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    2008-Jai-Li-Differential equations models for interacting wild and transgenic mosquito populations
    We formulate and study continuous-time models, based on systems of ordinary differential equations, for interacting wild and transgenic mosquito populations.

    Keywords: Mosquito borne diseasespopulationsHolling-II-type mating ratestransgenic mosquitoesnonhyperbolic equilibriummosquitoes

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    2006-Graves-Peckham-Pastor-2D differential equations model for mutualism
    We develop from basic principles a two-species differential equations model which exhibits mutualistic population interactions.

    Keywords: population dynamicsLotka-Volterragrowth ratemutualismLichen

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    2000-Idels-Wang-Harvesting Fisheries Management Strategies With Modified Effort Function
    This study concludes that a control parameter beta (the magnitude of the effect of the fish population size on the fishing effort function E), changes not only the rate at which the population goes...

    Keywords: sustainabilityfishFishingmanagementharvestfisherstrategyoverfishing

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    1992-Emelie_Kenney-Differential equations and the AIDS epidemic
    This paper describes a lecture for Calculus II students in which the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was used to motivate study of first-order linear differential equations and the derivative...

    Keywords: epidemicCDCAIDSDisease Control

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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore how climate is changing from the recent record. Produced by Project EDDIE.
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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore how climate is changing from the recent record. Produced by Project EDDIE.

    Keywords: climate dataclimate changevolcanoes and climateclimate trends

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    1-011A-Kinetics-ModelingScenario
    We help students see the connection between college level chemistry course work and their differential equations coursework. We do this through modeling kinetics, or rates of chemical reaction.

    Keywords: kineticsLaw of Mass Actionfittingorder of reactionchemical reaction

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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore how climate is changing from the recent record. Produced by Project EDDIE.
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    1-115-ModelingWithFirstOrderODEs-ModelingScenario
    Several models using first order differential equations are offered with some questions on formulating a differential equations model with solutions provided.

    Keywords: bacteriafalling objectNewton's Law of Coolingdrugcoolingdrag

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    1-140-LeakyBucket-ModelingScenario
    We seek to model the height of water in a cylindrical tank (bucket) in which water flows out the bottom of the tank through a small bore hole while we are pouring water into the tank at the top...

    Keywords: flowTorricelli's Lawleaky bucket

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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore how climate is changing from the recent record. Produced by Project EDDIE. This module was adapted for students using R and RStudio.
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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore how climate is changing from the recent record. Produced by Project EDDIE.
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    Body Size Constraints in Xylem Feeding Insects: Allometric Relationships
    This module introduces body size constraints of xylem-feeding insects in the context of understanding allometric relationships. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: allometryRatiosexponential equationslogarithmic equationsGenetics and Evolution

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    Data from: Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide
    Review important resources for building IPMs and provide a comprehensive guide, with extensive R code, for their construction.

    Keywords: IPMintegral projection modelsdemographyelasticitylife historymatrix projection modelpopulation growth ratepopulation projection modelsensitivitystage structurevital ratesResources @ DryadResources @ QUBES - Data

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    Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide
    Integral projection models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates – survival, growth and reproduction – to make population projections using regression...

    Keywords: IPMintegral projection modelspopulation growthreviewsdemographyelasticitylife historymatrix projection modelpopulation growth ratesensitivitystage structurevital ratesregressionResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencecovariatesanalytics

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    Taking the Hassle out of Hasselbalch
    Mention pH in a classroom and you can almost see the inner yawn on the faces of your students. The definition may even roll easily from their lips. However, despite multiple exposures to the...

    Keywords: pHdrug uptakeHenderson-Hasslbalch equationmedical applicationspKa

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    Why do Some People Inherit a Predisposition to Cancer? A small group activity on cancer genetics
    Before undergraduate students take a genetics course they generally know cancer has a genetic basis and involves the proliferation of cells; however, many are uncertain about why only a subset of...

    Keywords: cancerInheritance patternsProbability calculationProto-oncogeneTumor Suppressor Gene

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    Teaching the Biological Relevance of Chemical Kinetics Using Cold-Blooded Animal Biology
    This lesson plan was created to support non-chemistry major students in making connections between chemical kinetics and biological systems. Chemical kinetics is often viewed by students as an...

    Keywords: kineticsMetabolismEctothermPoikilotherm

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    2016-Lofgren-EtAl-Equations of the End Teaching Mathematical Modeling Using the Zombie Apocalypse
    In this article, we explore several uses of zombie epidemics to make mathematical modeling and infectious disease epidemiology more accessible to public health professionals, students, and the...

    Keywords: simulationinfectious diseasediseaseepidemicZombieWhite Zed

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    The Morning After: A Case Study of the Impacts of HIV on Sexual Minority Populations
    Poster on a case study around the experiences of the LGBT community related to HIV presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: case studypublic healthHIVSummer Workshop 2018LGBT community

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