Instrumentation for Improving Undergraduate Laboratories in Respiratory Physiology

该项目旨在通过增加监测呼吸功能的自动化设备来改善脊椎动物生理学的本科研究。通过这笔拨款获得的积家Ergo-Oxyscreen系统和气窥镜将使奥柏林学院的生物学教师有可能开发新的人类呼吸实验。（对人体的实验研究已经证明，它在刺激学习方面特别有效。）新的实验使本科生能够详细分析人体的肺功能和能量学，作为工作量、身体有氧训练和环境条件的函数，分析呼吸气流、呼吸氧气、二氧化碳浓度和心率等参数。

This project seeks to improve undergraduate studies of vertebrate physiology by adding automated equipment for monitoring respiratory function. The Jaeger Ergo-Oxyscreen System and Pneumoscope acquired through this grant will make it possible for Oberlin College's Biology faculty to develop new laboratory experiments in human respiration. (Experimental studies of the human body have proved to be particularly effective in stimulating learning). The new experiments enable undergraduate students to make detailed analyses of pulmonary function and energetics in the human body as functions of work load, body aerobic training, and environmental conditions, analyzing such parameters as respiratory air flow, respiratory oxygen, CO2 concentrations, and heart rate.