The First Legacy Games: the physical and socio-economic transformation of East London [Audio]
Speaker(s): Andrew Altman; Councillor Paul Brickell; Professor Ricky Burdett; Roger Taylor | This event explores the planning and physical development of the Olympic Park after the 2012 games as well as the wider socio-economic benefits the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are bringing. Andrew Altman is chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company. Paul Brickell is executive member for Olympics and public affairs at Newham council and chief executive of Leaside Regeneration. Ricky Burdett
The End of Lawyers? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Richard Susskind | Public figures who were once lawyers or law students will speak about how, if at all, their experience of studying, teaching or practising law has been of value to them in their other careers. Richard Susskind is an independent adviser on information technology.
The Financial Crisis: How Europe can save the world [Audio]
Speaker(s): George Soros; Guy Verhofstadt | This public discussion marks the publication of Guy Verhofstadt's latest book The Financial Crisis: How Europe can Save the World. George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management, LLC. He was born in Budapest in 1930. He survived the Nazi occupation and fled communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then settled in the United States, where he accumulated a large fortune thr
A Manifesto For Giant Funds: Resolving The Dysfunctionality Of Finance [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr Paul Woolley | Paul Woolley explains why banking has grown so dominant, profitable and prone to crisis. He shows how giant funds, the custodians of social wealth, should act to make finance a better servant to society.
The Party: The Secret World Of China's Communist Rulers [Audio]
Speaker(s): Richard McGregor | China's political and economic growth in the past three decades is one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The country has undergone a remarkable transformation on a scale similar to the industrial revolution in the West. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been largely left untold the central role of the Chinese Communist Party. As an organization alone, the Party is a phenomenon of unique scale and power. With more than seventy-three mil
European Questions – Turkish Angles: Europe's secularity [Audio]
Speaker(s): John Madeley, Professor Philippe Marliere, Professor Hakan Yilmaz | This series of events explores how our understanding of Europe's identity can be enhanced and developed in a new way by taking in a distinctively Turkish perspective. John Madeley is a senior lecturer at LSE's Government Department. Philippe Marliere is professor in French and European politics at UCL. Hakan Yilmaz is professor of political science at Bogaziçi University, Istanbul.
The City of London and its Tax Haven Empire [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr Maurice Glasman, Nicholas Shaxson | The City of London is an offshore island inside the British nation state, floating partly free from the democratic rules and restraints that bind the rest of us and fed by a network of tax havens around the world. Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman look at how this secretive network emerged and came to underpin the City's fearsome political and economic powers today. Maurice Glasman, recently appointed Labour Peer and Reader in Political Theor
The Doha Round is Alive; and more important than ever [Audio]
Speaker(s): Lord Brittan | Since 2008 it has looked to many as if the Doha Round trade negotiations were dead, or at best comatose. At the G20 Summit last November, world leaders gave it a shot in the arm, and there are now significant signs of life in Geneva. If concluded, it would provide an insurance policy against future protectionism and economic benefits estimated at over $360 billion. The challenge is to realise the window of opportunity in 2011 in order to seal the deal. On the last day
"Introduction to Modeling and Simulation, Spring 2008"
" This course explores the basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. We'll use techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods are used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement
La spectrométrie d'électron Auger (video)
Descriptif de l'appareil et explication de l'obtention des images.
Vidéo issue du projet VideoManip dont l'objectif est la réalisation de courtes séquences filmées, montrant des expériences réelles, qui seraient à la fois trop complexes pour être montées et montrées en amphi, et pas assez riches d'enseignement pour justifier un TP de plusieurs heures. Les sciences de l'ingénieur consistent à utiliser un phénomène physique pour construire un objet répondant à un beso
EEHU Lille 2011 – Introduction Quelle éthique ?
Titre : EEHU Lille 2011 – Introduction Quelle éthique ?
Intervenants : Marie CAULI (RECIFES-EEHU anthropologue professeur des universités).
Résumé :
- L’éthique, qui se veut concrète plutôt que principes, s’attache à promouvoir une réflexion sur soi dans l’action professionnelle et une autorégulation (recherche de solutions par le groupe) des pratiques parfois une hétéro-régulation (par l’ouverture à des membres extérieurs du groupe), effectuÃ
2.4.4 Networks
Care is needed at all stages of life. This unit makes care in the family its focus because the overwhelming majority of care, including health care, is supplied in families, much of it in private, much of it unnoticed and unremarked upon. The meaning of the term (informal carer) and the word (care) itself are explored.
Armstrong Experience: Sharon Banks
Armstrong Experience: Sharon Banks
EEHU ARRAS 2011 – L’identité Professionnelle.
Titre : EEHU ARRAS 2011 – L’identité Professionnelle
Intervenants : Philippe TISON (Docteur en psychologie)
Résumé :
L’identité en psychologie :
- C’est une représentation mentale (de soi)
- Est multifactorielle : caractère, sexe, langue, profession
- La construction de l’identité : Processus continu (Freud, Piaget, Durkheim)
- C’est dimension personnelle + une dimension sociale
Caractéristiques et constituants de lâ€
EEHU Lille 2011 – Fragilité et Gériatrie – vers une clinique de l’attention.
Titre : EEHU Lille 2011 – Fragilité et Gériatrie – vers une clinique de l’attention.
Intervenants : Daniel DREUIL (Médecin gériatre, délégué aux transversalités, CHRU de Lille).
Résumé : Enjeux épistémologiques et éthiques :
• Approche du phénomène : Nouveau phénomène et nouvelle manière de concevoir et d’aborder la pathologie, au-delà de l’identification et du traitement des maladies.
• Epistémologie : évolution du paradigme
British luxury exports sparkle
June 30 - The luxury industry is worth £6 billion to the UK economy - and traditional British brands like Boodles jewelers say sales remain strong at home and abroad, but they're looking at expanding into new markets like the Far East. Joanna Partridge reports.
Factories gather steam
June 30 - Summary of business headlines: Midwest manufacturing expansion grows; Jobless claims dip; Justin Timberlake teams up to buy Myspace. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Fed's QE2 fades into the sunset
June 30 - Summary of business headlines: Federal Reserve's QE2 program ends, Harvard professor says no need for QE3; Greek parliament passes second austerity bill; Britons show outrage over public pension reforms. Stock rally in fourth day. Conway G. Gittens reports.
CAV 2011 – Traitement robot-assisté des prolapsus du dôme vaginal.
Titre : CAV 2011 – Traitement robot-assisté des prolapsus du dôme vaginal.
Intervenants : Adeline GERMAIN (Nancy).
Résumé : Rappel sur la fréquence de cette pathologie. Objectif diminuer le temps de l’intervention, raccourcir la période de convalescence et éviter au maximum la récidive. Visualisation et description du mode opératoire.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées da
Product barcodes get creative upgrade
June 30 - A subtle change is emerging in the often overlooked barcodes used on retail items. Bobbi Rebell reports.
