Bruised but Not Out: A Bullish View on the Future of Financial Innovation
The Great Recession has given a black eye to the tools of financial innovation. Collateralized debt obligations, synthetic derivatives and other once-arcane investment vehicles are now the poster boys of what went wrong -- toxic players in the boom-and-doom scenario of the housing implosion and market rout. But these highly opaque and complex instruments are not representative of real financial innovation, which stresses transparency and responsible management of risk, argues Wharton finance pro
Global EMBA: Darden GEMBA Curriculum
Professor S. Venkataraman talks about the design of the Global MBA for Executives curriculum at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
National Biological Information Infrastructure
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. NBII contains databases, teacher resources, references, information on current issues and geographically specific information pertaining to the biological sciences. Searchable databases include information on botany, fisheries, reptiles and amphibians and a quick species search. Teacher resources are categorized by t
Open Hypermedia
Open Hypermedia - Nicholas Gibbins
Keywords:open hypermedia
Cavitation on Ship Propellers
Summary:
Cavitation is the transition of a fluid into vapour due to local reduction of pressure which is generated by high local flow velocities. The transition of a fluid into vapour also occurs during cooking of water by an increase of the local temperature. The term cavitation is generally reserved for conditions in which the temperature of the bulk fluid is not changed.
Although cavitation can occur in many situations this course focuses on ship hydrodynamics and ship propellers. The course
PROTOCOLO EMPRESARIAL
Preparar al estudiante de la FIIS de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería a relacionarse y desempeñarse en su medio profesional , en el ambiente de trabajo, en el ambiente social local e internacional que su posición de liderazgo profesional le va a generar.
Geometría y Topología (2010)
Esta asignatura está dedicada a iniciarse en el estudio de las variedades diferenciables, como generalización natural del concepto de superficie, que ya debe conocer el estudiante tras el estudio en tercer curso de la asignatura Geometría Diferencial. Cuando trabajamos con superficies de R3, o en general con subvariedades del espacio euclídeo Rn, estamos disfrutando de la ventaja de la simplicidad conceptual; en general, estamos más cómodos tratando con subespacios de Rn que con espacios
Cálculo Infinitesimal
Los números reales.
Los números complejos.
Sucesiones y series numéricas.
Funciones. Límites de funciones. Funciones continuas.
La derivada y la diferencial.
Teorema del valor medio y aplicaciones.
Aproximación local de funciones.
Series de potencias.
El programari lliure al sector públic
Aquesta assignatura persegueix apropar els estudiants a les principals qüestions vinculades amb l'aplicació del programari lliure a les administracions públiques. Aquestes, que entre d'altres funcions han de vetllar per la seguretat i la transparència de la informació pública del ciutadà, tenen una responsabilitat especial respecte a l'ús dels fons públics aplicats a les tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació (TIC). És en aquest sentit en què les administracions s'han posicio
Computer Science 171: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
The course includes (informed and uninformed) search, constraint satisfaction, optimization, games, propositional and first order logic, probability and learning.
First Amendment in a Multicultural Society "First Amendment in a Multicultural Society" A lecture delivered by UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on February 11, 2010 as part of the Campus Conversations Series sponsored by UCI’s Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity. Dean Chemerinsky, author of four books, Federal Jurisdiction, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, Constitutional Law and Interpreting the Constitution, was named by Legal Affairs as one of "the top 20 legal think
The Impact of Smoke-Free Workplace Laws on Acute Myocardial Infarction Deaths A Public Health Seminar delivered by Melanie Pickett on Monday, April 26, 2010. The rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths in Massachusetts was examined before and after the implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law in July 2004. The impact of the state law in cities/towns with and without prior local smoking bans and the effect of the local laws were examined for the period 1999 through 2006. Following the implementation of the state law, there wa
Segregation Through the Lens of Housing Unit Transition "Segregation Through the Lens of Housing Unit Transition: What Roles do the Prior Residents, the Local Micro-Neighborhood, and the Broader Neighborhood Play?" A Department of Sociology Talk from the Population, Society and Inequality Series, delivered by Professor John Hipp, Department of Criminology, Law & Society on May 25, 2010.
UCI Political Scientists Offer Perspectives on California Politics Political Scientists Matthew Beckmann, Louis DeSipio, Mark Petracca, Tony Smith, Carole Uhlaner Thursday, April 29, 2010 This lecture offers the UCI and local community an opportunity to hear expert political science perspectives on the up-coming California primary and gubernatorial race. “Changing Perceptions, Making Connections: UCI Political Scientists Offer Perspectives on California Politics”
with UCI political scientists: Matthew Beckmann, Louis DeSipio, Mark Petr
Public Health - Environmental Cleanup Partnerships in Washington State A Public Health Seminar delivered on Monday, October 4, 2010. In the public imagination, the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. is an enclave of pristine environmental situations. This reputation has also attracted major environmental risks. The state of Washington hosts nearly 60 superfund priority sites under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. These sites include, for example, Hanford, a 586-square-mile site created in 1943 as part of
Distance learning and foreign language teaching
Among numerous modes of technology enhanced learning there are not many that have received as much attention as distance learning. Stimulated by the recent rapid developments in Web technologies, researchers in both ICT and education are constantly working to make the most of technological resources and put them to the best pedagogical use. In the area of foreign language teaching a lot has been done to cover a variety of world languages, but there are constant attempts for new solutions, taking
Internet Scout Project
The US Department of Agriculture's Plants Database (last mentioned in the January 16, 1998 Scout Report) is continually adding improvements. Most recently, the Web sitehas added an advanced query to allow users to search for specific plant data based on many different search characteristics. This new feature is also user friendly; by clicking on any of the fields, a definition of the field is displayed. Also new are targeted links that allow you to link directly from a queried plant profile to o
Internet Scout Project
Although some might fear that limited land resources and the usual development pressures are working to reduce Britain's natural history to footnote status, this website from the Natural History Museum in London effectively documents the UK's impressive biological and geological diversity. The site consists of interactive database features as well as videos (in both Windows Media and Quicktime formats). Exploring Biodiversity, an interactive introduction for students to UK biodiversity, allows u
Beneath the Waters of Cocos Island
Cocos Island, a remote volcanic summit in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, serves as a beacon for hungry predators, including thousands of hammerhead sharks that travel here each year in search of prey. This video segment from NOVA: "Island of Sharks" depicts some of the common predator-prey interactions that take place in the nutrient-rich waters surrounding the island.
Becoming a Fossil
This video segment describes how the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy could have been fossilized. Footage courtesy of NOVA: "In Search of Human Origins."
