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Design for Sustainability, Fall 2004
This course on sustainability will cover the implications of this topic on engineering, design, and architecture. The course will begin with a general survey and discussion of current trends, followed by the introduction of the life cycle assessment (LCA) method as a rigorous, quantitative alternative to current popular sustainability measures for the built environment.
The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross The Crusades were a series of religion-driven military campaigns waged by much of Christian Europe, fought mainly against Muslims. The original goal was to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Guide to the Records of the Civic Club of Allegheny County, 1896-1967
The mission of The Civic Club of Allegheny County has been "to promote by education and organized non-partisan effort a higher public spirit and better social order." This collection contains Civic Club by-laws and constitution; minutes of annual, board of directors, and committee meetings; records documenting The Civic Clubs's legislative campaigns and social services; and voter directories for general and primary elections between 1930 and 1973.
Irwin on the Great Depression and the Gold Standard
Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role the gold standard played in the Great Depression. Irwin argues that France systematically accumulated large amounts of gold in the late 1920s and 1930s, imposing massive deflation on the rest of the world. Drawing on a recent paper of his, Irwin argues that France's role in worldwide deflation was greater than that of the United States and played a significant role in the economic contraction that followed.
Real-Time Embedded Systems - Introduction to embedded software development
This lecture forms part of the "Introduction to embedded software development" topic in the Real-Time Embedded Systems module.
Natural Environmental Change
A brief introduction to natural causes of thermal environmental change.
Uniform Estimate Experiment
This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet simulates a random sample from the uniform distribution on the interval [0,a], and computes standard point estimates of a. The bias and mean square error are also computed.
Real-Time Embedded Systems - Introduction to Embedded Real-Time Systems & Scheduling
This lecture is the only part of the "Introduction to Embedded Real-Time Systems & Scheduling" topic in the Real-Time Embedded Systems module.
DNA structure and function
These powerpoint slides provide an introduction to the structure and function of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in relation to organisms, genes, gene expression and protein synthesis. It is organised for a 50 min lecture.
Nucleic acid structure
These slides provide an introduction to the structure and function of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in relation to organisms, genes, gene expression and protein synthesis. It is a basic introduction to DNA, genes and genomes, the chemistry of nucleic acid structure and its various conformations.
The slides have a quiz at the end which can be used to evaluate learning outcomes at the end of the lecture. The resource is used in teaching fundamental concepts to first year undergraduate students in
Lecture 21: Acid-Base Equilibrium
Introduction to chemistry, with emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. Introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules.
Lecture 18: Free Energy of Formation ΔGof
Introduction to chemistry, with emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. Introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules.
Lecture 14: Molecular Orbital Theory
Introduction to chemistry, with emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. Introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules.
Interpreting Feedback
It can be used in lots of ways including: interpreting feedback from tutors on written work; avoiding common deficiencies in your writing and therefore avoiding the need for the comments to be written; using it as a checklist before handing written work in; for peer assessment of written work
Federal Government
An introduction and overview of the structure of the U.S. government. A high school senior discovers the makeup of our federal government and how the three branches of government work. This is a very old video and so students might be turned-off by some of the outfits. It is a 15 minute video. Students would benefit from a map of Washington DC. Not much depth in this video.
The Supreme Court: The Judicial Branch
The U.S. Constitution separates the federal powers into three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The purpose of this is to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. This two minute video is an overview and is best as a quick introduction.
Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers
How to deal with students how stutter. What causes it and how to help those who stutter as well as a lot of important statistics. Good for all teachers to watch.
Introduction to Philosophy II
This course is designed as a "topics-based" introduction to philosophy. What this means is that instead of working through the history of philosophy focusing on great historical figures and their views on different topics, we will focus on great philosophical topics and look at what historical and contemporary writers have said about them. Topics to be addressed will include the existence of God, the relation between the mind and the body, human freedom, and the foundations of morality.
Introduction to dynamics : document transcript
This is a document transcript about Introduction to Dynamics (Edexcel HN Unit: Engineering Science (NQF L4)). The basic concepts associated with some elements of dynamic engineering systems and calculations are discussed. The theory associated with linear and angular motion, energy and simple harmonic motion are outlined with sample calculations for each topic.
This open educational resource was released through the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre Open Engineering Resource
