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)

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

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.