4.19 Technologies and explicit knowledge continued The following examples give a taste of what is now making the transition from research laboratories into commercial products. Large hierarchical information structures are extremely common, whether in libraries, organisational charts or websites. Displaying such large structures is a challenge, and since the user soon runs out of screen space, navigating them can be tedious. Screen 7 shows a system that uses animation and carefully designed graphical effects to give the impression of manipula
6 Concentrating, storing and transporting energy The Earth is awash with energy from sources other than fossil fuels; thousands of times as much as humans use. Why
Acknowledgements Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to use the following photographs in this course: Figure 2 Riveter based on the cover of the exhibition catalogue for ‘Clydebuilt: The River, its Ships and its People’, organised by the Clyde Maritime Trust Ltd.; Figure 3 Glasgow Herald/Caledonian Newspapers Limited; Figure 4 Mr Happy adaptation: Mr Men and Little Miss™ and © 1995 Mrs Roger Hargreaves; (all) Courtesy: City of Glasgow; Figure
Of Visions, Dreams and Reality; Sustainable Housing in Perspective (Inaugural Lecture - Professor Ma
The inaugural lecture of Professor Malcolm Bell, Downing Chair in Surveying and Sustainable Housing, was held on Tuesday 18 May 2010. Professor Bell's lecture titled "Of Visions, Dreams and Reality; Sustainable Housing in Perspective" explored the issues and challenges of making very large reductions in carbon emissions from housing. It drew on some 20 years of research work in the Buildings, Energy and Sustainability research group, which is part of the Centre for the Built Environment (CeBE) a
Spanish Vocab Builder #28 - Music
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Lohan all smiles at progress hearing
Dec. 14 - Lindsay Lohan gets good marks from the judge at her scheduled progress hearing. (Rough Cut no reporter narration)
How Government Buys Your Support [This article appears in the January-February 2016 issue of The Austrian.] In Iraq and Afghanistan, US military officers routinely handed bundles of cash to local residents to buy influence and undermine resistance to the American occupation. Such payments came in especially handy after US troops inadvertently killed innocent civilians or sheep. Billions of dollars were shoveled out with little or no oversight as part of the Pentagon’s “Money as a Weapon System” progra
1.2 Globalisation is about networks Globalisation is a term that refers to the flows around the world of species, money, goods, ideas, people, etc., and the networks that are integral to these flows. The word is used to attempt to capture a dizzying mix of recent economic, political and socio-cultural developments. The term can also be applied to ecological globalisation. The global transport of people, goods and services has massively increased. Technological and economic networks have developed to smooth trade and econ
Kew in the digital age
Professor Angela McFarlane explores how The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is using digital media to engage new, global audiences in its science and conservation work.
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Présentation de l'expédition "La Planète Revisitée" en Papouasie (Vidéo) En 2012/2013, le programme d'expéditions du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle et Pro-Natura international "La Planète Revisitée" ont organiseé une grande expédition en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
2 One gene–one protein A gene is a short section of a long DNA double helix molecule, which comprises a linear sequence of base pairs. What is the basic (primary) structure of a protein? 2.1 Industry and markets: what do we mean? Sales of digital cameras have overtaken traditional 35 mm cameras for the first time. According to monthly figures collated by national electric and photo retailer Dixons, digital camera sales out Introduction This course looks at the way people identify and become attached to places, buildings and objects. It also analyses how this attachment can impact on personal well-being. Understanding this is important in assessing the care people of all ages need and how this care should be delivered. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Author(s): 1.1.1 Summary Identity involves: a link between the personal and the social; some active engagement by those who take up identities; being the same as some people and different from others, as indicated by symbols and representations; a tension between how much control I have in constructing my identities and how much control or constraint is exercised over me. 2008.03.05-The Public Understanding of Science Frink - Horse and Rider DP183065 Dover Street and Piccadilly, Mayfair, London. Elisabeth Frink sculpture "Horse and Rider" from south west. Detail. Photographed by Chris Redgrave in 2015. Mongol Invasion of Europe - Part 1 1 Course overview The focus of this course is young people's health and wellbeing, a topic that has received much attention from commentators and policy makers in recent years. Specifically, the course will set out to answer the following core questions: How has young people's health been constructed in public and policy discourse in recent years, and what are the implications for young people and those who work with them? What might an alternati
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The Public Understanding of Science: Report commissioned by British Gov. Sir Arnold Wolfendale, FRS 14th Astronomer Royal, Great Britain Co-sponsor ? College of Science
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This documentary, which is suitable for high-school students, focuses on the Mongol campaign of 1240. (4:58)
