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  • Video 
    Was Roman Concrete Better?

    Was Roman Concrete Better?

    This video discusses a few modern techniques that help improve design life of concrete, including roller compacted concrete (RCC) and water reducing admixtures (superplasticizers). There are a whole host of differences between modern concrete and that of the western Roman empire that I didn’t have time to go into, including freeze/thaw damage.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Concrete construction Roller compacted concrete Concrete -- Additives Concrete
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Others 
    Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

    Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

    In this exercise, learners are required to distinguish the information belong to "primary sources" or "secondary sources". Primary information source are anything created at the time when the incident/event happened. They were created with the intention to record the incident/event. It could be a document, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, a diary, an artifact, and so on. Secondary information source is anything (e.g., documents, records, artifacts, objects, and so on) that discuss, relates, or refers another piece of information existing elsewhere.

    Keywords:
    Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • e-book 
    Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist - 2nd edition

    Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist - 2nd edition

    Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists, and is a required course for instrumental music education majors seeking all-level certification. Students take at least one Vocal Techniques course to learn proper singing technique along with basic pedagogy and can include teaching techniques as they apply to adolescent singers. The focus of the course is the development of the individual singing voice. This includes breathing, tone production, articulation, musicality and textual expression and understanding. Students also develop confidence in front of groups, improve their general vocal quality, and learn that a healthy voice serves them well in the general and performance classroom. The purpose of this text is to teach instrumental music education students about vocal production as it applies to solo singing. Beginning with a foundational understanding of breathing, singers will learn about the vocal instrument (anatomy), how to create clear, pleasant, tone (phonation and resonance), pronounce words clearly (articulation and diction) and how singing is similar, and different, from playing an external instrument. This is the first textbook to explore teaching voice as it directly pertains to playing an instrument.

    Subjects:
    Performing Arts
    Keywords:
    Singing -- Instruction study Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • e-book 
    Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Second Edition

    Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Second Edition

    Two dramatically different philosophical approaches to classical mechanics were proposed during the 17th – 18th centuries. Newton developed his vectorial formulation that uses time-dependent differential equations of motion to relate vector observables like force and rate of change of momentum. Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton, and Jacobi, developed powerful alternative variational formulations based on the assumption that nature follows the principle of least action. These variational formulations now play a pivotal role in science and engineering. This book introduces variational principles and their application to classical mechanics. The relative merits of the intuitive Newtonian vectorial formulation, and the more powerful variational formulations are compared. Applications to a wide variety of topics illustrate the intellectual beauty, remarkable power, and broad scope provided by use of variational principles in physics. This second edition adds discussion of the use of variational principles applied to the following topics: Systems subject to initial boundary conditions The hierarchy of the related formulations based on action, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and equations of motion, to systems that involve symmetries Non-conservative systems. Variable-mass systems. The General Theory of Relativity. The first edition of this book can be downloaded at the publisher link.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Textbooks Mechanics
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Others 
    VR Career Experience

    VR Career Experience

    The VR Career Experience is an immersive, interactive 360° video application that allows prospective apprentices to explore the various career paths and training methods offered at hundreds of apprenticeship training facilities in North America.
    Experience firsthand the sights and sounds involved with being an HVACR Service Technician, Pipefitter/Steamfitter, Plumber, Sprinkler Fitter, and Welder while you are immersed in their environments. As a first-person user, you can control where you will go using gaze detection to literally “open the door” to the opportunities that await you in a pipe trades career.
    With over 20 interactive 360° video scenes to explore, you can gain insider knowledge into the exciting world of the United Association’s apprenticeship training program.

    Course related:
    MM517 Human Resource Development
    Keywords:
    Vocational guidance
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Others 
    Using secondary legal materials

    Using secondary legal materials

    In this exercise, learners are required to match legal resources with the contents.

    Keywords:
    Information resources Legal research
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Open (Access) Journal-Article 
    Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center

    Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center

    Short discharge time from hospitals increases both bed availability and patients and families satisfaction. In this study, the Six Sigma process improvement methodology was applied to reduce patients discharge time in a cancer treatment hospital. Data on the duration of all activities, from the physician signing the discharge form to the patient leaving the treatment room, were collected through patient shadowing. These data were analyzed using detailed process maps and cause-and-effect diagrams. Fragmented and unstandardized processes and procedures and a lack of communication among the stakeholders were among the leading causes of long discharge times. Categorizing patients by their needs enabled better design of the discharge processes. Discrete event simulation was utilized as a decision support tool to test the effect of the improvements under different scenarios. Simplified and standardized processes, improved communications, and system-wide management are among the proposed improvements, which reduced patient discharge time by 54 from 216 minutes. Cultivating the necessary ownership through stakeholder analysis is an essential ingredient of sustainable improvement efforts.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Management
    Keywords:
    Hospitals -- Administration Process control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
    Resource Type:
    Open (Access) Journal-Article
     
    OER
  • Video 
    Using HTC Vive Tutorial: How To Setup VR, Hand, Teleportation and Grabbing Object

    Using HTC Vive Tutorial: How To Setup VR, Hand, Teleportation and Grabbing Object

    A Virtual Reality introduction for Unity using HTC Vive for beginers. We will implement hand presence, teleportation and object grabbing in only 7 minutes without any line of code.

    Subjects:
    Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
    Keywords:
    Unity (Electronic resource) Computer simulation Virtual reality Human-computer interaction
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Useful strategies to evaluate engineering information

    Useful strategies to evaluate engineering information

    In this video, you will learn about strategies to critically evaluate search results, including (1) Choose good & varied search tools, (2) Ask yourself what you want or need, (3) Use the sorting & filtering functions, (4) Look for your keywords the important parts of the results, (5) Pay issuing organization or publisher, (6) Ask yourself the information whether is credible, suitable, technical information appropriate to your information needs.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Engineering -- Research -- Methodology Engineering -- Research Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    Use information legally

    Use information legally

    In this video, the students are plan to submit their report to "Student Newspaper" and call the editor for advices.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Intellectual property Social sciences -- Research Scholarly publishing Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Video