Thomas Webster - Chair & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Thomas Webster speaks about nano-technology in medicine for Northeastern's Institutional Accomplishments.
4 Review: misrecognition, disrespect and the politics of fear A recurring theme in discussions of poverty is the distinction between ‘the poor’ and ‘the non-poor’. Echoing nineteenth-century ideas of the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor, or 1930s notions of ‘problem estates’, such distinctions continue to permeate representations of poor populations today and also often figure prominently in policy. Binary classifications such as those highlighted in Author(s):
Séminaire TIL : Méthodologie de recherche (4/4) (Vidéo) Séminaire TIL 25-28 Janvier 2016 – Hôpital Charles Foix Titre : Méthodologie de recherche (4/4) Auteur (s) : Dr Witold Jarzebowski ...
Multichannel Grocery Shopping Diary
Multichannel Grocery Shopping Diary
8.21 The Physics of Energy (MIT)
This course is designed to give you the scientific understanding you need to answer questions like:
How much energy can we really get from wind?
How does a solar photovoltaic work?
What is an OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Converter) and how does it work?
What is the physics behind global warming?
What makes engines efficient?
How does a nuclear reactor work, and what are the realistic hazards?
The course is designed for MIT sophomores, juniors, and seniors who want to unde
Chrysler: Importance of soft skills and how to excel at work
The largest career event at McMaster University, hosted by the Student Success Centre, Career Fair 2014 offers a forum for you to meet face-to-face with employers and make career connections.
From the Global Atmosphere to the San Joaquin Valley: Searching for Climate Change
From the Global Atmosphere to the San Joaquin Valley: Searching for Climate Change
Mechanical Bull Challenge: Vice President Georj Lewis
Vice President Georj Lewis takes the Mechanical Bull Challenge to raise money for student scholarships
Dick Bolles, "How to Decide what you'll be doing Five Years from Now" | Talks at Google
Dick Bolles—more formally known as Richard Nelson Bolles—is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Guide For Job-Hunters and Career Changers, the most popular job-hunting book in the world. The book has sold more than 10,000,000 copies to date, and is dramatically updated, reshaped and rewritten, every year. "Parachute", as it's often called, has been translated into 20 languages and is used in 26 countries. Dick is credited with founding the modern career counseling field,
Evaluation of 'Advanced Database Management' module
This paper focuses on a discussion on the approach taken in analysing evaluation design for a specific faculty module on enterprise education
Biologist E.O. Wilson and Washington DC's Earth Conservation Corps
Dedicating his life to the exploration of life on Earth, E.O. Wilson is one of the world's foremost authorities on biology. Bill Moyers Journal profiles the author of 25 Books and recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes, who speaks about what humankind needs to understand about the Earth to heal it and about his latest project The Encyclopedia of life - a digital, online catalog of every single living species on the planet. And, Bill Moyers Journal updates a report on the non-profit group, the Earth Co
Virtual Maths - Numbers, Opposite angles simulation tool
Interactive simulation tool demonstrating the angles on a 360 degree wheel
Virtual Maths - Numbers, Find the angle quiz
Interactive simulation quiz, 8 questions, Find the Angle using the simulation and enter the answers
Challenges for the Eurozone [Audio]
Speaker(s): Jeroen Dijsselbloem | In his lecture Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem will speak about the lessons learnt from the economic and financial crises, where we are now and about the challenges for the Eurozone in the future. Jeroen Dijsselbloem (@J_Dijsselbloem) is President of the Eurogroup and former Minister of Finance for the Netherlands. Kevin Featherstone is Head of the European Institute, LSE. The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) is a centre for research and graduate teaching
Hydroid colony in the North Sea
Living on riser,Hydroid colony living on a riser at the Heather Alpha platform in the North Sea
Vanderbilt Divinity Breakfast: Digging where Jezebel lived
A renowned expert on the Hebrew Bible and six students who took part in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel, shared their experiences at a Vanderbilt Divinity School community breakfast Oct. 29. “Jezreel, the site famously connected in the Bible with the evil King Ahab and his scheming wife, Jezebel, has lain unattended by archaeologistskeep reading »
Virtual Maths - Basic Structures, bending moment point of load
Interactive simulation demonstrating the bending moment at point of load
Acts Leading to American Revolutionary War
This two minute podcast explains the Acts that led to the American Revolutionary War. The images are incorrect as a whole, but the four major factors are explained. A good overview, but lacks depth and an effort to explain why the British took such actions.
Retailing in Leeds - Consumer Shopping preferences
Leeds is a major city in the UK and as such is a magnet for shoppers from the surrounding region. Around 1.7 to 1.9 million people are in the catchment area as shoppers in Leeds city centre. Consequently retail is an important business for Leeds.
John Temperley Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the Business School and a retail specialist, explains the choices that face consumers and what their preferences are, based on research by students sponsored by Leeds city centre management.
The results ar
