Episode 125: Approaches to snakebite in Papua New Guinea, and development in Sikkim

Herpetologist David Williams discusses his doctoral research into improving the plight of snakebite sufferers in Papua New Guinea, where snakes constitute a major public health problem. Also, PhD student Thomas Chandy probes community perceptions of the impact of economic development in the remote Himalayan region of Sikkim. With host Eric van
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De cursus probeert de actualiteit op een laagdrempelige manier te benaderen.

De bundel behandelt:

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in Japan na …


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Se aborda la problemática de las estructuras de datos, inicialmente desde una perspectiva de ocultamiento(originalmente Tipos Abstractos de Datos, TAD's y posteriormente objetos) para pasar a continuación a explicar el concepto y funcionamiento de las estructuras de datos dinámicas y sus principales construcciones: lineales(listas), ramificadas (árboles) y en red (grafos). La instrumentación práctica se realiza mediante el lenguaje Java.
Author(s): Pilar Martínez García,Jesús Sánchez López,Car

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In 2009, MIT launched an unusual academic venture, an interdisciplinary minor devoted to energy studies. A panel of MIT professors discuss their aspirations and work to date shepherding this new program into existence.

Vladimir Bulovic gives full credit to students for jumpstarting the energy minor. They wanted sch

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Deborah Kolb is an expert on gender issues and negotiation, especially concerning how women can improve conditions for their personal success while contributing to the cooperation and efficacy of their job or academic position. She has published extensively on the topic, coauthoring several books which include "Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas of Bargaining," and "Her Place at The Table: A Woman's Guide to Negotiating the Five Challenges of Leadership Success."

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Watch video of the talk “Gods and Devils Aplenty: Robert Penn Warren’s Civil War,” by David Blight. Blight, professor of American history and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University, delivered the Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture March 24. Blight recently authored A Slave Nokeep reading »
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Watch video of Catherine Keller speaking on “And Truth – so Manifold!: Transfeminist Entaglements.” Theologian Catherine Keller spoke about the future of feminist theology March 24, 2011, during the Antoinette Brown Lecture at Vanderbilt Divinity School.. Keller is professor of constructive theology at The Theological and Graduate Schools of Drew University. The Antoinette Brown Lecture began in 1974keep reading »
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