Catholicism and Politics, Spring 2012
Catholicism and Politics poses the question, both simple and complex: How ought Catholics to think about the political order and political issues within it? The first part of the course will survey major responses to this question drawn from Church history: the early church, the medieval church, and the modern church. The second part applies these models to contemporary issues ranging among war, intervention, globalization, abortion, the death penalty, religious freedom, gender issues, and econo
The Rise and Fall of World Communism, Fall 2011
For most of the twentieth century, communist states, like the Soviet Union and China, represented the greatest political, ideological, and military challenges to the western world. But now, most of these states are gone; of those that still exist, only one (which one?) can credibly live up to the bloody examples set by Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong. In this course, we will draw upon an eclectic mix of approaches from political science, history, sociology, and political philosophy to make sense of
Part 2 of Shell Method with Two Functions of Y - Khan Academy
Salman Khan continues his lecture concerning using the shell method with two functions of Y during this five-minute video clip.
Road to Wolong
The SPARTANS WILL. 360 crew travels up the long, bumpy road from Chengdu to Wolong.
Visit http://report.president.msu.edu/360/ for a firsthand look at Spartan impact in locations from East Lansing to East Africa.
Trading at Noon: Boeing's wings clipped by Dreamliner
Jan 11 - Boeing shares are down over 2 percent as the aircraft maker struggles with issues in its 787 jets.
Inside Windows 8: Chris Stevens - Boot Environment | Going Deep Chris Stevens is a software developer on the Windows kernel team working on the Windows boot environment. Windows 8 boots faster than any other version of Windows. Why? How?
Chris begins with the fundamentals (so, if you don't know anything about the boot process or what actually happens when an OS like Windows starts up, then you will after watching this...) and then digs into how the boot experience/environment/process was has evolved in Windows 8.
Scoot CEO: "Full confidence" in Boeing Dreamliner
Jan. 16 - The CEO of Singapore Airlines' low-cost unit says concerns about the safety of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner are a "flash in the pan," as it gears up to take delivery of 20 as part of its expansion drive.
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'Smart' furniture heralds a future with light touch
Jan. 21 - A collaboration between Spanish engineers, cupboard makers, and electronics manufacturers is offering homeowners a future without manual electric switches. Participants in the Wood Touch project have created various items of wooden furniture which can switch on lighting systems with a single swipe of the hand. Jim Drury has more.
Agata Antkiewicz
Agata Antkiewicz, Senior Researcher, Centre for International Governance Innovation, taklks about the role of emerging economies in the global trade system and the significance of new players like China
Análisis y redacción de textos
ANÁLISIS Y COMPOSICIÓN DE TEXTOS Y DOCUMENTOS EN LA LENGUA A (ESPAÑOL). USOS INSTRUMENTALES. TIPOLOGÍA TEXTUAL.
Computer Renderings ? ?Reality is Overrated?
In this paper, two problems concerning truthfulness of computer-generated visualization are considered. The first one concerns relationships between reality and its representation by computer renderings. The second problem concerns the kind of representations people need. These problems are analyzed for static perception of architectural forms based on computer visualization, and for dynamic walk-through perception of urban space. The thesis of the paper is that many photorealistic renderings ar
Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology
This course teaches students about disorders that affect the musculoskeletal system. The students will become familiar with the immunology and pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases that may predominantly affect joints but also affect multiple organ systems of the body in some diseases.
Embedding Design Patterns in a Methodology for a Design Science of e-Learning
The discourse of research and practice in e-learning has been dominated by two extremes. On one hand, ethereal abstractions, which provide sound principles but do not lend themselves to implementation. On the other hand, detailed anecdotes which provide fascinating insights but pose a challenge to generalization. The void in between these two extremes calls for representations which capture transferable and modular elements of design knowledge.
Design patterns originated as a form for democrati
The role of animated pedagogical agents in scenario-based language e-learning: a case-study
Scenario-based language e-learning (SBeL) is focused on contextual learning, since it uses authentic activities that can improve communication skills. This paper reports a case-study that proposes the use of animated pedagogical agents (APAs) in a Brazilian Portuguese web-based course built under a mix of task- and scenario-based approaches. Its main purpose is to discuss how APAs can be used to improve students communicative skills, cultural awareness and level of interaction with courses c
Le Serment du Jeu de Paume et sa postérité - Michel Vovelle
L'Université de tous les savoirs et Le Château de Versailles présentent
15h en ouverture : Le Serment du Jeu de Paume et sa postérité
les Premiers entretiens du Jeu de Paume
La démocr@tie d?opinion
Du siècle des lumières à la démocratie des courts circuits
Vendredi 18, samedi 19 et dimanche 20 juin 2010
Informations pratiques :
Michel Vovelle, historien de la Révolution française.
Les « états-généraux », « Grenelle », assemblées citoyennes - S. Brunel, D. Derwarvin, A. Le
14h30 : Les « états-généraux », « Grenelle », assemblées citoyennes, le rôle
des associations et des lobbies.
Table ronde animée par Yves michaud :
Sylvie Brunel, géographe, économiste, écrivain, professeur à l'Université Paris IVSorbonne,
a milité dans les associations Médecins sans frontières et Action contre la
faim.
Daniel Dewavrin , ex-président de L'UIMM.
Augustin Legrand, comédien, co-fondateur de l'associati
TALAT Lecture 4601: Introduction to Brazing of Aluminium Alloys
This lecture describes the characteristics of brazing aluminium and the process involved; it helps to understand the use potential and the limitations of brazing aluminium. Basic knowledge of aluminium alloys designation system, surface treatment and corrosion behaviour is assumed.
New Learning Methodologies and Tools for Corporate
E-Learning
While e-learning has become accepted in large companies as a standard option for training, most corporate e-learning has not produced the hoped-for performance improvement. Yet elearning has a tremendous amount of unrealized potential to provide high-quality, educationally-sound, engaging training that improves employees performance. Corporate elearnings lack of success seems to be due to the dearth of widely-publicized methods to teach skills needed by corporate employees, and by the percei
