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Accidental Scientist: Science and Technology of Cooking
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Abstract: looks at the science behind food and cooking. Learn about what happens when you eat sugar, bake bread, cook an egg, or pickle foods. Find out how muscle turns to meat, what makes meat tender, and what gives meat its flavor. Take tours of breads and spices of the world. Explore your sense of taste and ... More »
Analysis II, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Continues 18.100, in the direction of manifolds and global analysis. Differentiable maps, inverse and implicit function theorems, n-dimensional Riemann integral, change of variables in multiple integrals, manifolds, differential forms, n-dimensional version of Stokes' theorem. 18.901 helpful but not ... More »
Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Practical applications of the continuum concept for deformation of solids and fluids, emphasizing force balance. Stress tensor, infinitesimal and finite strain, and rotation tensors developed. Constitutive relations applicable to geological materials, including elastic, viscous, brittle, and plastic ... More »
Biomedical Information Technology, Spring 2005
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Abstract: The objective of this subject is to teach the design of contemporary information systems for biological and medical data. These data are growing at a prodigious rate, and new information systems are required. This subject will cover examples from biology and medicine to illustrate complete life cycle ... More »
Biomolecular Kinetics and Cellular Dynamics, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This subject deals primarily with kinetic and equilibrium mathematical models of biomolecular interactions, as well as the application of these quantitative analyses to biological problems across a wide range of levels of organization, from individual molecular interactions to populations of cells.
Botaanika konspekt gümnaasiumile
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Abstract: Botaanika konspekt mükoloogia, lihhenoloogia ja taimeökoloogia alustega ja mõningate praktiliste tööde juhenditega. Põhjalik valikkursuse õppematerjal gümnaasiumiõpilasele
Chinese I (Regular), Spring 2005
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Abstract: This subject is the first semester of two that form an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin. Though not everyone taking this course will be an absolute beginner, the course presupposes no prior background in the language. The purpose of this course is to develop: (a) basic ... More »
Class Discussion About Playing Ayiti: The Cost of Life
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Abstract: Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education, make money, stay healthy, or maintain happiness. During the course of ... More »
CoVis: Learning Through Collaborative Visualization
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Abstract: CoVis is a community of thousands of students, over a hundred teachers, and dozens of researchers all working to improve science education in middle and high schools. They do this by approaching the learning of science more like the doing of science: rather than depend on the teaching of facts, they ... More »
Creative Typography
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Abstract: Exploration and experimentation with letter forms and page layout for expressive communication. Fundamental typographic principles, font recognition, and analysis of both historical and post modern design theory. Emphasis on content, form, and technique for effective use of typography in ads, posters, ... More »
Database Systems, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the foundations of database systems, focusing on basics such as the relational algebra and data model, query optimization, query processing, and transactions. This is not a course on database design or SQL programming (though we will discuss these ... More »
Elementary Statistics
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Abstract: Elementary Statistics is an introduction to data analysis course that makes use of graphical and numerical techniques to study patterns and departures from patterns. The student studies randomness with emphasis on understanding variation, collects information in the face of uncertainty, checks distributional ... More »
English Expository Writing Text
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Abstract: An English Composition Writing Text which discusses: how to build a body paragraph, how to build an argumentative theme, how to edit, how to analyze and write about literature, a grammar guide, cultural considerations in writing, guidelines to student success.
Examen.sn
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Abstract: Portail d'aide à la préparation des examens, du CM2 à la terminale. Résumés de cours, exercices corrigés, conseils.
Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course covers the following topics: conduction, diffusion, convection in electrolytes; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor and electrical forces in physiological systems; and fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological ... More »
Geodynamics, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course deals with mechanics of deformation of the crust and mantle, with emphasis on the importance of different rheological descriptions: brittle, elastic, linear and nonlinear fluids, and viscoelastic.
Groundwater Hydrology, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include: Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow equation, ... More »
Into the Book
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Abstract: "Into the Book" is a reading comprehension resource for primary students and teachers, focused on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. The Student Area features an interactive activity ... More »
Introduction to Bioengineering, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Designed as a freshmen seminar course, faculty from various School of Engineering departments describe the research and educational opportunities specific to and offered by their departments. Background lectures by the BE.010J staff introduce students to the fundamental scientific basis for bioengineering. ... More »
Introduction to Flash MX
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Abstract: This course offers an introduction to the Macromedia Flash multimedia authoring environment. It incorporates hands-on experience developing streaming web-based multimedia presentations including animation, sound, and graphics with Macromedia's Flash MX application. In each lesson, students build a module ... More »
