Melanin

Mucor hiemalis showed high resistance to (Zn, Al) (Table, 37 & Fig. 46). The most interesting, high concentrations of zinc stimulated the growth better than low concentrations (Table 37), Aluminum could stimulate the growth of the fungus slightly in concentrations 100 ppm and 300 ppm respectively. Lower and higher concentrations slightly inhibited the growth but aluminum couldn’t stop the growth of the fungus (Table 37, Fig. 46). While (Mn , Cu and Pb) succeeded to stimulate the growth of Mucor…

“how human skin evolved, particularly as an adaption to ultraviolet radiation” (The Evolution of Skin). She also answered many other questions relating to skin. Basically, the skin has a certain relation to ultraviolet radiation. Lower levels of melanin were adapted to decrease ultraviolet radiation. In the past medical history, it was best to determine if the patient noticed “problems such as jaundice (liver disease), delayed wound healing (diabetes mellitus), cyanosis (respiratory disorder),…

Me: So you were born in Iran, right? Venous: Yes, I was born in Tehran, Iran. Me: And what was your first childhood memory there? Venous: In Iran, I think my first childhood memory was when I broke my arm. I was going up on my aunt’s flight of stairs, and I was being funny. I was playing dress up while climbing the stairs at the same time, so I ended up tripping on the pants. I think that’s my most vivid memory, and I was three years old when this happened. My next memory is just me playing with…

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The essay Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant spark an insight into black beauty in a white dominated world. Throughout black history women have been subjected to thoughts that their bodies were inferior. Many African American women do not feel comfortable with their hair or color of their bodies because of the upward battle they face to try to fit into society’s standards of straight hair and light skinned women. We see from the day Europeans arrived in Africa they tried to…

In my last paper, I explored the relationship between the loop jump and the beautiful body, ice skating, and the nation and how that relationship reveals the views of America. However, what I failed to examine in that paper was the threat black bodies pose to the world of sports’ ideals of beauty, rules of perfection and standard of a world class athlete. In this paper I will use the cases of Serena Williams and Surya Bonaly to explore how their bodies and the lines their bodies create…

Genetic Identity of the Individual Every individual cherishes his or her individuality, identity, or unique role in the world. As defined in the Oxford Dictionary, individuality is “the quality or character of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind.” Professional sociologists have long debated the power of environment in shaping identity, thus playing a role in the individual’s world view and responses. Frida Kahlo visually represented the…

The original 1968 film Planet of the Apes is a film where in an alternate world there is a planet that is inhabited by apes such as gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees. The apes, in a reverse of roles, are the supreme beings and man is just an animal, something to be looked at and experimented on. Like what we do today with apes, putting them in cages and zoo’s. The film is centered around knowledge and controlling it, controlling who knows certain things. The people who are in control of this…

What is Cultural Appropriation? It is hard being a minority in America. The struggle for identity is a common thread amongst minority communities in this country and that issue is constantly exasperated by the white washed media. According to Susan Scafidi, cultural appropriation is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission.” (Scafidi) I would add that using those artifacts to make a profit is what…

good because it ties in to source 1, the teens who did not use their phones before bed woke up more refreshed. For my third questions credibility, is true because it matches with source 4 and source 4 says that sleeping in the dark produces more melanin which has a bigger…