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Nutrient Absorption and Metabolism

Nutrient Absorption and Metabolism

The objective of the course is to develop skills in animal experimentation and quantitative metabolic physiology that enable the attendee to address scientific questions related to the biology of animal nutrition. This includes hypothesis formulation, planning of experiments, analysis of

Non-profit Management

Non-profit Management

Future non-profit managers need to understand how non-profit/cultural policy is developed and exercised, and how it is changing in the context of new cultural agendas, Europeanization and the growth of global cultural industries. The course complements students' operational understanding of

Negotiation

Negotiation

Negotiation is one of the most important skills that a successful manager needs to possess. The goal of this course is to present and practice methods and techniques that can be effectively used in the process of negotiation as well as to demonstrate how to deal with the obstacles and complicating

Mitochondria in Aging and Disease

Mitochondria in Aging and Disease

The course will cover a broad range of aspects of mitochondrial function and biology. It will introduce the students to the current knowledge on mitochondria metabolism and especially emphasize the involvement of mitochondrial dysfunction in disease processes like neurodegeneration, ischemia,

Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Today, because of the ever increasing role of Information Technology (IT) in an enterprise, Information systems (ISs) are not merely required for improving efficiency of business operations; rather these systems are used for effective business decisions and achieving strategic advantage. Moreover,

Learning Environments and Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

Learning Environments and Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

Child care settings offer different learning environments when it comes to space, arrangements, selections of materials as well as different goals and attitudes. This provides different opportunities for children's development of attention, language, knowledge of the different subjects, self and

Leading and Designing Organisations

Leading and Designing Organisations

The technological and demographic changes along with globalization and economic crisis have impacted the organizational environment and their strategies. Business organizations today require leadership, vision, adaptability, and coordination on a scale never before imagined. In this regard, the

Language Description and Linguistic Fieldwork

Language Description and Linguistic Fieldwork

In the first part of the course, students will learn theoretical, ethical, methodological and ethnographic aspects of linguistic fieldwork. Students learn how to analyze the structure of an unknown language. Classes also involve practical sessions with a speaker of an unfamiliar language. The

Journalism, ICT and Digital Media

Journalism, ICT and Digital Media

Media organisations are facing challenges as their environment isreconfigured by digital convergence of and new ways of producingcontent to multiple platforms. The course focuses on digital media, ICT and how journalism and content production are reconfigured within the paradigm of "networked

Introduction to Web 2.0 technologies

Introduction to Web 2.0 technologies

This course, designed for non-technologists, will introduce students to the terminology and some of the software tools that support content creation in the Web 2.0 world, such as wikis, blogs, RSS and social networking sites. The importance of being web-2.0-literate is quickly approaching a value