sweat

sweat or perspiration, fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea. The dissolved solid content of sweat is only one eighth that of an equal volume of urine, the body's main vehicle of salt excretion; however, excessive sweating may produce severe salt loss (see heat exhaustion). Human sweat glands are of two types, eccrine and apocrine. The eccrine glands, found everywhere on the body surface, are vital to the regulation of body temperature. Evaporation of the sweat secreted by the eccrines cools the body, dissipating the heat generated by metabolic processes. The release of such sweat is usually imperceptible; yet even in cool weather an individual will lose from 1 pt to 3 qt of fluid per day. Only when environmental conditions are especially hot or humid, or during periods of exercise or emotional stress, does the output of sweat exceed the rate of evaporation, so that noticeable beads of moisture appear on the skin. When such conditions are extreme, the body may lose up to 20 qt of fluid per day. Production of sweat is controlled by the temperature-regulating center of the hypothalamus. The apocrine glands, which occur only in the armpits and about the ears, nipples, navel, and anogenital region, are scent glands. They function in response to stress or sexual stimulation, playing no part in temperature regulation. The apocrines exude a sticky fluid quite different from the watery sweat of the eccrines. Apocrine fluid is rich in organic substances that are odorless when fresh but are quickly degraded by bacteria on the skin to produce characteristic odors. Copious sweating in the armpits comes not from the apocrines but from the eccrines interspersed among them.

Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool the skin by secreting water when body temperature rises. Apocrine sweat glands, usually associated with hair follicles, are concentrated in the underarms and genital region. Starting at puberty, hormones stimulate them to continuously secrete a fatty sweat. Certain specialized glands, such as mammary glands and wax-secreting glands of the ear canal, probably developed from this type of gland.

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Jamel Oeser-Sweat, Esq. is an attorney in New York. He practices in several areas of the law including civil and criminal litigation, intellectual property (Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks & Entertainment), immigration, corporate planning, commercial real estate, contract negotiation, internet law, civil rights law and family law among others. Mr. Oeser-Sweat is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey State Courts, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York. Mr. Oeser-Sweat has also been admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a distinction that has been accomplished by a small percentage of the attorneys in the United States.

Overview

Mr. Oeser-Sweat attended New York University as an undergraduate where he was a Samuel F.B. Morse Scholar and received a Full Scholarship. After receiving a bachelors degree from New York University, Mr. Oeser-Sweat attended St. John’s University School of Law.

Mr. Oeser-Sweat has authored several scholarly works, including several articles, a book chapter on trial practice and a book

Mr. Oeser-Sweat, the Honorable Thomas F. Liotti, and Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, then Associate Provost at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York to write DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications. DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications is a first of its kind book which filled a void in the legal world by serving as a comprehensive reference for Judges, Lawyers, Scientists and Laypersons interested in DNA and its role in the litigation process. The book’s foreword was written by Dr. Jan Witkowski and Dr. James D. Watson, a Nobel Prize Winner who along with Dr. Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize for showing the world that DNA is a double helix. The book has received many great reviews including one which was published in the New York Law Journal. The book also received favorable reviews in the Journal of Forensic Science

Science

Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Oeser-Sweat was a scientist conducting research in the area of Microbiology. He was a finalist and 10th Place winner in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search (Now called the INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH). He received a certificate in Recombinant DNA Techniques from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Secondary Education through Health Program. Mr. Oeser-Sweat worked at the Mount Sinai Hospital in the Clinical Microbiology Department and along with Dr. Edward Bottone, Director of Clinical Microbiology, discovered a new route of Transmission for a disease called Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Folliculitis Their discovery that Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Folliculitis could be transmitted through Loofah Sponges, Wash Clothes, Pumice Stones and other exfoliative devices was widely hailed and led to publications in many peer review journals including the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, an American Society for Microbiology publication. The team's research into and documentation of the link between these items and Pseudomonas infections has been cited numerous times Their continuing research led to one book Publisher’s (Benjamin Cummings) decision to put Mr. Oeser-Sweat’s picture on the cover of a microbiology textbook. Mr. Oeser-Sweat was also a recipient of the NAACP-ACT-SO/NASA Superstars of Science Award

Jurisprudence

Mr. Oeser-Sweat’s journey from the streets of New York City to its Courtrooms has been chronicled by countless news and media outlets and his story was even on the Front Page of the New York Times A former New York One New Yorker of the week, Mr. Oeser-Sweat’s story has been chronicled in Reader’s Digest, and led to the filming of a comprehensive interview for NBC NOW (now dateline NBC). He has been interviewed by Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw.

Youth

As a youth, Oeser-Sweat’s family was homeless. After spending two years fighting homelessness and living in welfare hotels and shelters, Oeser-Sweat’s family moved into public housing. Due to his mother’s hospitalization for mental illness, Oeser-Sweat was placed in the city’s foster care system in a group home. However, despite an upbringing filled with homelessness, poverty and challenges, he has managed to evolve into one of his generation’s rising young stars. Oeser-Sweat was one of five young adults to win the Young American Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1994. Oeser-Sweat's story has been retold in countless publications, lectures and has been used in materials for years. His story has been told in several languages around the world including Spanish, Chinese and Korean.

Service

Mr. Oeser-Sweat is on the Board of Directors of the Supportive Children’s Advocacy Network, a social service agency in New York City with sites in the Bronx, Harlem and Midtown and which serves as one of the city’s largest Provider’s of afterschool services. Mr. Oeser-Sweat’s accomplishments and story led SCAN to create “Reach For The Stars”, a program that provides programs and services for hundreds of adolescents in New York City and has been responsible for sending dozens of young men and women to some of the nation’s leading Preparatory Schools.