Search Results - "Rangachari, K"

ACMS: a database of alternate conformations found in the atoms of main and side chains of protein structures by Santhosh, R., Chandrasekaran, P., Michael, Daliah, Rangachari, K., Bankoti, Namrata, Jeyakanthan, J., Sekar, K.

“…Proteins are usually dynamic biological macromolecules, thereby exhibiting a large number of conformational ensembles which influence the association with…”
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Disassociation of β1-α1-β2 from the α2-α3 domain of prion protein (PrP) is a prerequisite for the conformational conversion of PrPC into PrPSc: Driven by the free energy landscape by Chandrasekaran, P., Santosh Kumar, C., Rangachari, K., Sekar, K.

“…Misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into β-sheet-rich scrapie form (PrPSc) is associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. A point…”
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Glaucoma Pred: Glaucoma prediction based on Myocilin genotype and phenotype information by Rangachari, K., Bankoti, Namrata, Shyamala, N., Michael, Daliah, Sameer Ahmed, Z., Chandrasekaran, P., Sekar, K.

“…Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness after cataract and is heterogeneous in nature. Employing a genetic approach for the detection of the diseased…”
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Adopting an active learning approach to teaching in a research-intensive higher education context transformed staff teaching attitudes and behaviours by White, Paul J., Larson, Ian, Styles, Kim, Yuriev, Elizabeth, Evans, Darrell R., Rangachari, P.K., Short, Jennifer L., Exintaris, Betty, Malone, Daniel T., Davie, Briana, Eise, Nicole, Mc Namara, Kevin, Naidu, Somaiya

“…The conventional lecture has significant limitations in the higher education context, often leading to a passive learning experience for students. This paper…”
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Beyond the single answer: a process-oriented exam for science students by Nastos, Stash, Rangachari, PK

“…This commentary describes an assessment exercise known as the TRIPSE (Tri-Partite Problem Solving Exercise) that mimics science in operation. Students frame…”
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Matters of Taste: Bridging Molecular Physiology and the Humanities by Rangachari, P. K, Rangachari, Usha

“…Taste perception was the focus of an undergraduate course in the health sciences that bridged the sciences and humanities. A problem-based learning approach…”
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Beyond "formative": assessments to enrich student learning by Kulasegaram, Kulamakan, Rangachari, Patangi K

“…Formative assessments can enhance and enrich student learning. Typically, these have been used to provide feedback against end-of-course standards and prepare…”
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On Being Examined: Do Students and Faculty Agree? by Perrella, Andrew, Koenig, Joshua, Kwon, Henry, Nastos, Stash, Rangachari, P. K

“…Students measure out their lives, not with coffee spoons, but with grades on examinations. But what exams mean and whether or not they are a bane or a boon is…”
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Steps to Pluripotent Learning: Provocative Teaching by Rangachari, P. K

“…Education involves interactions between students and teachers in a societal framework. Teachers can best serve their students and society by making students…”
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Teaching Undergraduates the Process of Peer Review: Learning by Doing by Rangachari, P. K

“…An active approach allowed undergraduates in Health Sciences to learn the dynamics of peer review at first hand. A four-stage process was used. In "stage 1",…”
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Ascaridole-less infusions of Chenopodium ambrosioides contain a nematocide(s) that is(are) not toxic to mammalian smooth muscle by MacDonald, D, VanCrey, K, Harrison, P, Rangachari, P.K, Rosenfeld, J, Warren, C, Sorger, G

“…Infusions of Chenopodium ambrosioides (L.) have been used for centuries in the Americas as a popular remedy against intestinal worm infections. The essential…”
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The TRIPSE: A process‐oriented exam for large undergraduate classes by Nastos, Stash, Rangachari, P. K.

“…The TRIPSE (tri‐partite problem solving exercise), a process‐oriented exam that mimics the scientific process, was used previously in small classes (15–25)…”
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The UNSIN Project: Exploring the Molecular Physiology of Sins by Naji, Faysal, Salci, Lauren, Hoit, Graeme, Rangachari, P. K

“…Although active learning works, promoting it in large undergraduate science classes is difficult. Here, three students (F. Naji, L. Salci, and G. Hoit) join…”
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Answering Huxley: "now" students take a "then" exam by Rangachari, P K

“…Twenty-eight undergraduate students in a health sciences program volunteered for an exercise in the history of examinations. They had completed a second-year…”
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COVID struggles: undergraduate teaching assistants balance teaching and learning during a pandemic by Zarandi, A, Wen, A, Rangachari, P K

“…Undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) have become valuable collaborators with faculty in large undergraduate first-year classes. Their participation…”
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Back to the future? Active learning of medical physiology in the 1900s by Rangachari, P. K

“…Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons) Program, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Address for reprint requests and other…”
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Of toxic tales and poisoned pens: melding toxicology and creative writing in an undergraduate course by Rangachari, Patangi K

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Information literacy in an inquiry course for first-year science undergraduates: a simplified 3C approach by Rangachari, P. K, Rangachari, Usha

“…1 Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2 Population Health Research…”
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Promoting self-directed learning using a menu of assessment options: the investment model by Rangachari, P. K

“…Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Program, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery,…”
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Identifying the core concepts of pharmacology education: A global initiative by White, Paul J., Guilding, Clare, Angelo, Tom, Kelly, John P., Gorman, Laurel, Tucker, Steven J., Fun, Ashleigh, Han, Jae, Chen, Guanliang, Samak, Yassmin, Babey, Anna‐Marie, Caetano, Fabiana A., Sarangi, Sudhir Chandra, Koenig, Jennifer, Hao, Haiping, Goldfarb, Joseph, Karpa, Kelly, Vieira, Luciene, Restini, Carolina, Cunningham, Margaret, Aronsson, Patrik, Kelly‐Laubscher, Roisin, Hernandez, Mark, Rangachari, Patangi K., Mifsud, Janet, Mraiche, Fatima, Sabra, Ramzi, Piñeros, Octavio, Zhen, Xuechu, Kwanashie, Helen, Exintaris, Betty, Karunaratne, Nilushi, Ishii, Kuniaki, Liu, Yannee

“…Background and Purpose In recent decades, a focus on the most critical and fundamental concepts has proven highly advantageous to students and educators in…”
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