Stephen Payne inaugural lecture: The Science of interaction between humans & computers
Professor Stephen Payne from the University of Bath, will discuss how his research combines an understanding of the human mind with the design of interactive systems.
5.2 Preliminary treatment The abstracted water is first screened to remove suspended and floating debris, such as leaves or branches, which could interfere with the operation of machinery in the treatment works. The water may then enter a preliminary settlement tank or storage reservoir. It then passes through
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again and goes to the treatment works. Screens may be classified by the size of their openings as coarse or fine, and may be in the forms of bars or continuous belts. Coarse screens are u
4.5.1 Surfaces with holes Using this result, we can obtain the Euler characteristic of a surface with any number of holes by successively inserting the holes one at a time. For example, since a closed disc has Euler characteristic 1, it follows that a closed disc with 1 hole has Euler characteristic 0, a disc with 2 holes has Euler characteristic −1, and so on. Investigating the German language [Suresh 184] :Poem:The world is round. Add Fractions With Unlike Denominators, Part 1 Introduction The unit will examine the Enlightenment. To help understand the nature and scale of the cultural changes of the time, we offer a 'map' of the conceptual territory and the intellectual and cultural climate. We will examine the impact of Enlightenment on a variety of areas including science, religion, the classics, art and nature. Finally, we will examine the forces of change which led from Enlightenment to Romanticism. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk 1.3.10 The impact of near-death experiences In many studies (Sabom, 1982; Toates 1999) the main effect of a near-death experience was to reduce a person’s fear of dying. Individuals surviving similar types of near-death crisis without an associated near-death experience did not show the same reduction in fear of death, as Table 2 indicates. 3.5.2 Mechanical force directly opens and closes transduction channels It is believed that tip links aid in causing ‘channels’ to open and close near the top of the hair cell (Figure 16). Tip links are filamentous connections between two stereocilia. Each tip link is a fine fibre obliquely joining the distal end of one stereocilium to the side of the longest adjacent process. It is thought that each l 5 Designer babies? A character under genetic influence where the distinction between treatment and enhancement is hard to draw is height. Treatment of short stature – with human growth hormone made in genetically manipulated bacteria – has already given rise to controversy about how short a child needs to be for treatment to count as meeting a medical need. That is, how tall is tall enough? As we identify genes that have effects on many other human characters, from appearance to, perhaps, intelligence Galdos student film 02: Realidad Vegetation Indices How to Teach Division UGA Grad Studies 3MT Finals - Sam Kurup Early American Social History Special Relationship: Don't Believe the Liberal Media? Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa STS.038 Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005 (MIT) 3 Britain in the 1790s A problem that has exercised historians for many years is, put in its most concise form: why was there no revolution in Britain in the 1790s? The question is a significant one here, because religious factors have formed an important strand in the answers that have been given. The intellectual trend was set by the publication in 1913 of England in 1815, in which the French historian Elie Halévy (1870–1937) argued that the growth of Methodism in this period was a key factor in the Bri
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Spring Semester 2010.
This 10 credit module will look at some of the ways in which German has been developing in recent years. In particular, we will look at variation and change in sentence structure; ways in which new modes of communication (such as texting, chat rooms and other forms of internet communication) are influencing language use; and the use of particles (little words like doch, mal, scho
[Suresh 184] :Poem:The world is round. कविता (Kavita) :दुनिया गोल है | (Duniya goal hai.) The world is round. देवनागरी (Devanagari) लिप्यंतरण((Lipyantaran) Transliteration अनुवाद (Anuwaad) Translation चंदा(moon) मामा (maternal uncle) गोल...
This method will produce the correct answer every time, but the student may have to simplify the fraction once finished. Nonetheless, at least the student can produce the correct answer every time! (04:59) Note: Any mixed numbers have to be changed to improper fractions first.
1) Multiply the denominators (bottom numbers). This is the denominator in your answer.
2) Multiply the diagonals. Place the answers above the fractions (see video).
3) Add the numbers you placed abov
This video trailer shows the daily life of a zen monk in a large soto-zen monastery in Japan. Some parts of this clip are taken from the feature-length film, The Zen Mind, available on DVD at emptymindfilms.com. (4:54)
Galdos student film 02: Realidad
Vegetation Indices
Teaching division in mathematics can be done with using note cards and a group of two or more people. Explain division by handing out note cards and breaking up the group to show the answer with this veteran math teacher.
Sam Kurup presents his entry in the 1st Annual UGA 3MT Competition, titled "The Hunt for a Vaccine Against Chagas' Disease." Congratulations to Sam on winning the Peoples' Choice Award in this year's competition.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students' capacity to effectively explain their research
Early American Social History
The media is under siege in this election — and the phenomenon isn't limited to the campaign for U.S. president.
In this episode, Celeste and John talk with two powerful news editors in the United States and Europe about covering politics in an era when people think they're entitled not just to their own opinions, but their own facts.
Marty Baron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning executive editor of The Washington Post, speaks about the moral obligation — and occasional frustrations — of truth
Peter McDonald talks with Oliver Lewis about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa.
A survey of how America has become the world's largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the perspective of energy and its relationship to politics, diplomacy, the economy, science and technology, labor, culture, and the environment. Topics include muscle and water power in early America, coal and the Industrial Revolution, electrification, energy consumption in the home, oil and U.S. foreign policy, automobiles and suburbanization, nuclear power, OPEC and the 70's energy crisis
