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    Learn Biological Sciences and Chemistry through cellular transport and concentration ( online and hands-on)
    Osmosis is a process by which by which solvent move from a region of lower solute concentration to region of higher solute concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. Cells utilize the process...

    Keywords: statisticsdata analysisbiologycell biologyconcentrationskillscellchemistryOsmosisSpectrophotometersolutionsolutesolvent

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    Serial Dilutions
    In this Excel workbook, users will enter the original cell concentration and the desired dilution factor (10, 100, and 1000). The program will then calculate the new cell concentration.

    Keywords: concentrationScientific Notationorders of magnitudeserial dilutions

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    2012-Jambhekar-Breen-Extravascular Routes Of Drug Administration in Basic Pharamacokinetics
    This provides an excellent step-by-step of the physiology, construction of model, and notions like peak concentration as well as issues like lag time.

    Keywords: concentrationphysiologydrugslag timeExtravascularPharamacokineticspeak time

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    1989-EY_Rodin-S_Jaques-Countercurrent Oxygen Exchange in the Swim Bladders of Deep-Sea Fish
    Oxygen diffuses from lungs into blood, nutrients diffuse from intestinal tracts into blood and from blood into various cells, and waste products diffuse from cells back into blood.

    Keywords: fishCell Membraneflowbloodbladdercountercurrent

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    1-131-CaffeineElimination-ModelingScenario
    We model the concentration of caffeine eliminated from the human body at a rate proportional to the concentration. This is a ``first-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the...

    Keywords: caffeineeliminationpharmacokineticsdrug

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    Osmoregulation
    This module introduces the osmotic work equation in the context of understanding osmoregulation. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: logarithmic equationsAnimal Physiology

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    Cell Biology by the Numbers
    Vignettes that reveal how numbers serve as a sixth sense to understanding our cells

    Keywords: datacell biologyNumbersratesconcentrationMeasurementestimation

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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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    1-132-DigoxinElimination-ModelingScenario
    We model the concentration of digoxin eliminated from the human body at a rate proportional to the concentration. This is a ``first-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the study...

    Keywords: nullclinespharmacokineticsdigoxindrug eliminationtwo compartment

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    1968-Wagner-Aghajanian-Bing-Correlation of performance test scores with tissue concentration of lysergic acid diethylamide
    This paper offers a two compartment model of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in volunteer students and through parameter estimation models the amount of LSD in the tissue after its initial...

    Keywords: LSDcorrelation coefficientcompartment modellysergic acid diethylamideperformancetest scoretissue concentration

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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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    1-097-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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    Translocation of Nutrients in the Phloem: Dixon's Paradox
    This module introduces the Dixon equation in the context of understanding nutrient transport through sieve tubes. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologylinear regressionlinear equations

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    Pain Medication Treatment Modeling Project
    This classroom modeling project applies mathematical techniques to solve a problem related to drug dosage patterns. Suitable for high school or undergraduate students. Prerequisite: Calculus I.

    Keywords: Mathematical Biologycalculusexponential decayrecursionabsorptionelimination

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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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    2017-ASHP-Intro to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    This is the introductory Lesson 1 in an online set of materials to introduce Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

    Keywords: absorptioncompartmentbloodstreamplasmapharmacokineticspharmacodynamicstherapeutic concentration rangedrug dispositiondrug response

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    1-011A-Kinetics-ModelingScenario
    We help students see the connection between college level chemistry course work and their differential equations coursework. We do this through modeling kinetics, or rates of chemical reaction.

    Keywords: kineticsLaw of Mass Actionfittingorder of reactionchemical reaction

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    1964-Aghajanian-Bing-Persistence Of LSD In Plasma In Human Subjects
    Two micrograms per kilogram of LSD-25 was administered intravenously to five normal human subjects. The concentration of[ drug in plasma was determined serially over the subsequent 8 hours. We...

    Keywords: LSDscoreplasmalysergic acid diethylamidehuman subjuects

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    1-138-InnerEarDrugDelivery-ModelingScenario
    Students examine local drug delivery to the cochlea. The delivery system is modeled as a liquid mixing problem. Students formulate the differential equation, and solve the equation using separation...

    Keywords: concentrationdrug deliveryinner earcochleahearing loss

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    Water Movement through a Membrane: The Van't Hoff Equation
    This module introduces the van't Hoff equation in the context of understanding the metabolic activity of the epithelial cells lining the stomach. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: AlgebraInequalitiesCellular Processes

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