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| virtual melanin: Virtual Influencers Esperanza Miyake, 2024-08-01 This book identifies the converging socio- cultural, economic, and technological conditions that have shaped, informed, and realised the identity of the contemporary virtual influencer, situating them at the intersection of social media, consumer culture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and digital technologies. Through a critical analysis of virtual influencers and related media practices and discourses in an international context, each chapter investigates different themes relating to digitality and identity: virtual place and nationhood; virtual emotions and intimacy; im/ materialities of virtual everyday life; the biopolitics of virtual human-production; the necropolitics of pandemic virtuality; transmedial and mimetic virtualities; and the political economy of virtual influencers. The book argues that the virtual influencer represents the various ways in which contemporary identities have increasingly become naturalised with questions of virtuality, mediated by digital technologies across multiple realities. From practices relating to AI- driven, invasive data profiling needed for virtual influencer production to problematic online practices such as buying digital skin colour, the author examines how the virtual influencer’s aesthetic, social, and economic value obfuscates some of the darker aspects of their role as an extractivist technology of virtuality: one which regulates, oppresses, and/ or classifies bodies and datafied bodies that serve the visual, (bio)political, and digital economies of virtual capitalism. In the process, the book simultaneously offers a critique of the virtual influencer as a representational figure existing across multiple digital platforms, spaces, and times, and of how they may challenge, complicate, and reinforce normative ideologies surrounding gender, race, class, sexuality, age, and ableism. As such, the book sheds light on some of the more troubling realities of the virtual influencer’s existence, inasmuch as it celebrates their transformational potential, exploring the implications of both within an increasingly AI- driven, digital culture, society, and economy. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and students working in the area(s) of: Popular Culture and Media; Internet, Digital and Social Media Studies; Data justice and Governance; Japanese Media Studies; Celebrity Studies; Fan Studies; Marketing and Consumer Studies; Sociology; Human– Computer Studies; and AI and Technology Studies. |
| virtual melanin: And That's the Way It Will Be Christopher Harper, 1999-09 Harper, who has practiced print and broadcast journalism at the highest levels, has given us a wise and knowledgeable guide to this new form of journalism and what it is beginning to achieve. |
| virtual melanin: Lurking Joanne McNeil, 2020-02-25 One of Esquire’s Best Books to Elevate Your Reading List in 2020, , and a OneZero Best Tech Book of 2020. Named one of the 100 Notable books of 2020 by the End of the World Review. A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user In a shockingly short amount of time, the internet has bound people around the world together and torn us apart and changed not just the way we communicate but who we are and who we can be. It has created a new, unprecedented cultural space that we are all a part of—even if we don’t participate, that is how we participate—but by which we’re continually surprised, betrayed, enriched, befuddled. We have churned through platforms and technologies and in turn been churned by them. And yet, the internet is us and always has been. In Lurking, Joanne McNeil digs deep and identifies the primary (if sometimes contradictory) concerns of people online: searching, safety, privacy, identity, community, anonymity, and visibility. She charts what it is that brought people online and what keeps us here even as the social equations of digital life—what we’re made to trade, knowingly or otherwise, for the benefits of the internet—have shifted radically beneath us. It is a story we are accustomed to hearing as tales of entrepreneurs and visionaries and dynamic and powerful corporations, but there is a more profound, intimate story that hasn’t yet been told. Long one of the most incisive, ferociously intelligent, and widely respected cultural critics online, McNeil here establishes a singular vision of who we are now, tells the stories of how we became us, and helps us start to figure out what we do now. |
| virtual melanin: Mastering the Virtual Sale Kerry Johnson MBA, Ph.D., 2021-11-09 The way we do business in the US and across the world has changed. We now meet through Zoom, Skype, Meet and Teams. Those who sell virtually are likely to suffer a longer sales process. There is less trust generated o a virtual platform vs. face-to-face. Since 82% of communication is non-verbal, virtual communication is difficult. There are many challenges in selling virtually. Virtual communication prevents us from generating as much trust as we could in face-to-face selling. The Virtual Sale is more abbreviated and condensed than a face-to-face engagement. It is also difficult to book appointments from Virtual Webinars. It is harder to close virtually since it is so easy for prospects and clients to stall you. Most business strategists believe that virtual communication is here to stay. Either you learn how to communicate on the virtual platform or your sales will permanently suffer. But if you can Master the Virtual Sale, your production will be even greater than in a face-to-face environment. In Mastering the Virtual Sale, you will learn how to: Create trust using the virtual platform Book webinar appointments that don't cancel Increase your sales by 38% in 30 days using Virtual Sales techniques. Prevent framing, sound and video distractions Use the 5 Step Bridge to talk prospects and clients into buying from you. Explode your business with the 7 Strategies Kerry Johnson, MBA, Ph.D is an international speaker and the bestselling author of thirteen books. He has taught at Harvard, Oxford and Purdue universities. He currently writes for fifteen national sales and management monthly magazines. |
| virtual melanin: Technicolor Alondra Nelson, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Alicia Headlam Hines, 2001-03 The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity remain a critical absence. TechniColor fills this gap by exploring the relationship between race and technology.From Indian H-1B Workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, TechniColor's specific case studies document the ways in which people of color actually use technology. The results rupture such racial stereotypes as Asian whiz-kids and Black and Latino techno-phobes, while fundamentally challenging many widely-held theoretical and political assumptions. Incorporating a broader definition of technology and technological practices--to include not only those technologies thought to create revolutions (computer hardware and software) but also cars, cellular phones, and other everyday technologies--TechniColor reflects the larger history of technology use by people of color. Contributors: Vivek Bald, Ben Chappell, Beth Coleman, McLean Greaves, Logan Hill, Alicia Headlam Hines, Karen Hossfeld, Amitava Kumar, Casey Man Kong Lum, Alondra Nelson, Mimi Nguyen, Guillermo Goméz-Peña, Tricia Rose, Andrew Ross, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, and Ben Williams. |
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| virtual melanin: Understanding the City John Eade, Christopher Mele, 2011-07-15 This cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which urban studies is likely to take during the twenty-first century. |
| virtual melanin: Ligand Design for G Protein-coupled Receptors, Volume 30 Didier Rognan, 2006-03-10 1. G protein-coupled receptors in the human genome -- 2. Why G protein-coupled receptors databases are needed -- 3. A novel drug screening assay for G protein-coupled receptors -- 4. Importance of GPCR dimerization for function : the case of the class C GPCRs -- 5. Molecular mechanisms of GPCR activation -- 6. Allosteric properties and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors -- 7. Chemogenomics approaches to ligand design -- 8. Strategies for the design of pGPCR-targeted libraries -- 9. Ligand-based rational design : virtual screening -- 10. 3-D structure of G protein-coupled receptors --11. 7TM models in structure-based drug design -- 12. Receptor-based rational design : virtual screening. |
| virtual melanin: Cosmopolitan Girls Charlotte Burley, Lyah Beth LeFlore, 2004 Like Sex and the City with a dash of sepia, Cosmopolitan Girls is a high-spirited debut that is sure to be the new toast of the town. |
| virtual melanin: Virtual Master Shanté Funches, 2022-03-10 Two young siblings have been sucked inside of a cell phone. They must work together to figure out what mission the Virtual Master expects them to complete. If Xena and Zion should succeed in their quest, then they will be returned back to reality. If not, they could be stuck inside of the virtual world forever! They will trek through the virtual land over cliffs, face manic apps, and dodge dangerous glitches to resolve technical difficulties in order to make it home. Will they succeed or, will they have to find a way to become one with the virtual world?! |
| virtual melanin: Virtual Screening Christoph Sotriffer, 2011-03-31 Drug discovery is all about finding small molecules that interact in a desired way with larger molecules, namely proteins and other macromolecules in the human body. If the three-dimensional structures of both the small and large molecule are known, their interaction can be tested by computer simulation with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Alternatively, if active ligands are already available, molecular similarity searches can be used to find new molecules. This virtual screening can even be applied to compounds that have yet to be synthesized, as opposed to real screening that requires cost- and labor-intensive laboratory testing with previously synthesized drug compounds. Unique in its focus on the end user, this is a real how to book that does not presuppose prior experience in virtual screening or a background in computational chemistry. It is both a desktop reference and practical guide to virtual screening applications in drug discovery, offering a comprehensive and up-to-date overview. Clearly divided into four major sections, the first provides a detailed description of the methods required for and applied in virtual screening, while the second discusses the most important challenges in order to improve the impact and success of this technique. The third and fourth, practical parts contain practical guidelines and several case studies covering the most important scenarios for new drug discovery, accompanied by general guidelines for the entire workflow of virtual screening studies. Throughout the text, medicinal chemists from academia, as well as from large and small pharmaceutical companies report on their experience and pass on priceless practical advice on how to make best use of these powerful methods. |
| virtual melanin: The Melanin Millennium Ronald E. Hall, 2012-09-14 In the aftermath of the 60s “Black is Beautiful” movement and publication of The Color Complex almost thirty years later the issue of skin color has mushroomed onto the world stage of social science. Such visibility has inspired publication of the Melanin Millennium for insuring that the discourse on skin color meet the highest standards of accuracy and objective investigation. This volume addresses the issue of skin color in a worldwide context. A virtual visit to countries that have witnessed a huge rise in the use of skin whitening products and facial feature surgeries aiming for a more Caucasian-like appearance will be taken into account. The book also addresses the question of whether using the laws has helped to redress injustices of skin color discrimination, or only further promoted recognition of its divisiveness among people of color and Whites. The Melanin Millennium has to do with now and the future. In the 20th century science including eugenics was given to and dominated by discussions of race category. Heretofore there remain social scientists and other relative to the issue of skin color loyal to race discourse. However in their interpretation and analysis of social phenomena the world has moved on. Thus while race dominated the 20th century the 21st century will emerge as a global community dominated by skin color and making it the melanin millennium. |
| virtual melanin: Handbook of Virtual Humans Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann, 2005-10-31 Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications. This comprehensive book covers all areas of this growing industry including face and body motion, body modelling, hair simulation, expressive speech simulation and facial communication, interaction with 3D objects, rendering skin and clothes and the standards for Virtual Humans. Written by a team of current and former researchers at MIRALab, University of Geneva or VRlab, EPFL, this book is the definitive guide to the area. Explains the concept of avatars and autonomous virtual actors and the main techniques to create and animate them (body and face). Presents the concepts of behavioural animation, crowd simulation, intercommunication between virtual humans, and interaction between real humans and autonomous virtual humans Addresses the advanced topics of hair representation and cloth animation with applications in fashion design Discusses the standards for Virtual Humans, such as MPEG-4 Face Animation and MPEG-4 Body Animation. |
| virtual melanin: Dark Light Consciousness Edward Bruce Bynum, 2012-06-19 How to awaken the Ureaus--the serpent power of spiritual transcendence within each of us--and connect to the superconscious of the universe • Reveals the biochemistry of how the body’s melanin provides the template for the subtle energy body or light body • Shows how embracing the dark light consciousness of the awakened Ureaus opens a portal to the sacred darkness of the superconscious • Provides illustrated instructions for meditation practices, breathing exercises, and yoga postures to safely awaken Ureaus/Kundalini energy Within each of us lies the potential to activate a personal connection to the superconscious. Called “Ureaus” in ancient Egyptian texts and “Kundalini” in ancient Hindu yoga traditions, our innate serpent power of spiritual transcendence inhabits the base of the spine in its dormant state. When awakened, it unfurls along the spinal column to the brain, connecting individual consciousness to the consciousness of the universe enfolded within the dark matter of space. At the root of creativity and spiritual genius across innumerable cultures and civilizations, this intelligent force reveals portals that enfold time, space, and the luminous matrix of reality itself. Combining physics, neuroscience, and biochemistry with ancient traditions from Africa and India, Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., explores the ancient Egyptian science of the Ureaus and reveals how it is intimately connected to dark matter and to melanin, a light-sensitive, energy-conducting substance found in the brain, nervous system, and organs of all higher life-forms. He explains how the dark light of melanin serves as the biochemical infrastructure for the subtle energy body, just as dark matter, together with gravity, holds the galaxies and constellations together. With illustrated instructions, he shows how to safely awaken and stabilize the spiritual energy of the Ureaus through meditation practices, breathing exercises, and yoga postures as well as how to prepare the subtle body for transdimensional soul travel. By embracing the dark light of the shining serpent within, we overcome our collective fear of the vast living darkness without. By embracing the dark, we transcend reality to the dimension of light. |
| virtual melanin: Artificial Intelligence in HCI Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa, 2025-07-02 The four-volume set LNAI 15819–15822 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22-17, 2025. The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7972 submissions. The papers have been organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Trust and Explainability in Human-AI Interaction; User Perceptions, Acceptance, and Engagement with AI; UX and Socio-Technical Considerations in AI Part II: Bias Mitigation and Ethics in AI Systems; Human-AI Collaboration and Teaming; Chatbots and AI-Driven Conversational Agents; AI in Language Processing and Communication. Part III: Generative AI in HCI; Human-LLM Interactions and UX Considerations; Everyday AI: Enhancing Culture, Well-Being, and Urban Living. Part IV: AI-Driven Creativity: Applications and Challenges; AI in Industry, Automation, and Robotics; Human-Centered AI and Machine Learning Technologies. |
| virtual melanin: A Handbook on Counseling African American Women Kimber Shelton, Michelle King Lyn, Mahlet Endale, 2022-02-04 ** WINNER of the the 2023 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award** Through an intersectional and inclusive lens, this book provides mental health professionals with a detailed overview of the mental health issues that Black women face as well as the best approach to culturally competent psychological practice with Black women. This text details mental health needs and treatment interventions for Black women. It provides a historical context of how the lived experiences of Black women contribute to mental wellness, identifies effective psychological practices in working with Black women, and challenges readers to advance their cultural competence while providing culturally affirming care to Black women. Additionally, this text is inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity diversity, and it honors the diversity within Black women's identities, relationships, roles, and families. Written by an expert team of Black women clinicians, researchers, and medical professionals, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatments, and Case Studies addresses current sociopolitical events as well as historical trauma as it prepares readers to meet the needs of the Black women they serve. |
| virtual melanin: The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth Jessica Care Moore, 1997 |
| virtual melanin: Gracey's Meat Hygiene David S. Collins, Robert J. Huey, 2015-01-20 GRACEY'S MEAT HYGIENE Gracey's Meat Hygiene, 11th edition, is the definitive reference for veterinarians working in meat hygiene control. This new edition of a classic text reflects the recent significant changes in science, legislation and practical implementation of meat hygiene controls in the United Kingdom, Europe and worldwide since the 10th edition was published in 1999. This book is an excellent practical guide for teaching food hygiene to veterinary students worldwide, laying the foundations of food animal anatomy, the humane slaughter of animals for food and practical production hygiene. New chapters address the increased concern of operators, inspectors and the public to issues of animal welfare and recognise the role of the profession, and interest from the consumer, in environmental protection. Key features include the following Fully updated new edition, in a refreshed design with colour photographs and illustrations throughout Includes new content on meat hygiene inspection covering the components of an integrated food safety management system as well as animal health and welfare controls in the 'farm to fork' system A practical approach to health and safety in meat processing is outlined by identifying the hazards and then describing how these can be best controlled With contributions from veterinary and industry experts, this edition is both a valuable teaching aid and a practical reference for veterinarians and all food business operators and their staff |
| virtual melanin: Human Genes and Genomes Leon E. Rosenberg, Diane Drobnis Rosenberg, 2012-05-18 In the nearly 60 years since Watson and Crick proposed the double helical structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, waves of discoveries have made genetics the most thrilling field in the sciences. The study of genes and genomics today explores all aspects of the life with relevance in the lab, in the doctor's office, in the courtroom and even in social relationships. In this helpful guidebook, one of the most respected and accomplished human geneticists of our time communicates the importance of genes and genomics studies in all aspects of life. With the use of core concepts and the integration of extensive references, this book provides students and professionals alike with the most in-depth view of the current state of the science and its relevance across disciplines. Bridges the gap between basic human genetic understanding and one of the most promising avenues for advances in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of human disease Includes the latest information on diagnostic testing, population screening, predicting disease susceptibility, pharmacogenomics and more Explores ethical, legal, regulatory and economic aspects of genomics in medicine Integrates historical (classical) genetics approach with the latest discoveries in structural and functional genomics |
| virtual melanin: From Antebellum Light Skinned Slaves to the Globalization of Skin Whitening Biotechnology Amina Mire, 2025-03-15 From Antebellum Light Skinned Slaves to the Globalization of Skin Whitening Biotechnology takes historically grounded analysis and delineates how the skin whitening industry has become a contemporary site that facilitates commodification of unregulated whiteness on a global scale. Amina Mire investigates the extent to which antebellum South anti-miscegenation racial purity laws facilitated unofficial interracial reproduction of light skinned slaves, resulting primarily from a systemic rape of enslaved Black women by white slave masters. This is because while different in terms of historical context, what the unregulated globalization of the skin whitening industry and the antebellum unofficial reproduction and trade in light skinned slaves have in common is the unofficial and unregulated nature of the accumulation of economic, symbolic, and aesthetic investment in whiteness. The central argument of this book is that commodifiable whiteness is a form of racial capital with profound health, social, and political implications. Consequently, as long as whiteness remains a salient ideological force that shapes global understanding of standards of beauty and desirability, commodification of whiteness will continue to further entrench systems of racism and colorism. The author argues this requires taking seriously the resilience and malleability of white supremacy and its ability to rebrand itself endlessly. |
| virtual melanin: Advanced Microscopy Takayoshi Kobayashi, 2024-10-15 This book covers the principle, structure, enhancement of sensitivity and resolution power of photothermal and Raman microscopies. It includes real-world applications to biological and medical targets. Advanced Microscopy: Photo-Thermal and Induced-Raman Microscopy introduces clear descriptions of various Raman processes such as spontaneous, stimulates, coherent anti-Stokes Raman (CARS), Raman loss and Stokes Raman (gain). It covers pump-probe microscopies using actinic (pump) laser and sensing (probe) laser resulting in improvement due to intrinsic nonlinearity, which provides an advantage in the imaging of nonfluorescent targets. The author also provides solutions to noise and sensitivity problems which are two of the most important concerns in the microscopy applications. Finally, the book also draws direct comparisons of the advantages and drawbacks of a Raman microscopes in comparison with photothermal microscopes. The book will be useful to researchers and non-specialists in biomedical fields using optics and electronics relevant to (optical) microscopes. It will also be a helpful resource to graduate students in the fields of biology and medical research who are using photothermal microscopes in their research. |
| virtual melanin: Development, structure and function of vertebrate retinas: A virtual festschrift for Prof. Steve Massey David W. Marshak, Judith Mosinger Ogilvie, Chai-An Mao, Christophe P. Ribelayga, 2024-09-19 This is a remarkable time to study the vertebrate retina, either as a model for the brain or to understand the first steps in vison. We have known about the diversity of retinal neurons and glia for more than one hundred years, and we are now extending these findings and making new discoveries about retinal cell types by analyzing gene expression in single cells. We have made significant progress toward our ultimate goals of describing the neural circuits in the retinas at the level of connections between identified populations of neurons and understanding neuronal and glial cell function at the molecular level. We have also made great strides toward understanding retinal development and the etiology of retinal diseases. Physiologists are now using more realistic stimuli and modern analytical methods to analyze the mechanisms underlying light responses of retinal neurons, and this has led to more accurate computational models of neural circuits in the retina. My colleague at the McGovern Medical School in Houston, Steve Massey, has made many important contributions to this field, both as a researcher and as a mentor, and he is planning his retirement. Judith Ogilvie, Christophe Ribelayga, Chai-an Mao and I will dedicate this issue to him and plan to publish some of his latest work. This Research Topic will include mini-reviews and brief communications about neurons and neural circuits in vertebrate retinas. The scope will be very broad, including anatomical, physiological, psychophysical and computational approaches to this topic. Potential topics include, but are not restricted to: • Development. morphology and synaptic connections of neuronal types • Light responses, spontaneous activity and membrane properties of retinal neurons • Gene expression and other aspects of cell biology of identified retinal neurons • Release of neurotransmitters and modulators and their effects in the retina • Structure and function of electrical synapses in the retina • Neural circuits that mediate responses to color, contrast and movement • Roles of neuroglia in retinal development, homeostasis and light responses • Contributions of neural circuits in the retina to visual perception • Evolution of neuronal types and neural circuits in the retina • Novel techniques for analyzing retinal neurons and neural circuits • Non-invasive methods to analyze retinal structure and function • Etiology of retinal diseases and potential new therapies • Directions for future research on the vertebrate retina |
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| virtual melanin: Black Enterprise , 1998-03 BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance. |
| virtual melanin: Neuroendocrinology Luciano Martini, William F. Ganong, 2013-10-22 Neuroendocrinology, Volume II, is the second in a two-volume treatise designed to provide a survey of all aspects of the rapidly expanding science of neuroendocrinology. Only in recent years have the relations between the nervous system and the endocrine system come under intensive scrutiny, but their interactions have already been shown to be multiple and diverse. This diversity is reflected in the range of subjects covered. There are chapters on neural control of endocrine function; the effects of hormones on the brain; brain-endocrine interrelations during various phases of development; and the comparative aspects of neuroendocrine integration. The relation of brain chemistry to endocrine function, the effect of drugs on neuroendocrine mechanisms, and the new discipline of clinical neuroendocrinology have also been considered. Not only neurophysiologists and endocrinologists, but pharmacologists, zoologists, biochemists, psychologists, and those in clinical medicine will find the treatise of interest. Parts of neuroendocrinology have been discussed in other works, but this is the first treatise in which an attempt has been made to cover all ramifications of neuroendocrinology. This book can be used both as a text for advanced students and as a reference source. |
| virtual melanin: New York Magazine , 1996-09-23 New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea. |
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| virtual melanin: Inelastic Ecology Supply; Waveform Politics 6 Gary Clifford Gibson, 2009-11-03 The author of these interdisciplinary essays Gary Clifford Gibson wrote this collection on U.S. contemporary issues for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. The essays are themselves arranged in a convenient chronological order from most recent to earliest. The familiar journal format makes for easy and informative learning time. We discover how important issues of the day are throughput as regularly as water under a bridge, yet are concerned that such superficial treatment of important issues nationally by politicians and broadcast media contribute over-much to the decline of the ecological and economic interests of the people of the United States of America. |
| virtual melanin: Immersed in Technology Banff Centre for the Arts, 1996 Produced as part of the Art and Virtual Environment Project conducted at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Banff, Canada from 1991 to 1994. |
| virtual melanin: 3-D Imaging Technologies in Facial Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics John Pallanch, 2011-11-28 A global pool of surgeons and researchers using 3-dimensional imaging for facial plastic surgery present topics on: Image fusion in pre-operative planning; The use of 3D imaging tools including stereolithographic modeling and intraoperative navigation for maxillo-mandibular and complex orbital reconstruction; Custom-made, three-dimensional, intraoperative surgical guides for nasal reconstruction; The benefits and limits of using an integrated 3D virtual approach for maxillofacial surgery; 3D volume assessment techniques and computer-aided design and manufacturing for pre-operative fabrication of implants in head and neck reconstruction; A comparison of different new 3D imaging technologies in facial plastic surgery; 3-D photography in the objective analysis of volume augmentation including fat augmentation and dermal fillers; Assessment of different rhinoplasty techniques by overlay of before and after 3D images; 3D volumetric analysis of combined facial lifting and volumizing (volume enhancement); 3-D facial measurements and perceptions of attractiveness; Teaching 3-D sculpting to Facial Plastic Surgeons, 3-D insights on aesthetics; Creation of the virtual patient for the study of facial morphology; 3-dimensional video analysis of facial movement; 3D modeling of the behavior of facial soft tissues for understanding facial plastic surgery interventions. |
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| virtual melanin: Face Geometry and Appearance Modeling Zicheng Liu, Zhengyou Zhang, 2011-04-18 Human faces are familiar to our visual systems. We easily recognize a person's face in arbitrary lighting conditions and in a variety of poses; detect small appearance changes; and notice subtle expression details. Can computer vision systems process face images as well as human vision systems can? Face image processing has potential applications in surveillance, image and video search, social networking and other domains. A comprehensive guide to this fascinating topic, this book provides a systematic description of modeling face geometry and appearance from images, including information on mathematical tools, physical concepts, image processing and computer vision techniques, and concrete prototype systems. The book will be an excellent reference for researchers and graduate students in computer vision, computer graphics and multimedia, as well as application developers who would like to gain a better understanding of the state of the art. |
| virtual melanin: Drug Testing in Hair Pascal Kintz, 2020-08-18 Drug Testing in Hair is the first book on this timely and controversial topic. The book's purpose is to validate hair testing as an accepted form of evidence for use in courts and elsewhere, such as the military and the workplace. This volume presents the most recent experiments and clinical applications to provide missing information and insight into the unanswered questions of hair testing. Active researchers working in hair testing have contributed chapters to this book. New data, never before published, are incorporated into the text, so the reader receives cutting-edge information from experts in the field. This is must-have information on everything you need to know about drug testing in hair. |
| virtual melanin: Ultrastructure of Normal and Abnormal Skin Alvin Sheldon Zelickson, 1967 |
| virtual melanin: Negro Hebrew Heritage and Enslavement Anthony J. Vance , 2018-10-29 Negro Hebrew Heritage and Enslavement By: Anthony J. Vance HAIL ALL YISRA’EL: THE AWAKENING OF THE HEBREW YISRA’ELITE IS AT HAND. Yehuwdah (Judah): the Negros; and Yisra’el: the Haitians, West Indians, Dominicans, Guatemalans to Panama, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, North American Indians, Seminole Indians, Colombia to Uruguay, Argentina to Chile, and Mexicans: THE TWELVE TRIBES OF YISRA’EL. It is time out for expecting anyone, anywhere, to do anything to help us out of our BONDAGE and OPPRESSION. The system we have been detained in for nearly 400 years is not the system that will set us at LIBERTY; our FREEDOM Yisra’el comes from the Most High. The system that teaches you THEIR HISTORY of WHITE SUPREMACY RACISM is not the system that will TEACH YOU HEBREW YISRA’ELITE HISTORY: PROSCRIBED EDUCATION has kept them in power and riches and has kept us powerless and poor. We, the Hebrew Yisra’elites, must teach our own children, in our own schools, and raise them up according to TORAH; if not, our children will continue to be incarcerated and used as FREE LABOR for the OLIGARCHS and the PLUTOCRATS. We must write our own BOOKS, using our own style of writing and language, not writing according to the dictates of an exclusionary system of INJUSTICE, a system steeped in HATRED. YISRA’EL, it is time to WAKE UP and realize who we are, and to WHOM we belong: we are the children of Abraham, Yitzhaq (Isaac), and Ya’aqov (Jacob). Shalom and Ahmein. |
| virtual melanin: Technology Andi Diehn, 2015-08-17 Do you listen to music with an MP3 player or read books on a tablet? Do you play multiplayer video games with people on the other side of the world? Do you have a robot cleaning your kitchen? Maybe not yet, but someday! In Technology: Cool Women Who Code, kids in grades four through six learn about the thrilling effort that goes into researching, inventing, programming, and producing the technology we use today, from iPods to mechanical limbs. Young readers discover exactly what technology is, how it evolved, and where the future may lead. They also meet three women who have contributed to the field in critical ways, including Grace Hopper and Shaundra Bryant Daily. Technology: Cool Women Who Code combines high-interest content with links to online primary sources and essential questions that further expand kids’ knowledge and understanding of a topic they come in contact with every day. Compelling portraits of women who have excelled in meeting the challenges of their field keep kids interested and infused with a sense of possibility and determination. |
| virtual melanin: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Robert G. Petersdorf, Tinsley Randolph Harrison, 1983 |
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| virtual melanin: Drug Discovery Research Ziwei Huang, 2007-06-11 Post Genomics Drug Discovery and Research explores and discusses some of the most important topics in post-genomics life and biopharmaceutical sciences. It provides an introduction to the field, outlining examples of many techniques currently used, as well as those still under development, which are important for the research of biopharmaceutical discovery in the post-genomics era. Integrates several developing and cutting-edge technologies and methods like bioinformatics, experimental therapeutics, and molecular recognition Includes discussion on topics such as: computer-aided ligand design; peptide and protein chemistry and synthesis; synthesis of active natural products; and the use of emerging technologies like proteomics, nanotechnology, or bioengineering. |
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