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    Developing Open Source Plugins for the Educational Gateway QUBEShub: Expanding Community Reach and Building a Robust Open Education Resource Ecosystem
    We present work on development of (1) a component to record, track and display the multitude of partners and professional organizations involved in the QUBES mission, and (2) a component to bring...

    Keywords: OERscience gatewaysgateways17

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    Mock Drug Activity Enhances Student Learning About the Challenges of HIV/AIDS Therapy
    While traditional didactic coursework is important for learning about the scientific aspects of HIV/AIDS, it is difficult to convey social aspects of the epidemic. Due to effective drug therapies,...

    Keywords: drug resistanceRetrovirusViral replication

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    Translating Co-Translational Translocation
    Understanding the process of proteins targeting to specific locations within a cell is a fundamental part of cell biology. Synthesis of proteins by co-translational translocation, which also...

    Keywords: Topologyco-translational translocationendoplasmic reticulumprotease protection assaysecretory proteinssignal sequencetransmembrane proteins

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    2012-Shargel-Yu-AccessPharmacy-Applied Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
    Step by step formation of drug absorption models is shown with many good graphics of system and plots. Solutions are offered but no solution methods are shown.

    Keywords: Michaelis-MentenEnzymesubstratecompartmentpharmacokineticsrate constanturinary dataabsorption rate

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    1-005-NavigatingNumericalMethods-TechniqueNarrative
    This technique narrative is a discovery-based approach to learning the basics of numerical methods for first order differential equations, by following the graphical and analytical perspectives of...

    Keywords: Euler's methodTaylor's Methodsearch and rescueCoaast Guardlost at sealongitudelatitudelimit definition

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    Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring
    Understanding the scientific method provides students with a necessary foundation for careers in science-related fields. Moreover, students can apply scientific inquiry skills in many aspects of...

    Keywords: scientific methodNatural Selectionbrood parasitism

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    Climate Change’s Impact on Sea Level Rise in a Coastal Marsh Over 20 Years
    In this lesson, students will learn about increasing sea level rise and the direct impacts coastal marshes are facing as a result. Students will learn the importance of coastal marshes, tidal...

    Keywords: climate changewetlandsSea level rise and coastal resilienceCoastal wetlandssalt marshneap tidesspring tides

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    2017-Chávez-EtAl-Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Pest Control Strategies via Impulsive Differential Equations
    The paper is concerned with the development and numerical analysis of mathematical models used to describe complex biological systems in the framework of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

    Keywords: bifurcationschaosimpulsive modellimit cycleshysteretic effectsperiod-doubling cascades

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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-Ramsay-Hooker-Campbell-Cao-Parameter estimation for differential equations-a generalized smoothing approach
    We propose a new method for estimating parameters in models that are defined by a system of non-linear differential equations.

    Keywords: estimating equationfunctional data analysisGauss–Newton methodparameter cascadeprofiled estimationdynamic system

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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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    Winter is Coming! Data Nuggets Module - Adapted for Preservice Elementary Teachers
    Adaptation of Data Nuggets Module Winter is Coming! for an Elementary Education Science Methods Course

    Keywords: teacher educationscience teacher preparationData Nuggetmiddle grades (4-9)

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    A Lesson on Matter and Energy at the Organismal Scale: Linking Patterns and Processes Across Diverse Taxa
    Pathways and transformations of energy and matter (PTEM) are a conceptually challenging but essential component of biological literacy. Curricular gaps about PTEM nevertheless remain; although...

    Keywords: plantsenergyAnimalsfungimatterorganismal scale

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    A CRISPR/Cas Guide RNA Design In Silico Activity
    CRISPR biotechnologies inspired by the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat RNA-guided nuclease adaptive bacterial immune system have revolutionized biology research and become...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsgene expressiongenetic basis of diseaseCRISPR/Cas9genetic engineeringin silico

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    Exploring the City of Biofilms: An Engaging Analogy-Based Activity for Students to Learn Biofilms
    Multicellular biofilms constructed by microbes are key aspects of microbiology with significant implications in various fields, including medicine, environmental science, and biotechnology. While...

    Keywords: bacteriaBiofilmsquorum sensing

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    Tying it All Together: An Activity to Help Students Connect Course Experiences to Posted Learning Outcomes
    Instructors of undergraduate courses in Biology and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines face an ongoing challenge to foster higher-order thinking and learning...

    Keywords: metacognitionreflectiongoalsOutcomes

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    Exploring the Lytic and Lysogenic Life Cycles of Bacteriophages
    The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to the lytic and lysogenic cycles of T4 and lambda bacteriophages, respectively, using student-centered pedagogies. Bacteriophages are viruses that...

    Keywords: bacteriophagesLysogenic cycleLysogenyLytic cycle

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    Pollinator Monitoring: Timed Pollinator Count Guide
    The Pollinator Monitoring: Timed Pollinator Count Guide aims to enhance understanding of pollinator diversity and the plants that support them. This guide empowers community scientists to...

    Keywords: surveyPlant-insect interactions#iNaturalistinsectsBLUEpollinators

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    1-078-MonodGrowthModel-ModelingScenario
    Students model growth of bacteria E. coli in a limiting nutrient environment using data from a historical study.

    Keywords: bacterianutrient cyclesgrowthMonodconsumption

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    5-024-PhGreatLakes
    In this teaching modeling scenario, we demonstrate how lessons on salt-tank compartmental modeling can be used to predict phosphorus levels in the Great Lakes.

    Keywords: Great Lakeslimnologycomparmentpollutioncompartmental modelsphosphorous

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