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Assessment Of Human Exposure To Perchlorate And Perfluoroalkyl Substances In The United States : Biomonitoring And Environmental Monitoring Approaches, Qian Wu

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Perchlorate is an oxidant in solid fuels and explosives and is produced in large quantities worldwide. Perchlorate is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant and is present in water, food, indoor environment and humans. Human exposure to perchlorate is a concern due to its ability to disrupt the thyroid gland functions.

Steam, Electricity & Gas : Historical Perspectives On What We Drive Today And Why, Michael Edward Flinton

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

ABSTRACT

Modeling The Ecological Niche Of The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee Under Climate Change, Paul Ryan Sesink Clee

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Ecological niche theory states that a set of environmental conditions exists that a species relies upon in order to survive and reproduce. Collectively, these variables define a species' niche, which includes a species' dispersal abilities and its range. Ecological niche modeling predicts the distributions of species by using information from environmental variables across geographic space, making it a valuable tool for studying how environment affects population dynamics. With accurate species presence data and geospatial information that describe its known habitat, ENMs can effectively map a species' realized niche across geographical space, and for closely related taxa, be used to understand …

The Multiplied Body : Romanticism's Imaginary Subject, Dana M. Balejko

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

“The Multiplied Body: Romanticism's Imaginary Subject” develops a new understanding of the Romantic subject as one that fundamentally disrupts the formation of the poetic “I” in its demonstration that through the “awful power” of the imagination the Romantic body is always, already multiplied. The texts analyzed (both Romantic and contemporary) recognize the “constitutive” social and historical fallacies surrounding definitions of the “natural” human. This project's development of an imagined multiple body denotes a refutation of humanistic theories about embodied existence. Ultimately, through an analysis of poetry by Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley (among others), “The Multiplied Body” reveals alternative ontological strategies …

The Most Interesting Place : The Eastern Mediterranean And American Cultural Knowledge, Gregory Wiedeman

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This study addresses how nineteenth-century Americans perceived the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean. The project rests upon a detailed examination of American primary school geography textbooks that enjoyed widespread circulation during the century. The lack of an effective education apparatus in the period rendered American students incredibly reliant on their textbooks. These texts reflect the general common knowledge of the region shared by most educated Americans. Additionally, this study draws support from a thorough analysis of travel accounts that were extraordinarily popular during the period. These works offered Americans a chance to explore vicariously the most interesting lands of the …

The Role Of Progesterone Receptor In The Development Of The Mesocortical Dopaminergic Pathway, Jari Willing

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The mesocortical dopaminergic pathway, comprised of projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the prefrontal cortex (PFC), mediates many of the most complex forms of cognitive behaviors and has been associated with clinical disorders such as ADHD and schizophrenia. While this circuit continues to develop throughout much of the lifespan, there is a rapid period of maturation, early in development, in which this circuit is highly sensitive to disruption. Steroid hormone receptors are powerful transcription factors, capable of affecting a variety of neurodevelopmental processes and are expressed in many regions throughout the developing brain. Specifically, the nuclear progesterone receptor …

Raman Spectroscopic Analysis Of Body Fluids : Species Differentiation And The Effect Of Substrate Interference And Laser Power, Gregory Keith Mclaughlin

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Several recent discoveries demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy has a unique capability to characterize body fluid traces in a forensic capacity. This approach has thus garnered interest in the forensic community since 2008, when a proof of concept experiment established that blood, semen, vaginal fluid, sweat and saliva are easily differentiable through their Raman spectra. Several possible methods of identification have been described in the literature, one approach uses chemometrical models, and another applies recently formulated multidimensional Raman signatures. The analytical sampling method and the identification procedure provide several desirable traits for the field of forensic science. In particular, Raman spectroscopy …

How The Nature Of Science Is Presented To Elementary Students In Science Read-Alouds, Seema Rivera

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

HOW THE NATURE OF SCIENCE IS PRESENTED TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN SCIENCE READ-ALOUDS

What To Eat Now? Shifts In Polar Bear Diet During The Ice-Free Season In Western Hudson Bay, Linda J. Gormezano, Robert F. Rockwell

Publications and Research

Under current climate trends, spring ice breakup in Hudson Bay is advancing rapidly, leaving polar bears (Ursus maritimus) less time to hunt seals during the spring when they accumulate the majority of their annual fat reserves. For this reason, foods that polar bears consume during the ice-free season may become increasingly important in alleviating nutritional stress from lost seal hunting opportunities. Defining how the terrestrial diet might have changed since the onset of rapid climate change is an important step in understanding how polar bears may be reacting to climate change. We characterized the current terrestrial diet of polar bears …

Chmy 541.01: Environmental Chemistry, Christopher P. Palmer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 550.01: Political Theory Seminar - Approaches To Political Theory, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 250e.01: Introduction To Political Theory, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hstr 352.01: France In Revolution 1789-1848, Linda S. Frey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Enst 505.01: The Literature Of Nature Writing- Drift And Garden, Phil Condon

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Enst 491.02: Nature And Native Americans, Rosalyn R. Lapier

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Cellular Heterogeneity And Immune Cells In Angiotensin Ii-Infused Hemorrhaged Ascending Aortas, Kyung Sik Jung

Theses and Dissertations--Toxicology and Cancer Biology

A previous thoracic aortic aneurysm time course study from our laboratory determined that ascending aortic dilation was significantly increased by day 5, and reached a plateau by day 28 of angiotensin II (AngII) infusion. We also found that mice had hemorrhage localized to the ascending aortas by day 5 of AngII infusion. The purpose of these studies was to provide mechanistic insight into the development of AngII-induced ascending aortic hemorrhage.

Male C57BL/6 mice fed normal diet were subcutaneously infused with either AngII (1000 ng/kg/min) or saline for 5 days. To examine cellular heterogeneity, hemorrhaged ascending aortas were collected and sectioned …

The Bridge, Volume 10, 2013, Bridgewater State University

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Volume 10 Staff
Ryan Dipetta, Editor-in-chief, Literature
Alexa Noé, Editor-in-chief, Art & Design
Kacy Blais
Meaghan Casey
Gabriella Diniz
Brett French
Andrew Laverty
Jessica Melendy
William Regan
Lee Anne Wentzell
Kate Camerlin, Consultant
Caytlin Buckle, Consultant

Melanie Joy McNaughton, Faculty Advisor
John Mulrooney, Faculty Advisor

When It Hits The Fan: Will There Be Liability For The Broken Bat?, A. David Austill

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

From The Philippines To The Field Museum: A Study Of Ilongot (Bugkalot) Personal Adornment, Sarah E. Carlson

Honors Projects

Abstract: The Philippine Collection at The Field Museum contains over 10,000 objects, including hundreds of objects of personal adornment. As an intern at The Field Museum in the summer of 2012, I got to experience the collection first-hand and began examining six ornaments from the Ilongot peoples of the Philippines. At the beginning of the 20^th century, the Ilongot wore ornaments to visually communicate social meaning about themselves, their villages, and their relationships. The Ilongot were a headhunting society with fearsome warriors who beheaded their enemies. These hunters wore delicately crafted earrings and headdresses to mark their masculinity and …

Modeling Bedrock Mining Hotspots Within The Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, Stephanie H. Mehlhope

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

This study, concentrating on the Ouachita Mountain Range in western-central Arkansas, extends prior work on treethrows and their influence on soil development in the region by supplying a method of determining hotspots of bedrock mining by treethrow. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the abiotic and biotic factors that are highly correlated with the rate of bedrock detachment found in uprooted rootwads from three study sites within the Ouachita National Forest. The produced logistic regression models suggest topographic factors, tree specific characteristics, as well as the local geology and soil characteristics all have a significant effect upon the …

A Critique Of Single-Issue Campaigning And The Importance Of Comprehensive Abolitionist Vegan Advocacy, Corey Lee Wrenn, Rob Johnson

Animal Rights Movement Collection

A popular tactic in the professional nonhuman animal rights movement is to utilize species-specific or issue-specific campaigns to increase public concern, motivate participation and extend movement support. This article challenges this traditional tactic of moderate nonhuman animal organizations in critiquing the issue-specific approaches to abolition advanced elsewhere and calls for a holistic abolitionist method that requires advocates to relinquish confusing piecemeal campaigns and instead challenge the underlying problem of speciesism in order to influence lasting and meaningful social change. The article applies Francione's radical theory of nonhuman animal rights, which recognizes the importance of vegan education in challenging this oppression. …

Is Economic Protectionism A Legitimate Governmental Interest Under Rational Basis Review?, Roger V. Abbot

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Why Non-Discrimination Policies In Higher Education Require A Second Look: The Battle For First Amendment Freedom In The University Setting, Rebecca D. Ryan

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Parsimony And Model-Based Analyses Of Indels In Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent And Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals, Tamaki Yuri, Rebecca T. Kimball, John Harshman, Rauri C.K. Bowie, Michael J. Braun, Jena L. Chojnowski, Kin-Lan Han, Shannon J. Hackett, Christopher J. Huddleston, William S. Moore, Sushma Reddy, Frederick H. Sheldon, David W. Steadman, Christopher C. Witt, Edward L. Braun

Natural Sciences Faculty Publications

Insertion/deletion (indel) mutations, which are represented by gaps in multiple sequence alignments, have been used to examine phylogenetic hypotheses for some time. However, most analyses combine gap data with the nucleotide sequences in which they are embedded, probably because most phylogenetic datasets include few gap characters. Here, we report analyses of 12,030 gap characters from an alignment of avian nuclear genes using maximum parsimony (MP) and a simple maximum likelihood (ML) framework. Both trees were similar, and they exhibited almost all of the strongly supported relationships in the nucleotide tree, although neither gap tree supported many relationships that have proven …

Environmental Factors Influencing Oxidative Stress In Respiratory Cells, Carresse L. Gerald

Dissertations

Agriculture workers inhale a variety of dusts, gases, microbes and compounds on a daily basis. Several respiratory diseases display inflammation and oxidative stress as key factors of pathogenesis. To better understand the effects of agricultural dusts on the airway there first needs to be characterization of dust components. Thus, we hypothesized that confinement facilities contain high levels of respirable particles, bacteria, and elements of respiratory importance. We further hypothesized that SCF dust alone or in combination with diepoxybutane (DEB) will result in oxidative stress and phytonutrients from the sorrel plant will reduce these effects. Several bacterial species were identified via …

Expanding The Chemistry Of Fluorescent Protein Biosensors Through Genetic Incorporation Of Unnatural Amino Acids, Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Fluorescent proteins are essential tools in biological research, ranging from the study of individual biological components to the interrogation of complex cellular systems. Fluorescent protein derived biosensors are increasingly applied to the study of biological molecules and events in living cells. The present review focuses on a specific class of fluorescent protein biosensors in which a genetically installed unnatural amino acid (UAA*) acts as the sensing element. Upon direct interaction with the analyte of interest, the chemical and/or physical properties of UAA* are altered, which triggers fluorescence property changes of the biosensor and generates readouts. In comparison to mutagenesis approaches …

A Decade After Abu Ghraib: Lessons In Softening Up The Enemy And Sex-Based Humiliation, Johanna Bond

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Open Source Synthetic Biology: Problems And Solutions, Ethan R. Fitzpatrick

Student Works

No abstract provided.

How Our Students View Gender Roles, Annette Tomal

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

Student views of the role of women in the family were compared with results from a National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Freshmen and seniors from an evangelical Christian college were surveyed with 498 responses. The college students were more likely to support traditional gender roles than the NSFH respondents. Freshmen (41%) were more supportive of traditional gender roles than seniors (22%). Senior females (71%) were least supportive of traditional gender roles, compared with freshman males (31%). Seniors (35%) were more likely than freshmen (24%) to approve of mothers of preschoolers working full-time. Senior females (43%) were most supportive …

Dominated, Denied, And Debauched: The Lives And Roles Of Women In Classical Athens, Marialeen Ellis

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 35-45