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    2015-Erzo-Luttmer-Four Models of Knowledge Diffusion and Growth
    This paper describes how long-run growth emerges in four closely related models that combine individual discovery with some form of social learning.

    Keywords: knowledge diffusionstationary distributionsproductivity distributionreaction-diffusion equationsquasi-stationary distributions

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    2013-Alicia_Caldwell-Students Rise to the Challenge of Modeling Yeast Growth Despite Sour Hiccups from Imperfect Data
    This paper describes a lab in which students in an Applied Mathematics in Biology course observe the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast strain, in differing sugar concentrations for use in...

    Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiaelogisticyeastdeathgrowthsugaralcohol

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    COVID-19 Spread NetLogo ABM
    This project aimed to utilize agent-based modeling in NetLogo to create a simulation of COVID-19 spread in a traditional college classroom. The model allows for an evaluation of different...

    Keywords: classroomNetLogoagent-based modelingdisease prevention

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    2011-Carl_Leinbach-Beyond Newton's law of cooling - estimation of time since death
    The paper offers an excellent history of temperature-based methods and then proceeds to demonstrate these with some data. Here the history is rich and will support student investigation as well as...

    Keywords: time of deathNewton's aw of cooling

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    Healing the scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling. Does it matter which tree species you plant?
    This online module explores how differences in traits of tropical tree species translate into differential effects on the carbon cycle, integrating ecological information across scales and the...

    Keywords: climate changecarbon cyclingtropical biology4DEE Frameworkforest restorationtropical tree speciessoil carbon

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    A Modeling Exercise in Sexual Selection using a Student-Created Bird Species
    Evolution-centered lessons at the undergraduate level can often be jargon-heavy, propagate misconceptions if taught ineffectively, and be uninteresting to students who may not see the relevancy of...

    Keywords: Evolutionfitnesssexual selectionNatural Selectionintersexual selectionmate choice

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    2012-Ogunrinde-Sunday-On some models based on second order differential equation
    This paper presents some models based on second order differential equations. Such models include interaction between different kinds of species in an environment and pricing policy for optimum...

    Keywords: species interactionpricing policyoptimal inventory

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    5-011-ModelingIbuprofren-ModelingScenario
    We consider modeling of data from a clinical experiment administered as oral doses of 400 mg ibuprofen, an analgesic pain reliever. Concentrations of ibuprofen in the serum/plasma of the subjects...

    Keywords: dataAICAkaike Information Criterionabsorptionsum of square errorscompartment modelibuprofendelay

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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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    Painting turtles: an introduction to species distribution modeling in R
    This module uses R software to introduce students to the process of accessing databases and building species distribution models based on occurrence records.

    Keywords: RResources @ ESA - TIEEfmnDIGspecies distributionshabitat suitabilitycooperative learningjigsaw

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    Analyzing interesting images motivates mathematics and statistics learning
    Presentation by Jeremy Wojdak made as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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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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    Discovering Prokaryotic Gene Regulation by Building and Investigating a Computational Model of the lac Operon
    The ability to construct and reason through a biological system is an important skill to develop in science education. This level of understanding forces students to recognize the interrelatedness...

    Keywords: prokaryotesgene regulationLac Operoninducible operon

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    2011-GA_Koch-Noble-Drugs in the Classroom Using Pharmacokinetics to Introduce Biomathematical Modeling
    By beginning with simple model involving the half-life of a drug, students take advantage of their mathematical abilities to explore the biology.

    Keywords: Biomathematicspharmacokinetics

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    The Developmental Origins of Mythology: A Pandemic-Inspired Innovative Developmental Biology Laboratory Exercise
    From an experiential, hands-on perspective, the Developmental Biology Laboratory is easily amenable to a wide range of undergraduate-friendly experiments. Thus, pivoting to a virtual laboratory...

    Keywords: gastrulationaxis formationlimb developmentchimeramidline

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    2006-Han-EtAl-Ordinary differential equation models for ethanol pharmacokinetic based on anatomy and physiology
    Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models have been used to describe the distribution and elimination characteristics of intravenous ethanol administration.

    Keywords: liverwortsintraveneouspharmacokineticsethanolethanol infustionpharmacodynamictissue model

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    2016-Pennell-Avitabile-White-Engineering Applications Differential Equations
    General discussion of an engineering based differential equations course with examples from RC Circuit, mass spring dashpot.

    Keywords: circuitvoltagecapacitornondimensionalization

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    Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications (Course Materials)
    These are the materials for Math 214 offered at Rhodes College.

    Keywords: labsDiscrete Difference Equationsmatrix modelscoursebiomath coursedemonstrationin-class activitylab protocolproblem set

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    Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
    Students are frequently overwhelmed by the complexity of metabolic pathways and they think they have "learned" the pathway when they have memorized the individual reactions.  This...

    Keywords: SelectionyeastMetabolismcysteinemediamethioninemutantPathwaysulfur

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    Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
    Because most people have been infected by and/or immunized against influenza, students should know how the immune system responds to the infection and how vaccines protect against disease. Vaccines...

    Keywords: VaccinesInfluenzaImmunizationVaccine efficacy

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