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    Expanding the Reach of Crop Plants for Food Security: A Lesson Integrating Non-Majors Students Into the Discussion of Food Diversity and Human Nutrition
    University general education (GE) courses host students with various academic backgrounds, interests, and perspectives. Engaging students in GE classes with agricultural issues can be challenging...

    Keywords: cereal graincrop diversitycrop yieldglobal food systemhuman nutritionnutrient qualitypseudocereal grainstaple cropunderutilized crop

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    Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
    The eBird citizen science module takes advantage of technology tools and online resources developed by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (http://ebird.org) to achieve several learning...

    Keywords: datacitizen sciencecommunityBiodiversitySpecieshypothesishabitat

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    OpenLab - free project-sharing platform
    We're happy to share with you this new, free project-sharing platform created by a group of Wesleyan University teachers, students, and alums: https://openlab.studio/

    Keywords: Presentationdisseminationproject-sharing

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    Unveiling Lizard Evolution: Graphical Insights into Behavioral Ecology in the Era of Climate Change
    This lesson targets entry-level undergraduate students to enhance their proficiency in comprehending and interpreting scientific graphs. The lesson incorporates group discussions centered around...

    Keywords: evolutionary ecologygraph interpretationfmnBioGraphIrepresentation in STEM

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    SCORE - Network for an Open and Accessible Biology Education: The promise of equity and the challenge of sustainability (RCU-UBE Introduction)
    The mission of the SCORE-UBE Network is to help our Network participants achieve their sustainability and broader impact goals by working together to amplify the value and reach of open education...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    2018-Arden_Baxter-Modeling Public Opinion
    In this paper, we adapt the epidemiological models to model the dynamics of public opinion. Public opinion is any view prevalent among the general public. Our model considers any topic or issue in...

    Keywords: epidemiologypopulationpublic opinion

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    2017-Rosario-Antony-Mathematical Model for Future Population Scenario In India And China – An Econometric Approach
    A mathematical model including dynamical systems, statistical models and differential equations involves variety abstract structures. Population growth is one of the main issues in India and China...

    Keywords: logisticIndiavital coefficientsAsiaCarrying Vapacitiyannual growth rate

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    2014-Do-Lee-A Differential Equation Model for the Dynamics of Youth Gambling
    We examine the dynamics of gambling among young people aged 16–24 years, how prevalence rates of at-risk gambling and problem gambling change as adolescents enter young adulthood, and prevention...

    Keywords: reproductive numberGamblingepidemicsensitivity indexyouth gambling

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    2017-Zhang-Wang-Study on public opinion propagation in self media age based on time delay differential model
    We establish the Logistic equation, introduce the operator time delay differential equation, and finally establish the improved delay differential equation, which can describe the propagation trend...

    Keywords: propagationpubic opinionNetwork public opinionpropagation lawself-mediaXiongan New Area

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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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    2012-Tweedle-Smith-Mathematical model of Bieber Fever-The most infectious disease of our time
    We develop a mathematical model to describe the spread of Bieber Fever, whereby individuals can be susceptible, Bieber-infected or bored of Bieber.

    Keywords: infectious diseasediseaseinfectionmediaJustin BieberBieber feversymptomsboredreproductive ratio

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    2012-Augustus-Wali-Mathematical Modeling of Uganda Population Growth
    The purpose of this paper focuses on the application of logistic equation to model the population growth of Uganda using data from 1980 to 2010 (inclusive).

    Keywords: population growthlogistic growthDrug and Alcohol detoxificationcarrying capacityvital coefficients

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    2010-Kijek-Kijek-Modelling of Innovation Diffusion
    This paper offers a first order differential equation model for innovation diffusion, solves it, and offers qualitative analysis as well as approaches to estimating parameters with some data on...

    Keywords: Bass modelinnovation diffusionLogistic modeldynamic model

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    2009-Munz-EtAl-When Zombies Attack-Mathematical modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection
    We introduce a basic model for zombie infection, determine equilibria and their stability, and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions.

    Keywords: zombiesinfectionepidemicwater treatmentlatent infectionquarantineimpulsive eradication

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    2002-Dietz-Heesterbeek-Daniel Bernoulli-epidemiological model revisited
    The seminal paper by Daniel Bernoulli published in 1766 is put into a new perspective. After a short account of smallpox inoculation and of Bernoulli’s life, the motivation for that paper and its...

    Keywords: life tableepidemicsmallpoxDaniel Bernoullicompeting riskinoculation

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    2001-Noymer-The transmission and Persistence of Urban Legends-Sociological Application of Age-Structures Epidemic Models
    This paper describes two related epidemic models of rumor transmission in an age-structured population. Rumors share with communicable disease certain basic aspects, which means that formal models...

    Keywords: age structurerumorspersistenceUrban Legends

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    1994-JM_McDill-Bjorn_Felsager-The Lighter Side of Differential Equations
    Although differential equations have many serious applications to the modeling of real-world problems, a few lighthearted problems can serve to motivate students and brighten their attitudes toward...

    Keywords: cooperationharvestingRomeo and Julietlovecannibalismovercrowding

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    2011-Lorelei_Koss-Sustainability_in_a_differential_equations_course_case_study_of_Easter_Island
    Easter Island is a fascinating example of resource depletion and population collapse, and its relatively short period of human habitation combined with its isolation lends itself well to...

    Keywords: differential equationssustainabilitypopulationEaster Islandcollapseenvironmental collapse

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    1-001c-PopulationDecayThenSome-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel.

    Keywords: simulationoccupancypopulationhotel

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    Coyote Habituation and a Scientist Spotlight on Dr. Christopher Schell
    Dr. Christopher Schell is an ecologist who uses a variety of techniques to study mammalian carnivores in urban areas. This scientist spotlight uses graphs from his study on parental habituation to...

    Keywords: conservation ecologyanimal behaviorurban ecologyInterpreting GraphsBLACK SCIENTISTS IN STEMcoyotes

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