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At follow-up with his primary care physician two weeks later, the mass had not decreased in size. The primary care physician was concerned for malignancy, particularly given the patient's history of smoking and alcohol use, and a CT neck was performed. CT revealed a 2.3 x 1.8 cm soft tissue mass in the right neck with surrounding inflammation (performed at an outside institution; images not available). At this point the gentleman was referred to ENT with concern for possible carcinoma, and an incisional biopsy was performed. Tissue was sent for surgical pathology and aerobic culture.

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An 81 year-old female presented to the emergency department with complaints of blood in her urine and stool for 1 day and new onset of weakness. She has a history of congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. She had a cough one week ago. At presentation she appeared jaundiced. The patient had no recent blood transfusions. Relevant laboratory values (Table 1) and blood bank test results (Table 2) are reported below.

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The patient is a nine month old Caucasian boy who, as a newborn, failed to pass meconium prior to his 48 hour discharge from the hospital. He was the product of an uncomplicated, term pregnancy. He went on to develop chronic constipation and was clinically diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease. Biopsies were performed and the clinical diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease was pathologically confirmed by intestinal aganlionosis involving only the rectosigmoid colon (i.e. short-segment disease). The patient had no other congenital anomalies and there was no family history of Hirschsprung disease so he was therefore classified as a case of isolated Hirschsprung disease.

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We present 2 cases of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in young patients. Case 1 is a 33 year old man who presented with collapse after acute onset occipital headache. On admission to hospital brainstem activity was absent. CT brain (Fig. 1) showed a large acute intraventricular hemorrhage, underlying intraventricular mass and obstructive hydrocephalus. Autopsy examination confirmed massive intraventricular hemorrhage. Coronal section of the brain (Fig. 2) shows destruction of the diencephalon and underlying tumor fragments. Case 2 is a 28 year old woman who presented with recent onset headache. T1W MR post contrast (Fig. 3) showed an enhancing tumor involving the 3rd ventricle and right thalamus. She underwent burrhole biopsy during which there was significant intra-tumoral hemorrhage. She did not regain consciousness post-operatively and imaging confirmed a large thalamic hemorrhage.

A wide range of environmental conditions are experienced while hiking the Grand Canyon.
Climate change is often presented in disconnection from human experiences central to equitable and just decision making. In this activity students use PocketLab temperature probes to collect and analyze data on campus or in a local park and describe the sources of variation. They then reflect on how climate decision making is improved by considering inequities in lived experiences such as lack of air conditioning in schools, lack of shelter during sustained heat or cold, or even the access people have to park spaces, or other outdoor environments that impact our enjoyment.

This climate justice activity was developed by collecting personal monitoring data at national parks, but has been tested in campus-urban environments. The activity can been extended by comparing personal experiences with meteorological station data and longer term climate averages.

Each week in Structural Geology, I assign students the task of sketching, describing, and interpreting an image. The images are chosen to match the relevant course material for that week. There is a specific form for this assignment, which is designed in part to physically separate their observations from interpretations on the page. In class, we spend 10-20 minutes discussing their different observations/interpretations.

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Students will be completing a capstone project for an Adobe Photoshop/Graphic Design course. The students will create 5 new projects and add those along with already completed projects to a Google Sites Portfolio.

Students receive information about cladistics and apply this phylogenetic approach to two problems, collecting data, determining whether traits are ancestral or derived, and using this information to select the most parsimonious tree.

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Textbook for ANTH 101: Introduction to Physical Anthropology at College of the Canyons
Examines the evolution of the human species and non-human primates primarily from the biological perspective. Topics include human heredity and population genetics, primate behavior and conservation, the human fossil record, and modern human variation.

Developed within Northwest Educational Service District's 2019-20 ClimeTime climate science teacher education proviso grant, this workshop is an opportunity for teachers to gain a better understanding of the physics that drive the climate system and the ocean circulation as well as the implications of a changing climate.

This course is an opportunity for teachers to gain a better understanding of the physics that drive the climate system and the ocean circulation as well as the implications of a changing climate.

The first module encompasses Earth’s radiation balance and the transfer of energy.

The second gives an overview of the ocean circulation, which accomplishes energy (heat) transport. There will be a demo to illustrate the importance of density in the circulation and the vertical structure of the ocean.

The third module discusses the greenhouse effect and global climate change, along with how ocean circulation impacts climate and how a changing climate might impact the ocean circulation.

Lastly, we demo a simple climate model coded in Excel that predicts global mean temperature change.

The Plain Language Study Guide includes one student/instructor study guide (and a corresponding 88-question Test Bank) based on the U.S. Federal Plain Language Guidelines. The study guide is designed for test preparation, lesson planning, review, and assessment. It covers business writing and professional communication basics for university and professional learners. Concepts include: audience, organization, clarity, wordiness, sentences, paragraphs, headings, active voice, formatting, tables, and lists.

Plain Language Study Guide and Test Bank Development: This resource was made possible by the Texas Tech University Libraries Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Grant. For further information about the OER grant, see the TTU Libraries site.

This resource is available to any instructor, student, or professional learner who agrees to the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) terms of use.

The Plain Language Test Bank includes 88 multiple choice, short answer, true/false, and fill in the blank assessment questions (and a corresponding student/instructor Plain Language Study Guide), based on the U.S. Federal Plain Language Guidelines. The test bank is formatted in Microsoft Word and ready for upload to a Blackboard LMS quiz maker. The test questions cover business writing and professional communication basics for university and professional learners. Concepts include: audience, organization, clarity, wordiness, sentences, paragraphs, headings, active voice, formatting, tables, and lists.

Plain Language Study Guide and Test Bank Development: This resource was made possible by the Texas Tech University Libraries Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Grant. For further information about the OER grant, see the TTU Libraries site.

This resource is available to any instructor, student, or professional learner who agrees to the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) terms of use.

Need help getting started with PLICKERS?  Here is a step by step tutorial to help you register, create packs for different courses and create quiz sets.  There is also a section to show you how PLICKERS can be used for in-person students, e-learning students or a hybrid teaching model.This is a wonderful resource to increase student engagement! Great for all grade levels and content areas.

This lesson is part of Software Carpentry workshops and teach an introduction to plotting and programming using python. This lesson is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. It uses plotting as its motivating example, and is designed to be used in both Data Carpentry and Software Carpentry workshops. This lesson references JupyterLab, but can be taught using a regular Python interpreter as well. Please note that this lesson uses Python 3 rather than Python 2.

Short Description:
This book offers a wealth of instructional material on the topic of research article writing for publication and thesis or dissertation completion. The text provides graduate student writers with helpful information, strategies, and tips on navigating disciplinary writing in their fields and how to understand, dissect, and ultimately, construct their own research article. The text is organized according to a standard research article format, breaking down each section of the empirical research in a simple and straightforward manner to help graduate students build a quality, argument-driven manuscript as they write up their empirical study findings.

Long Description:
This book offers a wealth of instructional material on the topic of research article writing for publication and thesis or dissertation completion. The text provides graduate student writers with helpful information, strategies, and tips on navigating disciplinary writing in their fields and how to understand, dissect, and ultimately, construct their own research article. The text is organized according to a standard research article format, breaking down each section of the empirical research in a simple and straightforward manner to help graduate students build a quality, argument-driven manuscript as they write up their empirical study findings.

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Principles of Chemistry I & II are LibGuides-based Open Courses with original lecture notes, chapter checklists, and original videos created by Georgia Highlands College faculty. The courses supplement the OpenStax Chemistry open textbook. The courses were created using a Round Nine Textbook Transformation Grant. The courses also contain a supplementary laboratory experiments list and set of video guides.