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- Posted 5 months ago
The Changing Role of the Professor in the Digital Era
The rapid evolution of EdTech and digital transformation in the educational sector has had a significant impact on teaching and learning models worldwide.
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- Posted 2 months ago
New and improved ESA Kids website
The ESA Education office is proud to launch the new and improved ESA Kids website, the online home of Paxi, the ESA Education mascot. With the new design and organisation, ESA Kids is the one-stop shop for all space-related information, resources, multimedia, and activities for children. The ESA Kids platform has a new look and feel that enables users easier access to space-inspired Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content geared toward primary-school aged children (5-12 years) in English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Italian.
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- Posted 2 months ago
An astronaut returns to Earth
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will return to Earth alongside NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopiev on 20 December. After more than six months living and working on the International Space Station, their Soyuz is expected to touch down in Kazakhstan at around 05:06 GMT (06:06 CET).
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- Posted 2 months ago
Easy Ways to Improve Safety on Construction Sites
Safety is of utmost importance on construction sites. The industry is one that can put workers at high risk of injury and even death. Maintaining safety on a construction site requires constant vigilance. And it can’t be done by simply writing a health and safety policy document. It’s important to acknowledge potential risks across a […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Frayji Design Group, Inc. Attends the City of Lincoln Water Workshop #4
On June 3, 2015 Frayji Design Group Inc., a land surveying company in lincoln, attended the City Of Lincoln Council Special Meeting with the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) and Placer County Water Agency (PCWA). As Lincoln prepares for expansion, the water resources of the area will need to be managed effectively in order to meet […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Products That Function Well With Casters
A caster is a convenient tool that has a spinning wheel. The spinning function is a caster’s highlight feature as it gives a mobile product enhanced control on different terrains. This is why thousands of designers mount caster wheels on items that can be pushed around a space. Grocery Baskets Grocery carts have four wheels. […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Risk Management
Risk is inherent in any activity: All decisions or actions may result in unwanted consequences. Thus the proper thing to do is always to consider risk and to make use of the information gained in the decision process. Risk Management Process Risk management is basically a managerial tool to support the decision maker. The initial […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Smart silicon
Technology image of the week: multiple integrated circuits destined for the brains of Europe’s future space missions
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- Posted 2 months ago
Warming regards
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Lake Dukan sends holiday greetings and a new year warning
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- Posted 2 months ago
Rosetta witnesses birth of baby bow shock around comet
A new study reveals that, contrary to first impressions, Rosetta did detect signs of an infant bow shock at the comet it explored for two years – the first ever seen forming anywhere in the Solar System.
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- Posted 2 months ago
Choosing a Finish to Upgrade Your Building’s Interior
As the owner of a machine or mechanics shop, you know how quickly the floor in your building can get dirty. Even if you use products like bleach and sand to clean up oil, grease, and other substances, you may never be able to get the floor looking like brand new. Stains may be left […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
F# Tutorial: How to Build a Full-stack F# App
F# is a strongly typed, multi-paradigm programming language with imperative, functional, and object-oriented programming methods. In the first part of our F# tutorial series, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Shanglun Wang demonstrates how to get started and create a simple app using nothing but F#.
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- Posted 2 months ago
Young Researchers: Apply for Seventh Heidelberg Laureate Forum, September 22-27, 2019
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- Posted 2 months ago
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
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- Posted 2 months ago
Main Types of Construction Estimates
There are several kinds of estimating techniques; these can be grouped into two main categories: Approximate Estimates and Detailed Estimates 1. Approximate Estimates An approximate estimate is an approximate or rough estimate prepared to obtain an approximate cost in a short time. For certain purposes the use of such methods is justified. 2. Detailed Estimate […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
The New Health Care: How to Cut U.S. Drug Prices: Experts Weigh In
A look at policies and possible trade-offs, including the risk of hampering innovation.
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- Posted 2 months ago
Doctorate degree is honorable
If you have spent a long period of time to study in the academic field and you would like to teach in that particular field, you will find that it is perfect for you to obtain the doctorate degree. This is one of the degrees that you would like to get to show that your […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Monaco’s Economy and Real Estate
Monaco, known officially as the Principality of Monaco is a sovereign city-state in the French Riviera in Eastern Europe. Economy-wise, Monaco records the highest GDP in the world at over $150,000 and quite a low unemployment rate of 2%. Monaco’s economy is mainly supported by tourism. Tourists come to have a go at the Monte […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Computational thinking abstracts too far from the computer: We should teach CS with inquiry
Judy Robertson has a blog post that I really enjoyed: What Children Want to Know About Computers. She argues that computational thinking has abstracted too far away from what students really want to know about, the machine. Computational thinking has been a hugely successful idea and is now taught at school in many countries across the […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
Saturn’s snowman
Space Science Image of the Week: Saturn’s moons Dione and Rhea appear as one in this unusual line-up
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- Posted 2 months ago
Slow flow for glaciers thinning in Asia
Providing water for drinking, irrigation and power, glaciers in the world’s highest mountains are a lifeline for more than a billion people. As climate change takes a grip and glaciers lose mass, one might think that, lubricated by more meltwater, they flow more quickly. However, satellite images from over the last 30 years show that it isn’t as simple as that.
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- Posted 2 months ago
Great Innovative Idea: Building up Speaking Skills in an online learning community
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- Posted 2 months ago
What is Industrial Blending?
When thinking about the process of blending, it is easy to use the analogy of a blender in a kitchen. This is a preparation process that places materials that are often dissimilar in a well and uses a paddle or blade to combine them. With the exception of oil-and-water emulsions, which can tend to separate […]
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- Posted 2 months ago
The Economy Faces Big Risks in 2019. Markets Are Only Now Facing Up to Them.
One question people might be asking is, what took so long?
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- Posted 2 months ago
Mapped: Why Voting Anomalies Are Impossible to Ignore in North Carolina
In many states, they’d be a lot harder to see.