Treatise on mathematics and astronomy: written about the year 1680, in Boston

Bound volume containing a late 17th century handwritten mathematical and astronomical text in one hand. The text is separated into mathematical and astronomical sections with rules, instructions for performing calculations, tables, and drawings. The subjects include arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and trigonometry, and segments have titles such as "Subtraction," "A decimal table of English coince," "Logarithes & their use," and "To find the true place of the sun." The text is undated and unattributed but references Briggs, Oughtred, Ramus, and Apollonius. Certain tables are calculated from latitudinal and longitudinal numbers associated with Boston, and many of the examples use dates in the 1670s and 1680. The manuscript pages are mounted onto unruled pages, and some of the manuscript pages are fragments.

Mathematical notebook, and commonplace book, circa 1689-1769

Manuscript notebook, possibly kept by Harvard students, containing 17th century English transcriptions of arithmetic and geometry texts, one of which is dated 1689-1690; 18th century transcriptions from John Ward’s “The Young Mathematician’s Guide”; and notes on physics lectures delivered by John Winthrop, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1738 to 1779. The notebook also contains 18th century reading notes on Henry VIII, Tudor succession, and English history from Daniel Neal’s “The History of the Puritans” and David Hume’s “History of England,” and notes on Ancient history, taken mainly from Charles Rollin’s “The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians.” Additionally included are an excerpt from Plutarch’s “Lives” and transcriptions of three articles from “The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle,” published in 1769: “A Critique on the Works of Ovid”; a book review of “A New Voyage to the West-Indies”; and “Genuine Anecdotes of Celebrated Writers, &.” The flyleaf contains the inscription “Semper boni aliquid operis facito ut diabolus te semper inveniat occupatum,” a variation on a quote of Saint Jerome that translates approximately as “Always good to do some work so that the devil may always find you occupied.” In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Harvard College undergraduates often copied academic texts and lecture notes into personal notebooks in place of printed textbooks. Winthrop used Ward’s textbook in his class, while the books of Hume, Neal, and Rollin were used in history courses taught at Harvard in the 18th century.

The effect of nutrition education on the nutrition knowledge of college athletes

The relationship between nutrition and athletic performance has become a topic of increasing interest in college athletics. This study assessed the effect of nutrition education on the nutrition knowledge and dietary adequacy of female and male college athletes through a pre-test/post-test, control group design. Six weekly lessons were offered to the experimental groups. For female athletes, a two sample t-test indicated significant differences on gain scores for the experimental group (p

Stakeholders' Perceptions of Culinary Programs in Ontario Community Colleges

The hospitality industry in Canada is growing. With that growth is a demand for qualified workers to fill available positions within all facets of the hospitality industry, one ofthem being cooks. To meet this labour shortage, community colleges offering culinary arts programs are ramping up to meet the needs of industry to produce workplace-ready graduates. Industry, students, and community colleges are but three of the several stakeholders in culinary arts education. The purpose of this research project was to bring together a cross-section of stakeholders in culinary arts education in Ontario and qualitatively examine the stakeholders' perceptions of how culinary arts programs and the current curriculum are taught at community colleges as mandated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) in the Culinary Program Standard. A literature review was conducted in support of the research undertaking. Ten stakeholders were interviewed in preliminary and follow-up sessions, after which the data were analyzed using a grounded theory research design. The findings confirmed the existence of a disconnect amongst stakeholders in culinary arts education. Parallel to that was the discovery of the need for balance in several facets of culinary arts education. The discussions, as found in Chapter 5 of this study, addressed the themes of Becoming a Chef, Basics, Entrenchment, Disconnect, and Balance. The 8 recommendations, also found in Chapter 5, which are founded on the research results of this study, will be of interest to stakeholders in culinary education, particularly in the province of Ontario.

Projecte Frankenstein: materials de metodologia docent

El projecte correspon a la assignatures de 1r curs de Fonaments Físics a l’Enginyeria Mecànica. Els alumnes han de dedicar un total de 16 h distribuïdes al llarg de dues setmanes amb un número aproximat de 8 h/setmana. Les classes expositives del professor corresponen a 2 h/setmana (1 h explicació conceptes i 1 h d’aplicació de conceptes en problemes). Els alumnes han d’assolir els conceptes simultàniament al desenvolupament del projecte. Els grups formats cooperen en el projecte, en el desenvolupament i comprensió dels exercicis i en la resolució de dubtes respecte la matèria relacionada amb el projecte

Projecte Frankenstein: materials didàctics

El projecte correspon a la assignatures de 1r curs de Fonaments Físics a l’Enginyeria Mecànica. El projecte correspon a un treball de síntesi dels conceptes i les seves aplicacions dels següents temes: 1.Anàlisi dimensional. 2.Camp elèctric: 2.1. Intensitat de camp elèctric. 2.2. Potencial elèctric. 2.3. Característiques elèctriques dels aïllants i conductors. 2.4. Conductors en equilibri electrostàtic. 3.Electrocinètica: 3.1. Resistivitat i resistència. 3.2. Llei d’Ohm

Física bàsica per a la universitat [versió html]

Llibre preparat per ser utilitzat com a material de text de Física bàsica, assignatura de lliure elecció de 6 crèdits, del segon quadrimestre dels nous plans d'estudis d' Informàtica Tècnica (especialitats de Sistemes i de Gestió) i d' Enginyeria Tècnica Agrícola (especialitats d' Explotacions Agropecuàries i d' Indústries Agràries i Agroalimentàries) de la Universitat de Girona. L’objectiu estratègic és donar als alumnes, en un sol quadrimestre, la formació necessària per a seguir un curs de primer de física, així com que l’alumne tingui agilitat en la transformació d’unitats, s’habituï a comprovar la raonabilitat dels resultats i sigui capaç de superar la noció que la física és un conjunt de formules inconnexes

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Es tracta d’un material docent, amb què s’intenta facilitar als estudiants del camp de l’educació l’aprenentatge dels fonaments de l’estadística descriptiva i aplicada. Aquesta publicació vol ajudar a comprendre els conceptes bàsics per utilitzar-los amb seguretat en contextos de recerca i per entendre les dades d’estudis educatius i socials. El document està organitzat en cinc apartats i cada apartat conté una explicació sobre el concepte o conceptes que s’hi treballen, un o dos exemples d’exercicis desenvolupats, propostes d’exercicis i les respostes a aquests exercicis. Finalment, hi ha un sisè capítol amb exercicis de recopilació