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Mindfulness for Lawyers
Justine Dunlap · University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Lawyer and law student distress have been a not-so-well-kept secret for decades. Fortunately, law schools have begun to address this problem, rather than viewing it as a necessary or even honorable rite of passage. For instance, law schools have incorporated wellness opportunities. They have also de-emphasized the use and misuse of alcohol as a lubricant to help students ignore the stress and distress.
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BIS 2B: Introduction to Biology - Ecology & Evolution
Laci M. Gerhart-Barley · University of California, Davis
In the contents: 2.05: Earth's Geologic History and Biodiversity · 3.01: Earth's Energy Budget
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A Cognitive Perspective on Emotion
Mark Pettinelli · Northeastern University
Some things in life cause people to feel, these are called emotional reactions. Some things in life cause people to think, these are sometimes called logical or intellectual reactions. Thus life is divided between things that make you feel and things that make you think. The question is, if someone is feeling, does that mean that they are thinking less? It probably does. If part of your brain is being occupied by feeling, then it makes sense that you have less capacity for thought.
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MATH 241: Calculus 3
Justin Wyss-Gallifent · University of Maryland
In the contents: 3.04: Partial Derivatives
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An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
Leo Moser · University of Alberta
In the contents: 1.01: Compositions and Partitions
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Crop Adaptation and Improvement for Drought-Prone Environments
Ndjido A. Kane, Daniel Foncéka, and Timothy J. Dalton · Kansas State University
This book focuses on three important elements in the development of cereal and legume crops in semi-arid West Africa. The first section illustrates the socioeconomic factors that affect the food system for these crops with an overview of crop production and consumption in the region. The second section addresses the state of the art of phenotyping and the modeling of crop adaptation to dryland farming systems. The third section investigates the genetic diversity and improvement of dryland crops.
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Combinatorics and Graph Theory
David Guichard · Whitman College
In the contents: 3.04: Partitions of Integers · 4.03: Partial SDRs · 5.04: Bipartite Graphs
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Wellbeing in Educational Contexts
Susan Carter and Cecily Andersen · University of Southern Queensland
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An Inquiry-Based Approach to Abstract Algebra
Dana Ernst · Northern Arizona University
This free and open-source textbook is designed to used with an inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach to a first-semester undergraduate abstract algebra course. The textbook starts with groups (up to the First Isomorphism Theorem) and finishes with an introduction to rings (up to quotients by maximal and prime ideals). While the textbook covers many of the standard topics, the focus is on building intuition and emphasizes visualization.
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Fundamentals of Matrix Algebra
Gregory Hartman · Virginia Military Institute
In the contents: 5.01: Transformations of the Cartesian Plane
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Exploring Public Speaking (HACC edition 2021)
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In the contents: 7.01: Getting Started with Your Topic · 11.04: Funny Talk- The Art and Craft of Using Humor in Public Address
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Teaching in a Digital Age
A.W. (Tony) Bates · Contact North
In the contents: 02.1: Art theory research and best practices in teaching · 02.1: Scenario B: A pre-dinner party discussion · 05.6: Why MOOCs are only part of the answer
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Native Peoples of North America
Susan A. Stebbins · SUNY Potsdam
In the contents: 06: Is There a Word for Art · 6.02: Is There a Word for Art
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Spacetime Physics
Edwin F. Taylor & John Archibald Wheeler · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 2.05: Test Particle · 2.08: Measuring Particle Speed · 6.03: Light Cone- Partition in Spacetime
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Microbiology Laboratory Manual
Rosanna Hartline · West Hills College Lemoore
This text is designed for instructional laboratories of undergraduate general microbiology courses. Basic microbiological laboratory approaches are emphasized, as well as the diversity of microbes. Morphologies, physiologies, methods of microbial isolation, identification, and characterization are explored. The manual includes an unknown identification project with instructions for writing a scientific report detailing the project and its results.
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UBC CHEM 154: Chemistry for Engineering
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In the contents: 7.1: Getting Started: Some Terminology
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Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy · Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis the synthesis of compound that favors the formation of a specific enantiomer or diastereomer via catalysis synthetic methods. Enantioselective synthesis is a key process in modern chemistry and is particularly important in the field of pharmaceuticals, as the different enantiomers or diastereomers of a molecule often have different biological activity.
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Geobiology
Dawn Sumner · University of California, Davis
In the contents: 1: Life and Earth
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Reyna Genetics Lab - Synthetic Biology CURE
Nathan Reyna · Ouachita Baptist University
The protocols included in this lab manual are part of a Synthetic Biology undergraduate research course (CURE) designed by the authors. The lab presented in this manual is designed for a Genetics or Biotechnology class and has been used at both two-year and four-year institutions.
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Waves: An Interactive Tutorial
Kyle Forinash and Wolfgang Christian · LibreTexts
This is a set of interactive tutorials designed to teach the fundamentals of wave dynamics. It starts with very simple wave properties and ends with an examination of nonlinear wave behavior. The emphasis here is on the properties of waves which are difficult to illustrate in a static textbook figure. The tutorial may be used in conjunction with a text or as a stand alone introduction to waves. Exposure to calculus and basic physics is assumed in the latter sections.