Investigating addiction
What makes some people develop an addiction while others don't? Could genes or social environment influence addictive behaviours? In this album, scientists in the US and the UK explore the psychology and biology of addiction by subjecting a recovering alcoholic and his sister, a non-addict, to a range of physiological, psychological and genetic studies. The results raise interesting questions about brain patterns underlying addictions, and how addiction should be treated. This material forms par
2.12.2 Fluid gain In a normal diet, fluid is gained via food as well as in drinks. The amount of water in various foods is shown in Table 6. As well as plain water, most drinks, such as tea, coffee, juices and milk drinks, hydrate the body, but alcoholic drinks may not. Alcohol is a diuretic, a substance that increases the output of urine by t
New momentum: can the success in Bali transform the WTO?
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo delivered a public lecture on the 17th of July 2014 at ANU entitled, New momentum: can the success in Bali transform the WTO?
Ambassador Azevêdo discussed where the WTO should go next and reflected on how trade issues might play into the G20 process — a timely discussion in the lead up to Australia's hosting of the G20 Summit in November.
Ambassador Azevêdo is the sixth Director-General of the WTO. In 2008 he was
Assessment learning and teaching journal , Leeds Metropolitan University
This edition showcases key areas of work catalysed by the Institute for Enterprise and comprises a range of articles research papers, case studies and reflections by staff, students and stakeholders.
Can You Design an Organisation?
Organisational “master builders” are defined by their problem-solving acumen, not just their experience.
4 Systems practice – unpacking the juggler metaphor Systems practice, modelled in Figure 6, is a particular form of the general model of practice in Figure 3
Le châtaignier, arbre du paysage (Vidéo) Ressource non labellisée UVED - En cours d'expertise Dans le cadre d'une société agraire en pleine mutation, la gestion des espaces occupés par les châtaigneraies fait l'objet de nombreuses interrogations de la part des décideurs publics. Le paysage est-il une aménité ? A-t-il une véritable valeur économique ? Les paysages de ...
The Origin of Life
Talk given by Dr Ard Loius as part of summer course 1
The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}: Bilas on College Sports; Gigapixel Photo
We know bacteria can carry disease and help digest our food, but this ring pattern in a micro-colony of genetically engineered bacteria shows they can also tell time. The result, from a Duke study, provides a potential explanation for how organs know when to stop growing.
Sad news this week. The university community mourns the loss of Oscar Hijuelos, a Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist who had taught at Duke since 2008. Hijuelos died Saturday, October 12, in New York City.
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Economic Update: Global Inequality
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21st Century Councillor social media site
The 21st Century Councillor social media site. is a project of a number of UK organisations including The IDeAs Leadership Academy and Standards for England. It seeks to encourage local government personnel (councillors and public servants) to use social media in political communication. The site includes guides to using social media, case studies and links to key supporting resources. Social media includes blogs, Twitter and Web 2.0 applications.
Sustainable Tourism Certification
A lecture on sustainable tourism
Peer review: a guide for researchers
Peer review: a guide for researchers was produced by RIN (the Research Information Network) and published in March 2010. It provides researchers with an understanding of how peer review works and highlights some of the issues surround the current debates about the peer review process. It is available as a PDF download of some 16 pages.
1.5 The limits of memory In unwritten music, a factor which places a constraint on the number of fixed elements – the degree of detail specified by any model – is memory. Whatever is fixed must be memorised; as a matter of necessity, therefore, performers in these traditions have evolved strategies which limit the load placed on their memories. Here is Nettl again: Dividing music into elements, I hypothesise the need for some of these 4.20 Technologies and explicit knowledge continued In the future we will see the fusion of statistical analyses of documents, agents, ontologies, metadata and informal annotation/discussion. Ontological tagging with metadata would allow authors to express their own deep understanding of the domain which may draw on knowledge that is not in the text of documents. This would allow experts to set a document in context in the light of developments since the document was written, or to encode relationships between documents that show important con 3.3 The role of the basilar membrane in sound reception So far we know that sound-induced increases and decreases in air pressure move the tympanum inwards and outwards. The movement of the tympanum displaces the malleus which is fixed to its inner surface. The motion of the malleus and hence the incus results in the stapes functioning like a piston – alternately pushing into the oval window and then retracting from it. Since the oval window communicates with the scala vestibuli, the action of the stapes pushes and pulls cyclically on the fluid Recalling Charles James: Paul Caranicas Obama's visit to India - a marriage or dating? Smart CCTV Behind the Scenes: New Photography 2010: Alex Prager
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President Barack Obama's trip to India could be the start of a new level of relationship between the two nations, but some will remain suspicious until the courtship has fully matured, says Navi Radjou of the Centre for India & Global Business. He explains where India and the US currently sit on what he calls the "collaboration ladder".
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2010/11/all-seeing-eye-for-cctv-surveillance.html A new system combines hours of footage to help CCTV operators.
New Photography 2010
On View September 29, 2010--January 10, 2011
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