# paediatric — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover paediatric. Page: Feed: --- ## [Newsletter No 19 - Paediatric Ophthalmology](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/newsletter-no-19-paediatric-ophthalmology) _2026-08-17 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Three thought provoking articles on paediatric cataract, the evidence base for myopia treatments and the role of AI in ROP. ## [🎉 1,000 LinkedIn followers, thank you 🎉](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/1000-linkedin-followers-thank-you) _2026-08-05 · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ A few months ago we were celebrating 800 followers on LinkedIn. ## [Mid-spinal canal depth by weight, mean and 95% centile](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/02/mscd.html) _2026-08-02 · Inane Observations_ Warning! The intended audience of this article is medical professionals and students. I am not your doctor. This article is not medical advice. This article has not been subject to formal peer review. The following graph shows mean and 95% centile mid-spinal canal depth (MSCD) by weight for children 0.5 kg to 80 kg: The underlying data are sourced from the graphs in: Arthurs OJ, Murray M, Zubier… ## [Reverse engineering 1990s legacy enterprise software licensing](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/07/31/drm6.html) _2026-07-31 · Inane Observations_ This article explores a software licensing system used in a proprietary enterprise software package from circa 1994, which is no longer supported by the original developers. The licensing system operated on the basis of short alphanumeric licence keys issued to licensees (e.g. ABCD 012345 67890). The software is distributed as a binary executable (say, foo.exe ) and accompanied by a number of… ## [Bonus: How To Build A Successful Dry Eye Practice](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/bonus-how-to-build-a-successful-dry) _2026-07-16 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ More from renowned optometrists Connan Tam and Minakshi Jain who, in this bonus exlcusively for subscribers, offer a practical, step-by-step guide to building a successful dry eye practice. ## [Dry Eye Taken Seriously – with Connan Tam & Minakshi Jain](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/dry-eye-taken-seriously-with-connan) _2026-07-16 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Watch now | How did the UK’s first pioneers of IPL treatment for dry eyes make their mark? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207249314/534baed7591b994f5cac9530f6c65037.mp3) ## [Meet Thursday's guests](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/meet-thursdays-guests) _2026-07-15 · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Connan Tam — Specialist Optometrist & Director at The Dry Eye Centre. ## [Guess the identity of this “Dynamic Dry Eye Duo”](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/guess-the-identity-of-this-dynamic) _2026-07-14 · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Coming this Thursday... ## [Bonus: the future of cataract surgery](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/bonus-the-future-of-cataract-surgery) _2026-06-18 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Just for subscribers, we ask Uday: ## [The Cataract Coach Uncovered — with Uday Devgan](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/the-cataract-coach-uncovered-with) _2026-06-18 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ Watch now | [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202260057/be4a11f3563368a7de3e1178f5182421.mp3) ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8mIdzQhgw32R) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Your first job in ophthalmology may not be your last — and that's completely fine.](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/your-first-job-in-ophthalmology-may) _2026-06-17 · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ 🚨New podcast launches tomorrow🚨 ## [Hum do, humare teen: A case for bringing back larger families](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/hum-do-humare-teen-a-case-for-bringing) _2026-06-14 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ I had the opportunity to write for Times of India on India’s collapsing fertility rates - a policy issue I am very concerned about! ## [PDFi: Low-level PDF inspector and editor](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/06/08/pdfi.html) _2026-06-08 · Inane Observations_ PDFi is a simple tool for displaying the low-level structure of a PDF file in an interactive tree view. Arbitrary values can be modified or deleted. The motivation for PDFi is to allow modifying a PDF file in a precise, minimally invasive way; for example, to remove a portion of text or a watermark, without affecting the rest of the PDF file. Most naïve approaches to doing this involve converting… ## [Newsletter No 18 - Neural regeneration and Neuroprotection in glaucoma](https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/newsletter-no-18-neural-regeneration) _2026-06-01 · John Ferris · Eyes On Tomorrow - supported by Topcon_ In the future there will be more to glaucoma treatment than just lowering IOP! ## [Detransition Awareness Day 2026](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/detransition-awareness-day-2026) _2026-03-12 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ I wanted to write something profound for Detransition Awareness Day, which is today, March 12th. Unfortunately, my day job and personal life got in the way, and thus this is a brief post. ## [The Seen and The Unseen: Janhavi Nilekani Threw the Other Shoe](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/the-seen-and-the-unseen-janhavi-nilekani) _2026-03-11 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ I had the honour of being a guest on Amit Varma’s fantastic podcast, The Seen and The Unseen. ## [Simulation model of ventilation–perfusion mismatch](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/02/21/vq-mismatch.html) _2026-02-21 · Inane Observations_ Warning! The intended audience of this article is medical professionals and students. I am not your doctor. This article is not medical advice. This article has not been subject to formal peer review. The model at https://yingtongli.me/blog/assets/posts/2026/vqmodel/ simulates a two-unit lung model where the two units may have different ventilation–perfusion (\\(\\dot{V}/\\dot{Q}\\)) ratios. The… ## [Sugar, and Spice, and Everything Nice, and Snips, and Snails, and Puppy-dog Tails](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/sugar-and-spice-and-everything-nice) _2026-02-11 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ As many readers know, I am deeply uncomfortable with gender-affirming care (GAC), particularly when it involves children. ## [The Lived Realities of Those Who Detransition](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/the-lived-realities-of-those-who) _2026-01-30 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ One thoughtful critique of my Times of India column, which argued that India should restrict paediatric gender medicine (PGM), stood out. ## [Too Many Indian Trans Activists Are Avoiding Evidence](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/too-many-indian-trans-activists-are) _2026-01-28 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ India’s trans activist community has been sharply critical of me ever since I argued in the Times of India that India should restrict paediatric gender-affirming care (GAC). ## [Production-grade web engineering (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MNOjlq0CLDnP) _2026-01-28 · **Sponsored**_ Senior engineers who rebuild or launch scalable web products with enterprise rigor ## [India should Restrict Paediatric Gender-Affirming Care - My Op-ed in the Times of India](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/india-should-restrict-paediatric) _2026-01-18 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ A few days ago, the Times of India gave me the opportunity to publish an op-ed, making the case for why India should follow the emerging international consensus, and restrict paediatric gender affirming care (GAC). ## [Custom Open in Terminal shortcut for GNOME Files using nautilus-python](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/12/26/nautilus-terminal.html) _2025-12-25 · Inane Observations_ When using GNOME Files (Nautilus) with GNOME Console , the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+. can be used to launch a terminal in the currently open folder. Equivalent functionality is not available out of the box for the more fully featured GNOME Terminal – GNOME Terminal adds an ‘Open in Terminal’ option to the context menu, but this does not have a keyboard shortcut. The current standard approach to… ## [GNOME Files (Nautilus) extension for git gui/gitk](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/12/23/nautilus-git.html) _2025-12-23 · Inane Observations_ This is a simple extension for GNOME Files (Nautilus), which adds an item to the context menu (when right-clicking in the background in any folder containing a git repository) to directly open git gui or gitk . nautilus-python is a dependency. The script should be placed at ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/git-menu.py . # Copyright (C) 2025 Lee Yingtong Li # # Licensed under the Apache… ## [pyaccdb: Python library for Microsoft Access .accdb files](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/11/22/pyaccdb.html) _2025-11-22 · Inane Observations_ Microsoft Access stores databases in the proprietary .accdb file format. Outside of using the Microsoft Access ODBC driver, which is Windows only, there is limited tooling for accessing Microsoft Access databases from external applications. Notable such tools are mdbtools (C library) and Jackcess (Java library); only Jackcess supports encrypted .accdb files. In the Python sphere, options are… ## [Microsoft Access .accdb encryption and simple Python implementation](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/11/20/accdb-encryption.html) _2025-11-20 · Inane Observations_ Current versions of Microsoft Access store databases in the proprietary .accdb file format. Some public descriptions of the .accdb format have been made based on reverse engineering; for example, The Unofficial MDB Guide and mdbtools (despite the names, both also cover .accdb files). Although .accdb encryption has also been reverse engineered (e.g. Jackcess Encrypt ), there does not appear to be a… ## [Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV cannulation in paediatrics](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/11/09/usgpiv.html) _2025-11-09 · Inane Observations_ Warning! The intended audience of this article is medical professionals and students. I am not your doctor. This article is not medical advice. This article has not been subject to formal peer review. This post discusses practices and evidence regarding a number of aspects beyond the basics of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation. Most principles are applicable to adults as well,… ## [Informed Consent is Meaningless if the Information is False and the Consent is Coerced](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/informed-consent-is-meaningless-if) _2025-08-12 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ Overall, I was delighted by the response to my introductory essay. I had not expected such a warm welcome from the gender-critical movement, and I am very grateful. ## [Inclusivity In Healthcare Should Not Be Valued Above Our Paramount Mandate: First, Do No Harm](https://janhavinilekani.substack.com/p/inclusivity-in-healthcare-should) _2025-07-23 · Janhavi Nilekani · Janhavi Nilekani’s Substack_ In the spring of 2022, a 50-year-old grandfather in North Carolina decided that he wanted his daughter’s newborn to suckle at his nipple.