Current Affairs Analysis: Electronic Skin Scientists have developed a new technology they believe will be revolutionary in the medical field. They have created an ultra-thin electronic device that attaches to the skin like a temporary tattoo and measures heart rate and other vital signs. The new technology is exciting because it does the same job as the machines used in current hospital monitoring‚ but without the bulk and electrodes. The complicated‚ bulky wiring involved in current hospital monitoring
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pandacaqui Poir) has been used for relieving itchy skin lesions and eczema. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the sap of the pandakaki-puti leaves‚ when made into an ointment‚ on the wound healing of the rat. B. Objective The objectives of this study is o determine the effectiveness of the pandakaki-puti ointment on the wound healing of the rat and to compare the healing rates of the wound that is treated with the pandakaki-puti ointment with
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author of In the Castle of my Skin. Lamming presents exile as a complex idea. He uses the main character‚ G.‚ to portray a layered definition of exile. Through G.’s interactions with his family‚ friends‚ and community‚ there is a constant sense that G. is an outsider. Exile is complex‚ and cultural and personal exile is likely to lead to inevitable physical exile‚ as illustrated by the character G. and his consciousness in Lamming’s novel‚ In the Castle of My Skin. G. lives in a small village
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Growing up as a youth being in an interracial family‚ I always experienced prejudice whether it was inside my home or out on the street. My father was an African-American‚ his family was accepting but all could see that they praised the fact that my skin was 5-6 shades lighter than that of my other cousins. This of course caused unresolved issues‚ issues that couldn’t and wouldn’t be talked about among us as children‚ but later on became deep conversation filled with tears and understanding because
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the land fundamental and innate. In her recent body of work constructed over the course of 2009-2010‚ Castle of My Skin signifies a re-identification and sublimation into the power of archives‚ literature and‚ in its wake‚ the weight and value of history. The title is borrowed from the conscious and pioneering right-of-passage novel by George Lamming entitled In the Castle of My Skin. Kambon culled and appropriated daguerreotypes from Harvard’s Photographic Archive‚ which were in marked contrast
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Skin Color‚ Signs and Speeches A Story About Civil Rights Equality is defined as the state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ and opportunities. It is written in the Constitution that all men are created equal‚ but for 100s of years‚ several types of citizens have been treated anything but that. We go back to the 1960s. African Americans are killed‚ beaten‚ and oppressed due to the color of their skin. Several whites‚ although caring about Civil Rights‚ stand by and watch‚ to afraid
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In V.S. Pritchett’s "The Fly in the Ointment‚" Harold is a man of strong character. Despite being raised by a self-centered‚ hateful father‚ Harold has a forgiving spirit and a desire to help—even for someone who seems not to deserve it. As the story begins‚ we learn that Harold is wise enough to avoid trouble—a sign of self-preservation. His father’s factory is closing in difficult financial times‚ and Harold arrives with care. Better not to arrive in a taxi‚ he was thinking. The old man will
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How The Skin is Involved with the Nervous System The skin is the outside covering of the body tissue‚ which protects inner cells and organs from the outside environment. The skin is the largest organ of the body and its cells are continuously replaced as they are lost to normal wear and tear. The skin has between 12 to 20 square feet in area and accounts for 12% of body weight. It is composed of 3 layers the epidermis‚ the dermis‚ and the sub cutis. The thickness of
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It could be said that The Skull beneath the Skin is quite typical of the crime genre‚ however P.D. James has somewhat subverted the genre. The novel incorporates a combination of Intuitionist‚ Realist and Hard Boiled styles of crime fiction. Usually crime novels fall into one of the three afore mentioned styles. Although obviously an Intuitionist or classically styled crime novel‚ Skull beneath the Skins as I have previously stated incorporates all three creating a unique novel while still following
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could cause is dengue. Dengue cases has been continuously growing in the country for the past few years. With this‚ the researchers aim to provide an efficient prevention for the illness through the experimentation of the extract of Mimosa pudica specifically as mimosine extract as a mosquitocidal agent. Mimosa pudica locally known as Makahiya are easily found in the moist areas and is readily available and accessible most of the time. Mimosa pudica contains a substance that is called Mimosine‚ which
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