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How Students Use Unofficial Online Backchannels for Classes

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.” — Aaron Zachmeier, associate director for instructional design and development at the University of California at Santa Cruz In some ways it’s just an online version of informal networking that students have always done as they chat with classmates in physical classrooms before or after class.

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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ME/CFS can get worse after any activity, whether it is physical or mental. The DMCC supports research by providing administrative management and logistics, and expertise in data management and data analytics,” says Linda. The goal is to learn about the biology of a disease and to identify new treatments or biomarkers.

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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These tools and approaches cover systems biology, synthetic biology, biosensors, data science, artificial intelligence, gene editing, precision breeding, the microbiome, and more.”. At school, biology, chemistry, and mathematics will help lay the groundwork for a career in plant science. BUILDING THE ATLAS. Download the article.

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What causes problems with the lower urinary tract?

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Symptoms can limit activities people enjoy doing outside the home, reduce their social interactions, disrupt sleep, and decrease their feeling of mental and physical wellness,” says Cindy. We gather information through questionnaires, physical examinations, and urine and blood samples,” says Cindy. How is Cindy studying LUTD?

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Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands

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ECOSYSTEM – a biological community of organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. Enforcing regulations is expensive, logistically challenging and ignores the needs of the individuals whose livelihoods are affected. MONOCULTURE – a crop system that involves only a single species in a field at a time.

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How does the Southern Ocean help protect our planet?

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Despite its global importance, the Southern Ocean is the least studied ocean in the world, largely due to the logistical and practical challenges of working in such an isolated, hostile environment. Chemistry, biology, physics, geology and statistics could all prove very useful. What is the team hoping to discover?

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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The lack of phone signal hampered the coordination of logistics and provision of materials from the nearest town, while the lack of road access to the community centre meant all tools and materials had to be carried to Thastayoc from the nearest road. PERIPHERALISATION – being forced to live on the periphery, or outskirts, of a city.