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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"face value"”.
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Face Value
<p>The human face is the most universally important focus of communication. It is a significant source of identity and the most expressive means of nonverbal communication. We use our faces to speak and express emotions. We use faces to recognize friends or foes; to spot family resemblances; and to …
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At Face Value: Investigating Perception Through Photographs
"At Face Value: Investigating Perception through Portraiture" is a body of work that examines how people process their perception in imagery. The Deadpan Aesthetic, photographic truth and American identity are discussed, as well as the amount of influence a photographer has in his work. Since …
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Beyond face value: involuntary emotional anticipation in typical development and Asperger's syndrome
Understanding and anticipating the behavior and associated mental/emotional states of mind of others is crucial for successful social interactions. Typically developed (TD) humans rely on the processing and integration of social cues that accompany other’s actions to make, either implicitly or …
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'Face Value' in the Moving Image Practices of Harun Farocki, William Kentridge, and Hito Steyerl
This thesis examines the face as a central topos in contemporary moving image art. Specifically, it investigates how the face simultaneously figures as a locus of capture and resistance in the essay films and installations of Harun Farocki, the performance and video art of Hito Steyerl, and William …
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At Face Value: Mapping the Controversy of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada and its use by the RCMP
Until the use of certain technologies become public, they tend to operate with limited controversy, which is the case with Clearview AI. Current literature on data-driven surveillance considers how these technologies violate constitutional rights to privacy and security. I propose to challenge this …
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An experimental investigation of the consumer perception of products featured on coupons
… tested in a 2 x 2 x 2 experimental design: face value, manner in which the offer was stated, and familiarity with the featured brand. Subjects were asked to respond to a questionnaire measuring perceptions such as psychological value of using the coupon, perceived quality, perceived price, …
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The seed thief
At face value, The Seed Thief is a contemporary quest story. Maddy Bellani, a botanist with the Millennium Seed Bank in Cape Town, is sent on the trail of an African plant thought to be extinct on the continent, and believed to be growing in Brazil.
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Protection of electronics in submerged enclosures against underwater explosions
… detonated reactions. Thus two problems (on face value) are prevalent when reliable operation of two mines in close proximity is to be considered. The first problem is sympathetic detonation. The second problem is reliability failure.
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Infamous Mobsters and Legalized Trauma: A Justice Approach Towards the Sociology of Black Masculinities and Generational Trauma
… accept these representations of masculinities at face value and as inevitable. Reproduced traditional forms of Black masculinity may perpetuate violence and trauma. intentionally or otherwise. In this thesis, I ask the question: Would an increased awareness of these histories decrease their hold …
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Windows into the Unseen the Power of Metaphor as Revealed by Paul Ricoeur and Moses Maimonides
… has repeatedly been to reduce language to its face-value, launching an endless search for the right meaning. This paper aims to examine two thinkers who reveal language to be a more complicated matter. Paul Ricoeur and Moses Maimonides demonstrate the importance of language’s complexity through …
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To improve the future profit expectations of the Nissan stamping plant
… been one of non-acceptance of the situations on face value. As such the future profitability of the Nissan Stamping Plant has been considered. A mental model has been established in the authors mind that a definite problem exists within this area. This has led to the formulation of a framework …
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Discrepancies in intimate violence reporting for men and women's violence: A meta-analysis
The report of intimate violence is often taken on face value in research. With no gold standard existing, one partner's report is often an accepted measure of violence in the relationship. This discrepancy in reporting between intimate partners has been thoroughly examined, yet researchers still …
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"What's in a Name": Speech Prefixes in Early English Printed Drama, 1570-1625
… English drama printed between 1570 and 1625. At face value, these speech prefixes are neutral or even boring as they simply tell the reader who is speaking. However, this dissertation argues that speech prefixes actively create meaning in playbooks in ways that often go unnoticed. Using this …
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The foreign policy of Sir Edward Grey : Germany and the ententes with France and Russia, 1905-1914
… figures, having been largely accepted at face value as a true record of his ideas and motives, rather than as an apologia. It is on the basis of Grey's own account of his policy that the source material on British foreign policy between 1905 and 1914, mainly the British Documents on the …
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The legality of the Air Defence Identification Zones under International Law
… airspace.2 However this cannot be argued at face value, simply because there is no universal procedure for the adoption of ADIZ, leaving the implementation of ADIZ rules open to varied practice by states. The United States and China are used as case studies to show the varied practice of ADIZ …
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Clodia, Fulvia, Livia, Messalina : what can we really learn about the elite women of Rome?
… Empire? If we are to take the written sources at face value then we might assume that women in the public eye were generally oversexed, overly assertive and ‘unnatural’ in their masculine behaviour: Cicero’s Clodia is an excessive monster and Fulvia is an aggressive and manipulative woman who …
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Dualism and the Critical Languages of Portraiture
… modern portrait's commonplace attention to the face rests on the dualist notion that the soul, and therefore the individuality of the subject, rests in the head. Art historical literature on portraiture, however, fails to address the pictorial, cultural and theoretical complications arising from …
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A study of the non-tax fiscal regime for shale gas development in South Africa
… in the current regulatory framework. Upon its face value the South African fiscal regime appears to be underdeveloped and not necessarily designed to cater for development of shale gas. Furthermore, it is not designed to address the specifics of shale gas development within the South African …
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Rex Trueform in the age of globalization
… by globalization should not be accepted at face value. Rather Rex Trueform migrated up the value chain into retailing cheaper imported garments and needed to shed its manufacturing arm. To support this hypothesis, the research examined the company's involvement in the international market up …
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The globalization of developing-nation real estate markets : a current perspective
… real estate can be worth far more than its face value. For the citizens of developing nations, open real estate markets bring increasing social and financial stability. Nonetheless, to the detriment of the developing world, the power of tradable real estate in developing nations remains …
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