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Bioe 594.01b: Seminar - Soil Ecology - Opening The Black Box, Ylva Lekberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bioe 172n.01: Introductory Ecology, Andrea T. Green

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Biob 595.01: Special Topics - Advanced Topics In Genetics And Evolution, Lila Fishman, Douglas J. Emlen

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bios 595.01: Special Topics - Systems Ecology Graduate Seminar, H. Maurice Valett

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bios 532.01: Ecosystem Ecology, H. Maurice Valett

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bioo 475.00: Mammalogy, David Paul Hendricks

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Biom 451.01: Microbial Physiology Laboratory, James D. Driver

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Biom 428.01: General Parasitology Laboratory, Willard O. Granath

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bmgt 340.02: Management And Organizational Behavior, Fengru Li

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 120.50: Introduction To Psychological Research Methods I -Online, Lindsay K. Crosby

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 100s.50: Introduction To Psychology, Heather M. Halko

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 100s.51: Introduction To Psychology, Jennie Fretts

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bioo 434.01: Plant Physiology Laboratory, Anna Sala

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bioe 371.00: General Ecology Lab, Erick Greene

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bioe 428.00: Freshwater Ecology, Craig P. Stafford

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Biob 411.01: Immunology Laboratory, Scott A. Wetzel

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Biob 410.01: Immunology, Scott A. Wetzel

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 270.50: Fundamental Psychology Of Learning - Online, Kathryn M. Oost

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 250n.01: Fundamentals Of Biological Psychology, Stuart Hall

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 233.50: Fundamentals Of The Psychology Of Aging, Patricia Anne O'Brien

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 233.01: Fundamentals Of The Psychology Of Aging, Nicole Mccray

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Psyx 356.01: Human Neuropsychology, Stuart Hall

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 385.01: Psychology Of Personality, Duncan G. Campbell

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Psyx 383.01: Health Psychology, Duncan G. Campbell

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Phylogenomic Study Indicates Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer In Entamoeba And Suggests A Past Intimate Relationship With Parabasalids, Jessica R. Grant, Laura A. Katz

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Lateral gene transfer (LGT) has impacted the evolutionary history of eukaryotes, though to a lesser extent than in bacteria and archaea. Detecting LGT and distinguishing it from single gene tree artifacts is difficult, particularly when considering very ancient events (i.e., over hundreds of millions of years). Here, we use two independent lines of evidence - A taxon-rich phylogenetic approach and an assessment of the patterns of gene presence/absence- to evaluate the extent of LGT in the parasitic amoebozoan genus Entamoeba. Previous work has suggested that a number of genes in the genome of Entamoeba spp. were acquired by LGT. Our …

Student Self-Screening For Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa) Nasal Colonization In Hand Hygiene Education, Tia Lum, Kristin F. Picardo, Theresa Westbay, Amber Barnello, Lynn Fine, Jill Lavigne

Doctoral External Publications

Objective. To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of adding a hand hygiene exercise in self-screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization to a health care delivery course for first-year pharmacy (P1) students.

Design. About one month after students were trained in hand hygiene technique and indications, faculty members demonstrated how to self-screen for MRSA nasal colonization. Students were then asked to screen themselves during the required class time. Aggregated class results were shared and compared to prevalence estimates for the general population and health care providers.

Assessment. The 71 students present in class on the day of the self-screening …

Comparative Evolution Of Pain And Work Status Following A Rehabilitation Program For Workers With Musculoskeletal Disorders, Patrick Loisel, Marc Corbière, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Bruno Désorcy, Quan Nha Hong, Karine Genest

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les troubles musculo-squelettiques (TMS) touchent chaque année plus de 45 000 travailleurs québécois dans tous les secteurs d’activité. Dans un modèle de représentation biopsychosocial des TMS, la question des croyances des principaux acteurs sociaux à propos de l’incapacité et la douleur est fondamentale pour le processus de réadaptation. Plusieurs intervenants de la santé, employeur ou assureur, croient que l’employé ne doit pas se présenter au travail avant d’être complètement rétabli de sa blessure. Paradoxalement, d’autres croient qu’il n’existerait qu’un rapport ténu entre l’absence au travail et la douleur. À notre connaissance, encore peu de travaux se sont intéressés à l’association …

Diatom Flora In Subterranean Ecosystems: A Review, Elisa Falasco, Luc Ector, Marco Isaia, Carlos E. Wetzel, Lucien Hoffmann, Francesca Bona

International Journal of Speleology

In scarcity of light and primary producers, subterranean ecosystems are generally extremely oligotrophic habitats, receiving poor supplies of degradable organic matter from the surface. Human direct impacts on cave ecosystems mainly derive from intensive tourism and recreational caving, causing important alterations to the whole subterranean environment. In particular, artificial lighting systems in show caves support the growth of autotrophic organisms (the so-called lampenflora), mainly composed of cyanobacteria, diatoms, chlorophytes, mosses and ferns producing exocellular polymeric substances (EPSs) made of polysaccharides, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. This anionic EPSs matrix mediates to the intercellular communications and participates to the chemical …

Cold Tolerance In Terrestrial Invertebrates Inhabiting Subterranean Habitats, Tone Novak, Nina Šajna, Estera Antolinc, Saška Lipovšek, Dušan Devetak, Franc Janžekovič

International Journal of Speleology

Most organisms are able to survive shorter or longer exposure to sub-zero temperatures. Hypothetically, trogloxenes characterized as not adapted, and troglophiles as not completely adapted to thermally stable subterranean environment, have retained or partially retained their ability to withstand freezing, while most troglobionts have not. We tested this hypothesis experimentally on 37 species inhabiting caves in Slovenia, analyzing their lower lethal temperatures in summer and winter, or for one season, if the species was not present in caves during both seasons. Specimens were exposed for 12 hrs to 1°C-stepwise descending temperatures with 48 hr breaks. In general, the resistance to …

Speleothem And Biofilm Formation In A Granite/Dolerite Cave, Northern Sweden, Therese Sallstedt, Magnus Ivarsson, Johannes Lundberg, Rabbe Sjöberg, Juan Ramón Vidal Romaní

International Journal of Speleology

Tjuv-Antes grotta (Tjuv-Ante's Cave) located in northern Sweden is a round-abraded sea cave ('tunnel cave'), about 30 m in length, formed by rock-water abrasion in a dolerite dyke in granite gneiss. Abundant speleothems are restricted to the inner, mafic parts of the cave and absent on granite parts. The speleothems are of two types: cylindrical (coralloid, popcorn-like), and flowstone (thin crusts). Coralloids correspond to terrestrial stromatolite speleothems in which layers of light calcite alternate with dark, silica-rich laminae. The dark laminae are also enriched in carbon and contain incorporated remains of microorganisms. Two types of microbial communities can be distinguished …