Reconstruction of the aesthetic units of the face with microsurgery: Experience in five years

The article attempts to reconstruct the concept of obesity on the example of the adjective fat as one of its lexical representation. As a material for analysis, the texts of contemporary fiction (1990s–XXI century) obtained from the National Corpus of the Polish Language are used. An overweight people are characterized in the extracted material in physical, mental, aesthetic and social aspects. In the physical aspect, the face, teeth, hairstyle, hair color and appearance, height and size, as well as the physical activity are examined. Symptomatic for the physical aspect is the use of intensifiers: very obese, unbelievably obese, indecently obese. Within the mental aspect, character traits, intellectual potential, self-esteem and drug addiction are analysed. In the social aspect, attention is paid to the reluctant attitude of the environment towards obese people, the relationship of obese people with the opposite sex, as well as the main fields of activity, mainly excessive eating. As part of the aesthetic aspect, auditory, visual and olfactory impressions are analyzed. In the course of analysis lexical units used to characterize obese people are identified. The analysis shows that obese people are repulsive, unaesthetic, they smell badly and look unattractive, they eat all the time and move with difficulty. They are usually friendly and kind, but they have complexes about their looks.

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Capturing the many faces of an exploded star: communicating complex and evolving astronomical data

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.16050202 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (05) ◽

pp. A02

Author(s):

Lisa Smith ◽

Kimberly Arcand ◽

Randall Smith ◽

Jay Bookbinder ◽

Jeffrey Smith

Keyword(s):

Science Communication ◽

Online Survey ◽

Object A ◽

Cassiopeia A ◽

The Public ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

The Face ◽

Final Item ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Many

This study explored how different presentations of an object in deep space affect understanding, engagement, and aesthetic appreciation. A total of n = 2,502 respondents to an online survey were randomly assigned to one of 11 versions of Cassiopeia A, comprising 6 images and 5 videos ranging from 3s to approximately 1min. Participants responded to intial items regarding what the image looked like, the aesthetic appeal of the image, perceptions of understanding, and how much the participant wanted to learn more. After the image was identified, participants indicated the extent to which the label increased understanding and how well the image represented the object. A final item asked for questions about the image for an atronomer. Results suggest that alternative types of images can and should be used, provided they are accompanied by explanations. Qualitative data indicated that explanations should include information about colors used, size, scale, and location of the object. The results are discussed in terms of science communication to the public in the face of increasing use of technology.

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Lower Eyelid and Midfacial Rejuvenation

Surgery of the Eyelid, Lacrimal System, and Orbit ◽

10.1093/oso/9780195340211.003.0035 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Chun Cheng Lin Yang ◽

Richard L. Anderson

Keyword(s):

Lower Eyelid ◽

Fat Pad ◽

Tear Trough ◽

Aesthetic Unit ◽

Lateral Canthus ◽

Age Related ◽

Crow’S Feet ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

The Individual

Over the past two and a half decades, techniques for midfacial rejuvenation have evolved. Midfacial rejuvenation has gained significant popularity among many aesthetic surgeons, including the ophthalmic plastic surgeon. Yet rejuvenation of the midface remains a challenge for the aesthetic surgeon who seeks facial harmony. A variety of techniques and approaches are available, yet no single approach is ideal for all patients. It is clear that the age-related anatomic alterations that cause patients to seek rejuvenation vary from patient to patient, and that many patients have more than one anatomic alteration that must be addressed to rejuvenate the lower lid. The surgeon must address the individual needs of each patient for optimal results. It has also become clear that the lower eyelid and midface form a continuum that needs to be addressed in its entirety for optimal rejuvenation. To achieve this, the surgeon must understand the basic concepts important to lower eyelid and midface rejuvenation, which include an understanding of eyelid and midfacial anatomy, an understanding of aging changes of the lower eyelid and midface, and surgical approaches and nonincisional options. A full understanding of aging changes in the lower eyelid and midface is essential to successfully address midfacial rejuvenation. A harmonious facial appearance consists of a balanced relationship among all tissues of the face. With age, disturbance of this harmony among midfacial tissues occurs. The aging process of the midface encompasses the lower eyelid, malar fat pad and associated structures, melolabial fold, and lateral perioral region. Hester describes four important features of midfacial aging: (1) baring of the inferior orbital rim with creation of a hollow valley at the junction of the lower eyelid and cheek; (2) descent of the malar fat pad, with loss of malar prominence; (3) deepening of the tear trough; and (4) exaggeration of the nasolabial fold. The midface represents a crucial aesthetic unit of the face. It is bordered by structures that play major roles in the overall appearances of the face. The lower eyelid and tear trough toward the nose and the lateral canthus and crow’s feet at the superior lateral aspect frame the midface superiorly.

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The Efficacy and Safety of Hyaluronic Acid Microinjection for Skin Rejuvenation in Vietnam

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2019.059 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 234-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hao Nguyen Trong ◽

Thao Vu Thi Phuong ◽

Thuong Van Nguyen ◽

Ha Vu Thai ◽

Nghi Dinh Huu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hyaluronic Acid ◽

Viscoelastic Properties ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Modern Society ◽

Efficacy And Safety ◽

Skin Rejuvenation ◽

Severity Rating ◽

Significant Clinical Improvement ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic

BACKGROUND: Aging is an increasing concern of modern society, particularly facial ageing. In recent years, the microinjection technique has increasingly been emphasised as a skin rejuvenation strategy. Hyaluronic acid (HA) plays an important role in the hydration of the extracellular space and can thus improve skin hydration, firmness and viscoelastic properties. AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of HA microinjection in skin rejuvenation. METHODS: We enrolled thirty participants underwent three sessions of HA microinjection involving multiple injections in the face or back of the hands at 2-week intervals. The aesthetic outcomes were assessed at baseline and after 2, 4 and 8 weeks. Clinical evaluation was based on the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale (GAIS) and the Wrinkle Severity Rating Scale (WSRS). RESULTS: Evaluation of photographs from 2, 4 and 8 weeks revealed significant clinical improvement in the brightness, texture and wrinkling of the skin. Analysis of the GAIS and WSRS scores revealed statistically significant results after 2 months. CONCLUSION: Most of the participants felt satisfied with the treatment (93.3%).

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An internet of things based smart waste system

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) ◽

10.11591/ijece.v11i3.pp2577-2585 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 2577

Author(s):

Ali M. Jasim ◽

H. H. Qasim ◽

Ethar Habeeb Jasem ◽

Raed Hasan Saihood

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Technology Development ◽

Conveyor Belt ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Multiple Sensors ◽

Environmental Disasters ◽

The World ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic

The importance of preserving the environment from waste and its pollution lies in many matters such as preserving people health, enhancing the aesthetic character of cites, attracting tourists, and protecting society from environmental disasters. The environmental wastes are the main dilemmas in our daily life and in the world at large. With the existence of modern technology, development and the field of the internet, many solutions have been undertaken to get rid these dilemmas. In this paper, a smart waste system based on internet of things (IoT) technique has been proposed using ESP-32 Wi-Fi microcontroller. This system can be adopted to avoid the accumulation of waste in the streets that distort the face of civilization, also to reduce the burden of workers and limit the workforce. The system is based on a multiple sensors in the garbage baskets, as they measure the waste level by using ultrasonic sensor, the moisture percent and temperature degree using DHT-22 sensor. The sensors data are processed by ESP32 microcontroller and displayed to both LCD screen using I2C protocol and mobile application using IoT cloud. System baskets automatically open their covers when the person approaches with a distance less or equal to 30 cm to throw garbage. Any approval waste basket is automatically discharged through an underground dump system using conveyor belt if the basket is full by 80% garbage and/or the basket moisture reaches to 40%.

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Rhomboid Flap: An Option to Many Anatomical Regions

Journal of Advanced Plastic Surgery Research ◽

10.31907/2414-2093.2015.01.4 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 14-18

Author(s):

Érico Pampado Di Santis ◽

Keyword(s):

The Body ◽

Surrounding Tissue ◽

Transposition Flap ◽

Body Segments ◽

Facial Defects ◽

Aesthetic Results ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Rhomboid Flap ◽

Low Rate

Introduction: The rhomboid transposition flap can be used at any region on the body surface, and is widely used on reconstructive surgery. When it is used for surgical procedures in order to correcting facial defects, the Limberg’s flap produces good functional and aesthetic results, particularly when scars are positioned between the aesthetic units of the face. This article will describe the rhomboid flap technique and discuss the versatility, safeness, applicability and complications of Limberg’s flap for cutaneous reconstruction, which can be in a huge part of body segments Results and Discussion: The Limberg’s flap is a rhomboid transposition flap. The flaps are made by taking into account size and location of the original defect and elasticity of the surrounding tissue. From the resection defect resulting, a lozenge is drawn with internal angles of 60 degrees and 120 degrees and the closure is completed by transposing the flap towards the defect. This flap provides very good results to be executed with predictability, high safeness degree and low rate of complications. Keywords: Flap, Limberg, Reconstruction, Rhomboid, Surgery.

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Towards freedom and social awareness: Hopeful narratives and performatives in American theatre and literature

Ars Aeterna ◽

10.1515/aa-2017-0002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 7-13

Author(s):

Ivan Lacko

Keyword(s):

Social Issues ◽

American Art ◽

The Political ◽

Political Arena ◽

American Theatre ◽

The World ◽

The Face ◽

Characteristic Features ◽

American Society ◽

The Aesthetic

Abstract The paper addresses the complexity of social issues in contemporary American society through the prism of its reflection in theatre and literature. The characteristic features of American narratives and performatives are freedom and an almost utopian belief in diversity and social understanding. At the same time, the discussed works present a comprehensive look at social issues using a great variety of forms and genres, and appealing to the aesthetic sensitivity of different groups of recipients. In the face of future problems in the political arena, American art offers an interesting transatlantic perspective on the complexity of 21st-century issues which are relevant all over the world.

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Rethinking Facadism: The Contemporary New Zealand Villa

10.26686/wgtn.17011631 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Hayley Wright

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Cultural Integrity ◽

Architectural Change ◽

Traditional Design ◽

The Social ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Dimensional Object ◽

Contemporary Architecture

The New Zealand Villa is a significant cultural icon of New Zealand. Its architecture encapsulates a rich story of New Zealand's colonial heritage, but preserving this legacy requires respect and understanding in the face of societal change. Presently, villa's are being 'modernised' by owners pressured to maintain the aesthetic 'respectability' of the traditional villa, while simultaneously demanding that their private realms reflect contemporary concerns. Differing expectations and conflict in architectural values results in an irretrievable loss of the villa's cultural integrity. As the villa becomes permanently entrenched in New Zealand's cultural heritage, an 'authentic' depiction of the architecture becomes subjected to facadism. District plans and heritage rules indirectly promote the 'authenticity' of facadism; however the term authentic is presented to the populace under false pretences resulting in spurious imitation forced upon villa's. Facadism results in a Potemkin City; replicated façades, insufficient in and lacking appreciation for, New Zealand's architectural history. This paper questions facadism in comparison to historical and contemporary methods of architectural change. It aims to rethink the notion of facadism and communicate alternative ways of approaching change that is honest and suitable to the aging dwelling and to the occupational demands of contemporary life. A methodology for assessing the New Zealand villa will analyse the social aspects of the traditional design through a contemporary lens. An analytical study will be conducted that will review the social and architectural attributes associated with the traditional villa and how it catered for demands and rituals of the Victorian society. It will evaluate the villa's position in contemporary society and focus attention to the roof as a horizontal facade. Principles will explore how the villa's traditional roof and planning attributes can be applied to contemporary lifestyle and cater for a changing occupancy. A design phase tests the principles through various sites and scales. The desired outcome will present a developed prototype of a 'non frontal' villa designed for the contemporary family unit. It sets out to achieve this through a series of tests exploring how the designed principles can develop a conceptual depiction of a villa. The design outcome of this thesis presents two conclusions. First a contemporary typology of the spatial language of the New Zealand villa and, second, that the villa's facade in contemporary environments has become a three dimensional object with a horizontal nature that needs to be catered for in contemporary architecture.

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Determination of cephalometric parameters, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment depending on facial types according to Garson in Ukrainian young men and young women with orthognathic occlusion

Biomedical and Biosocial Anthropology ◽

10.31393/bba41-2020-03 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 18-23

Author(s):

I. Yu. Drachevska ◽

М. О. Dmitriev ◽

Perera Clifford ◽

V. M. Shevchenko ◽

I. V. Gunas

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Orthodontic Treatment ◽

Young Men ◽

Modern Medicine ◽

Need For Treatment ◽

Aesthetic Appearance ◽

Morphological Index ◽

The Face ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Facial Types

Aesthetics is one of the key elements that accompanies modern medicine, in particular, dentistry. The need for treatment not only eliminates the symptoms of the disease but also leads to the restoration or improvement of the aesthetic appearance of the person, and especially the face, gave impetus to the development of new areas of science and technology. An important step in the implementation of such treatments is experimental research to identify the norm for certain categories of the population, primarily according to sex and ethnic group. The aim of the study was to establish the characteristics of cephalometric parameters in Ukrainian young men and young women with orthognathic occlusion, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment, depending on sex and facial types. On the basis of the clinic "Vinintermed" teleroentgenography was performed using a dental cone-beam tomograph Veraviewepocs 3D Morita (Japan). Cephalometric examination of lateral teleroentgenograms in 46 young men (aged 17 to 21 years) and 72 young women (aged 16 to 20 years) with orthognathic occlusion was done. The type of face was determined according to the morphological index of Garson. The evaluation of parameters that usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment was performed in the licensed package "Statistica 6.0" using non-parametric methods of evaluation of the results. The percentile ranges of cephalometric parameters, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment depending on the facial types of Ukrainian young men and young women with orthognathic occlusion has been established. Pronounced manifestations of sexual dimorphism of cephalometric parameters, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment (higher values in young men) are established only for most linear dimensions (values of distances NS, Ar-Go, N-Se, N-CC, P-PTV and S-Ar) in representatives of different types of faces. Both between young men and young women with different face types, there are almost no reliable or tendencies of differences in cephalometric parameters, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment.

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