Highlights from AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative Lecture Series, China 2011
During the AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative Lecture Event, held on 20-22 September 2011, at Fudan University, Shanghai and Peking University, Beijing and the AstraZeneca China Research and Development Center. Barry Marshall gave his lecture at Fudan University 'The Road to the Nobel Prize Lessons from a life with Helicobacter pylori" and at Peking University 'The Road to the Nobel Prize and Beyond Man versus Helicobactor pylori'.
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Journeys Through Sociology: Sari Hanafi
In this interview Dr. Sari Hanafi (American University of Beirut) discusses his journey from the Palestinian refugee camp where he was raised to becoming a sociologist conducting research on how Palestinian areas, both in the Occupied Territories and in refugee camps, are governed as "spaces of exception" where neither the rule of law nor basic political rights apply. He also discusses the challenge of negotiating his roles as a professional and public sociologist, and the difficulty of engaging
Le secret des tortues vertes (video)
Est-ce le blanc immaculé des magnifiques plages de La Grande Glorieuse qui attire, tel un aimant, autant de tortues vertes, ou bien l'absolu isolement de cet archipel devenu, comme les autres îles éparses, une réserve naturelle ?
Le fait demeure, années après années, immuablement, ces reptiles marins, aujourd’hui protégés, reviennent en nombre se reproduire là.
Pour mieux comprendre ce phénomène de migration, le CNRS de Montpellier associé pour la circonstance
Race to the Moon - Quiz
The pupil will learn key facts about Neil Armstrong and his crew. The pupil will learn about the first time a person landed on the moon.
SOC101 Session 7 Fall 2011
SOC101 Session 7 Fall 2011
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Liver Surgery Patient Success Story: Betsy Wyble
Severna Park native, Betsy Wyble, discusses how liver surgery has made her cancer-free since 2005 and enabled her to continue pursuing her passion for tennis. She worked with liver surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Philosophe, to discuss surgical options that could preserve her physical assets and enable her to maintain her life on the tennis courts, yet still cure her of cancer. With the help of the radiology oncology team who shrunk Betsy's tumor to an operable size, Dr. Philosophe was able to remove Bets
UMMC Physician Profile: Henock Wolde-Semait, M.D.
This three-minute video introduces viewers to Dr. Henock Wolde-Semait, an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and an orthopaedic oncologoist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Some of Dr. Wolde-Semait's special interests include benign and malignant tumors, bone and soft tissue tumors, metastatic bone disease, bone infections, bone cancer, bone metastases, and total joint replacement. Watch this video to learn more about his practice a
Muster Roll for the 139th Indiana Regiment, Company I
The muster roll entitled "The Union Defenders" is for the 139th Indiana Regiment, Co. I. It was a 100-day unit recruited in 1864 at Dearborn County and mustered in at Camp Carrington in Indianapolis. They spent the summer of 1864 guarding railroads.,Dearborn County Journey
Derivative Definition - Problem 2
This video works through a problem that involves estimating the value of the derivative. The definition of the derivative is the slope of a line that lies tangent to the curve at the specific point. The derivative is a function, and derivatives of many kinds of functions can be found, including linear, power, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. (2:13)
America's Thrillmakers - Walt Disney World (4/6)
Part 4 of 6. An in depth look into the very popular thrill attractions at the Walt Disney World Resort. Watch as America's Thrillmakers take 6 guests and test them on Disney's array of thrill rides. Learn Imagineer's secrets, guest reviews of attractions and, most importantly, what exactly makes a thrill ride, and how your body reacts. "Hang on to yer hats and glasses, cause this here's the wildest ride in the wilderness!" (9:59)
Proton Therapy Treatment for Brain Tumors
Download podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/what-brain-tumors-are-best/id431848216?i=... Proton therapy treatment for brain tumors is the best option for certain cases of brain tumors. Proton therapy causes fewer side effects than traditional radiation and major long term complications are avoided. Radiation is delivered as a proton beam directly to the brain tumor site, sparing healthy tissue. Proton therapy treatment should especially be considered if the affected area includes both
It's Not Every Day You Become a Trojan
Do you remember the moment you or someone you know received the news about being admitted to USC? Leave a comment here to tell us about that moment and what you love about USC.
Share your Trojan moment!
Relive an experience that all Trojans share, and one that you can keep alive for generations to come, by supporting USC.
To make a gift to USC, visit https://giveto.usc.edu/
To learn about the Campaign for the University of Southern California, visit http://campaign.usc.edu/
The Whole Frog Project
Computers can't teach everything in anatomy, but they can teach some things better, either by themselves or through synergy with conventional methods. Try out this award-winning virtual frog- as a case in point.
One Potato, Two Potato (1957) - extract
Filmed over a 12-month period by Leslie Daiken, this study of children's games played in London streets and playgrounds stands out for its freshness and spontaneity, and records the bomb sites that pockmarked London and provided many urban children with a place to play. This extract captures the post-Halloween rituals of 5 November - Guy Fawkes Night - including the once familiar call of "penny for the Guy".
You can see the complete film and over 2000 other titles free in the BFI Mediatheques -
IDS Big Question for Development 2011, 'The Political Context of Malnutrition'
This month, we spoke to Andres Meija Acousta, IDS Research Fellow in the Governance Team and Manuel Sanchez-Montero from Tripode Proyecto on the effects and causes of Malnutrition on a political and human context.
U.S. Money: History & How It's Made
Money, from colonial times to the present - you'll see where our paper currency and coins came from and how they're made. Hosted by Debra Wilson. (20min)
Lecture 12b: Math. Analysis - Functions, Limits and Continuity
The second part of the sixteenth class in Dr Joel Feinstein's G12MAN Mathematical Analysis module begins a discussion of functions, limits and continuity. Further module materials are available for download from The University of Nottingham open courseware site: http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=c6c045f6-286d-6b9f-b96c-36a998632fc3 and on iTunes U: http://itunesu.nottingham.ac.uk/albums/71.rss Dr Feinstein's blog may be viewed at: http://explainingmaths.wordpress.com Dr Jo
Expedition 29 Launch
Expedition 29 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:14 p.m. EST Nov. 13, 2011 aboard the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft.
Roan Mountain Highlands
This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations "virtual field trip" explores the natural beauty and geological and ecological diversity of the Roan Mountain Highlands that straddle the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. The rocks of Roan Mountain are interesting because of their age, their mineralogy, and the evidence they provide about the geological processes that formed them. The plant communities are interesting because they are southern examples of communities usually found mu
De Europese Unie : Themabundel Inhoud: 1. De Europese Unie 2. Terug in de tijd. Het oude Europa
