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  • Video 
    Lecture Collection | Convex Optimization

    Lecture Collection | Convex Optimization

    Stanford Electrical Engineering Course on Convex Optimization.

    Course related:
    AMA4850 Optimization Methods
    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematical optimization Convex functions
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Medical Laboratory Techniques

    Medical Laboratory Techniques

    Medical Laboratory Techniques are demonstrated in a video interactive format. Approximately 20 skills are available in 4-12 minute video segments.

    Subjects:
    Medical Laboratory Science
    Keywords:
    Diagnosis Laboratory Medical laboratories
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • e-book 
    Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns

    Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns

    The documentation is missing or obsolete, and the original developers have departed. Your team has limited understanding of the system, and unit tests are missing for many, if not all, of the components. When you fix a bug in one place, another bug pops up somewhere else in the system. Long rebuild times make any change difficult. All of these are signs of software that is close to the breaking point. Many systems can be upgraded or simply thrown away if they no longer serve their purpose. Legacy software, however, is crucial for operations and needs to be continually available and upgraded. How can you reduce the complexity of a legacy system sufficiently so that it can continue to be used and adapted at acceptable cost? Based on the authors' industrial experiences, this book is a guide on how to reverse engineer legacy systems to understand their problems, and then reengineer those systems to meet new demands. Patterns are used to clarify and explain the process of understanding large code bases, hence transforming them to meet new requirements. The key insight is that the right design and organization of your system is not something that can be evident from the initial requirements alone, but rather as a consequence of understanding how these requirements evolve.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Software reengineering Object-oriented programming (Computer science) Software patterns Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Presentation 
    OntoNaviERP: Ontology-supported Navigation in ERP Software Documentation

    OntoNaviERP: Ontology-supported Navigation in ERP Software Documentation

    This video was recorded at 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Karlsruhe 2008. The documentation of Enterprise Research Planning (ERP) systems is usually (1) extremely large and (2) combines various views from the business and the technical implementation perspective. Also, a very specific vocabulary has evolved, in particular in the SAP domain (e.g. SAP Solution Maps or SAP software module names). This vocabulary is not clearly mapped to business management terminology and concepts. It is a well-known problem in practice that searching in SAP ERP documentation is difficult, because it requires in-depth knowledge of a large and proprietary terminology. We propose to use ontologies and automatic annotation of such large HTML software documentation in order to improve the usability and accessibility, namely of ERP help files. In order to achieve that, we have developed an ontology and prototype for SAP ERP 6.0. Our approach integrates concepts and lexical resources from (1) business management terminology, (2) SAP business terminology, (3) SAP system terminology, and (4) Wordnet synsets. We use standard GATE/KIM technology to annotate SAP help documentation with respective references to our ontology. Eventually, our approach consolidates the knowledge contained in the SAP help functionality at a conceptual level. This allows users to express their queries using a terminology they are familiar with, e.g. referring to general management terms. Despite a widely automated ontology construction process and a simplistic annotation strategy with minimal human intervention, we experienced convincing results. For an average query linked to an action and a topic, our technology returns more than 3 relevant resources, while a naïve term-based search returns on average only about 0.2 relevant resources.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Enterprise resource planning Software documentation Ontologies (Information retrieval)
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
    OER
  • Others 
    Rock Engineering Practice and Design

    Rock Engineering Practice and Design

    The ISRM is extremely grateful to Erik Eberhardt of the University of British Columbia in Canada for preparing this series of downloadable ISRM Lectures on rock mechanics and rock engineering.
    1 - Introduction
    2 - Observational Approach
    3 - Empirical Design
    4 - Kinematic Analysis I
    5 - Kinematic Analysis II
    6 - Limit Equilibrium
    7 - In Situ Stress
    8 - Stress Analysis
    9 - Deformation Analysis
    10 - Discontinuum Analysis
    11 - Excavation Methods
    12 - Rock Support
    13 - Instrumentation
    14 - Brittle Fracture
    15 - Case Histories

    Subjects:
    Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
    Keywords:
    Rock mechanics Engineering geology
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Skhizein (short film)

    Skhizein (short film)

    What would happen if a 150.000-tonnes meteorite hit you? Sadly, this is precisely what has happened to the demure Henri Debrus, forcing himself to detach from his body at a specific and constant 91-centimetre distance apart. Undoubtedly, his predicament sounds improbable or even tragic and funny at the same time, nevertheless, let us see how would you cope with this complex day-to-day problem if your existence was mocked by every physical law. Just imagine it. It's not funny.

    Course related:
    SN2704 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing and SN3704 Mental Health Nursing Therapeutics
    Subjects:
    Nursing
    Keywords:
    Schizophenia Mental illness Mental health
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Math And Magic of Origami

    The Math And Magic of Origami

    Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Origami -- Mathematics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The New Boston: A Series Video of Programming, Web Design, Game Development, Graphic Design, and Networking

    The New Boston: A Series Video of Programming, Web Design, Game Development, Graphic Design, and Networking

    A series of video that introduce various topics, including Node.js, Java, C programming, HTML, JavaScript, Python, PHP, and C++ programming.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer games -- Programming Computer programming Web sites -- Design Graphic arts Computer networks
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Psychology of Evil

    The Psychology of Evil

    Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.

    Subjects:
    Psychology
    Keywords:
    Good evil -- Psychological aspects
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Transport Processes in the Environment

    Transport Processes in the Environment

    This class serves as an introduction to mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis given to river and lake systems. The class will cover the derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations. Class topics to be covered will include: molecular and turbulent diffusion, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange and particle transport.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Transportation
    Keywords:
    Water -- Pollution Hydrodynamics Diffusion in hydrology Oceanic mixing
    Resource Type:
    Courseware