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"Healthcare Anthem of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany"

A thoughtful ode to health care, composed by Tilo Alpermann and performed on the TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany stage by Lars Jönnson.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Piano music
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15 Things About Running A Restaurant Business

In this Alux.com video we'll try to answer the following questions: How to start a restaurant business? What do you need to start a restaurant business? How hard is to start a restaurant business? How to make your restaurant business successful? Why do most restaurant businesses fail? What is a franchise? Should you start a franchise or go independent? Do you need a chef for your restaurant business? How to get food for your restaurant? How to market your restaurant business? Can you get rich from a restaurant business? How expensive is it to start a restaurant business?

Course related:: HTM4305 Food and Beverage Management
Subjects:: Food and Beverage
Keywords:: Restaurant management New business enterprises
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2-Minute Neuroscience: Optic Nerve (Cranial Nerve II)

A 2-minute video (with transcript) discusses the anatomy and function of the optic nerve, as well as describe what can happen when the nerve is damaged. Additional notes are available at https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/optic-nerve-deficits .

Subjects:: Optometry
Keywords:: Optic nerve Optic nerve -- Diseases Nerves Cranial
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A Grassroots Healthcare Revolution in Africa

Half the world's population doesn't have access to basic health care. The answer to bridging this divide lies in pharmacies, which Boris A. Hesser believes can be developed into bonafide centers of community care. In this forward-thinking talk, Hesser explains how he and his team are working to bring affordable health care to everyone, everywhere.

Subjects:: Management of Health Care Services
Keywords:: Medical care Community health services
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A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed To Thrive, Not Grow

What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? "Like a doughnut," says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole -- where people are falling short on life's essentials -- and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet's ecological limits.

Subjects:: Economics
Keywords:: Economic development Sustainable development
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A New Way To Fund Health Care for The Most Vulnerable

In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict funding regulations meant that he could only operate on people with specific diseases, leaving many others without resources for treatment. In this passionate talk, Bastawrous calls for a new health care funding model that's flexible and ambitious -- to deliver better health to everyone, whatever their needs are.

Subjects:: Management of Health Care Services
Keywords:: Health services administration Poor -- Medical care -- Finance
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All Gone Well Done - Episode 1

In the age of information, everyone is easy to be satisfied with the so-called "facts". However, a young man, Ah On believes that the truth-seeking spirit just like playing a trick, you can only one-side of the "truth". Let's check out whether the buddies of Ah On have this truth-seeking spirit or not.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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All Gone Well Done - Episode 2

In facing the developer hegemony, Ah Bao’s convenient store is being forced to relocate. His best friend, Ah On gave up the opportunity to study aboard and insisted to stay in Hong Kong and film a documentary about the reconstruction of the old district. Why did he give up the study? Let’s find out the story of Ah On.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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All Gone Well Done - Episode 3

There are many strange things happened in the old building, is it a trick played by the developers? Let’s continue the story to see what happened on the 5 young people.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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All Gone Well Done - Episode 4

In order to realize the unfinished plan of Ah On, some of his friends conduct the interview, some of them responsible for the on-site investigation while some of them do the background research. Do you want to know what are they going to do? Let’s check it out!

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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All Gone Well Done - Episode 5

Here comes to the last episode! Let's check out whether they can realize the unfinished plan of Ah On.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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An Unexpected Tool for Understanding Inequality: Abstract Math

How do we make sense of a world that doesn't? By looking in unexpected places, says mathematician Eugenia Cheng. She explains how applying concepts from abstract mathematics to daily life can lead us to a deeper understanding of things like the root of anger and the function of privilege. Learn more about how this surprising tool can help us to empathize with each other.

Subjects:: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords:: Mathematics -- Social aspects Equality
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Are Electric Planes Possible?

Can renewable energy be adopted to aviation transportation industry? Can our giant planes powered by batteries? This video discusses some possibilities.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering, Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Renewable energy sources Energy storage Airplanes -- Fuel
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Are there universal expressions of emotion? - Sophie Zadeh

The 40 or so muscles in the human face can be activated in different combinations to create thousands of expressions. But do these expressions look the same and communicate the same meaning around the world regardless of culture? Is one person’s smile another’s grimace? Sophie Zadeh investigates.

Keywords:: Nonverbal communication Expression Body language
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At University, Learning Is Inquiry

This video is about 'what is learning?' at the university.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
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BPM in Industry

Cover the adoptions of BPM in organizations, why they are being adopted, to what extent they're being adopted and what if organizations fail to adopt a BPM

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
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Be a life-long learner

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to use information to learn, being an informed learner is about being able to maximize the potential of the information environment you have. It will make it possible for you to be productive, capable, and also innovative and creative.