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What's the difference between concrete and cement? Concrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in every part of designing and placing concrete. This video is meant to be a bare-bones introduction to the topic, with a cool demonstration of concrete strength using a hydraulic press.
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- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Concrete Cement
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- Video
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Sometimes conventional reinforcement isn't enough. The basics of prestressed concrete. Prestressing reinforcement doesn't necessarily make concrete stronger. But, it does increase the serviceability of concrete members by reducing the amount of deflection under load. This video explains the two most common types of prestressed concrete: pre-tensioned and post-tensioned. Prestressed concrete is used in all kinds of structures from bridges to buildings to silos and tanks. It’s a great way to minimize cracking and take fuller advantage of the incredible strength of reinforced concrete.
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- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Prestressed concrete Reinforced concrete
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce shares her view on "Why InfoLit is vital?" through the search & research they do every day.
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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- Video
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In this exercise, a team of students listed out a number of tasks that they have to complete when preparing the lesson plan. Which of the following task will be listed as the top priority on your to-do list? Will you start searching at this moment?
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- Lesson planning Teaching Information literacy
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In this video, two students are discussing the types of information are needed to answer the sub-questions. In their conversation, various type of information, including manuscripts, diaries and autobiographies, audio recordings and videos, original art works, letter patents, conference papers, books, government publications, critical analysis and review, journal articles, and handbooks.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Information resources Social sciences -- Research Information literacy
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- Video
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In this game, learners are required to put the information that can support the work in different research stages.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Research -- Methodology Information literacy Information resources
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- Others
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In this game, you need to match the types of information sources with the corresponding information needs.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Social sciences -- Research Information literacy
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It covers the diversity on BPM and its derivative
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- Management
- Keywords:
- Industrial management Workflow -- Management
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Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already violated sense of privacy? In a cautionary talk, Farahany warns of a society where people are arrested for merely thinking about committing a crime (like in "Minority Report") and private interests sell our brain data -- and makes the case for a right to cognitive liberty that protects our freedom of thought and self-determination.
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- Technology and Computing
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- Privacy Thought thinking -- Data processing Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures - and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. This is what happens when trees meet buildings.
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- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
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- Buildings -- Energy conservation Roof gardening Sustainable buildings Sustainable construction Trees in cities
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- Video
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In the exercise, learner need to determine where is the best place to find these primary information.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Information resources Humanities -- Research Information literacy
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- Others
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In this video, a team of students are now discussing where is the best place to find primary sources and search more efficiently.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Information resources Information retrieval Humanities -- Research
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- Video
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To have a better understanding on the importance of BPM by watching a video about graduates of Industrial Systems Engineering at PolyU and the good work by Professor Devonport Tom Davenport.
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- Management
- Keywords:
- Industrial management Workflow -- Management
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This video explains why ridges move, and other musings on thermal movement of large civil works. Most people have a certain intuition about thermal expansion, but you may not have considered how engineers design to accommodate it on large civil structures. The video gives a quick overview on this important consideration that engineers must account for when designing infrastructure like pipelines, bridges, and even sidewalks.
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- Structural Engineering
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- Structural analysis (Engineering) Expansion (Heat)
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- Video
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This video shows more destructive testing to answer your questions about concrete. Concrete's greatest weakness is its tensile strength, which can be less than 10% of its compressive strength. So, we often reinforce it to create a composite material strong against all types of stress. This video briefly touches on conventional rebar and prestressed/post-tensioned reinforcement.
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- Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Reinforced concrete Concrete
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- Video
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Dark UI patterns have a very short term benefit when it comes to user trust. This article shares a set of best practices to avoid unethical and deceptive UI patterns.
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- Interactive and Digital Media
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- Human-computer interaction -- Psychological aspects Web-based user interfaces User interfaces (Computer systems)
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- Others
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Why do we make poor decisions that we know are bad for our health? In this frank, funny talk, behavioral economist and health policy expert David Asch explains why our behavior is often irrational -- in highly predictable ways -- and shows how we can harness this irrationality to make better decisions and improve our health care system overall.
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- Health Sciences
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- Health behavior Decision (Psychology)
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Silence is a rare commodity these days. There's traffic, construction, air-conditioning, your neighbor's lawnmower ... and all this unwanted sound can have a surprising impact on your health, says noise researcher Mathias Basner. Discover the science behind how noise affects your health and sleep -- and how you can get more of the benefits of the sound of silence.
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- Health Sciences
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- Noise pollution -- Physiological effect Noise pollution -- Health aspects
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This video shows how simple reinforcement is used to prevent collapse of rock tunnels. Tunnels play an important role in our constructed environment as passageways for mines, conveyance for utilities, and routes for transportation. Rock bolts are a type of reinforcement for stabilizing rock excavations, usually made from steel bars or bolts. This simple construction method dramatically reduces the cost of making tunnels through rock safe from collapse.
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- Structural Engineering
- Keywords:
- Underground construction Rock bolts Tunneling Tunnels
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Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger -- and why a healthy dose of it can actually be useful. "Your anger exists in you ... because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, an evolutionary advantage," he says. "[It's] a powerful and healthy force in your life."
- Subjects:
- Psychology
- Keywords:
- Mental health Anger
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- Video