Tag: General

I fart in your general direction! Flatulence in Popular Culture


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English | ISBN: 1476691967 | 2023 | 216 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cover a wide range of fart-focused stand-up comedy, cinema, children’s books, toys and merchandise. The author’s postscript describes a lifetime preparing for his subject through fraternity membership and offbeat assignments as a newspaper journalist.

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General Aspects of Applying Generative AI in Higher Education


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031656903 | 451 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 44 MB
This book explores the transformative impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on teaching and learning, examining how recent advancements in GenAI are revolutionizing educational practices across disciplines. The book is organized into three parts: an overview of GenAI in education, its application in diverse educational contexts, and future perspectives on how educators and GenAI can interface.

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Active Learning in General Chemistry Whole Class Solutions


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English | 2019 | pages: 214 | ISBN: 0841236666 | PDF | 30,3 mb
Active learning methods can provide significant advantages over traditional instructional practices, including improving student engagement and increasing student learning. Focusing on class-level interventions, the chapters in this book showcase evidence-based techniques to encourage active learning in general chemistry. Contributing authors also include approaches to methods that encourage productive ways to engage inside and outside of classroom to support students’ transition to university. Faculty and administrators considering more effective general chemistry courses will benefit from reading this volume.

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Artificial General Intelligence


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Author: Julian Togelius
Narrator: Steve Marvel

English | 2024 | ASIN: B0DCKG8WFW | MP3@64 kbps | Duration: 4h 24m | 300 MB
Artificial intelligence surrounds us. More and more of the systems and services you interact with every day are based on AI technology. Most AI is narrowly specific; that is, it can only do a single thing, in a single context. For example, your spellchecker can’t do mathematics, and the world’s best chess-playing program can’t play Tetris. Human intelligence is different. We can solve a variety of tasks, including those we have not seen before. In Artificial General Intelligence, Julian Togelius explores technical approaches to developing more general artificial intelligence and asks what general AI would mean for human civilization.

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Active Learning in General Chemistry Specific Interventions


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English | 2019 | pages: 184 | ISBN: 0841237522 | PDF | 18,2 mb
Active learning methods can provide significant advantages over traditional instructional practices, including improving student engagement and increasing student learning. Active Learning in General Chemistry: Specific Interventions focuses on evidence-based active learning methods that offer larger gains in engagement with as well as a more thorough education in general chemistry. This work serves as a selection of techniques that can inspire chemistry instructors and a comprehensive survey of effective active learning approaches in general chemistry. Chemistry faculty and administrations will find inspiration for improved teaching within this volume.

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Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery (3rd Edition)


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031638778 | 915 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 236 MB
A concise, portable surgery reference for residents, fellows, and attendings, this book covers a wide range of the most commonly performed procedures in general surgery. The information is presented in a clear and concise manner with a logical layout. A pocketbook size, this allows readers to use the book on the go and between cases.

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Integrating Lecture and Lab A General Biology Laboratory Manual


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English | 2018 | pages: 143 | ISBN: 151651792X | PDF | 35,0 mb
Integrating Lecture and Lab: A General Biology Laboratory Manual is designed for biology majors and can be used in conjunction with many different lower-division biology textbooks. The user-friendly manual encourages students to think of lecture and lab as a cohesive unit by requiring them to use the information they are learning in lecture and the material presented in the manual, including standard experiments, to complete assignments.

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