Conservation on the Suburban Frontier
David K. Skelly, Professor of Ecology and Associate Dean for Research, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Curator, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Opening Plenary - Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York 2013
While conservation scientists engage in acrimonious debates about whether wilderness still exists, we can be quite certain that "domesticated landscapes" are rapidly becoming an ever greater presence around the globe. One of the leading forms of do
Lesson 06 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 6 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to introduce yourself. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
Première table-ronde : Pratiques et déontologie journalistiques à l’épreuve des faits ... Ouverture par Sophie Gherardi, journaliste et ancienne directrice de publication du site d’information fait-religieux.com Animateur : Jean-François Mayer, historien des religions, directeur de l’Institut Religioscope.
Intervenants
Talentenfabriek : Job- en opleidingspunt industrie Talentenfabriek is een samenwerkingsverband tussen Stad Antwerpen, VDAB, de paritaire vormingsorganisaties FTMA, VIBAM en de Vormingsfondsen voor de scheikundige nijverheid, de werkgeversorganisaties Agoria en Essenscia …
An Analytics Approach for Designing Clinical Trials for Cancer
Dimitris Bertsimas, Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, Professor of Operations Research
We propose an analytics approach for the analysis and design of clinical trials for cancer. We build a comprehensive database from clinical trials and use it to develop statistical models from earlier trials that predict the survival and toxicity of the combination of the drugs used, when the drugs used have been seen in earlier trials, but in different combinations. Using these
Jeff Gold Inaugural Lecture - The Leader's Conundrum or 'You cannot lift yourself up by your own shi
The aim of the lecture will be to do demonstrate the need to challenge continuing traditional images of leaders, often depicted at the apex of things, on top of a hill or at the centre of a complex web of activity. I will argue that those nominated as leaders MUST become aware of what I will call the leader's conundrum and complement their inspiration with 99 x perspiration. To appreciate this call, attendees to the lecture as respectfully asked to do the following just before the lecture:
a.
Virtual Maths Data Handling - Light Survey, Worksheet for Bigger Room
Light Intensity Survey worksheet, activity including resources, for bigger room
Graduate skills
Graduate Skills is one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
The aim of this workbook is to introduce you to the concept of graduate job skills and enterprise, looking at which career path you decides to follow. It’s not j
What's wrong with convolutional nets?
Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Fall Colloquium Series Recorded December 4, 2014
The Globalization of Food • Explained With Maps
Today we have a look at the Globalization of Food and its consequences for society and health. (The audio quality could be better.) (10:17)
Alexander Gerst’s Earth Time-Lapses
Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12 500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.
Marvel at the auroras, sunrises, clouds, stars, oceans, the Milky Way, the International Space Station, lightning, cities at night, spacecraft and the thin band of
17ème Journée Française de l’Épilepsie 2014 : SECTION FRANCOPHONIE - Stratégie ... Titre : 17ème Journée Française de l’Épilepsie 2014 : SECTION FRANCOPHONIE - Stratégie thérapeutique d’une épilepsie : quels moyens pour quelles indications ? Intervenants : Moustapha NDIAYE, Sénégal Résumé : Les 17ème JFE concrétiseront le rassemblement de tous les professionnels
de santé et partenaires intervenant dans la filière de soins et de
santé des patients ...
De macht van het minuscule In dit tweeluik gaat Dirk Draulans op zoek naar de wetenschappelijke kennis over bacteriën en de invloed van gisten en schimmels op ons leven. Een greep uit het aanbod in beide afleveringen:
Dos artistas En esta actividad escuchará a dos artistas, Ana Luisa BenÃtez y Javier Cabrera Mújica, describiendo cómo se sienten cuando terminan una obra de arte.
1 Antes de escuchar el compacto de activid Gooseneck barnacles in rock crevices Leroy Hood: From Reactive to Proactive Medicine Arthur Herman: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World Lisa Harvey-Smith on the SKA mega-telescope Madhavie Perera - PhD Mechanical Engineering USAWC expert presents: Gettysburg Strategic Leadership Brief
Actividad 5
Gooseneck barnacles do not move and rely on surrounding waters for food and nutrients. They have strong, hard, and sharp shells that keep predators from walking on them. They resist drying out and are found in all the intertidal zones.
Leroy Hood, of the Institute for Systems Biology, on Emerging Technologies and the Transformation from Reactive to Proactive Medicine.
Arthur Herman on his book "To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World".
Lisa Harvey-Smith of CSIRO discusses the mega-telescope known as the Square Kilometre Array. CSIRO, the Australian Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, is part of the continent-spanning next-generation radio telescope project which is due to be completed in 2019.
Madhavie talks about how her research will help people recovering from broken bones.
Dr. Kevin Weddle presents Gettysburg Strategic Leadership Brief as a lecture during the second residence phase for the USAWC Distance Education Class of 2012.
