MIT Knowledge in Action, Save the World
Materials showing how MIT faculty and students are working around the world to develop sustainable solutions to challenging problems.
Courses include:
D-Lab: Development, Dialogue and Delivery
D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination
Design for Demining
Information and Communication Technology in Africa
Media Education and the Marketplace
Solving Complex Problems
Technology in a Dangerous World
Sécurité des aliments : prévention-surveillance-crise - Marion GUILLOU (audio)
L'alimentation a été un souci constant pour l'humanité. Dans les premières étapes du développement des sociétés humaines, une partie prépondérante de l'activité tournait autour de l'accès à la nourriture qui seule permettait la survie de la population. Au fur et à mesure des tâtonnements, il a été possible de mieux programmer l'accès aux denrées alimentaires, que ce soit par la culture ou par l'élevage, dans un premier temps, puis grâce aux traitements des denrées elles
Identifying Rocks : Granite
Granite is a type of igneous rock that is very abundant and found all over the world, and the three main minerals of granite are quartz, padgoclez and potassium feldspar. Look for granite rocks to be light in color with help from a lab manager and research scientist in this brief video from the Colorado School of Minds. Run time 0:41.
2nd St Cross Seminar MT11: Dr Margaret Yee
Whose Ethics? Six Principles and Six Guidelines determinative of a superior ethics. Note: due to a technical issue the first ten minutes of the presentation are missing. In this exploratory presentation it will be suggested that perplexing moral dilemmas may be resolved effectively by employing a meta-ethics, consisting of six designated principles, which are multi-dimensional, critical and inclusive, and six theologically informed guidelines. The six principles to be discussed will be concern
Great Thunderbird Moments: Balaji Govidan
Thunderbird School of Global Management graduate Balaji Govidan describes two great moments in his MBA experience. http:www.thunderbird.edu
SML 2011 – 3ème Rencontres Lorraines de l’Epilepsie.
Titre : SML 2011 – 3ème Rencontres Lorraines de l’Epilepsie.
Intervenant(s) : Henry COUDANE (Doyen de la Faculté é de Médecine de Nancy)
Résumé : 3ème Rencontres Lorraines de l’Epilepsie.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors de la Semaine Médicale de Lorraine 2011 (SML 2011) et des 3èmes Rencontres Lorraines
CNIPsy 2010 Marseille - L’addictologie, sa place dans la cité. (video)
CNIPsy 2010 Marseille : 7ème Congrès National des Internes en Psychiatrie (CNIPsy). Thème : «Mauvais genre»
Titre : CNIPsy 2010 Marseille - L’addictologie, sa place dans la cité : réflexion partagée avec les usagés ou … il était une fois la RDR marseillaise.
Résumé : En prenant le pouvoir sur leur prise en charge, les usagers de drogues ont transformé les approches des médecins : la réduction des ri
Session : Dépendance - Drogue - Addictologie.
Reading Buddies 2011
One way Valparaiso University students give back to the community during the holiday season and throughout the year is through the "Reading Buddies" program, Members of the Valpo softball team collect stuffed bears and work with the United Way to distribute them to local elementary school students. More at valpo.edu/valpochristmas
Joan Brennecke and the Creation of Ionic Liquids
Professor Joan Brennecke is one of the leaders in the creation of ionic liquids, critical components in the separation of gasses, in particular, stripping carbon dioxide from power plant flue gasses. http://energy.nd.edu
Life After Spinal Cord Injury
Bert Burns became quadriplegic as a result of an automobile accident during his youth. His desire to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities led him to create a free motivational non-profit program for peer support and rehabilitation groups called Life After Spinal Cord Injury. The video is 2 minutes and is about sharing ideas and motivation with others.
Our Poetic Planet, Windows to the Universe Activity
Summary: Students make observations and write poetry about nature, including clouds and weather. Student Learning Outcomes: Students make observations of clouds and weather Students describe the appearance of different cloud types and weather events through poetry. Students explore different types of poetry and write poems about nature, including clouds and weather. Lesson format: Class presentation and discussion, poetry activity, cloud identification.
On Target: Strategies to Help Readers Make Meaning through Inferences
This resources focuses on strategies that teachers can use to help students hone their skills at making inferences. The strategies are ones that teachers say work well in their classrooms. They are strategies that are supported by research and best practice in classrooms. Inferential thinking is often called “reading between the lines.” It’s like mathematics in a way,
because the answer is not given in an arithmetic problem. One has to figure out the correct answer from the information tha
Special Exhibition: Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism
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European Heart Journal- My Cardio Interview: B. Gersh and R. Lowrie on Pharmacist Intervention in LV
By: OxfordJournals B. Gersh in conversation with R. Lowrie: Pharmacist Intervention in LVSD/Heart Failure
European Heart Journal- My Cardio Interview: U. Landmesser, A. Kastrati & D. Bhatt on ISAR-REACT
By: OxfordJournals U. Landmesser in conversation with A. Kastrati and D. Bhatt: ISAR-REACT- Abciximab Plus Unfractionated Heparin versus Bivalirudin in Patients with Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Enabling Medication Management through Health Information Technology
By: Jamia Presented by Ann McKibbon
Persistance et mimétisme : l'ère numérique et les collections films. (Alexander Horwath)
COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL
Alexander Horwath est le directeur de l'Österreichisches Filmmuseum de Vienne. Il a dirigé le festival de la Viennale de 1992 à 1997. Critique, il a écrit sur le cinéma américain des années 70, sur Michael Haneke et s
13 et 14 octobre 2011
Organisé par le Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée et la Cinémathèque française :
« Révolution numérique : et si le cinéma perdait la mémoire ? »
Tale Of Two Tongues
ongues are important, biologists say. Two recent studies explore tongue design and function--how they are used for lapping by dogs and for nectar retrieval by hummingbirds. Margaret Rubega, of the University of Connecticut, explains how hummingbird tongues, without any muscle, grab liquid. A. W. Crompton and Catherine Musinsky, of Harvard University, and Crompton's dog Matilda, demonstrate how dogs get water in their mouths by flattening the tongue into a plate and how the liquid travels through
Mae Azango: The Plight of Liberia's Teenage Mothers
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa-reproductive-health-family-planning-reporting-initiative
Here Mae Azango discusses her project on the plight of unwed teenage mothers in rural Liberia, who have little to no access to adequate delivery facilities.
Mae Azango of Monrovia, Liberia is part of Pulitzer Center's collaborative reporting project on reproductive health in Africa "The Promise of Life: Reproductive Choice in Africa" (http://bit.ly/zqyrJO).
Jim Madigan & Cody Ferriero postgame (UMass Lowell) • Dec 10, 2011
The Northeastern men's hockey team battled back from a 1-7-2 start to the 2011-12 campaign with a 3-2 triumph against No. 18 UMass Lowell on Saturday night at Matthews Arena to send the Huskies home for the holidays with a .500 record for the first half (7-7-2).
The Huskies won their sixth-consecutive game for the first time since NU rattled off six in a row from Dec. 6, 1997 to Jan. 3, 1998 under Bruce Crowder. Four of Northeastern's victories during that stretch have come against ranked oppon
