[vslist] RE: Optometry & Vision Science Call for Papers - Special Issue on Contact Lenses

[Optometry & Vision Science]

Hi,

Could you please post the following Call for Papers to all the =
VisionScience
list members?

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Kurt

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Optometry and Vision Science is soliciting papers for a Feature Issue
scheduled for Spring 2005.

"Contact Lenses: new materials and designs, and the cornea's response to
their applications"

The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2004.
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A feature issue provides the opportunity for your work to be published
alongside similar subject matter. Past feature issues of OVS have =
included a
number of important and highly-cited papers. For example, the 20 or so =
papers
published in the 1999 feature issues on myopia have been cited 300 =
times.
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It is intended for the feature issue to reflect the tremendous level of
research activity in both cornea and contact lenses, including the
pathophysiology of disease, new material applications and corneal =
re-shaping
strategies that impact the clinical outcomes of extended wear. In =
particular,
we are interested in manuscripts on the following topics:
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- Basic science findings related to the pathophysiology of contact lens
related corneal disease or the mechanisms of corneal re-shaping.
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- Materials research (hyper Dk materials, corneal oxygenation, =
unconventional
designs)

- Clinical studies related to the use of new generation extended wear =
lenses
or the use of corneal re-shaping strategies.=20

Manuscripts must be submitted online at ovs.edmgr.com and should be =
prepared
according to the instructions to authors at this web site. Indicate that =
your
paper is being submitted for this feature issue. Manuscripts will be
subjected to peer review under the editorial guidance of Loretta =
Szczotka,
Joseph Bonanno, and Ed Bennett. Loretta Szczotka will be coordinating =
the
review of the submitted articles with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing
Editor.

Thank you for your consideration.

Please contact the Editorial Office (ovs@osu.edu) if you have any =
questions.
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Tony Adams, OD, PhD=20
Editor-in-Chief=20
Optometry and Vision Science
Berkeley, CA

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Optometry and Vision Science
Kurt A. Zadnik, Managing Editor
The Ohio State University, College of Optometry
338 West 10th Avenue
P. O. Box 182342
Columbus, OH  43218-2342
Tel: (614) 292-4942; Fax: (614) 292-4949;
E-mail: ovs@osu.edu
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