Institution: SASTRA UNIVERSITY

Institution: OpenStax College

Keywords: animal biology, animal body, animal diversity, animal physiology, animal reproduction, archaea, bacteria, behavioral biology, biodiversity, biological molecules, biology, biology for majors, biosphere, biotechnology, cell communication, cell function, cell membranes, cell reproduction, cell structure, cells, cellular respiration, chemistry, circulatory system, college biology, conservation, digestive system, DNA, ecology, ecosystems, endocrine system, eukaryotes, evolution, fungi, gene expression, genes, genetics, genomics, immune system, inheritance, invertebrates, macromolecules, meiosis, metabolism, musculoskeletal system, nervous system, origin of species, osmotic regulation, photosynthesis, phylogeny, physiology, plant biology, plant nutrition, plant physiology, plant reproduction, population ecology, population evolution, prokaryotes, proteins, protists, respiratory system, seed plants, seedless plants, sensory system, sexual reproduction, soil, study of life, vertebrates, virus

Summary: Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today’s instructors and students, some content has ... apply—key concepts. [Expand Summary] Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today’s instructors and students, some content has been strategically condensed while maintaining the overall scope and coverage of traditional texts for this course. Instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts. [Collapse Summary]

Institution: Rice University

Summary: Computer laboratory modules for the Introduction to Bioinformatics course. This course is designed for the beginning graduate student or advanced undergraduate in the biosciences. The goal is to introduce the student to various biologically relevant databases, methods to effectively search the databases, and an overall view of the various aspects of computational biology.

Keywords: bondgraph model, heat flux transducer, human thermoregulatory system

Summary: This collection is a compilation of the three modules created as part of EE5821 - Spring 08 at the University of Minnesota. Each module comprises a stand alone section of an overal project of a biomedical model. ABSTRACT There are numerous occupational and leisure tasks for which the participants are at ... of tasks. [Expand Summary] This collection is a compilation of the three modules created as part of EE5821 - Spring 08 at the University of Minnesota. Each module comprises a stand alone section of an overal project of a biomedical model. ABSTRACT There are numerous occupational and leisure tasks for which the participants are at risk of heat stress related illness. Heat stress illness effects can be either acute, such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, fainting, and decline of performance; or chronic, such as loss of ability to tolerate heat, hypertension, heart muscle damage, reduced libido and impotence. Existing practices for protection against heat stress are limited to awareness education of antagonistic conditions. Persistent monitoring of individuals is not an existing practice due to a variety of factors, including drawbacks to the sensor devices and lack of quantitative definition of heat stress limits. This project presents a Bondgraph model to illustrate the body-ambient heat exchange and how it would be measured using a heat flux transducer. Individual contributions to body heat are shown as r-elements. A measurement device of a heat flux transducer is shown as a transformer element. The equation layer of the model can be tailored for various operating conditions, using either derived or empirical formulas to describe heat transfer. The model shows the same various components of body ambient heat exchange as are found in most occupation educational literature. Bondgraph figures further demonstrate causality and direction of power flow. Not fully quantified in the literature uncovered in research are how the body thermoregulatory functions begin to break down This data suggest that given a sound understanding of the heat transfer mechanisms operating with the human body during high risk tasks and environments, a heat flux transducer should provide a leading indicator of heat stress illness for any variety of tasks. [Collapse Summary]