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    2013-Deboeck-Bergeman-The reservoir model-DE model of psychological regulation
    The following article describes a differential equation model based on the concept of a reservoir for psychological regulation.

    Keywords: adaptive copingReservoirsNotre Dame Longitudinal Study on Agingoutputinput distributionstressorscoping resources

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    2008-Huet-Deffuant-Differential Equation Models Derived from an Individual-Based Model Can Help to Understand Emergent Effects
    We study a model of primacy effect on individual's attitude. Typically, when receiving a strong negative feature first, the individual keeps a negative attitude whatever the number of moderate...

    Keywords: agent-based modelprimacy effectinformation filteringaggregated modelcollectiveinteractionsdouble-modelling

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    It's a bird! It's a plane! It's biomechanics!
    Biomechanics is a discipline that draws from physics and engineering principles to understand the movement and structure of living organisms. It is highly interdisciplinary in nature and can be...

    Keywords: EvolutionecologybatphysiologyAnatomybirdFlightforcesinsect

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    A Kinesthetic and Collaborative Activity to Improve Conceptual Understanding of Chemical Equilibrium
    While teaching in large lecture halls, it is challenging even for experienced teachers to hold their students’ attention for the entire class period. Owing to the large enrollment in STEM...

    Keywords: collaborationdemonstrationchemistrykinesthetic learningequilibriumhands-on learning

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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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    2018-Weber_Theers_Surmann_Ligges_Weihs-Sensitivity Analysis_of_Ordinary_Differential_Equation_Models
    This report will focus on the sensitivity analysis of ordinary differential equation (ODE) models since they can be used to model so-called Low Frequency Oscillations (LFOs).

    Keywords: sensitivityregressionparameter estimationsystemlow frequency oscillationsoscillations

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    Investigating Gene Expression and Cell Specialization in Axolotl Embryos
    The process of cell specialization is critical to the formation and function of tissues in animals and plants. Although gene expression, including the regulation of transcription, is taught in most...

    Keywords: developmenttranscriptiongene expressionmodel organismembryo

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    Teaching Advanced Concepts in Regulation of the Lac Operon With Modeling and Simulation
    Success in biochemistry and other life science courses requires that students understand important biological concepts. One of these concepts is how gene regulation ensures that homeostasis is...

    Keywords: gene regulationinducible operonProkaryotic cellPhosphoenolpyruvate transferase system (PTS)

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    2012-Arvind_Kumar_Misra-A simple mathematical model for the spread of two political parties
    In this paper, a non-linear mathematical model for the spread of two political parties has been proposed and analyzed by using epidemiological approach.

    Keywords: epidemiccompartmentpolitical parties

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    2006-TK_Kar-Controllability and optimal harvesting of a prey–predator model incorporating a prey refuge
    This paper deals with a prey–predator model incorporating a prey refuge and harvesting of the predator species.

    Keywords: survivalpredator-preyharvestrefugePontryagin’s maximal principlehidingoptimal harvest

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    1971-Carl_Metzler-Usefulness Of Two Compartment Open Model In Pharmacokinetics
    Compartment models are widely used in pharmaceutical research to quantitate the kinetics of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of a drug. In this article two applications of the two...

    Keywords: LSDcompartmentpharmacokinetics

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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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    The Flight Physics Concept Inventory: Reliably Evaluating Aerodynamic Lift, Drag and Associated (Naïve) Concepts of Flight in Class and In-Game
    Students often struggle to transfer conceptual understanding from isolated instruction to a coherent mental model. This is especially true for the context of flight physics, fluid dynamics, or the...

    Keywords: active learninggamificationmisconceptionsaerodynamicsfluid dynamicsResearch-based assessment instrumentConceptual SurveyPRE-/POST-test

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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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    2010-Kar-Chakraborty-Bioeconomic_modelling_of_a_prey_predator_system_using_differential_algebraic_equations
    We propose a biological economic model based on prey-predator dynamics where the prey species are continuously harvested and predation is considered with type II functional response.

    Keywords: economicsbifurcationharvestfisheryequilibriumdifferential algebraic equation

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    Differential Gene Expression during Xenopus laevis Development
    In Developmental Biology classes, students are challenged with understanding how differential gene expression guides embryonic development. It can be difficult for students to realize that genes...

    Keywords: gene expressionXenopusearly developmentembryofertilizationin situ hybridization

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    2017-Varanis-Mereles-Mathematical Model of a Vehicle Crash A Case Study
    The model proposed in this paper allows one to obtain the parameters of the system, and then compare them with the ones obtained experimentally to test the suitability of the model with the vehicle...

    Keywords: case studyRunge-Kuttaspring mass dampervehicle crash

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    2017-Suebcharoen-Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Switching and Stage-Structure for Predator
    This paper studies the behavior of a predator-prey model with switching and stage-structure for predator.

    Keywords: stage structurepredatorpreybifurcationswitching

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    2016-Starling-EtAl-Local Brewery - A Project for Use in Differential Equations Courses
    We describe a modeling project designed for an ordinary differential equations (ODEs) course using first-order and systems of first-order differential equations to model the fermentation process in...

    Keywords: BEERFermentationbrewery

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    2016-Helena_Sofia_Rodrigues-Application of SIR epidemiological model new trends
    In this paper, the basic transmission model is analyzed, as well as simple tools that allows us to extract a great deal of information about possible solutions. A set of applications - traditional...

    Keywords: epidemiologybasic reproduction numberSIR

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