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    Read more about Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene

    Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene

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    Contributors: Sheldahl and Yapp

    Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    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 hygienist program.

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    Read more about Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application - Second Edition

    Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application - Second Edition

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    Contributors: Callahan, Leonard, and Powell

    Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

    License: CC BY-NC

    This book is designed as an Open Education Resource (OER) for introductory nutrition courses and has been adopted for use in high schools and colleges. Topics covered include basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, body weight and health, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals. The second edition of Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application was released in August 2022. The second edition includes a fully revised Unit 7 (Body Weight and Health) and minor revisions to Unit 10 (Nutrition and Physical Activity). In June 2023, Unit 2 (Nutrition Science and Information Literacy) was significantly updated along with the ancillary materials for Unit 2. The remainder of the OER and the accompanying ancillary materials are the same as the first edition, originally published in

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    Read more about Environmental Toxicology

    Environmental Toxicology

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    Contributor: van Gestel

    Publisher: Environmental Toxicology

    License: CC BY

    This open online textbook on Environmental Toxicology aims at covering the field in its full width, including aspects of environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, toxicology and risk assessment. With that, it will contribute to improving the quality, continuity and transparency of the education in environmental toxicology. We also want to make sure that fundamental insights on fate and effects of chemicals gained in the past are combined with recent approaches of effect assessment and molecular analysis of mechanisms causing toxicity.

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    Read more about Human Nutrition - 2020 Edition

    Human Nutrition - 2020 Edition

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    Contributors: Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Titchenal, and Draper

    Publisher: University of Hawaii Manoa

    License: CC BY

    This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.

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    Read more about Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest

    Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest

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    Contributor: Yeats

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    In this expanded new edition of Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading authority on earthquakes in California and the Pacific Northwest, describes the threat posed by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a great earthquake fault which runs for hundreds of miles offshore from British Columbia to northern California. New research reveals subtle movements on the deepest part of this fault every 14-15 months — building up strain toward the next major earthquake.

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    Read more about A Guide to the Principles of Animal Nutrition

    A Guide to the Principles of Animal Nutrition

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    Contributor: Cherian

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-NC

    Based on over 20 years of teaching experience in animal nutrition, this study guide will enhance learning basic food animal nutritional principles.

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    Read more about All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences

    All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences

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    Contributor: Smyth

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-NC

    This book began as lecture notes for an Oregon State University course in fluid mechanics, designed for beginning graduate students in physical oceanography. Because of its fundamental nature, this course is often taken by students outside physical oceanography, e.g., atmospheric science, civil engineering, physics and mathematics.

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    Read more about Exploring Physical Phenomena

    Exploring Physical Phenomena

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    Contributors: van Zee and Gire

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-SA

    This course is intended for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school teachers. By exploring physical phenomena in class, you will learn science in ways in which you are expected to teach science in schools or in informal settings such as afterschool programs, youth group meetings, and museum workshops. This course also is appropriate for general science students and others interested in exploring some of the physical phenomena underlying global climate change.

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    Read more about Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide

    Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide

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    Contributors: McComb, Zuckerberg, Vesely, and Jordan

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    We designed this book to offer a comprehensive overview of the monitoring process, from start to finish. Although there are books that deal with sampling design and the quantitative analysis of population data, there are few that provide practical advice covering the entire evolution of a monitoring plan from incorporating stakeholder input to data collection to data management and analysis to reporting. This book strives to present an overview of this process. We also acknowledge that any such effort tends to reflect the interests and expertise of the authors, and as such, there is a distinct emphasis on monitoring vertebrate populations and upland habitats. Although many of our examples tend to focus on bird populations and forested habitats, we have made an attempt to cover other taxa and habitat types as well, and many of the recommendations and suggestions that we present are applicable to a diversity of monitoring programs.

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    Read more about Bio-Inspired Sensory Systems

    Bio-Inspired Sensory Systems

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    Contributor: Brooks

    Publisher: Florida State University

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    Using natural sensory system concepts to develop and improve sensory systems will continue to thrive for many years to come. Technology advances rapidly (Moore’s Law) as does our understanding of biological principles and designs. These trends fuel the fertile grounds of bio-inspired sensory systems, a topic that is inherently multidisciplinary. This book will serve well as either an academic text on the subject or an introduction to the variety of proven bio-inspired designs. The focus is on sensory systems that interpret environmental stimuli. It introduces natural photo-, mechano-, and chemo-sensory systems across the animal kingdom and also summarizes various novel engineering ideas that glean ideas from these natural sensory systems.

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