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NIST cybersecurity framework: What it means
Regardless of where one lives in the world, we all know that our country’s national infrastructures are very important to our economies and our national defense. And with incidents like the attacks on the gas pipeline industry and the details revealed in the Madiant Report, n... |
Reference (How Do I in Visual C++)
This page links to reference topics for the Visual C++ language and its libraries. To view other categories of popular tasks covered in Help, see How Do I in Visual C++.
C Language Reference
Describes the C programming language as implemented in Microsoft C.
C++ Language Reference
Exp... |
In total, the bird flies more than 9,500 kilometres across the African continent from the Balearic and Columbretes Islands before reaching the island of Madagascar. Some of the previously-obscure secrets now revealed by the scientists show that these falcons migrate by both day and night, and cross supposed ecological ... |
Perfecting A Required SkillYou can help your student to improve his or her understanding of maneuvering skills by practicing S-turns across a road. This maneuver is a task on the Private Pilot Practical Test Standards (PTS). The maneuver will develop positional awareness, demonstrate corrections required for wind drift... |
Original article from Designs for Health
The development of the microbiome from infancy to childhood is dependent on numerous factors such as mode of delivery, mode of feeding, fatty acid consumption of breast milk, type or consumption of infant formula, weaning, type of solid food, siblings, pets, hygiene, probiotics,... |
This Saturday, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, taking us somewhere we’ve never been: the Red Planet’s deep interior.
As Shannon Stirone reports for Popular Science, researchers have actually sent more than 21 different spacecraft to study the planet. But this mission ... |
Presented at the International Online Meeting, London, Dec. 5-7, 1995:
Keywords: World Wide Web, WWW, Internet, humanities scholarship, on-line publishing, digitizing images, primary sources, electronic text centers
Abstract: Humanities scholarship is alive and well on the Internet and in many cases is pushing the tech... |
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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"Equal Justice Under Law"
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John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from Febru... |
Imagine (or maybe you don’t have to imagine!) that you are an able-bodied adult male. If you were asked to keep a hold back a parked car from rolling down a gently sloped hill, you could probably do it, right?
Now imagine that you are in the direct path of a car coming down the same hill at 40 m.p.h. Would you be able ... |
Types of Social Work Degrees
There are a few different types of social work degrees. To be a social worker, you need to hold a degree in social work from an accredited college or university program. The undergraduate degree is the bachelor of social work (BSW). Graduate degrees include the master of social work (MSW), ... |
Nanosponges are an innovative drug delivery system that has recently emerged as a result of rapid advances in nanotechnology and the need for precise, targeted drug delivery. They are very small, microscopic, sponge-like particles, about the size of a virus, that consist of a number of cavities that can be filled with ... |
Music is all around us. It’s on the radio, on TV, in the background in department stores and restaurants, and even on our smartphones! Usually house music is the music of choice during training sessions, because the type of beats used in such music encourages one to move around, and helps you give that little bit extra... |
Dr. Don McLean, Founder and CEO, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) (November 2011)
The rules for building used to be fairly straightforward. Architects and engineers were focused on one thing - production. How quickly and cheaply could they build a beautiful looking building?
The tough decisions architects and e... |
August is National Back to School Month! When we think of back to school, getting supplies, backpacks, and clothes come are top concerns. Besides shopping for new clothes and supplies, and planning school schedules– planning how to get to school is also important. Spend some time with your children to share some tips t... |
GAINSVILLE — COVID-19 led many people to start gardening, and it’s no passing fancy. Recent research shows that about 80% of those who took up gardening since the beginning of COVID-19 will continue the pastime in 2021.
Growing in the outdoor garden is one thing. Tending to plants indoors at home presents other challen... |
Before rollerblades there was a curious invention known as cycling-skates. Skaters would ride along on one wheel per foot, tightened to their shoes via skate keys just like old fashioned roller skates used. But, in the film reel below we notice that over rough terrain they’re using skiing or hiking poles to stabilize a... |
Overview of Frameworks
The liturgical life of the Church operates at two levels.
Annually, we remember the events of Jesus’ life. We begin our year with Advent, during which we prepare for the coming of God into our world, and then we move through to Lent and Easter and the life of the early Church at Pentecost, with a... |
The Soviet attack on the reality of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932 and 1933 was coterminous with the Holodomor itself. As I pointed out in my first post, Red Famine author Anne Applebaum, and before her, the Hoover Institution scholar Robert Conquest, have emphasized the militancy and vast scale of this effort. According... |
It has been a while now that the two authors of this particular academic blog have been interested in computational methods applied to authorship attribution. Until now, our research have been focused on texts, mostly from the Middle Ages and the XVIIth century. Given our shared scientific interest for digital musicolo... |
Food and Nutritional Security
At the core of human health is nutrition. Nutrition and food security is achieved when “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (FAO, 1996). The abse... |
The Role of CTE in Entrepreneurship
ERIC Identifier: ED482537
Publication Date: 2003-00-00
Author: Brown, Bettina Lankard
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education Columbus OH.
Entrepreneurship, or small business ownership, is an increasingly attractive option to
young people as well as adults... |
It seems every few months there is a new report on the health benefits or concerns about foods or products such as wine, chocolate and multivitamins. With the beginning of a new year being a common time for people to reevaluate their eating habits, we asked two local dietitians what their thoughts were on these widely ... |
|Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1997. 35:
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In this section, I discuss some implications and uses of the most basic chemical composition information, namely metallicity. The word metallicity has more than one meaning: The precise definition is that metallicity is the mass fraction... |
Years ago a well-known comedian imagined what that first conversation God had with Noah must have been like.
It is absolutely fascinating to find millennia old blueprints for a massive ocean liner in the Bible, but there it is. God commenced with precise and explicit instructions, down to the cubit. In fact, the dimens... |
What is a thermal imager?
A thermal imager is a device which uses infrared technology. Its purpose is to detect and measure the temperature of objects. It can measure surfaces and living matter as well. It creates a visual image of temperature changes. You can use this to identify cold spots and hot spots. And any othe... |
Pets and children share a deep bond, one that teaches children empathy, compassion and respect. When Cynthia was five years old, her family acquired a cockapoo named Nellis from a neighbor who no longer wanted it. "I still consider Nellis to be the brother I never had," wrote Cynthia one afternoon a few months ago on t... |
Giraffes move closer to endangered species protection
GENEVA (AP) — Nations around the world moved Thursday to protect giraffes as an endangered species for the first time, drawing praise from conservationists and scowls from some sub-Saharan African nations.
Thursday’s vote by a key committee at the World Wildlife Con... |
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
|French:||Galantine d'Hiver, Niveole, Perceneige|
|Spanish:||Flor de Nieve|
|Size||Leaf length: 10 - 25 cm (2)|
Bulb diameter: 1 cm (2)
The snowdrop is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and is listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).
The snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is ... |
WASHINGTON — Six major categories of plastic packaging significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions compared to packaging made with alternative materials, according to a new study.
Compiled by Franklin Associates for the American Chemistry Council and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association, and usin... |
YOU probably haven’t heard of ‘conflict timber’, but it was the fuel for war in Liberia. Former President Charles Taylor, now in exile, used the logging industry to prolong regional violence, traffic arms and boost his personal wealth. Sections of the timber industry played an integral role in helping rebel movements s... |
Written for voice professionals, their teachers and those who care for their voices, this unique book covers voice acoustics, the effect of the acoustics of spaces on the voice, and how to make a voice recording properly. The book is wholly practical and written in a manner which is rooted in science but which is desig... |
|Date:||Fri September 25, 1970 01:19:03 AM (PDT)|
This report supersedes any earlier report of this event
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist
Depth within the Earth where an earthquake rupture initiated. PNSN reports depths relative to sea level, so the elevation of the ground above sea level at the location... |
It could be a long, cold winter. If your workers have to dig out, can they do it without hurting themselves? Most workers know that shoveling snow and breaking up ice can be exhausting, but they may not be aware of the extent of their risks.
Cold Weather Hazards
Encourage workers to take the hazards of heavy work in co... |
Clean drinking water and hygiene are an important component in the prevention of diseases. This has been brought home to us once again by the Corona crisis.
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project is designed to provide not only clean drinking water but also important hygiene. With WASH, wells are built to sup... |
Doing 30 minutes of moderate-intensity cardio exercise five times a week is enough to meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommendations for maintaining good health. But is it enough to lose weight? If you're already eating a healthy, nutrient-rich diet with an appropriate amount of calories, the ans... |
Benefits of Cycling on Hills
Cycling on hills can be intimidating. But it shouldn't be. Climbing hills will train your body to respond with more muscle, endurance and confidence -- as well as higher aerobic capacity. Lance Armstrong knew this and focused much of his training on climbing hills to dominate the Tour De Fr... |
Dice is a small object that generally has six faces (cube) containing number 1 to 6. You can throw single or double dices to generate random numbers between 1 to 12. There are different forms of games based on generating random numbers by throwing dices. Dice games like snakes & ladders are very popular in some countri... |
Sweden’s Overshoot Day just came and went. What does that mean?
Global Footprint Network tracks the world's resources. Every year they calculate the date in which we’ll use up all the resources that the planet is capable of naturally renewing over the entire year. That day is referred to as Earth Overshoot day.
The way... |
Recently, researchers have uncovered the presence of many long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in embryonic stem cells and believe they are important regulators of the differentiation process. However, there are only a few examples explicitly linking lncRNA activity to transcriptional regulation.
Here, researchers at the Univ... |
Antennas for the VHF and UHF bands are similar in many ways to HF antennas. The main differences are that VHF/UHF antennas are smaller and the losses caused by poor feed lines and elevated SWRs (or both) are more critical.
This type of VHF antenna transmits and receives in all directions at once (the same is true of th... |
SCMs impart a wide range of exceptional properties to concrete, which are particularly sought after by construction professionals. While the advantages to concrete in its plastic state are quite numerous (workability, finishability, etc.), perhaps the greatest benefits imparted by SCMs can be seen in the hardened prope... |
35 relations: Absolute zero, Atomic nucleus, Atomic orbital, Bohr radius, Bound state, Bravais lattice, Caesium, Commutator, Degenerate energy levels, Electron, Energy, Entropy, Excited state, Exponential distribution, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Hyperfine structure, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, I... |
Article Courtesy of The New York Times
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Babies born just three to six weeks before their due dates are more likely than full-term babies to have disabilities or developmental delays in kindergarten, a study has found. The children also are slightly more likely to be suspended or held back in kinderga... |
Age-related Macular Degeneration
Central Vision is Blurred
Dry AMD occurs when the light-sensitive cells in the macula slowly break down, gradually blurring central vision in the affected eye. As dry AMD gets worse, you may see a blurred spot in the center of your vision. Over time, as less of the macula functions, cen... |
Submitted to: International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: June 28, 2008
Publication Date: August 21, 2008
Citation: Knight, S.S., Cullum, R.F., Cooper, C.M., Lizotte Jr, R.E. 2008. Effects of Suspended Sediments on the Chlorophyll-phos... |
GLRPPR has developed two new school-related Topic Hubs as part of the P2Rx Topic Hub project. Before any Topic Hub is published, topical experts review its narrative portions for accuracy and completeness.
“Energy Efficient Schools and Students” describes energy efficient practices and research available to schools and... |
The Good Samaritan: A Lesson in Mercy
The Parable in Brief
In order to understand the full context of the parable, we must first consider the Gospel passage directly preceding it – Luke 10:25-28. In these verses, a scholar of the law had asked Jesus what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. In the end, the scholar ... |
The Australian Greens are committed to building a peaceful and just world, seeking nonviolent means for resolving conflict when it arises. Where violence and militarism does arise, we are committed to using the resources Australia has to minimise and reduce the incidences of armed conflict and violence. We must also en... |
- Author: Myriam Grajales-Hall
California residents not only enjoy an enviable climate and diverse regions, but also a wide selection of fresh produce year around.
As consumers, we want to stretch our food budget and provide a nutritious diet to our families; but we are not always sure about how to select the best frui... |
Welcome to 2004. Are we ready to start another year of wondering which months have 30 days and which have 31?
It seems easy when we say long and short alternate, starting with a long one. It’s a matter of 31, 30 and so on, right? Well, not quite.
There is the matter of July and August (consecutive months with 31 days).... |
Cobb’s The Most Southern Place on Earth: A Review
In The Most Southern Place on Earth, James Cobb reveals the Mississippi Delta region as a place of life’s extremes, especially to those who spent a great deal of their lives in the region from one generation to the next. These extremes range from the region’s shifting e... |
If Mwanyika Thomas had a choice, she would lock herself inside her small home and not venture outside at all. "I have to leave my house to get money for food. But if I didn't have to, I would never leave," the 48-year-old said. "I'm very scared of this virus," she added, referring to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... |
Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: July 30, 2000
Publication Date: November 1, 2000
Citation: Wilhelm, W.W., Varvel, G.E. 2000. Nitrogen uptake efficiency in grain crops. Agronomy Abstracts p. 122. Technical Abstract: Although N is one of the most abundant elem... |
This reviewer admits to not being a fan of Coulter’s “take no prisoners” style. That having been said, this book should be read to understand how the struggle for equal rights was won and why racial divisions are back some 40 years later.
Coulter writes that contrary to myths propagated by Democrats, “The entire histor... |
SINGAPORE -- Methanol, a fuel used to power light aircraft and racing cars, is being tried out as alternative power for ships, highlighting its potential in an industry under pressure to cut emissions.
From next year, shipping firms will have to cut polluting sulfur emissions in vessels going to parts of Europe and Nor... |
The period of emerging adulthood, or between the ages of 16 – 24 years old, is a critical developmental period marked by a great deal of exciting life changes which are often accompanied by periods of uncertainty. During this time period many changes are occurring in the brain, socially, emotionally, financially, and r... |
Tao Te Ching, Verses #4, 6, 11, 33
Lao Tzu in Chinese means literally "old boy" or "old-young". He was the father of Taoism, whose symbol of Yin-Yang seems to personify him as embracing and transcending the opposites. According to the historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-90 B.C.), Lao Tzu was a historian in charge of the Archi... |
How Thomas Jefferson's Obsession With Mastodons Partly Fueled the Lewis and Clark Expedition
By the 1800s, American mastodons—prehistoric relatives of the elephant—had been extinct for roughly 10,000 years. Thomas Jefferson didn’t know that, though. The Founding Father dreamed of finding a living, breathing mastodon in... |
Statistics on Monday showed that the birth rate in mainland China reached its lowest level in 2021, continuing the previous downward trend that allowed Beijing last year to allow couples to have up to three children.
According to Reuters, China abandoned its decades-old one-child policy in 2016 and replaced it with a t... |
Write an essay where you tell us what test preparation practices work best for you and why.
Availability of educational platforms have allowed many within the workforce to return to school and obtain a higher education. Thus, study methods that help us as individuals are quite significant and play a fundamental roles i... |
How did Pluto form (is it an asteroid or a planet?)
Written by Edo Loenen and Marco Westerkamp.
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, who used a 33-cm photographic telescope at Lowell Obersvatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. The search for Pluto at Flagstaff had been initiated by the founder of the obervatory, P... |
The display of brash, color-splashed paintings at the Salon d'Automne in 1905 both astonished and amused Parisians. The exhibiting artists became known as the Les Fauves— the wild beasts. The name long outlasted the brief movement known as Fauvism, but the trend setting colorists influenced the course of twentieth cent... |
Modern Building Technology
Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine " refuses to assume that each issue has actually a high-tech answer", and points to still another exemplory case of just how low-tech solutions can perhaps work perfectly, without burning plenty of power or needing most fancy technology. TreeHugger has revea... |
The three branches of the woodwind family have different sources of sound. Vibrations begin when air is blown across the top of an instrument, across a single reed, or across two reeds. Reeds are small pieces of cane. A single reed is clamped to a mouthpiece at the top of the instrument and vibrates against the mouthpi... |
Family events are key elements of genealogy and family history research. An individual's life is composed of events that occurred at different times such as birth, marriage and death.
From early times to the present, baptisms, marriages and burials have been recorded in Church Records and Indexes . In the late 1800s an... |
Learning in and beyond the classroom
SymbolStix PRIME provides a universal, consistent and engaging way for educators to connect with their students. But these powerful language tools are not just for building knowledge in the classroom. They’re also for helping unique learners connect with the world—and reach their gr... |
When it comes to learning about or exploring a complex idea, what helps it stick in your brain? A long, detailed written report…or a colorful graphic that highlights the main points of the topic?
If you said the latter, you’re in good company – the majority of people are better able to comprehend and retain complex inf... |
Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping
STOCKHOLM – An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland.
Potentially in the path of this unstoppable giant are oil platforms and shipping lanes — and any collision could ... |
Once you have the majority of the emergencies taken care of - God on your side, proper mentality, awareness of the situation, awareness of time and space, and first aide, - the next thing to take care of, and perhaps the one thing you need to keep track of as you go along, is the development of tools, supplies, and equ... |
More Math Videos
One Penny - US Coins Song
Description: Learn about the value of US coins and the dollar.
Note: This video requires Adobe Flash Player. If video does not load, try installing the newest Flash Player. This video takes a few seconds to load.
Common Core State Standards: CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.C.8 - Solve ... |
believe in constant celebration of life so 'events' in India mean nothing
but festivals and fairs. Very rich and diverse culture of this multi-faceted
country makes India a land of festivals and fairs. Almost every day of the
year is celebrated as a festival here. Some of these festivals are
celebrated as a welcome of ... |
The island of Gotland has yielded a great deal of Viking treasure and archaeological data over the years. This particular find on Gotland may be the largest Viking treasure trove ever discovered anywhere. (Ed.)
Evidence of trade, diplomacy, and vast wealth on an unassuming island in the Baltic Sea
By DANIEL WEISS
Tuesd... |
Is Architecture Interior Design. Difference between architect and interior designer: It takes a good knowledge of building regulations, and an understanding of the structure of buildings, in order to make.
Most designers and architects will do both types of work; Design is a plan to create something.an easy way to thin... |
Every spring, thousands of beehives are trucked into the San Joaquin Valley in California for a massive pollination of almond trees.
Now all that could change as plant scientists and farmers begin trials of self-pollinating almond trees that have been in development for years.
If it works, growers could save hundreds o... |
Shadowing as an Observational Method
Shadowing is method of qualitative research that is sometimes incorporated into Accompanied Shopping Trips (ASTs) and involves tracking someone in his or her role to experience the situations of his or her daily life or work in parallel with him or her, collecting insights through t... |
Geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum) 'Crystal Palace Gem'
We have about a dozen varieties in all, and the one above stands out as my favorite. 'Crystal Palace Gem' is from 1869, and it was named after the Crystal Palace, a large glass and iron structure designed by greenhouse-architect Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibiti... |
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do!
Have you ever wondered what that phrase means or where it came from? Probably not, but read on. You’ll be glad you did!
Let’s start at the very beginning.
First, let’s talk music theory. This little dollop of theory will be necessary to understanding the history behind it.
Solmization is just ... |
SSAB SmartSteel forms a basis for the circular economy
February 03, 2017 8:15 CET 6 min read
The idea behind SSAB SmartSteel is to make available information and instructions relating to any steel item wherever the item is processed. Each link in the production chain can utilize and accumulate information. This forms a... |
The considerations founded on the laws relative to the proportions of chemical compounds enable us to form respecting the constitution of bodies, ideas which, though arbitrarily established in several points, cannot, however, be regarded as absolutely vague and sterile. Convinced likewise that certain properties of mat... |
Old Tech that has built our World:
Sheep and Cattle
Kinkajou: Why do cows and sheep deserve to be mentioned in a technology web site?
Erasmus: Cows and Sheep represent amazing pieces of biotechnology that marked the first steps of humans onto the path of civilisation. With cows and sheep, humans began the transition aw... |
'Superfoods': A healthy way to eat?
A type of nutrient-rich broccoli can boost your metabolism, scientists believe. But are such "superfoods" a healthy way to eat?
Fancy eating a stem cell beef burger, with some genetically modified rice? Perhaps with some specially bred broccoli that can "retune" your metabolism?
It's... |
Penyelesaian Persamaan Telegraph Dan Simulasinya
Keywords:Green's function, Wave equation, Equation telegraph
Equation Telegraph is one of type from wave equation. Solving of the wave equation obtainable by using Green's function with the method of boundary condition problem. This research aim to to show the process ob... |
Lynchburg Birth Records
Birth certificates in the United States are a document that is often used in order to document the event of an individual's birth. Quite often, the birth records are submitted through the hospital where the individual was born. A birth certificate can help a authenticate a person's identity, fam... |
The Squatters' rights and Cooperative Ownership in the LES Libguide is an overview of the political, public history of squatters' collective struggle in reclaiming New York City-owned abandoned buildings in the 1990s through 2000s, in the form of a bibliographic resource guide to the movement's primary and secondary so... |
Too Long; Didn't Read
AI machines that we have created today are nothing but a machine automating some processes. The word artificial intelligence isn’t fit for these types of systems. To make artificial intelligence intelligent, we need to make them think like humans and process information like our brain does. Combin... |
(For discussions of the latest topics, check out the Human Nature Fray.)
China pledged to prevent rain during this year's Olympics. Methods: 1) Inject clouds with chemicals that increase droplet size and flush out rain before clouds reach the stadium. 2) Inject chemicals that shrink droplets so the rain doesn't fall ti... |
November 25, 2008
Galactic Molecule Could Point To Signs Of Alien Life
An organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life has been located in a relatively hospitable part of the galaxy, scientists said.
Glyceraldehyde is a molecule with significant ties to the origins of life, as it can react to fo... |
Disease-fighters in our mouths provide clues to enhancing the immune system
Studies of natural antibiotics in our mouths may lead to new treatments for oral infections, as well as ways to boost the infection-fighting powers of mouthwashes, denture coatings, and wound dressings, according to a presentation at the annual... |
Have you noticed your children regularly breathe through her mouth during sleep, or even during the day? We usually do not pay heed to this habit and mouth breathing in children is usually ignored. Mouth breathing has been a concern among health care professionals because it can affect the long-term development of the ... |
Immunization (or immunisation in British English) is the process of conferring increased resistance to an infectious disease by a means other than experiencing the natural infection. Typically, this involves exposure to an agent (antigen or immunogen) that is designed to fortify the person's immune system against that ... |
IELTS is a hugely popular and significant test of English these days. It is now the standard English language test for entry to British Universities and Colleges and is now being used worldwide for academic and work related purposes. The following twelve tips will go a long way in ensuring you achieve your best possibl... |
South Africa profile
A chronology of key events:
4th century - Migrants from the north settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people.
National hero: Nelson Mandela
Anti-Apartheid icon walks free after 25 years in prison to become a revered statesman
1480s - Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias is the first Eu... |
Traditionally, mathematics is communicated by a person standing at a chalkboard and talking. This time-honored method still has many adherents, but the development of computer technology has made new techniques available for communicating mathematics.
This course covers all modalities of communication: oral, written, v... |
The unstoppable march of the upward inflection?
Whether it's called the upward inflection, high-rising terminal or simply "uptalk", the habit of making statements sound like questions is a genuine linguistic mystery, writes Chris Stokel-Walker.
The habit of ending statements with a stress that makes them sound a bit li... |
Harding and McVean (2005) present a review of current genetic evidence addressing the origin of modern humans. Unlike other recent reviews, they do not present a litany of evidence in favor of a recent African origin. Instead they step away from the past to look at the prospects for more complex metapopulation models t... |
ISO 11784/85 "STANDARD" WITH BLEMISH
A discussion of the ISO standard for RFID: its provenance, feasibility and limitations
The ISO transponder-based standard was originally intended for agricultural use to identify agricultural equipment and livestock. During the evolution of the standard, it was expanded to include c... |
There is one way that accreditation is highly important: if you receive a degree from an alternative source, such as online distance learning. When it comes to a traditional college, name recognition may be more important than accreditation. While most brick and mortar schools are accredited, some colleges have a great... |
The world is already almost halfway to nearly 1°C, and many countries have advocated for a stricter target of 1.5°C – including leaders of low-lying countries facing unsustainable sea-level rise in a warming world. Since the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism has been criticised for... |
Nobel Lecture*, December 11, 1963
Some Aspects of the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross, being an institution unique of its kind, I feel I should say a few words about what it is and what its activities are. It is a private, independent body, composed o... |
Caught in a Net
The last of the great Queens of Egypt, Cleopatra nearly altered the face of the world by seeking to unite her realm with that of the Roman Empire.
Born in Alexandria, Cleopatra received an extensive education preparing her to govern Egypt wisely. She was able to secure the throne from her brother Ptolem... |