Meet the editors

Guiseppe Lo Giudice, MD, is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at San Antonio Hospital, Padua. He received his medical degree from the University of Messina, Italy, and completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padua, Italy. After completing his residency, Dr. Lo Guidice became an Assistant in Ophthalmology at Conegliano Hospital and then a fellow at the Ophthalmology Department of

the Gironcoli Ophthalmic Centre, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy. His major field of interest is developing new treatments for retinal diseases (proliferative retinopathies, AMD, and diabetic retinopathy). He has more than 20 years of clinical research experience in clinical trials and laboratory work. He has performed more than 7000 anterior segment surgeries (cataract surgery, phacotrabeculectomy, trabeculectomy, etc.) in the last 5 years. In the last 3 years, Dr. Lo Guidice has performed more than 700 vitreo-retinal surgeries for retinal pucker, retinal detachment, and vitreoretinal proliferative disease at San Antonio Hospital.

Angel Catalá, PhD, was born in Rodeo, San Juan, Argentina. He received a PhD in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, in 1965. From 1964 to 1974, he worked as Assistant in Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. From 1974 to 1976, he was a fellow of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the University of Connecticut Health Center, USA. From 1985 to 2004, he served

as a full professor of Biochemistry at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He is a member of the National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, and Argentine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SAIB). His laboratory has been interested for many years in lipid peroxidation of biological membranes from various tissues and different species. Dr. Catalá has directed twelve doctoral theses, published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, several book chapters, and twelve edited books. He received awards at the 40th International Conference Biochemistry of Lipids, Dijon, France (1999). He was also winner of the Bimbo Pan-American Nutrition, Food Science and Technology Award, South America, in 2006 and 2012. In 2006, he received an award in pharmacology in recognition of his meritorious works of research. Dr. Catalá belongs to the editorial boards of the *Journal of Lipids*, *International Review of Biophysical Chemistry*, *Frontiers in Membrane Physiology and Biophysics, World Journal of Experimental Medicine*, *Biochemistry Research International*, *World Journal of Biological Chemistry*, *Diabetes and the Pancreas*, *International Journal of Chronic Diseases and Therapy*, and *International Journal of Nutrition*. He is also co-editor of *The Open Biology Journal* and associate editor for *Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity*.

Contents

**Section 1**

*and Maria Henriquez*

of Presbyopia

**Section 2**

Infectious Keratitis: The Great Enemy

*Juan A. Monsoriu and Walter D. Furlan*

*Cristiana P. Dória and Cristiane P. Dória*

*N.C. Platero Alvarado and L. Leal Vega*

*by Nataraj Vijapur and R. Srinivasarao Kunte*

of Normal-Tension Glaucoma

**Preface XIII**

Cornea and Refractive Concepts **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 29**

**Chapter 3 43**

Glaucoma and Blindness: Risk Assessment and Pathophysiology **57**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 79**

**Chapter 6 101**

*by Diego Montagud-Martínez, Vicente Ferrando, Salvador Garcia-Delpech,* 

Intraocular Forced Convection Mechanism Defect as Probable Cause

*by Humberto D. Silva, Eduardo D. Silva, Maria Tamires D. Silva,* 

Training Reading Skills in Central Field Loss Patients: Impact of Clinical Advances and New Technologies to Improve Reading Ability

*by Coco-Martin MB, J. Herrera Medina, J. Oliveros López,* 

Efficient Computer-Aided Techniques to Detect Glaucoma

*by Vatookarn Roongpoovapatr, Pinnita Prabhasawat, Saichin Isipradit,* 

*Mohamed Abou Shousha and Puwat Charukamnoetkanok*

How to Improve Visual Acuity in Keratoconic Cornea? *by Josefina A. Mejías S, Marta G. Hadid, Luis Izquierdo* 

Diffractive Corneal Inlays: A New Concept for Correction
