Sentences with phrase «human skin surfaces»

Human skin surfaces are complex ecosystems for microorganisms, including fungi, bacteria and viruses, which are known collectively as the skin microbiome.

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About 1,000 species normally live on the surface of human skin, according to a recent study by the National Human Genome Research Instihuman skin, according to a recent study by the National Human Genome Research InstiHuman Genome Research Institute.

Yet, in humans, nowhere else on the body are there so many blood vessels so close to the surface of the skin than our faces.

The health of the human vagina depends on a symbiotic / mutually beneficial relationship with «good» bacteria that live on its surface feeding on products produced by vaginal skin cells.

The researchers are the first to grow human vaginal skin cells in a dish in a manner that creates surfaces that support colonization by the complex good and bad communities of bacteria collected from women during routine gynecological exams.

When growing on surfaces (including human skin, lung, heart, or bladder) many bacteria form so - called biofilms that consist of structured communities of identical bacteria.

However, although the human core temperature may be indicative of several bodily dysfunctions, there is still a lack of scientific evidence about which musculoskeletal diseases or conditions can be diagnosed by evaluating skin surface temperature with IRT.

Barbaree and Vaglenov rubbed pig skin on the tainted surfaces to mimic contact with human flesh.

The nanogenerator itself includes thin electrode sheets on the front and back of the mesoporous polymer film, and the researchers can attach this soft, flexible film seamlessly to flat, rough or curvy surfaces, including human skin.

MCC is associated with a virus, the Merkel cell polyomavirus, which is quite common, often found on normal human skin and surfaces that are frequently touched, Dr. Nghiem says.

The distinct look of human skin, for instance, is determined by how light penetrates its surface.

Human - associated bacteria disperse into and throughout the built environment by three primary mechanisms: (1) direct human contact with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes, skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden partiHuman - associated bacteria disperse into and throughout the built environment by three primary mechanisms: (1) direct human contact with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes, skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden partihuman contact with indoor surfaces; (2) bioaerosol particle emission from our breath, clothes, skin and hair; and (3) resuspension of indoor dust containing previously shed human skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden partihuman skin cells, hair and other bacteria - laden particles.

Further research uncovered a broad spectrum of cell surface stem cell markers (e.g., CD133, CD44, and CD24) that allow the identification of CSCs in human solid tumors, including brain, breast, prostate, pancreas, liver, ovary, skin, colon cancers, and melanoma (3 - 6)(Figure 1 based on 7).

The secret: an ultrathin monolayer semiconductor just three atoms thick — a bright «transient electroluminescent» device that is fully transparent when turned off and that can conform to curved surfaces, even human skin.

«Given the rapid sorption and persistence of high levels of nicotine on indoor surfaces, including clothing and human skin, our findings indicate that third - hand smoke represents an unappreciated health hazard through dermal exposure, dust inhalation and ingestion.»

The VISIA analysis detects damage and signs of ageing on and beneath the surface of the skin that is not visible to the human eye.

Demodex mites are microscopic insects which live on the surface of the skin of nearly every adult human.

As a result of this infrared heats human tissue directly rather than just the surface of the skin.

Humans have sweat glands (small, tubular structures located just under the entire surface of our skin with the highest concentration on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet) through which we cool off but dogs have sweat glands only in the pads of their feet.

As a technology, Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide ® (AHP ®) was designed to be Deliberately Different ™ and is formulated for use on skin, surfaces and devices, protecting the health of ANIMALS, HUMANS and the PLANET.

Behavioural strategies could include seeking shade in warm weather or getting close to another dog or human in cold weather, physiological strategies include shivering, panting or vasodilation (bringing blood from the core of the body to the skin where it can be cooled) / vasoconstriction (when blood vessels near the surface of the skin narrow to direct blood back to the core), whilst anatomical strategies include having fur or body fat.

Ichthyosis is a inherited genetic disorder that occurs both in humans and in animals characterized by diffuse keratinization of the surface layer of the skin.

Human skin has many sweat glands in it, and beneath the surface of the skin is a vast network of tiny blood vessels called capillaries.

Additionally, we humans bathe ourselves frequently, so flea eggs are washed away and subsequently never hatch on the skin's surface.

Urine from infected dogs can cause infection in humans through contact of breaks in the skin (wounds, etc.) or mucosal surfaces (mouth, eyes, etc.).

Humans have sweat glands (small, tubular structures located just under the entire surface of our skin with the...

As a surgeon penetrates the skin, a barrier between what is human and what is not, I cut, sand, burn and burrow beneath the surface of the paper to expose its curiosities.

New York - based sculptor Ivana Basic (b. 1986) creates forms whose surfaces resemble human skin, connoting raw slabs of meat twisting into themselves into awkward, alien - like figures.

Process - fetish in particular gets funny here: vegan dyes (safe, temporary, and harmless, we're assured) manually massaged into Riba's skin gradually fade as she rubs up against human hands or other surfaces.

The thought - provoking sculptures and paintings seduce with their surfaces as a metaphor for human appearances, but challenge viewers to look closely at a person and go beyond skin deep.

Travelling like a surgeon's laparoscopic camera through human organs and intestines, this is a slow motion roller coaster; occasionally meeting the surface and the skin, and then plunging back inside.

Tina Maria Nielsen's exhibition, Skin of Mine, deals with surfaces, membranes and the interface between outer and inner, like human sSkin of Mine, deals with surfaces, membranes and the interface between outer and inner, like human skinskin.

The big canvases are unstretched and fastened directly to the wall, a 1980s technique used by Leon Golub for brutal images of human torture; it emphasizes the painting's surface as a metaphorical skin.

Such a change will accelerate the flow of heat energy from the ocean surface to the atmosphere and offset any warming of the «skin» from any extra CO2 caused by humans.

52 • Immune system suppression Natural Capital Degradation Effects of Ozone Depletion Human Health • Worse sunburn • More eye cataracts • More skin cancers • Immune system suppression Food and Forests • Reduced yields for some crops • Reduced seafood supplies from reduced phytoplankton • Decreased forest productivity for UV - sensitive tree species Wildlife • Increased eye cataracts in some species • Decreased population of aquatic species sensitive to UV radiation • Reduced population of surface phytoplankton • Disrupted aquatic food webs from reduced phytoplankton Figure 20.21 Natural capital degradation: expected effects of decreased levels of ozone in the stratosphere.

Others accept (correctly) that that is unlikely due to the thermal inertia of our oceans and their cooling effect on the air so they propose an «ocean skin'theory whereby warming of the topmost molecules on the ocean surface from extra downwelling infra red radiation from extra human CO2 in the air is supposed to reduce the natural energy flow from sea to air so that the oceans get warmer and then heat the air and kill us off that way.

60 • Immune system suppression Natural Capital Degradation Effects of Ozone Depletion Human Health • Worse sunburn • More eye cataracts • More skin cancers • Immune system suppression Food and Forests • Reduced yields for some crops • Reduced seafood supplies from reduced phytoplankton • Decreased forest productivity for UV - sensitive tree species Wildlife • Increased eye cataracts in some species • Decreased population of aquatic species sensitive to UV radiation • Reduced population of surface phytoplankton Figure 20.21 Natural capital degradation: expected effects of decreased levels of ozone in the stratosphere.