A hands-on activity to introduce the effects of transmission by an invasive species

This activity engages students to better understand the impact of transmission by invasive species. Using dice, poker chips, and paper plates, an entire class mimics the spread of an invasive species within a geographic region. The activity can be modified and conducted at the K-16 levels

An experimental evaluation of a study guide as an assignment procedure in two eighth grade American history classes

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1947. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Engaging students in a bioinformatics activity to introduce gene structure and function

Bioinformatics spans many fields of biological research and plays a vital role in mining and analyzing data. Therefore, there is an ever-increasing need for students to understand not only what can be learned from this data, but also how to use basic bioinformatics tools. This activity is designed to provide secondary and undergraduate biology students to a hands-on activity meant to explore and understand gene structure with the use of basic bioinformatic tools. Students are provided an “unknown” sequence from which they are asked to use a free online gene finder program to identify the gene. Students then predict the putative function of this gene with the use of additional online databases

Relationships among basic empathy, self-awareness, and learning styles of baccalaureate pre-nursing students within King\u27s personal system

Although empathy has been studied extensively, the focus has been on trained empathy and interpersonal skill acquisition, rather than basic empathy. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among basic empathy, self-awareness, and learning styles of baccalaureate pre-nursing students. This study examined basic empathy as a multidimensional construct and intrapersonal process. A middle-range theory of basic empathy, self-awareness, and learning styles derived from the personal system of King\u27s General Systems Framework was tested. A descriptive cross-section correlational design was used to test the hypothesis: There are relationships among basic empathy, self- awareness, and learning styles of baccalaureate pre-nursing students. A convenience sample of 380 participants selected from eight different National League for Nursing accredited baccalaureate nursing programs in two southeastern states, volunteered to complete the Hogan Empathy Scale (HES), the Emotional Empathic Tendency Scale (EETS), the revised Private Self-Consciousness subscale, the revised Public Self-Consciousness subscale, and the Learning Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) along with a personal information form. The scores on the HES, EETS, revised Private and revised Public Self-Consciousness subscales, and the LSQ were correlated using canonical correlation analysis. The findings of this study provide initial support for the relationships hypothesized by the middle-range theory derived from the theory of personal system empathy. The first canonical variate explained 19.7% of the variance and indicated that students who reported higher levels of self-awareness and who were less theoretical and less pragmatic in their learning styles had higher levels of basic empathy. Psychosocial factors accounted for a small percentage of the total variance. Previous training, previous education, or both previous training and education in counseling skills, human relationships skills, and counseling skills had no significant relationship to basic empathy. Implications for nursing education include emphasis in the curriculum on students\u27 intrapersonal development of basic empathy. Further research on basic empathy is suggested and further testing of the nursing theory of personal system empathy and the middle-range theory of basic empathy is indicated. Additional recommendations for future research include instrument development to measure basic empathy as a nursing phenomenon. The findings of this study begin to provide the basis for the development of such an instrument

LAGRANGIAN MULTIPLIER / MATRIX PARTITIONING APPROACH FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE MUSCLE LOAD DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM

The paper presents a musculoskeletal biomechanical model which resides in the Simulink / MATLAB environment and is suitable for the analysis of sporting activities. The model can be used to calculate ground reaction forces, muscles, joint and skeletal component loadings. The model is currently being used at over 150 research institutions and because of its short learning curve is especially suitable for undergraduate teaching. The calculation of the muscle loading distribution is calculated by minimising an objective function. The optimisation approach implemented uses a Lagrangian multiplier technique and is supplemented by a matrix partitioning method to apply inequality constraints. This technique is capable of calculating the muscle force distribution in near real time using the limited resources of a laptop computer

LAGRANGIAN MULTIPLIER / MATRIX PARTITIONING APPROACH FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE MUSCLE LOAD DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM

The paper presents a musculoskeletal biomechanical model which resides in the Simulink / MATLAB environment and is suitable for the analysis of sporting activities. The model can be used to calculate ground reaction forces, muscles, joint and skeletal component loadings. The model is currently being used at over 150 research institutions and because of its short learning curve is especially suitable for undergraduate teaching. The calculation of the muscle loading distribution is calculated by minimising an objective function. The optimisation approach implemented uses a Lagrangian multiplier technique and is supplemented by a matrix partitioning method to apply inequality constraints. This technique is capable of calculating the muscle force distribution in near real time using the limited resources of a laptop computer