Why do animals do what they do? It’s a huge question, and …
Why do animals do what they do? It’s a huge question, and in this episode, we’ll learn how scientists break it down. We’ll talk about the proximate and ultimate studies they use to understand animal behavior, and some of what they’ve learned along the way — including how much decision-making other animals are really doing. Chapters: Introduction: Animal Behavior Proximate Level Ultimate Level Innate Behaviors Complex Behaviors Review & Credits Credits
Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue …
Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes important scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. Improving our understanding of animal welfare, involves the fascinating study of animal behavior as well as the challenge of accessing the emotions of animals.
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How do animals communicate in the environment? And how does this affect …
How do animals communicate in the environment? And how does this affect their behaviour? Learn about animal communication in this GCSE / K12 Ecology video from the Virtual School.
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The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us …
The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us sick, but we’ve got an Avengers-style defense system ready to take them on. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll learn about an animal’s immune system, from their skin to inflammatory responses, to the adaptive immune system and all the special cells and antibodies that come with it. Chapters: Introduction: Defending Against Pathogens The Integumentary System Internal Defenses Asymptomatic Infections Healing Adaptive Immunity & Vaccines The Lymphatic System Review & Credits Credits
When you think about the body’s infrastructure, you probably think of bones. …
When you think about the body’s infrastructure, you probably think of bones. But what about the heart, the blood vessels, and the lymphatic system? In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll tour the cardiovascular, lymphatic, and musculoskeletal systems, learning how all of them keep a vertebrate’s inner workings connected, powered up, and ready to move. Chapters: Introduction: The Body's Infrastructure Blood Vessels & Capillaries The Heart Vivien Thomas The Lymphatic System The Musculoskeletal System Review & Credits Credits
Live webcast of the SRUC Animal Welfare Day in Edinburgh Join in …
Live webcast of the SRUC Animal Welfare Day in Edinburgh Join in with the event at #Freedoms50 Tweet or Post your questions in the Comments section below. Follow us @SRUCResearch
You can find PDF slides of the talks here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-HxwK_PxJPHUVZfcDlRaEMteWs&usp=sharing
The talks, in order of appearance
Professor Cathy Dwyer - Introduction to the Five Freedoms - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=241
Dr Rick D'Eath - Introduction to the Freedom from Hunger and Thirst - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=805 Dr Ian Dunn - Hunger in the Broiler Breeder - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=1728
Dr Marie Haskell - Introduction from Freedom from Discomfort - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=2841 Professor Malcolm Mitchell - Thermal Comfort - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=3157 Dr Fritha Langford - Housing Comfort in Dairy Cattle - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=3856
Dr Kenny Rutherford - Introduction to Freedom from Pain, Injury and Disease - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=5839 Professor Eddie Clutton - Injury and Pain Sensistisation - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=6661
Professor Francoise Wemelsfelder - Introduction to Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=7641 Dr Emma Baxter - Designing housing for farrowing pigs- https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=8621
Dr Simon Turner - Introduction to the Freedom From Fear and Distress - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=9436 Dr Paula Brunton - The Mouse as a Model for Stress - https://youtu.be/UudL-Y9-5Ts?t=10302
Social behavior like caring for our young, fighting off rivals, joining a …
Social behavior like caring for our young, fighting off rivals, joining a pack, or even fusing together into a huge super animal like the Power Rangers, adds a whole other layer of complexity to the lives of animals out there. And it even raises questions about being, culture, and what it means to be an individual. So today, we're going to dive into the amazing ways animals interact with other animals, live a day in the life of the Portuguese Man O'War, and learn how these complex social interactions can go way beyond anything humans are capable of!
The world is driven by fossil fuels like oil and gas. This …
The world is driven by fossil fuels like oil and gas. This has some negative repercussions: Rising energy prices due to decreasing deposits, dependence on unstable oil and gas producing regimes and global warming. It becomes clear, that a revolution in the way how we produce and use energy is necessary. Central to this energy transition are new technologies, which produce energy from renewable sources such as wind or sun. With Germany as an example, this clip shows what renewable energies are and how they work as well as what the concept of energy transition means.
The clip is part of the WissensWerte Project of the german non-profit organization /e-politik.de/ e.V.
Today, Clint will teach you about the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of …
Today, Clint will teach you about the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas. During the screening process, Anita Hill came forward alleging that Thomas had sexually harassed her when the two of them worked together at the Department of Education. The public response to Hill's allegations was tense and split the Black American community along gendered lines. Thomas's nomination was ultimately confirmed by a margin of 52-48, and he became the second Black American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
UniProt is a high quality, comprehensive protein resource. Next to expert curation, …
UniProt is a high quality, comprehensive protein resource. Next to expert curation, one of the core activities at UniProt is to develop computational methods for the functional annotation of protein sequences. In this webinar, we will be introducing our functional annotation system UniFire that can be used by the community to share and run rule-based automatic annotation systems to add functional information to proteins.
Who is this course for? No prior knowledge of bioinformatics is required, but an undergraduate level knowledge of biology would be useful.
Outcomes By the end of the webinar you will be able to:
Outline the types of data available in UniProt Describe the automatic annotation systems used in UniProt Describe the UniFire platform for sharing and utilising UniProt’s automatic annotation systems
The Ensembl VEP is a powerful tool that allows you to input …
The Ensembl VEP is a powerful tool that allows you to input a list of genetic variants and determines which genes are affected and how. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use the online VEP tool, which is suitable for analysing short lists of genetic variants, and the offline tool, which allows you to annotate whole genome variant calls.
Who is this course for? This webinar is suitable to any clinical or research scientists who are interested in exploring genetic variants and their effect. In this webinar we will use examples from human clinical data but the VEP tool is available for other species too.
Outcomes By the end of the webinar you will be able to:
Describe the application of VEP Analyse short lists of genetic variants using VEP Annotate variation data
This video on comparative advantage also discusses absolute advantage. Both are defined …
This video on comparative advantage also discusses absolute advantage. Both are defined and examples are provided. This will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 9 (a) (b) and (g).
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of …
Today we are introducing a new area of philosophy – philosophy of religion. We are starting this unit off with Anselm’s argument for God’s existence, while also considering objections to that argument.
This patient education program explains the causes and types of anthrax. It …
This patient education program explains the causes and types of anthrax. It also reviews the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of anthrax through vaccination and awareness of bioterrorism. This resource is a MEDLINEplus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
This presentation offers an overview of the developing concept of The Anthropocene …
This presentation offers an overview of the developing concept of The Anthropocene -- a term coined to describe our current geological epoch, in which human impact on the planet will leave a permanent trace.
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about …
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about the Anthropocene, an unofficial geological era that covers the last century or so, in which humanity has made massive progress. We've discovered the Higgs-Boson particle, and awesome electric cars, and amazing smartphones. So all this collective learning and progress has been good for everyone, right? Maybe not. We'll look at some of the pros and cons of all this "progress," including environmental impact, changes in the way people live and work, and political changes and wars that come along with the modern world. We've come a long way, but there's a long way to go. Crash Course will also take a look at what's going to happen in the near future. If we manage to make our way through the coming bottlenecks, we could be OK in coming centuries. Don't get too hopeful, though. The Sun will eventually die, and the Earth will be destroyed, and later the universe will eventually experience heat death. But we won't talk about those downers until next week.
This is a collection of mini lectures created by anthropologists and those …
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