Assessment of the Newborn: The First 10 Minutes
Newborns have unique anatomy and physiologic characteristics that need to be assessed at birth. Nurses with limited or no experience in the obstetrical environment need to be made aware of these unique characteristics in..
Assessment of the Newborn: The Head to Toe Assessment
This program looks at the complete head to toe assessment of the newborn. It begins with a discussion of vital signs and continues with presentation of issues related to eye care. Weighing and measuring are examined incl..
Assisting Third World Nations
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun talks about the challenge of providing First World technology to Third World countries. He notes that without adaptations that take into account the specific conditions an..
Associative Law for Addition
The associative law for addition: (a b) c = a (b c).
Associative Law for Multiplication
The associative law for multiplication: (ab)c = a(bc). The commutative and associative laws for multiplication can be combined. The use the associative and commutative laws together in a multiplication problem is demonst..
Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds
All matter in the observable universe - from a single blade of grass to a planet in a faraway galaxy - is made up of atoms, molecules, and compounds. This program introduces these minuscule building blocks in five sectio..
Augusto Pinochet: The Dictator in His Labyrinth (in Spanish)
The reign of Augusto Pinochet was the darkest period in Chilean, and possibly South American, history. This biography studies the defining events of the dictator’s life and notorious rule, from his birth in 1915, throu..
Authority and change
What is a fatwa? Who is qualified to issue one? What is the role of traditional scholars in the Muslim world today? Egypt today is a battleground between liberal and radical Muslims, as the secular state and traditional ..
Autism in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know
Autism is one of the fastest growing disabilities that affect children in many different and unique ways. Many teachers have not been taught about autism and what special care may be needed to help children with this dis..
Autism: diagnosis, causes, and treatments
What is it like for people with autism, living among others yet always, in a sense, living alone? And how do their parents cope, as they care for them? Built around several case studies, this program distinguishes betwee..