2016-07-29

Why do we hiccup? - John Cameron


source: TED-Ed     2016年7月28日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-h...
The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years … and was caused by a falling hog. While that level of severity is extremely uncommon, most of us are no stranger to an occasional case of the hiccups. But what causes these ‘hics’ in the first place? John Cameron takes us into the diaphragm to find out.
Lesson by John Cameron, animation by Black Powder Design.

Going Beyond "Dangerous" Climate Change


source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2016年2月9日
Date: Thursday 4 February 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Kevin Anderson
Chair: Professor Tim Dyson

Despite high-level statements to the contrary, there is little to no chance of maintaining the global mean surface temperature increase at or below 2 degrees Celsius. Moreover, the impacts associated with 2°C have been revised upward sufficiently so that 2°C now more appropriately represents the threshold between 'dangerous' and 'extremely dangerous' climate change.

Kevin Anderson will address the endemic bias prevalent amongst many of those building emission scenarios to underplay the scale of the 2°C challenge. In several respects, the modeling community is actually self-censoring its research to conform to the dominant political and economic paradigm. However, even a slim chance of 'keeping below' a 2°C rise now demands a revolution in how we consume and produce energy. Such a rapid and deep transition will have profound implications for the framing of society, and is far removed from the rhetoric of green growth that increasingly dominates the climate change agenda.

Kevin Anderson (@KevinClimate) is Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester.
Tim Dyson is Professor of Population Studies in the Department of International Development at LSE.
The Department of International Development (@LSE_ID) promotes interdisciplinary post-graduate teaching and research on processes of social, political and economic development and change.

Literary Festival 2016: United Nations on Trial


source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2016年3月2日
Date: Friday 26 February 2016
Time: 6-8.30pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Judge: The Hon. Mr Justice Jay
Prosecution including: Gráinne Mellon, Professor Gerry Simpson
Defence including: Paul Clark, Natalie Samarasinghe
Expert witnesses including: Dr Nazila Ghanea, Professor Francoise Hampson, Antony Loewenstein, Carne Ross
Chair: Dr Emmanuel Melissaris

The Charter of the United Nations, drafted in 1945, pledged in the name of the peoples of the United Nations to save us from the scourge of war; to reaffirm faith in human rights and the dignity and worth of all; to promote social progress and better standards of life in conditions of freedom. One does not have to take a very long look at the world around us to realise that this utopia of cosmopolitan peace and prosperity has not been achieved. Wars still wage, new and old global political divisions still run deep, the disparities in the global distribution of wealth are staggering. Is this conclusive proof that the UN has failed? Is it politically toothless and manipulated by the world’s most powerful states, as some believe? Has it become a bureaucratic, inflexible, cumbersome mega- structure prone to inertia and even corruption? Might it even be the case that the UN has in fact actively contributed to disasters, which it should have prevented according to its remit?

A little over 70 years since the Charter was signed by the founding 51 members states, we will be putting the United Nations on trial. It will be a tough call for the prosecution. How does one bring charges against an institution, which many criticise but in which so many people around the world have placed so much faith? Nevertheless, this is not to say that it will be a walk in the park for the defence. The United Nations set the bar very high and they must be able to prove that there are good reasons for having disappointed the expectations that they created.
For more information, please visit: http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/eve...

Kenzo Tange Lecture: Toyo Ito, "Tomorrow's Architecture"


source: Harvard GSD     2016年6月20日
3/7/16
As the verticalization of cities progresses, we are increasingly separated from the natural environment and forced to live in a mechanically controlled artificial environment. When we consider ecology and sustainability, the most important themes for architecture and cities in the 21st century, we must distance ourselves from Modernism and reconstruct architecture based on the life that embraces nature. In this lecture, Toyo Ito will explore this theme through the series of studies done with Harvard GSD students in Fall 2015, concerning tomorrow’s architecture on the small island of Omishima, Japan; and public architecture in regional cities, and a proposal for the New National Stadium in Japan. Toyo Ito, Kenzo Tange Design Critic in Architecture at Harvard GSD, is principal of Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, in Tokyo.

The role of dignity in building trust through meaningful work. Donna Hicks | IECO - RCC

source: Harvard University    2016年6月2日
Donna Hicks, PhD (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs – Harvard University), illustrated how people who feel their dignity injured are the ones who lose the sense of meaningfulness at work most easily.

RSA Replay: The State of the Sharing Economy


source: The RSA     2016年5月19日
The sharing economy has grown rapidly in the last 5 years, and is now popularized by big players such as Airbnb and Uber. But with growth, come growing pains. As the sector comes of age, what steps need to be taken now to unlock its full social potential and to ensure it remains an economic model that empowers not exploits? Rachel Botsman visits the RSA to consider where it's heading next – who will be the next breakout venture to be cited alongside Airbnb and Uber and what about the smaller ventures that are critical to the healthy diversity of the sector?; and to explore the big issues we need to tackle now, from platform culture to monopolization, the power of providers and the future of work.

Shreesh Chaudhary: Better Spoken English (IIT Madras)

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source: nptelhrd      2013年7月9日
Humanities - Better Spoken English by Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction 49:30
Lec-02 Student Presentations I 40:29
Lec-03 Feedback on Presentations I 46:54
Lec-04 Stage Manners 49:54
Lec-05 Tempo of Speech 49:19
Lec-06 Some Reasons for Mishearing 48:32
Lec-07 Topics for Presentations II 49:15
Lec-08 Message 48:11
Lec-09 Tables, Charts, Graphs 47:48
Lec-10 Power Point Slides 48:12
Lec-11 Criteria for Evaluation 49:09
Lec-12 Student Presentations II 56:18
Lec-13 Feedback on Presentation II 45:55
Lec-14 Topics for Presentation III 50:03
Lec-15 On "Saying 'Please!' " 49:54
Lec-16 English Rhythm I 49:19
Lec-17 English Rhythm II 50:20
Lec-18 Phrasal Pause in English I 48:32
Lec-19 Phrasal Pause in English II 49:34
Lec-20 Units of Time, Weight, Distance 50:30
Lec-21 Stress in English I 50:04
Lec-22 Stress in English II 48:53
Lec-23 Stress in English III 50:41
Lec-24 Stress in English IV 49:55
Lec-25 Stress in English V 50:27
Lec-26 Stress in English VI 50:36
Lec-27 Student Presentations III 34:54
Lec-28 Student Presentations III 35:51
Lec-29 Student Presentations III 42:59
Lec-30 Student Presentations III 50:27
Lec-31 Some Different Sounds 50:37
Lec-32 Some "Difficult" Sounds in English 49:39
Lec-33 Some "Vowel" Sounds in English 49:20
Lec-34 Some "Consonants" in English 53:59
Lec-35 Student Presentations IV38:36
Lec-36 Student Presentation IV 33:54
Lec-37 Feedback on Student Presentation IV 44:33
Lec-38 Final Tips 50:41

Anuradha Sharma: Management Science (IIT Delhi)

# playlist of the 39 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd    2010年10月7日
Lecture series on Management Science by Prof. Anuradha Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-1 Introduction 54:22
Lec-2 Motivation 1:00:15
Lec-3 Management 32:49
Lec-4 Work Ethics 58:53
Lec-5 Comparison Between Theories 50:04
Lec-6 Job Enrichment 56:23
Lec-7 Team Building and Participation 55:04
Lec-8 Other Leadership Styles 54:09
Lec-9 Empowerment 55:58
Lec-10 Barriers to Communication 1:04:54
Lec-11 Issues in Leadership 40:54
Lec-12 Participation Management and Team Working Part-1 23:22
Lec-13 Participation Management and Team Working Part-2 41:50
Lec-14 Participation Management and Team Working Part-3 40:17
Lec-40 Management: Now and Beyond-Part-3 36:55
Lec-16 Participative management and Team Working Part-5 47:48
Lec-17 Organizations 35:50
Lec-18 Some Management Concepts-Part-1 53:39
Lec-19 Some Management Concepts-Part-2 59:41
Lec-20 Some Management Concepts-Part-3 53:47
Lec-21 Diversity at Work Place and Management Issues 52:52
Lec-22 Industrial Relations and Conflict Management-Part-1 49:39
Lec-23 Industrial Relations and Conflict Management-Part-2 59:14
Lec-24 Selection and Training of Employees 57:22
Lec-25 Performance Management-Part-1 59:53
Lec-26 Performance Management-Part-2 57:41
Lec-27 Performance Management-Part-3 1:01:45
Lec-42 Conclusions 34:56
Lec-29 Management Research: Some Methodological Issues-Part-2 58:23
Lec-30 Corporate Social Responsibilities 1:00:29
Lec-31 Women, Work and Organizations: Management Perspective-Part-1 1:00:32
Lec-32 Women, Work and Organizations: Management Perspective-Part-2 56:14
Lec-33 Selection, Recruitment and Training 58:23
Lec-34 Management of Change in Organization 1:03:07
Lec-35 Organizational development 59:48
Lec-36 Values, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilities-Part-1 58:15
Lec-37 Values, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilities-Part-2 1:00:18
Lec-38 Management: Now and Beyond-Part-1 1:03:16
Lec-39 Management: Now and Beyond-Part-2 56:07

Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering by H. S. Shankar (IIT Bombay)

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source: nptelhrd 2014年12月21日
Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (PG) by Prof. H.S.Shankar,Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Course Overview – I 50:53
Lec-02 Course Overview – II 43:06
Lec-03 Design Equations – I 49:00
Lec-04 Design Equations – Illustrative Examples 56:17
Lec-05 Design Equations II : Plug Flow Recycle Reactors 44:58
Lec-06 Illustrative Examples :1) Plug Flow Recycle 2) Multiple reactions – I 47:56
Lec-07 Illustrative Examples :1) Recycle Reactor with Condenser 2) CSTR with Recycle 39:54
Lec-08 Multiple Reactions – II 46:07
Lec-09 Modelling Multiple Reactions in Soil Environment – III 50:25
Lec-10 Semi Continuous Reactor Operation 42:56
Lec-11 Catalyst Deactivation – I 1:01:58
Lec-12 Catalyst Deactivation – II 1:06:51
Lec-13 Illustrative Example : 1) Determination of deactivation Parameters 52:51
Lec-14 Energy Balance – I 46:21
Lec-15 Energy Balance – II 48:25
Lec-16 Reacting Fluids as Energy Carrier 48:00
Lec-17 Illustrative Example : Energy Balance in Stirred Vessels 47:21
Lec-18 Energy Balance – III : Design for Constant T Operation 46:30
Lec-19 Energy Balance – IV : Temperature Effects on Rate & Equilibria 43:53
Lec-20 Energy Balance – V : Stability Analysis of Exothermic Stirred Tank 46:36
Lec-21 Illustrative Example : Stability of Exothermic Stirred Tank 48:34
Lec-22 Energy Balance– VI : 1)Tubular Reactor Heated/Cooled from Wall 46:51
Lec-23 Illustrative Example : 1) Plug Flow with Heat Effects 2) Multiple Reactions 53:10
Lec-24 Illustrative Example :1) Further Considerations in Energy Balance 1:00:18
Lec-25 Introduction to Environmental Reactions 51:23
Lec-26 Residence Time Distribution Methods 48:56
Lec-27 Residence Time Distribution Models 56:12
Lec-28 Shrinking core Gas-Solid reactions Model 50:27
Lec-29 Shrinking core Ash Diffusion Model & Combination of Resistances 53:27
Lec-30 1)Gas Solid Reactions Temperature Effects on Rate & Equilibria 1:03:47
Lec-31 Illustrative Example : Temperature Effects on Rate & Equilibria 1:24:08
Lec-32 Population Balance Modelling – II 1:17:01
Lec-33 Population Balance Modelling – III 47:36
Lec-34 Illustrative Examples : Population Balance Models 1:03:16
Lec-35 Introduction to Environmental Reactions 55:00
Lec-36 Reaction Engineering Examples in Biochemical & Environmental Engineering 1:20:50
Lec-37 Illustrative Examples:1) Biomethanation 2)Alcohol via Fermentation 3)Natural Selection 1:05:01
Lec-38 Illustrative Examples : 1) Enzyme Reaction 2) Microbial Reaction 3) Waste Treatment 59:31
Lec-39 Oxygen Sag Analysis in Rivers 1:15:03
Lec-40 Illustrative Examples:1)Oxygen Sag Analysis 2)Population Balance Modelling of Forest 53:14
Lec-41 Illustrative Example : Gas- Solid Reaction RTD Models Reaction Network 52:51

Chemical Technology I by I. D. Mall (IIT Roorkee)

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source: nptelhrd     2014年2月20日
Chemical - Chemical Technology I by Dr. I.D. Mall, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction to Chemical process Industries 1:03:41
Lec-02 Raw material for Organic Chemical Industries 51:24
Lec-03 Unit processes and unit operations in organic chemical Industries 56:20
Lec-01 Coal and coal as chemicals feed stock 37:02
Lec-02 Coal carbonization and Coke oven plant 27:06
Lec-03 Gasification of Coal, Petrocoke and Biomass 54:11
Lec-01 Introduction to Pulp and paper Industry, Raw material for paper industry 1:04:32
Lec-02 Pulping and Bleaching 46:05
Lec-03 Recovery of Chemicals 41:05
Lec-04 Stock preparation and paper making 57:35
Lec-01 Introduction to Soap and detergent, Soap making and Recovery of Glycerine 39:22
Lec-02 Synthetic detergent and Linear alkyl benzene 52:29
Lec-01 Sugar and Fermentation industry 55:31
Lec-02 Ethanol as Biofuel and Chemical feed stock 40:03
Lec-01 Introduction : Staus of Petroleum refinery, Crude oil and Natural gas origin 59:54
Lec-02 Evaluation of Crude oil,Petroleum Products and Apetrochemicals 47:08
Lec-03 Crude oil Distillation 36:37
Lec-04 Thermal Cracking: Visbreaking and Delayed Coking 38:02
Lec-05 Catalytic cracking: Fluid Catalytic cracking and Hydro cracking 49:56
Lec-06 Catalytic reforming 52:20
Lec-07 Alkylation, Isomerisation and Polymerisation 42:10
Lec-08 Desulphurisation Processes and Recovery of Sulphur 42:14
Lec-01 Profile of petrochemical Industry and its structure 52:10
Lec-02 Naphtha and gas cracking for production of olefins 1:01:04
Lec-03 Recovery of chemicals from FCC and steam cracking 48:23
Lec-04 Synthesis gas and its derivatives: Hydrogen, CO, Methanol, Formaldehyde 54:25
Lec-05 Ethylene derivatives: Ethylene Oxide, Ethylene glycol, Ethylene dichloride 50:58
Lec-06 Propylene, Propylene oxide and Isopropanol 44:49
Lec-07 Aromatics Production 43:18
Lec-08 Aromatics product profile, Ethyl benzene & Styrene, Cumene and phenol, Bisphenol 50:12
Lec-01 Introduction to polymer, Elastomer and Synthetic Fibre, Polymerisation 55:28
Lec-02 Polymers:Polyolefins,Polyethylene,Polypropylene Polystyrene 34:01
Lec-03 Polyvinylchloride,polycarbonate,thermoset resin: phenolformaldehyde,uriaformaldehyde 46:51
Lec-04 Elastomers: Styrene butadiene Rubber(SBR), Poly butadiene, Nitrile rubber 42:47
Lec-05 Polymides or Nylons(PA) 40:49
Lec-06 DMT and Terephtalic Acid,Polyester,PET resin,PTB resin 38:27
Lec-07 Acrylic Fibre,Modified Acrylic Fibre,Acrylonitrile,Acrolein,Propylene Finber 44:06
Lec-08 Viscose Rayon and Acetate rayon 36:05
Lec-01 Pesticide 46:19
Lec-02 Dye and Intermediates 39:46

Sachiko Nakajima: "Music, Math, Life!" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google    2016年7月1日
Sachiko Nakajima - music composer, jazz pianist, mathematician, and the first and only female Math Olympic gold medalist title in Japan, shares her journey on how music and math can further enrich our life.

Virginia Heffernan: "Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art" | Talks at Go...


source: Talks at Google    2016年7月1日
Virginia Heffernan (called one of the best living writers of English prose) reveals the logic and aesthetics behind the Internet. Since its inception, the Internet has morphed from merely an extension of traditional media into its own full-fledged civilization. It is among mankind’s great masterpieces—a massive work of art. As an idea, it rivals monotheism. But its deep logic, its cultural potential, and its societal impact often elude us. In this deep and thoughtful book, Heffernan presents an original and far-reaching analysis of what the Internet is and does.

Antonio Neves: "50 Ways To Excel In Your First Job (And In Life)" | Talk...


source: Talks at Google     2016年6月29日
Antonio Neves is an internationally recognized millennial workforce speaker, award-winning journalist, and the author of "50 Ways to Excel In Your First Job (And In Life)". For over 10 years Antonio worked in the television industry as a correspondent, reporter and producer with tops networks including NBC, PBS, BET, Nickelodeon, etc. Antonio is a graduate of Western Michigan University and he earned his masters degree from Columbia University.
The most powerful lessons that prepare young professionals for a successful career simply aren’t learned in the university classroom. These nuggets of practical wisdom aren’t just secrets to success on the job – they’re also crucial to excelling in life. In this talk, author Antonio Neves shares surefire tips to* help current college students and graduates get the most out of their first “real world” job or internship and make their mark on the world from day one in the office.

2016-07-28

Women's Studies

source: ColumbiaLearn   上次更新:2012年8月23日
Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Rites of Return Key Note: Amira Hass, Journalist and Author 1:27:38
"Fear of Flying" Seminar - Part 3 59:20
"Fear of Flying" Seminar - Part 2 1:21:39
"Fear of Flying" Seminar - Part 1 1:21:15

Hilary Putnam (1926-2016)


source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年7月17日
The Philosopher's Zone marks the passing of Hilary Putnam, who died earlier this year. Some of Putnam's key insights are introduced and discussed, including his idea of multiple realizability and functionalism in the philosophy of mind, brains in a vat and skepticism, semantic externalism, pragmatism, the fact-value dichotomy, and more.
Hilary Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist who was a central figure in analytic philosophy. He made important contributions in logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of science, and mathematics.
I highly recommend Putnam's "Reason, Truth, and History", which can be found here:https://ia902606.us.archive.org/23/it...
Interview with Putnam on Philosophy of Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8kD...
Credit to Australia's ABC Radio National: The Philosopher's Zone with Joe Gelonesi and David Macarthur.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational

David Hume on Causation & The Problem of Induction


source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年7月2日
A discussion with Helen Beebee on David Hume and his skepticism regarding causation and inductive reasoning.
David Hume was a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century. He was an empiricist who believed that all ideas and knowledge must ultimately be based on sensory experience. This led him to conclude, not only that ideas about God and ultimate reality are without any genuine meaning or rational ground, but so too for ideas of the self, substance, and causality (hence, his bundle theory and the problem of induction). Hume saw human nature as a manifestation of the natural world, rather than something above and beyond it. He also gave a skeptical account of religion, which caused many to suspect him of atheism. His works, beginning in 1740 with "A Treatise of Human Nature", have influenced thinkers from Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant, to Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, and today is regarded as one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English.
For more on David Hume, check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sai1s...
This is from an ABC Radio National program called The Philosopher's Zone.

Salon Series: A Conversation with Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides


source: New York University     2016年5月31日
The NYU Washington, DC Salon Series: Conversations with Writers & Artists presents an opportunity for the NYU and Washington, DC community to meet and engage in dialogue with acclaimed writers and artists as they reflect on their craft. This program provides facilitated conversations that aim to illuminate the guests’ creative processes, discuss their current works, and explain the impact of their work on the world around us. NYU DC hosted a conversation with internationally award-winning authors Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides made possible by NYU Washington, DC through collaboration with the NYU Creative Writing Program. The discussion was moderated by internationally recognized multi-platform journalist Keli Goff (GAL '01).

Helping Toddlers Regulate Emotions


source: Yale University     2016年6月1日
RULER can be used as a framework to support children's emotions throughout the day. In this clip, a teacher helps a toddler regulate her emotions when she is feels nervous about having visitors in the classroom.

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan: Contemporary Literature (IIT Madras)

# playlist of the 40 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd 2013年1月11日
Humanities - Contemporary Literature by Dr. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction to Drama 39:11
Lec-02 Harold Pinter 1:05:19
Lecture-03 51:34
Lecture-04 54:37
Lecture-05 50:44
Lecture-06 48:11
Lecture-07 28:57
Lecture-08 44:44
Lecture-09 54:12
Lecture-10 44:43
Lecture-11 42:30
Lecture-12 52:24
Lecture-13 41:54
Lecture-14 48:25
Lecture-15 47:57
Lecture-16 41:37
Lecture-17 50:38
Lecture-18 49:36
Lecture-19 45:48
Lecture-20 30:15
Lecture-21 48:58
Lecture-22 47:31
Lecture-23 49:55
Lecture-24 46:59
Lecture-25 57:36
Lecture-26 50:07
Lecture-27 1:21:07
Lecture-28 50:42
Lecture-29 49:56
Lecture-30 49:47
Lecture-31 50:12
Lecture-32 49:07
Lecture-33 50:38
Lecture-34 50:24
Lecture-35 49:25
Lecture-36 49:47
Lecture-37 50:28
Lecture-38 53:21
Lecture-39 53:10
Lecture-40  41:08

Numerical Methods and Computation by S.R.K. Iyengar (IIT Delhi)

# playlist of the 41 videos (click the upper-left icon of the video)

source: nptelhrd    2010年10月18日
Lecture series on Numerical Methods and Computation by Prof.S.R.K.Iyengar, Department of Mathematics, IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-1 Errors in Computation and Numerical Instability 48:57
Lec-2 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-1 53:10
Lec-3 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-2 49:01
Lec-4 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-3 50:35
Lec-5 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-4 49:58
Lec-6 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-5 52:05
Lec-7 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-6 50:23
Lec-8 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-7 50:41
Lec-9 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-8 51:53
Lec-10 Solution of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations-Part-9 53:50
Lec-11 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations 51:42
Lec-12 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-2 50:19
Lec-13 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-3 49:07
Lec-14 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-4 47:26
Lec-15 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-5 52:36
Lec-16 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-6 48:45
Lec-17 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-7 52:09
Lec-18 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-8 46:06
Lec-19 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-9 50:33
Lec-20 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-10 51:39
Lec-21 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-11 49:40
Lec-22 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-12 49:03
Lec-23 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-13 53:01
Lec-24 Solution of a System of Linear Algebraic Equations-Part-14 51:08
Lec-25 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-1 50:39
Lec-26 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-2 51:30
Lec-27 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-3 51:15
Lec-28 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-4 50:17
Lec-29 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-5 50:41
Lec-30 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-6 48:04
Lec-31 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-7 50:35
Lec-32 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-8 55:17
Lec-33 Interpolation and Approximation-Part-9 49:21
Lec-34 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-1 50:58
Lec-35 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-2 51:33
Lec-36 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-3 50:45
Lec-37 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-4 50:17
Lec-38 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-5 52:41
Lec-39 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-6 53:05
Lec-40 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-7 52:05
Lec-41 Numerical Differentiation and Integration-Part-8 53:54

Multiphase flows: Analytical solutions and Stability Analysis by S. Pushpavanam (IIT Madras)

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source: nptelhrd     2014年12月15日
Chemical - Multiphase flows: Analytical solutions and Stability Analysis by Prof. S. Pushpavanam, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction and overview of the course: Multiphase flows 52:07
Lec-02 Stratified flow in a micro channel: Velocity profiles 49:32
Lec-3A Stratified flow in a micro channel: Effects of physical parameters 47:34
Lec-3B Flow regimes in microchannels: Modeling and Experiments 12:53
Lec-04 Scaling Analysis: Introduction 45:00
Lec-05 Scaling Analysis: Worked Examples 40:47
Lec-06 Interfacial tension and its role in Multiphase flows 48:38
Lec-07 Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches 44:20
Lec-08 Reynolds Transport Theorem and the Equation of Continuity 48:27
Lec-09 Derivation of Navier-Stokes equation 47:42
Lec-10 Vector operations in general orthogonal coordinates: Grad., Div., Lapacian 51:49
Lec-11 Normal and shear stresses on arbitrary surfaces: Force balance 50:11
Lec-12 Normal and shear stresses on arbitrary surfaces: Stress Tensor formulation 54:55
Lec-13 Stresses on deforming surfaces: Introduction to Perturbation Theory 50:08
Lec-14 Pulsatile flow: Analytical solution 54:59
Lec-30 Capillary jet instability: Rayleigh’s Work Principle 44:35
Lec-15 Pulsatile flow: Analytical solution and perturbation solution for Rw 1 48:57
Lec-16 Pulsatile flow: Perturbation solution for Rw 1 48:49
Lec-17 Viscous heating: Apparent viscosity in a viscometer 55:29
Lec-18 Domain perturbation methods: Flow between wavy walls 47:54
Lec-19 Flow between wavy walls: Velocity profile 46:13
Lec-20 Introduction to stability of dynamical systems: ODEs 58:18
Lec-21 Stability of distributed systems (PDEs): reaction diffusion example 49:55
Lec-22 Stability of a reaction-diffusion system contd 43:31
Lec-23 Rayleigh-Benard convection: Physics and governing equations 48:55
Lec-24A Rayleigh-Benard convection: Linear stability analysis part 1 49:23
Lec-24B Rayleigh-Benard convection: Linear stability analysis part 2 48:57
Lec-24C Rayleigh-Benard convection: Linear stability analysis part 3 50:06
Lec-25 Rayleigh Benard convection: Discussion of results 49:55
Lec-26 Rayleigh-Taylor ‘heavy over light’ instability 50:54
Lec-27 Rayleigh-Taylor instability contd 48:24
Lec-28 Capillary jet instability: Problem formulation 51:48
Lec-29 Capillary jet instability: Linear stability analysis 48:11
Lec-31 Tutorial Session: Solution of Assignment 4 on linear stability 55:03
Lec-32 Turing patterns: Instability in reaction-diffusion systems 50:18
Lec-33 Turing patterns: Results 42:52
Lec-34 Marangoni convection: Generalised tangential and normal stress boundary conditions 51:26
Lec-35 Marangoni convection: Stability analysis 41:04
Lec-36 Flow in a circular curved channel: Governing equations and scaling 49:21
Lec-37 Flow in a circular curved channel: Solution by regular perturbation 40:46
Lec-38 Stability of flow through curved channels: Problem formulation 51:10
Lec-39 Stability of flow through curved channels: Numerical calculation 37:27
Lec-40 Viscous Fingering: Darcy’s law 48:14
Lec-41 Viscous Fingering: Stability analysis 52:57
Lec-42 Shallow Cavity flows 47:28

Fundamentals of Transport Processes by V. Kumaran (IISc Bangalore)

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source: nptelhrd     2012年6月19日
Chemical - Fundamentals of Transport Processes by Prof. V. Kumaran, Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore. For more details on NPTELvisit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction 58:04
Lec-02 Dimensional Analysis 58:33
Lec-03 Dimensional Analysis contd. 58:19
Lec-04 Physical Interpretation of Dimensional Groups 58:12
Lec-05 Continuum description 57:15
Lec-06 Mechanisms of diffusion - I 57:55
Lec-07 Mechanisms of diffusion - II 57:05
Lec-08 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - I 57:52
Lec-09 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - II Similarity Solutions 57:09
Lec-10 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - III Similarity Solutions 56:21
Lec-11 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - IV Seperation of Variables 55:36
Lec-12 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - V Seperation of Variables 57:13
Lec-13 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - VI Oscillatory Flows 56:07
Lec-14 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - VII Momentum Source in the Flow 57:10
Lec-15 Unidirectional Transport Cartesian Coordinates - VIII Heat & Mass Sources 56:51
Lec-16 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - I Conservation Equations 57:12
Lec-17 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - II Similarity Solutions 56:47
Lec-18 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - III Seperation of Variables 57:15
Lec-19 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - IV Steady flow in a pipe 57:04
Lec-20 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - V Oscillatory flow in a pipe 53:52
Lec-21 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - VI 55:01
Lec-22 Unidirectional Transport Cylindrical Coordinates - VII 56:06
Lec-23 Unidirectional Transport Spherical Coordinates - I Balance Equation 57:35
Lec-24 Unidirectional Transport Spherical Coordinates - II Seperation of Variables 57:30
Lec-25 Mass & Energy Conservation Cartesian Coordinates 57:17
Lec-26 Mass & Energy Conservation Cartesian Coordinates Heat Conduction in a Cube 56:11
Lec-27 Mass & Energy Conservation Spherical Coordinates Balance Laws 58:04
Lec-28 Mass & Energy Conservation Cylindrical Coordinates 56:25
Lec-29 Diffusion Equation Spherical Co-ordinates Seperation of Variables 56:23
Lec-30 Diffusion Equation Spherical Co-ordinates Seperation of Variables contd. 57:13
Lec-31 Diffusion Equation Spherical Co-ordinates Effective Conductivity of a Composite 57:58
Lec-32 Diffusion Equation Spherical Harmonics 58:22
Lec-33 Diffusion Equation Delta Functions 57:50
Lec-34 Diffusion Equation Multipole Expansions 58:25
Lec-35 Diffusion Equation Oreens Function Formulations 58:27
Lec-36 High Peclet Number Transport Flow Past a Flat Plate 58:37
Lec-37 High Peclet Number Transport Heat Transfer from a Spherical Particle - I 56:42
Lec-38 High Peclet Number Transport Heat Transfer from a Spherical Particle - II 58:37
Lec-39 High Peclet Number Transport Heat Transfer from a Gas Bubble 58:02
Lec-40 Summary 58:17

Annette Estes: "Understanding Autism" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google     2016年6月28日
Annette Estes is the director of UW autism center, which is a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorders through exceptional clinical services, innovative scientific research and high-quality training.
Today, one in every 68 kids are diagnosed as autism. The key to autism treatment is early intervention. Unfortunately, getting the diagnosis can easily take over half year. So how can we spot early traits of autism and be alert to it? Annette will introduce autism in early childhood to you in this talk.

Polly Samson: "The Kindness" and "Perfect Lives" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google     2016年5月25日
Acclaimed author, journalist and Pink Floyd/David Gilmour lyricist Polly Samson joined Talks at Google to talk about her career, her two recent US book releases, "The Kindness" and "Perfect Lives", and her songwriting process.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS
Polly Samson is a gifted writer of novels and short stories who has captivated readers with her talent for depicting human nature in all its complexity. Her writing has been called “dreamy, evocative prose” (Entertainment Weekly) that “plumbs the depths of the human psyche, revealing, insecurities, infidelities, and an enduring tenacious spirit” (Publishers Weekly) and divulges “the pleasures and disappointments of lovers, parents, and children” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Polly Samson is the author of two short story collections and two novels, most recently The Kindness, and has contributed lyrics to Pink Floyd albums and two solo records from David Gilmour. She has been shortlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel Awards, the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Upon UK publication, Perfect Lives was named one of the best books of the year by the Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The Spectator and the Telegraph. Samson lives in Brighton. For more information, please visit pollysamson.com.
Moderated by Anant Shukla.

Thunder Levin: "Sharks, Sharknados, and a Twisty Path through the Film B...


source: Talks at Google     2016年5月24日
Thunder Levin, writer of the Sharknado series of films that became an overnight cult sensation, discusses the films and his career as a writer/director.
Moderated by David F. Bacon.

2016-07-27

OpenXChange - United: Saturday with Senator Cory Booker


source: Stanford     2016年5月17日
Nightline anchor Juju Chang, ’87 interviews New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, ’91, MA ’92 about public service, diversity in the political arena and his new book United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good.

The key to build trust through meaningful work – Answers from the panelists | IECO – RCC


source: Harvard University    2016年6月2日
The panelists and the organizer of the Colloquium, they answer to the question of how important it is for work to be meaningful and to what can organizations do to encourage meaningful work.

Immanuel Kant (Transcript/Subtitles Available)


source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年7月23日
Bryan Magee and Geoffrey Warnock discuss the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who is considered the central figure in modern philosophy. Kant synthesized early rationalism and empiricism, set the terms for much of 19th and 20th century philosophy, and continues to exercise a significant influence today in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and other fields. Kant is perhaps most famous his distinction between appearances and things-in-themselves. This was the idea that we can only know things as they appear to us through our sensory and mental faculties, not how they are in themselves independent of us and our mental apparatus. This allowed him to account for synthetic a priori knowledge, truths which are necessary and yet still are substantial and informative. He is also famous for deontology in moral philosophy, especially the categorical imperative and that reason is the source of morality, as well as for his view that aesthetics is based on a faculty of disinterested judgment.
This interview was part of a BBC program from 1987. The quality is kind of shitty, but the audio and video should stay in sync at least. I didn't think I'd be putting so many of these Bryan Magee interviews up, especially since they're already on Youtube, but they're just so good I can't resist.

Interview with Willard Van Orman Quine


source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年5月4日
Bryan Magee interviews Quine about his work and some of his philosophical views.
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". His main interests were in logic, set theory, philosophy of language, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, and mathematics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard...
This interview was part of a BBC program from 1978.

U.S. Sanctions and National Security


source: New York University    2016年5月31日
This CNAS public conference on U.S. sanctions and national security, co-hosted with the Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, will feature an overview of administration policy on sanctions and a discussion among distinguished former policy leaders on the role for coercive economic measures in tackling the security challenges of the future. The event coincides with the release of a CNAS report on the effects and effectiveness of sanctions since 9/11. Some questions this conference will explore include: how can the United States measure and achieve intended effects from the use of coercive economic measures? What place should sanctions have in the U.S. national security arsenal? And as American rivals become more familiar with the tools of economic statecraft, what defensive measures are available to protect U.S. interests from retaliation for the imposition of sanctions?

Khalil Gibran Muhammad | How Numbers Lie || Radcliffe Institute


source: Harvard University    2016年3月17日
“How Numbers Lie: Intersectional Violence and the Quantification of Race”
Tracing the genealogy of statistical discourses on race, Khalil Gibran Muhammad explores the violence of racial quantification on black women and men’s lives beginning in the postbellum period.
Currently the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library and a visiting professor at the City University of New York, Muhammad will begin his academic appointments as a professor of history, race, and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Suzanne Young Murray Professor at Radcliffe on July 1, 2016.
Presented by the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Video:
Welcome by Lizabeth Cohen, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute
Introduction by Jane Kamensky, Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library - 6:55
Lecture by Khalil Gibran Muhammad - 15:50

Ambassador Samantha Power '92, Yale College Class Day Speaker


source: Yale University      2016年5月26日
Ambassador Samantha Power '92, permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet, spoke at the Yale College Class Day on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

RSA Replay: Fixing Finance


source: The RSA    2016年5月16日
What is finance really for? How much of it do we need, and what kind? Does creating a safe and useful financial sector require much more radical reform than governments have yet been prepared to contemplate? In this exclusive ‘in conversation’ with Adair Turner and John Kay, they respond to each other’s work and to the sometimes contrasting, sometimes complementary conclusions and policy recommendations.

James Ryan's 2016 Commencement Speech


source: HarvardEducation    2016年5月27日
Dean James Ryan's remarks at the 2016 HGSE Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates. Read here:http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/16/05...

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan: Introduction to Film Studies (IIT Madras)

# playlist of the 40 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd 2013年5月9日
Humanities - Introduction to Film Studies by Dr. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Course Overview 49:01
Lec-02 Cinema & Semiotics 48:57
Lec-03 Cinema & Semiotics(contd) 48:09
Lec-04 Plot in Cinema 48:37
Lec-05 Plot in Cinema (contd...) 47:40
Lec-06 Character as a plot element 51:16
Lec-07 Editing in Cinema 50:09
Lec-08 Realism in Cinema 49:09
Lec-09 Colour : Theory & Practice 51:17
Lec-10 Intertextuality 45:04
Lec-11 Intertextuality (contd.) 47:35
Lec-12 Intertextuality (contd...) 45:50
Lec-13 Cinema & Modernism 48:38
Lec-14 Cinema and Modernism (contd...) 1:17:35
Lec-15 The French Masters 48:33
Lec-16 The French Masters (contd..) 47:00
Lec-17 The French Masters (contd...) 48:51
Lec-18 Canonical Text 47:01
Lec-19 Canonical Text(contd..) 47:56
Lec-20 Canonical Text(contd...) 49:33
Lec-21 The Academy Awards 47:53
Lec-22 Classic Hollywood 51:07
Lec-23 Classic Hollywood(contd.) 47:34
Lec-24 Classic Hollywood (contd...) 44:54
Lec-25 Case study 54:26
Lec-26 Stars as Icons 46:56
Lec-27 Cinema and the Counterculture Movement 54:05
Lec-28 Italian cinema 50:32
Lec-29 Japanese Cinema 50:53
Lec-30 Auteur Theory in the USA 44:30
Lec-31 Auteur Theory in the USA (contd...) 48:04
Lec-32 New Hollywood 50:31
Lec-33 New Hollywood (contd...) 48:54
Lec-34 New Hollywood (contd....) 49:12
Lec-35 New Hollywood (contd....) 48:17
Lec-36 Cinema and Genres 51:29
Lec-37 Cinema and Genres (contd...) 57:57
Lec-38 Postmodernism and Cinema 50:29
Lec-39 Postmodernism & Cinema (contd...) 53:19
Lec-40 The Western 50:24

V. Balakrishnan: Classical Physics (IIT Madras)

# playlist of the 38 videos (click the up-left corner of the video)

source: nptelhrd 2009年1月8日
Lecture Series on Classical Physics by Prof. V.Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction 50:42
Lec-02 Newtonian mechanics 1:04:47
Lec-03 Dynamics in phase space 1:05:45
Lec-04 Linear dynamical systems 1:04:57
Lec-05 Autonomous dynamical systems (Part 1) 59:36
Lec-06 Autonomous dynamical systems (Part 2) 55:12
Lec-07 Lagrangian formalism 57:18
Lec-08 Summary of classical electromagnetism 1:13:24
Lec-09 Charged particle in an electromagnetic fi 1:01:48
Lec-10 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 1) 1:06:30
Lec-11 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 2) 1:06:18
Lec-12 Hamiltonian dynamics (Part 3) 1:10:54
Lec-13 Dynamical symmetry (Part 1) 1:01:59
Lec-14 Dynamical symmetry (Part 2) 1:05:37
Lec-15 Randomness in phase space chaos 1:02:19
Lec-16 Discrete-time dynamics: maps (Part 1) 1:09:43
Lec-17 Discrete-time dynamics: maps (Part 2) 1:02:11
Lec-18 Problems and solutions (Part 1) 50:34
Lec-19 Problems and solutions (Part 2) 54:11
Lec-20 Classical statistical mechanics: Introduction 1:06:12
Lec-21 Some probability distributions; isolated system 50:14
Lec-22 The microcanonical emsemble 1:01:45
Lec-23 Thermodynamics 57:04
Lec-24 The canonical ensemble 57:12
Lec-25 Connection between statistical mechanics and ther-modynamics 1:00:18
Lec-26 Probability distributions 1:02:38
Lec-27 Probability distributions (concld.). Phase transitions (Part 1) 1:00:42
Lec-28 Phase transitions (Part 2) 1:04:15
Lec-29 Phase transitions (Part 3) 56:21
Lec-30 Phase transitions (Part 4); misc. topics 1:07:20
Lec-31 Problems and solutions (Part 3) 49:38
Lec-32 Continuous groups in physics (Part 1) 54:02
Lec-33 Continuous groups in physics (Part 2) 56:39
Lec-34 Continuous groups in physics (Part 3) 59:52
Lec-35 Noether\'s Theorem. Special Relativity (Part 1) 1:00:19
Lec-36 Special Relativity (Part 2) 1:02:00
Lec-37 Special Relativity (Part 3) 59:07
Lec-38 Special Relativity (Part 4) 58:14