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Origami, which literally translates to "folding paper," is a Japanese practice dating back to at least the 17th century. In origami, a single, traditionally square sheet of paper can be transformed into almost any shape, purely by folding. The same simple concepts yield everything from a paper crane with about 20 steps, to a dragon with over 1,000 steps. Evan Zodl explores the ancient art form.
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Origami -- Mathematics
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Drinking calcium-rich milk strengthens your bones -- but it's not the only thing you can do for a strong and healthy skeleton. Dr. Jen Gunter digs deep into the three layers of bone to explain why they weaken as we age and shares what you can do to maintain a healthy frame for years to come. Want to hear more from Dr. Gunter? Check out her podcast Body Stuff, from the TED Audio Collective.
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- Rehabilitation Sciences and Health Sciences
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- Bones -- Physiology
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Overcrowded clinics, extensive wait times and overworked doctors are taking a devastating toll on mothers and children in India. In this eye-opening talk, urogynecologist and TED Fellow Aparna Hegde exposes the systemic gaps that lead to preventable deaths every minute -- and introduces scalable, affordable and empowering tech solutions that improve maternal and child health outcomes, upend patriarchal family dynamics and save lives.
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- Health Technology and Informatics and Health Sciences
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- Medical telematics Medical care -- India
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You take vacation days, sick days and mental health days; now it's time to add a financial health day to that list! What to do on it? Behavioral psychologist Wendy De La Rosa shares 10 simple steps you can take to spend less, save more -- and stress less.
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- Finance
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- Finance Personal
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Your skin is your body's largest organ ... but it might be the most misunderstood, says Dr. Jen Gunter. From sunscreen to cancer and even chocolate, she tackles five misleading myths about skin and shares what you can do to protect it. Want to hear more from Dr. Gunter? Check out her podcast Body Stuff, from the TED Audio Collective.
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- Health Sciences
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- Skin
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Feelings are complicated. And even more so at work. We like to believe the ultimate professional is stoic, but what important information do we miss when we disregard our emotions on the job? In this episode, Harvard psychologist Susan David helps us break free from the "tyranny of positivity" and embrace the full range of our emotions. After the talk, host Modupe Akinola extends this idea to the workplace by examining a time she shed tears at a meeting with colleagues. Listen and subscribe to TED Business and more podcasts from the TED Audio Collective at audiocollective.ted.com.
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- Job stress Emotions Job stress -- Prevention Work -- Psychological aspects
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It's 1762 BCE. As dawn breaks in the Babylonian city of Sippar, Beltani— a priestess and businesswoman— receives an urgent visit from her brother. He makes a troubling accusation: her tavern keeper has been undermining the business Beltani relies on in her old age. Now she has just a few short hours to find out the truth. Soraya Field Fiorio details a day in the life of a Babylonian naditu.
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- Area Studies
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- Middle East -- Babylonia Social conditions Women
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Business in Africa is booming -- but international companies are missing out, says emerging markets expert Nomava Zanazo. Rushing in without knowing their customers, businesses underestimate Africans and make costly assumptions about their diversity, preferences and buying power. Sharing the basics about what companies need to know to succeed on the continent, Zanazo debunks four myths and misunderstandings about Africa and its citizens -- and invites businesses from overseas to share in its wealth ... once they've done their research.
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- Africa Business enterprises Industrial management
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Why do we trust some companies and not others? Using real-world examples, digital trust advisor Marcos Aguiar decodes this make-or-break quality -- and offers seven tools to help leaders design a foundation of trust into their business ecosystems in order to achieve long-term success.
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- Management
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- Trust Corporate culture
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PolyU has announced the return of F2F learning and teaching (L&T) mode in the coming semester. Are we ready to continue our journey to the ‘new normal’ of e-L&T in our pedagogical pursuit for the new generation? In this Webinar organized by APSS and in collaboration with Educational Development Centre (EDC), Professor Doug VOGEL will provide the audience with a succinct capture of his aspiration for Education 4.0, and give his feedback on the endeavors that APSS has been working on with EDC to ride the juggernaut of pedagogical challenges and advancement in the changing environments.
Event Date: 17/12/2021
Facilitator(s): Julia Chen, Rodney Chu, Darren Harbutt
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- Good Practices and Lesson Design
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- Web-based instruction Educational technology Computer-assisted instruction Teaching Blended learning Learning
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