In this paper we present different aspects of rendering character emotions, as well as the outcome of an experimental study to find out whether considering skin changes can help improving perception of certain emotions. While posture and mimics has been subject of extensive research, we are focusing on dynamic skin changes in order to express strong emotions. To get there, we also consider psyc...

A 40-year-old woman presents to the clinic with multiple excoriated lesions over her chest, arms, abdomen, and upper back (Figure 1, Figure 2). The lesions have been present for many years; a few of them show signs of recent bleeding. She denies any history of itching, insect bites, exposure to new medications or jewelry, allergies, recent change in medications, travel, or intravenous drug abus...

are really cases of streptococcal dermatitis with superficial staphylococcal infections. In each case a culture was taken on blood agar, glucose agar and ordinary agar slopes. During this period in about 200 cases cultures were made to isolate these streptococci, and 40 per cent, showed positive streptococci. The reason for the failures is that the streptococci lie deep in the lymphatics and so...

It is well known that occupational exposure to pollens of flowering ornamental plants may elicit rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, and contact urticaria (1). However, it was not until the 1980s that a foliage decorative plant, weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), was recognized as an important cause of occupational immediate mucosal and skin reactions, and, to a lesser degree, of similar symptoms in atopi...