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    2008-Claire_Vailance-Reaction_Kinetics-Course_Notes
    This is but one of several set of notes which may interest the reader on chemical kinetics.

    Keywords: kineticsparametersrate constantchemical kineticsreactions

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    2017-Thomas_Judson-The_Ordinary_Differential_Equations_Project
    This text is intended for a one-semester undergraduate course in ordinary differential equations. There are additional exercises or computer projects at the ends of many of the chapters.

    Keywords: projectsmathematical modeltextbooktechniquesfreeproofssageTheory

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    2019-Radulescu-Lundgren-A_pharmacokinetic_model_of_lead_absorption_and_calcium_competitive_dynamics
    We build and analyze a compartmental model of lead pharmacokinetics, focused specifically on addressing neurotoxicity.

    Keywords: QUBES Leadership Teamparametersabsorptionbifurcationpharmacokineticscalciumcognitive decline

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    2019-Stender_EtAl-Recovery_Of_Differential_Equations_From_Impulse_Response
    In this work, a recent method, which allows reconstructing differential equations from time series data, is extended for higher degrees of automation.

    Keywords: time seriesregressionresponseimpulseoscillationsignal processingsparse regressionsystem identification

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    1-128-RocketFlight-ModelingScenario
    We offer an opportunity to build a mathematical model using Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram to analyze the forces acting on the rocket of changing mass in its upward flight...

    Keywords: resistanceFlightRocketrymassNewton's Second Law of MotionthrustFree Body Diagramapexrocket

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    3-030-SecondOrderIntro-ModelingScenario
    We outline the solution strategies involved in solving second-order, linear, constant coefficient ordinary differential equations, both homogeneous and nonhomogeneous and offer many application and...

    Keywords: parameter estimationnon-homogeneousSpanishfrequencybuoyancyinverse problemthrustunderdampedfirst passagespring mash dashpotrealcomplexhomogeneoussuperpositionparachuteoverdampedcritically dampedbuoyquadratic equationrootsrocket flight

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    3-061-ChemEngApps-ModelingScenario
    Students go through a chemical engineering problem: calculate concentration profile of cyclohexane within a catalyst pellet by solving a second order linear differential equation; then analyze the...

    Keywords: Spanishporous mediumcatalyisiscyclohexenehydrogeldehydrogenationhyperbolic trig functions

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    Hypoxia in Coastal Marine Ecosystems (Project Eddie) - Modified
    Aquatic ecosystems are home to a complex intersection of physical and biological factors and an intersection of natural and anthropogenic factors. In the Chesapeake Bay, low oxygen events have...

    Keywords: OceanographyProject EDDIEEutrophication

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    1-009-Bifurcation-TechniqueNarrative
    We lead students to investigate first-order differential equations that contain unknown parameters. Students discover what happens to the qualitative behavior of solutions to these equations as...

    Keywords: bifurcationqualitative behaviorbifurcation diagram

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    1-057-FiguringFluidFlow-ModelingScenario
    We propose three differential equations models for the height of a column of falling water as the water exits a small bore hole at the bottom of the cylinder and ask students to determine which...

    Keywords: dischargetankTorricelli's LawConservation of Energyfluid flowheightliquid

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    1-085-DrugBolus-ModelingScenario
    Given data on the concentration of a drug in the plasma of a human in mg/L at certain time intervals in hours can we determine the rate at which the drug leaves the plasma as well as the initial...

    Keywords: concentrationsum of square errorsbolusdrugrate constantadminister

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    1-136-MarriageAge-ModelingScenario
    Students will build and analyze a model of the fraction of people who are married (for the first time) by a certain age. Students are asked to set up and solve these differential equations. They...

    Keywords: messagesmarriageusing social sciences in forecastingdirected

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    3-063-FallingBuildingIce-ModelingScenario
    We model the fall of a piece of ice which is falling from a high building in New York City.

    Keywords: resistancefallinggravityiceterminal velocityskyscrapers

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    Hypoxia in Coastal Marine Ecosystems (Project Eddie)
    Aquatic ecosystems are home to a complex intersection of physical and biological factors and an intersection of natural and anthropogenic factors. In the Chesapeake Bay, low oxygen events have...

    Keywords: OceanographyProject EDDIEEutrophication

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    Happy Blue Baby
    This case, about a specific mutant of hemoglobin, focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of why an infant turned blue soon after birth and how the cyanosis resolved on its own...

    Keywords: mutationHemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysisgenetic basisPDBMolecular Case StudyMol*

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    COVID-19: Molecular Basis Infection Revisited One Year into the Pandemic
    This adaptation was written in Spring 2021 exactly one year after the original case and includes explorations of the emerging mutations within the spike protein

    Keywords: infectionvaccinemolecular visualization and analysisCOVID19PDBSARS-CoVMolecular Case Studyvariantsantibody

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    Waking up Anna - Adaptations and Conversion to Mol*
    This case focuses on understanding the molecular basis of Anna's sleeping disorder and its treatment. The adaptations addressed question clarity and reformatting to use Mol*.

    Keywords: sleepmolecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case StudyGABAMolCaseNetMol*MolStarProtein visualizationFlumazenil

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    Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected flowering date in American elm trees. Students can then practice on a species of their own...
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    Adapting "Lichens in Diverse Landscapes" for Independent Projects in BIO 3317 Ecology at McDaniel College
    This adaptation shows how students in Ecology at McDaniel College used the Lichens in Diverse Landscapes Module 2 (Lichens in YOUR Local Landscape) in Fall 2020.

    Keywords: NEONNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Understanding Gene Prediction Programs
    Introduces students to the key biological concepts underlying computational gene prediction. Outcomes include ability to analyze and evaluate output of gene prediction programs, and reflect on...

    Keywords: Genome annotationSEA-PHAGESgene predictiongenemarkcoding potentialcodon biassix frame translation

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