Modelling Excellence (4/10): Motivation metaprograms
Motivation metaprograms and their uses
Listen: Go green for Valentine’s celebration
Flowers, sweets and time spent with a special someone are great Valentine’s traditions, but the Vanderbilt University Sustainability and Environmental Management Office has suggestions for protecting the earth while you celebrate.
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Wrist joints
The human wrist is an example of a gliding joint. Gliding joints move only in two directions-side to side and forward and backward.
William of Ockham
William of Ockham introduced the idea of parsimony. Parsimony is the concept of using the simplest explanation of an event to avoid complications in understanding.
Instructional Design Programs for Individual with Severe Cognitive Delays
Valerie Cowan
This module seeks to provide teachers with information for instructing individuals with severe needs. Task analysis should be modified based on individual needs.
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SP.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (MIT)
This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Gender scholarship critically analyzes themes of gendered performance and power in a range of social spheres, such as law, culture, work, medicine and the
TechEd NA 2011: Edge on Site - Jason Zander on ALM Our friends at TechNet Edge captured some great conversations on the ground at TechEd North America 2011. Check out Jason Zander talking with Richard Campbell about Visual Studio v.Next, specifically the upcoming ALM features.
Summary: The next generation of ALM brings stakeholders, developers and IT Pr
2.4.1 Try some yourself
Communication is as vital in mathematics as in any language. This unit will help you to express yourself clearly when writing and speaking about mathematics. You will also learn how to answer questions in the manner that is expected by the examiner.
Photo Slideshow: UA Poetry Center Holds First Summer Camp
The UA Poetry Center is hosting its first camps for middle and high school students this summer. The first, Creative Writing in 3D, will be followed by others on myth making and detective skills, engaging youth in interactive and creative events.
Pre-Transplant Video Tour
In this video, UMMC Senior Transplant Coordinator Debora Evans leads the way on a tour of the pre-transplant process and what you'll need to know when you make your first visit, including a tour of the waiting area, what to bring and who you will be meeting with throughout the day.
Related links:
UMMC Transplant Center
http://www.umm.edu/transplant/index.htm
Kidney Transplant Program
http://www.umm.edu/transplant/kidney/index.htm
Living Kidney Donor Transplant Program
http://www.umm.edu/t
Are You Reading?
Join the UM Common Reading Experience by reading "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. Video by Mary Stanton & Erin Parsons.
How do I become a police officer?
By the end of this lesson you will be able to provide information on training to become a police officer, you will learn specific vocabulary
Listen: History of blood transfusion speaks to stem cell debate
Holly Tucker, an associate professor of French, has written a fascinating early history of blood transfusions that reads like an eerie murder mystery. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution has implications for modern ethical dilemmas such as cloning and stem cell procedures.
North Caucasus: A Journey Through Russia's Killing Zone
In the southwest corner of Russia, an Islamist insurgency has spread out of Chechnya into neighboring regions of the North Caucasus and is claiming hundreds of lives a year.
Moscow-based reporter Tom Parfitt set out on a journey through five Russian republics -- Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan -- to examine the roots of the conflict and to find out what drives young men to join the rebels.
Multiple Sclerosis - Reflexes Exam - Muscle Stretch Sub-exam - Patient 18
Ed is a 57-year-old Caucasian male with a 15-year history of neurological disability that was diagnosed after his initial attack as multiple sclerosis. Lumbar puncture demonstrated the presence of numerous oligoclonal bands and MRI later showed multiple white matter plaques. He suffers from a significant dysarthria, as well as tremor and ataxia.
Lyme Disease
This patient education program discusses Lyme disease including the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
