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Fungal Fruiting And Dispersal Following Timber Harvest, Benjamin William Borgmann-Winter May 2022

Fungal Fruiting And Dispersal Following Timber Harvest, Benjamin William Borgmann-Winter

Master's Theses and Capstones

Forest-dwelling fungi are critical to ecosystem function in their roles as decomposers and nutrient cyclers, food sources, pathogens, and mycorrhizal symbionts. In northern New England, a region with a substantial timber industry, the degree to which fungal communities are resilient to timber harvest, as well as their ability to recolonize post-disturbance, may impact ecosystem function and forest regeneration. In this thesis, we investigate the impacts of (1) timber harvest on fungal fruiting, an important element of fungal reproduction, and (2) the dispersal mechanisms by which fungi may re-colonize harvested areas. In Chapter 1, we investigate the impact of timber harvest …

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Gli3 And P300: Modulating Inflammatory Cytokine Production In Monocytes, Storm Devin Gardner May 2022

Gli3 And P300: Modulating Inflammatory Cytokine Production In Monocytes, Storm Devin Gardner

Master's Theses and Capstones

GLI3 is an important protein traditionally found in the Sonic Hedgehog pathway. It is involved in numerous events that take place during embryogenesis such as the differentiation and patterning of cells in the body. Monocytes are important innate immune cells which infiltrate the site of inflammation when a pathogen invades our body. Gli3 has also been shown to be upregulated in monocytes following pathogen stimulation, suggesting Gli3 could have an important role in mediating the release of inflammatory signals known as cytokines. The histone acetylase protein p300 traditionally acetylates histones to epigenetically modify them to allow DNA unwinding and subsequently …

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Improving Larval And Juvenile Lumpfish, Cyclopterus Lumpus, Aquaculture: Nutrition And Growing Conditions, Nathaniel Spada May 2022

Improving Larval And Juvenile Lumpfish, Cyclopterus Lumpus, Aquaculture: Nutrition And Growing Conditions, Nathaniel Spada

Master's Theses and Capstones

Salmonids play a major role in aquaculture globally and their production is expected to increase as the human population rises and wild fish stocks decline. Sea lice infestation is the largest economic burdens to salmonid net pen aquaculture with hundreds-of-millions of dollars lost due to the treatment, labor, and loss of biomass associated with these parasitic copepods. Chemotherapeutics were originally used to treat these infestations, but their effects on nontarget species resulted in them being banned in many countries. Many salmonid farmers now utilize cleanerfish technology to resolve this financial stressor. Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are efficient delousers in salmonid aquaculture …

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Uv Sulfite Advanced Reduction Process For Pfos Transformation In Wastewater Treatment, Cassidy Rae Yates May 2022

Uv Sulfite Advanced Reduction Process For Pfos Transformation In Wastewater Treatment, Cassidy Rae Yates

Master's Theses and Capstones

Most nutrients and contaminants within municipal wastewaters are removed through physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) that are concentrated in wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) from municipal, industrial, and commercial sources in communities. PFAS are poorly removed in conventional municipal wastewater treatment because these facilities are generally not designed for treatment of low-level CECs. Some PFAS leave WWTFs through aqueous effluent, while others partition to solids and are handled in sludges due to properties based on the degree of fluorination, chain length, and headgroup. As the last …

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Cognitive Correlates Of Storytelling In Severe Tbi, Serena Mae Jaskolka May 2022

Cognitive Correlates Of Storytelling In Severe Tbi, Serena Mae Jaskolka

Master's Theses and Capstones

Introduction: Difficulties with narrative discourse, executive functions, declarative memory, and pragmatic function are pervasive in adults with TBI. As narrative discourse (e.g., storytelling) plays a significant role in social contexts, these difficulties have broad reaching impacts on everyday interactions. Existing research in adults with TBI does not address cognitive correlates of story length, completeness, or elaboration within a story grammar framework, which is a structure for organizing the content of stories. A better understanding of these relationships will allow for more effective evaluation and treatment for this population. Methods: Transcripts from Cinderella stories of 48 participants with severe TBI were …

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Larval Assessment And Infection Etiology Of Cultivated And Wild Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Of Great Bay Estuary, Nh, Alyssa Stasse May 2022

Larval Assessment And Infection Etiology Of Cultivated And Wild Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Of Great Bay Estuary, Nh, Alyssa Stasse

Master's Theses and Capstones

Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, populations have been declining steadily over the past several decades across the North American east coast. Great Bay Estuary (GBE), located in New Hampshire, is experiencing this loss and restoration efforts have been put into effect. This work addresses restoration needs by characterizing abundances of settled spat and two early stages of C. virginica, D-hinge and veliger, in GBE from June 2020 through November 2020. Abundances are compared based on the collection site and the physicochemical data recorded on each sampling date. It was found that there were no differences in larval abundance at different sites …

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Tiktok: A New Source Of Labor, Max Oxendine May 2022

Tiktok: A New Source Of Labor, Max Oxendine

Comm-entary

In my research paper TikTok as a new source of labor is elaborated upon. The social media platform that originated in 2016 allows you to watch or create videos anywhere from 15 seconds to 3 minutes long. Some content that can be seen or made on TikTok tends to be videos that are entertaining, informative, or in most cases the newest dance trend. In my research paper I wanted to dive deeper into if this new popular app could be a reliable source of labor? Becoming a paid social media influencer does not occur overnight and success is not just …

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Public Monuments In Changing Societies And Political Orders, Jake Connolly May 2022

Public Monuments In Changing Societies And Political Orders, Jake Connolly

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2022 Staff Bios, Author Bios, And Abstracts Brochure May 2022

2022 Staff Bios, Author Bios, And Abstracts Brochure

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Is Being A Social Media Influencer A Sustainable Career?, Mya Sanders May 2022

Is Being A Social Media Influencer A Sustainable Career?, Mya Sanders

Comm-entary

Being a social media influencer in today’s world has its stereotypes: that it is not a real job which one can have for their whole lives, that it does nothing useful for society, or that people get paid to take videos of themselves and nothing more. While that argument has valid points for individual people, I discuss in this paper the idea that being a social media influencer can be a sustainable career path. I mention the positives of the career path: how influencers have the power to change their followers’ minds on a topic, how they can be a …

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Pragmatics Paper: The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, Madeline Graf May 2022

Pragmatics Paper: The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, Madeline Graf

Comm-entary

Reality television has brought viewers into the lives and homes of many different families across the country. While people question the ‘reality’ aspect of reality TV, the interpersonal conflict amongst families, friends, and loved ones is definitely far from scripted. Shows such as The Real Housewives franchise allow viewers to see many patterns of human communication on their screen, even if they are unaware of it. Using the theories discussed in the Pragmatics of Human Communication by Watzlawick, Beavin and Jackson, this paper analyzes the family systems and interpersonal relationships within The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Applying the concepts …

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“Um Mundo Novo2” Or Just More Of The Same For Brazil Post-Olympics?, Emily Desormier May 2022

“Um Mundo Novo2” Or Just More Of The Same For Brazil Post-Olympics?, Emily Desormier

Comm-entary

This paper uses the photographic record to examine how well Brazil fulfilled its promises to improve the lives of its citizens via its preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Shein: How Immaterial Labor Fuels The Capitalist Fast Fashion Industry, Sara Donatello May 2022

Shein: How Immaterial Labor Fuels The Capitalist Fast Fashion Industry, Sara Donatello

Comm-entary

This paper highlights the consumption of fast fashion products by consumers as immaterial labor. The industry runs not only on the production of goods, but the consumption and advertising done by influencers and everyday consumers alike. The research explores romantic individualism as a way to advertise products to followers and how the global apparel industry works. Research is supported by surveys completed by SHEIN consumers ages 18-25. The sustainability of the fast fashion industry is also a factor explored in this paper.

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Grace Helbig Will Never Be A Hollywood Star, But David Dobrik Will Be, Julia Gomes May 2022

Grace Helbig Will Never Be A Hollywood Star, But David Dobrik Will Be, Julia Gomes

Comm-entary

The balance of internet celebrities' careers and the limitations that they are put on due to the pressure of parasocial relationships has changed over time within the world of mainstream media and the internet. In this paper, I explore parasocial relationships and their effects on internet professions. I start by focusing on an early Internet/YouTube star Grace Helbig and discuss how the internet and parasocial relationships affected her career and changed the shape of the internet. I then transition into talking about a newly successful Internet/Youtube star, David Dobrik, and discuss how he faced an opposite journey to Helbig to …

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The Bipartisan Media Strategy: How Three Ideologically Different Candidates Found Success, Madeline Graf May 2022

The Bipartisan Media Strategy: How Three Ideologically Different Candidates Found Success, Madeline Graf

Comm-entary

This essay analyzes the social media strategies used by three very different candidates who have all run for presidential office. Using Joshua Meyrowitz’s application of Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, we can see the ‘middle region’ performances politicians use to seem approachable and relatable to their target audience. With the transition from print media, to the early stages of electronic media, to social media, the barrier between a politician and the public has broken down to the point where the American public has the illusion of a personal connection with these political figures. It is hard …

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A Response To Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage; Recontextualizing Editorial Biases In Nu Metal, Samuel Graff May 2022

A Response To Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage; Recontextualizing Editorial Biases In Nu Metal, Samuel Graff

Comm-entary

Nu metal, the oft-maligned subgenre of heavy music which reached massive commercial heights around the turn of the millennium, has long been a pop cultural punching bag. With recent media trends retrospectively framing past movements along ill-defined identity lines, the 2021 HBO documentary “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage” takes a close look at the ill-advised late-90s festival and does so by condemning Nu metal as staunchly consumerist, misogynist, and racist. These characteristics are generally held across the few pieces of media scholarship on the genre. In this paper, I analyze and rebuke the documentary and in doing so, provide …

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Are Humans An Invasive Species? How The Development Of Our World Has Continuously Encroached On Wildlife, Madeline Graf May 2022

Are Humans An Invasive Species? How The Development Of Our World Has Continuously Encroached On Wildlife, Madeline Graf

Comm-entary

Through the development of our society mankind has adversely impacted the species that existed long before humans did. Humans have effectively become an invasive species, taking over the homes and resources of animals across the globe. People continue to expand into new lands and territories to compensate for an ever-growing population, converting natural land into cities with homes, offices, shopping centers, and more. Through urbanization we are displacing countless species from their natural habitats or forcing them to adapt to a new environment. As our world grew, so did our economies and trade market, creating the issue of global shipping …

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A Manufactured Culture: A Look Into How U.S. Imperialism Coerced The Philippine Economy Into A Culture Of Migration, Gio Ramos May 2022

A Manufactured Culture: A Look Into How U.S. Imperialism Coerced The Philippine Economy Into A Culture Of Migration, Gio Ramos

Comm-entary

In this research paper, I investigate the origins of labor brokerages in the Philippines. The Philippine economy heavily relies on remittance which is when temporary overseas Filipino workers and emigrants send money back to their families in Philippines. This money is then flushed back into the local economy and keeps it running. Throughout this essay, I find that United States imperialism is a root cause for early labor systems in the archipelago. I analyze historic books and other expert studies on this topic to come to a final conclusion that illuminates my primary research question. How has US imperialism coerced …

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How The Media Frames Mental Health And Social Media: A Case Study Of The Facebook Whistleblower, Meghan Switzgable May 2022

How The Media Frames Mental Health And Social Media: A Case Study Of The Facebook Whistleblower, Meghan Switzgable

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The Orgasm Gap: What Role Does The Patriarchy Play In The Bedroom?, Merrimac Moran May 2022

The Orgasm Gap: What Role Does The Patriarchy Play In The Bedroom?, Merrimac Moran

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Comm-Entary, Spring 2021 - Full Issue May 2022

Comm-Entary, Spring 2021 - Full Issue

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Doing Gender With Ink: The Social Construction And Performance Of Gender As A Tattooed Person, Meghan Rose Lewis May 2022

Doing Gender With Ink: The Social Construction And Performance Of Gender As A Tattooed Person, Meghan Rose Lewis

Master's Theses and Capstones

Previous research surrounding tattoos and gender has shown that cismen and ciswomen’s tattoos often differ in size, placement, and design, but little research has investigated why these differences persist. Furthermore, studies on tattoos and gender remain limited in scope as they mainly focus on the lived experiences of cisgender men and women. The current study seeks to expand previous research by including a more gender-diverse sample to investigate how the social construction of masculine and feminine tattoos occur, and how participants across the gender spectrum perform gender through tattoos. For this study, I conducted 20 semi-structured in-depth qualitative interviews with …

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Studies Toward Synthesis Of A Protected Derivative Of L-Enduracididine Via C-H Activation, Iram Muzaffar May 2022

Studies Toward Synthesis Of A Protected Derivative Of L-Enduracididine Via C-H Activation, Iram Muzaffar

Master's Theses and Capstones

Over the years bacteria have developed resistance against antibiotics. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics is one of the main reasons of this increased bacterial resistance. A recently discovered peptide antibiotic known as teixobactin has shown potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus. aureus (MRSA), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, (VRE). The structure of teixobactin consists of several uncommon amino acids including D-amino-acids and L-allo-enduracididine. L-allo-Enduracididine is a unique amino acid residue consisting of a 5-membered guanidine ring, which offers a great challenge for its synthesis. Most of the reported syntheses of L-allo-enduracididine are lengthy and consist of a lack …

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Understanding The Fate And Transport Of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances In Wastewater Systems: A New England Perspective, Sydney Kathleen Adams May 2022

Understanding The Fate And Transport Of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances In Wastewater Systems: A New England Perspective, Sydney Kathleen Adams

Master's Theses and Capstones

This thesis explores the story of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in New England wastewater systems. PFAS compounds, known for their environmental persistence, toxic nature, and heavy integration into our daily lives, has recently become an infamous topic in environmental engineering due to the discovery of contaminated agricultural lands, water resources, and food systems. In response to these daunting discoveries, regulators have begun looking to reduce point source pollution of PFAS, including that of wastewater systems and facilities. As conduits of PFAS, wastewater systems funnel PFAS from industrial, commercial, and residential sources and emit them into the environment via aqueous …

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Seasonal Variability Of Phytoplankton Population Dynamics In Coastal New Hampshire, Molly Erickson May 2022

Seasonal Variability Of Phytoplankton Population Dynamics In Coastal New Hampshire, Molly Erickson

Master's Theses and Capstones

Phytoplankton population dynamics are significant indicators of ecosystem health and marine food web structure. Phytoplankton population dynamics are also highly variable, especially within complex coastal ocean systems. To capture temporal phytoplankton population dynamics, a weekly time series measuring temperature, salinity, tide height, chlorophyll a concentration, nutrients, and phytoplankton biodiversity was performed at two sites in New Hampshire over an annual cycle. Despite being geographically close in proximity, the coastal and estuarine locations were very different in terms of blooming periods, community composition, and ecological factors. Phytoplankton blooms occurred at least once each season on the coast, consisting of Rhizosolenia sp., …

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Product Sales Forecast Workbook 1.0 [Workbook], Micheal Sciabarrasi, Nada Al-Haddad May 2022

Product Sales Forecast Workbook 1.0 [Workbook], Micheal Sciabarrasi, Nada Al-Haddad

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Mask And Dagger Opens Production Of Wedding Singer, Rhianwen Watkins Apr 2022

Mask And Dagger Opens Production Of Wedding Singer, Rhianwen Watkins

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I Tried Really Hard To Like “It Ends With Us” By Colleen Hoover; Believe Me, I Did., Ava Montalbano Apr 2022

I Tried Really Hard To Like “It Ends With Us” By Colleen Hoover; Believe Me, I Did., Ava Montalbano

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Scope Hosts Successful In-Person, Outdoor Show, Kaylin Moriarty Apr 2022

Scope Hosts Successful In-Person, Outdoor Show, Kaylin Moriarty

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Unh Health & Wellness Hosts Get Yourself Tested Month, Stefanie Kistler Apr 2022

Unh Health & Wellness Hosts Get Yourself Tested Month, Stefanie Kistler

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