Facial characteristics

Intel-facial Characteristics by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)... 

Facial characteristics are defined by the skin, muscles and bones. Over the years, the face loses its youthful appearance. Body weight, hormonal changes, ultraviolet radiation, smoking, and gravity lead to the appearance of depressions and wrinkles. In addition, the loss of the skin s elasticity becomes apparent after the age of 30. Areas of the face most affected are the periorbital, malar, forehead, temporal, glabellar, mandibular, mental and perioral zones [14-16]. 

In women receiving an androgen preparation for breast carcinoma, the most common adverse reactions are amenorrhea, other menstrual irregularities, and virilization (acquisition of male sexual characteristics by a woman). Virilization produces facial hair, a deepening of the voice, and enlargement of the clitoris. Male pattern baldness and acne may also be seen. 

Though a recent facial impact injury may have caused additional diffuse cerebral damage, the total performance seemed more indicative of chronic PCP and alcohol abuse. Specifically, the NP profile was characteristic of deficits in frontal lobe-mediated adaptive abilities. While the severity of these deficits seemed slight as compared with the mental status of others of similar... 

Differential diagnoses include diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome because patients with these conditions share several similar characteristics with Cushing s syndrome patients (e.g., obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance). In women, the presentations of hirsutism, menstrual abnormalities, and insulin resistance are similar to those of polycystic ovary syndrome. Cushing s syndrome can be differentiated from these conditions by identifying the classic signs and symptoms of truncal obesity, "moon faces" with facial plethora, a "buffalo hump" and supraclavicular fat pads, red-purple skin striae, and proximal muscle weakness. 

Numbness and tingling of the limbs, twitching of the facial muscles, inability to coordinate muscular activity, nausea, visual hallucinations, and a deep stupor are characteristic. Macroscopia is frequent, entering into Waika belief about the spirits that dwell within the plant. Levitation, or a sensation of floating in air or flying, is reported. 

We constantly value what we perceive as beautiful, ugly, repulsive, frightening, sinister, cute, and the like. Much of this appreciation is indeed acquired, templates being fixated in imprint-like fashion. There are however strong indications that many templates come preformed in our innate outfit. Such is the case with some of those concerning the aesthetic appeal of human facial and other bodily characteristics. Others concern environmental features. Thus human beings exhibit an aesthetic preference for plants (Phyto-philia) which reflect an archetypical imprint on features of the environment. 

Faraday s constant (96,487 C/mol) overpotential total current current density exchange current density ratio of ohmic constriction to inter-facial resistance surface exchange coefficient volume-specific interfacial resistance in a composite thickness utilization length characteristic length of a porous microstructure... 

Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome exhibit failure to thrive and short stature initially, which converts to a tendency toward excessive eating, obesity, mild-to-moderate mental retardation, hypogonadism, and characteristic facial dysmorphology. 

Testolactone is a synthetic drug related to testosterone. It is used for palliative treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women and in women who have had their ovaries removed. The principal action of testolactone is reported to be inhibition of steroid aromatase activity and the reduction in estrone synthesis. The most common adverse effects are nausea, vomiting, and anorexia. An advantage is that it does not cause women to develop male characteristics such as a deep voice or facial hair. 

Minocycline is frequently used in the treatment of chronic facial dermatoses. Increased usage has resulted in local skin pigmentation, particularly at sites of previous tissue trauma that is unrelated to the photosensitization phenomenon characteristic of this class of drug. This effect does not appear to be dose dependent and usually resolves in months to years following drug discontinuation. 

Prenatal exposure to ethanol results in a spectrum of abnormalities including, at one extreme, fetal alcohol syndrome, which includes growth retardation, facial anomalies, mental retardation, and microencephaly. Children with less severe prenatal exposures often lack the characteristic facial features of fetal alcohol syndrome, but suffer from a similar pattern of cognitive deficits (Berman and Hannigan, 2000). Mild exposures are associated with variable deficits in motor development and functional delays (Levitt, 1998). 

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