Action of drugs that target ion channels
This learning resource introduces ion channels as target for drug action.
Educational Journals
This learning object introduces educational journals and describes three types: Academic, Professional and Subject. The examples used are drawn from the area of social work, but the concepts are cross-discipline.
What is Evidence Based Practice?
This RLO introduces the concept of evidence based practice and explains, in outline, how evidence based practice is done.
Levels of Measurement: what you can and can't do arithmetically
An explanation of the statistical operations that can be performed on the different levels of measurement.
Volume of distribution
Explains the pharmacological concept of Volume of Distribution, and how it is calculated.
Developing Coaching Skills (7/10): Language skills 1
Developing Coaching Skills (7/10): Language skills 1
Developing Coaching Skills (10/10): Asking Empowered Questions
Developing Coaching Skills (10/10): Asking Empowered Questions
Improving your practice
This learning resource will help you to look at your own practice, to identify areas for improvement. It focuses on the importance of getting the measurement strategy right in order to show any effects of your improvement ideas. It also highlights how improving practice relates to your professional development and the knowledge and skills framework.
7.342 Powerhouse Rules: The Role of Mitochondria in Human Diseases (MIT)
The primary role of mitochondria is to produce 90% of a cell's energy in the form of ATP through a process called oxidative phosphorylation. A variety of clinical disorders have been shown to include "mitochondrial dysfunction," which loosely refers to defective oxidative phosphorylation and usually coincides with the occurrence of excess Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production, placing cells under oxidative stress. A known cause and effect of oxidative stress is damage to and mutati
Article :: An Introduction to 3D in Flash
One of the main reasons that the Flash platform has remained as popular as it has for so long is that Flash has continuously evolved to meet the demands of its audience. In the first of a series of articles on using 3D in Flash applications, Chris Florio, contributor to ActionScript 3.0 for Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book, shows how to use 3D features (and limitations) that currently exist in Flash Professional CS5 and in Flash Player 10 using both the Flash interface and Act
Article :: Creating High Dynamic Range Images in a Snap with HDR Express
High Dynamic Range (or HDR) photographs have an “image problem,” if you’ll pardon the pun. Aside from the assumption that all HDR images have an unnatural, painterly quality to them (not so!), there is also the perception that it is difficult to create HDR photos. Photoshop master Dan Moughamian presents the first in a series that will show you nothing could be further from the truth: that HDR images can in fact be both realistic and carry an added element of drama or beauty.
Article :: Creating High Dynamic Range Images with Photomatix Light 2.0
Photoshop master Dan Moughamian presents the second in a series of articles focused on affordable and quick High Dynamic Range (HDR) software tools that can help you get started with your own HDR photography portfolio.
Article :: Bring Ideas to Life Through Rich, Interactive PDFs
If you find yourself working with PDFs often, you can discover many things you can (and can’t) do to them to make them more interesting, and at the same time more user-friendly and useful. Adobe expert Brian Wood explores some of the most widely used interactive features that you can add to a PDF.
Article :: Merging Image Exposures in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Want to give your photos more "oomph"? Adobe Certified Instructor Rafael Concepcion demonstrates a speedy technique for adjusting the exposure of certain parts of an image, making it more powerful.
Article :: Real World Camera Raw: Using Adobe DNG Converter
Jeff Schewe shows you how to use Adobe DNG Converter, which is a convenient way to process large numbers of images into DNG format.
Article :: Real World Camera Raw: Exposure and Linear Capture
One of the major tasks raw converters perform is to convert the linear capture to a gamma-encoded space to make the captured levels more closely match the way human eyes see them. Jeff Schewe explains that If we want our images to survive this tone mapping without falling apart, good exposure is critical.
2011 Garage Science Fair Last week I got a chance to attend The Garage Science Fair at the 2011 Hardware Summit. The Garage at Microsoft is a place for employees to collaborate on interesting side-projects and share knowledge. A few times a year they put on Science Fairs where employees can show their creations to the rest of us 'Softies. Volunteer judges review the projects and Author(s):
Image Processing
The importance of computer-based image processing is growing more and more as digital cameras proliferate and use of the World Wide Web expands. Also, many people use image processing computer software such as Photoshop.
In this course, we will consider basic elements of computer-based image processing and aim to understand their principles. Through understanding the construction of functions implemented in commercial image processing software, we will work to learn practical basic knowledge so
On Modern University & University Students A
Issues regarding modern university and university students are issues close to home, which you students cannot ignore as mere knowledge or general issues. In this course, we expect you to consider these issues with historical knowledge.
Information Society
"Information and the Society" is an essential subject in order to acquire a teaching certificate of high school. This lecture is going to interpret the connection between technology of information and society. Ｔhe whole lecture is divided into three parts. The first part is about the social communication of information contents (data, web information and image, etc.). The second part is about the development of electronic organizations (team, market and community) which enable using informatio
