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International audience; Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) in the elderly and to describe systemic and ocular factors associated with DED in a population-based study, the Montrachet (Maculopathy Optic Nerve nuTRition neurovAsCular and HEarT diseases) study.Methods: Dry eye symptoms were evaluated using the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire. A self-reported history of dry eye symptoms and artificial tear use were also recorded. Every participant underwent an ophthalmic evaluation, which included the Schirmer test without anesthesia (Schirmer I), tear film breakup time (TFBUT) measurement, and fluorescein corneal staining evaluation.Results: A total of 1045 subjects were included in the study. The mean age was 82.2 +/- 3.8 years. The prevalence of DED according to symptoms, signs, or both was 34.4% [95% confidence interval ({CI)} 31.5-37.2], 34.5% [95% CI 31.6-37.3] and 13.0% [95% CI 10.9-15.0], respectively. Compared with men, women were more likely to self-report DED and artificial tear use, more often displayed an OSDI >22, and more often suffered from subjective and definite DED. In multivariate analysis, associated factors with definite DED were an educational level of short secondary school (to age 15 years), best-corrected visual acuity

The theme of the Other (i.e. the alienor, the different) has always generated a more or less severe conflict in the history of mankind and there have been few proposals to its resolution. In the sense that The Other questions by similarity or difference the identity in which the subject is supported. This questioning disrupts this precarious construction, and for that reason the stranger becomes an enemy, an opponent, a rival or an undesirable, deppending on the position where it is located. In this study the Otherness/Alterity is searched in the text «I Dinosauri» included in Italo Calvino’s work Le Cosmicomiche, analyzing the reactions and behaviour of the main character «the Other», i.e. «the Stranger», and of the members of the community of «Equals» to which he arrives. El tema del Otro, el ajeno, el diferente, el extranjero, siempre generó conflictos más o menos graves en la historia de la humanidad y pocas propuestas de resolución. En la medida en que el Otro cuestiona, por similitud o por diferencia, la identidad en la cual se sostiene el sujeto, ese cuestionamiento hace tambalear esa construcción precaria y, por esa razón, ese ajeno se convierte en un enemigo, un contrincante, un rival o un indeseable, según sea la posición en que se ubica o es ubicado. En este estudio buscaremos en el texto «I Dinosauri» de Le cosmicomiche de Italo Calvino, el tema de la Otredad/Alteridad, analizando las reacciones y comportamientos del protagonista «el Otro», esto es, «el Extranjero», y de los miembros de la comunidad de «Iguales» a la que llega.