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Coun 585.03: Counseling Methods - Mental Health, Addiction, And Group, Daniel J. Salois

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Ptrm 300.B01: Recreation Behavior, Elizabeth C. Metcalf

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

America At A Glance: 5310 & 5311 Transportation Funding In Rural Counties, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Independent Living and Community Participation

The United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) maintains two programs designed to support transportation for people with disabilities and rural communities. The FTA’s Elderly and Persons with Disabilities program (§5310) provides federal funding to states to assist in meeting the transportation needs of older adults (65+) and people with disabilities. The Formula Grants for Rural Areas program (§5311) provides funding for public transportation to rural areas with populations less than 50,000. Although 16% of Americans with disabilities and older adults live in rural counties, these counties only receive 5% of available funding for providing them with transportation (§5310), and 49% …

February 2021 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Coun 625.B01: Introduction To Mental Health Systems, Kimberly K. Parrow

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 331.R01: Literature And Literacy For Children, Erin A. O'Reilly

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 338.R01: Academic Interventions, Molly R. Blakely

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 360.51: Promoting Well-Being P-12 Classrooms, Bonnie Sue Spence

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 432.R01: Literature And Literacy For Young Adults, Stephanie F. Reid

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Edu 588.50: Action Research In The Classroom, Gregory R. Friedman

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Enst 472.R01: General Science - Conservation Education, Shauni M. Seccombe

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Kin 321.01: Physiology Of Exercise Laboratory, Shae C. Gurney

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, January 27, 2021, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Collaborative Language Planning Project: Report 04: Winter 2020, Mizuki Miyashita, Susan Penfield, Richard Littlebear

Collaborative Language Planning Project: Reports and Newsletters

Collaborative Language Planning Project report of activities, June 2019 - December 2020.

Montana Kaimin, January 20, 2021, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Montana Kaimin, January 13, 2021, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Energy Islands: Metaphors Of Power, Extractivism, And Justice In Puerto Rico, Catalina M. De Onís

University of Montana Staff Publications

Energy Islands provides an urgent and nuanced portrait of collective action that resists racial capitalism, colonialism, and climate disruption. Weaving together historical and ethnographic research, Catalina M. de Onís challenges the master narratives of Puerto Rico as a tourist destination and site of “natural” disasters. She demonstrates how fossil-fuel economies are inextricably entwined with colonial practices and policies and how local community groups in Puerto Rico have struggled against energy coloniality and energy privilege to mobilize and transform power from the ground up. This work decenters continental contexts and deconstructs damaging hierarchies that devalue and exploit disenfranchised rural, coastal communities. …

Indigenous Culture-Based School Mathematics In Action: Part I: Professional Development For Creating Teaching Materials, Sharon Meyer, Glen Aikenhead

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This first of a pair of articles describes a professional development project that prepared four non-Indigenous mathematics teachers (Grades 5-12) to implement Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC, 2016) notion of reconciliation: cross-cultural respect through mutual understanding. The researchers collaboratively mentored the teachers to enhance their mathematics teaching with Indigenous mathematizing3. The teachers’ focus was on developing and revising lesson plans for other teachers to teach. This process explicitly and implicitly revealed precise supports that need to be in place for a teacher to succeed at innovating with this Indigenous culture-based school mathematics (ICBSM). Part I is a template for …

The Structure Of The Cysteine-Rich Region From Human Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase Ehmt2 (G9a), Keshia M. Kerchner, Tung-Chung Mou, Yizhi Sun, Domniţa-Valeria Rusnac, Stephen R. Sprang, Klára Briknarová

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 1 (EHMT1; G9a-like protein; GLP) and euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (EHMT2; G9a) are protein lysine methyltransferases that regulate gene expression and are essential for development and the ability of organisms to change and adapt. In addition to ankyrin repeats and the catalytic SET domain, the EHMT proteins contain a unique cysteine-rich region (CRR) that mediates protein-protein interactions and recruitment of the methyltransferases to specific sites in chromatin. We have determined the structure of the CRR from human EHMT2 by X-ray crystallography and show that the CRR adopts an unusual compact fold with four bound zinc atoms. The …

Editorial: The Planet’S Pandemic Pandemonium, Bharath Sriraman

The Mathematics Enthusiast

No abstract provided.

Mansfield Library Annual Report, 2019-2020, University Of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library

Mansfield Library Annual Reports

The 2019-2020 (FY20) Annual Report highlights the services, instruction, collections, and programs library personnel developed and delivered during the year that align with the University of Montana’s Priorities for Action Action.

Flattening The Curve, Peter Zizler, Mandana Sobhanzadeh

The Mathematics Enthusiast

We quantify flattening the curve under the assumption of a soft quarantine in the spread of a contagious viral disease in a society. In particular, the maximum daily infection rate is expected to drop by twice the percentage drop in the virus reproduction number. The same percentage drop is expected for the maximum daily hospitalization or fatality rate. A formula for the expected maximum daily fatality rate is given.

Utilizing Suicide Death Certificates To Evaluate Suicide Prevention Programs: A Descriptive And Ecological Study, Nathan A. Munn

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Objective: Suicide rates continue to increase despite various suicide prevention efforts. This study’s objective is to examine suicides in the State of Montana to ascertain suicide decedents’ demographics and the effectiveness of interventions to guide future prevention programs.

Method: Data from 1,665 suicide decedents’ death certificates were analyzed for age, ethnicity, veteran status, gender, education level, and means of suicide. Four types of suicide prevention strategies were examined for association with regional suicide rates: psychotherapist concentration, gatekeeper training, presence of county public health suicide prevention programs, and pre- post-implementation of statewide public service announcements.

Results: Compared with the general Montana …

Communique, 2021, 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 65.

Protecting Life And Lung: Protected Areas Affect Fine Particulate Matter And Respiratory Hospitalizations In The Brazilian Amazon Biome., Derek Michael Sheehan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

I assessed the impacts of upwind protected area coverage on local respiratory health within the Brazilian Amazon. A hypothesized mechanism is the legal prohibition of human ignited fires within protected areas, reducing particulate matter pollution, impacting respiratory health downwind. The connection between fires and respiratory diseases in the Amazon is well established (Smith et al. 2014; Rangel and Vogl 2019; Rocha and Sant’anna 2020). What is not well understood is the potential that government policies aimed at preventing ecosystem loss may also promote health and wellbeing, combining the UN sustainable development goals 3 and 15. Protected areas currently dominate government …

Culture Connect: Diversity Resource Toolkit, Anna Potter, Abby Nurvic, Danika Bosch-Greer, Delaney Slade, Erin Landis, Mollie Lemm, Kelsey Noble

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Culture Connect: Diversity Resource Toolkit

Globally, refugees are displaced at high rates and must integrate into a society where they are an ethnic minority. Since 2016, the International Rescue Committee has resettled over 300 refugees in Missoula; about 20% of which are school-aged children. Therefore, it is important that schools facilitate refugee inclusivity and intercultural competence within student peer groups. To aid in solving this global problem, we developed a project using the three steps of Human-Centered Design that aimed to enhance teacher competence, knowledge and increase the access to resources needed to address this global problem in the classroom …

An Evaluation Of Sex Education In Missoula County Schools From Students Perspectives, Sara Lindsay Bigelow

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Objective: The study aims of this study is to gather information about sex education in Missoula County Schools for students graduating 2016-2019. The purpose of gathering this information is to evaluate what students recall from their sex education and gain insight into their perspectives of sex education. This is important for understanding what students perceive as their unmet needs in sex education within Missoula County schools so that the gap can be filled between what the current sex education is and what students need it to be. What students need sex education includes what they perceive as relevant in terms …

Introducing Human-Like Mutations In Yeast Iso-1-Cytochrome C To Decrease Peroxidase Activity In Apoptosis, Sidney L. Thompson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The mitochondria is an important organelle for a large assortment of metabolic processes. Cytochrome c (Cytc), a vital protein found in the mitochondria, is critical for life and death processes in eukaryotic cells. One of these functions includes shuttling electrons through the electron transport chain during cellular respiration. Cytc is also an essential signaling protein in the pathway of apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death. Yeast has similar components of this cell death pathway to higher eukaryotes such as humans, but does not contain all of the same optimized cascade processes. Additionally, the peroxidase activity, an early signal in …

Medication Assisted Treatment Programs To Reduce Recidivism In Montana, Asia Chhon, Taylor Hill, Mason Hutchinson, Kian Speck, Alex Whaples

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Despite spending more than any other county on incarceration and reentry programs, the United States continues to have some of the highest rates of reincarceration. Programs designed to teach inmates job skills, GED programs, and new Medicaid measures have proved moderately successful for reducing recidivism among certain offenders, but one class continues to suffer high recidivism rates. People imprisoned for opioid drug use are more likely to reoffend than any other group, but very few governments in different countries around the world have allotted the resources to establish effective treatment facilities, creating a cycle very few can escape. This project …

Decoupling Neoliberal Ideologies With American Governance And Civics, Henry J. Deluca

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Lasting neoliberal ideologies that emerged from the Reagan era have set a precedent for how American society is to understand itself in relation to American governance and economics. At its core, neoliberalism is rooted in the belief of free markets, laissez-faire economics, and federal deregulation. Using moral egoism as its grounding normative ethic and federal deregulation as its means of achieving its goal, this economic approach fails to account for our governments ability to protect the well being and needs of citizens. Furthermore, neoliberalism completely disregards the need for ecological health and stagnates our ability to mitigate the effects of …