Biomechanics as relates to clinical practice of physical therapy; mathematical clinical problem solving re forces and motions acting in or on the human body statically or dynamically; biomechanics of solids and musculoskeletal tissues; biomechanics of joint complexes; application of biomechanical principles in evaluation of the musculoskeletal system.
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Coping with Climate Change: Life After Copenhagen – Stanford Continuing Studies Program
Here are the facts. Over the course of the 20th century the average global temperature went up about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit. We now know that this rise was primarily the result of human emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In 2006 the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that in the 21st century the global temperature could increase another 2.0 to 11.5 degrees. Even at the low end of that projection, the risks of disruptions to terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, extinction of plants and animals, and increased number of extreme weather events are uncomfortably high. If the global temperature increases 6.3 degrees, the risks to all sectors of our planet, from plants and animals to economic stability, would increase dramatically.
This realization will bring 200 countries to the bargaining table in Copenhagen in December 2009, with the primary aim of agreeing on an international plan to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The fate of our lives and the lives of future generations depend largely on the outcome of the Copenhagen meeting. It would be hard to overestimate how consequential this moment is.
This course was originally presented in Stanford’s Continuing Studies program.
Released with a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license
Climate Change – Yale School of Forestry
Faculty from the Yale School of Forestry and distinguished guests talk on the topic of climate change and how it affects our lives. This collection also features lectures from the Governors’ Climate Change Conference in 2009.
Ecology – Yale School of Forestry
Yale professors and distinguished guests speak on the varying topics in the study of ecology.
Chemistry – Yale University
Yale professors and distinguished guests speak on the topic of chemistry.
Foundations of Modern Social Theory – Video – Iván Szelényi
This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim
Yale Health & Medicine – Yale School of Medicine
University faculty and researchers provide commentary, analysis and discussion on a wide array of issues in the fields of health and medicine.
Cultural & Social Anthropology – School of Human Evolution & Social Change College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Arizona State University
Intro to Cultural & Social Anthropology (ASB 102) explores principles of cultural and social anthropology, with
illustrative materials from a variety of cultures. Come examine the nature of culture through social, political, and economic systems and study religious, aesthetic, and linguistic traits.
Biology – Yale School of Forestry
This collection features Yale faculty and distinguished guests speaking about topics within the study of biology: Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry.
Food and Sustainable Agriculture – Yale School of Forestry
This collection features Yale faculty and distinguished speakers talking about food policy, agriculture and sustainability. Featured podcasts also come from the Yale Sustainable Food Project.
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