Welcome to the Dzanga-Sangha
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they take a close look at the interdependence of all living things in the Dzanga-Sangha. The site opens by introducing kids to BaAka, a young girl who will guide them through the site. In the Connect the Dots, an interactive game, kids learn how the people, animals, and plants depend on each other to thrive three habitats.
Governing the carbon offset market
Governing the carbon offset market
Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery:a prospective cohort study
Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery:a prospective cohort study in 59,334 Danish pregnant women
Reassessment of intra- and extra-ovarian expression of growth differentiation factor-9
Mammalian ovarian organogenesis is characterized temporally by oogonial mitosis, oogonial apoptosis, rescue of germ cells via interaction with somatic cells to form primordial follicles, and entrance into meiosis. Recent studies suggest that germ cell’s activity participate in this process via the production of local regulatory factors. Growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9), a novel transforming growth factor-family member, is expressed in ovaries of various species as a crucial factor in ov
Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series: Cynthia Dai
Cynthia Dai, Dainamic Consulting, Inc.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Cynthia Dai has co-founded several high technology start-ups and served on the executive team of both early-stage and public ventures. This hands-on experience combined with strong operational skills in marketing, engineering and finance has enabled Ms. Dai to build or reposition companies for rapid growth. Ms. Dai's strengths as an Interim Executive lie in attracting results-oriented senior management teams, developing strong busi
Title:Â block statue of Seneb
VADS Collection:Â Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visu
Description:Â Block statue of Seneb, squatting on the ground with his legs tucked up to his body. His feet can be seen protruding from under a long-sleeved garment and his arms are crossed with palms flat on his knees. There are five rows of hieroglyphs on the front of the statue, in dedication to Osiris.
The statue would have been brightly painted; some paint still remains on the face, hands and feet and also on the hieroglyphs.
Description Source:Â Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue
Building a testbed for mini quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle with protective shroud
Potential applications of small rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) range from military missions to exploration of the planet Mars (Patrick C. O’Brien, 2003). Tasks such as exploration of unknown territories, formation flying, intelligence gathering etc, require UAV to be capable of flying very close to other flying or steady objects. Exposed rotary wings limit rotorcraft vehicle’s capability to fly in proximity of other objects. In some applications, such as rescue operation, urban w
Protective bollard design for high speed impact energy absorption
As is passenger safety of paramount importance to the manufacturer of passenger vehicles, so is the security of the nation to its government. Recent developments in the usage of heavy vehicles by militant outfits to carry out attack has become the main concern of many governments around the world, hence the existence of some kind of barrier to stop heavy vehicles from entering restricted areas was thought of. This barrier must be able to provide both visibility and security without being much ex
Title:Â tricolour cinnabar lacquer box and cover
VADS Collection:Â Artworld: Sainsb
Description:Â Elaborately carved peach-shaped box with cover. Carved from red, green and yellow lacquer applied to a wooden core.
The centre of the cover is carved with a large chun, the Chinese character for Spring, in the centre of which is a circle containing a depiction of Shoulao, the god of longevity, seated below a pine tree. On either side of the chun is a dragon in clouds and below is a decorated bowl containing symbols of longevity and good fortune, with rays emanating from t
Documents Data Miner 2© search strategies and statistics
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History of the Internet
History of the internet is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. (8:10)
State of play
STATE OF PLAY: Research residency commission by the South London Gallery to establish performative dialogues with the inhabitants of a housing estate in Peckham. Work culminated in an exhibition and video installation in a flat on the estate.
OGM et alimentation - Marianne Mazier
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
OGM et alimentation par Marianne Mazier
Lycée Don Bosco (06 Nice)
La ressource en sol, support de la biodiversité et de l'activité humaine
Dans cet entretien, Christian Walter, Professeur de Science du Sol à Agrocampus Ouest (Rennes) évoque les caractéristiques du sol et met en avant sa complexité, il analyse ensuite le sol en tant que ressource, puis relie la question du sol à celle de la biodiversité, notamment en examinant le rôle de l'activité humaine.
Le Millésime 2009 (audio)
A l'occasion de la Semaine des Primeurs, Denis Dubourdieu et Laurence Geny, respectivement professeur et maître de conférences à la Faculté d'Oenologie de Bordeaux, présentent le Millésime 2009 et proposent une dégustation des grands vins de Bordeaux: St Emilion, Pomerol, Margaux, Barsac...
La couleur profonde, le fruit éclatant, la qualité des tanins des 2009 annoncent une grande année dans laquelle les terroirs s'expriment avec la plus haute définition.
La gestion des personnes et le pouvoir dans l'entreprise, la loyauté dans l'entreprise (video)
"À "nouvelle économie", nouveaux modes de relations et de gestion interpersonnelles. Le pouvoir dans l'entreprise.
- Les représentations du pouvoir La hiérarchie / l'autorité ; La prise de décision / la responsabilité ; La carrière
- Les attributs du pouvoir : Symboles du pouvoir ; Rémunérations ; Stock options
- Les variations culturelles Individualisme et ""power distance"", Modèles anglo-saxon, latin et communa
Women's Basketball Game Highlights: Jan 02, 2011
Highlights from the Missouri State Women's Basketball game vs. Evansville on January 02, 2011.
ES.272 Culture Tech (MIT)
This class is divided into a series of sections or "modules", each of which concentrates on a particular large technology-related topic in a cultural context. The class will start with a four-week module on Samurai Swords and Blacksmithing, followed by smaller units on Chinese Cooking, the Invention of Clocks, and Andean Weaving, and end with a four-week module on Automobiles and Engines. In addition, there will be a series of hands-on projects that tie theory and practice together. Th
Preparing for Your First Semester of Law School Guests: Professors Ron Brown and Joe Grohman, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center Topic: Study Techniques for 1Ls from Two 1L Professors Running Time: 24:33 Click here to download the mp3 file:GrohmanBrown1L_advice.mp3 Profe
Journal of the House of Lords: volume 12 1666-1675
The official minute book of the House of Lords, covering the middle years of the reign of Charles II.
