Digital Commons Network^™

Do You Hear What I See? Assessing Accessibility Of Digital Commons And Contentdm, Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan

Mansfield Library Faculty Publications

This article discusses the accessibility of two content management systems, Berkeley Electronic Press’ Digital Commons and OCLC’s CONTENTdm, widely used in libraries to host institutional repository and digital collections content. Based on observations by a visually-impaired student who used the JAWS screen reader to view the design and display of digital objects in both systems, we provide a general overview of the accessibility of each system. We discuss potential suggestions for accessibility-related improvements, and we offer ideas for library administrators of these systems about how to maximize the back-end configurations for accessibility.

A Dialectical Invariant For Research In Mathematics Education, Mauro García Pupo, Juan E. Nápoles Valdes

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Many current problems in research in mathematics education emerge from pairs of contradictory dialectical categories. In effect, these pairs characterize the problems. When an epistemological study is made to determine the object of research in which a problem is immersed, it is possible to find essential pairs of dialectical categories that become more profound and thus provide enough elements for the determination of appropriate didactic actions to solve the problem under research.

University Of Montana Commencement Program, 2015, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Commencement Programs, 1898-2020

Commencement program from the University of Montana.

Montana Kaimin, April 29, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Investigating Sex-Differential Migration Of The Lapita Peoples Of The Pacific Islands Using Craniometric Data, Brittney A. Eubank

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

No abstract provided.

Constructing The Life Ways Of Prehistoric Women At Yellowstone National Park Through The Archaeological Record, Cathy Beecher

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Constructing the life ways of prehistoric women at Yellowstone National Park through the archaeological record.

Archaeological data recovered from Yellowstone National Park offers potential for elucidating women’s activities, activity areas, and particular sexual divisions of labor and economic systems. These life ways are an important piece to understanding the culture of past peoples. The Montana-Yellowstone Archaeological Project (MYAP), led by Dr. Douglas MacDonald of the University of Montana, has catalogued thousands of lithic artifacts and a few dozen features around the area encompassing Yellowstone Lake over the course of four field seasons. Evidence of occupation around the lake spans the …

Health Seeking Behavior In Nakaseke District, Uganda, Leighton Wieglenda

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Health-Seeking Behavior in Nakaseke District, Uganda

Leighton Wieglenda

MA Student

Department of Anthropology

University of Montana

Poster Presentation

Abstract

This project examines the health seeking behavior of women in the Nakaseke District of Uganda. Due to the rural and remote nature of many villages in Nakaseke District, there are very few options for health services in the area. These services consist of the local Kiwoko hospital, mobile clinics, and various kinds of traditional healers that reside in the villages.

This research is designed to shed light on whether tribal affiliation, gender, age, socioeconomic status, or/and education levels are associated with …

Expanding Consultation Practices Between The U.S. Air Force And Associated Native American Nations, Nicholas Shankle, Kelly J. Dixon

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Expanding Consultation Practices Between the U.S. Air Force and Associated Native American Nations

Nicholas Shankle

With contributions by Kelly J. Dixon

Graduate Student

Department of Anthropology

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.

2/27/2015

Abstract

Over the past 25 years strides have been made in relations between the United States (U.S.) federal government and federally recognized tribes. However, due to the numerous federal agencies increasingly consulting with tribal leaders, there is still a great amount of work to be done. The University of Montana (UM), through a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has been tasked with …

Maternal Mortality In Nepal: “Safe Birth,” Health-Seeking Behaviors, Structural Violence, And The Trope Of Culture, Selena Garefino

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

No abstract provided.

Comparative Analysis Of Email Request Strategies Used By Native And Non-Native Speakers Of English In Academic Settings, Karyna Tytar

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

This research compares email request strategies used by native speakers of American English and Brazilian Portuguese English as second language speakers. The results of the research provide a valuable contribution to the field ESL/EFL instructions. They identify syntactic and lexical devises native and non-native speakers of English use when composing email requests to their professors. This type of information can be used by ESL/EFL instructors for developing effective classroom materials for teaching non-native speakers of English how to write appropriate emails in academic settings.

2015 Friends Of The University Of Montana Herbarium Newsletter, Peter Lesica

Newsletters of the Friends of the University of Montana Herbarium

Plant Endemism in Montana / Peter Lesica -- Notes from the Board / Jessie Salix -- 2015 Friends of the Herbarium Annual Meeting -- A Celebration in Honor of Peter Stickney / Shannon Kimball -- Farewell to Marilyn / Shannon Kimball -- MONTU News Briefs -- Vascular Collection Photographs Going On-line / A. Grace Johnson -- Volunteers Keep Us Running! / Marilyn Marler -- Activities -- Thanks to Our Volunteers!

Research View, Spring 2015

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

Attacking Tumors: UM center partners with pharmacy company to create new therapies

Quick Looks: UM's Own Renaissance Woman -- UM Helps NASA Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture -- Faculty Help Launch Bhutan Ecological Journal -- Research: Air Pollution Affects Short-Term Memory, IQ -- Study Finds High Impact From Montana's High-Tech Business -- Professor Earns Caribbean Philosophical Association Outstanding Book Award

Fruit Fly Fight Club: Wired for aggression, fly brains may lead to improved drugs

The Earth Experiment: UM bioclimatologist tracks carbon in quest to improve climate change models

Montana Kaimin, February 24, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Time For A New Revisionism, Charles Tesconi

Education's Histories

Charles Tesconi provides a multilogue response to Donald Warren's "Waging War on Education: American Indian Versions."

Waging War On Education: American Indian Versions, Donald Warren

Education's Histories

Article excerpt: "America Indian histories as analytical levers...case studies of what happens methodologically when education historians attempt to cleanse their methods of ethnocentrism and similar predispositions."

Anty 101h.01c: Anthropology And The Human Experience, Rebecca J. Wood

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Bmkt 412.01: Non-Profit Marketing, Carol L. Bruneau

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

January 2015 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Abundance, Density, And Opinions About Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, Whidbey Island, Washington, Robert P. Wingard

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Obtaining reliable knowledge is the first step towards properly managing wildlife species. Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) on Whidbey Island, Washington have not been the subject of study, and little is known about the population, or the opinion of resident’s of Whidbey Island towards the deer population. However, wildlife managers suggest deer on the island may be overabundant or over social carrying capacity. Given the lack of empirical knowledge about the deer population or human opinions towards deer on Whidbey Island, I designed research to determine the abundance and density of Columbian black-tailed deer on Whidbey Island, …

The Effect Of Spatial Patterns Of Soil Hydraulic Conductivity And Depth On Local And Hillslope Scale Shallow Water Table Dynamics, Casey E. Ryan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Much research in forested headwater catchments has focused on the role of topography for organizing subsurface flow and the hydrologic connectivity of upland flow paths to stream networks. However, little work has been conducted to evaluate how localized and hillslope scale patterns of hydraulic conductivity and soil depth contribute to spatial patterns of water table duration, magnitude, and connectivity. I monitored shallow groundwater dynamics in wells distributed across a 1st order hillslope in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, Montana. Additionally, I collected in-situ measurements of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity and soil depth at 10m intervals across the study hillslope and compared …

Why Do Countries Cooperate? The Effect Of Cross-Border Pollution, Eric D. Johnson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

As evidence regarding the consequences of climate change grows, the need to act cooperatively becomes increasingly apparent. International environmental agreements are one of many means being pursued to improve environmental management and combat climate change at large. This study examines factors that influence international environmental treaty participation among European countries. Using panel data on 35 European countries for 1980-1999, joint treaty participation is estimated as a function of various globalization variables with specific attention given to the effects of cross-border air pollution, foreign direct investment, and trade. These results suggest that cross-border air pollution does increase cooperation even after controlling …

Paleoindian Predictive Model For Yellowstone National Park, Matthew R. Nelson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The Greater Yellowstone Region was a destination for nomadic hunter-gatherers for at least 12,000 years. Archaeological sites representing the whole spectrum of time, cultures, and activities, have been found throughout the region. Within Yellowstone National Park a number of Paleoindian projectile points and other related cultural materials have been recorded, however, only a handful of buried Paleoindian sites have been identified and excavated. Considering the nature of the archaeological record in the area, some interesting questions surface about the value of the information recorded on the Paleoindian sites. In terms of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) Paleoindian archaeology, is it possible …

Discovering The Chinese Mining Child: The Archaeology Of Children And Childhood In Multicultural American Mining Communities, Nicole A. Lane

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Children made up roughly one-quarter of the population of industrial boomtowns in the

North American West, underscoring the connections of family to places commonly

thought to be bachelor communities. By comparing artifacts and historical contexts from

three mining communities (Butte, Montana; Deadwood, South Dakota; and Sandpoint,

Idaho) established in the late 19th century, this thesis will contribute to archaeologies of

children, childhood, and socialization, examining material remains as a line of evidence

to study the ways in which relationships, gender, race, and class pervaded the lives of

children in these industrial settings. The methods employed here integrate information

from historical …

A Prehistoric Arms Race: A Study Of The Technological Organization Of Projectile Points From The Late Archaic Sarpy Bison Kill Site (24bh3078), Andrew J. Mcelroy

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Historical And Cultural Landscape Of The Missoula Valley During The 19th And 20th Centuries, Mary Bobbitt

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Archaeological case studies can be used as microcosms for understanding questions related to landscape transformations and climate change throughout the arid American West. The early 19^th century marked a time when significant changes began to take place in the Missoula Valley due to influences of European exploration and settlement in the region. By incorporating multiple sources from a variety of disciplines and using a theoretical framework grounded in landscape theory, this research examines the ways in which humans have altered ecosystem structure, function, and transformations in the region over time, and specifically over the past 200 years. Historic General …

Archaeological Survey For The Snake Headwaters Project: 2013-2014 Survey And Evaluation Report, Justin M. Pfau

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This report presents the summary of work completed by the University of Montana in 2013 and 2014 along the Lewis and Snake Rivers of southern Yellowstone National Park. This project, known as The Snake Headwaters Project (the Snake and Lewis River Survey) is ongoing and has been initiated as part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers designation. This designation would help preserve these rivers natural setting for future visitors. This project falls under the auspices of Section 110 of the NRHP, which allocates funding for federal agencies to conduct preemptive archaeological inventories No current developments are planned in these river …

Validity Of Landmark Selection Given Different 3d Scan Processing Parameters: Landmark Location On 3d Models Of Yacchi Crania, Mary-Margaret Murphy

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This project tests the validity of the use of models generated with 3-D technology for the purposes of advancing craniometric methods in anthropology. The literature describing this technology as it is being incorporated and applied is focused on the classification of crania within population structure and evolutionary development. 3-D modeling methods create data that are static over time - as long as the collection and processing has a statistically insignificant impact on deviation from the original "true" sample.

This thesis is interested in the questions of data collection given variations between processing and metadata of 3-D models and uses data …

Perceptions Of Climate Change And Water Governance Vulnerability In The Aysén Region Of Chile, Michal I. Helman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

While the majority of Chile’s intact watersheds are located in the largely uninhabited southern Patagonia regions of the country, the majority of the Chilean population lives in the nation’s parched central regions. In the face of recent trends in climatic change, including dramatic decreases in snowpack, diminishing glaciers, and shifts in precipitation cycles and seasons, mountain contributions to local watersheds are predicted to continue dwindling as aridification worsens around the world and throughout Chile. Problems associated with aridification are further complicated by Chile’s water history, which has largely revolved around the nation’s fresh water caches subject to private claims and …

Into The Wild: A Case Study Of The Intersection Of Archaeology And Federal Wilderness Policy, Erika S. Blecha

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Cultural resource specialists working with and for Federal land management agencies have voiced their concern about the perception of cultural sites within federally recognized wilderness areas. However, as a whole, professionals working within the discipline of archaeology have remained relatively absent in the debates on wilderness with regards to human occupation in these designated areas. This thesis introduces the concept of wilderness, its history, perceptions, management, laws, and issues relevant to archaeology. It also draws attention to the paucity of archaeological research and the relaxed nature of cultural resource compliance mandates [National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Sections 106 and 110] …

A Critical Examination Of Private Conservation Areas On Campesino Community Lands In Peru, Megan Barnhart

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Community-owned private reserves are emerging around the world as an alternative to government-run resource management and as a way to more directly involve citizens as stewards of their local natural resources. Despite their recent proliferation globally, voluntary efforts by communities to include their land in protected area systems, and the motivations and expectations of their legal recognition remain largely unknown. This thesis examines community-owned private conservation areas in Northern Peru locally known as Áreas de Conservación Privadas (ACPs) which are voluntary and legally recognized by the Peruvian State. The study investigates the rationales and outcomes of the application of ACPs …