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    Plant Defenses and Bioprospecting Mini-case Study
    This narrative mini-case study for use in undergraduate ecology courses reviews plant defense theory within the context of bioprospecting. Students learn about factors affecting plant defenses and...
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    Energy Absorbed from Light During Photosynthesis
    This module introduces how energy absorption from light is affected by the wavelengths in the context of understanding photosynthesis. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologyRatiosphotosynthesishyperbolic equationsOpenStax

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    2018-Kovacs-Insperger-Retarded neutral and advanced differential equation models for balancing using an accelerometer
    It is shown that slight modeling differences lead to significant qualitative change in the behavior of the system, which is demonstrated by means of the stability diagrams for the different models.

    Keywords: feedbackAccelerometersfunctional differential equationssemi-discretizationD-subdivision method

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    2015-Valerie_Billard-Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationship of anesthetic drugs - from modeling to clinical use
    The purpose of this short review is to describe the basis of pharmacokinetics and modeling, the concentration-effects relationship, and drug interactions modeling to offer to anesthesiologists and...

    Keywords: anesthesiapharmacokineticspharmacodynamicanesthetic

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    2006-Shigui_Ruan-Delay differential equations in single species dynamics
    In this survey, we shall review various delay differential equations models arising from studying single species dynamics.

    Keywords: allee_effectdelayed biological systemsfood limitperiodiciityrecruitment modelRegulation of Haematopoiesis

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    2001-Edwards-Buckmire-A differential equation model of North American cinematic box-office dynamics
    A new mathematical model is presented for the box-office dynamics of a motion picture released in North America.

    Keywords: cinemamoviesbox-office

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    BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

    Keywords: infectious diseaseexperimental designbioinformaticsEbolaNIBLSECase It!PCRBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentPublished in National Center for Case Study Teaching in Sciencepolymerase chain reactionfebrile illnessvirusELISAenzyme linked immunosorbent assayfilovirusAfrica

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    A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!
    This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

    Keywords: data sciencebioinformaticsnext generation sequencingquality controlFASTQgenomicsprogrammingNIBLSElinuxmicrobiomeIllumina sequencingcommand lineFASTQEFASTPNGS analysisterminalMacemojiPhred scoreTrimmingshort read

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    The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. Introduction to data visualization.
    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior.. In this module students learn to analyze and present graphic data in ways that simplify interpretation.

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEforagingdata visualizationCommunity Ecologyfmnbehavioral ecologyDIGtrophic cascadesAntarctic foodd webs

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    BioNumbers-the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology
    BioNumbers is a database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology—the quantitative properties of biological systems of interest to computational, systems and molecular cell biologists

    Keywords: dataResources @ BioNumbersNumbersestimationdatabaseResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Biometeorology of Asthma in South Florida: From Statistical Analysis to Mathematical Modeling
    Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education

    Keywords: data analysisdynamical systemsmathematical modelingsynchronizationasthmaimmune systemcomplex systemsfeedback loopsself-organized criticalitychaos

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    Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study
    Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut...

    Keywords: dietanimal behaviorimmune systemmicrobiomeNervous systemgut-brain axisImmunoReachdysbiosisCoyoteCytokines

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    Ripped from the Headlines! Creating Case Studies from Primary Literature.
    Poster on using case studies developed from primary literature presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: case studyprimary literatureSummer Workshop 2018

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    Implementing an online module about the implications of gold mining in the Amazonian rainforest for a community college ecology course
    This online module describes the implications of gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest, introduces students to ecological concepts, and explores human-environment connections. The implementation...
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    Comparing the Effect of Manure Compost vs. Fertilizer on the Growth of Raphanus sativus
    Manure compost is an organic fertilizer made up of manure or natural nitrogen contents, and typically only supplies crops with nitrogen. Synthetic fertilizer is a man-made compound mixture made...

    Keywords: agricultureplants

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    2015-Sivakumar-EtAl-Approximate Analytical Expression of Concentrations in a Kinetic Model for Biogas Generation from Banana Waste
    The initial value problem in a kinetic model for biogas generation from banana waste is discussed. The model involves the system of non-linear differential equations which has variety of non-linear...

    Keywords: chemical kineticsMichaelis-Menten kineticsanaerobic digestionacidogenic stepsbananamethanogenic stepswastes

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    2007-Helfgott-Seier-Some Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Enzyme Kinetics
    We will analyze some basic ideas behind enzyme kinetics, which allow us to deal with separable and linear differential equations as well as realize the need to use power series.

    Keywords: kineticsEnzymeexperimental dataregresion

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    2005-P_Howard-Modeling with ODE
    In these notes we consider three critical aspects in the theory of ordinary differential equations: developing models of physical phenomena, mathematically well-posed, solving ODE numerically .

    Keywords: Fluid Mechanicscompartmentpopulationsvariational methodsHamiltonian mechanics

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    9-001-SkinBurnModelNumericalMethods-TechniqueNarrative
    The heat equation is an important partial differential equation (PDE) which describes the distribution of heat in a given region over time. Numerical methods play an important role in solving these.

    Keywords: Maternal-Fetal interfaceheat equationConservation of Energytheat fluxEuler's forward methodcentral differenceskin burnhyperthermiathermal conductivitylayers

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    1-097-SwimmingPool-ModelingScenario
    This project involves the dynamics of chlorine concentration during regular swimming pool maintenance cycles. Students will have the opportunity to use both analytic and numerical methods.

    Keywords: concentrationcchlorinenumerical errorswimming poolhorineerreor

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