Brazilian serialities: imagining persons (24 May 2013)
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5.3.2 Productivity difference The preceding discussion has only considered what would happen if all women undertake less investment in human capital than men. If men and women invest to the same extent, human capital theory suggests that no wage differences would be observed. What happens, however, if there are differences in skill levels both between genders and within gender groups? To consider this we will also make the additional assumption that firms do not know when recruiting workers who are the most productive. Ho
Robert E Lee: A Short Biography
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Herb Sutter: (Not Your Father’s) C++ What makes ISO C++11 "feel like a new language"? What things that we know about past C++ do we need to unlearn? Why is C++ designed the way it is – historically, and in C++11? Finally, what is the difference between managed and native languages anyway, and when is each applicable? This talk gives an overview and motivation of modern C++ and why it's clean, safe, and fast – as clean to code in and as type-safe as any modern language,
The Economist asks: Have we reached the limits of human knowledge?
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The week ahead: Populism's defeat
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm Nursery Rhyme with Lyrics
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NCPACS: Professor John Mueller – The Terrorism Delusion
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Full FlipCon14 Presentation: ±5 Ways To Make Engaging Flipping Videos
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Content Times:
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11:19 - Live Video or Picture-in-Picture
14:26 - Video Length
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LSA Dean Andrew Martin's 2015 Spring Commencement Speech
Andrew D. Martin, Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Political Science, delivers his address to graduates at the University of Michigan 2015 spring commencement.
How to Manage a New World of Risk
Risk managers must shed their reputation as corporate naysayers in order to stay relevant in an ever more perilous world.
Chemical Free Moisturizers For Men Circling the Square 10 - panel on 'new directions, how can we circle the square?' Voting, Politics, and Reforming Washington Introduction The material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Crime, order and social control (D315) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this Author(s):
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The below video features contributions from Dr Jason Blackstock (Department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL), Professor Reiner Grudmann, (STS Research Priority Group, University of Nottingham), Professor Philip Moriarty (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham), and Dr Kate Roach (writer and researcher).
The session includes discussion of misconceptions about scientists and journalists, poor practices at academic journals (and how post-publication
The Annenberg School's Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Brown University's Glenn loury on the final days of a historic election cycle. And, can the stranglehold of money on politics be broken? Bill Moyers sits down with Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, and Bob Edgar, president and CEO of Common Cause, to discuss how Beltway business as usual may stand in the way of real change in Washington. And, a Bill Moyers essay on the importance of the vote.Author(s):
