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Say Bananas: A Pilot Study On An App-Based Intervention As A Modality Of Home Practice, Kate Margaret Sjostedt Sep 2024

Say Bananas: A Pilot Study On An App-Based Intervention As A Modality Of Home Practice, Kate Margaret Sjostedt

Master's Theses and Capstones

This single subject design study provides an initial exploration of using Say Bananas toprovide motor learning-based intervention for children with childhood apraxia of speech. By implementing an app-based home practice intervention tool to support traditional speech sound disorder treatment, specifically the Treatment for Establishing Motor Program Organization (TEMPO), it was designed to treat speech sound disorders by implementing exercises using a more engaging platform. We tested the performance of three different children diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech. Each child used the app as a modality of home practice five days a week for four weeks in addition to their …


Understanding Ecological Baselines To Inform Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) Management Strategies In Southeast Alaska, Melanie Anabel Smith Sep 2024

Understanding Ecological Baselines To Inform Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) Management Strategies In Southeast Alaska, Melanie Anabel Smith

Master's Theses and Capstones

Vessel disturbance impedes the resilience and recovery of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) populations. Many management strategies in Southeast Alaska aim to protect whales and their habitat. However, it is difficult to measure the effectiveness of management strategies without understanding the state of an ecosystem with minimal vessel traffic. The thesis examines two situations with reduced vessel activity to understand humpback whale behavioral and acoustic ecology. We first use the Beardslee Island Complex and adjacent waters in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (Glacier Bay), an area with minimal vessel traffic, to understand habitat use by foraging and traveling whales. Using …


Bioimpedance Smart Needle System For Real-Time Tissue Detection During Intramuscular Injection, Marc Peter Tausanovitch Sep 2024

Bioimpedance Smart Needle System For Real-Time Tissue Detection During Intramuscular Injection, Marc Peter Tausanovitch

Master's Theses and Capstones

Injectable drug delivery is an extremely commonplace procedure in the world ofmedicine, with over 16 billion injections administered annually. Due to the high vascularity of muscle tissue, the intramuscular (IM) route is preferred for many antibiotic, biological, and hormonal drugs. Appropriate needle length plays a critical role in the success of IM injection, ensuring that the drug is deposited in the core muscle. Instances of over- or under-penetration are associated with reduced drug bioavailability and vaccine related injury. Unfortunately, guidelines for needle length selection do not always yield positive results due to practitioner error or adverse patient physiology. This thesis …


Mindfulness And Meditation: Activation Likelihood Estimates (Ale) And Meta-Analytic Connectivity Modelling (Macm), Ariana Christine White Sep 2024

Mindfulness And Meditation: Activation Likelihood Estimates (Ale) And Meta-Analytic Connectivity Modelling (Macm), Ariana Christine White

Master's Theses and Capstones

Introduction: Mindfulness, a popular practice that originated as a Buddhist custom, encompasses a myriad of techniques such as meditation, yoga, and journaling. Such practice is often suggested for individuals with mental health disorders (MHD). Recently, mindfulness-based interventions, including forms of psychotherapy like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, have gained prominence. Investigations into brain activity associated with mindfulness-based interventions have identified positive modulation of a Triple Network Model (TNM), a confluence of three brain networks that are commonly associated with MHD. Targeting these networks and understanding mindfulness-specific connectivity may provide evidence for regions to target during intervention in order to induce neural …


Mitigation Of Road Mortality Of Freshwater Turtles In New Hampshire With An Emphasis On Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Lauren White Sep 2024

Mitigation Of Road Mortality Of Freshwater Turtles In New Hampshire With An Emphasis On Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Lauren White

Master's Theses and Capstones

The Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a state-endangered species in New Hampshire that is particularly vulnerable to road mortality due to reproductive life history traits, habitat use, and migration patterns. Successful conservation techniques to mitigate wildlife road mortality include building fences and wildlife crossing structures (eco-passages) at roadkill hot spots. A collaborative research group designed a road mortality risk model to understand turtles' relative road mortality risk at existing wetland crossing sites in New Hampshire and to assess whether culverts at these sites may function as eco-passages. To ground-truth this model, roadkill surveys and wildlife camera monitoring techniques were used …


Automatic-Adjusting Drip Chlorination System Without Electricity, Brian Genet Sep 2024

Automatic-Adjusting Drip Chlorination System Without Electricity, Brian Genet

Master's Theses and Capstones

Developing countries often use open-source water including groundwater, snowmelt, and springsas the primary source of their drinking water. These water sources increase the risk of contamination from bacteria and pathogens from nearby humans and animals. Ingestion of contaminated water can cause illnesses, and in extreme cases, death. While the technology to decrease or even eliminate the risk of contamination in drinking water exists, most of these methods require electricity, which is not necessarily readily available or sustainable in developing countries. The objective of this study is disinfection without electricity as a means to provide disinfected drinking water to developing countries. …


Evaluating The Effects Of Wildfires On Microbial Communities And Gene Expression Involved In Nitrogen Cycling In Arctic Tundra Soils, Alma Idali Hernandez Sep 2024

Evaluating The Effects Of Wildfires On Microbial Communities And Gene Expression Involved In Nitrogen Cycling In Arctic Tundra Soils, Alma Idali Hernandez

Master's Theses and Capstones

Wildfires in the Arctic tundra are increasing in frequency in response to global warming.Under this changing fire regime, important components of permafrost ecosystems, such as soils and their microbial communities, are disturbed by the burning of vegetation, organic soils, and their nutrients. Previous studies of wildfires have documented significant changes in nutrient availability following wildfires, including an increase in inorganic nitrogen (N), which is a key nutrient component of soil organisms. Microbes are the main drivers of transformation of soil N, which is ultimately taken up by both microbes and plants as a nutrient source. However, due to the historical …


Mechanical Properties Of Composite Fiberglass Rods Used For Ocean Structure Tethers To Mitigate North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglement, Louis Gitelman Sep 2024

Mechanical Properties Of Composite Fiberglass Rods Used For Ocean Structure Tethers To Mitigate North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglement, Louis Gitelman

Master's Theses and Capstones

Entanglements in rope fishing gear significantly threaten the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale’s health and population (Knowlton, 2022; Brooker & Matthias, 2020). This thesis investigates the potential to mitigate the risk of whale entanglements in ocean structure tether components by using stiff fiberglass composite rods instead of rope. This potential was investigated through five main avenues:1. A survey was conducted of the availability, cost, and material properties of available composite rods and their operability in marine structures. 2. Four-point flexure testing was conducted to measure the degradation of the material properties of fiberglass composite rod samples as a function …


Assessing The Capacity Of Red Algae (Gracilaria Vermiculophylla) And American Oysters (Crassostrea Virginica) To Sequester Ammonia From Shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) In A Land-Based Imta System., Elizabeth Martin Sep 2024

Assessing The Capacity Of Red Algae (Gracilaria Vermiculophylla) And American Oysters (Crassostrea Virginica) To Sequester Ammonia From Shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) In A Land-Based Imta System., Elizabeth Martin

Master's Theses and Capstones

Growing shrimp with extractive species is gaining momentum to reduce effluent waste in aquaculture systems. Preliminary experiments were conducted at the University of New Hampshire’s Spaulding laboratory to calculate total ammonia nitrogen uptake rates by Gracilaria vermiculophylla and output rates by whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Based on these results, oysters and red algae were incorporated into a shrimp recirculating aquaculture system at University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Marine Laboratory to determine their effectiveness in reducing dissolved nitrogen. This is a critical step in mitigating negative impacts to ecosystems surrounding shrimp aquaculture operations, while producing valuable biproducts. An aquatic habitat (AHAB) …


From Seed To Sourdough And Barley To Beer: Values-Based Grain Supply Chain Models To Support Mid-Scale Farm Viability In The Upper Northeast, Elise Neidecker Sep 2024

From Seed To Sourdough And Barley To Beer: Values-Based Grain Supply Chain Models To Support Mid-Scale Farm Viability In The Upper Northeast, Elise Neidecker

Master's Theses and Capstones

The industrialization and commodification of grains has had major environmental, health, and economic implications. Pushing back against this commodity system, alternative grain networks are emerging in the form of collaborations between farmers, millers, bakers, maltsters, and brewers creating localized grain supply chains. These grain chains are part of a broader movement toward the development of values-based supply chains in the food system, in which business partners form long-term, strategic partnerships based on shared extra-economic values like sustainability and equity and deliver value-added and differentiated products that allow farmers to capture a price premium. Despite the presence of localized grain chains …


Just Maps? Exploring The Development And Use Of Environmental Justice Mapping Tools In The United States, Claire Emrick Sep 2024

Just Maps? Exploring The Development And Use Of Environmental Justice Mapping Tools In The United States, Claire Emrick

Master's Theses and Capstones

The disparate distribution of environmental risks and benefits is well documented in the United States. In response, interactive mapping tools that attempt to represent and address environmental justice (EJ) issues have proliferated in recent years. By synthesizing socioeconomic and environmental data into a user-friendly interface, EJ mapping tools can inform advocacy and policy decisions that benefit disadvantaged communities. Numerous studies have contributed to the development and assessment of the indices and datasets found in these mapping tools, while other articles have highlighted approaches to and lessons learned from single cases of EJ mapping tool development. However, only a few studies …


Soil Biogeochemical Properties Remain Altered Following Cessation Of Long-Term Simulated Nitrogen Deposition In A Temperate Forest, Jennie Ellen Wuest Sep 2024

Soil Biogeochemical Properties Remain Altered Following Cessation Of Long-Term Simulated Nitrogen Deposition In A Temperate Forest, Jennie Ellen Wuest

Master's Theses and Capstones

Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient in terrestrial ecosystems and the transformations it undergoes mediated by microbes in soil are central to N cycling. While rates of atmospheric N deposition due to anthropogenic activity increased dramatically with the industrial revolution, government regulations in the late 20th century resulted in a reversal. Rates of atmospheric N deposition remain well above pre-industrial levels, but the last two decades have seen a steady decrease in areas such as the Northeastern United States. To investigate the potential for soil recovery from long-term N addition, we measured a suite of soil biogeochemical properties in a …


University Of New Hampshire 2024-2025 Faculty Senate Xxix - August 26, 2024 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Aug 2024

University Of New Hampshire 2024-2025 Faculty Senate Xxix - August 26, 2024 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

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Unh Researchers Part Of First Scientific Expedition To Reach Remote Arctic In North Greenland, Robbin Ray Aug 2024

Unh Researchers Part Of First Scientific Expedition To Reach Remote Arctic In North Greenland, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Utilisation Of The Site Assessment Energy Indices For Aquaculture In Exposed Waters: Biology, Technology, Operations And Maintenance, Kevin G. Heasman, Tyler Sclodnick, Nils Goseberg, Nicholas Scott, Michael Chambers, Tobias Dewhurst, Samuel Rickerich, Heidi Moe Føre, Bela H. Buck Aug 2024

Utilisation Of The Site Assessment Energy Indices For Aquaculture In Exposed Waters: Biology, Technology, Operations And Maintenance, Kevin G. Heasman, Tyler Sclodnick, Nils Goseberg, Nicholas Scott, Michael Chambers, Tobias Dewhurst, Samuel Rickerich, Heidi Moe Føre, Bela H. Buck

Faculty Publications

When moving from a very sheltered aquaculture site to a very exposed oceanic aquaculture site, the energy increases proportionally in a continuum. Lojek et al. (in review) considered the primary influential parameters (water current, wave height, wave period, wavelength and water depth) which influence the species, structure, technology, methods, and operational aspects of any aquaculture endeavour and investigated six possible indices which cover these variables. Added to advanced computer modelling, assisted by detailed and constant environmental monitoring, it may be possible to refine site selection, structure selection and design, species selection, equipment and logistic requirements and health and safety requirements. …


Unh Alum Sets His Sights On Space As Pilot For Spacex Polaris Dawn Mission, Robbin Ray Aug 2024

Unh Alum Sets His Sights On Space As Pilot For Spacex Polaris Dawn Mission, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Poteet ’96 To Pilot Historic Spacex Polaris Dawn Mission Set To Launch Aug. 26, David Vogt Aug 2024

Poteet ’96 To Pilot Historic Spacex Polaris Dawn Mission Set To Launch Aug. 26, David Vogt

UNH Today Archive

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Innovations In Dairy: Unh Researchers Drive Advancements In Dairy Farming, Nicholas Gosling Aug 2024

Innovations In Dairy: Unh Researchers Drive Advancements In Dairy Farming, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

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The Stewardship Of Nursing, Gwendolyn Goguelet Aug 2024

The Stewardship Of Nursing, Gwendolyn Goguelet

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Unh Research Offers Better Measurement For Lethal Impact Of Marine Heatwaves, Robbin Ray Aug 2024

Unh Research Offers Better Measurement For Lethal Impact Of Marine Heatwaves, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Unh Research Finds Recent Urban Cities Are Expanding Up, Not Out, Robbin Ray Aug 2024

Unh Research Finds Recent Urban Cities Are Expanding Up, Not Out, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Poultry Exhibitor's Self Certification Of Animal Health, Christine Whiting Aug 2024

Poultry Exhibitor's Self Certification Of Animal Health, Christine Whiting

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Unh Selected For Inclusion In The Firstgen Forward Network, Tania Deluzuriaga Aug 2024

Unh Selected For Inclusion In The Firstgen Forward Network, Tania Deluzuriaga

Media Relations

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City Of Rochester, New Hampshire Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 Through June 30, 2024, Rochester Town Representatives Aug 2024

City Of Rochester, New Hampshire Annual Report Fiscal Year July 1, 2023 Through June 30, 2024, Rochester Town Representatives

Rochester, NH Annual Reports

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


Two Professors Receive $4 Million To Improve Wound Healing And Tissue Generation, Brooks Payette Aug 2024

Two Professors Receive $4 Million To Improve Wound Healing And Tissue Generation, Brooks Payette

UNH Today Archive

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Covering The Care: Most Prevalent Health Conditions And Their Associated Costs Among Nh’S Insured Population – Behavioral Health And Cardiovascular Disease Top The List, Bethany Swanson, Erica Plante, Deborah Fournier Aug 2024

Covering The Care: Most Prevalent Health Conditions And Their Associated Costs Among Nh’S Insured Population – Behavioral Health And Cardiovascular Disease Top The List, Bethany Swanson, Erica Plante, Deborah Fournier

Faculty Publications

This data brief presents an analysis of available claims data from New Hampshire’s commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare insured populations. Specifically, the study identifies the top ten most prevalent health conditions, the cost of treatment for those conditions, and the overall medical cost for those with one of the identified conditions. The analysis is based on the most recent calendar year of available claims data (January – December 2022).


University Of New Hampshire Launches Space Technology Hub, Tania Deluzuriaga Jul 2024

University Of New Hampshire Launches Space Technology Hub, Tania Deluzuriaga

Media Relations

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Epa Picks Unh To Lead New Stormwater Center Of Excellence, Robbin Ray Jul 2024

Epa Picks Unh To Lead New Stormwater Center Of Excellence, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Optimizing Lumpfish Rearing, Nicholas Gosling Jul 2024

Optimizing Lumpfish Rearing, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

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Expert Comment: Kamala Harris Could Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling, Robbin Ray Jul 2024

Expert Comment: Kamala Harris Could Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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