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    2009-Chellaboina-EtAl-Modeling And Analysis-Mass Action Kinetics
    Mass-action kinetics are used in chemistry and chemical engineering to describe the dynamics of systems of reactions, that is, reaction networks. These models are a special form of compartmental...

    Keywords: dynamical systemschemical reactionreaction networkmass action

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    An Original-Design Board Game to Increase Student Comprehension of Cellular Respiration Pathways
    Cellular respiration is a daunting topic for many students in introductory biology courses. Students are challenged at conceptual and factual levels, since instruction covers multiple metabolic...

    Keywords: GlycolysisCellular RespirationFermentationKrebs CycleOxidative phosphorylationpyruvate oxidation

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    A 360˚ View of COVID-19
    In March 2020, institutions underwent a massive transition to distance learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With so little time to devise new materials to maximize learning in the new...

    Keywords: geneticsImmunologyBiochemistrybioinformaticsmolecular evolutionpublic healthvirusCOVID19

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    2015-G_Knott-Chemical Kinetics - Simple Binding F + G to and from B
    The study of this reaction, F + G goes to and from B, is common in chemistry and biochemistry. For example, F could be a hormone or drug and G the associated receptor sites.

    Keywords: bindingreactionchemical kineticsdeterministicBiochem Labsprobabilistickinetic reaction

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    2011-Brian_Winkel-Parameter_Estimates_in_Differential_Equation_Models_for_Chemical_Kinetics
    We estimate the parameters present in several differential equation models of chemical kinetics and logistic growth.

    Keywords: kineticsparameter estimationlogisticchemical kineticschemical reaction

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    Amylase Copy Number and Diet
    An adapted module from HHMI Spreadsheet Tutorials using amylase data for students to gain data analysis and excel skills

    Keywords: Scientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodology

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    Maintaining Cellular Conditions: pH and Buffers
    This module introduces the chemical reactions related to pH in the context of understanding how acidity can affect both the structure and chemical reactivity of cellular molecules. It is intended...

    Keywords: ExponentsLogarithmsRatiosCellular Processes

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    Redox Chemistry and Coral Bleaching
    Mapping coral bleaching using NOAA data to set the stage for reviewing redox chemistry concepts

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveclimateScientific ProcessStatistics and Mathearth and environmenthuman impacts

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    Investigating the Function of a Transport Protein: Where is ABCB6 Located in Human Cells?
    One of the challenges of teaching Cell Biology is helping students understand important research methods used to study cells.  The goal of understanding cell biology methods is especially...

    Keywords: ABC transporter familyDifferential centrifugationImmunoblottingImmunofluorescence assayProtein localizationPurifying organellesSDS-PAGE

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    Nanoparticles and Shrimp: An Interdisciplinary Lab Series in Chemistry and Biology for Undergraduate Engineering Students
    The parallels between engineering and science are vast, as both disciplines apply theory and inquiry to solve complex problems. In order to prepare students for interdisciplinary careers in STEM,...

    Keywords: microscopychemistry applications in biologytoxicity

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    What do Bone and Silly Putty® have in Common?: A Lesson on Bone Viscoelasticity
    Without the use of real-life examples and models, actively instructing and engaging students in complex physiology topics related to bone biomechanics can be challenging. In our large-enrollment...

    Keywords: structure-functioninjuryAnisotropyHysteresisSkeletal SystemViscoelasticity

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    1-015-DimensionlessVariables-TechniqueNarrative
    This material introduces the idea of ``rescaling'' for ordinary differential equations (ODE's) by the use of dimensionless variables. In practice this is an extremely common and useful prelude to...

    Keywords: linearizationdimensional analysistime scalescalingdimensionless variablesspatial scale

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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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    2003-Givens-Bonfima-Direct observation of normal modes in coupled oscillators
    We propose a simple and inexpensive method to directly observe each normal mode of a system of coupled oscillators, as well as to measure its corresponding frequency, without performing Fourier...

    Keywords: frequencyresonancecoupled oscillator

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    Conducting Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in R with swirl
    This lesson offers an introduction to ANOVA, including 1) how this statistical test can be differentiated from others and 2) a step-by-step guide to conducting and interpreting ANOVA results in R,...

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming languageSwirl

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    T2R38 taste receptor polymorphisms underlie susceptibility to upper respiratory infection
    Article presenting evidence that the bitter taste receptor T2R38 regulates the mucosal innate defense of the human upper airway.
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    Interdisciplinarity through a modular sustainability curriculum
    Poster on successful sustainability education in college curricula presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop .

    Keywords: sustainabilityinterdisciplinary educationSummer Workshop 2018

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    Population dynamics in simple two-species experimental microcosms
    A two-week exercise which includes homework calculations and teaching resources. Students establish brine shrimp and Platymonas algal cultures and predict final densities.

    Keywords: population dynamicsecologyspecies interactionsbotanyecosystemsfood chainpopulation regulation

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    The Science Behind the ACTN3 Polymorphism
    A common polymorphism in the alpha-actinin-3 (ACTN3) gene results in the lack of ACTN3 protein expression in fast twitch muscle fibers in ~16% of the human population (1). This genetic change has...

    Keywords: protein structure and functionhuman genetic variationskeletal muscle physiology

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    Muscle Contraction
    This module introduces equations around muscle force in the context of understanding the Sliding Filament Model. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plottinghyperbolic equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiology

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