A young Nigerian girl looks out from her father’s balcony and into the scenery below her. Despite the arid weather‚ there was a cool breeze that wafted around her. Craning her neck down‚ she spots a cluster of slaves among the cocoa plants. Men and women alike were socializing‚ making delight of ancient folktales. These slaves were finished with their work‚ proud of the day’s accomplishments. The young girl adjusts her pale pink boubou that complemented her caramel‚ light complexion that wouldn’t
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Skin Layers 1. Epidermis The epidermis is the outer most layer of skin. It is built up of 5 layers (from the outside in) - stratum corneum is made of dead flat skin cells - stratum licidum - stratum granulosum - stratum spinosum - stratum basale Where cells divide and push previously formed cells into the upper layers. As the cells travel into the higher layers‚ they flatten and die‚ eventually. Specialized Epidermal Cells - melanocyte - produces pigment (melanin) - Langerhans’
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Research investigation: What Verfremdungs Effekts does Brecht script in Caucasian Chalk Circle and how effective are these techniques in the dramatic movement of transformation? United World College in Mostar Student: Selmir Klicic Teacher: Melissa Ann Reed Subject: Theater Block: E First factor I would like to mention when it comes to this kind of topic is audience. The audience was always to big extent demanding for an author and a director to send the message throughout a work of
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According to The Encyclopedia of Skin and Skin Disorders‚ an insect bite is a puncture wound in the skin by any variety of insects. Some people have more reactions to bites or stings. Babies are usually more affected by bites and stings than adults. Severe allergic or toxic reactions are not common but can be life-threatening and require emergency care. Common stinging or biting insects that cause mild reactions are: mosquitoes‚ flies‚ fleas‚ bedbugs and kissing bugs‚ chiggers‚ nonpoisonous spiders
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Many may believe the skin is the most obsolete organ that humans have‚ but that is far from the truth. Scientists‚ just recently‚ have come to the conclusion that human skin is equipped with the strongest‚ most convoluted defense system that the body can produce. To the naked eye‚ the surface of the skin may seem like a calm‚ untouched wasteland scattered with grass-like follicles‚ but‚ magnified‚ it is a battle zone of the body’s defenses fending off unwanted‚ invading bacteria (Metaphor). With
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"Is AIDS Mainly in Homosexuals?" AIDS‚ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome‚ has been around for a decade. A disease that over time shuts down a person’s immune system causing the white blood cells to weaken‚ making them unable to protect the body from outside germs and infections. Since the first case of AIDS was reported in medical literature in the late 1970’s‚ people have been wondering what is the origin of this foreign disease? Lisa Law stated in 2000’s Sex Work in Asia that there are
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SKIN AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM CHAPTER 6 Your Name () OVERVIEW This chapter describes the skin and its appendages. It explains the structure and function of the layers of skin (dermis and epidermis) and the hair‚ nails‚ and sweat glands. This chapter also explains how the skin helps regulate body temperature and how it responds to environmental factors‚ such as sunlight and injury. Study of the integumentary system is essential to understanding how the body controls interaction between
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| |INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - SKIN IS IN! | Integumentary? That’s a big word to describe something as simple as our skin. First‚ the skin is not all that simple. Second‚ integumentary systems are the parts in humans that include the basic types of skin‚ hair‚ fingernails‚ oil‚ and sweat glands. They are found in integument layers called the epidermis (top)‚ dermis
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proteins /collagen: From my diagram I can observe the quaternary structure is 3 helical polypeptides which are looped around and is held by hydrogen bonds. The 3 stranded molecules runs parallel to others and the disulphide cross-linkages between the r-groups of the amino acid holds the molecules together forming fibres. Collagen molecules forms covalent bonds which are called cross links‚ with other collagen molecules next to it. The cross-links that form are shocked along the collagen molecules
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The Color White: Tainted? The color white is oftentimes unanimously associated with purity‚ hope‚ and innocence. However‚ in the Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the color has the deeper meaning of false purity over goodness. With the taboo characteristics that Fitzgerald’s white carries‚ the reader is led to a false sense of security throughout the course of the novel; just how far was this rebel of a writer willing to go to break down borders? It is later found out that the symbol of
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