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Harris Seen As Debate Victor, Holds Comfortable Lead Over Trump In Rhode Island 9/18/2024, Unh Survey Center Sep 2024

Harris Seen As Debate Victor, Holds Comfortable Lead Over Trump In Rhode Island 9/18/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in Rhode Island by a comfortable margin and a majority expect Harris to win the election. Harris is seen by Rhode Island voters as performing better than Trump in the recent debate. Trump supporters are more likely than Harris supporters to say that they avoid expressing their support for Trump and are unlikely to display a bumper sticker or yard sign showing their support. Half of Rhode Islanders consider voter fraud to be a serious problem in the country at large and a majority of Republicans believe that many forms of …


Pair Of Alums Fighting To Keep Kids Safe Online, Keith Testa Sep 2024

Pair Of Alums Fighting To Keep Kids Safe Online, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, September 11, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Sep 2024

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, September 11, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.


A Recipe For Feeding Ourselves: New Hampshire’S First-Ever Food System Strategic Plan Is Underway, Robbin Ray Sep 2024

A Recipe For Feeding Ourselves: New Hampshire’S First-Ever Food System Strategic Plan Is Underway, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Going Pro, Keith Testa Sep 2024

Going Pro, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Symposium Transcript: Clarett V. Nfl: 20 Years Later And The Future Of Age Limits In Pro Sports, Michael Dube, Alan Milstein, Michelle Clarett, Maurice Clarett, Benjamin Block, Michael Mccann, The Honorable Schira Scheindlin Sep 2024

Symposium Transcript: Clarett V. Nfl: 20 Years Later And The Future Of Age Limits In Pro Sports, Michael Dube, Alan Milstein, Michelle Clarett, Maurice Clarett, Benjamin Block, Michael Mccann, The Honorable Schira Scheindlin

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sideline Interference: The Vulnerability Of College Athlete-Whistleblowers In The Impending "Student-Employment-Athlete" Era & Co-Worker Retaliation, Hunter Seidler Sep 2024

Sideline Interference: The Vulnerability Of College Athlete-Whistleblowers In The Impending "Student-Employment-Athlete" Era & Co-Worker Retaliation, Hunter Seidler

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.


Student Note: Hoops, Hurdles, And Legal Layups: How Public Universities Like Indiana May Be Able To Follow Dartmouth's Lead Towards Unionization, Riley Albert Sep 2024

Student Note: Hoops, Hurdles, And Legal Layups: How Public Universities Like Indiana May Be Able To Follow Dartmouth's Lead Towards Unionization, Riley Albert

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.


Michigan Football's Not-So-Secret Agent: How Agency Law Imposes The Ncaa's "Death Penalty" Following The Sign-Stealing Scandal, Ryan A. Buchanan Sep 2024

Michigan Football's Not-So-Secret Agent: How Agency Law Imposes The Ncaa's "Death Penalty" Following The Sign-Stealing Scandal, Ryan A. Buchanan

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revisiting Workers' Compensation Protection In The National Football League Collective Bargaining Agreement, Brooke Chronister, Joshua Winneker Sep 2024

Revisiting Workers' Compensation Protection In The National Football League Collective Bargaining Agreement, Brooke Chronister, Joshua Winneker

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.


Liquefaction Mitigation Of Sands With Plastic Fines Via Microbial Induced Partial Saturation, Maya Norris Sep 2024

Liquefaction Mitigation Of Sands With Plastic Fines Via Microbial Induced Partial Saturation, Maya Norris

Master's Theses and Capstones

Microbial Induced Partial Saturation (MIPS) is a sustainable and cost-effective approach to mitigate liquefaction; however, more research needs to be done to apply MIPS to a variety of different soil types and conditions. The investigation consisted of running a series of undrained strain-controlled cyclic Direct Simple Shear (DSS) tests on fully saturated samples with varying non-plastic fine and plastic fine content. Some tests have been conducted on MIPS-treated samples; however, more tests are needed to verify the results. Previous investigations have been conducted to evaluate the pore water pressure response of sands with added non-plastic fines with and without MIPS …


Flexibility And Accountability: Lessons On Accessibility From Pandemic Learning, Ashley Barry Sep 2024

Flexibility And Accountability: Lessons On Accessibility From Pandemic Learning, Ashley Barry

Doctoral Dissertations

While the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in 2020, disrupted the writing education of many students, students with disabilities were particularly impacted. During this same period, college writing instructors worked to adapt and make their pedagogies more accessible in new educational contexts. This IRB-approved qualitative study utilizes principles of Universal Design for Learning to cultivate a methodology that is flexible enough to meet a wide variety of participant needs. The datasets consist of a pilot survey and focus groups of college instructors along with classroom artifacts and a series of interviews with short journal entries from four undergraduate students with disabilities. In …


Innovative Approaches To Dna-Based Materials: Development Of Bottlebrush Polymers, Supramolecular Hydrogels, And Psoralen-Enhanced 3d Printing Of Dna Bioinks, Nicholas Pierini Sep 2024

Innovative Approaches To Dna-Based Materials: Development Of Bottlebrush Polymers, Supramolecular Hydrogels, And Psoralen-Enhanced 3d Printing Of Dna Bioinks, Nicholas Pierini

Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis explores innovative approaches to enhancing the functionality and applications of DNA-based materials through the development of DNA bottlebrush polymers (BBPs), DNA-intercalating supramolecular hydrogels (DISHs), and psoralen-based 3D printing techniques. The first chapter presents the synthesis and characterization of linear and cyclic DNA BBPs using a grafting-to approach. Plasmid DNA (pDNA) is used as the polymeric backbone, grafted with polyethylene glycol (PEG) side chains of varying molecular weights (750 Da, 2000 Da, and 5000 Da) to improve stability and functionality. Achieving high graft densities, up to 24% for mPEG750-CEA, and purifying the PEG-DNA conjugates were significant challenges addressed through …


The Effect Of Woodfiber Additives On Pythium Root Rot And Substrate Microbiome, Isabella Alexandra Borrero Sep 2024

The Effect Of Woodfiber Additives On Pythium Root Rot And Substrate Microbiome, Isabella Alexandra Borrero

Master's Theses and Capstones

The exponential growth of the greenhouse industry in recent years has led to an increasing demand for economic, “green”, soilless substrates and soilless substrate amendments. To meet this demand, many growers have begun incorporating wood fibers (WFs) into their production systems because they are both economic and renewable. WF’s rise in popularity has motivated an uptick in research focused on understanding how WF amendments affect substrate physical and chemical properties, and how these changes influence plant health, soil-borne disease trends, and microbiome dynamics. Wood fibers have been reported to suppress damping-off of radish caused by Rhizoctonia solani, however, the scope …


Judicial Integrity Under Scrutiny: Analyzing Misconduct Allegations During Times Of Turmoil, Nicholas Gigliotti Sep 2024

Judicial Integrity Under Scrutiny: Analyzing Misconduct Allegations During Times Of Turmoil, Nicholas Gigliotti

Master's Theses and Capstones

Judicial ethics, grounded in principles of impartiality and integrity, face threats when public perceptions are compromised by instances of misconduct and the actions of those who fail to adhere to these core standards. Since 1980, the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act has provided a mechanism for reporting and addressing allegations of misconduct that do not reach the level of impeachment. This process offers complainants a means to hold judges accountable for their actions and often serves as a forum for addressing grievances that might otherwise go unheard. While the federal judiciary is typically insulated from external pressures due to lifetime …


Diversification Of New England’S Macroalgae Industry: Introduction Of Nori, Riplee Mercer Sep 2024

Diversification Of New England’S Macroalgae Industry: Introduction Of Nori, Riplee Mercer

Master's Theses and Capstones

The aquaculture of macroalgae is multi-billion-dollar industry globally, but is primarily dominated by Asian production. The US macroalgae industry is relatively small but has grown over the last decade, heavily dominated by kelp aquaculture. The goal of this project is to facilitate the diversification of the US industry by developing nursery and grow-out techniques for the production of Wildemania amplissima, a native species of nori. Following the life history of Wildemania amplissima, a series of experiments were conducted to 1) compare culture initiation methods from wild-collected blades, 2) determine optimum culture conditions for vegetative growth of the conchocelis sporophyte stage, …


Dependance On The Atr-Chk1-Wee1 Axis Due To R-Loop Accumulation In Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Evelyn Victoria Proctor Sep 2024

Dependance On The Atr-Chk1-Wee1 Axis Due To R-Loop Accumulation In Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Evelyn Victoria Proctor

Master's Theses and Capstones

Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine skin cancer. In the United States about 80% of MCC cases are caused by MCPyV, which is the only human polyomavirus that has been directly correlated to human cancer. However, there is not a significant amount of information about pathways that are important in MCC. Here we show that MCC cells are reliant on the ATR-CHK1-WEE1 axis for proliferation and to maintain their oncogenic phenotype. We have found several inhibitors that work to reduce cell viability in MCC cells. Synergistic combinations of these inhibitors and chemotherapeutic agents have also been found. Additionally, …


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 …


Contribution Of Type Three Secretion To Competitive Survival Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus In The Great Bay Estuary, Anna Lin Early Sep 2024

Contribution Of Type Three Secretion To Competitive Survival Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus In The Great Bay Estuary, Anna Lin Early

Master's Theses and Capstones

Over the past 12 years, infections from the ubiquitous coastal bacterium and human pathogen V. parahaemolyticus have increased in the Northeast USA. The majority of the infections here are caused by the hypervirulent ST36 which originated in the Pacific Northwest USA where it caused only sporadic infections. This sequence type seems to have found its niche in the Northwest Atlantic where climate events likely created environmental conditions allowing ST36 strains or strains carrying one of the unique virulence factors on the VPaIγ, associated with this sequence type, to maintain and spread up the coast of New England. In the Great …


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. …


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 …


Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 30, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Aug 2024

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 30, 2024, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.


Conceptualizing Space Environmental Sustainability, Weiwei Mo, Brad L. Kinsey, John Vickers, Henry Helvajian, Ioana Cozmuta, Marissa Herron, Ajay Malshe Aug 2024

Conceptualizing Space Environmental Sustainability, Weiwei Mo, Brad L. Kinsey, John Vickers, Henry Helvajian, Ioana Cozmuta, Marissa Herron, Ajay Malshe

Faculty Publications

Recent advancements have significantly enhanced the capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM), to develop infrastructure in orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies. This progress is a departure from the traditional sustainability paradigm focused solely on Earth, highlighting the urgent need to define and operationalize the concept of “space sustainability” along with the development of an evaluation framework. The expansion of human activity into space, particularly in low-earth orbit, cis-lunar space, and beyond, underscores the critical importance of considering sustainability implications. Leveraging space resources offers economic growth and sustainable development opportunities, while reducing pressure on Earth’s ecosystems. …


Conceptualizing Space Environmental Sustainability, Weiwei Mo, Brad L. Kinsey, John Vickers, Henry Helvajian, Ioana Cozmuta, Marissa Herron, Ajay Malshe Aug 2024

Conceptualizing Space Environmental Sustainability, Weiwei Mo, Brad L. Kinsey, John Vickers, Henry Helvajian, Ioana Cozmuta, Marissa Herron, Ajay Malshe

Faculty Publications

Recent advancements have significantly enhanced the capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM), to develop infrastructure in orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies. This progress is a departure from the traditional sustainability paradigm focused solely on Earth, highlighting the urgent need to define and operationalize the concept of “space sustainability” along with the development of an evaluation framework. The expansion of human activity into space, particularly in low-earth orbit, cis-lunar space, and beyond, underscores the critical importance of considering sustainability implications. Leveraging space resources offers economic growth and sustainable development opportunities, while reducing pressure on Earth’s ecosystems. …


Vermonters Feeling Worse Off Economically With Large Partisan Divide 8/27/2024, Unh Survey Center Aug 2024

Vermonters Feeling Worse Off Economically With Large Partisan Divide 8/27/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Few Vermonters feel better off financially than one year ago and four in ten state residents report having had at least some difficulty affording basic necessities. However, Vermont residents have a more mixed response about future economic conditions in the state and nation. Democrats are considerably more likely than Republicans to report doing better financially and to expect good times for the economy, while Republicans are much more likely to report hardship buying necessities and to anticipate a recession in the near future.


Pessimism About Future Personal Finances Ebbing In Nh But Majority Expect A Recession Within A Year 8/27/2024, Unh Survey Center Aug 2024

Pessimism About Future Personal Finances Ebbing In Nh But Majority Expect A Recession Within A Year 8/27/2024, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

New Hampshire residents remain downbeat about their personal finances and nearly half of state residents report at least some difficulty affording basic necessities within the last year. However, Granite Staters are less pessimistic about their economic future. Compared to May, fewer people expect to be worse off financially next year or expect bad times for the state or national economies. Despite this, six in ten think the country is in a recession or is likely to enter one within the next year.


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

No abstract provided.


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

No abstract provided.


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. …