...absent. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss any issues that may have occurred in the last month. Issues varied from new skin care range to skin care treatments. The meeting was productive and speakers only spoke within their time frame. However, general discussion ran over time nearly half an hour. Beauty therapists were in disagreement on what was a high performance facial and what was an organic facial. As a result this is what we achieved. To clear up the disagreement beauty therapists had, I have provided a list below as discussed at the meeting. You will notice that some facials fall into both categories, this is because they require the use of endota organic ingredients. High performance facials are: hydro-microdermabrasion, hydro peptide, endota ceuticals and glycolic facials. Organic facials are: endota organic facials, glycolic facials and hydro-microdermabrasion. If you are still confused about this please talk to your manager or login to malachite online. Our newest treatment is the Hydro-Microdermabrasion facial. For therapists who are unsure as to what a hydro-microdermabrasion facial is I have included an explanation for you....
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...Scientists identify the genes behind gray hair, curly hair, beard thickness, and the humble monobrow. Some genes decide the color of your hair, while other, considerably less friendly genes influence whether or not you go bald. Now, a University College London study has identified the DNA behind gray hair, curly hair, beard thickness, and even the humble monobrow. The researchers say their results confirm long-held suspicions nursed by unmarried aunts — going gray simply runs in the family. We humans have lost most of our body hair over time, yet the abundance of head hair we’ve managed to retain throughout our evolution varies tremendously from individual to individual, and not just among those who regularly drop a Benjamin at the salon. According to the researchers, the appearance of our hair is mostly an inheritance game as evidenced by the obvious differences appearing on different continents. For example, straight hair is virtually absent from sub-Saharan Africa, while variable hair color is mostly found in West Eurasia. “Interestingly, different genes have been associated with straight hair in Europeans and East Asians, suggesting that this trait evolved independently at least twice,” wrote the team of researchers led by Dr. Kaustubh Adhikari Hair Diversity Adhikari, of UCL’s cell and developmental biology department, and his co-authors analyzed 6,357 people with varied ancestry across Latin America to identify new genes associated with hair color, greying...
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...1 Learning Fingerprint Reconstruction: From Minutiae to Image Kai Cao and Anil K. Jain, Fellow, IEEE Abstract—The set of minutia points is considered to be the most distinctive feature for fingerprint representation and is widely used in fingerprint matching. It was believed that the minutiae set does not contain sufficient information to reconstruct the original fingerprint image from which minutiae were extracted. However, recent studies have shown that it is indeed possible to reconstruct fingerprint images from their minutiae representations. Reconstruction techniques demonstrate the need for securing fingerprint templates, improve the template interoperability and improve fingerprint synthesis. But, there is still a large gap between the matching performance obtained from original fingerprint images and their corresponding reconstructed fingerprint images. In this paper, the prior knowledge about fingerprint ridge structures is encoded in terms of orientation patch and continuous phase patch dictionaries to improve the fingerprint reconstruction. The orientation patch dictionary is used to reconstruct the orientation field from minutiae, while the continuous phase patch dictionary is used to reconstruct the ridge pattern. Experimental results on three public domain databases (FVC2002 DB1 A, FVC2002 DB2 A and NIST SD4) demonstrate that the proposed reconstruction algorithm outperforms the stateof-the-art reconstruction algorithms in terms of both i) spurious ...
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...According to the ASPS, over seven point four million people had plastic surgery performed during 2010. Many people want to get plastic surgery to be more beautiful, especially young women. The world has an image of “perfect,” for example, the models who have the “phenomenal” look by getting plastic surgery to be “perfect.” Girls often say,”I want to have lips like Angelina Jolie and I want Tyra Banks’ body.” Girls are willing to do anything to have the perfect face, the perfect bust, and the perfect body. Plastic surgery should be free of restrictions for personal reasons, health reasons, and to correct deformities. Personal cosmetic surgery should not be looked as “fake.” I had interviewed an eighteen year old girl Aly, who very soon would like to get her bust done. I had asked her,” Why do you need a boob job? You have a decent size bust.” She responded with,” I want a boob job because, even though I have a decent size bust, the laws of gravity has worked its ways on me. I hit puberty when I was in sixth grade, and my body started changing. By the end of my sixth grade year I was a full C cup. Now, after so many years, they have drooped quite a bit. One day my grandmother noticed, she said,’ Oh my god! mija! Why are your boobs so droopy?’ I did not understand what she was talking about, until she had explained to me that hers are not as nearly droopy as mine. She is quite older then me, and she had nursed three children. Since then, I have been adamant about getting a breast...
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...“Tit” for Tat In a world where bigger is better, we as a country have been trying to out do and gain a leg up on everyone. It is starting to take a toll on our bodies. Plastic surgery has been on the rise, and what used to be shunned is now widely accepted and now in some cases expected. Everything is now possible from making an overgrown gut smaller, a flat butt more voluptuous, or making an undersized bust outrageously massive. From 1997 to 2003 plastic surgery has skyrocketed 299%. Breast augmentation is changing the shape of the world. Today, it is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, more than 125,000 breast augmentation procedures are performed each year. People are now shelling out the big bucks for youth and beauty. All of those assets come with a price. Most women think now they need to be skinny and have a big chest to even be someone in this world. Medical advances, greater public acceptance of plastic surgery, and the media have all contributed to the problem. Men also contribute their ideal woman, which television and pornographic material create; but in reality most women aren’t Barbie dolls and shouldn’t have to be to succeed or be someone in life. Dr. David Sarwer, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist who has studied augmentation, said “The current ideal of female beauty -- that of a thin, well-toned, yet big-breasted woman --...
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...Computed Tomography Technology Robert Hays Thomas Edison State College Robert Hays Current Trends and Applications in Applied Science and Technology APS-401-OL011 June 2016 The technology that I have chosen to write about is one that I currently work with and am the most familiar with. In my occupation as a radiology technologist at Bassett Army Community Hospital, I am one of several soldiers who perform computed tomography (CT) scans for active duty soldiers, their family members, retirees and other beneficiaries within our footprint. Perform CT scans is an exciting and rewarding career path, and one that I am proud to be a part of. In this piece I will briefly discuss what this particular technology does and how it works, as well as delve into some of the benefits and disadvantages of CT scans. CT is an interesting technology in terms of what it can be utilized for and how exactly it works. The technology used today owes it’s existence to the discovery of x-rays in 1895 by Mr. Wilhelm Roentgen. X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation. This type of radiation refers to the process by which an atom is excited, or energized to the point that outer layer electrons are expelled or “boiled” off. In CT, these electrons are directed towards a patient for the use of forming either a two or in some cases, three dimension image of the internal anatomical structures of the patient. The specific concept of how a CT image is formed can be difficult to both explain and...
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...COMM120 Zarchfel N. Lumasag 2FREE1 TH 8:00 -11:00 AM Narrative Analysis of Night Crawler Night crawler opens with the image of an unaltered billboard that is draped in white. The billboard that would normally promote, advertise or represent something is instead blank, emotionless. This could not be a more appropriate image to open this film with consideringNightcrawler is a film that is devoid of emotion, sentiment or integrity. This form of detachment from human emotion does not stem from the film’s content, but rather from Jake Gyllenhaal’s portrayal of the film’s main character, Lou Bloom. Even in the strictest of definitions, the character is a sociopath who feeds off the vulnerability of others. By proxy of Gyllenhaal’s performance, the film transforms itself into an unapologetic film that chronicles the plight of its lead character without ever throwing judgment or morality upon his actions. A sociopath, in many regards, is opportunists. They craft a narrative and use their persuasive social skills to create an entry into individual’s lives, companies or corporations. Typically such personalities are perceived to be harmless, such as being personable and generating attention towards them. Also, their inability to feel guilt often feeds into their confidence, which allows for them to present themselves as being more than they actually are. Gyllenhaal’s performance occupies many of these qualities, to which the viewer...
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...Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) is an advanced imaging procedure used in conjunction with a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner. The CTA is a noninvasive medical procedure that is used to view detailed images of both blood vessels and tissues in numerous parts of the body. During the procedure the patient is given an injection of iodine contrast medium while being scanned using a multi-detector CT scanner to examine blood vessels that are in the heart, lungs, kidneys, neck, brain, legs and arms. In addition, the CTA can identify abnormalities, such as atherosclerosis, brain aneurysms, and aorta pathology. The primary discussion will focus on two important uses of CTA in diagnosing diseases. The first, will be how CTA can be used as an early...
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...Demonstrative communication can be effective in all situations if used properly. Using eye contact is a good way to show how serious you are and a way to make sure you are keeping the attention of your audience. In a face to face situation if you are lecturing an individual keeping eye contact and using a stern and steady voice with them will show them you are serious and that you mean what you are saying to them. If you were using different body language, for example looking away and a very low tone of voice, you would be sending the message that you are not sure of what you are saying. In this example people are likely to think you are not serious about what you are saying and could just blow off the conversation. Being the receiver in this situation, if you are the one being lectured, your best body language would be eye contact and intent concentration. This would show you are paying attention and care about what the sender is saying to you. If you were to, instead, look around the room and drift off into other thoughts or look at your cell phone and make weird faces your sender would get the feeling you were not paying attention and did not care about what they were saying to you. This could send the wrong message if you were the receiver and were being lectured you could be in even more trouble with these communications. Being the sender of these communication would tell the person being lectured by you that you were uncomfortable lecturing them and were not sure about what...
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...THE HAIR HAIR * NO SENSATION OR FEELING IN THE HAIR SHAFT DUE TO NERVE STIMULI * COMPOSED OF KERATIN (PROTEIN) HAIR GROWS EVERYWHERE EXCEPT * SOLES OF FEET * PALMS OF HANDS * SOME AREAS OF GENITALS * MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF LIPS * NIPPLES (NOT INCLUDING AREOLA) * NAVAL AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF HAIR * SCALP * AXILLARY REGION * ARMS * LEGS * ON & AROUND GENITALS *FUNCTIONS OF THE HAIR* PROTECTION * PROVIDES LITTLE PROTECTION IN HUMANS * PREVENTS THE ENTRY OF GERMS * THICK AND LONG SCALP HAIR HELP AS HEAT REGULATOR SENSORY RECEPTION HAIR FOLLICLES ARE SURROUNDED BY SENSORY NERVES RESPOND TO PRESSURE ON THE SHAFT FACTORS INFLUENCING HAIR GROWTH * RACE * HEREDITARY * AGE * SEX * BODY REGION * SEASON OF YEAR * HORMONES * NUTRITION * MEDICATION ( CHEMO, STEROIDS) * ILLNESS * STRESS LEVEL THE HAIR CONT’D HAIR ANATOMY 1.HAIR SHAFT * SUPERFICIAL PORTION * SLENDER STEM-LIKE STRUCTURE * PART OF HAIR ABOVE SCALP OR SKIN 3 PARTS OF THE HAIR SHAFT A. CUTICLE * ARRANGED LIKE LITTLE SHINGLES ON A ROOF * OUTER LAYER * SINGLE LAYER OF OVERLAPPING SCALES * TRANSLUCENT * CUTICLE INTERLOCK TO ANCHOR THE HAIR TO FOLLICLE FUNCTION HOLDS CORTEX TOGETHER B. CORTEX * NEXT TO THE CUTICLE * CLOSER TO CENTRE OF SHAFT...
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...Ryan Rothstein Nonverbal Communications 308 Paper One: Personal Space Personal space plays a major role in our daily interactions with people, and can affect our conversations that we have with one another. For this assignment I chose to work with my roommate, Yale Mendelson, to test out the different lengths of distance between each other to carry out a conversation. The three different distances that I chose was down the hall from each other (approximately 8 feet), face to face (approximately 1.5 feet), and face to face with less than a half of foot between our faces. All three of these distances brought about different reactions between the two of us and showed differences in conversation at each distance. The first distance was the furthest, we began our conversation, I had to speak very loudly, almost a yell, to begin our interaction. I could tell right away that Yale was uncomfortable with this because he is not very outgoing and we were bringing some attention to ourselves. The hall way was not empty so as we were talking back and forth to each other I noticed that we both had to use hand gestures and certain body language cues to help the other realize what they were saying. This setting was definitely difficult for us to have a normal, personal conversation. This distance left for a very broad interaction that was not able to ever become very personal. The next distance that we used to interact with each other was the face to face at about 1 to 2 feet...
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...technology, there is less face-to-face communication that we once relied on, where one could observe the receiver, their response and the reactions to the conversation. In addition, the sender can relay a certain tone in the conversation in order for the receiver to understand the full meaning of the message. The first perception of communication is that we spend most of our time talking, but in fact we spend the majority of our time communicating non-verbally or through demonstrative communication, especially now with all the technology that has made communicating with others outside of face to face possible and has made it also much quicker and easier. There are a quite a few ways that we communicate demonstratively such as: tone of voice, facial expressions, body language, materialistic features, or items/something that is meant to be perceived with high stature (a house, vehicles, furniture, neighborhood, clothing, etc.), the use of touch and the list can go on for quite a while. Each of the above examples are characteristic of non-verbal communication and can be used as a tool intended to identify us in a certain way...
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...explosion I found myself relying on Mathew just as much as he relied on me. I relied on him to tell me where we are for he had much better eye sight than I did, for the radiation that had created this barren wasteland had caused major damage to my eyes restricting the amount of light entering them making it hard to make out object or even words in this world where the sun only comes out as a miracle. As we came closer to the seamlessly abandoned town the common stench of decomposing bodies focused me to breathe through my mouth unlike Mathew for he had no sense of smell. “Still not used to the smell yet big brother?” Mathew said with a grin on his face. Mathew didn’t need a sense of smell to know what is around us he would always use my facial expressions to say make out the type of aroma is in the air. “Shut up! Just because you can’t smell anything, there’s no need to rub it in you know.” I replied with frustration. Mathew bright eyes began to water for I could hear him trying to hide the sobbing under his breath. “I’m sorry Mathew, I didn’t mean to yell at you I’m just hungry.” The starvation of going days without any signs of food drove me to the point of...
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...In this paper I will be discussing demonstrative communications as it pertains to the role of patient care provider in the emergency setting. As EMS providers we often employ nonverbal communication such as facial expressions and body language in the sender and receiver role of communication. Tone of voice is also a very important part of demonstrative communication that is often used by EMS providers. I will be discussing how these forms of communication can be effective and ineffective as well as negative and positive for the sender and receiver. In EMS we depend heavily on demonstrative communication in the performance of our duties. I usually spend a whole day covering this topic when we have new recruits we are training. Demonstrative communication is important in our field both as receivers and senders. Many times in emergency situations we must quickly establish a rapport with our patients and their families to earn their trust to be able to help them. The most efficient way to do this is through our appearance, body language, tone of voice and facial expressions. As EMS providers we also gain quite a bit of the information needed to treat patients through non verbal communication so it is very important to be able to decipher this information as well as send it. Body language Body language is vital in EMS both as a receiver and a sender, the initial impression we form upon patient contact is what we use to quickly gauge “sick” or “not sick”. This entire impression...
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...Receiving Feedback So for this project, I decided to ask one of my small group members for feedback and feedforward. In particular, I choose to ask a classmate that I was constantly paired with when we split the projects apart into smaller groups. I asked him: “What do you think are some of the areas I need to work on to improve my leadership skills in a professional environment?” The outcome was fantastic, as I knew he would give me a straightforward feedback. He was very honest and really wanted me to improve myself so he took this opportunity to provide the best possible feedback. I learned a lot about my leadership skills that I never knew and I was grateful for talking to him about this. My partner gave me really good feedback that I really took in and listened too. I realized how important listening was from the readings as it is the central skill in the establishment and maintenance of interpersonal relationships, which in turn establishes teamwork. But most of all, listening to him and the details he describe about how I could improve myself really promoted problem solving abilities just like the readings mentioned. For example, he mentioned that I needed to better understand the different work styles of my group mates so I can better delegate the work when I’m leading the group due to the fact that some people like to finish their work early and some like to procrastinate. Another feedback was that I needed to spend the same amount of time working...
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