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Yale's philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how that intellect will be used. The Yale Courses channel provides entry into the core of the University--its classrooms and academic programs--including complete sets of lectures from the Open Yale Courses initiative. Complementary syllabi, transcripts, and other resources may also be accessed from the Open Yale Courses website listed below.Links:online.yale.edu: http://online.yale.edu

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    4.3 | IMDRF QMS and Software Lifecycle: Mastering Quality Management for Medical Software Course

    How can quality management systems truly empower your medical software development, rather than hinder it? In this lesson, we conclude our exploration of the IMDRF QMS guidance, focusing on the critical 'realization and use processes' for medical software. We delve into the standard waterfall cycle and its connection to the IEC 62304 international standard for medical software lifecycles, with a particular emphasis on effective requirements management and the overarching philosophy that a QMS should be a flexible tool for achieving high quality and efficiency, even accommodating necessary experimentation.Uploaded 19-08-25🎯 Learning Objectives• Understand the conclusion of the IMDRF QMS guidance, specifically the 'realization and use processes'.• Explore the relationship between Quality Management Systems (QMS) and the medical software lifecycle, including the waterfall cycle and IEC 62304.• Identify key considerations for effective requirements management in medical software development.• Appreciate the role of a QMS as a flexible tool for ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency.• Recognize the importance of balancing QMS rigor with the need for experimentation in software innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    4.3 | IMDRF QMS and Software Lifecycle: Mastering Quality Management for Medical Software Course

  2. 1h ago

    21. Other bad aspects of death, Part II

    Death (PHIL 176)Uploaded 30-09-08Further bad aspects of death are considered, including ubiquity, or the fact that death may occur at any time and strike anyone. Professor Kagan invites students to contemplate the possibility of death-free time periods, vacation spots, and activities. Then there is consideration of the value of the human condition, which consists of life, followed by death. Finally, the question is raised as to whether it could be appropriate to refuse to face the facts about our mortality. Professor Kagan distinguishes between two ways in which thinking about these could influence human behavior. On the one hand, it may give one the reason to behave differently; on the other hand, it may just cause a change in behavior.00:00 - Chapter 1. How Much Time Do We Have Left? 07:00 - Chapter 2. The Ubiquity of Death 16:17 - Chapter 3. What is the Value of Life with Death? Positive and Negative Interaction Effects 27:59 - Chapter 4. "Better Off Never to Have Been Born": A Rationale 32:55 - Chapter 5. Should We Even Think About Death to Live Life? 47:26 - Chapter 6. Controlling the Impact of Thinking about Death and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Spring 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    21. Other bad aspects of death, Part II

  3. 2h ago

    204 | Where to Find Essential Data for Social Impact - Social Entrepreneurship Course

    This lesson guides you through various reliable sources for finding data and information pertinent to social challenges. It highlights how to leverage resources from international development agencies, the World Bank, local NGOs, think tanks, and universities, while also explaining the importance of organizing your research and understanding different data types and study designs. Discover how to systematically gather information to strengthen your understanding of a problem and its potential solutions.Uploaded 13-08-25🎯 Learning Objectives• Identify key sources for research data, including international development agencies, the World Bank, and academic institutions.• Differentiate between various data types such as quantitative vs. qualitative, primary vs. secondary, and raw vs. aggregate data.• Understand the implications of different study designs, including observational studies and randomized control trials, for assessing causality and generalizability.• Learn effective strategies for organizing research findings and evaluating the strength of evidence from diverse sources.📚 About the Course Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don't have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You'll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you'll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching. This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You'll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you'll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you're going to make a difference. 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezbi0aRJeVnt99ynTVZG1PL🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship#SocialEntrepreneurship #YaleCourse #Impact #Changemakers #BusinessPlan #DesignThinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    204 | Where to Find Essential Data for Social Impact - Social Entrepreneurship Course

  4. 3h ago

    20. Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)

    The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291)Uploaded 21-11-08In this lecture Professor Hungerford discusses how the novels we read are shaped by legal and market constraints. She traces a history of censorship from the Comstock laws, to the policing of Joyce's Ulysses and Ginsberg's Howl, and shows how changes in publishing practices have tended to penalize more unusual, less profitable books. Hungerford also touches on the canon debates of the 80s and 90s (citing John Guillory and Toni Morrison), and the issues of intellectual property and internationalization raised by digital literature. Finally, she points to some ways that Philip Roth, despite his controversial representations of Judaism and of women, succeeds in tackling fundamental human concerns.00:00 - Chapter 1. Observing Local Bookshops: Patterns of Display and Absence12:28 - Chapter 2. The History of Legal Censorship in the United States23:43 - Chapter 3. New Forms of Censorship: The Influence of the Market31:41 - Chapter 4. The Other Side of the Coin: Intellectual Property and Infinite Access in the Digital Age35:15 - Chapter 5. Problems in Deriving the Modern Literary Canon: A Proliferation of Points of ViewComplete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/coursesThis course was recorded in Spring 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20. Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)

  5. 4h ago

    2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism

    Death (PHIL 176)Uploaded 30-09-08Professor Kagan discusses the two main positions with regard to the question, "What is a person?" On the one hand, there is the dualist view, according to which a person is a body and a soul. On the other hand, the physicalist view argues that a person is just a body. The body, however, has a certain set of abilities and is capable of a large range of activities.00:00 - Chapter 1. "Is There Life After Death?" Asking the Right Question 13:25 - Chapter 2. Ways to Conceptualize Self-Identity 21:18 - Chapter 3. Dualists: The Body-Soul Perspective 39:00 - Chapter 4. The Physicalists: The Body Is a Body and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Spring 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism

  6. 5h ago

    17. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part II;

    Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 110)Uploaded 30-09-08This lecture begins with the second half of the discussion on social psychology. Students will learn about several important factors influencing how we form impressions of others, including our ability to form rapid impressions about people. This discussion focuses heavily upon stereotypes, including a discussion of their utility, reliability, and the negative effects that even implicit stereotypes can incur.The second half of the lecture introduces students to two prominent mysteries in the field of psychology. First, students will learn what is known and unknown about sleep, including why we sleep, the different types of sleep, disorders, and of course, dreams, what they are about and why we have them. Second, this half reviews how laughter remains a mysterious and interesting psychological phenomenon. Students will hear theories that attempt to explain what causes us to laugh and why, with a particular emphasis on current evolutionary theory.00:00 - Chapter 1. First and Fast: How We Form Impressions of Others11:15 - Chapter 2. Positive Uses and Negative Effects of Stereotypes27:19 - Chapter 3. Implicit Attitudes34:47 - Chapter 4. Question and Answer on Stereotypes38:09 - Chapter 5. The Minor Mystery of Sleep44:49 - Chapter 6. The Greater Mystery of Dreams51:31 - Chapter 7. The True Mystery of LaughterComplete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Spring 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part II;

  7. 6h ago

    America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 7–What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More

    Professor Joanne Freeman continues with the 1790s, the “Reign of Witches” and how the Federalists tried to hold onto power.Uploaded 07-10-25Recorded in Yale’s Battell Chapel. This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation’s semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught jointly by Professors Joanne Freeman, David Blight, and Beverly Gage, the course emphasizes the history of the nation-state and the contested nature of American national identity. All three scholars will deliver the course’s first and final lectures together, as an introduction and a wrap-up. In between, they will each deliver eight lectures individually based on their areas of expertise. Joanne Freeman, the Alan Boles, Class of 1929 Professor of History and American Studies, and an expert in the revolutionary and early national periods of American history, will cover the period from the Revolution up through the 1830s, touching on such topics as the birth of party politics, the nature of “Jacksonian democracy,” and the rise of the reform and protest movements.David Blight, Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies and one of the country’s foremost authorities on the history of slavery and the Civil War, will cover the Civil War era up through Reconstruction and the emergence of the Jim Crow laws.Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, who is currently writing a book on the nation’s past to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will pick up in the 1890s and continue through the end of the 20th century, addressing debates around immigration, wealth inequality, and the creation of the social welfare state. The course explores U.S. political history broadly conceived–not just as a realm of presidents and elections and wars (though there will be plenty of those) but as a conversation across time between citizens about what the United States is, was, and was meant to be. It proceeds from the premise that the American Revolution was the first but not the last radical act of national reimagining in U.S. history. A copy of the course syllabus with required readings can be downloaded at the bottom of the page at this link: https://president.yale.edu/committees-programs/devane-lectures/america-at-250-a-history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 7–What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More

  8. 6h ago

    20. Coevolution

    Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB 122)Uploaded 01-09-09Coevolution happens at many levels, not just the level of species. Organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts serve as good intracellular examples. Other living things make up a crucial component of an organism's environment. Coevolution can occur in helpful ways (symbiosis) and in harmful ways (parasitism). Many factors can influence coevolution, such the frequency and degree of interaction.00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 03:20 - Chapter 2. Definitions of Co-evolution and Intra-organism Analogies 10:37 - Chapter 3. Symbioses and Parasites 19:09 - Chapter 4. Principles of Co-evolution 26:56 - Chapter 5. Coevolutionary Mimics and Models 31:29 - Chapter 6. Coevolutionary Domestication 39:43 - Chapter 7. Consequences of Co-evolution and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/coursesThis course was recorded in Spring 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yale's philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how that intellect will be used. The Yale Courses channel provides entry into the core of the University--its classrooms and academic programs--including complete sets of lectures from the Open Yale Courses initiative. Complementary syllabi, transcripts, and other resources may also be accessed from the Open Yale Courses website listed below.Links:online.yale.edu: http://online.yale.edu

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