Kidney Sales and Moral Arguments, Janet Radcliffe Richards
The arguments used to justify the conclusion that kidney selling should be prohibited are remarkable. What lies at the root of these emotions, and what relevance should they have in practical decision making? When the kidney selling scandal first erupted in the UK, about fifteen years ago, the response was remarkable for its immediacy and unanimity. Politicians who agreed about almost nothing else joined in rushing to make the practice illegal, and professional bodies instantly declared it out o
Yellowstone: Monitoring the Fire Below
This interactive feature story is part of Science Bulletins, an innovative online and exhibition program that offers the public a window into the excitement of scientific discovery. Published in June 2006, this Earth Bulletin looks at the geologic history of Yellowstone National Park. It includes the following components: Three online essays - Yellowstone National Park Is a Volcano, Signs of Restlessness, and Volcanic Witness; An Interview with Bob Smith -- each available in a print-friendly for
El Nino Sea Surface Temperature and Height Anomalies 3D Isometric View: January 1997 through July 19
An animation of sea surface temperature and height anomalies in the Pacific for January 1997 through July 1998 from NOAA AVHRR and TOPEX Poseidon
Prepare for solid plastering - Rendering bathroom walls
Today you are going to be rendering the walls of an old bathroom. Your job is to set up the work area and get the tools, materials and mixing area ready.
Prepare for solid plastering - Rendering the garage
The front wall of a garage is to be rendered. Before plastering, the steel lintels over the garage doors need to be wrapped in wire and scratch coated. Your job is to set up the work area and get the tools and materials ready.
Database security
This learning object contains resources and activities required to define the policies, standards and procedures governing security and database integrity.
Database planning
This learning object contains resources and activities relating to the planning and implementation of database backup and recovery strategies.
Dandelion seeds
Seeds can come in many shapes and sizes. The seeds of the dandelion form a sort of fluffy, white "flower". The wind, birds, and other animals help spread seeds like these.
SAIS Commencement 2011 - Director's Cut
Josette Sheeran, executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, delivered this year's commencement address.
3.1.1 (A) Science and certainty
Providing an overview of current issues in UK science education, this unit examines what type of science the curriculum should cover and for what purpose. The unit will introduce you to practical problems in the delivery of an effective science curriculum, and particular questions at all three educational tiers - primary, secondary and tertiary - will be touched on.
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What is emotion? This unit takes a philosophical approach to this question in an attempt to understand why people respond to events in a certain way. Is there a difference between an emotion and a bodily feeling or is one a consequence of the other?
Health Care Reform in the US
Spiralling health care costs are currently threatening the future of the US economy. Peter Orszag offers insight on possible approaches to reduce health care costs over time without impairing the quality of medical care or outcomes. LSE alumnus Peter Orszag (MSc, PhD Economics, 1992, 1997) is vice chairman of Global Banking at CitiGroup. He recently served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under president Barack Obama.
FACES: Nursing Education major
A Del Mar College Nursing Education major reflects on his experiences to date in the program as well as the scholarships he earned through the DMC Foundation, Inc.
Creating a Yelp-like Resource for Autism Families
As a father to an autistic child, Topher Wurts realized autism families could use an app and website that listed resources to help them find appropriate places, services and products -- with reviews. So he created Autism Village.
Cognitive Disability and Cognitive Enhancement
Prof Jeff McMahan,Rutgers University explores why it is important for our understanding of problems in bioethics to determine the moral status of human beings whose cognitive capacities and potential are no higher than those of higher nonhuman animals.
Genetic Testing for Cancer: Is It Worth It?
Please visit: www.mdanderson.org/prevention for more information regarding prevention and screening How often you should get tested for breast cancer depends on your chances for getting the disease. If you are at increased risk for breast cancer, you may need to start screening exams at an earlier age, get additional tests or be tested more often. Learn when genetic testing makes sense for you. Dr. Banu Arun, Professor of Breast Medical Oncology and Co-Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics at The
