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Comparison Of Power Output Between Rotor And Normal Cranks During A 16.1 Km Time Trial, Walter Hailes Jan 2006

Comparison Of Power Output Between Rotor And Normal Cranks During A 16.1 Km Time Trial, Walter Hailes

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Previous research has evaluated the Rotor crank system on indices of endurance performance (e.g. peak power output, VO2max, lactate threshold, onset of blood lactate accumulation, economy, delta, and gross efficiency) under laboratory conditions. However, previous research has not attempted to determine whether the use of the Rotor cranks can improve sustainable power output during a time trial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Rotor crank system on 16.1km time trial performance in the field. Eleven recreationally trained cyclists (7 male, 4 female; age 21±2 yrs) volunteered to participate in the study. On two separate …


Estimation Of Incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation From Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Data, Shunlin Liang, Tao Zheng, Ronggao Liu, Hongliang Fang, Si-Chee Tsay, Steven W. Running Jan 2006

Estimation Of Incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation From Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Data, Shunlin Liang, Tao Zheng, Ronggao Liu, Hongliang Fang, Si-Chee Tsay, Steven W. Running

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Incident photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is a key variable needed by almost all terrestrial ecosystem models. Unfortunately, the current incident PAR products estimated from remotely sensed data at spatial and temporal resolutions are not sufficient for carbon cycle modeling and various applications. In this study, the authors develop a new method based on the look-up table approach for estimating instantaneous incident PAR from the polar-orbiting Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) data. Since the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiance depends on both surface reflectance and atmospheric properties that largely determine the incident PAR, our first step is to estimate surface reflectance. The approach …


Sensitivity Of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) Terrestrial Primary Production To The Accuracy Of Meteorological Reanalyses, Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna R. Nemani Jan 2006

Sensitivity Of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) Terrestrial Primary Production To The Accuracy Of Meteorological Reanalyses, Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna R. Nemani

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA's satellites, Terra and Aqua, dramatically improves our ability to accurately and continuously monitor the terrestrial biosphere. MODIS information is used to estimate global terrestrial primary production weekly and annually in near-real time at a 1-km resolution. MODIS terrestrial primary production requires daily gridded assimilation meteorological data as inputs, and the accuracy of the existing meteorological reanalysis data sets show marked differences both spatially and temporally. This study compares surface meteorological data sets from three well-documented global reanalyses, NASA Data Assimilation Office (DAO), European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) (ERA-40) and …


Alaskan Eskimo And Polynesian Island Population Skeletal Anatomy: The "Pacific Paradox" Revisited Through Surface Area To Body Mass Comparisons, Wendy Nicole Leach Jan 2006

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 Modern Great Game In Central Asia, James Lawson Chapman Jan 2006

The Modern Great Game In Central Asia, James Lawson Chapman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

In the last fifty years global consumption of petroleum has increased by more than a factor of six, by the year 2000 daily consumption was at 76 million barrels/day. The United States is accountable for nearly one quarter of the daily oil total, which represents only 40 percent of our total energy consumption. In a given year the world uses enough oil to fill a lake ten miles long, nine miles wide and 60 feet deep, the United States consuming roughly one-quarter of that amount. While many of the environmental costs of this consumption are realized domestically, such as increased …


Nomad School, Laura Penelope Baquero Jan 2006

Nomad School, Laura Penelope Baquero

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Baquero, Laura, M.A., Autumn 2006 Fine Arts A Journey of Self Transformation Dr. James Kriley Dr. Randy Bolton As a result of social and family expectations I was pushed to pursue a lifestyle where my passion and talent for the Arts did not have a place. Nomad School is a personal and artistic research project in which I took a life changing experience of living in a nomad community, to develop a body of work that would tell the story of my personal transformation into the artist that I always wanted to be. I used journals and sketchbooks as my …


Addressing Contaminants In Traditional Foods In Alaska: Environmental Justice Framing And Policy Approaches, Mary Beth Mckinley Jan 2006

Addressing Contaminants In Traditional Foods In Alaska: Environmental Justice Framing And Policy Approaches, Mary Beth Mckinley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The transport of contaminants to the Arctic and their presence in traditional foods in the region is causing concern about potential adverse health impacts resulting from exposure to these globally-borne chemicals. In this study, ten stakeholders in the issue of contaminants in traditional foods in Alaska were interviewed to determine how they define the problem, and in doing so, to determine if they perceive that the situation constitutes an environmental injustice for Alaska Natives. The interview transcripts were analyzed using five sub-frames of the environmental justice framework: distributive justice, procedural justice, indigenous rights, corrective justice, and ecological sustainability. The interview …


Monitoring Survival Of Young In Ungulates: A Case Study With Rocky Mountain Elk, Nyeema Charmaine Harris Jan 2006

Monitoring Survival Of Young In Ungulates: A Case Study With Rocky Mountain Elk, Nyeema Charmaine Harris

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Harris, Nyeema C., M.S., Spring 2007 Wildlife Biology MONITORING SURVIVAL OF YOUNG IN UNGULATES: A CASE STUDY WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK Chairperson: Daniel H. Pletscher Survival of young is an important determinant of population growth and persistence in ungulate populations. Therefore, monitoring the survival of young is an essential component in many research and management programs. The primary techniques used to monitor survival of young in ungulate populations are age ratios, obtained from herd composition surveys, and telemetry studies of marked individuals. Concerns about survival of young and the impact of predators on recruitment have recently arisen because of reported …


Fates And Footprints| Yellowstone Grizzly Bears And The Endangered Species Act, Kelley Anne Mclandress Jan 2006

Fates And Footprints| Yellowstone Grizzly Bears And The Endangered Species Act, Kelley Anne Mclandress

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Montana's Hiv Prevention Social Marketing Campaign: A Descriptive Study, Helen Catherine Burnside Jan 2006

Evaluation Of Montana's Hiv Prevention Social Marketing Campaign: A Descriptive Study, Helen Catherine Burnside

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate Montana’s 2006 HIV Prevention Social Marketing Campaign in two intervention communities: Flathead and Silver-Bow Counties and one comparison community: Lewis and Clark County. The intervention began in March 2006, and data was collected in the intervention communities for the first four months of the campaign and included four areas. First, HIV testing data was evaluated throughout the campaign to assess the number of individual’s receiving HIV counseling and testing in the intervention communities. Second, a survey quantitatively evaluated the campaign among individuals receiving an HIV test at the Flathead and Silver …


Community Dynamics And Social Status At The Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, St. Kitts, West Indies, Jennifer B. Camp Jan 2006

Community Dynamics And Social Status At The Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, St. Kitts, West Indies, Jennifer B. Camp

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Carbohydrate Supplementation On Whole Body And Muscle Substrate Utilization During Long Duration Low Intensity Exercise, Stephanie G. Harger Jan 2006

Effects Of Carbohydrate Supplementation On Whole Body And Muscle Substrate Utilization During Long Duration Low Intensity Exercise, Stephanie G. Harger

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Effects Of A Recovery Beverage On Muscle Glycogen Resynthesis In Response To Road Cycling, Andrew R. Reinert Jan 2006

Effects Of A Recovery Beverage On Muscle Glycogen Resynthesis In Response To Road Cycling, Andrew R. Reinert

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Charcoal Quantity And Adsorptive Activity In Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Of Western Montana, Rachel J. Brimmer Jan 2006

Charcoal Quantity And Adsorptive Activity In Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Of Western Montana, Rachel J. Brimmer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Demographic And Behavioral Responses Of Breeding Birds To Variation In Food Nest Predation And Habitat Structure Across Multiple Spatial Scales, Anna D. Chalfoun Jan 2006

Demographic And Behavioral Responses Of Breeding Birds To Variation In Food Nest Predation And Habitat Structure Across Multiple Spatial Scales, Anna D. Chalfoun

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Microbial Communities Processes And Mine Waste Contamination In Upper Clark Fork River Alluvial Soils, Philip Wharton Ramsey Jan 2006

The Relationship Between Microbial Communities Processes And Mine Waste Contamination In Upper Clark Fork River Alluvial Soils, Philip Wharton Ramsey

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


An Assessment Of Female Freshman Students' Nutrition Education Needs At The University Of Montana, Kristin Sara Rohfleisch Jan 2006

An Assessment Of Female Freshman Students' Nutrition Education Needs At The University Of Montana, Kristin Sara Rohfleisch

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Effects Of The Avacore Cooling Device On Measures Of Core Temperature During 60 Minutes Of Exercise In The Heat, Jonathan Edmonds Jan 2006

Effects Of The Avacore Cooling Device On Measures Of Core Temperature During 60 Minutes Of Exercise In The Heat, Jonathan Edmonds

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


From Turmoil To Discourse | The Function Of Rape And Incest In Fourteenth-Century "Popular" Middle English Romance, Desiree Cromwell Jan 2006

From Turmoil To Discourse | The Function Of Rape And Incest In Fourteenth-Century "Popular" Middle English Romance, Desiree Cromwell

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Exploring Native American Folklore : Little People And Giants, Frederick E. Harris Jan 2006

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

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Microbes Stoneflies And Fish: Tophic Interactions In Aquati Ecosystems, Sandra Adams Jan 2006

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

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Biochemical Effects Of Centaurea Maculosa On Soil Nutrient Cycles And Plant Communities, Andrea S. Thorpe Jan 2006

Biochemical Effects Of Centaurea Maculosa On Soil Nutrient Cycles And Plant Communities, Andrea S. Thorpe

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Extended Exercise And Carbohydrate Feedings On Substrate Oxidation And Muscle Glycogenolysis, Jamie D. Wagner Jan 2006

Effects Of Extended Exercise And Carbohydrate Feedings On Substrate Oxidation And Muscle Glycogenolysis, Jamie D. Wagner

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Muscle Glycogenolysis And Resynthesis In Response To A Half Ironman Triathlon: A Case Study, Trevor L. Gillum Jan 2006

Muscle Glycogenolysis And Resynthesis In Response To A Half Ironman Triathlon: A Case Study, Trevor L. Gillum

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Historical Demography Of The Coeur D' Alene 1900-1930, Christina Joy. Heiner Jan 2006

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

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Symbiotic Fungi And The Mountain Pine Beetle: Beetle Mycophagy And Fungal Interactions With Parasitoids And Microorganisms, Aaron S. Adams Jan 2006

Symbiotic Fungi And The Mountain Pine Beetle: Beetle Mycophagy And Fungal Interactions With Parasitoids And Microorganisms, Aaron S. Adams

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Hutterite Breastfeeding Patterns, Christine Smith Jan 2006

Analysis Of Hutterite Breastfeeding Patterns, Christine Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Montana Kaimin, October 13, 2005, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula Oct 2005

Montana Kaimin, October 13, 2005, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.


"Women In Agriculture", Max S. Baucus Oct 2005

"Women In Agriculture", Max S. Baucus

Max S. Baucus Speeches and Remarks

"Women in Agriculture"


Montana Kaimin, October 7, 2005, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula Oct 2005

Montana Kaimin, October 7, 2005, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.