the temporal to the nasal quadrant for the left eyes and from the nasal to the temporal quadrant for the right eyes. However, additional analyses of the score visibility and binary visibility of the eyes by interchanging the sides showed the same tendency observed in the previous analyses, i.e., the nasal quadrant was better for S-OCT, and the temporal quadrant was better for P-OCT. Therefore, we rejected this hypothesis.
The next scenario involved the relative horizontal tilt angle between the eye and the probe beam. The tilt angle of the eye may possess a systematic bias, because the human eye is tilted slightly inward while observing an object. In addition to this possible tilting, if the trabecular meshwork possesses anisotropic light-scattering properties, the tilting can induce interquadrant differences. To examine this hypothesis, we measured the tilt angle directly from the OCT images, where the tilt angle of the line that connects the angle recesses with reference to the basal line of the OCT image was regarded as the tilt angle. The correlation between the tilt angle and the visibility score was examined by Spearman's rank-correlation test. However, there was no significant correlation between the scores recorded by the three graders, and this second scenario was fairly rejected.
The final scenario is based on the anisotropy of the tissue. A possible anisotropic optical property of the trabecular meshwork along the tangential angle may explain the interquadrant differences. However, to the best of our knowledge, there have been no studies on the optical properties of the trabecular meshwork. Since the optical property of the tissue is frequently associated with the microstructure of the tissue in the wavelength and subwavelength domains, a study of the optical property of the trabecular meshwork would be important.
The detection of Schlemm's canal is an important topic for anterior eye OCT (Refs. 12 and 33). A dark band structure surrounding the trabecular meshwork was infrequently detected in the conventional scattering-based AS- and CAS-OCT images, as exemplified in Fig. 4 (arrowheads); this structure was sometimes regarded as a Schlemm's canal.11, 12 In this study, we found that the bending fringe pattern of the trabecular meshwork in P-OCT images was similar in its shape to the dark band structure in a conventional OCT image. In principle, a standard OCT does not have any polarization sensitivity. However, it is known that the OCT signal intensity is altered by the relative difference in the polarization states of the reference and probe beams, and this intensity alteration creates an artifact. The similarity of the bending pattern and the abnormal polarization sensitivity of OCT suggest that the dark band structure could be an artifact arising from the birefringence of the trabecular meshwork.
To examine this hypothesis, we created two types of intensity OCT images. One image was obtained by averaging the intensities of OCT images detected by two PS-OCT polarization channels, while the other image was created from a single detection channel. The first type of image is known to be polarization independent, while the latter has the mentioned unauthorized polarization sensitivity and is affected by sample birefringence. Figure 4 is an example of the polarization-independent OCT image, in which no dark band structure was observed. Figure 4 is the corresponding intensity OCT image constructed from a single detection channel, in which a dark band structure surrounding the trabecular meshwork was clearly observed (indicated by arrowheads). Further, the structure of the dark band is found to clearly correlate with the band structure in the corresponding P-OCT image [Fig. 4]. On the basis of this examination, we concluded that the dark band surrounding the trabecular meshwork does not always represent the actual structure of Schlemm's canal; it may occasionally indicate an artifact arising from the sample birefringence.
An additional artifact observed in Fig. 4 is a hyposcattering region in the sclera, which is indicated by an arrow. Since this hyposcattering region is not observed in the polarization-independent OCT image [Fig. 4], we assumed that it is an artifact generated by the birefringence of the sclera.
The mean sensitivities of trabecular meshwork were 40.7% for S-OCT, and 65.8% for P-OCT, while it was reported15 that the sensitivity of scleral spur was found to be 72% with a standard anterior eye segment OCT (Visante OCT). Despite this superior visibility of scleral super by the standard OCT, PS-OCT still possesses advantages over standard OCT because of the following reasons. First, as mentioned, the visibility of sclera spur was reported to be 72%. This indicates the scleral spur is still not detectable for more than a quarter of the population. Additional contrast of trabecular meshwork provided by P-OCT can further improve the accuracy of the assessment of anterior angle. Second, the trabecular meshwork is a drainage channel of aqueous humor and hence is a more direct landmark for the assessment of angle closure than the scleral spur. Finally, however, the most significant advantage is that the PS-OCT simultaneously acquires P-OCT and S-OCT images. Because of this property, any angle assessment techniques that have been applied to the standard OCT are compatible with PS-OCT. Namely, PS-OCT provides additional information without any loss of information. Therefore, the angle assessment by PS-OCT has advantages over that by the standard OCT.
We recently demonstrated PS-OCT-based tissue contrast tomography.34 Using this tissue contrast tomography, we can selectively contrast the location of the trabecular meshwork. This may enable automatic identification of the location of the trabecular meshwork, and consequently enable fully automated assessment of the anterior angle in the future.
In conclusion, we compared the visibilities afforded by scattering and phase retardation OCT in visualizing the trabecular meshwork. The statistical analyses showed a significant improvement of visibility in the P-OCT images. This improved visibility may enable structural parameters that can more directly assess the risk of ACG than current methods.
This study was supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency through the contract of Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis. Financial support from Tomey corporation is gratefully acknowledged.
Financial Discloser
Grant support was provided by Tomey Corporation to Yasuno, Yamanari, and Makita. Sakai had some employment with Kanebo Cosmetics. Kawana, Miura, Fukuda, and Oshika have no conflicts of interest.


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The bank gives a chequebook and cash card.
• The cash card looks like a credit card and it used to withdraw cash from the machines outside the banks or in very convenient spots ( cashpoint ). With the card banks will also give a personal identification number ( PIN ).
• The cheque is a written instruction to the bank ( drawer ) to pay a sum of money to the holder ( drawer ) or to another person ( payee ). The bank takes the money from the account and pays it to the person named on the cheque.
After opening an account you will get a monthly record of the deposits you made and the withdrawals made by cheque. If you want to spend more money than you have in your bank account you can ask for an overdraft. The bank determines the maximum amount which can be overdrawn as well as the interest and charges.
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What is on the five-year horizon for European schools? Which trends and technologies will drive educational change? What are the challenges that we consider as solvable or difficult to overcome, and how can we strategize effective solutions? These questions and similar inquiries regarding technology adoption and educational change steered the collaborative research and discussions of a body of 53 European experts to produce the first-ever Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition, co-authored by the European Commission and the New Media Consortium (NMC). The NMC Horizon Report series charts the five-year horizon for the impact of emerging technologies in school communities across the globe. With more than 12 years of research and publications, it can be regarded as the world's longest-running exploration of emerging technology trends and uptake in education.
Experts agreed on two major imminent trends: the changing role of schoolteachers as a result of ICT influence, and the impact of social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, which are already finding their way into classrooms. These are just two of the 18 topics analysed in the Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition, indicating the key trends, significant challenges, and important technological developments that are very likely to impact changes in the 28 Member States' primary and secondary schools over the next five years.
Looking in the mid-term period, two to three years away, an increasing focus on open educational resources (OER) and on the use of both traditional and virtual learning methods are expected to have a strong impact in Europe. These trends are also identified at the global level for having the potential to stimulate new models of teaching and learning by tapping the wealth of content accessible through the Internet.
Regarding the challenges in European schools, students' low digital competence is considered one of the solvable challenges. It is already being addressed by ongoing actions of stakeholders and policy makers across the continent, as seen in the Digital Competence framework which has been recently endorsed by EU Member States representatives in the Education and Training Programme Thematic Working Group on ICT and Education. On the other hand, having students actively participating in the design of learning activities is considered to be a more difficult challenge and it lacks a clear strategy to solve it.
In view of the trends and challenges observed, the panel also signalled the technological developments that could support these drivers of innovation and change. Cloud computing and tablet computing are expected to be increasingly adopted by schools in one year's time or less to make use of services such as Google Apps for Education, Skype, and Dropbox. The time-to-adoption for educational games is estimated within two to three years, while personalised learning and virtual and remote laboratories are expected to be mainstream in schools within four to five years.
To better understand the likely impact of these 18 topics on the core missions of European schools, further analysis was conducted using a JRC-IPTS developed framework for mainstreaming ICT-enabled innovation for learning. This helped link the analysis to essential questions of relevance, policy, leadership, and practice that are needed to scale up innovative pedagogical practices in ICT-enabled learning settings (see Chart on page 2). While all of the topics can be described relating in some way to each of the eight elements of the framework, in Chart 1 they are mapped to demonstrate the element they impact the most. The framework, which was produced on behalf of the EC DG EAC in the "Up-Scaling Creative Classrooms in Europe" project (go.nmc.org/scaleccr1), sees learning environments, wherever they may be found, as "live ecosystems" that evolve over time, changing in tune with the context and culture in which they reside.
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New Jersey's newest medical school will welcome its first class of students in less than six weeks with a program designed to help fill a growing gap in the state's healthcare workforce and prepare future physicians well-versed in population health and community care.
Gov. Phil Murphy joined federal, state, and local elected leaders and healthcare officials yesterday to cut a ribbon on the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, New Jersey's fifth medical school and the first private physicians college to open in 50 years. The school was created on the onetime corporate campus of international drug giant Hoffmann-La Roche, on the border of Nutley and Clifton.
The Seton Hall program will feature an innovative curriculum designed to help doctors navigate the ongoing changes in the industry, including the shift from fee-for-service payments — in which they are paid for each treatment — to value-based care, which rewards healthy outcomes. This involves a focus on preventing and controlling chronic diseases, which can reduce costs and improve patient wellbeing.
This shift also requires a better understanding of the communities served and the social and economic barriers to good health, and depends on appropriate and culturally competent care. To reduce the divide between providers and patients, the Hackensack Meridian Health Board of Trustees established a $100 million endowment to provide scholarships that can help attract a more diverse student body to the new medical school.
The program, which begins July 9 with 60 students — selected from 2,000 applicants — also aims to restock the ranks of New Jersey's healthcare professionals. Hackensack Meridian Health's co-CEO Robert Garrett warned there could be a shortage of 3,000 doctors here by 2020 and experts worry there are not enough medical students in the pipeline to fill that gap.
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"If we train new doctors in New Jersey, they are far more likely to practice here. Now we have this excellent facility to complement our other medical schools," Murphy said. He called the program a "heartbeat that pumps new life" into the region and the state's economy at large.
Murphy also praised the board's effort to create the endowment "to ensure the doors to a medical education are available and open to all who qualify."
A study published last year by the New Jersey Hospital Association found that the pending physician shortage is driven, in part, by the fact that one in three Garden State doctors are already over age 60 — the third highest percentage in the nation. But the limited number of medical schools makes it a challenge to replace these providers; Pennsylvania has 63.5 medical students per 100,000 residents, New York has 51.5 and New Jersey has 24.4, the 37th lowest state ratio nationwide.
"Not only is New Jersey's population aging, our physician workforce is as well," NJHA president and CEO Cathy Bennett said. "We welcome the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University and the important role it will play in growing the physician workforce of New Jersey's future."
High cost, heavy regulation
Ironically, New Jersey has a robust roster of medical residency programs, with 43 of the state's 71 acute-care hospitals training future physicians — a higher proportion than nearly any other state, the NJHA research found. But the Garden State has a relatively low number of actual medical residents — 32.2 per 100,000 people vs. 61.6 in Pennsylvania and 81.5 in New York. In part, that's because of the high cost and the heavy regulatory burden associated with practicing here.
The existing four medical schools in the Garden State include two that are part of Rutgers University — Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, in Newark, and Rutgers Robert wood Johnson Medical School, in New Brunswick. Rowan University's School of Osteopathic Medicine, opened nearly four decades ago in Stratford, and the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, in Camden, launched in 2012.
The new program combines the work of Seton Hall University, a 162-year old Catholic college that has more than 90 academic programs at its South Orange campus, with Hackensack Meridian Health, one of the largest healthcare networks in the state, covering 16 hospitals and more than 6,500 physicians. (Hackensack Meridian Health is the result of the merger of the Hackensack University Health Network and Meridian Health, completed in 2016.)
The Nutley/Clifton campus will also become home to Seton Hall University's College of Nursing and its School of Health and Medical Sciences, which are now based in South Orange. Some nursing students may take classes at both locations.
Less time than average to earn degree
Medical school tuition is around $60,000 a year, officials said, not including the cost of off-campus housing and other living expenses. The medical degree program — which received national accreditation earlier this year — involves a three-year core curriculum, which is shorter than most and therefore less costly. Students can then start their residencies and may chose to return for a fourth year to receive a master's degree.
"We have created a rigorous academic curriculum that combines traditional science with a focus on the new frontiers in medicine — prevention, population health, genetics and team-based care delivered in the community setting,'' said Seton Hall University's interim president Mary Meehan.
Through the program, students will develop partnerships with families in underserved communities and "shadow" them to better understand the challenges they face in staying healthy. This reflects a growing focus in healthcare on the social determinants of health, or the significant impact that factors like quality food and transportation to care, can have outcomes.
"Our goal is to improve health outcomes in all of the communities we serve and we can do that by teaching future physicians to take a more holistic approach,'' said Dr. Bonita Stanton, founding dean of new school of medicine. "We are humanizing health care.''


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Pittsburgh Opera's '17-18 Season Books Works by Living Composers
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Is any entity in this city doing more to present works by living composers than Pittsburgh Opera?
Outside of new-music groups, almost certainly not. Next season, the company continues its tilt toward contemporary music, staging three pieces by living composers, including a world premiere and mainstage production of Jake Heggie's "Moby-Dick" (March 17-25, 2018).
Mr. Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's 2010 opera is based on the epic Herman Melville novel. Pittsburgh Opera will present a new production by Erhard Rom at the Benedum Center.
The company has a special relationship with Mr. Heggie, who is known for his tuneful, lyrical compositions. In 2004, his "Dead Man Walking" was the first contemporary opera Pittsburgh Opera performed at the Benedum, and it marked a turning point for the company, general director Christopher Hahn said.
"Moby-Dick," which takes place entirely on a whaling ship, has just one female role, the pants role of Pip, portrayed by soprano Jacqueline Echols. Other performers include former resident artist Sean Panikkar and bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana, making his company debut.
In the winter, the company's resident artists will be showcased in two new chamber operas. Jeremy Howard Beck's "The Long Walk" (Jan. 20-28) follows an Iraq War veteran's struggles to acclimate to life back home. The opera, which will be performed at Pittsburgh CAPA, is based on Brian Castner's memoir of the same name.
"It's actually a tough story and it delves into the psychological stress and dissonance of his psychological stage," Mr. Hahn said.
Then the company will give the world premiere at Pittsburgh Opera headquarters of Douglas J. Cuomo's one-man opera, "Ashes & Snow" (Feb. 17-25, 2018). The piece, scored for electronics, electric guitar, trumpet, keyboard and voice (tenor Eric Ferring), is an English translation of poems from Schubert's "Winterreise." The work, which will later appear at Brooklyn Academy of Music, follows the interior state of a man who wakes up in a desert motel, plunging toward rock bottom.
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There's no secret that Kim Kardashian and Beyonce don't get along very well, despite the fact that their men are best friends.
Kim, who is set to tie the knot with Kanye West last month, invited the singer and her rapper husband Jay-Z to the ceremony. But Beyonce has a hard time bonding with Kim. The both stars randomly ran into each other at the same L.A. dermatologist last week, and Beyonce was trying her best to avoid Kim.
"Kim seemed so excited to see Beyonce and was really eagerly going over to her," an eyewitness reveals to Radar Online. "But Beyoncé looked like she wanted nothing to do with Kim and was really trying to stay away from her. Kim was basically fawning all over her!"
Kim reportedly tried to talk to the singer, who tried to ignore her. "It seemed so clear that she did not want to talk with Kim and was just being polite to her. They really didn't look at all like friends," the source explains. There have been several rumors claiming that Bey isn't exactly looking forward to attend at Kim's wedding, which is set to take place in Paris on May 24.


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Summer is high^high^high here and amid so much heat there is no stop to sharing and blogging. A few days ago, I was nominated for Liebster award by Malaika. Thank you very much Malaika for nominating me to the Liebster award. Your spiritual blog spreads messages in a very unique and creative way, I like your videos, instructions and opinions on yoga.
Here are a few rules to participate in it:
1. Thank the nominating blogger.
2. Answer the question(s) that he/she asks.
3. Nominate 5-11 bloggers, preferably with less than 500 followers.
4. Ask question(s) to these bloggers.
5. Let the bloggers know that they got nominated.
My reply to Malaika's question, at the end of your life, what would you like others to know about you? how would you like to be remembered?
Well, to be honest I don't want to be known or remembered and I'm indifferent to the way others would like to remember me because I don't want anyone lingered on a personality that no more exists.
Now, my questions to the bloggers whom I'm going to nominate:
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Lewis Statement on H.R. 267, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act
WASHINGTON – Today, H.R. 267, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act, will become Public Law. Four years ago, Congressman Lewis first introduced legislation to create what will be Georgia's first National Historical Park. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill on March 15, 2017, and the U.S. Senate adopted the legislation by voice vote on December 27, 2017. Rep. John Lewis (GA) made the following statement:
"Throughout his life, Dr. King urged each and every one of us to recognize the dignity and worth of every human being. He was my friend, my mentor, and my big brother, and I never expected to have the honor and privilege of representing his place of birth and the spaces where he planned a movement -- which changed the face and trajectory of our nation -- in the U.S. Congress.
"For many years, I worked with my congressional colleagues and the National Park Service to preserve these Atlanta landmarks and to enhance visitor experiences and services at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site located in Georgia's Fifth Congressional District.
"A few years ago, the Prince Hall Masonic Temple decided to donate land in historic Sweet Auburn to the National Park Service to ensure that the story of Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which he founded, could be better shared and preserved for future generations.
"In addition, the National Park Service wanted to improve the presentation of the historic landmarks, which are integral to Dr. King's legacy and Atlanta's role in the American Civil Rights Movement. These changes required an Act of Congress.
"I am so proud that we were able to work in a bipartisan, bicameral manner to establish Georgia's first National Historical Park in Dr. King's name and legacy before what would be his 89th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his tragic assassination.
"I hope that this moment will serve as a reminder of the constant work to realize Dr. King's dream of building the Beloved Community -- a community at peace with itself and our neighbors."


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The fourth Oxford Women's Leadership Symposium will be held on 8 and 9 December 2014 at the Margaret Thatcher Centre, Somerville College, in the University of Oxford.
You are invited to present a paper on an aspect of women's studies, or you may wish to attend as an observer or panel member. If you wish to present a paper you will be requested to submit a brief abstract for review by the Programme Committee. Papers presented will be subsequently peer reviewed by external readers for possible inclusion in Symposium books or as sponsored journal articles. The deadline for abstract submissions is September 1, 2014.
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Family Answers Call of Wild
We'll be working the weekend at the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest, so we're not there today. However, a piece regarding Beidler Forest appeared in today's The Post and Courier. Since we are not there, we'll let Ms. Amy Kirk describe the swamp "in her words."
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Dating cougars advice
Read about history, about thrill sports, culture, a hobby…or think seriously about your own ambitions in life and get ready to wow her. Talk about your ambitions, your dreams of accomplishment, and the rush you get from doing what it is you love. The thing is, you can fool a silly little girl with a BS story. An older woman, however, has been listening to men for years on end, and knows a lie when she hears it. Even if your intent is just a one night stand you have nothing to gain by lying.
Older women respect honesty, but abhor dishonesty because it is the act of a coward. They like lions, son! She may mention the age difference as a test, to see how interested you really are. You do have the right to be persistent, but you do NOT have the right to be annoying, bullying or intimidating. Think of it this way: So if she refuses once, use your imagination to approach her again and ask her out in a more creative way or with good humor. Maybe she will laugh and give you a second chance. Persistence means being smart, not pushy. Cougar dating is not as difficult as you think, but perhaps the best advice anyone can give you is to embrace yourself and accept yourself before attempting to impress a cougar.
She wants you to be confident and in full control. A man, not a boy, but with a very sexy age difference that gets you both a little hot under the collar. Show her what you got and have a great night! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Usually this is because she already knows what she brings to the table in a relationship and he can either accept that or move on. Giving a relationship the time to build is the motto of the cougar.
If it is going to work out, it will. If the two of you are not right for each other, that will become apparent soon enough and then you can both let go and move on to greener fields. There is no point shackling yourself to someone who might make you miserable a few years down the road. You can build up this same atmosphere simply by talking with your partner about the things you want or are interested in trying out. Let him speak, too, and together you can build a better relationship based on trust and a few quirky kinks.
Being in control of a relationship is one of the fabulous reasons why older women date younger men.
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Fact is, you can be in control all of the time, no matter what your age. When you enter into a relationship, step up to the plate and make your own decisions about what to do, where to eat, and what to do in the bedroom. Real men appreciate not having to be in control all the time and will love letting you take over for them. Older women have been through it all. They have had the failed relationships, they understand work troubles, and they know all about family drama.
When a guy makes the effort to talk to them about some of his problems, they listen and do their best to give him good advice. Younger women can easily do this, too.
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Instead of gabbing about your day, take a moment to ask him about his day. Listen to what he says, and then pull from your own past experiences and the experiences of friends and family to give him some good, solid advice. Cougars have experience in the bedroom, a trait younger men can really appreciate. Instead, watch a few steamy movies. Learn about the art of seduction, read the Kama Sutra, and anything else that tugs your interest.
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CASTING FOR Electronic Dance MUSIC VIDEO
Casting for an outdoor party/club scene for an Electronic dance music video being filmed in the Tucson area.
January 24th - February 7th. Exact Filming Dates TBD
No pay but food and drinks will be provided.
Male OR Female DJ with Vinyl Turntables
Male & Female Actors aged 18 - 30
Males & Females (no acting experience) aged 18 - 30
Male & Female dancers aged 18 - 30
Please email head shots, experience and video footage/show reels if applicable.
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August Bank Holiday Regatta 24th/25th August. Get your entries in!
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Your amazing regional race officer Howard has been plotting and planning a free to enter Bank Holiday regatta. This will be open to all club members with boat with a PY>1390. This includes Tera sport and mirrors. There will be up to 3 races on Saturday and 2 races on Sunday morning . The Far North and Lakeland Laser Grandprix will also take place on the Saturday and results from this can be included in the overall regatta score. On Sunday afternoon round it all off with a winner takes all pursuit race! Come out and chase that mirror. Please indicate your interest in taking part by entering online. This will help planning of a great event !
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Ping`s longest, straightest driver, the new PING G Alta 55 Driver delivers forgiveness in a faster design to give increased ball speeds for more distance and accuracy.
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Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm with composer Elena Ruehr
Post-concert reception free to all ticketholders
Cantata Singers' 51st season will commence on Saturday, November 8th at 8:00pm at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with a program featuring the World Premiere of Elena Ruehr's Eve paired with two cantatas by J.S. Bach - his harmonically inventive cantata BWV 77, "Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben" (You shall love God, your Lord) and the festive wedding cantata BWV 195(a), "Dem Gerechten muß das Licht" (The light shall ever rise again for the righteous). The season opener builds on Cantata Singers' tradition of presenting new works for choir and ensemble alongside Classical and Baroque repertoire.
Cantata Singers has commissioned acclaimed Boston-based composer Elena Ruehr to create Eve, a new work for choir and orchestra that uses Biblical text from Genesis 3, the Fall of Man. Ruehr's setting of this iconic biblical text interprets this event as the birth of consciousness for mankind. Eve will be Cantata Singers' 14th commission and the first from a female composer.
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A singular desire to bring to Boston's listeners music that isn't being heard anywhere else has inspired Cantata Singers' programming for 51 years. J.S. Bach's music, from the cantatas to the B-minor Mass to the Passions, remains an essential part of Cantata Singers' repertoire. However, the ensemble's repertoire has expanded to include music from the 17th century to today. Cantata Singers has commissioned 14 works for choir and orchestra-including one that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music-and has presented more than fifty Boston premieres of music both old and new.
Cantata Singers has always focused on the music-be it by Bach, Verdi, Harbison, or Pärt-and its audiences do, too. Our audiences return year after year to hear fresh visions of iconic music, or an intriguing unfamiliar work that is-in fact-quite approachable. Each Cantata Singers concert is often surprising, sometimes challenging, always beautiful, and ultimately inspiring.
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Leaf Wearables- an Indian startup which raised $250,000 in 2016 to launch their first product SAFER- A Smart Pendant for Women Safety, has now won $ 1 million Anu and Naveen Jain Women's Safety XPRIZE. The Grand Prize Winner Announcement and Award Ceremony happened in New York City at the United Nations Headquarters. For more information see the IDTechEx report on wearable technology 2018-2028.
An XPRIZE is a highly leveraged, incentivized prize competition that pushes the limits of what's possible to change the world for the better. The XPRIZE Board Members include Ratan Tata, Larry Page, Naveen and Anu Jain, Amir Ansari, Jack Bader and the company is led by Peter H Diamandis.
Founded by the students of IIT Delhi and Delhi Technological University, the team started working on their first product "SAFER Smart Jewellery" back in 2015 when they made a smart pendant which women can double press to send SOS alerts to their loved ones. The product was launched in 2016 and went on to become one of the best selling wearable technology product in India. SAFER was among top 10 innovators who were also a part of PM Narendra Modi's delegation to Silicon Valley in 2015 and has also won multiple awards in countries like Singapore and UAE for their work on this problem.
For the Women's Safety XPRIZE, the team had developed a new technology called SAFER PRO which incorporates all their learnings of previous versions in terms of robust communication, precise location accuracy and audio streaming during the attack. Apart from that SAFER team is also working on last mile connectivity of help as well.
"Winning XPrize is a great deal in our mission to make this world a safer place. We will now have the support of global tech influencers and the close knit community of xprize." said Avinash Bansal, cofounder of SAFER
"XPRIZE as a platform gives us huge opportunity to showcase the growth and development of innovation and technology in our country. The problem of women safety is all over the world and being situated in New Delhi we know the problem in and out. We are hoping that with XPRIZE credibility India will be looked as a hub of innovation and where technology companies don't only build product but thrive. " added Manik Mehta, cofounder of SAFER.
SAFER was the only Indian Team among the finalists. With the recent horror of Kathua Rape Case sending shivers down the spine of more than a billion Indians, it is the need of the hour that Innovators across the world work to solve this huge problem of women safety and SAFER seems to be on the right track.
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Learn more at the next leading event on the topic: Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020 on 18 - 19 Nov 2020 at Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, USA hosted by IDTechEx.


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In my single years, I was quite content doing a variety of freelance work at home. Some people can't do it. The temptations of television, the refrigerator or laundry are just too strong to resist. As for me — I'm cool with typing while in my boxers and have no problem ignoring a Pisa tower of grimy dishes.
But raising children changes everything. After my wife and I had our second child, working at home was no longer an option. That's when I began Ping-Ponging between the public library and coffee shops, reading the same sentences eight times over with gritted teeth and throbbing temples as chatty librarians, espresso-machine blasts and baristas' Spotify playlists shattered my focus.
At a certain point, I couldn't take it anymore. Like so many other freelance and self-employed professionals who can't work at home — whether because of children, roommates or temperament — I realized that I needed an office.
After I lamented my plight to a fellow writer and parent at my daughter's preschool, she nodded sympathetically and said, "You should apply to the Brooklyn Writers Space."
Founded in 2002, the Space (as I tend to call it) was an early comer in the co-working movement, where individual freelancers, contractors and entrepreneurs work side by side. Its mission is to provide "a professional, respectful and quiet environment for writers." And when they say quiet, they mean it. Not even whispering is allowed. The only permitted talking is through hand signals — and, honestly, even that is frowned upon. And to further ensure that the creative flow of the next Paul Auster or Jonathan Lethem isn't disturbed, an air filter in the corner shrouds the space in a fog of white noise ready to absorb any errant footsteps or coughs.
But most co-working spaces aren't zones of silence. They tend toward a communal atmosphere, where the benefits of networking and spontaneous knowledge-sharing are emphasized.
Tony Bacigalupo, who runs New Work City, a co-working space in Manhattan, told me that about half of its members are involved in work that relates to "technical expertise," but that membership runs the gamut from writers to lawyers to accountants. While some co-working spaces support a diverse mix of workers, many of them, like the Brooklyn Writers Space, are geared toward particular niches, such as technology, art or the environment.
"Co-working represents one of the first pieces of infrastructure to support the needs of a creative independent work force," Mr. Bacigalupo said.
While I confess to the occasional spontaneous start-up idea that might gain traction in a more professionally heterogeneous space — anyone want to invest in "LineTime," an app that would tell people how long the wait is at restaurants and bars? — I relish the fraternal atmosphere of being among other writers.
Though most spaces offer official networking events, I've found that casual meetings in the break room at the front of the Brooklyn Writers Space are far more fruitful than formal get-togethers. (Slightly hushed talking is permitted in that room.)
It's rare for someone in the Space to "network" overtly. Rather, over time, people naturally make connections and give and receive business advice — just from being friendly and chatting over lunch or coffee.
Recently, I gave a pep talk to a friend who was ready to quit pitching a book idea. After hearing my encouragement, he found a new agent and sold the book within two weeks. Fittingly, as I worked on my forthcoming book, "Invisibles," about the value and satisfaction of doing anonymous work, a number of colleagues proofed part of the manuscript, brainstormed subtitles and offered media connections. We help one another not as a quid pro quo, but simply out of a sense of community.
Co-working does have its drawbacks. No one has a permanent desk at the Space. Each day when I arrive, I must set up my computer, external keyboard and various papers and notes all over again. Occasionally, the Space is so crowded that until a desk opens up, I'm relegated to a spot on one of the couches or must try to work in the designated phone room with people carrying on conversations a foot from my ear.
All desks have work space cube walls, and barely any daylight reaches some interior desks, where I reluctantly have to sit sometimes. Once in a while I cherish the isolation, but generally I prefer not to type for eight hours inside a cave.
Still, the enormous benefits far outweigh my quibbles. Two years in, I'm fortunate to have a nonfiction book and a string of clips to my name, and as I type these words from one of my favorite windowed cubes, it's clear that I owe a certain amount of that success to the Space.