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Info Smarts: Developing the Information Literacy You Need for Effective and Ethical Participation in Information Ecosystems
Ellen Carey · Santa Barbara City College
In the contents: 01: Information Literacy · 1.02: What is Information Literacy and Why Does it Matter · 1.03: How Librarians Support Information Literacy Development
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LIBT 300: Introduction to Library Services (Li)
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This course is designed for persons interested in exploring paraprofessional library employment and for students interested in understanding the use of library resources. The course covers the history and types of libraries and information providers; an overview of library services including reference and technical services; instruction and practice in the use of library classification systems; equity and diversity in library settings; current issues in libraries and library employment opportuni
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BIS 2A: Introductory Biology
Marc Facciotti · University of California, Davis
BIS 2A concentrates on the cellular basis of life, concentrating on the structures and functions of cells and the biological molecules from which they are formed, the ways by which cells acquire, transform, and use chemical energy, and the mechanisms by which genetic information is stored, safeguarded, transmitted from one generation to the next, and used in reproduction and development, with the immune systems serving as a example of complex eukaryotic development.
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OCLUE: Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything
Melanie M. Cooper & Michael W. Klymkowsky · LibreTexts
In the contents: 8.04: UV-VIS Spectroscopy and Conjugated Systems- Review · 8.06: What is aromaticity and how do we recognize aromatic systems · 8.12: Nucleophilic Substitutions on Aromatic Systems- Expanding the range of potential substitution products
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Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide
Brenda McComb, Benjamin Zuckerberg, David Vesely, Christopher Jordan · Oregon State University
In the face of so many unprecedented changes occurring in our lives, our ecosystems and our globe, society is more often expecting scientists to provide information that can help guide communities toward a more sustainable future. This book is our attempt to provide a framework that managers of natural resources can use to design monitoring programs that will benefit future generations by providing the information needed to make informed decisions.
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International Libraries: An Open Textbook
Amanda Reed; Sarah Johnson; Heather Severson; Michael Green · The University at Buffalo · 2019
International Libraries: An Open Textbook is a reference sourcebook about the libraries and the field of librarianship in non-North American countries around the world. Each chapter in this volume includes a profile of a featured country’s variety of libraries, its library histories, its systems of library education, and its library practices, laws, and professional associations. Graduate students in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Information Science authored these chapters for the LIS 503: International Librarianship course during the summer term of 2019. The text was developed under the a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) as an open educational resource that can be adapted for future sections of the International Librarianship course or for similar courses offered in library and information programs at other institutions.
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Crop Adaptation and Improvement for Drought-Prone Environments
Ndjido Kane; Daniel Foncéka; Timothy Dalton · New Prairie Press · 2022
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 and contains an overview of crop production and consumption in the region. Then, important inputs that affect system productivity are presented: preferences for new seed varieties, yield response to fertilizer, counterfeit herbicides, climate information, and the way farmers develop expectations about the weather events that shape cropping outcomes. The final chapter of section one is dedicated to understanding urban consumer preferences for processed food products derived from pearl millet. The second section addresses the state of the art of phenotyping and the modeling of crop adaptation to dryland farming systems. Chapters in section two focus on the regional network for phenotyping, high throughput phenotyping in field situations, root architectures, and crop ideotypes. In addition, empirical evidence is presented on root and soil interactions and the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs to assess sorghum physiology. Finally, the third section investigates the genetic diversity and improvement of dryland crops. Chapters in this section focus on biodiversity and agricultural system sustainability, orphan crops such as fonio, and the utilization of a regional germplasm collection in the improvement of cowpea, groundnut, pearl millet, and sorghum.
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Rangeland Ecosystems of the Western US
Yvette Gibson · Oregon State University
Rangeland Ecosystems of the Western US conveys fundamentals of autecology and synecology and general information about the primary ecosystems covered. Its structure will provide a framework that can be applied to understand and analyze any arid shrubland, desert, or woodland savanna.
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Surveying and Mapping
Christian Tiberius; Hans van der Marel; René Reudink; Freek van Leijen · TU Delft Open · 2021
This book provides an introduction, at academic level, into the field of surveying and mapping. The book has been compiled based on hand-outs and readers written for the third-year course Surveying and Mapping, in the bachelor program Civil Engineering at Delft University of Technology. This book covers a wide range of measurement techniques, from land surveying, GPS/GNSS and remote sensing to the associated data processing, the underlying coordinate reference systems, as well as the analysis and visualization of the acquired geospatial information.
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Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students
Renee LeClair · Virginia Tech Publishing · 2021
Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge across the disciplines of genetics, cell biology and biochemistry. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a course in first-year undergraduate medical course that is delivered typically before students start to explore systems physiology and pathophysiology. The text is meant to provide the essential information from these content areas in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have completed medical school prerequisites (including the MCAT) in which they will have been introduced to the most fundamental concepts of biology and chemistry that are essential to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts. The 276-page text was created specifically for use by pre-clinical students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and was based on faculty experience and peer review to guide development and hone important topics. Instructors reviewing, adopting, or adapting parts or the whole of the text are requested to register their interest at: https://bit.ly/interest-preclinical. Instructors and subject matter experts interested in and sharing their original course materials relevant to pre-clinical education are requested to join the instructor portal at https://www.oercommons.org/groups/pre-clinical-resources/10133. Suggested Citation LeClair, Renée J., (2021). Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students, Blackburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing. https://doi.org/10.21061/cellbio. Licensed with CC BY NC-SA 4.0.
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Introduction to Biosystems Engineering
Nicholas M. Holden; Mary Leigh Wolfe; Jactone A. Ogejo; Enda J. Cummins · American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Virginia Tech Publishing · 2021
The discipline of Biosystems Engineering emerged in the 1990s from the traditional strongholds of agricultural engineering and food engineering. Biosystems engineering integrates engineering science and design with applied biological, environmental, and agricultural sciences. Introduction to Biosystems Engineering is targeted at 1st and 2nd year university-level students with an interest in biosystems engineering but who are not yet familiar with the breadth and depth of the subject. It is designed as a coherent educational resource, also available for download as individual digital chapters. The book can be used as a localized, customizable text for introductory courses in Biosystems Engineering globally. It is written as a series of stand-alone chapters organized under six major topics: Food and Bioprocessing; Environment; Buildings and Infrastructure; Information and Communications Technology and Data; Machinery Systems; and Energy. Each chapter is organized around stated learning outcomes and describes key concepts, applications of the concepts, and worked examples. Instructors adopting or reviewing this text are encouraged to register with the publisher using this form.
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Math 150: Survey of Math
Leah Griffith, Veronica Holbrook, Johnny Johnson & Nancy Garcia · Rio Hondo College
In the contents: 6.1.03: Conversion Between the Metric and US Customary Systems of Measurement
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Introduction to Botany
Alexey Shipunov · Minot State University
In the contents: 5.02: Organs and Organ Systems
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ENVS C100: Environmental Science
Tanya Hoerer · Coastline College
In the contents: 2.2.2.01: 1. Acid-Base Chemistry of Natural Aquatic Systems · 2.5.5.08: Quantitative Information from Chemical Reactions · 2.5.13.01: Industrial Ecology and Industrial Ecosystems
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The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering
Sanjoy Mahajan · Olin College of Engineering
In the contents: 02: Part II- Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information · 03: Part III- Discarding complexity with loss of information
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CHEM 2141: Survey of Physical Chemistry
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In the contents: 4.02: Nonequilibrium Isolated Systems Evolve in a Direction That Increases Their Energy Dispersal · 8.2.01: 1. Acid-Base Chemistry of Natural Aquatic Systems · 8.4.04: Applied Systems Toxicology
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development
Kim Laplante · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 6.10: Brain Systems Underlying Development · 11.06: Information Processing · 33.03: Sources of Information
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America - The User's Manual 3e
Benjamin R. Kantack · Lycoming College
In the contents: 1.04: Warranty Information · 4.01: Systems of Government
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Cerro Coso Community College: Care and Education of Infants and Toddlers
Frank Guevara, Barbara Edwards, Linda Eberhardt & Vivian Baker · Cerro Corso Community College
In the contents: 6.06: Setting Up Systems for Ongoing Observations · 8.03: Sources of Information · 11.06: Information Processing
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Cultural Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)
Jean-Yves Merilus · Coalinga College
In the contents: 1.05: Geography is a Way to Communicate Information · 8.11: Health Care Systems