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JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Early detection of melanoma significantly boosts patient survival rates. Deep learning has demonstrated dermatologist‐level accuracy in assessing pigmented skin lesions by analysing images at the pixel level. However, these neural networks may face challenges with ‘real‐life’ images due to limited training data and image artefacts ...
Marianne Zanchetta +15 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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A novel polymer platform for endoscopic tattooing with high efficacy and safety
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyEndoscopic tattooing plays a pivotal role in modern endoscopic localization of gastrointestinal lesions, facilitating further surgical intervention and aiding in the postoperative identification and repositioning of lesions.
Liang Zhang +6 more
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Religion, culture and politics in the Philippines [PDF]
, 2007 This essay addresses two questions with regard to the contemporary Philippines: the question of political violence and the question of status and hierarchy or, as some would have it, class.
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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Infections associated with body modification
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2012 Although exact statistics are lacking, body modifications for cosmetic purposes are performed in many countries. The commonest forms include tattooing, body piercing, and breast and facial augmentation using implants or injectable fillers.
Samson Sai-Yin Wong +2 more
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Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Laser hair removal (LHR) is a commonly performed aesthetic procedure known to generate a hazardous laser plume composed of toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles, and potentially infectious biological materials. Current mitigation strategies, such as smoke evacuation systems, are costly and often used inconsistently, highlighting the ...
Barry E. DiBernardo +2 more
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Tattoo as an object of sociological interest: Some functional features in the contemporary society
RUDN journal of SociologyEven with the most “naked” eye it is difficult not to notice the growing prevalence of tattoos in the Russian society (beyond any generational, gender, professional or social boundaries), which makes tattooing an important object of sociological analysis
I. V. Trotsuk, V. A. Voronina
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Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Objective To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and patient satisfaction of a novel laser technology that employs simultaneous emission of Alexandrite (755 nm) and Nd:YAG (1064 nm) wavelengths for permanent hair removal, as compared with standard of care treatment using a single wavelength (either Alexandrite or Nd:Yag).
Nkemjika Ugonabo +2 more
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TATTOOS OF CATHOLICS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA – SYMBOLIC ORNAMENT OF THE BODY AND SOUL [PDF]
Hum, 2017 Traditional tattooing custom represents an important ethnological unit in the cultural history of BiH. Permanent puncturing of skin, mostly practiced with the female part of population, is an anthropological specific phenomenon of Catholics from Central ...
Toni Herceg
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Tattoo: a multifaceted medium of communication
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2010 This article suggests the systems theoretical distinction of form/medium as a useful tool for distinguishing social phenomena that might look as if they stem from the same process. This is shown to be the case for the tattoo and tattooing.
Christian Wymann
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