Markerless IOL alignment. Contact us. Get latest training content and clinical insights from peers Benefit from patient support materials Access tools and manage devices online. Articles and clinical cases. Lens constants. Download PDF. Measurement range Axial length 14 — 38 mm Corneal radii 5 — 10 mm Anterior chamber depth 1. See all specifications Close. Any questions about buying our products? Principles of ecology through the study of plants and plant associations.
Ecological concepts, biotic-environmental dynamics and relationships, and levels of ecological integration. Biotic provinces and plant associations in California. Principles of nature conservation, preservation, and management. Theory, laws, and practice of conservation science. Focuses on the restoration of degraded habitats with an emphasis on the application of ecological theory to restoration practice.
A variety of habitats will be covered especially those common to the Bay Area. Ecology of a variety of wetland types, biotic and abiotic characteristics and processes, conservation, restoration, and management. Interactions between animals and plants, including such general topics as herbivory, seed dispersal and predation, mycorrhizae, mimicry, myrmecochory, and the co-evolutionary processes that lead to such interactions. Comparative laboratory and field study of local marine invertebrate animals and evolution and functional morphology.
Investigation of the concept of biodiversity using California coastal communities in local intertidal and nearshore habitats as a field laboratory. Field trips required. Morphology, physiology, behavior, ecology, distribution, classification, and evolution of marine and freshwater fishes with a focus on California species. Two-weekend field trips. Presentations of student and faculty research, recent journal articles, and by outside speakers. Student speakers receive graduate seminar credit.
May be repeated for a total of 8 units. Principles and practices in fish ecology and population dynamics, fishing methods and economics, and fisheries management. Theory, observations, and modeling of the two-way interaction between climate and ecology. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix. Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of inland waters.
Individual field projects. Field trips conducted during class time. Biological, chemical and physical characteristics of Earth's oceans and freshwaters.
The biology of plankton, nekton, and benthos, emphasizing production and food webs. Identification, sampling, and productivity measurements of marine organisms. Laboratory section covers methods of measuring microbial rate processes growth, nutrient uptake, etc. Study of isolation and culture of microbes. Plant and animal relationships in near-shore marine communities and temperate zone communities of the central California coast.
Laboratory and fieldwork in marine ecology introducing students to sampling methods, laboratory techniques, data collection, and analysis.
Fieldwork in a variety of marine field environments. Includes use of primary literature and oral and written presentations. General introduction to animal behavior. Mechanisms of behavior including development, hormones, neural processes, and cognition. Evolutionary approaches including foraging, habitat selection, communication, sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, and social behavior.
Biology and scientific principles involved in the conservation and management of marine mammals. Current regulations and methodologies are critically reviewed and evaluated. Controversies concerning conservation, ecological balance, and specific governmental constraints in the face of a changing environment will be discussed.
Mechanics, thermodynamics, and electricity applied to mechanical properties of tissues, metabolism, membrane transport, control and regulation of physical parameters. Sonography, electromagnetism and quantum physics applied to medical diagnostic technology and imaging. Integrative mechanisms and control systems in cardiovascular and respiratory physiology. Circulation and the distribution and regulation of body fluids.
Digestive systems and metabolism. Experiments in preparation, recording, and analysis of the functioning of human and other vertebrate organ systems and tissues. Microscopic anatomy of tissues and organ systems of vertebrates. Globally important diseases caused by genetic errors, environmental factors, or parasites. Each disease is studied at the molecular, cellular, and physiological levels. The physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and their interrelationship.
Organ function in health and disease. The physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying adaptation of animals to diverse environments.
Biological processes underlying aging. Focus on the molecular mechanisms of aging including specific animal models of aging and age-related changes in the major physiological systems in humans. The processes underlying disease in the major physiological systems. Focus on understanding the relationship between changes at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels and their physiological manifestations at the organ and system levels.
Introduction to the classes of hormones, sources and synthesis of hormones, endocrine target tissues, signaling pathways, and hormonal regulation within the vertebrate endocrine system. Application to clinical real-world endocrine case studies. Reproductive morphology and physiology of vertebrates.
Effects that hormones exert on behavior. Hormonal activation and organization of behavior and the nervous system. Actions of hormones compared in humans and non-human species. Pharmacology principles including pharmacokinetics of drug absorption and elimination. Mechanisms of drug action on the body. Commonly used pharmaceutical drugs. Origin and function of mammalian blood cells and plasma.
Cell variations in health and disease. Physical description of free energies and driving forces, energetic and timescales of biological processes, interactions of biomolecules, diffusion transport and signaling, protein DNA and membrane structure, molecular motors, cooperative binding, membrane potentials and excitability, and regulation of gene expression.
Exploration of the biodiversity of animals living across Earth's habitats with varying ecologies and life-histories. Focus on the basic functional systems of animals, including metabolism, digestion, energetics, thermal physiology, neuronal and sensory systems, endocrine systems, muscle systems, respiratory systems, circulatory systems, and osmotic and ionic processes.
Approaches to scientific research on the environmental physiology of marine and estuarine organisms with a focus on metabolic processes. Emphasis on scientific writing and communication. Lecture, 2 units; laboratory 2 units. Analyze and annotate a different chunk of genomic DNA. Results from this course will be incorporated into peer-reviewed publications with students listed as an author.
Cellular and molecular analysis of neurons. Cellular, synaptic, and retinal neurophysiology. Electrical and chemical mechanisms underlying intraneuronal and inter-neuronal signaling. Communication between neural centers controlling sensory and motor systems, homeostasis, learning, thought, and affect. Connectivity, neurophysiological regulation, and neuropathology.
Examination of issues involving equity and diversity of scientific teaching with a specific focus on the development of inclusive practices within the upper-division courses in Biology. Seminar, 2 units; activity, 2 units. Introduction to biology teaching and learning; engage in K classroom teaching; examine the understanding of biology, discuss science education literature, and analyze biology lessons and student learning.
Lecture, 2 units; activity, 2 units. Intended for Biology majors interested in revisiting and applying their science knowledge, understanding importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their discipline, gaining insights into teaching science in the university setting, exploring the field of science teaching as a potential career, and learning science through teaching science.
Work with faculty and lecturers who have been trained in scientific teaching and are interested in expanding their capacity for active learning and inclusive teaching practices in their course. Lecture, 2 units; Activity, 2 units. A hands-on introduction to applying advances in low-cost computers and digital cameras to microscope design. Emphasis on learning the fundamentals of optical engineering and image processing used in digital microscopy, as well as essential skills in optical design, instrumentation, machining, and fabrication.
Includes building a lensless microscope capable of capturing and processing images of plankton. Introduces highly motivated students to ecological and evolutionary processes that structure subtidal marine environments from the top down emphasizing effects of predation.
Students conduct independent field research and develop scientific writing skills. Lecture, 4 units; laboratory, 2 units. Introduction to ecological and evolutionary processes that structure subtidal marine environments from the bottom up emphasizing foundational habitats. Plus-minus letter grade only Course Attributes: Environmental Sustainability. Learn the fundamentals of optical engineering and image processing used in digital microscopy. Includes building an inexpensive lensless microscope capable of capturing and processing images of plankton.
The completed microscope will be used to conduct a research project. Learn essential skills in optical design, instrumentation, and fabrication. Skip to content. It prepares students for their future courses and careers by introducing the statistical methods most often used in medical literature. Rosner minimizes the amount of mathematical formulation algebra-based while still giving complete explanations of all the important concepts.
Most methods are illustrated with specific instructions as to implementation using software either from SAS, Stata, R, Excel or Minitab. Our business is a better world. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Cornell University broadens perspectives like nowhere else.
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