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Kansas State University: Human Nutrition
Brian Lindshield · Kansas State University
This text is used for an intermediate-level, nutrition course taught on campus every spring semester, and all 3 semesters (fall, spring, summer) online. Ideally on-campus students take the course during the spring semester of their sophomore year. Most on-campus students in the class are majoring in Nutritional Sciences, Nutrition and Health (previously Public Health Nutrition), Sports Nutrition, or Dietetics.
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CHEM 121: Concepts for a Molecular View of Biology II
Krista Cunningham · Case Western Reserve University
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MAT 117: Mathematical Problem Solving in Liberal Arts
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MATH 100 (Basic Math)
Kathy Davis · Manchester University
Basic mathematic concepts in the areas of whole numbers; mathematical operations; signed numbers; fractions and decimals; percentages and decimals; ratios and proportions; unit conversions; and roots, exponents, and scientific notation.
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Speaking of Culture
Nolan Weil · Utah State University
This text is a collection of instructor-authored background readings intended to accompany other activities, discussions, experiences, projects, and readings for courses in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Its main purpose is to define culture and other concepts often associated with it.
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Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined (Robeyns)
Ingrid Robeyns · Utrecht University
Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined is both an introduction to the capability approach and a thorough evaluation of the challenges and disputes that have engrossed the scholars who have developed it.
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Crop Genetics
Suza and Lamkey · Iowa State University
This book provides an introduction to genetic concepts such as reproductive systems, recombination, mutation, segregation and linkage analysis, inbreeding, quantitative inheritance, fertility regulation, population genetics and polyploidy.
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Caregiving for the Human Condition - An OER for Nursing Assistant Instruction
Lari Labello and Jessica Blackmore · Illinois Central College
This goal of this text is to serve as instructional material for nursing assistant training with a focus on providing holistic, person-centered care in geriatric long-term care facilities, although its contents will be broadly applicable across caregiving contexts.
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Laboratory Manual: Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits
James M. Fiore · Mohawk Valley Community College
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Math 120: Introductory Statistics
Nancy Ikeda · Fullerton College
This text covers descriptive statistics, elementary probability theory and inferential statistics. Topics covered include summarizing data in tables and graphs, computation of descriptive statistics, sample spaces, classical probability theory, rules of probability, probability distributions, confidence intervals for population parameters, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression and Chi-Square Distribution with applications.
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Criminology
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
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Composing Ourselves and our World
Elizabeth Burrows, Angela Fowler, Heath Fowler, and Amy Locklear · Auburn University at Montgomery
This textbook is meant for first year English Composition Courses and covers the essentials of composition and rhetoric in a recursive manner and introduces research skills. Regardless of your field of study, honing your writing skills—and your reading and critical-thinking skills—gives you a more solid academic foundation.
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International Advances in Writing Research - Cultures, Places, Measures
Bazerman et al. · LibreTexts
The thirty chapters in this edited collection were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. With representatives from more than forty countries, this conference gave rise to the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The chapters selected for this collection represent cutting edge research on writing from all regions, organized around three themes—cultures, places, and measures.
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Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene
Laird C. Sheldahl · Mt. Hood Community College
This eBook makes use of animated images to focus on concepts in histology and embryology, as well as hyperlinks to promote non-linear reading and learning. It is aimed at college students in a dental hygiene program.
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Mathematics for Game Developers
Denny Burzynski · College of Southern Nevada
In this book, we focus on a few of the mathematical instruments used in programming languages such as C# and C++. Programming languages have libraries of commands that you can use to write programs, and their commands come from mathematical instruments. In Mathematics for Game Developers, we explore the basic ideas of how mathematical instruments control action and motion in the games you develop. And we introduce technology that performs all the mathematical calculations you might need.
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Public Health 101
Erin Calderone · Glendale Community College
This introductory course to public health covers the mission of public health, its core functions, and how public health professionals work together to improve health.
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Beginning Algebra
Lumen Learning
This text builds concepts and skills in preparation for student success in subsequent college math courses. Course content includes basic solving equations & inequalities, graphing, solving systems of equations & inequalities, exponents, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, roots, and rational exponents. With an OER text, aligned OER videos, complete slides, lecture notes, and complete online assessments, this title is a great low-cost alternative to traditional publisher materials.
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Principles of Marketing
Brad Zima · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Designed to teach students the foundational principles of marketing in the digital age, this textbook explores the marketing environment, consumer and market segmentation, product management and innovation, pricing models and distribution logistics, integrated promotional strategy, and the post-launch performance. Students add to a Go-To-Market Playbook throughout the text to practice the concepts.
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ECED21203 Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education
LueCrecy Ragan & Emily Harris · Arkansas State University-Beebe
This book focuses on how educators design, implement, and assess curriculum for young children. It explains how children learn and how teachers can use that knowledge to create meaningful, developmentally appropriate learning experiences. The text covers key topics such as curriculum planning cycles, learning theories, play-based learning, classroom environments, and lesson planning across different subject areas (like language, math, science, and the arts). It also emphasizes observing and asse
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Economics
Boundless · Boundless
Economics is the systematic study of how individuals, businesses, and societies make choices in the face of scarcity. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, theories, and applications of economics, combining both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives to give students a full understanding of economic behavior and outcomes.