Face Values

Face Values
Author: Navaz Batliwalla
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9781913947095

Face Values is packed with insights and inspiration on skincare, make-up, haircare, fragrance and wellness. Delve inside the bathroom cabinets and make-up bags of fashion designers, beauty writers, make-up artists, perfumers and eco-entrepreneurs, and discover their skincare secrets, beauty philosophies and essential daily rituals - including the hero products they can't do without. It also features a global directory of the best beauty resources. Embracing modern values of understated style, sustainability and anti-perfectionism, this book reveals the benefits of a positive and mindful approach to beauty, wellness and self-care.

Face Value

Face Value
Author: Alexander Todorov
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1400885728

The scientific story of first impressions—and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrect We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second—and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example, politicians who simply look more competent are more likely to win elections. Yet the character judgments we make from faces are as inaccurate as they are irresistible; in most situations, we would guess more accurately if we ignored faces. So why do we put so much stock in these widely shared impressions? What is their purpose if they are completely unreliable? In this book, Alexander Todorov, one of the world's leading researchers on the subject, answers these questions as he tells the story of the modern science of first impressions. Drawing on psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and other fields, this accessible and richly illustrated book describes cutting-edge research and puts it in the context of the history of efforts to read personality from faces. Todorov describes how we have evolved the ability to read basic social signals and momentary emotional states from faces, using a network of brain regions dedicated to the processing of faces. Yet contrary to the nineteenth-century pseudoscience of physiognomy and even some of today's psychologists, faces don't provide us a map to the personalities of others. Rather, the impressions we draw from faces reveal a map of our own biases and stereotypes. A fascinating scientific account of first impressions, Face Value explains why we pay so much attention to faces, why they lead us astray, and what our judgments actually tell us.

Face Value

Face Value
Author: Michael O'Malley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226629392

The cultural historian and author of Keep Watching analyses American ideas about race, money, identity, and their surprising connections through history. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and of money. Is it a symbol of the value of human work and creativity, or a symbol of some natural, intrinsic value? In Face Value, Michael O’Malley provides a penetrating historical analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence intertwines with race. Like race, money is bound up in questions of identity and worth, each a kind of shorthand for the different values of two similar things. O’Malley illuminates how these two socially constructed hierarchies are deeply rooted in American anxieties about authenticity and difference. In this compelling work of cultural history, O’Malley interprets a wide array of historical sources to evaluate competing ideas about monetary value and social distinctions. More than just a history, Face Value offers a new way of thinking about the present culture of coded racism, gold fetishism, and economic uncertainty. “This is a ‘big idea’ book that no one but Michael O’Malley could even have thought of—much less pulled off with such nuance and clarity.”—Scott A. Sandage, author of Born Losers

Face Values

Face Values
Author: Deida K. Massey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2015-12-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781522797630

Face Values - The Foundation of Beauty is an unparalleled read about knowing who you are as it relates to self-esteem, self-worth, and fortifying your confidence. With 10 years of mentorship under her belt, Deida Massey shares transparent experiences, both personal and professional, of her own challenges with self-esteem along with beauty tips from her 16-year career as a celebrity makeup artist. Face Values will take readers on a journey of self-exploration as the foundation of truth and beauty. Massey teaches young women that you are what you believe and you are what GOD says that you are, "beautifully and wonderfully made." If you choose to believe what GOD says about beauty, then society's definition pales in comparison. But, if you allow society to dictate what it means to be beautiful, you will never feel secure within yourself. Massey weaves her own life story into Face Values with the passion and purpose of a true artist. She is the founder and CEO of Reel Beauty, Inc. a non-profit organization committed to helping young women discover their own beauty, inside and out. Visit www.thebookfacevalues.com to find out more information about the author and tour dates.

Giving Voice to Values

Giving Voice to Values
Author: Mary C. Gentile
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2010-08-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0300161328

How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite? Drawing on actual business experiences as well as on social science research, Babson College business educator and consultant Mary Gentile challenges the assumptions about business ethics at companies and business schools. She gives business leaders, managers, and students the tools not just to recognize what is right, but also to ensure that the right things happen. The book is inspired by a program Gentile launched at the Aspen Institute with Yale School of Management, and now housed at Babson College, with pilot programs in over one hundred schools and organizations, including INSEAD and MIT Sloan School of Management. She explains why past attempts at preparing business leaders to act ethically too often failed, arguing that the issue isn’t distinguishing what is right or wrong, but knowing how to act on your values despite opposing pressure. Through research-based advice, practical exercises, and scripts for handling a wide range of ethical dilemmas, Gentile empowers business leaders with the skills to voice and act on their values, and align their professional path with their principles. Giving Voice to Values is an engaging, innovative, and useful guide that is essential reading for anyone in business.

Face Recognition

Face Recognition
Author: Sam S. Rakover
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2001-10-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9027298394

Face Recognition: Cognitive and Computational Processes critically discusses current research in face recognition, leading to an original approach with criminological applications. The book covers • The methodological and philosophical basis of research in face recognition. • Findings and their explanations, conceptual issues, theories and models of face recognition • The Catch Model (Rakover & Cahlon) for reconstructing (identifying) a face from memory, and other models and methods of face reconstruction. • Conscious perception and recognition of faces. The book also discusses original ideas on conceptualizing face perception and recognition in tasks of facial cognition, developing the Schema Theory and the Catch Model, and introducing Rakover & Cahlon's discovery of the proposed law of Face Recognition by Similarity (FRBS). (Series B)

Statistical Methods and Concepts

Statistical Methods and Concepts
Author: Mihir Nath Das
Publisher: New Age International
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1989
Genre: Mathematical statistics
ISBN: 9788122401196

The Book Presents Underlying Concepts, Derivation And Deduction Of A Large Number Of Statistical Methods That Are Applied To Solve Practical Problems. Most Of The Topics Are Developed From Basic Concepts Rather Than Being Introduced Using Abrupt Definitions. Results Are Obtained From First Principles Mainly And In This Way The Book Is Somewhat Different From The Existing Texts On The Subject. This Manner Of Presentation Is Expected To Be Helpful To Students And Teachers To Have Proper Appreciation Of The Subject Of Statistics And To Make Application Of Statistical Methods To Real Life Problem More Meaningful.The Book Has Been Written Using Minimum Of Mathematics Giving Emphasis On Developing Concepts Properly So That It Can Be Approached By A Wider Section Of Readers Including Subject-Matter Specialists And Their Students In Other Disciplines. It Contains Several Alternative Methods Of Deduction And Derivation To Make Calculations Simpler And Systematic. A Large Number Of Examples Have Been Included For Easy Reading And Understanding. Subject-Matter Specialists To Help Applying Statistical Methods For Research, Teaching And Other Activities Can Use It.A Chapter On Computer Programmes Has Been Included To Provide Complete Programmes For Solving Some Problems Requiring Lengthy Calculations Such As Needed For Multiple And Partial Correlation Coefficients, Partial Regression Coefficients And Their Standard Errors And For Printing Statistical Tables Like Probability Integral Table For Bivariate Normal Distribution.

The Diagnostic Process

The Diagnostic Process
Author: Rudolf Zalter
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1483650324

This book addresses the decision making process under uncertainty. The process commonly encountered in all fields of human endeavor is called the diagnostic process in this monograph. The thrust of this book is to help the struggling student, of all ages, in all fields, to cross the threshold from rote to comprehension, thus bridging an intuitive gap left in many a readers mind regarding the significance and clinical implication of the accompanying probability data. The text is, in essence, a verbal and graphic portrait of the basic ideas and symbolic structure of probability and statistical inference with particular stress on the Bayesian version. It aims to expound in words, simile, and diagrams the inherent connections obtained between a given event and its sample space or between a given random sample and a hypothesized population. In this sense, no formula is left naked to be absorbed on its face value without the support of a graphic cover. The final result is a firm grasp of the simple concepts that make the infrastructure (not the superstructure) of the subject. Nonetheless, this is not another book on statistics. It certainly is not a textbook geared for the classroom, it contains no problem to solve other than those structured and graphed examples needed to clarify and illustrate the thrust of the point under consideration. The book deals exclusively with the two topics that I tend to believe are the core thesis of statistics, namely, probability and its counterpoint, inference, supported by the necessary exposition of sets. Thus, the book does not include the mandatory and important chapters on analysis of variance, regression, and correlation.

Introduction to Probability Theory with Contemporary Applications

Introduction to Probability Theory with Contemporary Applications
Author: Lester L. Helms
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-05-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486132072

Extensive discussions and clear examples, written in plain language, expose students to the rules and methods of probability. Exercises foster problem-solving skills, and all problems feature step-by-step solutions. 1997 edition.

Dare to Lead

Dare to Lead
Author: Brené Brown
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0399592520

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.