Complex systems and their underlying convoluted networks are ubiquitous, all we need is an eye for them. They pose problems of organized complexity which cannot be approached with a reductionist method. Complexity science and its emergent sister network science both come to grips with the inherent complexity of complex systems with an holistic strategy. The relevance of complexity, however, tra...

the beauty parlor industry is one of the fastest growing industries of bangladesh. the lifestyle of people of our country has changed rapidly over the past few years. realizing the importance of sound health and presentation, people are becoming more concerned about their health and beauty. thousands of beauty-care service providers or beauty parlors have sprung up all over the country in the l...

This paper’s analysis of print media texts about India’s six Miss World and Miss Universe title-holders maps the cultural production of the global beauty queen as an emerging hero whose tale of ascent circulates in a nation that is renegotiating its marginal position in the global economy. News and magazine texts celebrate global beauty queens’ bodily discipline and devotion to fitness and groo...

OBJECTIVE To comprehend the perception of body image in adolescence. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted with eight focus groups with 96 students of both sexes attending four public elementary school institutions in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, in 2013. An interview guide with questions about the adolescents' feelings in relation to: their bodies, standards of ideali...

Recent measurements of Charm and Beauty production at HERA are described. The charm results are well described by NLO QCD calculations with a somewhat better description in the CCFM than in the DGLAP evolution schemes. However, the Beauty results in both photoproduction and in deep inelastic scattering (DIS) are poorly described by such calculations.

People magazine has circulation of over 3.5 million copies, more than The New Yorker and Newsweek combined. This book caters to this widespread interest in good looks while injecting economics into the analysis of the topic. Daniel Hamermesh has written half a dozen papers on the relationship between beauty and economic outcomes and these articles are the backbone of the book, which is organize...

Tensions between amenity- and timber-based economies in the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest motivated a study of scenic beauty inside mature forests and timber harvests. A diverse sample of regional forests, measures of forest structure, and large, representative samples of photographs and public judges were employed to measure scenic beauty inside un-harvested mature and old-growth forests...