Through the broken mirror
Dr Antonia Hamilton and her team are looking for volunteers to take part in a major study on autism and the broken mirror theory.
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In this podcast - a controversial theory claiming to have found the cause of autism, is put to the test.
Swine Flu - the facts
Professor Robert Dingwall, Director of the Institute for Science and Society at the University and member of the UK Government's Health Committee on the Ethical Aspects of Pandemic Influenza assesses the latest development.
More information is available at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/iss/
How alarmed should we be about the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico and the consequent international fall-out?
Water Management in Urban Areas
Master course on design and planning of the urban water management system. It deals with fluxes and processes in water and soil. Furthermore, aspects of water management policy development are discussed. Study Goals: Knowledge of basic principles and overall relations in (design and planning of) urban water management systems.
Acoustic Remote Sensing and Sea Floor Mapping
The course treats the following topics:
- Relevant physical oceanography
- Elements of marine geology (seafloor topography, acoustical
properties of sediments and rocks)
- Underwater sound propagation (ray acoustics, ocean noise)
- Interaction of sound with the seafloor (reflection, scattering)
- Principles of sonar (beamforming)
- Underwater acoustic mapping systems (single beam echo
sounding, multi-beam echo sounding, sidescan sonar)
- Data analysis (refraction corrections, digital terrain
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Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning This course is not intended to replace the professional financial planner, but to help to make the general public better consumers of financial planning advice. The course was created to help those who cannot afford extensive planning assistance better understand how to define and reach their financial goals. It provides basic understanding so informed decisions can be made. The course can also be seen as a reference for individual topics that are part of personal financial planning.
Spa and Hospitality Operations
Gain an understanding of the general operational and administrative procedures in spas, private clubs and the hospitality industry. You'll develop an understanding of unique sensitivities required in managing and operating in the increasingly lucrative and complex spa industry. Other topics include: business planning, marketing, licensures, compensation models, legal and ethical issues governing club, hospitality and spa projects, insurance issues, technical issues, billing, inventory control, c
What Do Civil Engineers Do?
This instructional unit will acquaint you with the many types of projects Civil Engineers will work on during their career. This unit will show you the large variety of projects and the satisfaction that accompanies such a diverse and rewarding occupation. To better understand the profession of Civil Engineering, let's listen to what one Civil Engineer has to say about her experience. As she explains her career, notice the variety of projects she has worked on and the satisfaction she feels by m
The Coming China Wars: Where They will be Fought, How They can be Won "The Coming China Wars: Where They will be Fought, How They can be Won" Peter Navarro, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine, is the author of the best seller, If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks and The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage. His newsletter, "Big Picture Investor," appears weekly on his website. His 2006 book, The Coming China Wars, his topic for this lectu
Sustainability & Food Security
Bryan McDonald, PhD from CUSA and Planning Policy & Design, UC Irvine and Kelsey Meagher, the Sustainable Agrifood Systems (SAS) Fellow, UC Irvine present on "Sustainability and Food Security" on April 6, 2010. This talk provides an introduction to the major issues impacting global food security as well as linking food security to other pressing security challenges facing people and societies including sustainability and global environmental change. This talk will also discuss results from a rec
Obama, Nukes and the Democratic Movement in Iran: Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich Presents a Firs
A Lecture by Reese Erlich, Freelance Journalist on April 1, 2010.
Reese Erlich's history in journalism goes back 41 years. He first worked as a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts, an investigative reporting magazine published in San Francisco from 1963 to 1975. Today he works as a full-time print and broadcast freelance reporter. He reports regularly for National Public Radio, CBC, ABC (Australia), Radio Deutche Welle and Market Place Radio. His articles appear in the SF Chronicle an
Ethics and Sustainability Professor Richard Matthew on February 16, 2010. Richard A. Matthew - Associate Professor, Departments of Planning, Policy & Design and Political Science and Director, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs.
Ethics and Sustainability, recorded video lecture with
Fluidics on a Compact Disc- A Two Day Short Course for Academia and Industry The "Begin Course" button will download a PowerPoint file containing all of the slides for this course. After unzipping the file, you can use Microsoft Office or the open-source OpenOffice to view the presentation slides.
This a 2-day short course on Fluidics on a Compact disc for medical diagnostics. The course is intended for scientists and engineers in academia, government institutes and industry. Some background in physics, micro-fluidics and point of care (POC) diagn
2010 A Freedom Odyssey: Achieving King’s Mandate for ‘Radical Reconstruction of Society’ Throu Recorded on Thursday, October 14, 2010, the first Annual Al Meyerhoff Public Interest Lecture, delivered by Connie Rice, Esq. Connie Rice, an outspoken litigator and co-founder of the public policy and legal action group Advancement Project, has very clear views on equal rights and our democracy. She has spent her career fighting for social justice, urban peace, equal opportunity and upward mobility for the poor and disadvantaged, or as Rice and her colleagues call them, "those left b
Communicate effectively in the security industry - Communicate with clients and colleagues
This task deals with ways to improve interpersonal communication,
and the passing of accurate and relevant information along the correct
channels.
Mining learning groups' activities in Forum-type tools
Mining data produced by students involved in communication through forum-like tools can help revealing aspects of their communication. In this paper we propose an approach to the construction of models to highlight structural properties of learning groups based on a relational perspective (analysis of chains of references) and the use of Social Network Analysis techniques. These models can be useful both for the tutor and the participants. We begin by introducing the overall approach, then we de
Building Bridges within Learning Communities through Ontologies and "Thematic Objects"
Communication through artefacts, in the sense of objects (co-)constructed by learners, is a well known mechanism in synchronous shared workspace environments. In this article, we explore the potential of extending this principle to heterogeneous, anonymous and asynchronous learner communities by drawing on existing work, e.g. in the areas of "social navigation" and recommender systems. A new ingredient is the description and provision of "thematic objects" embedded in a task/activity context. De
From MASK Knowledge Management Methodology to Learning Activities Described with IMS – LD
In this paper we present how the way knowledge capitalized using the Knowledge Management Mask methodology can be used to design E-learning activities by matching Mask models and the concepts proposed by the IMS-Learning Design modelling language. Our study consists in highlighting the e-learning aspects encapsulated in these MASK models carried out around a domain of activity, via a writing these elements in the description language IMS - Learning Design; in a preoccupation of reusability and r
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
Bioinformatics.Org is a nonprofit academic organization that is committed to promoting the free exchange of biological information. This Web sitecurrently hosts 48 research projects, along with free software and news. The Frequently Asked Questions section provides an overview of the field of bioinformatics, other resources, and career information. Even though free, registration is required to access some sections of the site. (Note: At the time of publishing, this Web site was down for routine
"A Religious Flame That Spread All Over Kentucky": Peter Cartwright Brings Evangelical Christianity
In the decades following the Revolution, a vast variety of choices appeared on the American religious landscape as an anti-authoritarian climate encouraged the formation of new democratic religious sects. The Baptists and Methodists were most adept in preaching to the new populist audience during these years of camp meeting revivalism. Peter Cartwright greatly contributed to the Methodists' success at introducing evangelical Protestantism to the new settlements of the West. Born in Virginia in 1
