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Unhsc Design Specifications For Bioretention Soil Mix (Bsm), University Of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (Unhsc)

UNH Stormwater Center

No abstract provided.

The Dissemination And Reproduction Of Dominant Ideologies On Social Media: Reddit Through The Lens Of Color-Blind Racism And Gender-Blind Sexism, Paul Anskat

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation explores the frameworks of color-blind racism and gender-blind sexism as they are disseminated through the social media site Reddit. I analyze data in the form of posts and comments submitted to the site. Qualitative discourse analysis reveals employment of the frames of color-blindness and gender-blindness as well as narratives which function to anchor the dominant ideologies to apparent lived experiences. This dissertation offers two major contributions to the scholarship of racism and sexism. First, the findings demonstrate that ideologies of race and gender are often articulated through common narratives and intertwined rhetoric, establishing a foundation for future research …

Seneca, The Humors, And Revenge Tragedy, Andrew Stesienko

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation argues that moral and religious authorities of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods adapted rules for emotional governance from Senecan philosophy. These Senecan rules helped institute a performance-based approach to managing emotion, which relied on programmatic meditation, rhetoric, and behavior to change one’s emotional state. This approach ostensibly offered more personal control over affective inclination, which according to the period’s Galenic paradigms, was heavily influenced by environmental and physiological factors. My project examines revenge tragedy to highlight Senecan-inspired affect management as practiced by aspiring avengers. Because revenging hopefuls must amplify and then mobilize their feelings in order to achieve …

Alkalinity And Buffering In Estuarine, Coastal And Shelf Waters, Christopher Hunt

Doctoral Dissertations

As anthropogenic climate change continues to elevate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere, the absorption of a large portion of this CO2 by Earth’s oceans has resulted in a steady decrease in pH. The consequent phenomenon of ocean acidification (OA) is a result of shifts in the carbonate chemistry system of the ocean- a system which can be analytically described by several factors, including total alkalinity (TA). TA in the oceans has been measured for over a century, but analytical and operational constraints have limited these measurements in time and space. Additionally, recent work has highlighted …

Balancing Fracture And Fatigue Performance In Asphalt Pavements: A Hybrid Mechanistic And Statistical Modelling Approach, Danial Mirzaiyanrajeh

Doctoral Dissertations

The asphalt mix design and evaluation approaches are divided into two main categories as empirical and mechanistic-empirical (M-E) methods. The empirical methods are based on empirical observations of in-service pavement performance, and they do not take into account engineering properties or failure criteria. The M-E methods were introduced as a new generation for design and evaluation approaches that consider fundamental mixture properties such as material stiffness to determine the pavement's structural response. However, the need for expensive and time-consuming performance-based laboratory tests and local calibration makes the M-E methods unsuitable for routing design. In addition, during the last few years, …

Laboratory And Computational Mechanics-Based Framework For The Analysis And Design Of Cold Recycled Pavement Layers, Francesco Preti

Doctoral Dissertations

Cold recycling technologies are becoming increasingly popular for rehabilitation of asphalt pavements. These technologies allow construction of new pavement layers with minimal addition of heat and minimal need for transporting the material. In fact, Cold Recycled Mixtures (CRM) can be prepared in mobile plants or directly in place while using up to 100% of the milled material from an existing asphalt pavement (Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement or RAP) and without the need of heating up the aggregates. The products obtained through the use of cold recycling technologies are also commonly called Bituminous Stabilized Materials (BSM). BSM are considered to be partially-bonded …

A Comprehensive Study Of The Hardware Trojan And Side-Channel Attacks In Three-Dimensional (3d) Integrated Circuits (Ics), Zhiming Zhang

Doctoral Dissertations

Three-dimensional (3D) integration is emerging as promising techniques for high-performance and low-power integrated circuit (IC, a.k.a. chip) design. As 3D chips require more manufacturing phases than conventional planar ICs, more fabrication foundries are involved in the supply chain of 3D ICs. Due to the globalized semiconductor business model, the extended IC supply chain could incur more security challenges on maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. In this work, we analyze the potential security threats induced by the integration techniques for 3D ICs and propose effective attack detection and mitigation methods. More specifically, we first propose …

Repeatfs: A File System Providing Reproducibility Through Provenance And Automation, Anthony Stephen Westbrook

Doctoral Dissertations

Reproducibility is of central importance to the scientific process. The difficulty of consistently replicating and verifying experimental results is magnified in the era of big data, in which computational analysis often involves complex multi-application pipelines operating on terabytes of data. These processes result in thousands of possible permutations of data preparation steps, software versions, and command-line arguments. Existing reproducibility frameworks are cumbersome and involve redesigning computational methods. To address these issues, we developed two conceptual models and implemented them through RepeatFS, a file system that records, replicates, and verifies computational workflows with no alteration to the original methods. RepeatFS also …

Condors And Capitalism: Changing Interactions Between Presidents And Indigenous Movements In The 21st Century In Ecuador, Bolivia And Peru., Heather E. Austin

Master's Theses and Capstones

Indigenous social movements began proliferating across Latin America in the late 20th century. Since then, scholars have focused analyses on the factors shaping indigenous movement-state dynamics, with little consideration for how these interactions impact the larger indigenous population. This work addresses the question of how changing indigenous movement-presidential relationships affect indigenous political attitudes and behavior in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, qualitatively using comparative historical analysis, and quantitatively using binomial logistical and ordinal logistical regressions. I conclude first that the inclusion of indigenous movements represents a democratic deepening, but has a destabilizing effect, as the system must expand and adapt to …

Microbiomes And Disease Suppressiveness Of Soils From Managed And Abandoned Orchards In New Hampshire, Madeleine Hassett

Master's Theses and Capstones

The soil microbiome is an essential component of ecosystem productivity. In agricultural systems, the soil microbiome significantly impacts plant health and the subsequent yield and productivity of those systems. Due to increasing demands on the food supply and the many challenges posed by climate change, soil fertility loss, and plant pathogens, modern agricultural systems often employ the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that can have detrimental effects on human health and the environment. These chemicals also significantly affect soil microbiomes, and although the extent of these effects are still unknown, changes in diversity or functionality of plant associated microbiomes …

Quantification Of Marine Acoustic Environments, Dylan Charles Wilford

Master's Theses and Capstones

The soundscape is an acoustic environment made up of all sounds arriving at a receiver. A methodology for the analysis of soundscapes was developed in an attempt to facilitate efficient and accurate soundscape comparisons across time and space. The methodology included generating and combining results from a collection of traditional soundscape metrics, statistical measures, and acoustic indices that were selected to quantify several salient properties of marine soundscapes: amplitude, impulsiveness, periodicity, and uniformity. The metrics were calculated using approximately 30 hours using semi-continuous passive acoustic data gathered in seven unique acoustic environments. The calculated values for each candidate metric were …

The Role Of Stat3 In Cisplatin Resistant Ovarian Cancer, Sarah Miseirvitch

Master's Theses and Capstones

According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 21,410 women will receive a diagnosis of ovarian cancer, and 13,770 women will die from ovarian cancer in 2021. Typically, ovarian cancer is not diagnosed until it has reached stage III/IV in its progression. By later stages of disease, an ovarian cancer tumor has migrated to the peritoneum, existing either in single cell or spheroid form, and resulting in inflammation and buildup of ascites fluid, and metastasis of secondary tumors. Ascites fluid is comprised of many different secreted extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules, proteases and cytokines. The cytokine IL-6 is abundant in ascites fluid …

Transformation Induced Plasticity In A High Entropy Alloy, Reusing Powder In Laser Powder Bed Fusion Of Inconel 718, And Geometric Factor In Fracture Toughness Of Nano-Layered Composites, Shubhrodev Bhowmik

Master's Theses and Capstones

This research explores the effects of processing history and compressive strain on a microstructurally flexible high entropy alloy (HEA), Fe42Mn28Co10Cr15Si5 (in at%) – named DP-5Si-HEA. The material was characterized by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and neutron diffraction. The as-rolled material had metastable gamma austenite (γ), stable sigma (σ), and stable epsilon martensite (ε) phases at room temperature. Friction stirrer processing (FSP) at different tool speeds changed the microstructure by decreasing the grain size and varying the phase fractions because of the low stacking fault energy of the chosen HEA. The HEA exhibited peak ultimate tensile strength …

Gas Phase Ion/Molecule Reactions Between Monocationic Metal-Bipyridyl (Metal = Cu, Ag, Au) Complexes And Small Gas Molecules Using Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer, Shan Chen

Master's Theses and Capstones

Ion/molecule reactions happens in the very diluted low-pressure environment provided by mass spectrometer. Studying ion/molecule reactions in gas phase may reveal novel chemistries of the pertinent reactants and products. The convenience of isolating target reactant ions with multistage MS in the gas phase eliminates the involvement of solvent or counterions which could add unnecessary complexity for interpreting novel chemistry. A lot of research has been applied to the metal-bipyridine system in the solution phase, but not too much research reported in the gas phase.In this work, the study of metal-bipyridine system has been extended to the gas phase with aid …

The Non-Conservative Behavior Of Organic Alkalinity In Simulated Gulf Of Maine Estuary Mixing, Jessica A. Hinckley

Master's Theses and Capstones

Estuaries are essential coastal ecosystems facing the threat of coastal acidification due tothe anthropogenic burning of fossil fuels and eutrophication. Total alkalinity is a measure of the buffering capacity in an ecosystem and is commonly comprised of both inorganic and organic species. While the contribution of inorganic species to the total alkalinity of an ecosystem is well understood, the contribution of organic alkalinity has been understudied. This investigation looked to outline the behavior of organic alkalinity during estuary mixing and identify organic pKas through Gran + Whole titrations. Freshwater endmember samples were collected from 8 estuaries of the Gulf of …

Biogeochemical Stressors And Ecological Response In Great Bay Estuary, Nh/Me, Anna Lowien

Master's Theses and Capstones

Estuaries are threatened by eutrophication due to increasing anthropogenic nutrient loading from surrounding coastal watersheds. The Great Bay Estuary, NH/ME, has been designated as nitrogen impaired primarily due to a 44% loss in eelgrass coverage since 1996. Since 2014, wastewater treatment plants in the watershed have begun upgrading to reduce nitrogen loads to Great Bay. This region has also experienced changes in climate, with multiple, consecutive years of low annual precipitation totals. The loss of eelgrass, increased variability in precipitation, and continued anthropogenic land-use influence on the region have biogeochemical consequences for Great Bay. Solute budgets for a portion of …

Striped Bass Population Genetic Structure And Bait Panel Development For Mixed Stock Analysis, Kristopher Wojtusik

Master's Theses and Capstones

The delineation of genetic stock structure and population connectivity are key components in the effective management of exploited fishes, and in preserving the biocomplexity of populations which is critical for maintaining a species resilience to environmental and anthropogenic pressures. The information gained from identifying the genetic structure among populations is important for ensuring that the spatial scale of management makes biological sense, for identifying genetically compatible individuals to be used in stocking and supplementation efforts, and for use in population assignment methods. This body of research focuses on delineating the genetic stock structure of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) and building …

Honoring The Mother Of All People; Contemporary Indigenous Leadership In Revitalizing Environmental And Cultural Sustainability, Katharine A. Duderstadt, Alexandra G. Martin, Svetlana Peshkova, Siobhan Senier, Jennifer F. Brewer, Daniel R. Howard

Faculty Publications

This series of events brings Indigenous perspectives from 22 Indigenous speakers across the U.S. and Arctic regions to discussions of sustainable futures within the New Hampshire community. There is growing movement in the academic community to understand how Indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage can deepen our thinking about sustainable futures. While most researchers recognize that anthropogenic climate change and other sustainability challenges require humanistic as well as scientific approaches, many have yet to thoroughly understand the colonial legacies that initiated many of these sustainability problems and continue to impede our study and solutions. The 2020-2021 Sidore Series was designed to …

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxvi - August 30, 2021 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Microbial Activity Responses To Water Stress In Agricultural Soils From Simple And Complex Crop Rotations, Jorg Schnecker, D. Boone Meeden, Francisco Calderon, Michel Cavigelli, R. Michael Lehman, Lisa K. Tiemann, A. Stuart Grandy

Faculty Publications

Increasing climatic pressures such as drought and flooding challenge agricultural systems and their management globally. How agricultural soils respond to soil water extremes will influence biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen in these systems. We investigated the response of soils from long-term agricultural field sites under varying crop rotational complexity to either drought or flooding stress. Focusing on these contrasting stressors separately, we investigated soil heterotrophic respiration during single and repeated stress cycles in soils from four different sites along a precipitation gradient (Colorado, MAP 421 mm; South Dakota, MAP 580 mm; Michigan, MAP 893 mm; Maryland, MAP 1192 mm); …

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 25, 2021, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

The Holocene Dynamics Of Ryder Glacier And Ice Tongue In North Greenland, Matt O'Regan, Thomas M. Cronin, Brendan Reilly, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Laura Gemery, Anna Golub, Larry A. Mayer, Mathieu Morlighem, Matthias Moros, Ole L. Munk, Johan Nilsson, Christof Pearce, Henrieka Detlef, Christian Stranne, Flor Vermassen, Gabriel West, Martin Jakobsson

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The northern sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet is considered to be particularly susceptible to ice mass loss arising from increased glacier discharge in the coming decades. However, the past extent and dynamics of outlet glaciers in this region, and hence their vulnerability to climate change, are poorly documented. In the summer of 2019, the Swedish icebreaker Oden entered the previously unchartered waters of Sherard Osborn Fjord, where Ryder Glacier drains approximately 2 % of Greenland's ice sheet into the Lincoln Sea. Here we reconstruct the Holocene dynamics of Ryder Glacier and its ice tongue by combining radiocarbon dating with …

Little Boar's Head District Annual Report August 20, 2021, Little Boar's Head Village District Representatives

Little Boar's Head Village District of North Hampton, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a district in the state of New Hampshire.

Ocean Sound Analysis Software For Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (Manta), Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds, Peter J. Dugan, S. Bruce Martin, Holger Klinck, David K. Mellinger, David A. Mann, Dimitri W. Ponirakis, Olaf Boebel

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Making Ambient Noise Trends Accessible (MANTA) software is a tool for the community to enable comparisons between soundscapes and identification of ambient ocean sound trends required by ocean stakeholders. MANTA enhances the value of individual datasets by assisting users in creating thorough calibration metadata and internationally recommended products comparable over time and space to ultimately assess ocean sound at any desired scale up to a global level. The software package combines of two applications: MANTA Metadata App, which allows users to specify information about their recordings, and MANTA Data Mining App, which applies that information to acoustic recordings to produce …

'Divisive Concepts' Law And The Big Chill, John M. Greabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "Much Critical commentary concerning the so-called "divisive concepts" provisions in this year's budget legislation has focused on their restrictions on speech. These restrictions, among other things, forbid public K-12 teachers from instructing that some persons are "inherently superior or inferior to [others]", "inherently racist or sexist," "should be discriminated against," or "should not attempt to treat others equally" because of their "age, sex gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin."

New Hampshire's 'Divisive Concepts' Law And The Big Chill, John M. Greabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "

Much critical commentary on the so-called “divisive concepts” provisions in this year’s budget legislation – the label comes from language in an earlier version of the bill – has focused on their content- and viewpoint-based restraints on speech. These speech restrictions prohibit state public employers, including public K-12 school teachers, from (among other things) instructing that persons are “inherently superior or inferior to [others]” “inherently racist or sexist,” “should be discriminated against,” or “should not attempt to treat others equally” because of their “age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or …

Quality Assurance Of Estuarine Water Quality Grab Sampling 2020, Lara Martin

PREP Reports & Publications

No abstract provided.

Automatic Identification Of Internal Wave Characteristics Affecting Bathymetric Measurement Based On Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Data Analysis, Karolina Zwolak, Łukasz Marchel, Aileen Bohan, Masanao Sumiyoshi, Jaya Roperez, Artur Grządziel, Rochelle Ann Wigley, Sattiabaruth Seeboruth

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The accuracy of multibeam echosounder bathymetric measurement depends on the accuracy of the data of the sound speed layers within the water column. This is necessary for the correct modeling of ray bending. It is assumed that the sound speed layers are horizontal and static, according to the sound speed profile traditionally used in the depth calculation. In fact, the boundaries between varying water masses can be curved and oscillate. It is difficult to assess the parameters of these movements based on the sparse sampling of sound velocity profiles (SVP) collected through a survey; thus, alternative or augmented methods are …

Quality Assurance Report For Year 2020 Estuarine Water Quality Datasonde Monitoring, Lara Martin

PREP Reports & Publications

No abstract provided.

Quality Assurance Of Estuarine Water Quality Grab Sampling 2019, Lara Martin

PREP Reports & Publications

No abstract provided.