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This course is a project-based introduction to manipulating and characterizing cells and biological molecules using microfabricated tools. It is designed for first year undergraduate students. In the first half of the term, students perform laboratory exercises designed to introduce (1) the design, manufacture, and use of microfluidic channels, (2) techniques for sorting and manipulating cells and biomolecules, and (3) making quantitative measurements using optical detection and fluorescent labeling. In the second half of the term, students work in small groups to design and test a microfluidic device to solve a real-world problem of their choosing. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building.

¿Qué es envejecer? ¿Qué es más importante a la hora de envejecer, la herencia o el ambiente? ¿Podemos actuar sobre nuestro propio envejecimiento? ¿Qué tendríamos que hacer para envejecer bien?

Estas y otras muchas preguntas serán respondidas a los largo de este MOOC en el que se pretende transmitir conocimientos actualizados y científicos sobre cómo llegar a una longevidad positiva y saludable a la vez que se pretende motivar a los participantes en la puesta en práctica de una serie de comportamientos que conforman lo que llamamos estilos de vida activos y saludables. Así pues, esos conocimientos no serán suficientes para el cambio hacia un envejecimiento activo; ello dependerá de que cada uno de los participantes incorpore, como hábitos, esos comportamientos que sabemos influyen en un envejecimiento óptimo, lo cual requerirá de una actitud positiva y de la determinación, el querer realizar algunos cambios.

Partimos de la consideración de que el envejecimiento no tiene un claro inicio sino que “vivir es envejecer y envejecer es vivir” y consideramos que a todo lo largo de la vida hay crecimiento, estabilidad y declive. Desde luego, huimos de una visión simplista, exclusivamente positiva, del envejecimiento y dado que la edad está asociada a la enfermedad, la discapacidad y a otros problemas, tratamos de promover ciertas “soluciones” que llevan consigo lo siguiente: optimizar las capacidades físicas, mentales, afectivas y sociales; prevenir potenciales enfermedades y problemas y, en su caso, compensar o paliar existentes déficits.

Esas estrategias, soluciones comportamentales y estilos de vida protectores o combativos de factores de riesgo pertenecen a cuatro dominios esenciales: la mejora de la salud y la funcionalidad; promover el ejercicio físico y cognitivo regular; el mantenimiento y la optimización del afecto positivo y el control y, finalmente, la implicación familiar y social.

Este curso está dirigido a personas de cualquier edad que estén interesadas en envejecer bien. Va a requerir no solo el aprendizaje de conocimientos científicos sino una implicación personal de los participantes puesto que pretendemos, también, la introducción de cambios en la forma de percibir la vejez y en la incorporación de hábitos saludables que lleven consigo, a largo plazo, el desarrollo personal y la satisfacción con la vida.

Acerca de este curso

Si usted está interesado en aprender a hacer e interpretar pronósticos de ventas sin profundizar en las matemáticas, ¡este curso es para usted!

Podrá desarrollar la habilidad para entender en qué situaciones debe utilizar y aplicar los tipos de pronósticos basados en modelos existentes, vistos de una forma matemática muy práctica.

Comprenderá cuándo un pronóstico es bueno y cuándo no lo es.

Podrá presentar informes exitosos que le permitan tomar decisiones anticipadas y "acordes a la realidad de su negocio."

Think about the oldest and most familiar principles of American law, property and proportional liability, in a new and surprising way, and learn to apply economic reasoning to an especially important and interesting aspect of life.

This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own real property, how to communicate and enforce property rights, and the range of liberties that they confer. It explores alternative economic, political, and sociological perspectives of property rights and their policy and planning implications.

This course provides an integrative forum for operations and manufacturing students and is the focus for projects in leadership, service, and improvement. It covers a set of integrative manufacturing topics or issues such as leadership and related topics, and includes presentations by guest speakers such as senior level managers of manufacturing companies. The subject is largely managed by students. Primarily for LFM Fellows and Masters students interested in focusing in operations and manufacturing.

This course is an intensive seminar on the foundations of analytic philosophy for first-year graduate students. A large selection of classic texts, such as Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic, Russell's Problems of Philosophy, and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, is covered in this course.

This course covers amino acid sequence control of protein folding, misfolding, amyloid polymerization and aggregation. Readings and discussions address topics such as chaperone structure and function, folding and assembly of fibrous proteins, and pathologies associated with protein misfolding and aggregation in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and other protein deposition diseases. Students are required to write and present a research paper.

Proteins play a very important role in all organisms. In fact, most of the work that happens inside every cell happens because a specific protein is employed for a specific task. Often the three-dimensional shape of a protein plays a major role in its function. As such, it is important to know the structure of all proteins to have an idea of what function they perform.

One of the jobs of a bioinformatician is to predict the three-dimensional structure of a protein using only the DNA sequence that encodes it as well as determining the effects of any mutations in the DNA on the three-dimensional structure/function.

In this course, part of the Bioinformatics MicroMasters program, you will learn about protein structure and its impact on function, practice aligning protein sequences to discover differences, and generate model structures of proteins using web and software-based approaches.

Protein is found in virtually every part of your body. At least 10,000 different proteins make you what you are and keep you that way.

In this biology course you will learn how proteins drive almost all living processes.

Proteins manufactured by cells perform a broad range of essential functions — the molecular workforce of living organisms.

You will learn how proteins are the cellular manifestation of genetic information. They are assembled into a polymeric structure from monomers derived in part from components in our diet. Proteins catalyze metabolic reactions, replicate DNA, respond to stimuli, provide movement, and much more. Using video lectures, articles, case studies, and molecular models, we will explore how proteins are constructed, how they fold into 3-dimensional shapes, the kinds of bonds that hold these folded structures together, and the immense range of roles that proteins assume ‑ from structural proteins found in muscle to catalysts for cellular chemical reactions.

Purification and characterization are essential to understand protein structure and function, and we will identify a variety of methods to uncover how these tiny machines drive almost all living processes.

For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (SP.776), Product Engineering Processes (2.009), or elsewhere, this class provides a setting to continue developing projects for field implementation. Topics covered include prototyping techniques, materials selection, design-for-manufacturing, field-testing, and project management. All classwork will directly relate to the students' projects, and the instructor will consult on the projects during weekly lab time. There are no exams. Teams are encouraged to enroll together.

Faculty will learn how to give students effective feedback, how to help students use feedback more effectively, and how to leverage technology to increase feedback efficiency.

The role of a SQL Server database administrator has expanded from the server rack to the datacenter to the cloud, and from Windows Server OS to Platform as a Service and Linux. This computer science course introduces features and technologies for implementing a database. Topics include:

• Considerations for Deploying SQL Server
• Deploying SQL Server to various environments and scenarios
• Migrating databases between versions and platforms

Note: To complete the hands-on elements in this course, you will require an Azure subscription. You can sign up for a free Azure trial subscription (a valid credit card is required for verification, but you will not be charged for Azure services). Note that the free trial is not available in all regions. It is possible to complete the course and earn a certificate without completing the hands-on practices.

In this computer science course, we will explain the various services available in Office 365 including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Skype for Business Online and others. We will cover the various subscriptions options for small businesses, educational customers as well as enterprises. The first steps of setting up a tenant are critical for success and this course will explain in detail each step to ensure your Office 365 tenant and clients will be in good shape from day one. You will also learn how to work through some troubleshooting ideas to better prepare you if you get stuck with provisioning Office 365 Services.

El Proyecto Final de Conocimiento Aplicado de Wharton te permite aplicar tus habilidades analíticas a retos de negocios reales, incluyendo el tuyo. Usarás esas habilidades empresariales recientemente adquiridas, para evaluar de manera reflexiva una oportunidad o situación real de compañías dirigidas por Wharton como Televisa.

El proyecto desafía intelectualmente al estudiante y le permite demostrar las habilidades y competencias adquiridas a través del “Diseño y desarrollo de un objeto virtual de aprendizaje como estrategia para apoyar un proceso de enseñanza  enriquecido  por el uso de las TICs.” El estudiante aplica conocimientos de diseño instruccional, integra tecnología, usa herramientas web 2.0 emergentes, aprovecha  las ventajas y características de un recurso multimedia, los fundamentos de una e-actividad efectiva, y la implementación en un LMS, para desarrollar un objeto virtual de aprendizaje integral que considera tanto aspectos de evaluación y medición de impacto como los estándares de calidad indispensables.

Este curso forma parte del programa de MicroMasters “e-Learning: crea actividades y contenidos para la enseñanza virtual” diseñada con el propósito de desarrollar en los participantes  las habilidades y competencias necesarias para la implementación de entornos de aprendizaje innovadores apoyados por las TIC's. Al inscribirte en este programa de MicroMasters te daremos acceso a un área de descarga especial, en la cual encontrarás plantillas (predefinidas) de las principales herramientas presentadas en los cursos, guías de mejores prácticas y vídeos complementarios con entrevistas de reconocidos expertos a nivel internacional, que comparten su experiencia y conocimiento en el campo de la educación apoyada por tecnología, el diseño y producción de recursos multimedia.

Imagine you wake up one morning and read a news flash on your smartphone or other mobile device that a major fire threatens your office building. You immediately remember that your organization recently practiced its quarterly disaster preparedness exercise. You know what to do, who to contact, and the location of the alternate office to use in case of an emergency. You are concerned, but you are confident that you have a plan in place. As a key member of the organization’s crisis communication team (CMT), you know your role. You help management immediately prepare a news release and update the company’s website with factual information on the who, what, when, and where details of the event. You use social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, and traditional media, such as radio and TV, to inform internal stakeholder groups (e.g., senior leadership, employees, and investors) and external stakeholder groups (e.g., customers, clients, local officials, and the general public) with appropriate key messages. D…

This course will introduce you to the fundamental principles of psychology and to the major subjects of psychological inquiry. It has been designed to not only provide you with the tools necessary for the study of psychology but to present you with a sampling of the major areas of psychology research. The course begins with a short overview of how psychology developed as an academic discipline and an introduction to a number of the principle methodologies most commonly deployed in its study. The subsequent units are arranged around broad areas of research, including emotion, development, memory, and psychopathology. We will focus on well-substantiated research and current trends within each of these categories. This course is designed to align with Excelsior College’s UExcel Psychology examination. Visit the Excelsior website [1] to download the content guide for the PSYX-101 exam.  For more information about this partnership, and earning credit through Excelsior College, go here [2].    [1] http:/…

This course will introduce you to the fundamental principles of psychology and to the major subjects of psychological inquiry. It has been designed to not only provide you with the tools necessary for the study of psychology but to present you with a sampling of the major areas of psychology research. The course begins with a short overview of how psychology developed as an academic discipline and an introduction to a number of the principle methodologies most commonly deployed in its study. The subsequent units are arranged around broad areas of research, including emotion, development, memory, and psychopathology. We will focus on well-substantiated research and current trends within each of these categories.

In this course, we will look at the properties behind the basic concepts of probability and statistics and focus on applications of statistical knowledge.  We will learn how statistics and probability work together.  The subject of statistics involves the study of methods for collecting, summarizing, and interpreting data.  Statistics formalizes the process of making decisionsand this course is designed to help you cultivate statistic literacy so that you can use this knowledge to make better decisions.  Note that this course has applications in sciences, economics, computer science, finance, psychology, sociology, criminology, and many other fields. Every day, we read articles and reports in print or online.  After finishing this course, you should be comfortable asking yourself whether the articles make sense.  You will be able to extract information from the articles and display that information effectively.  You will also be able to understand the basics of how to draw statistical conclusions.