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    Diseasebots HEXBUG Lab
    This module explores the effects of host density on contact rates and transmission of pathogens using a hands-on experiment with HEXBUG robots.
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    Quantitative Modeling by Biology UnderGraduate Students
    Workshop for biology faculty at University of Houston on the QUBES and QM BUGS projects

    Keywords: QUBESQM BUGS

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    Biodiversity
    Biodiversity allows the diversity of a biological population to be estimated with both the Shannon and Simpson biodiversity indices based on information theory.

    Keywords: Shannon diversity indexSimpson diversity indexBiodiversity indicesInformation theory

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    Factor Structure Assessment of the Students Support Needs Scale-Augmented for African-American STEM Students
    Poster on the impact of a performance pyramid-based peer-led learning community on course knowledge at a Historically Black University. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: modelingSTEM education2021 BIOMEfactor structure

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    Hemoglobin bioinformatics
    This is an introduction to bioinformatics using hemoglobin as an example. The worksheets introduce students to resources to explore the DNA, RNA and polypeptide linear structure with a brief...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsHemoglobinBLASTsickle cell diseaseMolecular Case StudyClustal OmegaMolCaseNet

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    SEIR simulation activity for flattening the curve
    This is a short exploration activity to introduce SIR and SEIR models without explicitly introducing differential equations. It utilizes the R package EpiDynamics and students can run the...

    Keywords: RRStudioInfectious Disease ModelingSIR modelsSIRseircovidcoronavirus

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    A tale of two globins: hemoglobin and myoglobin and oxygen transport
    Hemoglobin and myoglobin are two related proteins important in oxygen binding and transport to cells. However, unlike myoglobin, hemoglobin exhibits positive cooperativity in oxygen binding. Oxygen...
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    2016-Simon_Malham-Differential_Equations_and_Linear_Algebra
    This is a nice set of notes on which a course can be based. There is ample material on first and second order, linear systems, and Laplace Transform methods for setting up and solving differential...

    Keywords: textbooklinear algebraLaplace transform

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    UDL Working Group- BIOME 2022 - Lightning Talk
    UDL Working Group from BIOME 2022's Lightning talk. They discuss what they did over the course of the semester.

    Keywords: working groupBIOME 2022

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    2-001-NumericalMethodsComparisons-TechniqueNarrative
    This material teaches the basics of numerical methods for first order differential equations by following graphical and numerical approaches. We discuss the order of accuracy of the methods and...

    Keywords: Euler's methodimproved Euler's methodRK3 methodsRK4 methodsorder of accuracyabsolute errorCPU time

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    1-118-SolowEconomicGrowth-ModelingScenario
    Students construct and analyze the celebrated Solow-Swan model of economic growth theory. The project is divided into three sequential parts to teach students to understand, develop, and analyze a...

    Keywords: optimizationeconomicssteady stategrowthSolow-Swan modelcapitalproductionlaborGolden Rule of Economic Growth

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    NSF RCN-UBE SCORE Mid-Survey Findings
    Network findings for the SCORE Network Mid-Survey.

    Keywords: evaluationscoreSTEM Evaluation

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    PLANT Talking Points: Crime Scene Botanicals - Forensic Botany...
    Provides information on the interesting job of Forensic Botany using real life examples

    Keywords: botany

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    Working Groups from Summer Institute 2016
    Information about the SI 2016 working groups including links to member action plans and group homepages.

    Keywords: database

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    Mike's NW Activity
    This is where the abstract goes.

    Keywords: testingalgorithms

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    EvolSeq
    An Excel worksheet that simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences.

    Keywords: molecular evolutionDNA

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    HF Bates Mid Year Progress Report
    Mid-year highlights of the Hewlett Foundation Grant Award to Bates College: Supporting more equitable and sustainable open education across STEM

    Keywords: STEM Evaluation

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    Phage Discovery Videos
    A compilation of videos to support teaching the concepts and protocols for discovering and working with phage.
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    Frayer model growth mindset
    A Frayer model worksheet for the concept of growth mindset.

    Keywords: growth mindsetFrayer model

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    1999-PS_Crooke-S_Hota_JJ_Martini-JR_Hochkiss-A Mathematical Model for Carbon Dioxide Exchange
    A mathematical model is presented to study the effect of Tracheal Gas Insufflation (TGI) on the alveolar ventilation during passive, mechanical ventilation.

    Keywords: mechanical ventilationventilationcarbon dioxide exchangetracheal gas insufflationalveolar ventilationshunttwo-compartment model

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