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An EKG Interpretation Primer

This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation and is available as a Creative Commons resource.

Subjects:: Nursing
Keywords:: Electrocardiography Nursing Textbooks
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This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading this book, you should be able to read an epidemiologic study, understand what the authors did and why, and identify what they found. You will also have the tools to assess the quality of that study—how good is the evidence? What are potential sources of bias, and how might those have affected the results? This book will not teach you enough to be able to design and conduct your own epidemiologic studies—that level of understanding requires several years of specialized training. However, being able to read and understand the scientific literature about human health will allow you to apply that understanding to your own work in a nuanced, sophisticated way.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Epidemiology Textbooks
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Answering questions with data: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Students

This is a free textbook teaching introductory statistics for undergraduates in Psychology. This textbook is part of a larger OER course package for teaching undergraduate statistics in Psychology, including this textbook, a lab manual, and a course website. All of the materials are free and copiable, with source code maintained in Github repositories.

Subjects:: Psychology and Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords:: Statistics Social sciences -- Statistical methods Textbooks Psychology
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Health Education

Readers will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health.

Subjects:: Public Health and Food Science
Keywords:: Health education Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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Veterinary Histology

Veterinary Histology is a microscopic anatomy textbook focused on domestic species, including the dog, cat, cattle, horses, swine, and camelids. This digital textbook provides comprehensive, system-specific text as well as high-resolution, annotated images along with chapter-specific glossary of terms and learning objectives.

Subjects:: Veterinary Medicine
Keywords:: Veterinary histology Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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Concepts of Fitness and Wellness

This open textbook for Concepts of Fitness and Wellness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Food Science
Keywords:: Exercise Textbooks Health Physical fitness
Resource Type:: e-book

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Learning Statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners

Learning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software. The book discusses how to get started in R as well as giving an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts. From a statistical perspective, the book discusses descriptive statistics and graphing first, followed by chapters on probability theory, sampling and estimation, and null hypothesis testing. After introducing the theory, the book covers the analysis of contingency tables, t-tests, ANOVAs and regression. Bayesian statistics are covered at the end of the book.

Subjects:: Psychology and Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords:: Statistics Social sciences -- Statistical methods Textbooks Statistics -- Computer programs R (Computer program language)
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Sustaining the Commons

This textbook discusses the main framework, concepts and applications of the work of Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues for an undergraduate audience. We began teaching a course on collective and the commons in 2007 at Arizona State University. Initially we made use of Ostrom's classic book “Governing the Commons”, but this book was not written for an undergraduate audience. Moreover, many new insights have been developed since the 1990 publication of “Governing the Commons”. Therefore we decided to write our own textbook, which we have been using since the Spring of 2012. In this book you will learn about institutions–the rules and norms that guide the interactions among us. Those rules and norms can be found from traffic rules, rules in sports, regulations on when and where alcohol can be consumed, to constitutional rules that define who can become president of the United States of America. Rules and norms guide us to cooperative outcomes of so-called collective action problems. If we rely on voluntary contributions only to get anything done, this may not lead to the best results. But research also shows that coercion of people to comply to strict rules do not necessary lead to good outcomes. What combination of sticks and carrots is needed to be successful to solve collective action problems such as sustaining the commons? The book is based on the work of Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues. Ostrom is best known as the 2009 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”. Elinor Ostrom was a professor at Indiana University since the mid 1960s, and a part-time research professor at Arizona State University since 2006. She was active in research and teaching until her death at the age of 78 on June 12, 2012.

Subjects:: Economics and Social Sciences
Keywords:: Economics Social sciences Textbooks
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Introduction to Human Osteology

This text was designed for use in the human osteology laboratory classroom. Bones are described to aid in identification of skeletonized remains in either an archaeological or forensic anthropology setting. Basic techniques for siding, aging, sexing, and stature estimation are described. Both images of bone and drawings are included which may be used for study purposes outside of the classroom. The text represents work that has been developed over more than 30 years by its various authors and is meant to present students with the basic analytical tools for the study of human osteology.

Subjects:: Anthropology
Keywords:: Skeleton Physical anthropology Textbooks Bones
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Palgrave Communications

Palgrave Communications is a multi- and interdisciplinary, open access, academic journal publishing peer-reviewed research across the humanities and social sciences.

Keywords:: Business Humanities Finance Industrial management Social sciences
Resource Type:: e-journal

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World Health Organization: Health Topics

In this page, it covers various health topics, for example, addictive behaviours, blood products, clinical trials, disability, and Ebola virus disease etc.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Public health Health
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Current Nursing

The website of Nursing Theories:A Companion to Nursing Theories and Models covers the topics of nursing theoris, research, mental health nursing etc. For example, the topic of application of nursing theories, goal attainment theory, Orem's self-care deficit theory, suchman’s stages of illness model, and Betty Neuman's systems model in nursing care.

Course related:: SN210 Fundamental Concepts of Health & Nurisng
Subjects:: Nursing
Keywords:: Psychiatric nursing Psychiatric nurses
Resource Type:: Others

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2017 Maps of Meaning 01: Context and Background

In this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the cold war. What is belief? Why is it so important to people? Why will they fight to protect it? I propose that belief unites a culture's expectations and desires with the actions of its people, and that the match between those two allows for cooperative action and maintains emotional stability. I suggest, further, that culture has a deep narrative structure, presenting the world as a forum for action, with characters representing the individual, the known, and the unknown -- or the individual, culture and nature -- or the individual, order and chaos.

Subjects:: Psychology
Keywords:: Archetype (Psychology) Meaning (Psychology)
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Armando Hasudungan

This video playlist covering the topics Endocrinology, Neurology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Endocrinology Physiology Pharmacology Neurology
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Mindfulness Guided Practice

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a life-affirming 8-week course in conscious living that has helped tens of thousands of people worldwide cope with the stresses of life. It was developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Thousands of clinical studies have shown the power of mindfulness practice to improve symptoms and help people cope a wide range of physiological and psychological challenges, including stress, cancer, anxiety and depression, chronic pain, and more. In link is the guided practice of Minfulness course.

Subjects:: Psychology
Keywords:: Psychology Stress (Psychology) Meditation -- Study teaching Mind body
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Medline Plus: Anatomy

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our mission is to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted and easy to understand, in both English and Spanish. We make reliable health information available anytime, anywhere, for free. There is no advertising on this website, and MedlinePlus does not endorse any companies or products. MedlinePlus Features including: Health Topics, Medical Tests, Medical Encyclopedia, Drugs & Supplements, and Healthy Recipes.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Human body
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Zygote body

Zygote Media Group, Inc. was founded in 1994 and has been creating the world's leading 3D anatomical products ever since. 3D anatomical products from Zygote have been seen in groundbreaking applications online, in broadcast television, films, computer games, educational software, and in medical illustrations and animations. Zygote is excited about showing the world the beauty and miracle of human life through our 3D anatomy products.

Course related:: RS3030 Clinical Neurology & Neuroscience, HSS2011 Human Anatomy, and RS2040 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Imaging systems in biology Three-dimensional imaging
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Essence of Linear Algebra

3Blue1Brown, by Grant Sanderson, is some combination of math and entertainment, depending on your disposition. The goal is for explanations to be driven by animations and for difficult problems to be made simple with changes in perspective.

Course related:: AMA1120 Basic Mathematics II – Calculus and Linear Algebra
Subjects:: Social Work and Human Servicessocial and Psychology
Keywords:: Algebras Linear
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Physiology Quizlet

The website covers the topics of human anatomy, physiology guide, cell biology, and axial skeleton.

Course related:: ABCT2326 Human Physiology
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Physiology Human anatomy
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The Dibble Institute

The Dibble Institute offers a variety of free resources to help you teach relationship skills in your school or organization. It covers a list of free resources, for example, toolkits, free newsletter, free webinars, grant alerts, movie guides, case studies, reports, tip sheets, and helpful links.

Subjects:: Psychology and Social Work and Human Services
Keywords:: Interpersonal relations -- Study teaching Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Study teaching Youth -- Counseling of
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Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute E-Learning Platform.

Course related:: LSGI1B02 Climate Change and Society
Subjects:: Disaster Control and Management
Keywords:: Disasters -- Social aspects Disaster relief -- Psychological aspects Emergency management
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Mriquestions

The website is written by Allen D. Elster. In 1994 y Allen published the first edition of Questions and Answers in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a collection of notes on MR physics he had distributed to residents and fellows during viewbox teaching over the years. Jonathan Burdette helped him update this material and the second edition appeared in 2001. These books were big hits in the radiology community, and he still take pride how many people tell me they learned most of what they know about MR physics from them. There is no charge for using this site; it is his gift back to the MRI community.

Course related:: HTI48105 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Subjects:: Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Magnetic resonance imaging
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Physiopedia

The Physiopedia charity provides an evidence-based and continually updating knowledge resource that is free for anyone to access - some people call us "Wikipedia for the physiotherapy profession". The website is the largest available physiotherapy knowledge resource and is used by people in every corner of the world. In addition to the open knowledge resource the Physiopedia charity also provides free online courses which make education and professional development accessible where ever a person is in the world.

Course related:: JS3636 Physiotherapy and RS4790 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Iv
Subjects:: Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Physical diagnosis Physical therapy
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Kenhub

Kenhub provides extensive resources to guide you through the human anatomy with videos, quizzes, articles and an atlas.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Histology Diagnostic imaging Human physiology -- Computer simulation
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Registered Nurse RN

Welcome to Registered Nurse RN. Our mission is to help aspiring nurses, nursing students, and new nurses. Aspiring nurses can learn about the different types of nurses, education requirements, and nurse salary statistics. Nursing students can access care plan examples, nursing school study tips, NCLEX review lectures and quizzes, nursing skills, and more. New nurses can access job resources such as interview tips, nursing job resumes, and job search tools.

Subjects:: Nursing
Keywords:: Nursing students Nursing Nurses
Resource Type:: Others

MOOC

Free Course of University of Derby

These free online courses are also known as MOOCs (massive open online courses). MOOCs are short courses that are usually run free of charge by major learning providers to expand your knowledge of a particular academic topic or to help you develop a specific skill. They are free to take part in and are open to everyone regardless of age, education level and location.

Course related:: RS2270 Rehabilitation Psychology, RS3410 Enabling Occupation: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, and RS3310 A: Clinical Sciences in Psychiatric Conditions
Subjects:: Health Sciences, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Developmental disabilities Psychology Health
Resource Type:: MOOC

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Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice: An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics

This course was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a self-study course. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to correctly: Describe key features and applications of descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Calculate and interpret ratios, proportions, incidence rates, mortality rates, prevalence, and years of potential life lost. Calculate and interpret mean, median, mode, ranges, variance, standard deviation, and confidence interval. Prepare and apply tables, graphs, and charts such as arithmetic-scale line, scatter diagram, pie chart, and box plot. Describe the processes, uses, and evaluation of public health surveillance. Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation.

Course related:: SN3303 Public Health and Infection Control
Subjects:: Public Health and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Public health Epidemiology Biometry
Resource Type:: e-book

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Introduction to RevMan 5

This is a recorded webinar with Matt Page, a trainer from Cochrane Australia, on how to use Review Manager (RevMan). RevMan is the free software used to write Cochrane Reviews. There are two versions of Cochrane RevMan: RevMan Web (online platform recommended for Cochrane intervention reviews) and RevMan 5 (desktop version used for non-intervention review formats, non-Cochrane reviews and for offline working). NOTE: RevMan 5 is no longer being developed or updated. This video talks about RevMan 5. Note that the most detailed and up-to-date tutorial on using RevMan 5 is available on the RevMan (5.3 version) Help menu, upon installation.

Course related:: RS4050 Capstone Project
Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Evidence-based medicine Hbooks manuals etc. Computer software Systematic reviews (Medical research)
Resource Type:: Video

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Physiotutors

On this channel you will find educational Physiotherapy videos on assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment for various conditions one may encounter. We follow a consistent structure and provide statistical data as well as an evidence statement in almost all of our videos.If you're a physiotherapy student or practicing therapist look no further; this is your one stop for educational physiotherapy videos!

Course related:: JS3636 Physiotherapy
Subjects:: Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Physical diagnosis Physical therapy
Resource Type:: Video

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American Association of Colleges of Nursing

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for academic nursing. AACN works to establish quality standards for nursing education; assists schools in implementing those standards; influences the nursing profession to improve health care; and promotes public support for professional nursing education, research, and practice.The website, fundamentally serve as a association communication channel provide lots of news in the profession and the education of nurses.

Course related:: SN5117 Palliative and End of Life Care
Subjects:: Nursing
Keywords:: Nursing -- Study teaching Nursing Nurses
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Radiology Masterclass

Radiology Masterclass provides online medical imaging educational resources for medical students, junior doctors and allied health care professionals. Build your skills in medical imaging by using our free to access material, and then sign up to a course completion assessment to prove your knowledge.

Course related:: HTI28102 Medical Imaging Studies I
Subjects:: Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging Radiography Tomography
Resource Type:: Others

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Osmosis

Osmosis.org is a leading medical & health education platform with an audience of over a million current & future clinicians & caregivers. Our vision: Everyone who cares for someone will learn by Osmosis! Our YouTube channel features general consumer health videos to educate the public about important medical concepts. The Osmosis.org learning platform features more in-depth videos for health professionals and students as well as tens of thousands of practice questions and flashcards, as well as advanced features like study schedules and collaborative tools.

Course related:: SN301 Nursing Therapeutics III and SN4217 Child & Adolescence Health
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Life sciences Medicine Health education Clinical medicine
Resource Type:: Video

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AO Surgery Reference

AO Surgery Reference is a resource for the management of fractures, based on current clinical principles, practices and available evidence.

Course related:: RS3410 Enabling Occupation: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Fracturess -- Treatment Fractures Bones -- Wounds injuries
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3D4Medical

3D4Medical is credited with transforming medical learning and practice around the world with its proprietary and ground-breaking 3D medical technology. This technology disrupts traditional methods of education by providing revolutionary applications that allow the educator, student, healthcare professional and patient to explore and experience medical education like never before, putting high-quality accessible 3D anatomical information at their fingertips. 3D4Medical has received many prestigious Apple awards, including a Design and Innovation Award, ‘Best of 2015’ and ‘Best of 2016’ and has featured on stage at both Apple and Microsoft Keynotes. 3D4Medical has also received the US-Ireland Research Innovation Award. 3D4Medical’s flagship platform, Complete Anatomy, is the world’s most advanced anatomy platform. In 2019, it achieved over 1.2 million registered users, and across its suite of apps 3D4Medical has had over 25 million downloads and regularly claims the title of #1 medical app on the app stores of Apple, Microsoft and Google in 160 countries. In 2019, 3D4Medical’s SaaS-based subscription business has grown with over 100K annual subscribers.

Course related:: RS2040 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology -- Computer simulation Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Crash Course Psychology

In 40 episodes, Hank Green will teach you psychology! This course is based on the 2013 AP Psychology curriculum. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

* Understand the biological basis of human behavior and perception

* Explain standard models of thinking, learning, and emotions

* Recognize rigorous psychological research methods, including ethical considerations

* Identify cases of abnormal psychology and associated treatments

* Apply psychological theories to social groups

Course related:: HTI39103 Radiotheraphy Patient Management
Subjects:: Psychology
Keywords:: Psychology
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Introduction to Psychology

Comprehensive coverage of core concepts grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research, including coverage of the DSM-5 in discussions of psychological disorders. Incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Course related:: APSS298 Applied Psychology
Subjects:: Psychology
Keywords:: Psychology
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Geeky Medics

A collection of interactive medical and surgical clinical case scenarios to put your diagnostic and management skills to the test. Each clinical case scenario allows you to work through history taking, investigations, diagnosis and management.

Course related:: HTI48101 Computed Tomography
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Medical personnel -- Study teaching Medical education
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American Heart Association

The six cardiologists who founded the American Heart Association in 1924 would be amazed.From humble beginnings, the AHA has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 33 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 3,400 employees. Learn more about our impact over time. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Course related:: RS3771 Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Cerebrovascular disease Cardiology Cardiovascular system -- Diseases
Resource Type:: Others

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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology

This catalog contains educational content originally curated by Boundless. In collaboration with the Boundless team, Lumen Learning imported these OER courses to the Lumen Platform, to ensure they remain freely available to the education community after Boundless ceased operations. Lumen maintains the Boundless content in the same condition it was provided to us. Please note, courses may contain issues with formatting, accessibility, and the degree to which content remains current, accurate, and complete.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy and ABCT2326 Human Physiology
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Human body
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Radiopaedia

"Radiopaedia’s mission is to create the best radiology reference the world has ever seen and to make it available for free, for ever, for all." To date (June 2020), it has 37000+ cases and 14000+ articles contributed by experts in the field open for access.

Subjects:: Radiation Science
Keywords:: Medical radiology Radiology
Resource Type:: Others

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Introduction to Design Equity

Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice. Using the book in a class or in your work with communities? Let us know by filling out this brief form!

Subjects:: Sociology
Keywords:: Social justice in art Design -- Social aspects Equality
Resource Type:: e-book

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Technology and Global Development

Companies and governments have to decide upon technological strategies, i.e. which products are to be developed and which processes and infrastructures are required for the future. Several tools to consider technological strategies are dealt with in this course.

Subjects:: Technology
Keywords:: Water resources development Globalization Indonesia -- Java Technology transfer Technological innovations -- Management Sustainable development
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The Global History of Capitalism

The Global History of Capitalism project hosted the conference ‘Convergence/Divergence: New Approaches to the Global History of Capitalism’ on September 28-29 2019. The conference brought together cultural, economic, and political historians of global capitalism with the aim of starting a new conversation about the relationship between capitalism and global history.

Subjects:: Anthropology and Political Science
Keywords:: Economics Capitalism
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Ethics in AI

Over the last decade, concerns about the power and danger of Artificial Intelligence have moved from the fantasy of “Terminator” to reality, and anxieties about killer robots have been joined by many others that are more immediate. An introduction by Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt; The place of Ethics in AI, AI Ethics and legal regulation, Ethics of AI in healthcare

Subjects:: Health Technology and Informatics and Medical and Professional Ethics
Keywords:: Artificial intelligence -- Moral ethical aspects Ethics
Resource Type:: Others

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Power and Politics in Today’s World - Office Hours

Power and Politics in Today's world, taught by professor Ian Shapiro, provides answers to the questions: How did we get from the huge euphoria that followed the fall of communism in the early 1990s to our present politics of fear and resentment, and what are the prospects going forward? In this playlist, Shapiro and the course's designated teaching fellow discuss recurring and/or interesting questions raised by students in the course.