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Hhp 529.01: Advanced Exercise Physiology I, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2026-2030

No abstract provided.

Anty 418.01: Evolution And Genetic Variation In Human Populations, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2026-2030

No abstract provided.

April 2025 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Hhp 529.01: Advanced Physiology Of Exercise I, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 418.01: Evolution And Genetic Variation In Human Populations, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Moose Abundance And Calf:Cow Ratios On The Blackfeet Indian Reservation And Glacier National Park, Landon Joel Magee

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Many moose (Alces alces; Sikihtsisoo) populations across North America, especially along their southern range, are declining due to factors such as climate change, parasites and disease, predation, habitat loss and degradation, and overharvest. These declines highlight broader ecological concerns, as moose play a critical role as prey within their ecosystems. Despite their importance, data on crucial demographic parameters like abundance and age ratios are sparse for moose, complicating management efforts. Conventional monitoring methods, including radio-collaring, harvest data, public surveys, and aerial surveys, face significant logistical and financial challenges, and often fail to provide a comprehensive understanding of …

Hhp 529.01: Advanced Physiology Of Exercise I, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Ecological Adaptation And Speciation In Chipmunks, Nathanael David Filer Herrera

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Understanding how evolutionary and ecological mechanisms promote speciation and adaptation is one of the central challenges of evolutionary biology. Recent advancements in theoretical, methodological, and computational approaches now allow biologists to test long-standing questions regarding the evolutionary history of species. This includes the genomic underpinnings of reproductive barriers and adaptive phenotypes, and the contribution of ecology, geography, and demography in the generation and maintenance of biodiversity. While great strides have been made in understanding the genetic and ecological factors that underlie speciation and local adaptation, many open questions remain. My dissertation first seeks to address questions about how we define …

Anty 418:.01: Evolution And Genetic Variation In Human Populations, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Hhp 529.01: Advanced Physiology Of Exercise I, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Wildlife-Friendly Fence Policy On Federal Public Lands Managed By The U.S. Forest Service And Bureau Of Land Management, Joshua D. Elliott

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Many wildlife species are negatively impacted by the presence of fences on the landscape. Climate change is only exacerbating the problem as home ranges shift and species face heightened levels of stress. In recent decades, wildlife biologists have studied these impacts and devised ways of constructing fences to increase habitat connectivity and significantly reduce fence-related injury and mortality rates. Conservationists attempting to address this issue on a landscape level face significant challenges resulting from complex land ownership patterns, specifically across the western United States.

The two largest landowners in the U.S. are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the …

Three-Dimensional Geometric Morphometric Sex Determination And Modeled Fragmentary Analysis Of The Human Pubic Bone, Katherine Scot Baca

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Geometric morphometrics has become a more popular method in anthropology as three-dimensional data and research become more widely recognized and accessible. This research provides a refined method utilizing 3-D geometric morphometric analysis to determine sex from the human pubic bone. The study used a sample of N=378 individual pubic bones from the University of New Mexico Maxwell Documented Collection. Eight landmarks were digitized on each individual bone using a Microscribe Digitizer. Results from the Principal Components Analysis provide promising clustering between male and female groups, as well as indications that the method may be ancestry-specific, and that parity may have …

Anty 418.01: Evolution And Genetic Variation In Human Populations, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Multinucleated Giant Cell Formation And Phenotype, Kevin Lewis Trout

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Multinucleated giant cells (MGC) are homotypic macrophage syncytia associated with granulomas. Despite their correlation with pathology, MGC functional contributions to inflammation are relatively unknown. The objective of this work was to gain an understanding of MGC phenotype. First, techniques were developed to better enable the study of these cells in vitro. Second, inorganic particles known to cause inflammation were observed to cause MGC formation in the lungs. Finally, the particle that resulted in the highest macrophage fusion was used together with the in vitro system to compare MGC and macrophage phenotype in response to stimulation. The results contribute to fundamental …

Anty 418.01: Evolution And Genetic Variation In Human Populations, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Biob 171n.01: Principles Of Biological Diversity Lab, Kevin J. Murray

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hhp 529.01: Advanced Physiology Of Exercise I, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Anty 491.01: Special Topics - Advanced Human Variation, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Anty 310.01: Human Variation, Meradeth H. Snow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2011-2015

No abstract provided.

Umcur 2015 Program Pdf

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The original program includes the general schedule as well as individual poster and presentation schedules and abstracts.

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

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Causes Of Annual Reproductive Variation And Anthropogenic Disturbance In Harlequin Ducks Breeding In Glacier National Park, Montana, Warren Kevin Hansen

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Annual reproductive variation is the central focus of many ecological studies. Variation in reproductive success is an important vital rate to study because it can lead to inferences about population health, extinction risk, human disturbance and habitat quality. The identification of the causes of reproductive variability can help guide conservation and management efforts of a species. In Glacier National Park, Montana I studied causes of annual reproductive variation and behavioral responses to human disturbance in a breeding population of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Harlequins are rare sea ducks with a Holarctic distribution and winter along rocky coast lines of North …

Kin 320.00: Physiology Of Exercise, Charles L. Dumke

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Novel G-Quadruplex Binders With Potential For A Dual Dna Cross-Linking Mechanism Of Action, Nathan S. Duncan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Genomic DNA is organized around the double-stranded of B-form DNA, which is both durable and flexible enough to store and pass on genetic information. Once freed from the associations of an extended complimentary sequence, single stranded DNA and RNA can adopt a vast array of stable secondary structure motifs, such as stem-loop, pseudo-knots, and tetra-loops, ideal for its involvement in biological settings other than as a store of genetic information. Originally, alkylating agents were used as "mustard gas" and related chemical weapons in World War I. Alkylating agents, in general, can react with one or two different 7-N-guanine residues and …

2011 Friends Of The University Of Montana Herbarium Newsletter, Peter Lesica, David Dyer

Newsletters of the Friends of the University of Montana Herbarium

Consortium for Pacific Northwest Herbaria Online Portal / Matt Lavin -- Notes from the Board: Herbaria: Crypts for the Dead or Gardens of Eden? / Dean E. Pearson -- MONTU People: Wilfred W. White / Peter Lesica -- MONTU News Briefs -- Activities -- 2011 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Farewell to the Aceraceae: Changes in the Angiosperm Family Tree / Walter Fertig -- The Mission and Geographic Scope of the MONTU Herbarium / Scott Mincemoyer -- The Herbarium Staff From A to Z! / Dave Dyer

Separation And Characterization Of Respirable Amphibole Fibers From Libby, Montana, James S. Webber, David J. Blake, Tony Ward, Jean C. Pfau

Public and Community Health Sciences Faculty Publications

The vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana, was in operation for over 70 yr and was contaminated with asbestos-like amphibole fibers. The mining, processing, and shipping of this vermiculite led to significant fiber inhalation exposure throughout the community, and residents of Libby have developed numerous pulmonary diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. The present study describes the separation of Libby 6-mix into respirable and nonrespirable size fractions by means of aqueous elutriation. The elutriator, designed to separate fibers with aerodynamic diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (respirable) from larger fibers, used an upward flow rate of 3.4 × 10^{−4 …}

Agricultural Certifications And Beekeeping: Lessons From An Apicultural Cooperative In Northeastern El Salvador, Central America, Jason Andrew Seagle

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Beekeeping, and especially the production and sale of honey, is an on-farm diversification strategy that has significance to rural livelihoods in some of the most economically and environmentally marginalized regions of the world. Beekeeping also supports sustainable agriculture since it requires that vegetation and forest cover remain intact. However, the limited resources of beekeepers, including marketing constraints, make it difficult for them to realize the full value of their beekeeping enterprises. This professional paper focuses on the Eco-Morazán Cooperative in El Salvador as a case study to examine the costs, benefits and market potential of three types of certification schemes: …

Monitoring Programs To Assess Reintroduction Efforts: A Critical Component In Recovery, Erin Muths, Victoria J. Dreitz

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Reintroduction is a powerful tool in our conservation toolbox. However, the necessary follow–up, i.e. long–term monitoring, is not commonplace and if instituted may lack rigor. We contend that valid monitoring is possible, even with sparse data. We present a means to monitor based on demographic data and a projection model using the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri) as an example. Using an iterative process, existing data is built upon gradually such that demographic estimates and subsequent inferences increase in reliability. Reintroduction and defensible monitoring may become increasingly relevant as the outlook for amphibians, especially in tropical regions, continues to …

Nad(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase (Nqo1)-Directed Lavendamycin Antitumor Agents: Structure-Based Design, Molecular Modeling And Structure-Activity Studies, Mary Hassani

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a two-electron reductase that catalyzes an NAD(P)H-dependent activation of many quinone-based antitumor agents. NQO1, expressed at high levels in many human solid tumors, can be used as a target for enzyme-directed bioreductive antitumor drug development. We hypothesized that lavendamycins, quinolinedione antitumor antibiotics, can be activated by NQO1 in cancer cells that overexpress NQO1 to exhibit selective toxicity toward those cells. The effects of functional group changes on the metabolism of lavendamycins by recombinant human NQO1 were studied using a spectrophotometric assay. These structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies determined key structural features that were required for lavendamycin …

Analysis Of Hutterite Breastfeeding Patterns, Christine Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.