BCLA Open Notebook Science and the Library
This is my April 19, 2007 presentation at the British Columbia Library Association Conference on Open Access. There was only time to do a brief introduction about trends in openness in education and research and how that might affect the needs of scientists in publishing and finding information. I also showed a few screenshots of UsefulChem near the end.
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TALAT Lecture 2405: Fatigue an Fracture in Aluminium Structures
This lecture outlines modern fatigue design procedures and standards, the respective background information; it introduces fatigue design by testing; it presents fatigue data analysis and evaluation; it covers safety and reliability issues in aluminium design. This material has been utilized together with further definitions for classification of structural details to provide a proposal supported by the European Aluminium Association as a National Application Document, which may also be conside
W. Somerset Maugham, of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham, of Human Bondage - Lecture by Jeremy Treglown. Part of the Literature in the Modern World module.
American Modernist poetry - Graeme Macdonald
American Modernist Poetry - Graeme Macdonald lecture focusing on the work of William Carlos Williams. Part of Literature in the Modern World module.
Edward Thomas Collected Poems
Edward Thomas, Collected Poems - Lecture by Andy Webb. Part of the Literature in the Modern World module.
Writing about Modern War - John Balaban
Writing about Modern War - George Ttoouli
Greg Kochanski on Phonetics
Dr Greg Kochanski, a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory, talks about how experiments in phonetics are conducted, how we study the history of language, and how speech changes over time.
Governance: A New Challenge in Global Environmental Governance
Franklyn Lisk (Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick)
Women in Islamic Societies
This course serves as a broad survey of women's and gender issues within the contexts of multiple societies in the Islamic world. The first half of the semester will concentrate on the historical position of women in Islamic societies, defined by the normative values of Islam and by cultural traditions and norms that were sometimes at odds with religious prescriptions. We will discuss how the interpretations of these values in diverse circumstances and who gets to do the interpreting have had im
Over There: Martha Farnsworth and WWI
Martha Farnsworth was a prolific diary writer, recording her daily experiences from 1882 through 1922 with only minor gaps. Martha , with some assistance from her second husband Fred taught a Sunday School class of boys at the first Christian Church in Topeka. Martha taught the same boys year in and year out and these boys became their family. Martha recorded the impact of World War I on her life and on these young men, a number of whom served in WWI. This podcast will feature entries from
El Taller, #11 Masks of Mexico Audio Tour
This section of the exhibition is a recreation of a mask carver's workshop. Craftsmen use many tools and materials to create their masks while they draw inspiration from both the traditional and the modern. Mask maker and our guide, Zarco Guerrero excites us with his knowledge of his craft.
Interview with Rana Mitter
Dr Rana Mitter is an academic at the Institute of Chinese Studies, specialising in modern Chinese history
Interview with Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz talks about his and Harriet Heyman's gift to Christ Church College and asset management at Oxford
Interview with Rana Mitter
Dr Rana Mitter is an academic at the Institute of Chinese Studies, specialising in modern Chinese history
Interview with Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz talks about his and Harriet Heyman's gift to Christ Church College and asset management at Oxford
Pali text society
This is the website of the Pali Text Society, founded in 1881, which exists to promote the study of the Pali canon, the principal works of Theravada Buddhism. The website gives details of the work of the society and has a list of society members which scholars new to the field will find particularly useful. There are also a number of translation exercises and tutorials on the site which will be helpful for new learners. The principal focus of the website are the lists of publications. None of th
6.013 Electromagnetics and Applications (MIT)
This course explores electromagnetic phenomena in modern applications, including wireless communications, circuits, computer interconnects and peripherals, optical fiber links and components, microwave communications and radar, antennas, sensors, micro-electromechanical systems, motors, and power generation and transmission. Fundamentals covered include: quasistatic and dynamic solutions to Maxwell's equations; waves, radiation, and diffraction; coupling to media and structures; guided and ungui
Nanotechnology in medicine
Professor David Smith from The University of York talks about nanotechnology and its application to modern medicine. Topics covered include delivery of cancer drugs, tissue engineering and gene therapy.
Length: 25 minutes
Cultural led regeneration part I
Dr Jonathan Vickery, from the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, talks about his study of cultural led regeneration under New Labour. Here he explains the concept and why the Labour government embraced it.
Women's fight for equal pay
The launch of the equal pay archive at Warwick’s Modern Records Centre is discussed by three figures who have played a central role in the battle for equal pay for women.
They are Jo Morris, senior equality and employment rights officer of the Trades Union Congress, Sue Hastings, an independent pay and employment adviser, along with Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former general secretary of the public sector union Unison and chairman of the Modern Records Centre’s Advisory Board.
