Outer Appearance Research Articles

EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN KESHA VIKARA (HAIR RELATED DISORDERS): A REVIEW ARTICLE

Trichology is the study of hair and scalp, the Ayurvedic classics presents many such contexts which can contribute to understanding the concept of trichology in Ayurveda. Hair related disorders are one of the challenging diseases in today’s world, where every person is conscious about their outer physical appearance, hair being one of most of the most important features. Nowadays, Stress has been one of the leading roles in causing diseases, many studies depict the relation of stress and hair related disorders also. Understanding and analyzing the various concept of trichology in Ayurveda, correlating with the other established studies would aid in a proper understanding of the role of a psychological factor in the causation of Kesha Vikara (Hair related disorder). Keywords: Ayurveda, trichology, psychological factors, hair related disorder.

COSMETOTEXTILES AND EVALUATION OF THEIR PERFORMANCE

Cosmetotextiles are textile products that release a cosmetic substance or formulation in the application area for cosmetic purposes. Cosmetic substances or formulations loaded carriers such as micro or nano-sized microcapsules, microsphere, cyclodextrin, liposome, solid lipid nanoparticles, are attached or processed on textile to prepare cosmetotextiles. As a textile material woven fabric, knitted fabric and non-woven fabrics are used for cosmetotextiles, and within this scope, relevant cosmetic and textile standards and regulations are taken into account in the performance evaluation of products, especially for effectiveness and safety. Important standards for cosmetotextiles include PD CEN/TR 15917:2009, ISO 3175-1, ISO 3758, ISO 6330 and ISO 22716. PD CEN/TR 15917:2009 includes the tests for cosmetic claim substation such as skin moisturizing, body firming, assessment of outer appearance of cellulite etc. The PD CEN/TR 15917:2009 standard specifies the general properties, claimed effects, safety assessment and labeling of slimming, moisturizing and regenerating preparations that fall into the cosmetotextile class. Peer Review History: Received: 13 May 2021; Revised: 19 June; Accepted: 29 June, Available online: 15 July 2021 Academic Editor: Dr. Asia Selman Abdullah, Al-Razi university, Department of Pharmacy, Yemen, asia_abdullah65@yahoo.com UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file: Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 6.0/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Dr. George Zhu, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, sansan4240732@163.com Dr. Mohamed Salama, Modern University for Technology & Information, Egypt, salama47@yahoo.com

The Development of an Automated Vehicle Simulator for On-Road Study


 
 
 In the current development of Automated Vehicle (AV) technology, one of the challenges yet to be resolved is when the AV is driving in urban environments. There will be mixed traffic scenarios where the AV and Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) such as pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists, will share the road infrastructures. In this study, an AV simulator is developed and will be used to study the interaction between an AV and motorcyclist when they encounter a specific situation on the real roads. The study begins with developing a test vehicle based on the three main systems: the vehicle's interior, outer appearance, and behavior. The vehicle's interior comprises four subsystems: data acquisition, sensor, monitoring, and power management system. The outer appearance system has a look-alike LiDAR system, while the driving style sub-system monitors the behavior system. Future improvement will include developing ghost drivers to be implemented together with this system to enhance this on- road simulator's saliency.
 
 

Quality of Life After Bilateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy and Simultaneous Reconstruction Using Pre-Pectoral Silicone Implants

PurposeBilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (BRRM) can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by up to 95% in women with increased exposure. Although survival is increased, mastectomies can adversely affect a patient physically, psychologically, and psychosexually. High health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is often achieved after simultaneous breast reconstruction (BR) following BRRM; however, data on the pre- and postoperative results of HRQoL are lacking. Therefore, we investigated the quality of life, esthetic outcome, and patient well-being after BRRM and simultaneous implant-based BR.Patients and MethodsOf the 35 patients who underwent skin-sparing or nipple-sparing mastectomy between May 2012 and December 2017 at a university hospital, only 22 completed the evaluation. Baseline data and data on previous operations and operation techniques were retrieved from the patient’s charts. BREAST-Q and short form-36 health survey (SF-36) questionnaires were used to evaluate patient satisfaction and HRQoL.ResultsSF-36 analysis showed a significantly higher score for pain (p=0.043) in our population than in the general female population. Comparing the pre- and postoperative BREAST-Q results, a significant decrease in the physical well-being of the chest (p=0.0179) and a slight improvement in breast satisfaction were observed (p=0.3266). All patients were well-satisfied with the postoperative outcome, reconstruction, and perioperative surgeon care.ConclusionBilateral mastectomy with simultaneous BR using pre-pectoral implants is associated with an HRQoL similar to that of the healthy population. Although bilateral mastectomy may have an immense effect on the psychological, physical, and social aspects, immediate BR preserves the outer appearance and improves self-esteem.

Pan-Africanism and the Affective Charges of the African Union Building in Addis Ababa

ABSTRACT In 2002, the African Union (AU) inaugurated its Chinese-funded, designed, built, and furnished headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, receiving the admiration of African leaders. The building was hailed as a new material expression of pan-African unity. This article explores the affective potency of the AU built environment to unsettle and unfurl conceptions of pan-African identity. Beginning with an analysis of sensory impressions of the outer appearance and architectural forms of the built space, the article meanders through its inner structures to describe how these assemble affective intensities around the notion of pan-Africanism. In particular, it concentrates on the experiences of Addis Ababa residents and AU officials who express divergent sentiments and visions of pan-Africanism. It argues that affective reactions associated with sensorial encounters with built forms, mediated by pre-existing discourses, reveal the divergent modes of belonging to pan-Africanism. The affective potency of the AU is of acute interest because of its presumed role as a mediator in nationalist conflicts, not least those currently underway in Ethiopia itself.

‘Don’t judge by outer appearance’: Food promotion to children through food packages in the Sri Lankan market

The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.

Growth and yield responses of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) accessions after exposure to cadmium

Little is known about soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) growth and yield responses to cadmium contamination of agricultural soil. Three levels of cadmium ecological screening values (2 CdCl2 ESV, 4 CdCl2 ESV and 6 CdCl2 ESV) were used to contaminate trial soils before sowing viable seeds from ten soybean accessions. The plants were monitored for growth, physiological characteristics and seed yield. Results showed significant growth impairment in G. max that was proportional to soil CdCl2 contamination levels. There was 30% yield reduction at CdCl2 2 ESV and < 50% yield reductions at 6 CdCl2 ESV. Accession TGm-941 had the highest yield in the control but showed a 40% yield reduction upon exposure to cadmium contamination. Morphologically, the shapes and outer appearance of some harvested soybean seeds were distorted, which is likely due to elevated cadmium levels in the soil. The mechanisms attributable to these changes are not known and require further investigation. Soybean is capable of tolerating low levels of cadmium contamination by maintaining growth and limited yield reduction but higher levels of contamination significantly reduced plant growth and yield.

Two Sides of Landscape in Ink-wash Painting: Chinese Landscape Painting in Expressive Arts Practice

Creative Arts Educ Ther (2020) 6(2):209–220 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2020/6/23 Two Sides of Landscape in Ink-wash Painting: Chinese Landscape Painting in Expressive Arts Practice 水墨的兩面風景：從表達藝術治療理解中國山水畫創作 Abstract Chinese landscape painting does not pursue the accuracy of the subject’s outer appearance, instead, it captures the energy, life force, and spirit beyond. The various styles of calligraphic lines are expressive and become a language to convey one’s belief. The interwoven relationship between Chinese landscape painting and painter exhibits its compatibility with the practice of expressive art in some aspects. The high skill/high sensitivity required for Chinese landscape painting evokes a good awareness of oneself, it exercises the senses and opens up the imagination. The expressive calligraphic brushstrokes create a delicate world that echoes the inner state of the painter that will lead the way and reveal itself. Being immersed in the “landscape” in the painting enables people to remove themselves from daily life and channel themselves into another world. The sense of being insignificant in the face of the vast landscape teaches the viewer to surrender to what may come and to uncertainty. Keywords: Chinese landscape painting, Expressive arts, Taoism, high sensitivity 摘要 中國山水畫並非追求描繪景物外形上的相似，而是著重表達其蘊藏的能量、生命力及內在精神。千變萬化及靈活的筆觸線條甚具表達力，讓其成為語言述說自己的故事。與表達藝術治療一樣，中國山水畫裡的創品與畫者有著親密互動的關係。中國山水畫要求的高技術高敏感度能喚起畫者自身的覺察、提升感官敏感度和擴展想像力。具生命動感的書法線條能創造一個細緻的世界，由畫者的心驅使畫筆，以展現及回應畫者的內在狀態。當畫者/ 觀賞者攝於山水畫裡雄偉的「風景」時，這片刻能讓他們精神上離開日常的紛擾，並進入另外一個世界，於大自然中感應其自身的渺小亦讓人領悟出以更寬容的態度應對未知。 關鍵詞：中國山水畫，表達藝術，道，高敏感

An Anaylsis of the Color Patterns of Feminine Beauty in Classic Novel

This study aimed to investigate the beauty standards for women during the Joseon Dynasty through the feminine beauty depicted in ancient novels written during the 17-19th centuries and to analyze the color patterns inherent to them. For this, first, the study looks at the definition of feminine beauty during the Joseon Dynasty. Second, it examines the symbolism used to describe the appearance of women in novels as compared to things and nature. Third, the study analyzes the color patterns of feminine beauty in novels. In terms of a research method, female appearances in ancient novels were classified by face and outer appearance and analyzed with the I.R.I Adjective Image Scale and the I.R.I Hue & Tone, and the results found the followings: First, in terms of feminine beauty during the Joseon Dynasty, a fragile and obedient young lady was understood as having beauty under influence of Confucianism. Second, a woman’s face and outer look were compared to nature and things. Third, according to the analysis of color patterns, white (Vp) was primarily used for the skin while red (V tone) and black (Dk) were applied for lips and head respectively. For the inner and outer beauty of women, furthermore, green (Dp) was most commonly used. This study found that for women from ancient novels, not only was their beautiful appearance described, but their inner aspects were also considered.

“I want to look as if I am my child’s big sister”: Self-satisfaction and the yummy mummy in Taiwan

This paper explores the trend of stay-fit maternity in Taiwan and extends the feminist analysis of the yummy mummy under neoliberalism to a non-Western context. Drawing insight from Foucault’s critique of the theory of human capital and his emphasis on “psychic return,” it examines a process of continuous interaction between outer appearance and the inner world of these Taiwanese women during and after pregnancy. Thus, by using the perspective of the flux of psychic return in order to understand these women’s continuous aesthetic labour, I emphasize the importance of self-satisfaction as a determinant gain of the valorization of appearance in this process of maximizing self-appreciation and diminishing self-depreciation. I underline not only the importance of the functioning of an economy of affects which supports and overdetermines their beauty practices but also, in some circumstances, that the immaterial return in the quest for beauty takes priority over material earnings and the influences of social pressures. As well, my analysis finds complex and overlapping relations between self-satisfaction and neoliberal rationality such that self-appreciation constitutes the pleasure of embodying a recognized ideal of the maternal, the joy of overcoming undisciplined flesh, and the confidence-enhancement of being mistakenly seen as a young girl.

Identification of speaker characteristics by listener groups ofdifferent ages and expertise

In this study we investigated to what extent listeners can identify some unknown speakers' characteristics by listening only to their voice recordings (physical characteristics, accent/dialect, smoking habits, level of education, personality, outer appearance). Several listener groups of different ages and expertise took part. The aim of the study was to compare the voice perception of children/adolescents and adults as well as naive listeners and phonetically trained listeners. A total of 197 subjects, divided into 4groups (primary school pupils, secondary school pupils, university students, specialists in phoniatrics and pediatric audiology), listened to voice recordings of 23 speakers. They were instructed to fill in a questionnaire that asked for the speakers' characteristics. With regard to the individual characteristics, the listeners achieved variable results and identified the speakers' gender, age, foreign accents and partly level of education fairly accurate, while they were less efficient judging other categories such as height, body mass index, dialects and smoking habits.The primary school listeners achieved significantly less correct answers in all but 2 categories than each of the other listener groups; however, they already made some correct judgments above chance levels. The results achieved by the specialists and students did not differ significantly in any category. It has been confirmed that voice perception or the required skills are age dependent. The expert listeners did not perform significantly better than the naive listeners.

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMERS IN BUYING KYT BRAND HELMET (Cace Study of Residents in Cawang East Jakarta)

With the depelopment of technolog, there are many helmet products offered by producers toconsumers. Helmets, which are one of the products with a very rapid increase, have long been recognized by the public, namely the KYT helmet. Judging from the high consumer interest in buying KYT brand helmets, the demand for helmets increasing. The research was conducted on residents in the Cawang Village, Eas Jakarta with primary data sorcesobtained by researchers through a questionnaire distributed to 100 respondents. Meanwhile, secondary data were obtained from literature studies, questionnaires and other sources which are certainly related to this research. This research is quantitative in nature, namely using multiple linier regression analysis,instument testing, validity and reliabilitytesting, hypothesis testing, determintion coefficient test (R²), partial t test, and simultaneous f teston consumer buying decisions. To measure consumer purchasing decisions on the variables of teste, namely: type of model, color, and outer appearance (body), while for the quality variables, namely: comfort and durability. Keywords: type of model, color, and outward appearance (body), while for quality variables, namely: comfort and durability

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER MARKER AND MANDARIN CHINESE AFFIXOID

This study focuses on the recent morphological development -jie ‘sister’ in Mandarin Chinese. For example, in zhùpǎo-jiě&nbsp;助跑姐 ‘a woman who ran up to pretend something’&nbsp;-jie is an affixoid. Our data are taken from Taiwan News Smart Web (2019) and are examined within a semantic and morphological framework. The goal of the study is to investigate the semantic and morphological attributes of [X + jie] nominals and to find out social development the nominals revealed. The findings show that, semantically, [X + jie] refers to the outer appearance, emotion, and behavior of the targeted female. Morphologically, the nominals could be in sentential form and undergo omission, reversion, modification, etc. before reaching suffixation formatting with the affixoid. The high productivity of the gender marker -jie brings the social development of this Chinese speaking society to light. [X + jie] nominals demonstrate social activity, cultural organization, political event, and language contact in Taiwan.

Race, authorship and film quotation in post-classical cinema

Diana: ‘So, tell me more about this project you’re working on. Is it for school?’ Cheryl: ‘Do I look like I’m a student?’ Diana: ‘I don’t know. You could be.’ Cheryl: ‘Well, I’m a filmmaker.’ This dialogue from Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman (1996) highlights crucial questions about visibility, representation and the status of the look implicit in any Hollywood historiography – especially one conveyed through narrative feature film. While on the surface Cheryl’s question about whether she ‘looks like’ a student seems to reference age and appearance, this dialogue is deceptively rich. Her quip about what a student or filmmaker ‘looks like’ works doubly, suggesting both the object of a gaze (the student or filmmaker’s outer appearance) and the subject and quality of a gaze (how a student or filmmaker ‘looks’ at the world). Cheryl challenges Diana, and the audience, to reconsider the visual expectations, in both demographic and aesthetic terms, that have dictated what a film student or filmmaker – or an archivist, historian, teacher or viewer – who is invested in classical Hollywood ‘looks like’.1 Dunye offers a visual metaphor to elaborate her complex relationship with vision, redefining the classical auteur position traditionally associated with singularity of gaze. Proclaiming herself a proud black lesbian filmmaker, Cheryl’s ‘look’ is both a demographic intervention and an auteurist ‘re-vision’, offering a self-referential, archival and pedagogically oriented authorship.

Sprezzatura in Postmodern Perspective

Fashion in contemporary time is a prominent part of the art. In the status of fashion, Postmodernism plays a huge role in the art world. In this research paper, the researcher deals with the idea of Sprezzatura in the modern world, and it plays a vital role in the concept of Sprezzatura in work The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione in Postmodern perspective. In recent times people misunderstand the word Sprezzatura, and it changed people’s inner thought and outer appearance through this concept.

QUALITY OF NAPOLI CV. EGGPLANT COATED WITH CARNAUBA WAX

The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of eggplant Napoli cv. coated with Carnauba wax and stored for seven days at room temperature. Treatments consisted of immersion of fruits in two concentrations of two types of commercial wax, totaling four treatments: Meghwax ECF 124 to 9% concentrations (Megh 9%); Meghwax ECF 124 to 18% (Megh 18%), Arua BR 18% (Pomacea canaliculata) Tropical 9% (Arua 9%), and Arua BR 18% Tropical 18% (Arua 18%). The control treatment consisted of fruit without coating with wax and immersed in water. Fruits were analyzed at 0, 3, 6, and 7 days for the outer appearance, weight loss, turgor pressure, titratable acidity (TA), soluble solids (SS), SS/TA ratio, ascorbic acid, and pH. The waxes were effective in reducing weight loss. The turgor pressure showed a decrease during storage, which was more pronounced in the control treatment. The treatments did not differ among themselves for the levels of soluble solids. Fruits immersed in Arua wax at 18% concentration showed higher titratable acidity. The levels were reduced during storage. The control fruits showed higher pH. The ascorbic acid contents decreased by 15.0%, 16.4%, 16.5%, 16.9%, and 34%, considering the control treatments. Fruits subjected to Arua wax at 18% had longer shelf-life; the control fruits showed shorter shelf-life. Thus, it is concluded that 18% Aruá wax was the most effective to increase the shelf life of eggplants when stored at room temperature.

A STUDY ON SOCIAL APPEARANCE ANXIETY AND COPING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Social appearance anxiety is a term related to the individual's concerns about their outer appearance so it is described as the worry and tension they experience if their outer appearance is assessed and criticized by the society. It is a term that predicts the fear on negative feelings on physical appearance. Social appearance anxiety in individuals who belongs to the adolescent category and the youth category might experience serious problems in their future. This helps the individuals to develop different types of coping attitudes among them. Individual use these coping strategies to minimize the problems occurred due to anxiety, stress or such negative life situations. The present study was used to determine the connection and association between social appearance anxiety and coping. The study was done on college students in Coimbatore and the data collected using Social Appearance Anxiety Scale and Brief Cope Inventory. The result showed that both the social appearance anxiety and the coping is moderate in college students but the relation between these two is relatively high. This means that the students developed coping to overcome negative evaluation of body image by the society and to minimize the problems of such anxiety.

Computed tomography of the heads of ancient Egyptian mummies: a systematic review of the medical literature.

Objective: To summarize the current knowledge on CT scanning of Egyptian mummy heads and faces and provide more valid methodology than that previously available.&#x0D; Material and methods: A systematic review was performed by one observer using two biomedical databases: PubMed and EMBASE. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied along with language restrictions. Finally, 2120 articles were found, 359 articles were duplicated among all search equations, 1454 articles were excluded, 307 articles were retained for full review, and 28 articles (31 mummies) were selected for the final study (PRISMA workflow).&#x0D; Results: The data were categorized into the following groups: 1) general information; 2) 1st author affiliation; 3) CT radiological protocol; 4) excerebration pathways; 5) soft tissue preservation; 6) dental status and displaced teeth; 7) packing of the mouth, ears, nose, and eyes, and 8) outer facial appearance. The evidence-based quality of the studies was low because only case reports and small case series were found.&#x0D; Discussion: The embalming art applied to a mummified head and face shows great variability across the whole span of Egyptian civilization. The differences among the various embalming techniques rely on multiple tiny details that are revealed by meticulous analysis of CT scans by a multidisciplinary team of experts.&#x0D; Conclusion: There is a need for more systematization of the CT radiological protocol and the description of Egyptian mumm’y heads and faces to better understand the details of embalming methods.&#x0D;

Analysis the Influenced of Plain and Twill Structures on Woven Fabric Properties

Fabric outer appearance is influenced by various fabric structures. In this research work, the physical properties of plain and twill were analyzed. Physical, mechanical and other aesthetic properties are also tested and the finding results are also compared between two samples. After testing the samples it is found that rubbing fastness remains unchanged for plain and twill fabric. Abrasion resistance, pilling, crease recovery and cover factor were evaluated for twill and plain structures using ISO 12945-2, ISO 12945-1 and ISO 2313 methods respectively. Abrasion resistance and pills property are not good for twill fabric in comparison with plain fabric but crease recovery is better of twill fabric.

LINE AND COLOUR CREATION-ART THERAPY FOR PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS IN THE UILS (UNIT INFORMASI LAYANAN SOSIAL, UNIT OF SOCIAL SERVICE INFORMATION) MERUYA

Art Therapy is one of the solutions that might be applied in the movement of pursuing mental health awareness within the Indonesian society. The methods in Art Therapy combine the approaches from art, design and psychology altogether with the other disciplines. One of the examples is the line and colour-creation art therapy. This method might be applied to the patients of mental health disorder such as psychotic. The introduction of line and colour-creation into the art therapy has been inspired by the visual introduction that the infants experience for the very first time. Within the line and colour, there are light intensity, thin and thick line intensity, hand pressure intensity during the sketching activities, emotion intensity that goes after the thick and thin line intensity and also colour intensity altogether with the colour category namely hot, warm and cold. All of these aspects might be benefitted for the recovery process in terms of emotion, self-expression and selfactualization. Then, the line and colour creation-art therapy integrates all kinds of art under comfortable and non judgmental situationin order to facilitate the recovery process of the psychotic patients. To use art expressively means to enter the inner space within an individual’s heart in orderto find the inner feelings and to express these inner feelings in the form of visual art, movement, voice, writings and drama. This process encourages the freedom, the self-understanding, the insight and also trigger the creativity and the transpersonal awareness so that the recovery period might be increased byexpressing the feelings onto a sheet of paper. In this case, the position of art as an existential phenomenon becomes a bridge that unites rite, imagination and fantasy in such a way that other activities might be unable to perform since the objective of art is to represent the significance of an individual’s inner feeling instead of outer appearance. In other words, art might be considered as a symbolic form of human’s feelings. Departing from this elaboration, the researcher would like to initiate the implementation of a Community Service Program in UILS (Unit Informasi Layanan Sosial, Unit of Social Service Information) Meruya Selatan under the authority of Bina Laras Harapan Sentosa 1 Social Homes Cengkareng. The results of the Community Service Program are expected to increase the rate of psychotic patients’ recovery process by means of expression painting therapy for overcoming the mental health disorders.