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    When Trees Meet Buildings

    When Trees Meet Buildings

    Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures - and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. This is what happens when trees meet buildings.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Buildings -- Energy conservation Roof gardening Sustainable buildings Sustainable construction Trees in cities
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Presentation 
    What's in Your (Customer's) Wallet?

    What's in Your (Customer's) Wallet?

    This video was recorded at 16th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), Washington 2010. In 2009 IBM was recognized as a finalist of the INFORMS Edelman competition for its predictive modeling initiative to improve the productivity of its global salesforce and with an estimated business impact of ~ 100 Million dollars. The first component implements some traditional propensity modeling to identify new sales opportunities and is currently used by over 13,000 sales reps. The second 'wallet estimation' component is used strategically to allocate sales resources based on validated analytical estimates of revenue opportunity. In this case study we cover the key elements leading to the success including the data integration, data mining and predictive modeling, solution delivery, human guided model validation, integration of the business process and we conclude with an assessment of the bottom-line business impact.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Management -- Data processing Sales management -- Data processing
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
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    What is plagiarism

    What is plagiarism

    In this video, Mr Peter Sidorko, the University Librarian of the University of Hong Kong explain the importance of academic integrity. Students are expected to conduct themselves honesty and with integrity. One of the key responsibilities is to assure to credit the materials used to develop the ideas and academic work properly and avoid plagiarism.

    Keywords:
    Intellectual property Plagiarism Information literacy Academic writing
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is a scholarly journal article?

    What is a scholarly journal article?

    Chances are you'll need to find a scholarly journal article for a research paper or project in the near future. But, wait, what is a "scholarly journal article?" How is it different from a popular source like a newspaper or magazine article? Let's reduce the confusion on scholarly journal articles. Scholarly journals enable scholars -- experts in a particular academic field -- to communicate their research with other experts in that field through publishing articles and to stay current by reading about other scholars' work. Consequently, scholarly journals create a community of scholars who are all participating in a kind of "conversation" in that academic field. Rather than a face-to-face conversation, this is a formal conversation, which takes place over months and years through written documents. The most important part of this long term written conversation - what makes it a “scholarly” conversation, as opposed to popular - is what's called the “peer review process.” The peer review process works like this: in order for a scholar to get published in a scholarly journal, his or her expert peers must read their work and critique it. These “peer reviewers” make sure that the scholar has cited the appropriate experts in the discipline, made valid and well-supported arguments, and has written the article on a topic that is appropriate for that particular journal. This rigorous evaluation process ensures that scholarly work meets a higher standard than popular publications. So, why is this important for you? First, the information in a scholarly text has been rigorously evaluated, so it is more reliable and credible than information in popular sources. Second, reading scholarly journal articles for your papers or projects can give you insight into the ways of thinking of experts in that field. Finally, every scholarly text has extensive bibliographies that introduce you to important texts in the field, which can help you extend your research in that area. When you read the articles and books the scholar cited in her article, you are taking part in the scholarly conversation.

    Keywords:
    Scholarly periodicals Scholarly publishing
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is a Weir?

    What is a Weir?

    A weir is a small dam built across a river to control the upstream water level. Weirs have been used for ages to control the flow of water in streams, rivers, and other water bodies. Unlike large dams which create reservoirs, the goal of building a weir across a river isn’t to create storage, but only to gain some control over the water level. Over time, the term weir has taken on a more general definition in engineering to apply to any hydraulic control structure that allows water to flow over its top, often called its crest. In fact, the spillways of many large dams use weirs as control structures. So how do they work?

    Subjects:
    Hydraulic Engineering
    Keywords:
    Dams Hydraulics Weirs
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is a Tuned Mass Damper?

    What is a Tuned Mass Damper?

    In many of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, there’s a secret device protecting the building and the people inside from strong motion due to wind and earthquakes. Did you know you can tune a skyscraper just like a guitar? In this video, we’re comparing theory to the real world for tuned mass dampers. Luckily this tech is simple enough that we can model it right in the garage. As silly as this little experiment looks, it’s actually not that far off from what engineers do in the real world (maybe without the googly eyes). The design phase for just about every major building includes some physical scale model tests. This video shows that the tuned mass damper is a great example of elegance in engineering.

    Subjects:
    Structural Engineering
    Keywords:
    Tuned mass dampers Buildings -- Earthquake effects Buildings -- Vibration
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is a Hydraulic Jump?

    What is a Hydraulic Jump?

    Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this episode, we’re talking about one of the most interesting phenomena in open-channel flow: the hydraulic jump.

    Subjects:
    Hydraulic Engineering
    Keywords:
    Hydraulics Hydraulic jump
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Water Hammer?

    What is Water Hammer?

    Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this video, we briefly discuss how water hammer occurs and how engineers mitigate the effect.

    Subjects:
    Building Services Engineering
    Keywords:
    Water hammer Hydraulic transients Fluid mechanics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    What is Translation?

    What is Translation?

    In four short dialogues, Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor in the Oxford University Classics Department and Lorna Hardwick, Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Classical Receptions in Late Twentieth Century Drama and Poetry in English project, discuss the issues surrounding the translation of Ancient Greek and Roman texts for modern audiences. Looking into the technical, philosophical and literary aspects of this, they centre their discussions around four topics: Is there a core to translation? Is there ever a faithful translation? Can Poetry be Translated? And who translates and for whom?

    Subjects:
    Translating and Interpreting
    Keywords:
    Translating interpreting
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    What is Steam Hammer?

    What is Steam Hammer?

    A few things that can go very wrong when you put steam in a pipe. We talked about the damaging effects of water hammer, but there’s another state of H2O equally if not more dangerous when put in pipes. In this episode, we’re talking about steam hammer and differential shock.

    Subjects:
    Building Services Engineering
    Keywords:
    Piping Fluid dynamics Pipelines
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Solar Power?

    What is Solar Power?

    What are solar cells, and how do they work? Find out more about solar power - and learn how this renewable resource harnesses the power of the sun into usable energy.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Building Services Engineering
    Keywords:
    Solar energy Renewable energy sources Photovoltaic power generation
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Prestressed Concrete?

    What is Prestressed Concrete?

    Sometimes conventional reinforcement isn't enough. The basics of prestressed concrete. Prestressing reinforcement doesn't necessarily make concrete stronger. But, it does increase the serviceability of concrete members by reducing the amount of deflection under load. This video explains the two most common types of prestressed concrete: pre-tensioned and post-tensioned. Prestressed concrete is used in all kinds of structures from bridges to buildings to silos and tanks. It’s a great way to minimize cracking and take fuller advantage of the incredible strength of reinforced concrete.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Prestressed concrete Reinforced concrete
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Concrete?

    What is Concrete?

    What's the difference between concrete and cement? Concrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in every part of designing and placing concrete. This video is meant to be a bare-bones introduction to the topic, with a cool demonstration of concrete strength using a hydraulic press.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Concrete Cement
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Cavitation?

    What is Cavitation?

    This video shows the basics of fluid cavitation, including demonstration from AvE. If you subject a fluid to a sudden change in pressure, some interesting things can happen. You can cause tremendous damage to moving parts, or you can harness this destructive power in many beneficial ways.

    Keywords:
    Hydrodynamics Cavitation Fluid mechanics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Autism? Do you know the signs?

    What is Autism? Do you know the signs?

    Autism is a spectrum disorder which includes a large range of symptoms and behaviors. This video is part for Behavior Frontiers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Training Program with an Autism Specialization. Available via web based training program or at seminars across the country.

    Course related:
    RS3320 Clinical Sciences in Developmental Dysfunction
    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Autism
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is Air Lock?

    What is Air Lock?

    This video shows a demonstration and brief explanation of air lock in fluid pipelines. If you assume that gasses don’t get into pipes or that they can’t constrict the flow, you might design a pipeline that doesn’t work. Luckily for engineers, this is a well-known phenomenon in pipe systems. It’s just one of the complexities that come with the job and we’ve come up a with a lot of creative ways to overcome it.

    Subjects:
    Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Fluid dynamics Pipelines
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Image 
    Wellcome Collection

    Wellcome Collection

    Provides thousands of Creative Commons licensed images from historical library materials and museum objects to contemporary digital photographs.

    Keywords:
    Digital images Photographs
    Resource Type:
    Image
     
  • Video 
    Welding 101

    Welding 101

    In general, and compared to other common building materials, metals have excellent mechanical properties. They are hard, tough, strong, and durable. As someone who occasionally works the wood, even I can admit that metals are a superior material in many regards. So you can see why it would be advantageous to have a way to connect them together, especially if you can do it in such a way that joint isn’t the weakest part of your assembly. That’s the goal of welding, and luckily, this is not something reserved for industrial factories and machine shops. From my own experiences so far, welding is something you might be able to do yourself as a hobby. And stay tuned till the end for some tips for getting started.

    Keywords:
    Welding
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Presentation 
    Welcome to the Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations 2010 - Aachen

    Welcome to the Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations 2010 - Aachen

    This video was recorded at COIN / ACTIVE Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Knowledge Intensive Networked Organizations, Aachen 2010. Organized by COIN FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.coin-ip.eu/) and ACTIVE FP7 Integrated Project (http://www.active-project.eu), the summer school seeks to bring together students, scholars and researchers from industry in order to foster collaboration and interoperability through innovative software solutions and share the recent research developments from well-established researchers and educators. The main topics of the summer school are: Interoperability and collaboration models and solutions, Enterprise interoperability and collaboration services, Innovative knowledge and semantically powered technologies, Knowledge process and context modeling, Pro-active knowledge tools, Large scale analytics and reasoning tools, Business cases and real case studies. More about the event at http://coin-active-ss.ijs.si/

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Internetworking (Telecommunication) Management information systems Information resources management
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
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  • Presentation 
    Wego s.r.l.

    Wego s.r.l.

    This video was recorded at Transnational ICT and Security Technology Opportunities, Ljubljana 2007. Wego works in the e-government sector. Its activities consist of consulting and software development for public administration entities, and especially of: business process and administrative proceedings engineering; front end solutions development; electronic document management (EDM).

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Information resources management Management information systems Internet in public administration
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
     
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