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Communique, 2006, University Of Montana--Missoula. School Of Journalism

Communique, 1953-2020

An annual publication of the University of Montana’s School of Journalism. This is volume 50.

[There Lived A / Miller...] Translated By Matvei Yankelevich, Daniil Kharms

CutBank

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Metamorphoses, Evie Shockley

CutBank

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I Asked The Mind For A Shape / And Shape Meant Nothing, Britta Ameel

CutBank

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Microbes Stoneflies And Fish: Tophic Interactions In Aquati Ecosystems, Sandra Adams

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Application Of 3d Visualization Software To The Proposed Highway 93 Expansion Corridor Between Polson And Evaro In Lake County Montana, William A. Veteto

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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A Battle Of Public Goods: Montana's Clean And Healthful Environment Provision And The School Trust Land Question, Alex Sienkiewicz

Montana Law Review

Montana's Clean and Healthful Environment Provision and the School Trust Land Question

3-Pg Productivity Modeling Of Regenerating Amazon Forests: Climate Sensitivity And Comparison With Modis-Derived Npp, Joseph D. White, Neal A. Scott, Adam I. Hirsch, Steven W. Running

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Potential forest growth predicted by the Physiological Principles in Predicting Growth (3-PG) model was compared for forest and deforested areas in the Legal Amazon to assess potential differing regeneration associated with climate. Historical deforestation and regeneration have occurred in environmentally marginal areas that influence regional carbon sequestration estimates. Effects of El Niño–induced drought further reduce simulated production by decreasing soil water availability in areas with shallow soils and high transpiration potential. The model was calibrated through comparison of literature biomass and with satellite-based estimates. Net primary productivity (NPP) for mature Amazonian forests from the 3-PG model was positively correlated ( …

A Practical Look At The Variable Area Transect, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Shannon K. Murphy

Forest Management Faculty Publications

The variable area transect (VAT) is a plotless density estimator that has received little attention in the ecological literature despite having potentially robust estimation properties. VAT allows for density estimations without the lengthy search times associated with other plotless density estimators. In spite of this, little has been written about the effect of varying transect widths on its density estimation properties or on the practical implementation of the VAT in field settings. An artificial population sampler was used to examine the effect of transect width on density estimates obtained using the VAT. Three transect widths were chosen corresponding to the …

The Contractarian Model Of Arbitration And Its Implications For Judicial Review Of Arbitral Awards, Paul F. Kirgis

Faculty Law Review Articles

Those who favor the current system of virtually unlimited and unreviewable arbitration can forestall change—and even avoid engaging in a sustained policy discussion—by falling back on those defenses. While it is not possible to resolve the policy issues finally, it is possible to assess whether the principle of party autonomy, coupled with applicable legal doctrine, justifies the degree of deference courts have adopted. That is what I attempt in this Article. I argue that, at least in certain classes of cases, the principle of party autonomy requires greater judicial scrutiny of arbitral awards. I argue further that this result is …

President's Report, 2006, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Office Of The President

University of Montana President’s Report, 1993-2016

The President’s Report of the University of Montana, produced by University Relations on behalf of the President’s Office.

Vision 2006

Vision

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2006-2007 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Automated Adaptation Between Kiranti Languages, Daniel Richard Mccloy

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

McCloy, Daniel, M.A., December 2006 Linguistics Automated Adaptation Between Kiranti Languages Chairperson: Dr. Anthony Mattina Minority language communities that are seeking to develop their language may be hampered by a lack of vernacular materials. Large volumes of such materials may be available in a related language. Automated adaptation holds potential to enable these large volumes of materials to be efficiently translated into the resource-scarce language. I describe a project to assess the feasibility of automatically adapting text between Limbu and Yamphu, two languages in Nepal’s Kiranti grouping. The approaches taken—essentially a transfer-based system partially hybridized with a Kiranti-specific interlingua—are placed …

Pack Station, Robert Theodore Gail

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Prologue He was as broken-down an old horseshoer as I had ever met, but by God could he shoe a horse. How he did it seemed to be some mystery acquired over a lifetime of bending over beneath a million horses and mules. And yet maybe there wasn’t any mystery at all. Maybe it was simply that over the course of those million or so animals he’d lost the hesitation and doubt and fear the rest of us struggled with from time to time,and just got shoes on the damn things—though with as much beauty and skill as a guy …

Which Side Are You On? Unionization In Social Service Nonprofits, Eduardo R.C. Capulong

Faculty Law Review Articles

This article examines nonprofit union organizing from an institutional perspective. Specifically, the author asks a basic question: do unions belong in social service nonprofits or are such efforts somehow misguided? To answer the question, the article examines the dual institutional role social service nonprofits play and explores strategies to harmonize their conflicting tendencies. The author argues that the industry-wide unionization of social service nonprofits is the best means by which to actualize the nonprofit ethos and counteract these organizations' tendency to lower wages and working conditions, thereby facilitating cuts in social spending.

Part I discusses the factors that have led …

The Logic Of Legal Remedies And The Relative Weight Of Norms: Assessing The Public Interest In The Tort Reform Debate, Irma S. Russell

Faculty Law Review Articles

This article calls for consideration of the relationship of strong social norms to the tort reform debate. Additionally, it inquires into the concepts of measuring and comparing interests and the judgments of proportionality inherent in traditional legal doctrines, scrutinizing in particular the methodology of comparisons in tort reform.

Part II of the article examines the need to identify, measure, and compare the interests at stake in any legal contest with rigorous consistency.

Part III explores the natural hierarchy among legal norms and the weight accorded various types of interests that deserve legal protection.

Part IV considers the system of measurement …

The Discovery Of Self Through Creative Exploration, Stephanie Jo Pointer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Within these pages lie reflections and descriptions of a voyage into unknown territory. A voyage, which has ended, yet is just beginning. Here for your consideration follows a documentation of an artistic process. Humbly, I put before you a modest attempt at presenting a number of personal discoveries made within the last four years. First I had chosen to participate in a program of Integrated Arts, the Creative Pulse. My participation in the Artist-Forest-Community Residency in the Helena National Forest the week before I began the program initiated a desire to present my artwork and become a better teacher. Expanding …

A 3-Dimensional Evaluation Of Wing Movement In Ground Birds During Flap-Running And Level Flight: An Otogenetic Study, Paolo Stefano Segre

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Segre, Paolo Stefano, M.S., December 2006 Biology A 3-dimensional evaluation of wing movement in ground birds during flap-running and Level Flight: an ontogenetic study Chair: Dr. Kenneth P. Dial The science of animal flight requires the quantification of wing movement over a range of behaviors. Despite numerous studies of avian locomotion, we are only beginning to grasp the intricacies of flapping flight. Birds create aerodynamic forces by manipulating the fluid environment of air by beating their wings. The question remains, how do they perform such a wide range of locomotor behaviors (e.g. takeoff, horizontal, flap-running) with their forelimbs? We measure …

Alaskan Eskimo And Polynesian Island Population Skeletal Anatomy: The "Pacific Paradox" Revisited Through Surface Area To Body Mass Comparisons, Wendy Nicole Leach

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This project is an attempt to re-examine the “Pacific Paradox”, as proposed by Philip Houghton (1996), through various morphological measurements on two climatically different populations, Alaskan Eskimo and Pacific Island groups. The “Pacific Paradox” has been widely discussed, but research using direct comparisons between this Pacific population and cold climate groups has received little attention. The methods employed are those preformed by Ruff (1994), Ruff et al (1991, 2004, 2005) and Houghton (1996) to create the most accurate determination of overall body form in both populations. Eight measurements were used to construct variables to create an accurate portrayal of overall …

The Slate And Silicified Shale Industry Recovered From The Bridge River Site (Eer14) British Columbia, Sierra A. Mandelko

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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How Still The Riddle Lies; Emily Dickinson's Sense Of Naturalness, Jill M. Beauchesne

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Beauchesne, Jill, M.A., Autumn 2006 Literature Abstract: How Still the Riddle Lies Robert Baker, Chair Louise Economides Phil Condon The tradition of “nature writing” in the United States draws heavily on the literary movements of Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Wordsworth’s meditative walks, Keats’s nightingale, Thoreau’s pond—these concepts have shaped literary beliefs and perceptions of natural landscapes as much as a writer’s individual haunts or favorite creatures. In a contemporary context, a writer steps down a long, wellworn path when he or she attempts to describe a bird taking flight or the way the sunlight feels at a certain time of afternoon. …

Buffalo Hippies, Brooke Gibbs Hewes

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Historical Demography Of The Coeur D' Alene 1900-1930, Christina Joy. Heiner

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Exploring Native American Folklore : Little People And Giants, Frederick E. Harris

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Sustainability Of Commercial Woodcraft Production In Mision Chaquena, Argentina| A Preliminary Assessment, Thaden E. Brient

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Turn And Other Stories, Sarah Aswell

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Severing At The End Of The Line, Walker Hunter

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Stitching Orality Into The Textual Quilt In Derek Walcott's Omeros, Judith Bledsoe

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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"Donkey Hammer"| A Collection Of Short Fiction And Nonfiction, Rose M. Bunch

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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