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Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use Excel to conceptualize, set up, and solve inventory problems to minimize purchasing cost and reduce the risk and cost of stockouts.
Excel pro Curt Frye shows how to analyze inventory costs and develop effective inventory policies within a supply chain. He explains how to calculate total costs and total relevant costs for a product. He covers how to incorporate the effects of lead time into analysis and how to determine how much extra...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fewer than half of Americans say they get a good night's sleep on most nights. Observe as Dr. Satterfield works with Maria to assess her quality and quantity of sleep. Apply the techniques of CBTI (the “I” is for insomnia) to fall asleep faster and wake more rested..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How is information measured and how is it encoded most efficiently? Get acquainted with a subtle but powerful quantity that is vital to the science of information: entropy. Measuring information in terms of entropy sheds light on everything from password security to efficient binary codes to how to design a good guessing game..
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Add the concept of vector to your physics toolbox. Vectors allow you to specify the magnitude and direction of a quantity such as velocity. The vector's direction can be along any axis, allowing analysis of motion in three dimensions. Then use vectors to solve several problems in projectile motion.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Arguably the most important area of mathematics, algebra introduces the powerful idea of using an abstract variable to represent an unknown quantity. This lecture demonstrates algebra's golden rule: Do unto one side of an equation as you do unto the other.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
There are times when we all want (or need) to be creative on demand. And with the right approach, it's possible. Here, use Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway as a lens through which to explore four key principles of creativity training: defer judgment, go for quantity, make connections, and seek novelty.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Why does ice melt above 0°C? Why does water boil above 100°C? What quantity governs the equilibrium between liquid and gaseous phases? Use phase diagrams to probe these and other questions. Also watch a stunning demonstration of the triple point, where freezing and boiling occur simultaneously!
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Chemists have convenient units for dealing with matter at the atomic scale. In this lecture, learn the origin and relative size of the angstrom to measure length, as well as the atomic mass unit, the mole for measuring quantity and the Kelvin scale for temperature.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explore other basic concepts that are critical to thermodynamics. These include the idea of a system, boundary conditions, processes that occur within systems, the meaning of the state of a system, the definition of equilibrium, and a much-misunderstood quantity called entropy.
Author
Series
Aurora Teagarden mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
When four kids vanish from the soccer field, including Aurora Teagarden's brother Phillip, Aurora and her husband, true crime writer Robin Crusoe start their own investigation.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Electronic sensors—instruments that detect some type of physical quantity—have been around for more than 130 years, ever since the invention of the electric thermostat. Explore today's proliferation of sensors all around us and discover their basic similarities as they convert signals into electrical quantities that can be used to take action.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Which came first - the pollen or the pollinator? Learn about the special evolutionary relationship between specific flowers and the insects, birds, and mammals that play a necessary role in plant reproduction. The flowers' morphology, color, and quality and quantity of scent are all related to "their" animals' body shape, sense organs, and more in this never-ending co-evolutionary tango.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Since 2006, the number of landlines has decreased, while the quantity of mobile phones and other communication devices now outnumber the entire human population. Explore how engineers have created the cellular systems required to manage large numbers of calls at once, even as the user moves from place to place.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn what scientific studies reveal about some outside-the-box methods for helping weight loss and improving body composition. Should you dismiss the potential impacts that artificial sweeteners, detox dieting, plate size, standing desks, sleep quantity, and environmental pollutants have on your energy intake and expenditure? You might be surprised.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In part 1, Drs. Robert Karplus and Celia Stendler Lavatelli use Piagetian classification tasks to demonstrate how childrenÍs ability to use categories develops during middle childhood. In part 2, Children between the ages of five and twelve perform tasks dealing with quantity, length, area, and volume to illustrate the Piagetian concept of conservation. The children's differing approaches to the tasks are discussed by Dr. Robert Karplus and Celia...
Publisher
Benchmark Media
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Key concepts explained: converting percentages into decimals and fractions, and converting decimals and fractions into percentages.. Taking examples from the widespread use of percentages in everyday life from the percentage of cappuchinos to regular coffee a coffee shop sells, to the percentage of sharks to other fish in an aquarium, our young guide illustrates: 1.The meaning of a percentage as a number out of one hundred 2.Writing a percentage as...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Lustig explains that the problem is the quality and not the quantity of food people eat. The real culprit is processed food, loaded with added sugar and stripped of its natural fiber and nutrients. He is leading the groundswell to expose the high sugar content in processed food, and the dangers and costs to our health.
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Provides simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 "recipes" specifies the type and quantity of plants needed; clearly numbered instructions detail each step; and 400 photographs show how to place every stem. Traditional pots and plant containers are used, but so are less conventional vehicles and methods, like shutters and planting under glass. A basic how-to chapter provides planting techniques, a...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Join eight-year-old Timmy and his trusty bloodhound, Sherlock, as they sniff out and count objects around the house. From one doorbell to ten windows, kids will learn to count to ten and understand that numbers can be used to determine the quantity of a particular group of objects.
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