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Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students
Renee J. LeClair · Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students covers neuroenergetics, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and selected amino acid metabolism and degradation. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a first-year undergraduate medical course and is meant to provide the essential biochemical information from these content areas in a concise format to enable students to engage in an active classroom.
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Thematic Reading Anthology (Error-Incomplete-Lumen)
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
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English 102: How Arguments Work
Alfred Siha · HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
How Arguments Work takes students through the techniques they will need to respond to readings and make sophisticated arguments in any college class. This is a practical guide to argumentation with strategies and templates for the kinds of assignments students will commonly encounter. It covers rhetorical concepts in everyday language and explores how arguments can build trust and move readers.
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Direct Energy
Andrea M. Mitofsky · Trine University
This text discusses the physics behind energy conversion processes and a wide variety of energy conversion devices. it first surveys multiple devices that convert to or from electricity including piezoelectric devices, antennas, solar cells, light emitting diodes, lasers, thermoelectric devices, and batteries. This book puts concepts of energy conversion in a more abstract framework and introduce the idea of calculus of variations and illuminate relationships between energy conversion processes.
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Competent Communication
Lisa Coleman, Thomas King and William Turner · Southwest Tennessee Community College
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Math 100: Liberal Arts Mathematics
Saburo Matsumoto · College of the Canyons
This text presents general mathematical ideas and tools used to solve practical problems including logic, sets, numbers, financial calculations, probability, statistics, and mathematics in politics, society, and the arts.
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Inequality and Interdependence
Kimberly Puttman, Kathryn Burrows, Patricia Halleran, Bethany Grace Howe, Nora Karena, Kelly Szott, and Avery Temple · LibreTexts
Inequality and Interdependence: Social Problems and Social Justice examines the persistent social problems of our world, asking both who suffers and who benefits. We explore inequality in issues that challenge communities today, such as education, mental health, death and dying, and disaster recovery, among others. We invite students to celebrate the work of those who remind us of our interdependence, to imagine powerful equitable solutions.
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Intermediate Financial Accounting 2
Glenn Arnold & Suzanne Kyle · Athabasca University
Intermediate Financial Accounting Volume 2 by G. Arnold and S. Kyle, developed in collaboration by Athabasca University and Lyryx, is intended for the second of two in Intermediate Financial Accounting courses. It presumes that students have already completed the Introductory Financial Accounting, and the first Intermediate Financing Accounting course. The textbook reflects both current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and ASPE.
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Math C285: Linear Algebra and Diffrential Equations (Tran)
Chau D. Tran · Coastline College
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Marine Biology Laboratory
Kevin Raskoff · Monterey Peninsula College
Students are introduced to the fundamentals of marine science, with an emphasis on marine ecology, organisms, and habitats, with a focus on the local Monterey Bay region. The exercises include both those in the lab and in the field.
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Proofs and Concepts - The Fundamentals of Abstract Mathematics
Dave Witte Morris & Joy Morris · University of Lethbridge
This textbook provides an introduction to proofs, logic, sets, functions, and other fundamental topics of abstract mathematics. It is designed to be the textbook for a bridge course that introduces undergraduates to abstract mathematics, but it is also suitable for independent study by undergraduates (or mathematically mature high-school students), or for use as a very inexpensive supplement to undergraduate courses in any field of abstract mathematics.
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Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World
Cathy Thwing and student writers at Pima Community College · LibreTexts
Through letters, poems, and essays, writers share their experiences of being neurodivergent in a world designed for the neurotypical.
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Mundo sin fronteras: Introducción a la lengua española - Español 101
Ana M. Gómez de Torres & Claudia Díaz · Allan Hancock College
This text is designed for non-native Spanish speakers and therefore ideal for students with minimal or no exposure to Spanish. SPAN 101 offers an introduction to the Spanish language, presenting students with introductory vocabulary and grammar, reading and writing skills as well as oral and listening skills (including pronunciation). This text also includes an introduction to cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
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Palabras propias
Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Óscar Cardoner Sebio, y Sean Gullickson · University of Kansas
The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America.
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SSC 190:Contemporary Society
Pat Knol · Triton College
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Nursing Fundamentals
Ernstmeyer & Christman (Eds.) · Chippewa Valley Technical College
This book introduces the entry-level nursing student to the scope of nursing practice, various communication techniques, and caring for diverse patients. The nursing process is used as a framework for providing patient care based on the following nursing concepts: safety, oxygenation, comfort, spiritual well-being, grief and loss, sleep and rest, mobility, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and elimination.
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Introduction to Earth Science (C-ID: GEOL 121)
Timothy Ellsworth · Coalinga College
This is a general earth science texts that provides a broad understanding of the physical processes that have created and regulate space and Earth’s four spheres: the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. The course integrates the physical sciences to provide an interdisciplinary, spatial and temporal perspective of the connections and interactions between these spheres. The course is designed to serve as a textbook for C-ID GEOL 121.
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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.
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Japanese Introductory 1
ori Hamada · Monash University
Japanese Introductory 1 is a comprehensive and engaging textbook for beginners eager to learn Japanese. Tailored to fit the needs of self-learners and students in academic settings alike, this book aligns with the semester timelines of universities in Australia and New Zealand. The book offers interactive exercises, cultural insights and a diverse perspective, including Indigenous voices from both Australia and Japan.
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Building and Supporting Professional Relationships in Early Childhood Education
May MacKenzie and Barbie McCuaig · Nova Scotia Community College
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