Sentences with phrase «for central vision»

Attracted specifically to the macula of the eye (the part responsible for central vision), lutein has been proven in clinical studies to help reduce the onset of age related macular degeneration.

* In particular, lutein is a powerful antioxidant known to be deposited especially in the lens and the macular region of the retina, the area responsible for central vision.

The macula is responsible for your central vision; holding two coins in front of your eyes results in a single large black circle blocking your central vision, which is a realistic simulation of what it is like to live with advanced AMD.

At the center, in the back of the retina, is the macula, a small area about 5.5 millimeters in diameter that is responsible for central vision, which is essential for tasks such as reading, driving and facial recognition.

Not exact matches

Loyalty was and is still central to the Bond strategic vision (it's right there in the name), but Macdonald and his senior team were increasingly taking the company into customer experience and live brand events, for example, while Maritz in the U.S. had chosen a more conservative path, staying focused on sales services.

However the vision of Christ and of his work presented by Agnes and Edward Holloway is always to remain central to the Faith Movementindeed it is its sole identity and reason for existing.

How it turned out can be seen to have corrupted essential elements of the biblical vision, especially the central notion of a dynamic, living deity for whom love is at the core of divine manifestations of power.

Comedy Central's president stated: «Through his unique voice and vision, «The Daily Show» has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come.

I do not believe there is any theme more central to Lewis's vision of human life in relation to God, and I think there are very few indeed who have managed as well as he to invoke simultaneously in readers both an appreciation for and delight in our created life, and a sense of the pain and anguish that come when that life is fully redirected to the One from whom it comes.

Daily Mass and the opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance are integral to the week, and the support and involvement of the parish priest is central to the vision of Totus Tuus.

She looks to Psalm 104, which depicts God feeding the wild animals, as evidence for her position: «Praise for divine hospitality and for the centrality of animals to the whole picture of life on Earth is central to the vision of this psalm.»

Though Shi'a Islam and Christianity both have eschatological visions, and this opens an avenue for dialogue between Iranian Shi'as and North American Christians, one difference between Shi'a and Christian eschatology is the central role of Shari'a law in Mahdism.

Three former World Vision employees, Silvia Spencer, Ted Youngberg, and Vicki Hulse, sued after World Vision fired them in 2006 for disagreeing with central tenets of the organization's...

He emphasized the active, integrating self (rather than the frail, victimized ego); held to a «soft» (rather than a «hard») determinism; had a strong interest in future, goal - directed strivings (rather than origins); emphasized the organism as a whole centered in the self (rather than a conflict view of personality); regarded the striving for worth and power (rather than sexual striving) as the central dynamic in mental health and illness; emphasized the possibilities for continuing change in the later years (rather than regarding the early years as utterly decisive)(2) It is clear from these motifs in Adler's thought that his vision of human beings was positive and growth - centered.

Beauty was the central value category for Whitehead, because in his vision reality is constituted by drops of experience which must integrate complex data (feelings) into a unity with both harmony and contrasts.

(p. 38) Whilst we do not doubt the need for some such «movement» we do not accept the loss of that central scholastic virtue, realism, which loss is entailed by the OTWTL implicitly existentialist vision.

The Judeo - Christian vision of a reality in which personal subjects are of central importance, and in which they are responsible for what they do in relation to possibilities of good and evil, has been held by many people who did not call themselves Jews or Christians.

This progressive condition, which is the leading cause of blindness for Americans over the age of 50, attacks the macula of the eyes, where the sharpest central vision occurs.

As a group, we can't move fast enough with our ambitions and growth for our packaging portfolio, and I know Josh will be central to our future and our vision to be the global leader in ultra-niche markets.»

But he showed good control, skills, movements, vision and work rate when he played as a central midfielder for France in the World Cup qualifying matches.

Hleb, our central attacking midfielder at that time, showed incredible skills, vision and ball control to provide assists for Adebayor, our main striker at that game.

«In the spirit of innovation, our vision for this program is to have a head coach who serves as a CEO and is the central leader with a collaborative staff around him that will elevate the performance of players and coaches on the field, in the classroom and in our community.

But love for an arena is not exclusive to home fans; travel through Europe, through Central and South America, through Africa and Asia, and you'll find yourself falling in love with an architect's vision of how football should be watched.

Obiang is the best defensive midfielder that we have had at club for a good few years; as well as breaking up play he uses the ball well with intelligence and a vision lacking in our other central midfield players.

It would make more sense for Mata to play as the central attacking midfielder — he is a fantastic distributor of the ball with incredible vision, and that's where these attributes can really shine.

The Rainbow Babies vision is to provide a central area for general information on the many aspects of GLBT pregnancies and parenting.

Abbreviations: NGO nongovernmental organization, CI confidence interval, SSA sub-Saharan Africa, AKF Aga Khan Foundation, SCA South and Central Asia, AME - Sada African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency, LAC Latin America and Caribbean, ARC American Red Cross, SEA Southeast Asia, CHS Center for Human Services, CW Concern Worldwide, CI Counterpart International, CRS Catholic Relief Services, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, ERD Episcopal Relief and Development, FH Food for the Hungry, FG Future Generations, HAI Health Alliance International, HHF Haitian Health Foundation, HP Health Partners, HKI Helen Keller International, HW Hope Worldwide, IRD International Relief and Development, MC Mercy Corps, MCDI Medical Care Development Inc., MTI Medical Teams International, PCI Project Concern International, Plan Plan International, RI Relief International, SAWSO Salvation Army World Service Organization, SC Save the Children, WI Wellshare International, WR World Relief, WR World Renew, WV World Vision

Hours after he was sworn in, Senator Omo - Agege who vied on the platform of Labour Party sat down with Vanguard to unveil his vision for the Delta Central Senatorial District.

The central vision for the economy has to be «co-operativism».

Central to this vision are two distinct areas for improvement.

Having served on the board of AFC for 9 years, he shared his vision and hopes for the corporation in the next 10 years as he sat on a panel titled The foundation for growth, alongside the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Former Central Bank governor of Nigeria, Professor Chuwuma Soludo.

Mr. de Blasio argued everyone ought to be happy with his vision for wrangling the horses into Central Park, culling the herd of animals to less than half its current size, spending $ 25 million to convert a maintenance shed into a new stable and restricting pedicabs to the area of the park above 85th Street to reduce competition.

Stephen Crabb, the work and pensions secretary, said: «UC is transforming welfare and is central to our vision for our society where people of all backgrounds can earn a decent wage and provide for their families, with claimants moving into work faster and earning more than under the old system.

«I am so excited for the vision we have laid out: investments in high tech development that could put central New York on the map for leadership in unmanned systems, recognizing the rural parts of our community with investments in agriculture, tackling hard problems like poverty.»

The central point of Ed Miliband's campaign on values and vision is surely to make once again, after New Labour, precisely the critique put by Dick Crossman in New Fabian Essays in 1952: that Labour had «lost its way not only because it lacked maps of the new country it is crossing, but because it thinks maps unnecessary for experienced travellers».

«Lots of people are asking about this, and wondering where the plan is,» emailed Maura Moynihan, the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, whose vision for transforming the James A. Farley Post Office into a train hall is now central to Cuomo's own proposal.

Palmer, who has served as the Superintendent of Schools for Tri-Valley Central School District in Sullivan County for 10 years, spoke Aug. 16 about his vision for the future of PCSD.

In this condition, the smallest vessels supplying the retina with oxygen become leaky, causing fluid to swell the central retinal area and impairing the type of vision required for precise activities such as reading.

As the name of the disease indicates, AMD occurs due to slow, progressive deterioration of the macula, a part of the eye necessary for clear, central vision.

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have teamed up with clinicians to create a new drug - delivery strategy for a type of central vision loss caused by blood vessel growth at the back of the eye, where such growth should not occur.

«As treatments for the earliest stages of AMD are developed in the coming years, correct identification of AMD in primary eye care will be critical for routing patients to treatment as soon as possible so that the disease can be treated in its earliest phases and central vision loss avoided.»

The damage occurs in the fovea, a spot in the retina that is responsible for sharp, central vision.

It is important for all patients (and family members of patients) with macular degeneration to know that although the disease can injure the central vision of both eyes severely enough to render one «legally blind,» it is extremely uncommon to cause complete blindness in even a single eye.

The most severe damage occurs in the macula, a small area of the retina that is needed for sharp, central vision necessary for reading, driving and other daily tasks.

In 1997, the mainstays of therapy for patients with macular degeneration include daily monitoring of the integrity of their central vision (usually by viewing a simple printed grid) as well as periodic visits to their eye doctor.

There's a yearning for a spiritual vision of the universe that is not supernatural but which acknowledges that while we may be tiny and not central to the universe, we are part of a great story — much greater than our religious heritage ever conceived.

«Patients who received Lucentis showed a little bit better central vision, much less loss of their side vision, and substantially less risk for surgery than patients who received laser treatment,» said Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

AMD causes damage to the macula, a small spot in the central retina and the part of the eye needed for sharp, vision of objects in the light.

Stargardt is an inherited disorder that attacks central vision used for tasks like reading and recognizing faces.

For many patients we're catching it to late or their disease is too aggressive and people really losing functional vision from glaucoma, whether it's their peripheral vision or even eventually their central vision, it's very motivating to be able to take note of the fact that we've got patients in these tough situations losing vision to glaucoma and then to be able to go back to the lab and to hook up with great collaborators and really try to attack the problem scientifically.