This open access book demonstrates how human biases affect the process of visual data analysis, a subject which has typically been left to researchers in cognitive and perceptual psychology and the social sciences. Human biases affect the way that people interpret and experience the world and how they operate within it and make decisions. These can include cognitive biases such as confirmation or anchoring bias, perceptual biases including visual or auditory illusions, and implicit biases ...

Poet Emily Wall began collecting birth stories after the birth of her third child, Lucy. She realized that women were always quietly sharing their stories—in living rooms with a mug of tea, or whispered at the preschool playground. She saw the intensity with which women listened to each other’s stories. They were shared, remembered, retold, but not collected, not treated as the art form they are. Wall began asking for, and collecting birth stories: women sent her emails, handed her their j...

This book considers the generalized topic of “respect” on college and university campuses from the perspectives of a variety of participants. It highlights perspectives held by different individuals culminating in a conversation about the evolution of respect issues on campus and how those issues are reflected by our broader society. There are a variety of contributors: students, faculty members, student support personnel, as well as staff persons, all of whom have contact with students in...

Embrace the chaos of life with twenty hilariously cute embroidery patterns starring anxious raccoons, possums, and other critters who are also going through it.This collection is for anyone who’s ever said “it is what it is” while actively spiraling. Whether you’re mid crash-out or just need a moment of self-care, you can stitch your own relatable critter from twenty designs that perfectly capture the mood.With clear, encouraging guidance from Emily Wall of...

With insights from popular authors, this almanac features leading-edge topics in tune with contemporary Witchcraft and Pagan lifestylesLlewellyn's 2027 Witches' Companion is packed with inspiration and hands-on practices that foster community and connection with twenty-seven articles written by top authors, including Kate Freuler, Laura Tempest Zakroff, and Rhonda Kuykendall-Jabari.This edition features sacred geometry (Autumn Damiana), the magic o...

You never know what’s hiding behind your walls.Special Agent Emily Slate is a woman on a mission. Someone is sending her letters written in her dead mother’s handwriting, and she’s not about to stop until she finds out why.But when she receives a mysterious phone call from town where she grew up, Emily doesn’t believe it’s a coincidence. After all, where better to start tracking down the person who wrote the letters than in her own hometown?Except, ...

"In Convent Walls" is a novel written by Emily Sarah Holt, an English author known for her historical fiction and novels with religious themes.Set in a convent, the novel likely explores the lives of the nuns who reside within its walls and the various challenges, conflicts, and relationships they encounter. The convent setting provides a backdrop for themes such as faith, duty, temptation, and the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment.Through the experiences of the characters, "In Convent Wall...

Ramp up your knowledge of the clinical trials and evidence that laid the groundwork for current emergency practice with Emergency Medicine Evidence: The Practice-Changing Studies. Brief, easy-to-read, and accessible, this time-saving quick-reference allows you to quickly familiarize yourself with the 100 most practice-changing clinical trials in emergency medicine. Features Master key information through one-page synopses of the 100 most-practicing changes clinical trials in emergency medi...

In a small town in Northwestern Vermont, Tom Woods has never really stood out in a crowd. In fact, his closest friend was his younger brother, Levi. It was no small wonder when a local doctor started a study for a drug that he claimed would cure his brother’s epilepsy, Tom was one of the first to sign up to help him. However, the study didn’t go as planned and Tom’s world is turned upside down as he discovers that a concussion isn’t the only thing he got during the experiment.As Tom...

Some silences are louder than screams.Ivy thought she had buried the past—the shadows of a place where secrets were currency and friendship carried a cost. But when someone from the life she tried to forget reappears, everything she's tried to suppress claws its way back. The lies. The warnings. The one moment they never talked about.Now, memories Ivy swore she'd locked away begin to surface in flashes: a door left open, a voice in the dark, and a friendship that was never ...

"In Convent Walls" by Emily Sarah Holt is a historic novel that offers a vibrant and compelling portrayal of life in the walls of a convent in the course of the turbulent times of the English Reformation. Holt's paintings captures the challenges faced by using the nuns as they navigate the political and non-secular upheavals of the 16th century. The tale revolves around the principal individual, Cicely, a young female who finds herself drawn into the cloistered international of a convent. ...