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    2008-Ribbing-EtAl-Mathematical models of diabetes progression
    Writing a good model for diabetes progression is difficult because the long time span of the disease makes experimental verification of modeling hypotheses extremely awkward. underlying the

    Keywords: physiologyclinical trialsdiabetesdiabetes progression

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    2015-Jonathon_Easton, Jonathan-Mathematical models of health focusing on diabetes-Delay differential equations and data mining
    This is an exhaustive study with very good references of a linear system of four differential equations with and without delay to model diabetes in a human being.

    Keywords: diabeteshealth model

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    1994-Roland_Minton-A Progression of Projectiles-Examples from Sports
    There is a progression of complexity and issues in projectile motion modeling from no resistance, to resistance proportional to velocity, then to velocity squared,

    Keywords: sportsresistanceprojectilebaseballdraglinear resistancequadratic resistancetennis

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    Mol* Adaptation: Case of Severe Insulin Resistance
    This is an adaptation using Mol* on the original case written. This case focuses on understanding how a mutation in a cell signalling protein (a kinase) can prevent insulin function and lead to...

    Keywords: molecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case Studyinsulin resistanceMol*MolStar

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    A Case of Severe Insulin Resistance
    This case focuses on understanding how a mutation in a cell signalling protein (a kinase) can prevent insulin function and lead to diabetes.

    Keywords: molecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case Studyinsulin resistance

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    2010-Shianga-EtAl-Computational model of the human glucose-insulin regulatory system
    A computational model of insulin secretion and glucose metabolism for assisting the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in clinical research is introduced. The

    Keywords: glucose tolerance testsum of squared residualsmultiple shooting methodcost function

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    2007-Exben_Friis-Jensen-Modeling and Simulation of Glucose-Insulin Metabolism
    In this thesis one of the models of diabetes, Bergman’s minimal model is described trough derivation and simulations.

    Keywords: Metabolisminsulin resistanceglucosePID controllerintolerance

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    Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progression
    Three articles about the work of a project on quantitative reasoning in the context of environmental literacy.

    Keywords: quantitative

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    Quantitative reasoning: Interdisciplinary STEM 21st century reasoning modality
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: stemQuantitative reasoning

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    Problem-Based Learning for Physiology: Synthesizing the Cardiovascular System, Respiration, Macronutrient Metabolism, and Renal Function
    Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a valuable tool for helping students overcome reliance on memorization by scaffolding opportunities for them to practice the competency of...

    Keywords: MetabolismObesityblood pressurecardiac functioncardiovascularmetabolic syndromerenalRespirationrespiratory system

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    Regulación de expresión génica y adipogénesis por PPAR-γ
    En ésta actividad de dibujo / coloreado los estudiantes aprenderán sobre los diferentes componentes involucrados en la regulación de la activación de PPAR-γ, un factor de transcripción que juega un...

    Keywords: videosResources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveGeneral biology educationgene expressionregulationtranslation into spanishtranscriptional regulationrepressorEspañol

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    Regulation of Gene Expression and Adipogenesis by PPAR-γ
    Students learn about transcriptional regulation of PPAR-γ, an important controller of adipose tissue stores and energy metabolism through a drawing/coloring activity of the different components...

    Keywords: gene expressionsmall group worktranscriptional regulationadipose tissuefat metabolismrepressor

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    2017-Fred_Adler-Mathematically Modeling Asthma
    Our Asthma models have examined how a viral infection can tip the immune system into a different state, with the potential to predispose an individual to future asthma

    Keywords: infectionasthmaimmune responserhinovirus

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    1-160-HeartDeathRate-ModelingScenario
    Students simulate experience from a given data set which represents the heart death rate during the period 2000 - 2010 using several approaches to include exponential decay, difference equation,...

    Keywords: dataheart death rate

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    2010-Del-Ciello-EtAl-Modeling Disease
    We model the transmission of a disease through a population. Such modeling is very important to the study of epidemiology and the practice of medicine.

    Keywords: diseasespreadcarriessymptomaticasymptomatic

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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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    2009-Noakes-Sleigh-Mathematical models for assessing the role of airflow on the risk of airborne infection in hospital wards
    Understanding the risk of airborne transmission can provide important information for designing safe healthcare environments with an appropriate level of environmental control for mitigating risks.

    Keywords: infectioncompartmenthospitalventilationairbornesthochasticWells–Riley

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    Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
    Students often shy away from tedious bioinformatics approaches to exploring their genomes. However, in our expanding digital world these skills are some of the most relevant and valuable. To...

    Keywords: UCSC genome browsersingle nucleotide polymorphismGenome wide association studiesGenomic organization

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    GMC: Genes, Mutations and Cancer - Group Concept Map Development
    It has been shown that active learning strategies used in the classroom can increase student learning and retention of information. We generated an active learning exercise that can be used in the...

    Keywords: mutationcancerCell Division

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    3d Naturalists - Bioblitzes, Citizen Science, and Undergraduate Learning (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Citizen science and the associated new technological ability to crowdsource data may be the gateway for engaging the public in the science needed for the management, protection, and stewardship of...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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