The handmaiden's emissions: international shipping in changing climates (Tristan Smit - 26 Jan 2016)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures    2016年2月1日
Speaker: Dr Tristan Smith
UCL Bartlett School of Environment Energy and Resources
International shipping is the system that enables globalisation. The way it quietly and efficiently executes its role has led to its labelling as 'the handmaiden of world trade'. But this enabler of export-led economic growth is also heavily dependent on fossil fuels, which have significant and growing environmental impacts.

Impacts of human disturbance on forests in south east Asia

source: Cambridge University     2016年4月14日
How has human disturbance impacted on tropical forests of Malaysian Borneo? Dr Tommaso Jucker, postdoc in the Department of Plant Sciences, discusses how, using remote sensing technology, he is collaborating with other disciplines and NGOs that complement each other’s areas of expertise to understand what happens to a forest when it has been so severely degraded.

This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related research is embedded in a wide range of academic fields and involves collaboration with non-academic partners beyond the University. The films are produced by the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI), which was established in October 2013 to foster a cross-disciplinary approach within the University of Cambridge.

“Conservation is primarily underpinned by human behaviour and it is therefore vital to understand the social factors, such as cultural drivers or geographical patterns, which shape our environment, as well as developing our biological and scientific knowledge.” Dr Bhaskar Vira, Director of UCCRI.

Creative Director
Alison Harvey
University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute
http://research-institute.conservatio...
Video, Sound and Edit by Toby Smith
UCCRI - Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence 2015/2016
www.tobysmith.com

Firth Lectures 2016: Imagining Faith; perceptions of religious belief in modern writing - Part 1

source: University of Nottingham    2016年4月14日
Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, looks at three piece of contemporary fiction to explore how they describe the religious person and how within those stories there is a portrayal of holiness. This is first of the two Firth Lectures in the University for 2016.

The Firth Memorial Lectureship was founded by the Reverend John d’ewe Evelyn Firth in memory of his father, John Benjamin Firth, Historian of Nottingham and his mother Helena Gertrude Firth. The lecturer is appointed biennially by the Council of the University on the recommendation of the Senate of the University, and under the terms of the Trust the lecturer delivers a public lecture or lectures on some aspect of the Christian Faith in relation to contemporary problems.The first person to hold the Lectureship was the renowned theologian Paul Tillich and there has been a series of eminent theologians and philosophers who have included among others Baroness Warnock and Professor Jϋrgen Moltmann.

Jason J. Campbell: Descartes Cogito Mind Body Problem

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source: drjasonjcampbell   2010年7月2日/上次更新：2011年7月31日

Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-1 9:44
Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-2 9:54
Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-3 9:51
Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-4 9:59
Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-5 5:56
Descartes Cogito and Mind Body Problem-6 5:34

Ways with Words | Plays with Words || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University  2016年4月6日
PLAYS WITH WORDS
An evening about language and gender in comedy

WELCOMING REMARKS
Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
COMEDY, LANGUAGE, AND GENDER
Aparna Nancherla (12:09), Comedian
ImprovBoston (51:06), featuring Sara Burns, Rosena Cornet, Deana Criess, Mike Descoteaux, Gregory Scott Hernandez, and Kelly MacFarland
Glenda Carpio (28:36 & 1:16:57), Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Moderator: Robin Young (28:36 & 1:16:57), Cohost, Here & Now, WBUR and National Public Radio
Q&A (28:36 & 1:16:57)

Bauer, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

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source:  New York University   上次更新日期：2014年6月29日
Open Ed: Bauer, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Intro to Psych Statistics 53:18
Frequency Tables, Graphs, and Distributions 1:10:50
Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Part 1 1:13:05
Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Part 2 1:05:20
Standardized Scores and Normal Distribution Part 1 1:10:08
Standardized Scores and Normal Distribution Part 2 1:03:08
Intro to Hypothesis Testing; One Group Z - Test 58:25
Interval Test and the T - Distribution 1:10:20
T - Test for Two Independent Sample Means 1:11:19
Statistical Power and Effect Size Part 1 1:07:36
Statistical Power and Effect Size Part 2 1:02:48
Linear Correlation 59:52
Linear Regression Part 1 1:04:19
Linear Regression Part 2 1:07:25
Matched T-Test 1:00:54
One-Way Independent ANOVA 1:03:10
Multiple Comparisons 1:01:57
Linear Contrasts 1:01:10
Two-Way ANOVA 1:05:38
Interactions 57:41
Repeated Measures ANOVA Part 1 58:02
Repeated Measures ANOVA Part 2 52:30
Chi-Square 52:27

Russell Foster: Sleep, Light, and Circadian Rhythms

source: Science Gallery Dublin    2013年9月3日

Design/History/Revolution - Panel 1: Design and Public Spaces | The New School

source: The New School     2012年5月18日
The New School, a university in New York City, offers distinguished degree, certificate, and continuing education programs in art and design, liberal arts, management and policy, and the performing arts. THE NEW SCHOOL | http://www.newschool.edu
Design/History/Revolution: At the Intersection of Art, Design, Politics, and Historical Studies
Defining its terms broadly, this two-day conference examines not only designed objects but also spaces and systems. It addresses a range of historical periods and geographical locations, and contact zones between these constructed categories.

Welcome by LAURA AURICCHIO, Parsons The New School for Design and The New School for Public Engagement
PANEL I. DESIGN AND PUBLIC SPACES:
Moderator: Ethan Robey, Parsons The New School for Design
1. Nina Harkrader, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Building for "The Other": Spatial Aspects of Architecture and Poverty in Victorian England
2. Joanna Merwood, School of Constructed Environments, Parsons The New School for Design, "RED MOBS BATTLE POLICE": Union Square Park as Revolutionary Landscape
3. Amanda Gluibizzi, Ohio State University, "Making New York Understandable": Revolutionary Proposals for a City in Crisis
4. Jonah Westerman, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Hurry Up and Wait: Socialist Realism, Avant-Garde, and the Poetics of the Threshold in the Moscow Metro
5. Kathleen Hulser, Independent Scholar/The New School/New York University, The Right Look and the Right to Look: Billboard Advertising and Visual Rights
For the full list of participants and two-day schedule, visit http://www.designhistoryrevolution.wo...

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Historical Studies of The New School for Social Research, the History Department at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons The New School for Design, the Humanities Department and the Global Studies Program at The New School for Public Engagement.
Location: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Friday, April 27, 2012 2:00 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

How computer memory works - Kanawat Senanan

source: TED-Ed     2016年5月10日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-compute...
In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role. Kanawat Senanan explains how computer memory works.
Lesson by Kanawat Senanan, animation by TED-Ed.

探索13-3講座： IC科技 始終為了人類(的手機) / 闕志達教授

source: 臺大科學教育發展中心     2015年4月20日
在IC設計的世界裡，成本與效能永遠是最重要的考量。我們都希望IC既小又聰明，不耗­電而且多功能。請各位看看手中的手機，它越來越小，卻越來越聰明。打開來看看，裡面只­有幾顆小小的晶片，就做了這麼多事。很難想像，其實在不太久以前，人們還在用大得像磚­頭的車用電話來通話，而且只能打電話，並無其他如看影片、聽音樂、玩遊戲、定位等功能­。IC承載著人們的夢想，也改變了人們的生活與互動方式；當我們坐在家中觀賞網路電視­或與國外親友視訊時，不知有多少顆IC正在其中穿梭忙碌。人類的夢想永無止境，IC的­世界亦是如此。

講座時間：2015.4.18 下午2點
地點：台灣大學 應用力學研究所 1F 國際會議廳