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      The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      Fundamental Human Physiology in Sports Medicine

      Skills you'll gain: Pulmonology, Respiration, Cardiology, Anatomy, Kinesiology, Orthopedics, Neurology, Biology

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      18 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Irvine

      Фінанси для нефінансових спеціалістів

      Skills you'll gain: Cash Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Finance, Accounting, Business Metrics, Financial Management, Corporate Finance

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      38 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)

      Electrodynamics: Electric and Magnetic Fields

      Skills you'll gain: Electrical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Systems, Applied Mathematics, Electronic Systems, Mechanics, Energy and Utilities, Engineering Analysis, Differential Equations, Mathematical Modeling, Calculus

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      231 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Productivity Software, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Application Development, Business Intelligence, Self Service Technologies, Real Time Data, Data Security

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      142 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Columbia University

      Term-Structure and Credit Derivatives

      Skills you'll gain: Derivatives, Mortgage Loans, Securities (Finance), Credit Risk, Financial Modeling, Risk Modeling, Financial Market, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Modeling, Securities Trading, Applied Mathematics, Investment Banking, Microsoft Excel, Risk Analysis, Probability, Cash Flows, Analysis

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      60 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Dartmouth College

      Engineering of Structures: Tension

      Skills you'll gain: Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Construction, Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Engineering Design Process, Mechanics, Applied Mathematics

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      70 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Optical Efficiency and Resolution

      Skills you'll gain: Electrical Engineering, Simulation and Simulation Software, Design Software, Engineering Analysis, Numerical Analysis, System Design and Implementation, Engineering Design Process, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Differential Equations

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      62 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Microsoft Azure, Applied Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning Methods, Statistical Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Supervised Learning

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      256 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      MathWorks

      Data Processing and Feature Engineering with MATLAB

      Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Integration, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Matlab, Data Processing, Descriptive Statistics, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Histogram, Data Transformation, Text Mining, Predictive Modeling, Unstructured Data, Image Analysis, Natural Language Processing

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      347 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Minnesota

      Introduction to Predictive Modeling

      Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Predictive Modeling, Regression Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Forecasting, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Transformation, Trend Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Data Cleansing, Statistical Methods, Performance Metric

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      137 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Battery State-of-Charge (SOC) Estimation

      Skills you'll gain: Estimation, Probability, Simulation and Simulation Software, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Performance Tuning, Applied Mathematics, Calculus

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      254 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      SQL Foundations

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Transact-SQL, Databases, Database Management Systems, Relational Databases, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Data Access, Query Languages, Generative AI, Data Presentation

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      48 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    • Fundamental Human Physiology in Sports Medicine: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Фінанси для нефінансових спеціалістів: University of California, Irvine
    • Electrodynamics: Electric and Magnetic Fields: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
    • Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform: Microsoft
    • Term-Structure and Credit Derivatives : Columbia University
    • Engineering of Structures: Tension: Dartmouth College
    • Optical Efficiency and Resolution: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Microsoft Azure Machine Learning: Microsoft
    • Data Processing and Feature Engineering with MATLAB: MathWorks
    • Introduction to Predictive Modeling: University of Minnesota

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