Coercivity

Which Incapacitating Agent is the Most Effective?

This time, we're ranking incapacitating agents! The term incapacitating agent is defined by the United States Department of Defense as: "An agent that produces temporary physiological or mental effects, or both, which will render individuals incapable of concerted effort in the performance

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Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?

We live in an age that thinks highly of frankness and directness. But there are – nevertheless – a few reasons why politeness remains a hugely important quality. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/hMBQQs FURTHER READING “For most of hu

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What Is Narcissism?

Narcissism is the word we routinely use to describe someone self-satisfied and arrogant. But what do we really mean by the word – and are we applying it correctly? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/YfXSQO Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly

From playlist SELF

The Importance of Atonement

The idea of ‘atonement’ sounds very old-fashioned and is deeply rooted in religious tradition. To atone means, in essence, to acknowledge one’s capacity for wrongness and one’s readiness for apology and desire for change. It’s a concept that every society needs at its center. For gifts and

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Is There an Alternative to Political Correctness?

Political correctness aims for some very nice results, but its means have a habit of upsetting a lot of people. Might there be an alternative to it? We think there is, and it’s called Politeness. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/iVqWJ1 Joi

From playlist WORK + CAPITALISM

Belonging

From playlist Belong: What It's Like to Live in the Hyphen

Inertia: What it is and what it is not?

Describes what inertia is and some common misconceptions about inertia. You can see a listing of all my videos at my website, http://www.stepbystepscience.com

From playlist Mechanics

What is a force?

Describes what forces are and what they do. You can see a listing of all my videos at my website, http://www.stepbystepscience.com

From playlist Mechanics

Mod-01 Lec-22 Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Nanomaterials

Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Characterization and Properties by Characterization and Properties by Dr. Kantesh Balani & Dr. Anandh Subramaniam,Department of Nanotechnology,IIT Kanpur.For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in.

From playlist IIT Kanpur: Nanostructures and Nanomaterials | CosmoLearning.org

Dynamics : An overview of the cause of mechanics

Dynamics is a subset of mechanics, which is the study of motion. Whereas kinetics studies that motion itself, dynamics is concerned about the CAUSES of motion. In particular, it involves the concepts of force, momentum and energy. This video gives an overview of what dynamics is, and is u

From playlist Dynamics

CGSR | The Carrot or the Stick: Assessing U.S. Policy Approaches Toward the Iranian Nuclear Program

Talk Abstract Iran’s nuclear program has been a source of disagreement between the United States and Iran for decades, but efforts to resolve the conflict have been hard fought and often short lived. The Biden administration has pledged to once again take on the diplomatic challenge of cu

From playlist Center for Global Security Research

Mod-04 Lec-35 Magnetic Properties - II

Nano structured materials-synthesis, properties, self assembly and applications by Prof. A.K. Ganguli,Department of Nanotechnology,IIT Delhi.For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

From playlist IIT Delhi: Nano structured materials-synthesis, properties, self assembly and applications | CosmoLearning.org Materials Science

Infimal-convolution-type regularization for inverse problems .. - Bredies - Workshop 1 - CEB T1 2019

Bredies (Univ. Graz) / 07.02.2019 Infimal-convolution-type regularization for inverse problems in imaging Infimal-convolution-type regularization for inverse problems in imaging In the last decades, infimal-convolution-type techniques developed to a viable set of tools in variational im

From playlist 2019 - T1 - The Mathematics of Imaging

Jean Dolbeault: L^2 Hypocoercivity

The purpose of the $L^2$ hypocoercivity method is to obtain rates for solutions of linear kinetic equations without regularizing effects, in asymptotic regimes. Initially intended for systems with confinement in position space and simple local equilibria, the method has been extended to va

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The Many Forms of Power: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #16

In our second to last episode of Soft Skills, Evelyn talks to us about Power and how it's not always bad, not always good, and useful to understand. Enjoy! *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Sources: Elias,

From playlist Business Soft Skills

Planet of the Humans: The Leap to the Top

For all that Darwin contributed to our understanding of the biological world, he was haunted by one vexing question: How does the incremental process of evolution suddenly produce, say, humans—animals who walk upright, communicate through language, and possess the brainpower to travel to t

From playlist Explore the World Science Festival

14. Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State

Moral Foundations of Politics (PLSC 118) Today, Professor Shapiro dives more deeply into Robert Nozick's theory of the minimal, or night watchman, state. This formulation is not redistributive, nor does it consider rights as goals, but rather as side-constraints on what we can do. In o

From playlist The Moral Foundations of Politics with Ian Shapiro

What Is Your Conflict Style? | Intro to Human Communication | Study Hall

People handle conflict differently depending on the context and situation they find themselves in. In this episode, we discuss conflict and conflict styles in different contexts so that we can better handle situations when they arise. ______________________________________________________

From playlist Intro to Human Communication: Course Foundations

What is Transference And Why It Matters

Transference is a psychological phenomenon whereby we ‘transfer’ a way of behaving from childhood into adulthood – in situations which don’t really warrant it. It’s a big cause of trouble in relationships. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/U

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Sébastien Boucksom: Variational and non-Archimedean aspects of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture

Abstract: I will discuss some recent developments in the direction of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture, which relates the existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics to the algebro-geometric notion of K-stability. The emphasis will be put on the use of pluripotential theory and

From playlist Algebraic and Complex Geometry