scholarly journals The regional concept of Zhang Jian

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 207-213
Author(s):  
Wu Tinghai
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
World Society ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The author obtained both his Bachelors degree in Economic Geography and Urban & Rural Planning, and his Masters degree in Human Geography from the Department of Geography, NanjingUniversity, Nanjing, P.R. China, and his Ph.D in Urban Planning and Design from the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, where he is currently Associate Professor of Architecture, acting as both Teacher and Researcher on Urban Geography and Regional Planning as well as on the history and culture of cities and regions. Based on personal research efforts or in collaboration with Professor Wu Liangyong for whom Dr Wu Tinghai acted as a research and teaching assistant, he has dealt with research on: Regional Innovative Milieu; Physical Support and Institutional Design; Regional Form Affected by Large-scale Infrastructure Construction; Spatial Development Planning for Beijing; Rural and Urban Spatial Development Planning for Greater Beijing Region; and Spatial Development Planning for Xuzhou inJiangsu Province. His publications include, among others, A Geographical Study on Urban Spatial Development in Western-Zhou Dynasty and The Regional Concept in the Study of the History of Chinese Cities. Two of his works which received high distinction in National Academic Thesis Competitions for Young Planners in China were published in the Urban Planning Review, UK in 1997 and 2001. In recent years, Dr Wu Tinghai has been a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University, UK; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA; and Dortmund University, Germany. He is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows was made available to participants at the international symposion on "Globalization and LocalIdentity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005, which Dr Wu Tinghai was finally unable to attend.

scholarly journals The Free Range

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (03) ◽  
pp. 26-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert LaMarca
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

This article discusses various aspects of open-source product development. The open-source business definition is the development of a product using components that are not restricted in their use by others. Open source is still novel in the world of mechanical engineering. In software, however, its influence has been quite pervasive, both at the corporate and individual levels. Influence of open source has begun to be felt in publishing, the sciences, and education. According to a professional mechanical engineer, an open-source low-emission car is another possible project. Samir Nayfeh, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, briefly investigated open source in the late 1990s, and expects that it would appeal to buyers in markets like machine tools, where customers do not like being locked into a vendor. The current market penetration of open source owes a great deal to individuals who would participate for their own reasons, sometimes for a moral idea, or for inclusion in a community of their professional peers, or to develop better skills.

scholarly journals Globalization and an African city: Lagos

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Akuewanbhor Omokhodion
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
World Society ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
African City ◽  
Textile Mills ◽  
Chief Designer ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University

The author, Chairman of Omokhodion Associates Ltd and Omokhodion Group, has received his academic degrees in architecture and city planning from the University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana; the Athens Center of Ekistics, Athens, Greece; Yale University, New Haven, CO, USA ; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. In his long career, he has held key posts as Technical Officer in Training and as architect in the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing; as Physical Planning Assistant to Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, and has been director and chief designer of major architectural, landscape, urban design and urban planning projects in Nigeria at a broad range of scales. He has been a member of the Landuse and Allocation Committee, Bendel State; the Presidential Committee on the Accelerated Development of Abuja; the UNESCO Commission for Nigeria; Director of the Western Textile Mills Ltd; and is currently a member on the Panel on the Reorganization of NNPC. Dr Omokhodion is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects and the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a slightly edited version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the use of open educational resources in the development of students’ foreign language speech skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-170
Author(s):  
G. Sarzhanova ◽  
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A. Toleuzhan ◽  
S. Turbaeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The article discusses the importance of using open educational resources (OER) and the need to use the technology for the development of speaking skills in the foreign language as well. The concept of OER first emerged in the 1990s and Open Educational Resources Movement announced in 2001 that MIT's entire course catalog was being put online and the project was going to be launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002. This technology has a number of advantages. For example, the use of OER provides free access to textbooks, allows maximizing time efficiently, increases the interest and motivation of students and helps teachers transform classes. However, it is difficult to deny the existence of some problems regarding OER. The main disadvantages include the quality of the educational resource and the lack of Internet access in all regions of the world. But shortcomings are a ‘temporary issue’ and in the future OER will be adapted in all countries of the world to a greater extent. It will be productive to develop foreign language speech skills using OER, since it allows students to acquire new knowledge more quickly and effectively. The developments of such skills will undoubtedly occurre directly as a result of the continuing use of various authentic materials and the frequent use of these materials by foreign language teachers in the classes is a topical issue. As a result, teachers may encounter problems related to lack of suitable language teaching materials. An important condition for solving the problem is the use of OER, which helps the teacher to develop students’ required skills in the learning process.

Fundamental Techniques

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Jack Li ◽  
Chris Limberakis ◽  
Derek A. Pflum
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Eye Protection ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Organic Chemistry Laboratory

What we do in a modern organic chemistry laboratory is serious business. While it can provide social benefit, basic scientific discoveries, and intellectual satisfaction, chemical experiment is not just fun, it can also be very hazardous, some experiments inherently so. Complacency is often observed by veterans and novices alike. One often forgets that chemistry is a potentially dangerous enterprise; a cavalier attitude often results in disastrous consequences. Therefore, extreme caution should be exercised at all time, especially when one handles large-scale reactions that are exothermic or when dealing with toxic chemicals. If a chemical splashes into your eyes, it could do serious and sometimes permanent damage to your vision. The most common forms of eye protection include safety glasses (with sideshields), goggles, and face shields. Prescription eye glasses are acceptable provided that the lenses are impact resistant and they are equipped with side shields. While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor K. Barry Sharpless, the 2001 chemistry Nobel laureate, experienced an event that forever changed his life. Professor Sharpless normally wore his safety glasses, but one evening in 1970 he was examining a sealed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tube without safety glasses. Unfortunately for Professor Sharpless, the tube exploded, spraying glass fragments into one of his eyes. The damage was so severe that he lost functional vision in the injured eye. Professor Sharpless’s own words summarize the importance of eye protection, “The lesson to be learned from my experience is straightforward: there’s simply never an adequate excuse for not wearing safety glasses in the laboratory at all times” (Scripps Research Institutes’ Environmental Health and Safety Department Safety Gram, 2000 (2nd quarter), www.scripps.edu/researchservices/ehs/ News/safetygram/). Laboratory gloves are an essential part of safe laboratory practice and must be worn while handling chemicals. Despite practicing good safety techniques, tragedy may still strike.

Alignment Charts

1921 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Keyword(s):  
Close Contact ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
World War ◽  
Graphical Solution ◽  
Industrial Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The subject of nomographic or alignment charts has received considerable attention during the last few years. Although its value as a time and labor saving device is so evident, still it has taken almost a generation since its inception by the French engineer and mathematician, M. D’Ocagne, before the American engineer has sought to profit by it. The world war brought our ordnance engineers in contact with the French engineers, and the former have learned how the latter apply the principles underlying the alignment chart to the graphical solution of some of their problems in ballistics and allied subjects. Today, some of our manufacturers are becoming interested in these charts, and the “Department of Industrial Cooperation and Research” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is in close contact with over two hundred of these firms, has received many requests for alignment chart solutions of various simple problems which have arisen in their shop work. These solutions, because of their simplicity, can be used by the workmen in the shop with considerable facility and little chance of error.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1273-1278
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
New York University ◽  
Industrial Economics ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Recent Financial Crisis

Matthew Richardson of New York University Stern School of Business reviews “Balancing the Banks: Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis” by Mathias Dewatripont, Jean-Charles Rochet, and Jean Tirole. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Three previously published papers explore what happened in the recent financial crisis and consider the lessons to be learned in order to avoid a repetition of the large-scale meltdown of financial markets, industrial recession, and public deficits. Papers discuss lessons from the crisis (Jean Tirole); the future of banking regulation (Jean-Charles Rochet); and the treatment of distressed banks (Mathias Dewatripont and Rochet). Dewatripoint is Professor of Economics at the Free University of Brussels, Annual Visiting Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Research Director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research. Rochet is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse I. Tirole is Chairman of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont at the Toulouse School of Economics, Scientific Director of Toulouse's Industrial Economics Institute, and Annual Visiting Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Index.”

scholarly journals 106th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, September 2–5, 2010

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 381-382
Author(s):  
Melissa Pewett
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The World ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Institute Of Technology

For over one hundred years, APSA's Annual Meeting and Exhibition has provided scholars a unique opportunity to share research, present papers, and network with colleagues. And although each meeting has provided a distinct and worthwhile experience, the 106th Annual Meeting and Exhibition promises to bring one of the most stirring meeting programs yet. Aptly convening in the nation's capital, Washington, DC, more than 7,000 attendees will discuss the latest political science research and theory as it relates to the theme of “hard times” facing the world economy. Program chairs Lisa Martin, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, developed a theme that raises questions across many areas of specialization. With more than eight hundred panels organized by 50 thematic divisions, 60 related groups, APSA committees, and presidential task forces, these questions will be explored over the course of the four day event.

Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 477-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Langer
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Dna Delivery ◽  
Research Society ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
The World ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Institute Of Technology

AbstractThe following article is an edited transcript based on the Von Hippel Award presentation by Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 30, 2005, at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston. Langer was honored with MRS's highest award for his “pioneering accomplishments in the science and application of biomaterials in drug delivery and tissue engineering, particularly in inventing the use of materials for protein and DNA delivery, and for his achievements in interdisciplinary research which have generated new medical products, created new fields of biomaterials science, and inspired research programs throughout the world.”

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