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Collaborative Language Planning Project: Report 02: End Of 2018, Mizuki Miyashita, Susan Penfield, Richard Littlebear

Collaborative Language Planning Project: Reports and Newsletters

Collaborative Language Planning Project report of activities, June-December 2018.

Atypical Activation Of The G Protein Gα By The Oncogenic Mutation Q209p, Marcin Maziarz, Anthony Leyme, Arthur Marivin, Alex Luebbers, Prachi P. Patel, Zhe Chen, Stephen R. Sprang, Mikel Garcia-Marcos

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The causative role of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) pathway mutations in uveal melanoma (UM) has been well-established. Nearly all UMs bear an activating mutation in a GPCR pathway mediated by G proteins of the G family, driving tumor initiation and possibly metastatic progression. Thus, targeting this pathway holds therapeutic promise for managing UM. However, direct targeting of oncogenic Gα mutants, present in ∼90% of UMs, is complicated by the belief that these mutants structurally resemble active Gα WT. This notion is solidly founded on previous studies characterizing Gα mutants in which a conserved catalytic glutamine (Gln-209 in Gα) is replaced …

Sb17-18/19: Resolution Prompting Family Rooms, Sylvia Borstad

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB17-18/19: Resolution Prompting Family Rooms passed 23Y-0N-1A on a roll call vote during the December 5, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb18-18/19: Resolution Requesting That Business Services Bill Graduate Students Enrolled In Two Programs Once For The Asum Student Activity Fee, Abbigail Belcher, Cierra Anderson

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB18-18/19: Resolution Requesting that Business Services Bill Graduate Students Enrolled in Two Programs Once for the ASUM Student Activity Fee passed 23Y-0N in a roll call vote during the December 5, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Documents From The December 5, 2018 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the December 5, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed:

SB17-18/19: Resolution Prompting Family Rooms

SB18-18/19: Resolution Requesting that Business Services Bill Graduate Students Enrolled in Two Programs Once for the ASUM Fee

SB19-18/19: Resolution Regarding Primary Elections

Sb16-18/19: Resolution Regarding Asum Legislative Priorities, Alex Butler, Elizabeth R. Story

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB16-18/19: Resolution Regarding ASUM Legislative Priorities passed 21Y-3N on a roll call vote during the December 5, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb19-18/19: Resolution Regarding Primary Elections, Thomas Hiett

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB19-18/19: Resolution Regarding Primary Elections passed 23Y-0N on a roll call vote during the December 5, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Elaine Gagliardi On The Family Limited Partnership In 2018: Powell, Cahill, And Income Tax Basis At Death, Elaine H. Gagliardi

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

The Tax Court’s 2017 holding in Estate of Powell v. Commissioner1 followed by its 2018 decision in Estate of Cahill v. Commissioner,2 signals a need to rethink how best to structure the family limited partnership and the terms of the partnership agreement. In a shift away from its historical approach to analyzing gross estate inclusion of family limited partnership assets, the Powell court endorses application of Section 2036(a)(2)3 to include the value of partnership assets in decedent’s gross estate, and in an unprecedented step employs Section 2043 to determine the value of family limited partnership assets includible in the gross …

Metal Contamination And Food Web Changes Alter Exposure To Upper Trophic Levels In Upper Blackfoot River Basin Streams, Montana, Jack E. Landers, Sean Sullivan, Lisa Eby, Andrew C. Wilcox, Heiko Langner

Geosciences Faculty Publications

Reduced invertebrate abundance and diversity are common responses to metals contamination in mining-impacted streams. The resulting changes in community composition may have implications for metals accumulation and transfer through the food web. We investigated how changes in invertebrate community composition (abundance, species richness, and food web complexity) influence metals bioaccumulation and exposure risk to upper trophic levels along a contamination gradient in the upper Blackfoot River Basin, Montana. Invertebrate species richness exhibited the strongest decline with increasing sediment metals concentrations, driven by the loss of metals-sensitive taxa. These changes in invertebrate community composition resulted in a decline in the proportion …

Dataset For The Article: Metal Contamination And Food Web Changes Alter Exposure To Upper Trophic Levels In Upper Blackfoot River Basin Streams, Montana, Jack E. Landers, Sean Sullivan, Lisa A. Eby, Andrew C. Wilcox, Heiko Langner

Geosciences Datasets

Reduced invertebrate abundance and diversity are common responses to heavy metals contamination in mining-impacted streams. The resulting changes in community composition may have implications for metals accumulation and transfer through the food web. We investigated how changes in invertebrate community composition (abundance, species richness, and food web complexity) influence metals bioaccumulation and exposure risk to upper trophic levels along a contamination gradient in the upper Blackfoot River basin, Montana. Invertebrate species richness exhibited the strongest decline with increasing sediment metals concentrations, driven by the loss of metals-sensitive taxa. These changes in invertebrate community composition resulted in a decline in the …

Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture In The Wild 2018, Carter Bermingham, Megan Schultz

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This study was conducted by Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild and for the Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development to provide insight into the characteristics of attendees to the 2018 event. Paper surveys on site were completed by 397 attendees. Results show that 71% of respondents were residents of Montana and of those Montana residents, 96% were from outside of Lincoln. Out-of-town respondents spent an average of 3.05 nights away from home. Of those nights, an average of 2.08 of those nights were in the town of Lincoln. Restaurant and Bar purchases received the highest total dollars spent …

Identifying Ancient Maya Economic And Political Networks In The Belize Valley Through Ceramic Sourcing, John Douglas

University Grant Program Reports

Ancient Classic Lowland Maya potters made vessels to serve various needs, which were sometimes exchanged or otherwise moved across the landscape. Potters also emulated types made elsewhere with local materials. The immediate objective of this study was to see if black slip “recipes”— the chemical composition—applied to the surface of ceramics could be used to identify production groups for a type of Terminal Classic pottery called Mount Maloney Black (MMB) from two different ruins. Through chemical analysis, this study sought to discover if the same people with the same materials were making these vessels, or if there were from different …

December 2018 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Documents From The November 28, 2018 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the November 28, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed:

SB14-18/19: Resolution Regarding Summer Appointments to Senate

SB15-18/19: Resolution Regarding Student Group Resource Center

Sb14-18/19: Resolution Regarding Summer Appointments To Senate, Kat Cowley

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB14-18/19: Resolution Regarding Summer Appointments to Senate. This resolution failed 3Y-18N-2A on a roll call vote during the November 28, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb15-18/19: Resolution Regarding Student Group Resource Center Mission Statement, Alexandria Schafer

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB15-18/19: Resolution Regarding Student Group Resource Center Mission Statement. This resolution passed 22Y-0N-2A on a roll call vote during the November 28, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Executive Committee Meeting Notes, November 2018, Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council

Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council

Meeting minutes from the November 16, 2018 meeting of the Executive Committee of the Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council.

Documents From The November 14, 2018 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the November 14, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed:

SB12-18/19: Resolution Regarding Seats on the Elections Committee

SB13-18/19: Resolution Amending the Student at Large Status

Sb13-18/19: Resolution Regarding The Student At Large Status, Ethan Hanley

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB13-18/19: Resolution Regarding the Student at Large Status. This resolution passed 23Y-1N-1A on a roll call vote during the November 14, 2018 meeting of the Associated Student of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb12-18/19: Resolution Regarding Seats On The Elections Committee, Ethan Hanley

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB12-18/19: Resolution Regarding Seats on the Elections Committee was passed 18Y-5N-3A on a roll call vote during the November 14, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Documents From The November 7, 2018 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the November 7, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolution was discussed:

SB11-18/19: Resolution Regarding Campaign Reimbursements

Sb11-18/19: Resolution Regarding Campaign Reimbursements, Ethan Hanley, Bailey Carpenter

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB11-18/19: Resolution Regarding Campaign Reimbursements. This resolution was passed 25Y-0N-0A on a roll call vote during the November 7, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

When Daubert Is The Way: The Road Less Traveled By, Cynthia Ford

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

No abstract provided.

Gardiner, Montana: Visitor Perceptions, Image And Spending Before & After Development, Norma P. Nickerson, Carter Bermingham, Meredith S. Berry, Jeremy L. Sage

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

Gardiner, Montana, the north gate to Yellowstone National Park, underwent infrastructure development before the 2016 centennial celebration of the National Park Service. This study represents a ‘before and after’ analysis of visitors’ images and spending patterns within Gardiner.

Montana's Outfitting Industry - 2017 Economic Contribution And Industry-Client Analysis, Jeremy L. Sage, Carter Bermingham, Norma P. Nickerson

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

In recent years, nonresident visitor spending on outfitters and guides has surpassed that of spending on retail goods, making it the fourth highest spending category behind only fuel, lodging, and dining out. This rise comes despite only five to six percent of the visiting population taking part in these activities. This observation reiterates findings from the 2007 Montana Outfitter and Guide study characterizing the outfitting industry as high value, low impact.

Though a small percent of visiting groups take part in some type of guided or outfitted experience, those who do stay longer and spend more per day. In 2017, …

Resistive Mhd Evolution Of Shaped Rfp Equilibria, Joe Newman, Andrew S. Ware, Nimrod Team, University Of Montana, Missoula

UM Plasma Group Publications

Computational modeling of the resistive MHD evolution of reverse-field-pinch (RFP) plasmas with boundary shaping is undertaken. The VMEC code obtains equilibria that are similar to quasi-single helicity (QSH) states in an RFP with a helical axis and a symmetric boundary [J.D. Hanson, et al., Nuclear Fusion 53, 083016 (2013)]. Previous work has shown that axisymmetric boundary shaping affects whether an axisymmetric or QSH equilibrium is obtained in VMEC and it affects the extent of the swing of the helical axis in the QSH state. In this work, these equilibria are used as initial conditions for the NIMROD code [C.R. …

Montana Dragon Boat Festival 2018, Megan Schultz, Carter Bermingham

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This study was conducted for the Kalispell Conventions and Visitor Bureau, to provide insight into the characteristics of attendees of the 2018 Montana Dragon Boat Festival. Paper surveys on site and a post-event web survey were completed by 397 attendees and/or participants of the event. Results show that 60% of respondents were residents of Montana and of those Montana residents, 49% were from Flathead County. Out-of-county respondents spent an average of 3.90 nights away from home. Of those nights, an average of 2.87 of those nights were in the city of Kalispell and 2.76 nights in other Flathead Valley locations …

November 2018 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Documents From The October 31, 2018 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the October 31, 2018 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Primary Emissions Of Glyoxal And Methylglyoxal From Laboratory Measurements Of Open Biomass Burning, Kyle J. Zarzana, Vanessa Selimovic, Abigail R. Koss, Kanako Sekimoto, Matthew M. Coggon, Bin Yuan, William P. Dubé, Robert J. Yokelson, Carsten Warneke, Joost A. De Gouw, James M. Roberts, Steven S. Brown

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

We report the emissions of glyoxal and methylglyoxal from the open burning of biomass during the NOAA-led 2016 FIREX intensive at the Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, MT. Both compounds were measured using cavity-enhanced spectroscopy, which is both more sensitive and more selective than methods previously used to determine emissions of these two compounds. A total of 75 burns were conducted, using 33 different fuels in 8 different categories, providing a far more comprehensive dataset for emissions than was previously available. Measurements of methylglyoxal using our instrument suffer from spectral interferences from several other species, and the values reported here …