scholarly journals Favre–Racouchot disease: A clinico-dermoscopic profile

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-451
Author(s):  
Shagufta Rather ◽  
Sumaya Zeerak ◽  
Manzoor Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Skin Biopsy ◽  
Invasive Procedure ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cystic Lesions ◽  
Early Lesions ◽  
The Face

Favre–Racouchot disease (FRD) is clinically characterized by the presence of open comedones, small papules, and cystic lesions with deep wrinkles and furrows on sun-exposed areas, especially the face. FRD is a purely cosmetic disorder, with most patients not requesting treatment. Dermoscopy may play a vital role in diagnosing early lesions of FRD, averting the need for an invasive procedure such as a skin biopsy, and helping to differentiate it from close mimics. The dermoscopic features of FRD have not been reported in the literature before. We report a clinicoepidemiological profile and dermoscopic findings in patients presenting with features suggestive of FRD.

Real Time Gender and Age Prediction using Deep Learning Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-801
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Face Recognition ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Detection ◽  
Age Prediction

Face recognition plays a vital role in security purpose. In recent years, the researchers have focused on the pose illumination, face recognition, etc,. The traditional methods of face recognition focus on Open CV’s fisher faces which results in analyzing the face expressions and attributes. Deep learning method used in this proposed system is Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Proposed work includes the following modules: [1] Face Detection [2] Gender Recognition [3] Age Prediction. Thus the results obtained from this work prove that real time age and gender detection using CNN provides better accuracy results compared to other existing approaches.

A Novel Artificial Face Mask based Nanofibers with Special Intelligent Engineered Nanocomposite Against Covid-19

2021 ◽  
pp. PP. 21-22
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Elngar ◽  
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S.I. El El-Dek
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Mobile Unit ◽  
Disease Clusters ◽  
Infected People ◽  
The Face

We introduce our idea about a new face mask against Covid-19. Herein our novel face mask is a polymeric matrix of nanofibers. These nanofibers are decorated with special engineered nanocomposite. The later possesses antiviral, antimicrobial. A well-established IR temperature biosensor will be implanted in the face mask and connected to the mobile phone using App (Seek thermal) to allow temperature monitoring. Artificial Intelligence can play a vital role in the fight against COVID-19. AI is being successfully used in the identification of disease clusters, monitoring of cases, prediction of the future outbreaks, mortality risk, diagnosis of COVID-19, disease management by resource allocation, facilitating training, record maintenance and pattern recognition for studying the disease trend. Therefore, AI is used as a type of alarm which be connected through Global Position System (GPS) to a central networking system to monitor the crowded areas of probable infections. In this case, the hospital in this neighborhood will be charged to let a mobile unit of assessment travel quickly to the infected people areas.

scholarly journals Birthing a New World

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Marquita R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Black Male ◽  
New World ◽  
Black Nationalism ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Social Death ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
The Face

This essay analyzes how James Baldwin’s late novel If Beale Street Could Talk represents Black women’s care work in the face of social death as an example of how Black women act as surrogates for Black liberation giving birth to a new world and possibilities of freedom for Black (male) people. Within the politics of Black nationalism, Black women were affective workers playing a vital role in the (re)creation of heteronormative family structures that formed the basis of Black liberation cohered by a belief in the power of patriarchy to make way for communal freedom. This essay demonstrates how Beale Street’s imagining of freedom centers not on what Black women do to support themselves or each other, but on the needs of the community at large, with embodied sacrifice as a presumed condition of such liberation.

scholarly journals Gods, Gurus, Prophets and the Poor: Exploring Informal, Interfaith Exchanges among Working Class Female Workers in an Indian City

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Atreyee Sen
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Urban Workers ◽  
Indian City ◽  
The Face ◽  
Working Class Women

This article revolves around the narratives of Sabita (Muslim), Radha (Hindu) and Sharleen (Christian), migrant women in their mid-forties, who have been working as maids, cooks and cleaners in middle-class housing colonies in Kolkata, a city in eastern India. Informal understandings of gendered oppressions across religious traditions often dominate the conversations of the three working-class women. Like many labourers from slums and lower-class neighbourhoods, they meet and debate religious concerns in informal ‘resting places’ (under a tree, on a park bench, at a tea stall, on a train, at a corner of a railway platform). These anonymous spaces are usually devoid of religious symbols, as well as any moral surveillance of women’s colloquial abuse of male dominance in society. I show how the anecdotes of struggle, culled across multiple religious practices, intersect with the shared existential realities of these urban workers. They temporarily empower female members of the informal workforce in the city, to create loosely defined gendered solidarities in the face of patriarchal authority, and reflect on daily discrimination against economically marginalised migrant women. I argue that these fleeting urban rituals underline the more vital role of (what I describe as) poor people’s ‘casual philosophies’, in enhancing empathy and dialogue between communities that are characterised by political tensions in India.

Immigrant Neurologists in the United States: The Path of Most Resistance

Neurology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011196
Author(s):  
Abhimanyu Mahajan ◽  
Zachary London ◽  
Andrew M. Southerland ◽  
Jaffar Khan ◽  
Erica Schuyler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
International Medical Graduates ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
The Face ◽  
Healthcare Crisis ◽  
A Current ◽  
The U.S

International Medical Graduates (IMGs), individuals who graduated from medical school outside of the United States or Canada, constitute 31.3% of active neurologists and one-third of current neurology trainees. While three-fourths of IMG neurology trainees are not U.S. citizens, they are an integral part of our trainee and practice workforce. IMGs play a vital role in providing greater access to healthcare for millions of patients, particularly in traditionally underserved regions and in the face of a current global healthcare crisis.With this article, we outline some of the unique challenges faced by immigrant, U.S.-trained neurologists as they seek to provide neurological care across the country, including preparing and applying for residency, securing authorization to remain in the U.S. to practice, and positioning themselves for successful careers in academic and private practice. We also call for advocacy and legislation to help reduce these barriers as a means to address the increasing physician workforce gap.

scholarly journals Face Recognition using Fast GA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 12888-12891
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Template Matching ◽  
Nodal Point ◽  
Mathematical Practice ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Terminal Condition ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Face Identification ◽  
Identification System ◽  
The Face

Face Identification System using a fast genetic algorithm computation (FGA) is presented. FGA is used to compute and search the face in a database. The objective of the work is to make a face identification system which can recognize face from a given image or any other image streaming system like webcam. The system also has to detect the face from a system accurately in order to identify the face accurately. The image can be captured either from a proposed webcam or a captured JPEG or PNG image or any other data source. The system needs training with adequate sample images to perform this operation. Training the generic system plays a vital role in identifying the face in an image. A tolerance is identified as a limit to the genetic algorithm which acts as a terminal condition to the evolution. A unique encoding is used which stores the facial features of a human face into numeric string which can be stored and searched with much ease thereby decreasing the search and computational time. Template matching technique is applied to identify the face in a big picture. Generation of an Eigen face is obtained by the stage a mathematical practice called PCA. Eigen Features is also computed such that the measurement of facial metrics is done using nodal point measurement.

scholarly journals A Case of Bilateral Acute Depigmentation of the Iris in One of Two Identical Twins

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Langevin ◽  
Alexandra Gershkovich ◽  
Brian P Marr
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Migraine ◽  
Anterior Segment ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Invasive Procedure ◽  
Pigment Dispersion ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Iris Pigmentation

Abstract Background: Bilateral Acute Depigmentation of the Iris (BADI) is a condition which was first described in a case series from Turkey by Tugal-Tutkin and Urgancioglu in 2006.1 The condition is characterized by bilateral acute depigmentation and discoloration of the iris stroma, pigment dispersion, and deposition of pigment in the angle. In our case we report one of two identical twin sisters who developed BADI after receiving sarapin injections for chronic migraine, while the other has normal iris architecture and pigmentation and never received any like invasive procedure. Case Presentation: Patient is a 41 year old female with history of Sarapin injections to her face for chronic migraine who later developed bilateral depigmentation of the iris. She did not have any signs of anterior segment uveitis or iridocyclitis. She has a twin sister who maintained normal iris pigmentation during the entire course. Discussions and Conclusion: Bilateral Acute depigmentation of the iris is a recently discovered condition described in the literature in Turkish patients1,2. This condition affects mainly young females and is characterized by acute bilateral stromal depigmentation without other pathologic ocular findings. These patients usually maintain normal vision and do not develop significant glaucoma from pigment collecting in the anterior chamber angle. This condition can be mistaken for Fuch’s heterochromic iridocyclitis, pigment dispersion syndrome, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, viral iridocyclitis, VZV, HSV, and CMV. This is the first reported case in North America and is important for differentiation of the above pathologies. Our patient had a history of Sarapin injections to the face but it is unsure if this is associated with our patient’s development of BADI. As awareness of this condition progresses a possible etiology may be elucidated. Keywords: Iris; depigmentation; Sarapin, iris transillumination.

scholarly journals Multiple Plaques on the Face and Neck of a Middle-aged man. Diagnosis: Secondary Syphilis

2002 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferhat Erisir ◽  
Dogan Senocak ◽  
Ender Inci ◽  
Ender Guclu
Keyword(s):  
Skin Biopsy ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Secondary Syphilis ◽  
Upper Extremities ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
The Face ◽  
Timely Fashion

Syphilis is an unusual diagnosis in an ENT practice. We evaluated a 55-year-old man who had generalized plaques on his face, neck, and upper extremities. Analysis of skin biopsy and serology specimens revealed that the patient had secondary syphilis. He responded rapidly to treatment. The purpose of this article is to remind otolaryngologists of the signs and symptoms of syphilis so that it can be recognized and treated in a timely fashion.

The Rowdies of Darjeeling

2018 ◽  
pp. 135-153
Author(s):  
Mona Chettri
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Contemporary State ◽  
The Social ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The Face ◽  
Per Se

‘Rowdies or rowdy’ refers to a person who fits somewhere between a gangster and a goon, not a criminal per se but prone to crime and violence, usually at the behest of political leaders. ‘Rowdies’ are the face of political movements, an integral and ubiquitous feature of Darjeeling politics. Their centrality to popular movements indicates a form of hill politics that challenges accepted notions of political participation, democracy, and mobilization. The essay engages in an assessment of the political culture of Darjeeling through the perspective of the ‘rowdies’ who are a product of the social, political, and material circumstances of postcolonial Darjeeling. It examines the vital role that ‘rowdies’ play in shaping the political terrain of the region and how their lives provide a context through which to understand contemporary state and society in Darjeeling.

Dismantling the Face: Pluralism and the Politics of Recognition

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Bignall
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Political Resistance ◽  
Politics Of Recognition ◽  
Fair Representation ◽  
The Face ◽  
Group Self

Plural expressions of ‘belonging’ in postcolonial and multicultural societies give particular emphasis to a politics of cultural recognition. Within nations, diverse communities call for acknowledgement of their aspirations, for fair representation in public life and for protection of the distinctive cultural practices and beliefs that define and help to sustain minoritarian identities. Recognition is also important for group self-concept and cohesion, and so plays a vital role in the creation of stable platforms for political resistance. This essay explores Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘faciality’ and their implied critique of the politics of recognition. I argue that their rejection of the ‘politics of the face’ does not simply dismiss or disregard the pluralist imperatives of the just recognition that is required for postcolonialism. In fact, their preference for ‘dismantling the face’ provides a perspective that can be useful in assisting efforts to rethink recognition in terms adequate to forms of pluralist political engagement and non-imperial forms of subjectivity and sociality.

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