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Bonczek Evory approaches the act of writing poetry from a practitioner’s perspective and as an act of play. The text provides strategies and detailed practices that nurture and maintain creative states necessary for all stages of writing.

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Students apply the knowledge gained from the previous lessons and activities in this unit to write draft grant proposals to the U.S. National Institutes of Health outlining their ideas for proposed research using nanoparticles to protect against, detect or treat skin cancer. Through this exercise, students demonstrate their understanding of the environmental factors that contribute to skin cancer, the science and mathematics of UV radiation, the anatomy of human skin, current medical technology applications of nanotechnology and the societal importance of funding research in this area, as well as their communication skills in presenting plans for specific nanoscale research they would conduct using nanoparticles.

Students learn about the biomedical use of nanoparticles in the detection and treatment of cancer, including the use of quantum dots and lasers that heat-activate nanoparticles. They also learn about electrophoresis a laboratory procedure that uses an electric field to move tiny particles through a channel in order to separate them by size. They complete an online virtual mini-lab, with accompanying worksheet, to better understand gel electrophoresis. This prepares them for the associated activity to write draft research proposals to use nanoparticles to protect against, detect or treat skin cancer.

This content is an adaptation of slides from the OpenEd 2021 presentation by ISKME, VIVA, and LOUIS titled: "OER Discovery Research: Librarian and Faculty Curation Personas". The slides are based on research conducted by ISKME with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), grant number LG-246327-OLS-20.

Students access a number of sites that provide oceanographic data in real-time or near-real-time at least weekly over the course of a semester or quarter and keep a data log and a journal of changes they see in chlorophyll, SST, and upwelling related variabiles. They focus at the global scale, and in a local scale (Pacific Northwest), interpreting changes in primary production based on material being discussed in class (Spring Transition in California Current System, Indian Ocean Monsoon, Spring Bloom of North Atlantic, Polar Ocean Productivity).

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(This case study was added to OER Commons as one of a batch of over 700. It has relevant information which may include medical imagery, lab results, and history where relevant. A link to the final diagnosis can be found at the end of the case study for review. The first paragraph of the case study -- typically, but not always the clinical presentation -- is provided below.)

A 30-year-old woman presented to her GP with complaints of intermittently occurring joint pain in her wrists and ankles. Further questioning revealed that she had been experiencing occasional morning stiffness and a tingling sensation in her extremities. She denied any headache or constitutional symptoms beyond mild fatigue. She stated that she had been tested for ANA and rheumatoid factor in the past and they were both negative. Additional inquiry revealed that the patient has a positive family history for rheumatoid arthritis. On physical exam, the patient expressed mild tenderness at both wrists. The rest of the exam was non-contributory. The GP was concerned about a potential autoimmune disease process and ordered an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and an antinuclear antibody (ANA) test. The results are listed in table 1. The GP then referred the patient to rheumatology.

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A 42-year-old man presented with three months of progressive proximal weakness, a thirty pound weight loss, and worsening dysphagia for solids. He had been hospitalized two months earlier for respiratory failure requiring intubation and five days of mechanical ventilation. Arterial blood gas on admission revealed a pH of 7.26; pCO2 58.8 torr; bicarbonate 26.2; and pO2 of 57.1 torr. A primary pulmonary etiology was not found, and he improved. During that hospitalization, an electromyogram of the upper extremities was normal. There were chronic neurogenic changes in the lower extremities. Low amplitude, short duration motor unit potentials suggestive of myopathy were noted in the cervical and thoracic paraspinal muscles.

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A 72-year-old male initially presented to the neurosurgical service in 2004 with severe headache, seizure and gait instability. The scan demonstrated a pineal space occupying lesion and associated hydrocephalus. An endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and attempted tumor biopsy was performed, but it was non-diagnostic. Thereafter, he was followed both clinically and radiologically for three years before he was lost to follow-up. During the three years that the patient was followed, the lesion was asymptomatic and showed little increase in size on repeated MRI studies. Eleven years after initial treatment, he was readmitted to the hospital with approximately three-month history of significant gait slowing and instability in addition to intermittent blurred vision. He developed worsening memory along with poor concentration and attention. Many of these symptoms were similar to the episode he experienced prior to his ETV. The CT scan performed on admission demonstrated a pineal region hyperdense lesion (3.7 x 3.3 x 3.6 cm) causing compression of the quadrigeminal plate with effacement of the cerebral aqueduct and quadrigeminal cistern and significant mass effect on the cerebellar vermis (Fig. 1). MRI scans showed a heterogeneously enhancing pineal region lesion causing mass effect on the midbrain, cerebellum and splenium of the corpus callosum. No hydrocephalus was noted. He underwent an infratentorial supracerebellar approach and subtotal resection of tumor.

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A woman in her early 50's presented to the emergency department with severe right lower quadrant pain and vomiting. She reported a slight decrease in appetite and intermittent abdominal pain over the past month. She denied any changes in bowel or bladder habits or weight. She also denied shortness of breath, leg swelling, or early satiety. She reported postmenopausal spotting over the past week. On examination she was found to have rebound tenderness and guarding.

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A Caucasian man in his 70's was visiting his neighbors when he had a witnessed syncopal episode. Shortly after, he had a second episode and an ambulance was called. The patient became unresponsive before EMS arrived and required CPR. EMS was able to restore the patient's circulatory function en route to the hospital. Upon arrival in the emergency department, a chest x-ray was obtained.

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A woman in her late thirties who is 15 weeks pregnant (G1P0) visits the allergy and immunology clinic. She has a history of positive anti-thyroid antibody (subtype unkown) which was diagnosed ten years prior and is treated with Synthroid. She complains of urticaria, flushing, and cramping abdominal pain with exercise. These symptoms can also be evoked by hot showers and urticaria occasionally develop in areas of skin exposed to pressure or friction. The symptoms began occurring occasionally twenty years ago and have been progressively increasing in frequency and severity. The symptoms are generally well controlled by daily doses of fexofenadine and ranitidine taken thirty minutes prior to exercising. The patient also states that she experiences at least two mild headaches per week. She is concerned about the safety of her current medication regimen given her pregnancy. The physical exam is non-contributory. Laboratory studies are included in Table 1.

This open access textbook is an introductory resource to guide best practices of objective assessment techniques related to inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation (IPPA). Its intended audience is students in health-related post-secondary programs such as nursing.

Electricity and magnetism dominate much of the world around us – from the most fundamental processes in nature to cutting-edge electronic devices. Electric and magnetic fields arise from charged particles. Charged particles also feel forces in electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell’s equations, in addition to describing this behavior, also describe electromagnetic radiation. 
The three-course series comprises:
8.02.1x: Electrostatics
8.02.2x: Magnetic Fields and Forces
8.02.3x: Maxwell’s Equations
This course was organized as a three-part series on MITx by MIT’s Department of Physics and is now archived on the Open Learning Library, which is free to use. You have the option to sign up and enroll in each module if you want to track your progress, or you can view and use all the materials without enrolling.

This project allows students to explore any household items and use them as simple machines to construct a Rube Goldberg project. They can analyze the energy transformation and conservation.

In a class demonstration, the teacher places different pill types ("chalk" pill, gel pill, and gel tablet) into separate glass beakers of vinegar, representing human stomach acid. After 20-30 minutes, the pills dissolve. Students observe which dissolve the fastest, and discuss the remnants of the various pills. What they learn contributes to their ongoing objective to answer the challenge question presented in lesson 1 of this unit.