2017-08-16

University of California Television (videos of July 2017)

source: University of California Television (UCTV)
51:37 Mangroves: the Skin of Our Coasts (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Scripps Oceanography's Octavio Aburto examines how Mangroves, trees that form forests in the transition between land and sea, provide an essential habitat for a great d...
4:27 Symptoms of Dementia (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgDrfzenGc
Dr. Ramin Motarjemi, Assistant Professor of Medicine and geriatrician at UCSD, will speak ab...
5:40 Organic Foods and Herbicides (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lflmkydVJ0
Neurobiologist Dave Schubert, a Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies who b...
58:19 Back to Basics: Guidelines For a Healthy Spine (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:15 - Main Speaker: Stephen Baxter
24:20 - Main Speaker: Dean Yamanuha
43:24 - Questions & Answers
Lower back pain (LBP) remains the most common cause of disabilit...
1:21:35 The Role of Fascia in Movement and Function (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:15 - Main Speaker: Daprato
39:24 - Main Speaker: Leung
56:10 - Main Speaker: Daprato
1:07:45 - Questions & Answers
Fascia, or connective tissue, helps muscles com...
55:41 Water Is Life: Standing with Standing Rock - Protecting the Land and the Water (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Events at Standing Rock from April 2016 to February 2017 created new ways to protect the water and land. This panel features some of the organizers of the actions oppo...
54:39 Water Is Life: Standing with Standing Rock - Decolonization and Indigenous-Centered Leadership (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Events at Standing Rock from April 2016 to February 2017 launched a resurgence of indigenous-centered leadership. This panel features some of the leaders of the opposit...
58:44 Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States? (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Experts on international relations, conflict and religion engage in an informed debate about the extent and nature of the threat ISIS poses and how the US should respon...
4:07 How Testosterone Changes Over Time (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUFbypkzHS0&t=8s
Dr. T. Mike Hsieh joins host Dr. David Granet to discuss the change in Testosterone ove...
6:24 Understanding How Plants Use Water in California's Redwood Forests (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) In California's Coast Ranges plants not only use water directly from rainstorms, but also harvest the thick fog that blankets these mountains. UC researchers are invest...
58:39 Water Is Life: Standing with Standing Rock - Media (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv) Events at Standing Rock from April 2016 to February 2017 altered the media landscape. To discuss that aspect of the opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline are some of ...
12:52 The State of Human Resources - Career Insights (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Human Resources is no longer a field of paperwork and processing. It offers dynamic careers that impact corporate culture as well as business strategy. Experts in the f...
3:20 Ice Cream Stands and Barbed Wire Barricades (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzJyFTNlHQ&t=3s
Journalist Ari Shapiro shares his experiences in Eastern Ukraine as the Separatists ar...
3:54 Marital Status and Longevity: Gender Matters (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9t1-MsKdas&t=162s
Dr. Howard S. Friedman discusses his research, including positive traits and characte...
3:01 How to Escape a Rip Current (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) UC Berkeley current oceanographer, Francis Smith, explains rip currents, how to avoid them, and how to escape them if pulled in. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 32...
0:36 UCTV Monthly Promo August 2017 (Mangroves; Move Better; Neuroplasticity and Designer Drugs) (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) UCTV This Month: See how Mangroves, trees that form forests between land and sea, provide essential habitat for plants and animals; Get the latest research & proven tec...
2:52 Fighting Human Rights Violations Through Social Media (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) A growing workforce of college students is being trained worldwide to review and verify digital content — typically videos shot by citizens who witnessed atrocities — t...
28:17 High Altitude Illness (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) If you are hiking, skiing, climbing or just visiting at altitude higher than 8,000 feet you may experience altitude sickness. Emergency Medicine specialist Dr. Chris Co...
1:33 Nest-inspired 3D Printed Architecture Installation (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Nest Inspired 3D printed/3D woven architectural Installation by Berkeley students Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 32683]
1:11 Why Do Your Shoelaces Come Untied? (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) UC Berkeley mechanical engineers have shown why your shoelaces keep coming untied. It’s a question that everyone asks themselves, often after stopping to retie their sh...
3:34 Climate Change Damage to the U.S. Economy (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Professor Solomon Hsiang discusses findings of a study on the economic impacts on the U.S. resulting from climate change. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 32681]
1:22:55 The Lovers - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:22 - Berlioz - Overture to Beatrice & Benedict
9:42 - Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
40:06 - Barber - The Lovers
1:14:07 - Barber - Two Songs
1:21:52 - Credits
La J...
3:22 Pulling Drinkable Water Out of Dry Air (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Imagine a future in which every home has an appliance that pulls all the water the household needs out of the air, even in dry or desert climates, using only the power ...
59:53 Hypothermia and Cold Emergencies (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) - 0:23 - Main Talk
Hypothermia is a potentially dangerous drop in body temperature. If the temperature drops too low it is a medical emergency. Emergency medicine spe...
17:50 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Darold Treffert: The Incredible Savant Syndrome (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Darold Treffert shares the fascinating story of Leslie Lemke, a musical savant, to provide a look at the characteristics of savantism. Recorded on 05...
23:59 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Adam Ockelford: Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Exploring the life of musical savant Derek Paravicini, severely developmentally disabled from complications at birth, and how understanding his condi...
2:58 Online Strangers: Children, the Internet and Parental Boundaries (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Entire Program Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEJ8t0SfTsc
Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, joins David Granet, MD to discuss internet access for children. What i...
1:16:26 How Your Inner Ear and Brain Work Together for Perception Balance and Movement (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:15 - Part 1 - Heather Bhide
16:53 - Part 2 - Erica Pitsch
45:58 - Part 3 - Heather Bhide
56:56 - Part 4 - Erica Pitsch
59:09 - Q & A
UCSF Physical Therapists explor...
21:59 Extraordinary Variations of the Mind: Isabelle Peretz: What We Can Learn from Congenital Anomalies (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Isabelle Peretz examines what congenital amusia - the condition where one is amusical, lacking such abilities as pitch or rhythm recognition - can te...
2:34 Symptoms of Psychosis (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Watch the Whole Program here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXAOkTkfcqI
In the U.S.,100,000 young people experience psychosis each year. Kristin Cadenhead, MD, dir...
14:40 Designer DNA Drugs with Don Cleveland - On Our Mind (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Can we turn off the genes responsible for neurodegenerative diseases? Designer DNA drugs are making this possible. By identifying and targeting the genes that drive dis...
 49:03 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Q and A and Closing Remarks (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Wrap Up
3:41 - Questions & Answers
44:39 - Closing Remarks
Questions and answer session for the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Recorded ...
 20:04 Variations of the Mind:Jamie Ward: Synaesthesia:From Extraordinary Experiences to Enhanced Abilities (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Jamie Ward examines the relationship between autism and synaesthesia, and the characteristics shared by these two cognitive anomalies. Recorded on 0...
 3:37 The Price of Oil and The Tactics of Business
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Join this candid conversation between Dean Ann Huff Stevens and Allegiant Airlines Chairman and CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. as they discuss the challenge of running ...
 24:23 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: James McGaugh: Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
A fascinating account of people who in most every sense are very ordinary, but who have extraordinary memory. Recorded on 05/05/2017. Series: "CARTA...
 56:46 Extraordinary Variations of the Mind: Geschwind:Our Brains Berman: Williams SyndromeFisher:Language (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:39 - Our Brains: Life on a Continuum
21:07 - From Genes to Neural Circuits
35:07 - Language at the Extremes
The human mind is one of the features that makes our sp...
 23:13 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Simon Fisher: Language at the Extremes (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk - Simon Fisher
Simon Fisher gives a fascinating account of how an irregularity in one single base of DNA leads to a rare and severe inherited languag...
 6:09 The Great Gate of Kiev - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Performance of The Great Gate of Kiev from the perennial favorite by Modest Mussorgsky, "Pictures at an Exhibition." This is the popular version orchestrated by Maurice...
 18:37 Extraordinary Variations of the Mind: Bruce Miller: Acquired Savantism in Neurological Conditions (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Bruce Miller describes insights that can be gained about the human brain from patients who develop artistic abilities as neurodegenerative diseases e...
 3:51 Key to Public Health: Epidemiology (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Sociologist David Phillips, PhD joins host David Granet, MD to discuss the value of epidemilogical studies. Philips explains how unsafe drinking water was found using t...
 7:59 Big Data is Huge - Career Insights (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Big data can give us important information about consumer trends, healthcare and much more. But how can we translate the data from numbers to actionable insights? Data ...
 1:46 The Basics of Testosterone (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Dr. T. Mike Hsieh joins host Dr. David Granet to discuss the many key roles Testosterone plays in the human body. Watch the Whole Show here: https://www.youtube.com/wa...
 58:57 Variations of the Mind:Peretz:Born to be Musical:Ockleford:A Musical Savant Treffert:Savant Syndrome (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:39 - What We Can Learn from Congenital Anomalies
21:10 - Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant
42:41 - The Incredible Savant Syndrome
The human mind is one of the fe...
 1:25:43 Train the Brain: Exploring the Brain-Body Connection in Neurological Rehabilitation (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:15 - Overview - Andrew Lui
6:34 - Part 1 - Monika Patel
15:32 - Part 2 - Catherine Printz
36:33 - Part 3 - Monika Patel
1:04:40 - Part 4 - Catherine Printz
1:22:08 -...
 58:15 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: McGaugh: Memory Miller: Savantism Ward: Synaesthesia: 1:39 - Autobiographical Memory
23:35 - Acquired Savantism
39:44 - Synaesthesia
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative ...
 7:42 CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Introduction (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Introduction to the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Recorded on 05/05/2017. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and T...
 16:28 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind:Karen Berman:Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
Karen Berman of the National Institutes of Health explores how studying Williams Syndrome is revealing biological mechanisms that confer human variab...
 59:44 The Self-Healing Personality and the Longevity Project: Roehr Memorial Lecture Series (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:55 - About the Roehr Lecture
1:38 - Introduction by Dilip Jesse
5:48 - Start of Main Talk - Howard Friedman
Why do some people thrive well into old age while others...
 21:56 Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Dan Geschwind: Our Brains: LIfe on a Continuum (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
1:34 - Main Talk
UCLA's Daniel Geschwind explores how cognitive abilities - both extraordinary and those considered disabilities are related as part of the continuum ...
 3:20 Online Gaming, Social Media and Our Loss of Empathy (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Technology can be a helpful tool or a distraction but is there a point where it becomes a danger? Andrew Doan, M.D., Ph.D. joins David Granet, MD to discuss research do...
 51:53 2017 Keeling Lecture Confronting Climate Change:Avoiding the Unmanageable, Managing the Unavoidable (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/)
0:13 - Start of Main Presentation
45:33 - Start of Q & A
Rosina Bierbaum, formerly of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and an A...
 1:24:48 Bones and Joints: Trauma 0:25 - Saam Morshed, MD
42:07 - David Shearer, MD
1:08:41 - Q&A
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Learn about trauma and bone injuries in North America and internationally. See what research is being d...
 2:53 Sharing Open Spaces With Livestock: A Year in the Life of a Cow (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) In much of California, if you've ever wandered the trails you've probably come across livestock. This short video gives you a fun look at a year in the life of a cow, s...
 2:16 STEAM Channel Welcome Summer 2017 (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Ed Abeyta and Karen Flammer of UC San Diego update STEAM Channel viewers on new productions, including the a preview of "Honoring Sally: Tam O'Shaughnessy Aboard the RV...
 7:22 Conservation Tillage Tomato Cropping Systems (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) With an over 700 percent increase in productivity in the last century, the California tomato industry represents 95 percent of all processing tomatoes produced in the U...
 56:42 Cheryl Conner: Author, Columnist and CEO, SnappConner PR (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Cheryl Conner is an entrepreneur who helps other entrepreneurs tell their story. She is a celebrated writer for Forbes, where her articles generate over 20,000 daily vi...