Monitor work operations
This learning object addresses the competency required to oversee and monitor the quality of day-to-day work operations in the Tourism or Hospitality enterprise. You will learn about quality assurance, managing organisational change, workflow analysis, maintaining records, workflow planning, delegation and problem solving.
18.103 Fourier Analysis - Theory and Applications (MIT)
18.103 picks up where 18.100B (Analysis I) left off. Topics covered include the theory of the Lebesgue integral with applications to probability, Fourier series, and Fourier integrals.
2.003 Modeling Dynamics and Control I (MIT)
This course is the first of a two term sequence in modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems. The various topics covered are as follows: mechanical translation, uniaxial rotation, electrical circuits and their coupling via levers, gears and electro-mechanical devices, analytical and computational solution of linear differential equations, state-determined systems, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, frequency response, Bode plots, vibrations, modal analysis, open- and closed-loop con
17.405 Seminar on Politics and Conflict in the Middle East (MIT)
This course focuses on evolution of contemporary politics and economics. The subject is divided into four parts:
Context: historical and strategic perspectives, theoretical issues, and sources and forms of conflict;
Continuity: detailed analysis conflicts systems and their persistence, as well as regional competition and recent wars – focusing on specific countries and cases;
Complexity: highlighting situation specific strategic gains and losses; and
Convergence: focusing future co
HST.951J Medical Decision Support (MIT)
This course presents the main concepts of decision analysis, artificial intelligence and predictive model construction and evaluation in the specific context of medical applications. It emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages of using these methods in real-world systems and provides hands-on experience. Its technical focus is on decision support, knowledge-based systems (qualitative and quantitative), learning systems (including logistic regression, classification trees, neural networks, rou
HST.583 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis (MIT)
This team-taught multidisciplinary course provides information relevant to the conduct and interpretation of human brain mapping studies. It begins with in-depth coverage of the physics of image formation, mechanisms of image contrast, and the physiological basis for image signals. Parenchymal and cerebrovascular neuroanatomy and application of sophisticated structural analysis algorithms for segmentation and registration of functional data are discussed. Additional topics include: fMRI experime
Key economic concepts
13 PowerPoint slides from Richard Smith of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Key economic concepts, covering: Opportunity cost; Efficiency; Marginal analysis
Intermediate Economic Analysis: teaching syllabus
Full teaching syllabus for a Post Keynesian module in Intermediate Economic Analysis by Jan Toporowski at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Available in Word format.
TALAT Lecture 2502: Material Aspects of Fire Design
This lecture gives information about characteristic behaviour of aluminium alloys and insulation materials at high temperatures; it describes the philosophy of using aluminium alloy structures under risks of fire; it gives an example of fire risk analysis. General engineering background and some familiarity with TALAT lecture 2501 is assumed.
TALAT Lecture 5205: Plating on Aluminium
This lecture describes the processes of electroless, electrolytic, as well as physical and chemical vapour deposition of metals on the aluminium surface in order to achieve variations in its surface properties for functional and decorative purposes. Some knowledge of the surface properties of metals, metallurgy and electrochemistry of aluminium and familiarity with the subject matter covered in TALAT This lectures 5101, 5102, 5105 is assumed.
Shear bands in stressed polycarbonate
Yielding in glassy polymers often proceeds by a small sheared region propagating through the material. These patterns can be used in the stress analysis of fracture processes. In addition, the colours in the image are the result of birefringence and relate to the strain-induced alignment of the polycarbonate molecules. Because the specimen is below the glass transition temperature of PC (145 °C), the material will relax when the stress is removed and there will be no residual alignment.
Rat dissection - histology sample
Rat dissection video featuring a histology sample. This video is an excerpt taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]).
This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera.
Rat dissection - spleen
Rat dissection video featuring the spleen. This video is an excerpt taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]).
This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera.
Rat dissection - spleen (side)
Rat dissection video featuring the spleen (side). This video is an excerpt taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]).
This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera.
Rat dissection - histology stills
Rat dissection histology stills taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]).
This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera.
Rat dissection - reproductive tract and renal stills
Rat dissection stills of the reproductive tract and renal system taken from FARID (Functional Anatomy of the Rat [Interactive Dissection]).
This resource was authored by Megan Quentin-Baxter and David Dewhurst, with Graham Irving and Stephen Mera.
BBC In Depth: Hurricane Katrina
This BBC News clearinghouse website provides a wide variety of information regarding Hurricane Katrina. Information includes news stories, scientific analysis and background, eyewitness accounts, photo galleries, pressing questions, hurricane animations and more. Information has been updated frequently.
Marginal Analysis and Programme Budgeting
Meeting individual health needs and improving the health of populations within a finite budget is a challenge for health systems worldwide. Programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) is a tool for tackling this, and for putting some science behind the art of managing scarcity and competing demands. This module explores the definitions, tools and practical application of PBMA. Online interactive learning resource from HealthKnowledge website, for Public Health practitioners, healthcare work
European Economic Issues: syllabus
Syllabus for a first year module on on European economic issues at the University of Birmingham. This module will involve the presentation and evaluation of economic data relevant to analysis of the European union, an overview of EU institutions and policy making and the rationale for supranational decision taking, an evaluation of current EU economic policies (agriculture, regional policy, economic and monetary union.
TALAT Lecture 2204: Design Philosophy
This lecture outlines the requirements on load bearing structures with respect to safety against failure; it introduces the design analysis process with methods of verification and partial safety factors; it describes the characteristic of loads and load combinations on structures; it introduces the subject of load and resistance factors in the verification methods; it describes the basic structural design properties of aluminium alloys versus steel. Some background and experience in structural
