suede

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For all who don't know what a suede is, it's basically leather used for clothing such as shoes and shirts. One significant difference in them is that they don't have a tough outer layer. As seen in these pictures, the outer layer of the leather is almost fur like because of its textured style.

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One downfall in the leather is that while it is a very popular accessory for clothing due to its differing components, they absorb water and other liquids effectively which in turn may wear down the suede quite rapidly. So when deciding on whether to buy a suede clothing, first think of its pros and cons!

non woven fabric

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Peanut skins have an abundant amount of natural antioxidants

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The food turned in the refrigerator

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yellow pencil

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salmon, my favorite fish

I foreshadow a debate on whether fish skin should be eaten . . .

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What is seen above and below are the scales of the fish produced from the mesoderm in the dermis region. They are generally lubricated with mucus as well.

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 While they're not shown on the pictures, the omega-3 salmon possesses is actually located in the skin when cooked because the fat (which is right underneath the skin layer) melts and rises only to be absorbed by the dermis region. While it is beneficial to consume the skin as well as the pink flesh, it turns out there are potential chemicals that may reside in the skin as well due to contamination.

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healing our mind

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Kimchi contains special probiotics but...

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Study on lactic acid bacteria from kimchi sheds light on treatment of atopic dermatitis

 

Published : Apr 12, 2017 - 16:58

Updated : Apr 12, 2017 - 16:58

Researchers said Wednesday they have found that lactic acid bacteria in kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented vegetable dish, is potentially effective in treating atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease.

The team, led by Choi Hak-jong, a senior researcher at the government-funded World Institute of Kimchi, said it has confirmed that the bacteria, known as "Weissella cibaria WIKIM28," helped improve a case of atopic dermatitis in an experiment with a mouse.

 

In the experiment, the researchers fed the lactic acid to a mouse infected with the skin disease for 45 days. The intake of the bacteria resulted in reducing symptoms of skin inflammation, including swelling and hair loss, by about 40 percent, it said.

According to the team, the bacteria also lowered the creation of immunoglobulin E, a kind of antibody and a typical indicator of the skin disease, almost by half.

"The Weissella cibaria WIKIM28 bacteria are effective in their killed form so that they could be applied to snack foods and ice cream as well as medicines containing lactic acid bacteria,“ Ha Jae-ho, chief of the institute, said.

The findings of the study were published in the Jan. 9 online edition of "Scientific Reports," a sister publication of the leading British science journal Nature.

work site- http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170412000936

 

 

 

lady bug's polka dot

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Remember those colorful beetles possessing an ironic name? Well, turns out they have hidden features I didn't bother to notice before.

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Seen on the top and bottom pictures are the ladybug's elytras. As we all know, ladybugs display a unique pattern of colors such as red, orange, and black in order to create spots across their outer layer. Turns out the elytras require pores which help defend the organism from the outer environment.

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What I find fascinating is that the ladybug contains not only multitudes of openings across its outer shell, but also has different holes smaller than the pores. An assumption is that they are used to exchange gases for respiration.

Shoo fly, don't bother me!

 

 

 

 

house fly, his face/ portable microscope

burdock peel

Like mithril from the Hobbit...

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When I examined the burdock under the microscope, I realized most were in interphase likely because it has a possibility of having the same mitotic functions as an onion root tip: Only the tip, called the meristems, undergo mitosis while the rest of the root remains in interphase.

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trouble era

trouble skin / portable microscope

If you don't know that the picture above is, then I'm assuming you haven't experience teenage years yet. Yes it is exactly what you think it is: A pimple. 

In the picture the epidermis is shiny because oil is sent outside of your body just as sweat is. However, oil and dead cells tend to clog up openings when leaving, causing bacteria to grow in them which is why pus exists in the pimple as well.

Hey, you are tough guy

When Levi Strauss first made jeans, I'll bet he never thought it would turn into one of the most worn pants in the nation.

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As seen above, jeans are created from denim or polyester. Believe it or not, jeans are 100% cotton! As seen in the picture, even the small threads are created using cotton. The color blue seen is used by synthetic indigo in which balls of yarn get dipped multiple times under the dye in order to have all the layers dyed. They are then coated with sizing in order to make the threads more stiff.

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fine salt

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When I took a look at the salts under the microscope, one immediate fact catches my eye: The molecules of sodium and chloride combine into a cube-like pattern, meaning it is shaped symmetrically unlike most compounds such as sugar.



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When dark field is used, it is significantly easier to view transparent compounds or organisms because it blocks out the central light entering. So here, I was able to see in detail the compounds binding the salt in place, which surprisingly didn't give off a cube shape like the previous picture.

dried cabbage, like an abstract painting

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