scholarly journals Nanotechnology-Based Cosmeceuticals

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alka Lohani ◽  
Anurag Verma ◽  
Himanshi Joshi ◽  
Niti Yadav ◽  
Neha Karki
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Opening Up

Cosmeceuticals are the fastest growing segment of the personal care industry, and a number of topical cosmeceutical treatments for conditions such as photoaging, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, and hair damage have come into widespread use. In the cosmeceutical arena nanotechnology has played an important role. Using new techniques to manipulate matter at an atomic or molecular level, they have been at the root of numerous innovations, opening up new perspectives for the future of cosmeceutical industry. Nanotechnology-based cosmeceuticals offer the advantage of diversity in products, and increased bioavailability of active ingredients and increase the aesthetic appeal of cosmeceutical products with prolonged effects. However increased use of nanotechnology in cosmeceuticals has raised concern about the possible penetration of nanoparticles through the skin and potential hazards to the human health. This review outlines the different nanoparticles used in various classes of cosmeceuticals, nanotechnology-based cosmeceutical products present in the market, and the potential risk caused by nanoparticles on exposure and recent regulatory steps taken to overcome them.

The Riddle of the Sands

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Brayton
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Narrative Fiction ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal ◽  
Secret Service ◽  
German Coast ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Modern Nation State

The aesthetic appeal of coasts is due in part to the indeterminacy of the intertidal zone. The imagination finds room to play where land and sea meet. This chapter explores the coastal zone that lies at the heart of a novel considered by many to be the first modern spy thriller, Erskine Childers’s The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service. Childers develops the notion of coastal indeterminacy as a figure for the boundaries, ambitions, and limitations of the modern nation-state. The journey of Childers’s characters through a north Atlantic archipelago that extends from the German coast draws a line of association between Europe and Britain, whose form depends on coastlines, estuaries, and shallows. In following this course, Childers creates a narrative fiction that shifts between charts, borders, and languages.

scholarly journals Active ingredients, mechanisms of action and efficacy tests of antipollution cosmetic and personal care products

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (spe) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Valéria Robles Velasco ◽  
Rafael Sauce ◽  
Camila Areias de Oliveira ◽  
Claudinéia A.S. de Oliveira Pinto ◽  
Renata Miliani Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Active Ingredients

Removal Mechanisms for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Water by NF/RO Membranes

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 2502-2505
Author(s):  
Zhong Hua Huang ◽  
Zheng Li Liu ◽  
Li Jun Zhu ◽  
Guli Mira Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Separation Method ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Removal Mechanisms ◽  
Micro Pollutants

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have been widely detected in aquatic environment in recent years; as emerging micro-pollutants, their influence on human health and ecological environment safety are of increasing concern. Membrane filtration is considered as the suitable separation method for PPCPs removal due to different removal mechanisms. This paper reviews the removal efficiency and removal mechanisms for PPCPs by NF/RO membranes.

scholarly journals Species-Wide Collection of Escherichia coli Isolates for Examination of Genomic Diversity

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (50) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayanthi Gangiredla ◽  
Mark K. Mammel ◽  
Tammy J. Barnaba ◽  
Carmen Tartera ◽  
Solomon T. Gebru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Genomic Diversity ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
E Coli

ABSTRACT Pathogenic and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli strains present a vast genomic diversity. We report the genome sequences of 2,244 E. coli isolates from multiple animal and environmental sources. Their phylogenetic relationships and potential risk to human health were examined.

scholarly journals GIS-Based Aesthetic Appraisal of Short-Range Viewsheds of Coastal Dune and Forest Landscapes

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1534
Author(s):  
Arvydas Urbis ◽  
Ramūnas Povilanskas ◽  
Egidijus Jurkus ◽  
Julius Taminskas ◽  
Domantas Urbis
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Coastal Dune ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Scenic Beauty ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Management Alternatives

This paper demonstrates the possibilities of a Geographical Information System (GIS) for investigating and explicating the spatial variation of the short-range viewshed aesthetic appeal in a World Heritage coastal dune and forest area. The study pursues the following objectives: (1) develop and trial a GIS-based algorithm for computing the Aesthetic Appeal Index for a Short-Range Viewshed (ǣ); (2) deliver an output map showing the spatial variation of the computed ǣ values in the target territory and distribution of the zones with high scenic quality and potential aesthetic ecosystem services (PAES); and (3) assess management alternatives in zones with high PAES and high conservation value. This study combines two key innovative aspects. First, it integrates an objective digital map of habitats with subjective scenic preferences of coastal forest and dune landscapes based on psychophysical and cognitive perceptions of scenic beauty. Second, it applies a GIS-based algorithm to translate subjective scenic preferences to an output map of ǣ. The study’s main conclusion is that the combined aesthetic appraisal of the immediate and foreground viewshed of coastal forests and dunes, by applying a specially created GIS algorithm, allows an assessment of the scenic quality of this landscape reliably in statistical terms.

scholarly journals Influence of triclosan biocide on human health and environment and justification of the necessity to optimise regulatory measures for its use

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
G.M. Balan ◽  
S.D. Kolesnyk ◽  
P.G. Zhminko ◽  
N.M. Bubalo ◽  
V.A. Babych
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Endocrine Disruptor ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
The Body ◽  
Woven Fabric ◽  
Metabolic Transformation ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
Beauty Products

Objective is to summarise current literature data on the adverse effects of triclosan (TCS) biocide on human and animal health and potential risk for the development of endocrine-disruptor effects forjustification of the necessity to improve regulatory measures for its use in consumer products. Material and Methods. Analysis of literature data on the ways of influence of metabolic transformation in the body and toxicokinetics of TCS, its influence on human health and environment was performed. Targets and biomarkers of TCS exposure, its toxic properties and potential risk for the formation of endocrine-disruptor effects were described. Results. Necessity to optimise regulatory measures for the use of TCS in the personal hygienic means, general and curative beauty products, woven fabric for bedlinen and underwear, etc. has been justified. Key Words: triclosan biocide, toxic properties, endocrine-disruptor effects, regulatory measures.

Personal care products in wild fish in two main Chinese rivers: Bioaccumulation potential and human health risks

2018 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 1093-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yao ◽  
Jian-Liang Zhao ◽  
You-Sheng Liu ◽  
Qian-Qian Zhang ◽  
Yu-Xia Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Human Health Risks

Chemical water contaminants: potential risk to human health and possible remediation

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-172
Author(s):  
Vinod Kumar Chaudhary ◽  
Shailendra Kumar Singh ◽  
Arun Lal Srivastav ◽  
Anurag Singh ◽  
Naveen Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Water Contaminants ◽  
Chemical Water
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