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Acne Acne - Flu Shot Information - RUHSAdvice Nurse Line - Emergencycontraception. - Weight Watchers Online The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs Acne is an inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous (oil) glands that lie under the skin. Acne generally begins in puberty and affects 15-20 percent of adolescents. Frequently, adults who have had skin problems through adolescence continue to do so in their 20s or 30s. Up to one-third of adult women have mild or moderate cases of acne. Some adults may develop acne even if they have had no previous history. What causes acne? When hormones, such as androgens, are released during puberty, they awaken the sebaceous glands, located in huge numbers on the face, back and chest. These activated glands grow larger and start to secrete sebum or oil onto the skin surface. Acne forms when excessive amounts of sebum block the hair follicle, the passage that leads from the sebaceous gland to the surface of the skin. Normally dead cells are shed from the lining of the hair follicle and carried to the skin surface by sebum. However, if the hair follicle is blocked, the dead cells cannot reach the skin surface. As acne develops, the dead cells stick together and combine with the sebum and bacteria, forming a plug in the follicle. The bacteria also produce chemical compounds that increase obstruction and inflammation of the follicle. If the blocked follicle is closed at the surface, a closed comedo, or a whitehead forms. If the blocked follicle is exposed to air, it discolors, resulting in an open comedo, or a blackhead. This discoloration is not dirt, but skin pigments in the blocked follicle. Often the hair follicle wall bursts, spreading the sebum, bacteria, and dead cells to deeper layers of the skin, which, in turn, causes an inflammatory reaction, and the skin may redden and swell. When this happens, a papule, or pimple, forms. White blood cells may attack the papule, causing pus (a combination of white blood cells, sebum, bacteria, and dead cells) to accumulate. This forms a more severe lesion: a pustule; when several deep pustules are connected together, they form a nodule (cyst). Can acne be aggravated? Acne may be aggravated by several influences, including cosmetics, hand-to-face contact, menstruation, stress, certain occupational exposures, medications and climate. Cosmetics: heavy, greasy skin creams may irritate acne because they tend to clog the hair follicles. Cocoa butter is a big offender. Non-medicated, oil-free and water-based cosmetics should be used instead and for only the minimum time necessary; however, avoiding cosmetics completely is the best thing to do. Hand-face contact: Pressure on the skin may rupture a blocked follicle, causing a pimple to form. Squeezing and picking a pimple may spread the acne and lead to scarring. Equipment worn during contact sports may also aggravate acne, as can hair worn over the forehead. Menstruation: Many women have acne flare-ups about one week before menstruation; however, the exact reason for these flare-ups is unknown. Stress: Sleep loss, emotional pressure and overall stress may sometimes make acne worse for reasons that are also not known. Diet: Contrary to popular belief, food rarely causes acne. Eating chocolate, greasy foods, cola drinks, fish, milk products, etc., is seldom related to acne. For general health, a balanced diet is essential. Occupations: Acne may occur when people are exposed to the following: heavy oils, greases, tars, open grills, steam tables, and possible exposure to Agent Orange (dioxin). Medications: The following drugs may contribute to acne: corticosteroids, androgens, Danaxole, iodides, bromides, Dilantin, barbiturates, Isoniazide (INH), Rifampin, lithium and Vitamin B-12. Oral contraceptives may improve acne. How can acne be controlled? Acne can be controlled by cleanliness, non-prescription and/or prescription drugs. Cleanliness: For good hygiene, wash with a mild soap (such as Dove, Neutrogena or Purpose) two times a day and avoid heavily perfumed soaps, such as Irish Spring, Safeguard and Zest. Medicated soaps are not useful because the medication is rinsed away and cannot penetrate the sebaceous glands where acne problems originate. Alcohol cleansers remove oil from the face but tend to dry the skin too much, so a moisturizer may be necessary. Proper cleaning does not prevent acne, but does help control it. However, nonprescription medications that help prevent and heal acne are available. Nonprescription acne medications: Always read the instructions for any medication to determine its proper use. Remember also that acne requires long-term treatment, so your daily routine of care should not stop if improvement is not immediately apparent. Effects will be noticeable after four to six weeks. Be patient. Three effective ingredients contained in nonprescription drugs to combat acne are benzoyl peroxide, sulfur, and salicylic acid. Benzoyl peroxide is the most effective ingredient in nonprescription drugs. When it penetrates the follicle, benzoyl peroxide reduces the bacteria associated with acne, and can also promote peeling in the follicle, which may eliminate blockage. Some dryness, tightness, and mild redness but not discomfort are the side effects of the therapy. Benzoyl peroxide is available in gels, lotions and creams, in concentrations of 2.5, 5 and 10 percent. Water-based gels and oil-based lotions are less irritating than alcohol or acetone-based gels. Products containing benzoyl peroxide include: Clear By Design Gel (2.5 percent), Benzoyl Peroxide Lotion (5 and 10 percent) and many others which are essentially the same but vary greatly in price. Benzoyl peroxide cleansers (washes) are useful for acne on the chest and back. Examples of cleansers are: Pan Oxyl Bar (5 percent) and Fostex Benzoyl Peroxide Wash (10 percent). Sulfur medications , such as Acnomel Acne Cream, Fostril and Rezamid help eliminate pimples by causing them to dry and peel. These flesh colored medications may help conceal pimples during treatment. Salicylic Acid Most other nonprescription acne products contain salicylic acid, which may be used in treating mild acne like blackheads. Some examples of these products are Dry and Clear Cleanser, and Stri-Dex Medicated Pads. These topical medications that are applied directly to the skin should be used on the entire area where a pimple may develop, not just on the pimple itself. Topical medications can irritate and peel the skin, so gradual exposure to the product may be necessary. If excessive dryness persists, decrease or discontinue use. Prescription Medications In severe and persistent cases of acne, it may help to seek professional care. Prescription drugs are also available to help prevent and control acne. Some medications that may be prescribed by a health care provider include: Benzoyl Peroxide Prescription benzoyl peroxide is usually a gel, which penetrates the hair follicle more effectively than a lotion or cream. Retin-A or Retinoic Acid Available as a gel or cream, loosens up the blocked follicle, reducing the number of inflammations. Mild redness and peeling - a mild flush - are the goals of therapy. More severe dryness is to be avoided. Retin-A may be very useful for comedomal acne (blackheads and whiteheads). A flare-up of pustules 1-3 weeks after beginning Retin-A is expected. Avoid sun while using. Antibiotic Lotions These lotions suppress the bacteria associated with acne. Oral Antibiotics Tetracycline and erythromycin are oral antibiotics sometimes used in treating severe cases of acne (pustular acne). Vaginal yeast infections sometimes result after use, since the antibiotic kills the vaginal bacteria that inhibit yeast infection. Avoid sun while using. Accutane A drug related to Vitamin A, this prescription medication is used for a very severe case of acne, called cystic acne. It is effective in decreasing oil secretions in the sebaceous glands. The major side effects are chapped lips and dry skin. As Accutane may cause birth defects, avoid using it if you are or may become pregnant. This medication should be used with a clinicians supervision and may be expensive. There is no quick cure for acne, but you can control it. If you need additional information on acne and its treatment, consult a health care provider at a Rutgers Student Health Center. If you choose to use cosmetics with acne, here are some things you should know: Cosmetics: should be liquid and water-based are too thick if in a tube, jar, or stick or cake form do not have to be hypo-allergenic facial saunas may spread acne Suggested Make Up: Clinique Pore Minimizer, Erno Lazlo, Revlon Touch & Glow Ultima Skin Mild, Almay Pure Beauty, Elizabeth Arden Illusion, Yardley- Next to Nothing Suggested Moisturizers: Wibi, Cetaphil, Neutraderm, Ultraderm, Shepards Suggested soaps: Neutrogena, Purpose, Dove Avoid: Noxema, hair grooming preparations, cocoa butter, Ivory, Zest, Irish Spring, Safeguard Back To Top Last Modified 12/22/2005

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Facial Animation C ONTENTS B EING BIOLOGICAL S IMULACRA S PEECH SYNTHESIS V OCAL TRACTS A RTICULATORS S PEECH PRODUCTION M C G URK S PEECHREADING F ACIAL ANIMATION A VATARS B ACKGROUND D IRECTORY B IBLIOGRAPHY Talking Heads: Facial Animation The pioneering work on facial animation was done by Frederic I. Parke in the 1970s. Renewed interested in this topic in the mid-1980s included the muscle model approach to facial expression of Keith Waters. Parke and Waters have written the definitive text on Computer Facial Animation . A website (see below) provides an overview of the book. The late 1980s also saw the first attempts at visual speech synthesis, including the work of Dominic Massaro and Michael Cohen (who are both at the UCSC Perceptual Science Laboratory ), and number of other researchers (see the bibliography ). Massaro has recently published a book, Perceiving Talking Faces , that summarizes the issues in visual speech synthesis and shows how computational auditory-visual models can be used to explore issues in speech perception and pattern recognition. If you are interested in seeing the wide variety of working being done in facial animation, you should start at the UCSC PSL Speech Perception by Ear and Eye / Facial Animation webpage and the UCSC PSL Facial Animation webpage . A summary of the field and its future can be found at SIGGRAPH 97 Panel on Facial Animation: Past, Present and Future . This section also features an interactive version of a recent research paper entitled Kinematics-Based Synthesis of Realistic Talking Faces by Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson , Takaaki Kuratate , Mark Tiede , and Hani Yehia , of the ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories . Additional information about facial animation and modeling is available at a number of sites, including: Ananova The world's first virtual newsreader on the internet has been launched in London. Computer-generated Ananova is programmed to deliver news 24 hours a day. Here are some newspaper reports . digital CRL Facial Animation Project (Keith Waters) "CRL's talking synthetic face is essentially the visual complement of the speech synthesizer DECtalk. Where DECtalk provides synthesised speech, CRL's Face provides a synthetic face. By combining the audio functionality of a speech synthesiser with the graphical functionality of a computer-generated face, a variety of new applications can be developed. For example, a synthetic character can give a multimedia presentation, or a synthetic character can monitor a system and report anomalies as a feedback agent. One of the more intriguing possibilities is the construction of an interactive face agent capable of assisting and conversing with the user." Computer Facial Animation (book by Parke and Waters) "This book is about computer facial models, computer generated facial images, and facial animation. In particularit concerns the principles of creating face models and the manipulation or control of computer generated facialattributes. In addition, various sections in the book describe and explain the development of specific computerfacial animation techniques over the past twenty years, as well as those expected in the near future. " Demetri Terzopoulos homepage (with papers & animations) UCSC Perceptual Science Laboratory (D. Massaro & M. Cohen) "The Perceptual Science Laboratory is engaged in a variety of experimental and theoreticalinquiries in perception and cognition. A major research area concerns speech perception byear and eye, and facial animation. We also have tested a general fuzzy logical model ofperception in a variety of domains, including perception and understanding of language,memory, object, shape and depth perception, learning, and decision making. Research is alsobeing carried out in reading." Speech: A Sight to Behold An online article by Barbra Rodriguez for science notes: summer 1996 . Focuses on Baldy: the UCSC PSL 3D computerized talking head model. "When someone talks, you pick up clues about what they're saying from their facial maneuvers. Scientists are using a computerized talking image of a human head to learn about their visual language clues. Such talking heads will also allow new ways of communicating in the future." ICP Visual Speech Synthesis "Three-dimensional modelisation of the different organs involved in speech production: lips, jaw, tongue for thevocal tract and skin. The animation of the different parts of the face model can be done, either by video analysis of a speaker's face,or from text by means of a rule-based system." FaceView (Alex Pentland, MediaLab, MIT) "The FaceView project is concerned with observing, understanding, and synthesizing actions of the face andhead. The current work on this project is focused on the areas of head-tracking, facial expression recognition,and non-rigid deformation of head models for animation." MikeTalk ( Tony Ezzat and Tomaso Poggio , MIT Center for Biological and Computational Learning ) "The goal of this project is to create a videorealistic text-to-audiovisual speech synthesizer. The system should take as input any typedsentence, and produce as output an audio-visual movie of a face enunciating that sentence. By videorealistic we mean that the finalaudiovisual output should look like it was a videocamera recording of a talking human subject. " Multimodal Speech Synthesis (KTH) "Our approach to audio-visual speech synthesisis based on parametric descriptions of both the acoustic and visual speechmodalities, in a text-to-speech framework. The visual speech synthesisuses 3D polygon models, that are parametrically articulated and deformed.Currently, we are working with two different parametric models for visualsynthesis : "Holger", which is an extended version of a facemodel developed by F. Parke (1982), and "Olga", which was developed inthe Olga-project. The auditory synthesis is based on a source-filter formant-basedgeneration model. Parameter trajectories for both modalities are calculatedby a text-to-speech rule system. In the near future, we are hoping to improvenaturalness and intelligibility of the visual synthesis with the help ofdata obtained by optical analysis of a real speaker's articulation." MIAMI report (Schomaker et al.) A taxonomy of multimodal interaction in the human information processing system. A report of the ESPRIT PROJECT 8579. Video Rewrite: Driving Visual Speech with Audio (Bregler, Covell & Slaney, Interval Research Corp.) "Video Rewrite uses existing footage to create automatically new video of a person mouthing words that she did not speak in the original footage. This technique is useful in movie dubbing, for example, where the movie sequence can be modified to sync the actors' lip motions to the new soundtrack." ATR: Speech Synchronized Human Facial Image Synthesis (Takaaki Kuratate and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson) RED TED Headcase Technology (commercial facial animation software for Windows) "Headcase Technology provides a real time 3D graphics system which displays arealistic animated human face on your desktop. The face can gesture andautomatically mouths the current sound being played by your computer." JOE - Join Our Experience (from CSELT in Italy) "JOE is a family of applications for the creation and animation of 3D facial models" House Ear Institute KDI Demos Facial Animation Links Facial Animation Overview (Scott King) Facial Animation and Synthesis Bibliography

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