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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Science Laboratory"”.
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The social relations of a basic life science laboratory and its heterotopic milieu
The social relations of a “basic” life science laboratory, its relations to the other life sciences, to the physical sciences, to clinical medicine, and to the economic imperatives of the present era are examined. This work attends to some of the "day to day" activities of this group as it …
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Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of martian breccia Northwest Africa 7034: comparison with Mars Science Laboratory results
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover is utilizing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instrumentation to determine compositions of rocks shot in Gale crater, Mars, from a distance of 1.56-7 meters. At the same time, martian breccia meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 was analyzed with …
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The use of technology-aided active learning to increase student engagement in an agricultural science laboratory
… importance as enrollment in agricultural science programs has seen an increase of 21% in the last decade (ASAS, 2022). The publication, Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World (NRC, 2009) acknowledges that agriculture in particular faces a unique challenge in that its …
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Characterization of clasts in the Glen Torridon region of Gale crater observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
… were studied using data captured by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover between martian days (’sols’) 2302 and 2593. The morphology and composition of clasts has the potential to reveal the nature and extent of erosional processes acting in a region. In this analysis, …
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Differences between student perceptions of the actual and the preferred science laboratory classroom learning environments at a South African college of education
… study aimed to investigate, with the aid of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI), the actual and the preferred laboratory environments as perceived by 264 first, second and third year college Science and Biology students in Cape Town, South Africa. This investigation sought to …
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Cloud Observations from the Mars Science Laboratory Mission: Seasonal Variability, Scattering Phase Function, and Validation of Optical Depths using Lidar Measurements of Terrestrial Cirrus Clouds
… from the Navigation Cameras onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, atmospheric movies were created to monitor the cloud activity above its landing site, Gale Crater. Over the course of two Martian years of operations (LS = 160 of MY 31 to LS = 160 of MY 33), over 500 cloud …
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Development of inverse methods for reconstruction of flight environments on ablators
… density carbon ablators used on the NASA Mars Science Laboratory and Orion capsules. To address uncertainty in surface recession prediction, a method for decoupling the surface recession evaluation from the inverse heat conduction problem is presented to allow more rapid and detailed analysis …
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The influence of a transformative elementary science curriculum on at-risk students: A case report
… the influence of a transformative elementary science curriculum on at-risk students. Project S.M.I.L.E., the focus of this study, uses strategies for curriculum development proposed by theorists of the post-modern era within the framework of social constructivism. Students in this program …
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Predictability of VO2max from three commercially available devices
… 18 females ages 18 to 55, came to the Running Science Laboratory at Eastern Michigan University. During visit 1, participants completed a maximal graded exercise test (GXT) to determine VO2max. At visit 2, each device’s protocol was followed to estimate VO2max. Pearson correlations, repeated …
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Learning strategies used by honors students in an investigative introductory biology laboratory program
The use of investigative laboratory programs is one of the recommended methods of instruction for improving the outcomes of college science laboratory work. In such programs, students are expected to take more responsibility for their learning and to exercise manipulative skills as well as their …
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Quality of Education Practices in Tanzania: A Case of Community Secondary Schools in Arusha District Council
… in the district are hindered by the problem of science laboratory and science text books, furthermore the study recommended on the strategies that could improve the quality of education in Arusha to be: reviewing TRCs (as the centers function to improve teaching abilities), improve fundraising, …
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Modeling Control Signals for Reconstruction-based Time Series Anomaly Detection
… Active Passive (SMAP) satellite and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover, which contains heterogeneous sensing data from exploratory missions. The pipeline follows the Sintel machine learning framework and is accessible through the Meissa library, which builds on the capabilities of the …
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Building condition and student achievement and behavior
… in schools with better building condition. Science achievement scores were better in buildings with better science laboratory conditions. Lastly, varying climate control, locker. and grafitti conditions were factors which were positively related to student achievement scale scores.
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Post-shock thermochemistry in hypervelocity CO2 and air flow
… flows in anticipation of the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and future missions to the red planet. The work is motivated by observed anomalies between experimental and numerical studies in hypervelocity impulse facilities for high enthalpy carbon dioxide flows. In this work, …
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Building condition and student achievement and behavior
… in schools with better building condition. Science achievement scores were better in buildings with better science laboratory conditions. Cosmetic building condition appeared to impact student achievement and student behavior more than structural building condition. Finally, varying climate …
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SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF ICES WITH ASTROPHYSICAL INTEREST
… dust grainsand planetary surface analogues in laboratory experiments performed at the Syracuse University Astrophysics and Surface Science Laboratory. I have studied the mid-infrared (Mid-IR) bands of thin films of pure CH4 ices and of CH4 ices mixed with N2 and H2O in order to characterize the …
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A study of the implementation of virtual instrumentation in university laboratory environments
In this work six engineering and physical science laboratory experiments were developed to enhance the learning experience for students. This was achieved by instrumenting and creating virtual instruments for these experiments. The use of virtual instrumentation is directly compared with …
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Analyzing geological materials under martian conditions using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy : plasma fundamentals, sample classification, and trace element quanitification
… trace elements on unprepared samples either in a laboratory setting or in situ. A significant advancement in LIBS research is the recent deployment of ChemCam to the surface of Mars at Gale crater onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity. ChemCam consists of a LIBS instrument and …
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Wireless Communication Network Improvements for the UIUC Robotics Laboratory Testbed
… to the robotic testbed in the Robotics Laboratory in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The main goal was to improve the wireless network. Not only this goal was successfully achieved, but the complete tesbed was also improved with the …
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Shifting to Higher Levels of Inquiry in the Regents Physics Laboratory
… this project focuses on using inquiry in the science laboratory. The benefits of inquiry-based instruction are significant and include increases in student engagement, critical thinking skills, creative problem solving, and autonomy in the learning process. While the benefits of inquiry-based …
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