1. The Physician in Modern Society (September 22, 2009)
Health care, doctors, physician, art, patients, Luke Fildes, painting, family physicians, medical practice, relationships, healing, cure, illness, disease, technology, David Orr, fatigue, examination, encouragement, debt, incentives, concierge practice, m
3.063 Polymer Physics (MIT)
This course presents the mechanical, optical, and transport properties of polymers with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers in melt, solution, and solid state. Topics include conformation and molecular dimensions of polymer chains in solutions, melts, blends, and block copolymers; an examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of polymer solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, micro
SP.691 Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and
Is marriage a patriarchal institution? Much feminist scholarship has characterized it that way, but now in the context of the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, the meaning of marriage itself demands serious re-examination. This course will discuss history, literature, film, and legal scholarship, making use of cross-cultural, sociological, anthropological, and many other theoretical approaches to the marriage question from 1630 to the present. As it turns out,
15.269B Literature, Ethics and Authority (MIT)
Our subject is the ethics of leadership, an examination of the principles appealed to by executive authority when questions arise about its sources and its legitimacy. Most treatments of this subject resort to case-studies in order to illustrate the application of ethical principles to business situations, but our primary emphasis will be upon classic works of imaginative literature, which convey more directly than case-studies the ethical pressures of decision-making. Readings will include work
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This unit examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of this and other short essays.
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This unit examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of this and other short essays.
Learning outcomes
This unit examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of this and other short essays.
Episode 108: Intellectualizing infidelity: A feminist remix Political scientist Dr Lauren Rosewarne combines the academic and personal in a critical, feminist examination of being the ìother womanî in a affair with a married man. With host Jennifer Cook. Dr Lauren Rosewarne Learning outcomes David Hume Disassembling of a lighter to components 11.302J Urban Design Politics (MIT) Techniques for Studying Materials: Examination of an Artefact 4.651 20th Century Art (MIT) 22.812J Managing Nuclear Technology (MIT) Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Countries Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2002/2003): examination paper Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2004/2005): examination paper Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2005/2006): examination paper Regional and Local Economics (2007/2008): examination paper
Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This unit will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision.
This unit examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of this and other short essays.
Shows disassembly of a cheap lighter to determine its components. From TLP: Examination of an Artefact, http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/artefact_examination/index.php
This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in cities. "Design," in this view, is not some value-neutral aesthetic applied to efforts at urban development but is, instead, an integral part of the motives driving that development. The class investigates the nature of the relations between built form and political purposes through close examination of a wide variety of situations where public and private sector design commissi
This set of animations provides guidance in physically examining an artefact including vitrual examination of an artefact. From TLP: Examination of an Artefact
Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and human nature, new technologies, colonialism and postcolonialism, and other significant aspects of recent history.
An examination of current economic and policy issues in the electric power industry, focusing on nuclear power and its fuel cycle. Introduces techniques for analyzing private and public policy alternatives, including discounted cash flow methods and other techniques in engineering economics. Application to specific problem areas, including nuclear waste management and weapons proliferation. Other topics include deregulation and restructuring in the electric power industry.
Examination with marking guidelines for an economics module in Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Counties as taught by Marina Della Giusta of the University of Reading.
Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2002/2003): examination paper from Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth.
Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2004/2005): examination paper from Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth.
Regional and Local Economic Analysis (2005/2006): examination paper from Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth.
Regional and Local Economics (2007/2008): examination paper from Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth.
