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Social Media And Its Impact On Travelers To Montana, Carter Bermingham, Glenna Hartman, Jeremy L. Sage

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

News, real or not, travels faster than ever with the rise of social media platforms. Nearly everyone, everywhere, is capable of generating and disseminating information to large volumes of potential consumers. This information is often out of the direct control of the destination, business, or other entity for whom the news relates; it is unowned media. When a destination receives a flurry of attention from these various sources, either good or bad, several important questions arise in attempting to understand their impacts: (1) how long do these impressions last in potential visitor’s minds? And, (2) do these events/images influence travel …

University Of Montana Commencement Program, Spring 2021, 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 22, 2021, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Preview— Montana And Wyoming V. Washington: The Commerce Clause And The Clean Water Act Collide Over Coal Exports, Rachel L. Wagner

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has not scheduled oral arguments for this matter. In October 2020, the Court asked for the federal government’s views on the case but has not yet decided whether it will exercise its jurisdiction over the challenge.

Contributors' Notes, Back Cover

The Oval

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Spillway, Jeffrey Gustafson

The Oval

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The Oval, 2021 - Staff Issue

The Oval

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Inequality And The Dead: Historic Cemetery In Missoula And The Chinese People Left Behind, Emily Owens

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Missoula grew rapidly over the past century and a half, with urban expansion quickly infringing on past “edges” of the city where burial grounds were rapidly replaced by residential development. The Cherry Street Cemetery in the Lower Rattlesnake neighborhood is one such place. While some of the graves at the Cherry Street Cemetery were reinterred to another cemetery in Missoula in advance of 20^th-century urban growth, my research draws attention to the fact that not everyone was reinterred. As a result, burials left behind have been built over for over 100 years. As an Anthropology student focusing on …

Comparing Preliminary Telehealth Outcomes To In-Person Delivery Of A Rehabilitation Program For Stroke Survivors With Aphasia, Kortney M. Sims, Claire Buehler

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Background. Aphasia is a language impairment, typically resulting from left hemisphere strokes. Aphasia impairs the neural networks that allow individuals to read, write/type, speak, and understand spoken information, negatively impacting daily communication and quality of life. Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs) are stroke rehabilitation programs that help people living with aphasia improve their language function, communicative participation, and quality of life. In response to COVID-19, ICAPs could no longer take place in-person, necessitating a rapid move to telehealth models. No evidence has been provided in the literature to demonstrate the efficacy or effectiveness of telehealth ICAPs.

Purpose. The purpose of …

Internal And External Analysis Of Atlassian, Ryan T. Sandau

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Atlassian is an Australian software company that specializes in the production of team management and organizational software. The software industry is currently a rapidly growing sector where many people are looking to find work, making an in-depth analysis of the industry and of a specific company within the industry incredibly valuable. This analysis will focus on both an internal analysis of Atlassian and an external analysis of the software industry for the sake of context. Looking to financial records from both Atlassian and the wider industry, preexisting reports on industry performance and expert analysis of the industry this report seeks …

Assessing Shrimp Farm Activity In The Gulf Of California And Modeling Potential For Restoration, Miles Scheuering

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The estuaries of Sonora and Sinaloa on the Gulf of California in Mexico provide critical wintering and stopover sites for migratory waterbirds in the Pacific Flyway. Shrimp farms are the greatest threat to these areas and their full impact is not well understood. Once shrimp production has stopped, they are often abandoned. A significant portion of existing farms may be abandoned based on a disparity between active area reported by the Sonora and Sinaloa state commissions and observed area based on remote sensing. To quantify the area of shrimp farms I digitized and classified them by wetland characteristics using recent …

Covid-19 Team Based Learning In Cellular And Molecular Biology Enhances Student Engagement And Enthusiasm In Learning, Raegan B. Hauschildt

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

COVID-19 Team Based Learning In Cellular and Molecular Biology Enhances Student Engagement and Enthusiasm In Learning

Student perceptions of learning outcomes in team-based learning (TBL) situations were explored in the summer offering of BIOB 260: Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Montana. The TBL methods employed in this course were three active participation small group exercises with pre- and post-activity assignments and a final group project. This study looks to test how TBL is received by students and if these activities would lead to an increase in students’ perception of learning. To better understand team-based learning in Cell …

Assessing The Role Of Time And Beavers In Driving Recovery Following Restoration, Shawnalee M. Voyles, Daylen Egger, Kory Shoja-Chaghorvand

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Ninemile Creek in Western Montana has been highly degraded by placer mining that took place from the 1800s to 1960s, resulting in a straightened stream disconnected from its floodplain by 10 m tall gravel piles. This degradation decreases water storage and makes the habitat less suitable for aquatic organisms. To improve habitat quality, Trout Unlimited has reconfigured four reaches along the creek starting in 2014 to create a new river channel and connected floodplain with two years between each restoration project. Due to the physical disturbance of reconfiguring the stream channel and building the floodplain, plant communities were reset in …

Time For Radical Action: The Black Grassroots Freedom Struggle In America's Second City In The Mid-1960s, Stephen Vincent Hayes

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The traditional narrative of the civil rights movement focuses on the South, the influential rights organizations that drew national attention, and the men who led these organizations. It also presupposes nonviolence as the central organizing principle. Consequently, this narrative often ignores important actions and actors that fall outside this limited purview, and our understanding of the movement suffers as a result. My research adds nuance and granular detail to the broad Black freedom struggle. I embarked on a “local studies” examination of Chicago and have investigated two topics: school segregation and housing segregation.

I reached several interpretive conclusions about Chicago. …

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

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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CutBank

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The Man From Montana, Dana Liebelson

CutBank

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Department Of Mathematical Sciences Newsletter, Spring 2021, University Of Montana--Missoula. Department Of Mathematical Sciences

Newsletters from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at UM

Icosahedrons on the Oval?! / Matt Roscoe -- Professor William Derrick 1938 – 2020 / Leonid Kalachev -- Notes from the Chair / Emily Stone -- Introducing our Next Chair: Professor John Bardsley / Nikolaus Vonessen -- Rural Montana Sheds Light on Productive Problem Solving / Sara Killeen -- Greg St. George Retires / Seth Braver -- Fred Peck Wins Cox Award / Matt Roscoe -- UM Undergraduates Study the Geometry of Hyperbolic Knots and Links / Eric Chesebro -- Honor Roll of Donors -- Spring 2021 Scholarship & Award Winners -- Degree Recipients 2020-2021 -- Math Major is Top-Ranked …

Preview—United States V. Cooley: What Will Happen To The Thinnest Blue Line?, Jo J. Phippin

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States ("Supreme Court") will hear oral arguments in this matter on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. This case presents the narrow issue of whether a tribal police officer has the authority to investigate and detain a non-Indian on a public right-of-way within a reservation for a suspected violation of state or federal law. The lower courts, holding that tribes have no such authority, granted James Cooley’s motion to suppress evidence. The Supreme Court must decide whether the lower courts erred in so deciding. While the issue before the Supreme Court is itself narrow, it has …

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

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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1d Crustal Velocity Model For West-Central Montana, Courtenay Jo Duzet, Michael C. Stickney

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Western Montana is home to a significant amount of continuous, complex seismic activity due to the fact that the region lies within the Intermountain Seismic Belt (ISB). The ISB is a 100 km wide seismic belt that stretches along western Montana, reaching from Yellowstone National Park to northwest Montana, and is responsible for much of the state’s seismic activity. Like many seismically active areas, Western Montana’s earthquakes are best studied through the use of seismographs. Data from these instruments can be used to create crustal velocity models for an area within the seismic network.

Velocity models are powerful tools that …

Assessing Effectiveness Of Using A Moist Heat Pack Prior To Single Leg Vertical Jump Performance, Tedijo Todd, Sola Yeager, Katlyn Norton

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Context: Thermotherapy techniques, such as moist heat pack (MHP), produce increased circulation and metabolism, decreased pain, decreased muscle spasm, and decreased tissue stiffness. An increase in muscle elasticity causes an increase in flexibility, which can lead to an increase in range of motion. However, there is limited research directly related to the effect of MHP on functional performance since much of the research is indirectly associated with flexibility and range of motion. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore and assess the effectiveness of a moist heat pack on single leg vertical jump performance.

Methods: A convenience sample …

Increasing Range Of Motion Of The Elbow Considering Optimal Patient Positioning During Ultrasound Treatment, Alexis M. Mower, Karly Niemann

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Poster Presentation Abstract Submission

Increasing Range of Motion of the Elbow Considering Optimal Patient Positioning during Ultrasound Treatment

Mower, L, Niemann, K, Moody, V. University of Montana

Context: Ultrasound uses inaudible, high-frequency vibrations to promote blood flow to injured tissue and improve tissue extensibility. Previous studies suggest that a stretching window, albeit brief, follows an ultrasound treatment, maximizing improvement in tissue extensibility. There is currently minimal evidence supporting the idea that applying a stretch during an ultrasound treatment facilitates improvement in joint mobility. The purpose of this study was to compare positioning of the elbow in a stretched and a …

The Effectiveness Of Prescribed Physical Activity For The Treatment Of Post-Concussive Symptoms In An Athletic Population: A Systematic Review., Kayla B. Schmidt, Nicholas Costa

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Mild traumatic brain injuries, otherwise known as concussions, are a low level brain injury that results from blunt force trauma to the head and cause injury to neurons. There are an estimated 1.6-3.8 million sports-related concussions and traumatic brain injuries a year in the United States. Currently, there is a lack of gold standard in the management and treatment of concussion symptoms. Most practices call for rest until symptoms subside, followed by a return to play protocol. Physical activity has been linked to increased brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which can increase neuron repair. Along with this, other symptoms of …

Common Lower Extremity Injury Sites Among Service Members And Combat Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review, Luke Joseph Mccarthy, Tyler Hansen

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Title: Common Lower Extremity Injury Sites Among Service Members and Combat Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review

Luke McCarthy, Tyler Hansen, Shane Murphy

Purpose: Athletic training services continue to expand into nontraditional settings, with a substantial growth in treating military service members and combat sport athletes (e.g., tae kwon do, MMA, karate). Although more athletic trainers are asked to work with these populations, location and frequency of injuries within these populations is not widely disseminated in athletic training education curriculum. This systematic review was conducted to discover if common injury sites exist between service members and combat sport athletes. We hypothesized …

Using Multiple Environmental Tracers To Quantify Field-Scale Hydrodynamic Dispersion And Reduce Parameter Uncertainty In Reactive Transport Models., Casey L. Kleppel

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

In this study, we seek to reduce parameter uncertainty in groundwater modeling systems, particularly in reactive transport models, by developing a new technique to quantify field-scale hydrodynamic dispersion using anthropogenic environmental tracer concentrations and numerical groundwater modeling. We generate a series of synthetic aquifer fields using known heterogeneous aquifer parameters to model spatial variability using known atmospheric tracer datasets to determine if a single, unique value of dispersion can be applied field-wide. The atmospheric data is comprised of publicly available Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC11, CFC12, CFC113) and Sulfur-hexafluoride (SF₆) concentration atmospheric data. A 2D heterogeneous synthetic truth aquifer developed using …

Exploring The Influence Of Patient Position During Mechanical Traction On Lumbar Mobility, Isabela Ortman, Kevin Garifi, Valerie Moody

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Exploring the Influence of Patient Position During Mechanical Traction on Lumbar Mobility

Ortman, I, Garifi, K, Moody, V. University of Montana

Context: Mechanical traction uses a motorized device to apply a selected traction force to slowly elongate the spine. Research demonstrate the ability of sustained distraction forces to increase the length of spinal tissues by creep and hysteresis, with effects remaining longer in tissues of older individuals. There are three primary positions that a patient can be in for mechanical lumbar traction: supine, prone, and 90/90. The choice of position is driven by patient comfort, however, there might be differences …

Evaluating The Use Of Environmental Tracers To Reduce The Conceptual-Geologic Uncertainty Of Hydrogeologic Models, Andrew Nordberg

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

We investigate methods to reduce uncertainty in the conceptual-physical structure of groundwater flow and transport models using naturally occurring environmental tracers. We take a novel approach to assess this uncertainty by calibrating hydrogeologic models derived from alternate conceptualizations of subsurface structure using environmental tracer data and reactive transport code. From borehole data at a site near Riverton, Wyoming, two deterministic conceptual models based upon different hypotheses of the physical structure were created. In the first model, two permeable stratigraphic layers are separated by a continuous silty-clay confining unit. In the second model, the two permeable stratigraphic layers are separated by …

Reliability Of Urge-To-Cough (Utc) Testing, Jane Reynolds, Sarah Campbell

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Reliability of Urge-to-Cough (UTC) Testing

Abstract

Researchers who study chronic cough rely on multiple measures to gauge if an intervention is working to reduce coughing. An assessment called Urge-to-Cough (UTC) testing has been proposed to determine a patient’s sensitivity to stimuli that commonly trigger coughing in patients with cough hypersensitivity (e.g., strong scents, projecting the voice). If reliable, UTC testing can be used in clinical and research scenarios to determine if a patient’s cough sensitivity is changing in response to an intervention. In this study, up to 25 patients referred for a chronic cough evaluation with a speech-language pathologist will …

Investigating The Transferability Of Landslide Hazard Assessments, Gina Belair

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Landslides have the potential to cause substantial loss of life and damage to infrastructure. To minimize the damage incurred, landslide hazard assessments are conducted to determine areas of potential mass movements. The majority of advancements in landslide hazard assessment are implemented in a narrow set of circumstances, and their transferability to other regions is largely untested. This study follows the methodology of Kritikos et al. (2015) who investigated the transferability of co-seismic landslide relationships from well-studied regions to regions without accurate landslide locations. The results from Kritikos et al. (2015) provide evidence that statistical relationships formed from training data in …