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Seasonal Feeding And Movement Responses Of Resident Sculpin In The Canadian Arctic, Nathan Thomas Hermann

Master's Theses and Capstones

Environments change across space and time, requiring organisms to adapt behaviorally and/or physiologically. In the Arctic, where productivity varies greatly among seasons, many marine species exploit a resource pulse associated with annual ice melt. Melting sea-ice releases zooplankton on and within the ice into open water causing many consumers to migrate with the receding ice; however, resident species may too rely on the ephemeral prey source. Fourhorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) and Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) are residents of Tremblay Sound, Nunavut Canada which is known as a seasonally productive system in the Arctic. I characterized the seasonal behavior of sculpin …

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 …

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 …

Self Defense And Sea Power: The Provincial Navies Of The British Atlantic World, 1689-1763, Benjamin Cameron Schaffer

Doctoral Dissertations

“Self Defense and Sea Power: The Provincial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1689-1763,” explores the ways in which Anglo-American colonial governments in North America and the West Indies managed naval defense during imperial and border conflicts between the late seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries. With limited military assistance from the imperial government in London, provincial leaders built their own semi-permanent and temporary navies to protect commerce from Franco-Spanish privateers, pirates, and Native American naval forces. Provincial governments also utilized these fleets to spearhead sieges of enemy ports, support infantry operations on land, and to transport troops and supplies to warzones. …

Study Of Primary Cilia In Early Development, Pharmacology, And Brainwave Activity., Matthew Roderick Strobel

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary cilium is a unique cellular organelle that emanates from the mother centriole and extends out of the plasma membrane of nearly every mammalian cell. While originally believed to be a vestigial appendage, the cilium is now known to be a signaling hub where various intercellular communication pathways intersect to regulate morphogenesis, proliferation, polarity, differentiation, and homeostasis. Due to their importance in regulating cellular functions the cilium has become a growing focus of biomedical research as it has been linked to at least 35 human developmental disorders which have been termed ciliopathies. In the nervous system, primary cilia regulate …

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 …

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 …

Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products In New Hampshire: Prevalence And The Influence Of Microbial Communities On Removal During Wastewater Treatment, Carmela Sarah Antonellis

Master's Theses and Capstones

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) represent a class of 10,000+ emerging contaminants that are widely used in communities for a variety of medical, health, and care applications. Many PPCPs are biologically active compounds, are typically unregulated in drinking water and surface waters, and may be incompletely removed in our municipal wastewater treatment systems. Understanding the sources and fate of PPCPs in the environment is important to protecting ecosystems because some compounds may pose toxicity or result in behavioral impacts to aquatic species. This thesis evaluated the presence and concentration of PPCPs in surface water sample locations in New Hampshire's …

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 …

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 …

"It's Not Just Sailors And Bikers Anymore": How Tattoo Artists' Experiences Of Stigma Vary By Gender, Morgan Stevens

Master's Theses and Capstones

Past literature has largely focused on the stigmatization of those with tattoos, but the experiences of tattoo artists themselves have largely been overlooked. It is important to focus on tattoo artists given their critical position as the subjects of stigma and their role in challenging it. Tattoo artists are privy to their own experiences with tattoo stigma, the stigma of working in a deviant occupation, and are frequent observers of the stigma others experience for similar reasons. To explore these topics and how the occupation itself is gendered, thirteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with tattoo artists in New Hampshire. From …

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

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Spatial Analysis Of Beaked Whale Foraging During Two 12 Khz Multibeam Echosounder Surveys, Hilary Kates Varghese, Kim Lowell, Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds, Nancy Dimarzio, Larry A. Mayer

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

To add to the growing information about the effect of multibeam echosounder (MBES) operation on marine mammals, a study was conducted to assess the spatial foraging effort of Cuvier’s beaked whales during two MBES surveys conducted in January of 2017 and 2019 off of San Clemente Island, California. The MBES surveys took place on the Southern California Antisubmarine Warfare Range (SOAR), which contains an array of 89 hydrophones covering an area of approximately 1800 km2 over which foraging beaked whales were detected. A spatial autocorrelation analysis of foraging effort was conducted using the Moran’s I (global) and the Getis-Ord Gi∗ …

'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."

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 11, 2021, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

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 …

Proceedings Of The Harmful Algal Bloom (Hab) Preparedness & Response Virtual Workshop And Tabletop Exercise, Coastal Response Research Center

Coastal Response Research Center

On April 27 - 28, 2021, CRRC and DPP co-sponsored a virtual workshop entitled “Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Preparedness & Response.” The workshop focused on HAB preparedness and response capabilities and responsibilities across the Federal Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (IWG – HABHRCA) members and select state agencies. Workshop participants represented academia, Federal, state, and local agencies. The two-day workshop included plenary presentations from Federal, state, and non-government agency representatives outlining: their roles and responsibilities; risk and crisis communication strategies; tools for early detection, measurement quantification, and mitigation; and public health and …

Great Bay Estuary Tier 2 Seagrass/Seaweed Monitoring Program 2021 Quality Assurance Project Plan, Kalle Matso, Trevor Mattera, David Burdick, Tom Gregory

PREP Reports & Publications

No abstract provided.

First In The Nation, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Ferpa/Hipaa/Part 2 Summaries And Application, Lucy C. Hodder

All Materials

No abstract provided.

Infant Mortality And Race In The United States, Katherine Legier

Perspectives

Infant mortality is globally recognized as an indicator for overall health in a population. The United States spends the most money per capita on health expenditures, a total of 17.1% of the budget in 2016 (cia.gov). Despite this, the United States’ ranking for infant mortality is 174th (cia.gov). Moreover, rates of infant mortality are not experienced equally across racial groups. The rate of infant mortality for African Americans in the United States is compounded. African American infants are more than 2 times as likely to die before their first birthday than non-Hispanic white infants (West and Bartkowski 2019:1). The purpose …

Final Design Report: Evaluating Stormwater Best Management Practices, Brandon Belmonte, Joe Degregorio, Jessica Nekowitsch, Andrew Godfrey, James J. Houle, Erin Bell

UNH Stormwater Center

No abstract provided.

Agenda For Faculty Senate Xxvi 2021-22 - May 10, 2021, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, May 10, 2021, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Unh Announces 2020 And 2021 Granite State Award And Honorary Degree Recipients, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, May 3, 2021, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Biotechnology Patent Law Top Ten Of 2019: Secret Sales, Denied Appeals, And The Promise Of Coronavirus Cures, Kevin E. Noonan, Andrew W. Torrance

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cosmic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background Measurement With The Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope (Ascot), Tejaswita Sharma

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary goal of my research was to measure the cosmic diffuse gamma-ray (CDG) background in the energy range of 0.4 - 2.5 MeV using the balloon flight data from the Advanced Scintillator Compton Telescope (ASCOT). ASCOT is a medium-energy gamma-ray Compton telescope that uses commercially available high performance scintillators—Cerium Bromide (CeBr3) and p-terphenyl—along with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for light readout. It was built to address the lack of data in the gamma-ray energy range of 0.4 - 20 MeV. ASCOT was successfully launched on 2018 July 5 from the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, TX. We performed …