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    2009-Das-EtAl-Bioeconomic harvesting of a pre-predator fishery
    This paper deals with the problem of non-selective harvesting of a prey–predator system by using a reasonable catch-rate function instead of usual catch-per-unit-effort hypothesis.

    Keywords: predator-preyharvestingPontryagin’s maximum principlebioeconomicbionomic equilibriumbiotechnical productivitycatch-rate functionoptimal equilibrium

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    Connecting Viral Pandemics to Ecological Population Growth Models
    In this activity students use the HHMI Population Growth Models interactive to explore R0 for diseases and discuss the importance of connecting population ecology to current events like the...
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    6-025-WhalesAndKrill-ModelingScenario
    Students will use Excel to observe qualitative behavior in a simulation of a predator-prey model, with blue whales and krill as the predator and prey populations, respectively.

    Keywords: krillwhalepredatpr-prey

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    Half Life of mRNA
    This module introduces exponential growth and decay in the context of understanding the stability of mRNA. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationsGenetic Informationlogarithmic equationshalf-lifemRNA

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    Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Viscosity
    This module introduces a modified Stokes-Einstein equation in the context of understanding the difference in viscosity between the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells

    Keywords: linear equationsCell StructureCell GrowthCytoplasmic Viscosity

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    Nucleo-cytoplasmic Transport
    This module introduces exponential decay and the rate of influx in the context of understanding the transport of molecules from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: exponential equationsCell StructureCell Growth

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    2011-Teleken-EtAl-Mathematical modeling of microbial growth in milk
    A mathematical model to predict microbial growth in milk was developed and analyzed. The model consists of a system of two differential equations of first order. The equations are based on physical...

    Keywords: bacteriadairymilkfood safetymicrobilogy

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    Data from: Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide
    Review important resources for building IPMs and provide a comprehensive guide, with extensive R code, for their construction.

    Keywords: IPMintegral projection modelsdemographyelasticitylife historymatrix projection modelpopulation growth ratepopulation projection modelsensitivitystage structurevital ratesResources @ DryadResources @ QUBES - Data

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    6-010-SocialCampaign-ModelingScenario
    The epidemic modeling problem is formulated as a system of three nonlinear, first order differential equations in which three compartments (S, I, and R) of the population are linked.

    Keywords: diseasegrowth rateJudgment and Decision MakingSIR modelinfections diseasesocial campaignrecovery ratedelay timejoining processquitting processexponential distribution

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    2012-José_Sérgio_Domingues-Gompertz Model - Resolution and Analysis for Tumors
    The main objective of this paper is to use the Gompertz equation in order to study the development of blood irrigated solid tumors, using parameters defined in some important bibliographic...

    Keywords: tumorGompertz equationgrowth tumor

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    2018-Banerjee-EtAl-Prey-Predator Model with a Nonlocal Bistable Dynamics of Prey
    The primary goal of our present work is to consider nonlocal consumption of resources in a spatiotemporal prey-predator model with bistable reaction kinetics for prey growth in the absence of...

    Keywords: predator-preynonlocal consumptionTuring bifurcationspatial Hopf bifurcationspatio-temporal patternprey growth

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    RAT ATTACK! Population growth
    This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...

    Keywords: modelingecologyExcelintroductory biologygraphingQuantitative reasoningdata visualizationinterdisciplinaryexponential growthlogistic growthdata managementInterpreting Graphspopulation modelingNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    6-022-CannibalismPredatorPrey-ModelingScenario
    The Lotka-Volterra model tells us that the prey and predator exhibit a shifted cyclic behavior over time. In this module, we look at modifying this prey-predator model to consider the case when...

    Keywords: stabilitypredator-preyequilibriaoscillationscannibalismphase planesspiral sinks

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    1-032-WordPropagation-ModelingScenario
    This activity is a gentle introduction to modeling via differential equations. The students will learn about exponential growth by modeling the rate at which the word jumbo has propagated through...

    Keywords: Googleexponential growthlanguageword problemsetymologyNgrampropagationJumbo

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    2007-Hui_Luo-Population Modeling by Differential Equations
    A general model for the population of Tibetan antelope is constructed. The present model shows that the given data is reasonably logistic.

    Keywords: population dynamicsextinctionlogisticTibetan antelope

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    Can people afford safe drinking water? A discussion on water as a human right with Dr. Jess Goddard.
    Water researcher Jess Goddard holds talked to us about her incredibly important research on measuring water affordability as a human right. Safe drinking water impacts over 2 billion people and, in...

    Keywords: human rightsWater affordability

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    1-109-EmployeeAttrition-ModelingScenario
    This scenario models the loss of employees and the employer's attempt to retain them through stock options. It most naturally is solved with a first-order linear decay model with two populations.

    Keywords: populationlinear growthdecayemployeeattrition

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    Graphing grouped continuous data in R with swirl
    This lesson helps students know some of the options for how to graph grouped continuous data (such as those involved in doing a t-test or ANOVA) and how to choose the best option.

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming languageSwirl

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    Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia Marcescens
    This laboratory module gives students hands-on experience with mutation and selection in bacteria.

    Keywords: moduleinquiry labsmutationartificial selectionbacteriain-class activityHandoutlab protocolResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referenceantibiotic-resistance

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    Exploring the Ecology of Gorongosa
    Students learn about bottleneck events, population demographics and growth, ecological niches and competition, food chains/webs and ecological disturbances through past and current data on...

    Keywords: Community Ecologypopulation ecology

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