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Psyx 385.01: Psychology Of Personality, Duncan G. Campbell Jan 2016

Psyx 385.01: Psychology Of Personality, Duncan G. Campbell

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Direct Potable Reuse In El Paso, Texas: Pioneering Water Resource Sustainability In A Large Urban Utility, Paul Brian Guerrero Jan 2016

Direct Potable Reuse In El Paso, Texas: Pioneering Water Resource Sustainability In A Large Urban Utility, Paul Brian Guerrero

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

El Paso Water is progressing on possible plans for large-scale advanced water purification, a form of direct potable reuse. Public knowledge, attitudes, and commitments are important to success in this technology. New information on attitudes in El Paso, Texas, regarding direct potable reuse implementation is measured and examined.

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The Role Of Language Attitudes In Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo's Language Revitalization Efforts, Armida Hernandez Jan 2016

The Role Of Language Attitudes In Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo's Language Revitalization Efforts, Armida Hernandez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In the United States, language preservation and revitalization efforts have taken on greater urgency as tribes spanning all across Indian Country, from Alaska to Florida, are collaborating with linguists, Native and non-Native, in a pitched fight to save their languages from decline and/or extinction. With respect to the causes of indigenous language loss, it is important to recognize that blame cannot be assigned exclusively to external pressures. Recognizing the strong interplay between language attitudes and language maintenance or loss, this study focuses on the role of language attitude in one particular Native American tribeâ??s language revitalization efforts, that of Ysleta …

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On An Iteration Method For Solving A Class Of Nonlinear Matrix Equations, Mohamed Illafe Jan 2016

On An Iteration Method For Solving A Class Of Nonlinear Matrix Equations, Mohamed Illafe

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In this thesis, I looked at the most recent extension of the Banach Contraction Principle [1]. Then I show that a concept of Sorgenfrey space may be used to explain this extension as well as Ran and Reurings fixed point theorem.

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Constructing A River, Building A Border: An Environmental History Of Irrigation, Water Law, State Formation, And The Rio Grande Rectification Project In The El Paso/Juárez Valley, Joanne Kropp Jan 2016

Constructing A River, Building A Border: An Environmental History Of Irrigation, Water Law, State Formation, And The Rio Grande Rectification Project In The El Paso/Juárez Valley, Joanne Kropp

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The Rio Grande in the El Paso, Texas, U.S./Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Valley has a long history of human use from prehistoric to modern times. Formal irrigation began in the 1600s, mainly for viticulture, changing to cotton and pecans in the 1900s. The Rio Grande was subject to bed shifting and flooding that, after 1848, affected the location of the international boundary. During the Great Depression the U.S. and Mexican governments sponsored conservation projects to provide jobs and increase agricultural production. The 1933 “Convention - Rectification of the Rio Grande” was the culmination of interstate and bi-national agreements to divide Rio …

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Exploring Factors Of Initimate Partner Violence Among Men Of Mexican Origin, Bibiana Marie Mancera Jan 2016

Exploring Factors Of Initimate Partner Violence Among Men Of Mexican Origin, Bibiana Marie Mancera

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many females, particularly women of color, in the United States. Victims of IPV experience both short and long term physical and mental consequences (World Health Organization, 2014), which negatively impact the healthcare and judicial system (Lloyd & Taluc, 1999). Few qualitative studies have been conducted among men of Mexican origin (MMO), exploring unique risk factors that contribute to the higher incidence of IPV perpetration among this population. The purpose of this study was to explore IPV perpetration risk factors among MMO. The research question that guided this study were: 1) what are the issues confronting …

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Liquid-Phase Exfoliation Of Two-Dimensional Graphite For Ink-Jet Printing, Monica Michel Jan 2016

Liquid-Phase Exfoliation Of Two-Dimensional Graphite For Ink-Jet Printing, Monica Michel

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Over the last decade, the study of two-dimensional (2D) materials has seen an incredible growth due to their unique thermal, mechanical and electronic properties. Solution phase manufacturing offers a way in which they can be produced at large scale by creating dispersions from the exfoliated material. Once created, different options for assembling devices exist. One technique for large scale manufacturing of materials in this form is ink-jet printing, which is a form of additive manufacturing that has proven to be attractive for the printed electronics industry. One challenge that ink-jet printing still faces is the shortage of inks with appropriate …

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Happily Ever After And Other Lies My Childhood Told Me, Rachel Anna Neff Jan 2016

Happily Ever After And Other Lies My Childhood Told Me, Rachel Anna Neff

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A manuscript-length book of poetry with a critical preface centered on the idea of mythology, nursery rhymes, and foundational (Western) fictions and how the cultural norms and expectations that those texts create influence an individual, particularly with respect to gender and gender identity.

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Examination Of The Rewarding Effects Of Nicotine And The Negative Effects Of Withdrawal In A Rodent Model Of Diabetes, Joseph Allan Pipkin Jan 2016

Examination Of The Rewarding Effects Of Nicotine And The Negative Effects Of Withdrawal In A Rodent Model Of Diabetes, Joseph Allan Pipkin

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Introduction: The present study utilized a rodent model of diabetes to examine the rewarding effects of nicotine as well as negative affective states and physical signs of withdrawal from this drug. Methods: Separate groups of rats received systemic administration of vehicle or streptozotocin (STZ), which destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and elevates plasma glucose levels. Place conditioning procedures were utilized to compare the rewarding effects of various doses of nicotine (conditioned place preference; CPP) and the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal (conditioned place aversion; CPA) in vehicle- and STZ-treated rats. CPA and physical signs of withdrawal were …

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Effects Of Citric Acid Coated And Uncoated Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles In Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) Plants, Ana Cecilia Barrios Jan 2016

Effects Of Citric Acid Coated And Uncoated Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles In Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) Plants, Ana Cecilia Barrios

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This research was performed to examine the physiological and biochemical effects of bare (nCeO2) and citric acid coated (nCeO2+CA) cerium oxide nanoparticles in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Plants were germinated and grown to full maturity in soil amended with 0-500 mg/kg and periodically analyzed using ICP-OES/MS and other spectroscopic and biochemical techniques. Although Ce in tissues increased as the external nCeO2 increased, there were no visible signs of toxicity. In mature plants, nCeO2 induced developmental changes and altered nutritional quality (essential elements) in fruits. On the other hand, nCeO2+CA affected fruit carbohydrate composition (sugars and starch). This study gives insights on …

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Raising Ebenezer, Shannon Lee Bianco Jan 2016

Raising Ebenezer, Shannon Lee Bianco

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Raising Ebenezer is an antropoesia collection representing the adoption story of a Christian family and their children from Uganda, Africa. Through poetry, essay, short story, flash fiction, and non-traditional genres, Raising Ebenezer investigates the culture of international adoption, love, fear, faith, loss, corruption and redemption. It is a work of creative non-fiction.

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A Requirement For Y841 In Jak3 Enzymatic Activity And Hematopoietic Cancers, George Steven Martinez Jan 2016

A Requirement For Y841 In Jak3 Enzymatic Activity And Hematopoietic Cancers, George Steven Martinez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A medical need exists for successfully treating people afflicted with leukemia, especially those who develop drug resistant forms. Relapse leukemia cases are particularly high within Hispanic populations where this disease is among the most frequently occurring cancer. Fourteen somatic mutations have been reported in Janus tyrosine kinase 3 (Jak3), including M511I and A573V, from patients with various forms of leukemia. To monitor drug sensitivity, a model system was developed. Indeed, many of these mutations have been shown to possess transforming ability in cell lines such as the IL-3 dependent pro-B cell line Ba/F3. As such, Ba/F3 cells were transformed to …

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Tumbling Dice And Other Tales From A Life Untitled, Tammy Mckillip Mckillip Jan 2016

Tumbling Dice And Other Tales From A Life Untitled, Tammy Mckillip Mckillip

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Tumbling Dice and Other Tales from a Life Untitled is a Thesis collection of memoir stories by Tammy Quinn McKillip.

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Application Of Uranium And Strontium Isotopes As Salinity And Paleo-Environmental Conditions Tracers:Insight From The Rio Grande River And Pedogenic Carbonates In Drylands Soils Of Southwest, Usa., Syprose Nyachoti Jan 2016

Application Of Uranium And Strontium Isotopes As Salinity And Paleo-Environmental Conditions Tracers:Insight From The Rio Grande River And Pedogenic Carbonates In Drylands Soils Of Southwest, Usa., Syprose Nyachoti

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

South New Mexico and west Texas regions of the northern Chihuahua Desert are characteristic of low annual rainfall and high potential evapotranspiration rates. Soils in these arid and semi-arid regions are abundant of pedogenic carbonates of various stages of development. Both surface and ground water resource in the area have high salt content; the Rio Grande river, which flows through the region is known for its high salinity downstream. Due to increasing population in cities of the region thus high food demand, irrigation activities along the river valley have enhanced crop productivity. High evapotranspiration rates and intense saline flood irrigation …

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Improving The Engineering Properties Of Pla For 3d Printing And Beyond, Carmen R. Rocha Jan 2016

Improving The Engineering Properties Of Pla For 3d Printing And Beyond, Carmen R. Rocha

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Additive manufacturing (AM), now more commonly known as 3D printing, has been classified as efficient, fast, and practical in the prototyping sector of product development. In the work presented here, we will use one of the AM techniques known as Material extrusion 3D printing (ME3DP), which has all the advantages of AM. However, one of the biggest challenges facing ME3DP technologies is the limitation of the range of materials used by this technique. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and poly-lactic acid (PLA) are currently the most common thermoplastics materials used in ME3DP because of their ability to melt and be reprocessed. …

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Anty 459.01: Archaeology Of The Arctic And Subarctic, Anna M. Prentiss Jan 2016

Anty 459.01: Archaeology Of The Arctic And Subarctic, Anna M. Prentiss

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Frontlines: Policing At The Lexus Of Race And Mental Health, Camille Nelson Jan 2016

Frontlines: Policing At The Lexus Of Race And Mental Health, Camille Nelson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

he last several years have rendered issues at the intersection of race, mental health, and policing more acute. The frequency and violent, often lethal, nature of these incidents is forcing a national conversation about matters which many people would rather cast aside as volatile, controversial, or as simply irrelevant to conversations about the justice system. It seems that neither civil rights activists engaged in the work of advancing racial equality nor disability rights activists recognize the potent combination of negative racialization and mental illness at this nexus that bring policing practices into sharp focus. As such, the compounding dynamics and …

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Bioh 201n.00: Human Anatomy And Physiology I, Colin B. Henderson, Lori J. Mitchell Jan 2016

Bioh 201n.00: Human Anatomy And Physiology I, Colin B. Henderson, Lori J. Mitchell

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 100s.01c: Introduction To Psychology, Alison C. Pepper Jan 2016

Psyx 100s.01c: Introduction To Psychology, Alison C. Pepper

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psyx 100s.50: Introduction To Psychology, William J. Meyer Jan 2016

Psyx 100s.50: Introduction To Psychology, William J. Meyer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Examining Early Childhood Gender Socialization Through Children’S Picture Books, Kendra Leigh Pospisil Jan 2016

Examining Early Childhood Gender Socialization Through Children’S Picture Books, Kendra Leigh Pospisil

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This analysis examines gender representations found in children’s picture books through a symbolic interactionist perspective, employing conceptual ideas produced by West and Zimmerman (1987) and West and Fenstermaker 1995). Through a qualitative content analysis of 20 picture books from the past 15 years, I examine how gender is portrayed through both human and animal characters. I find that children’s picture books reflect our patriarchal society as they are male-centered, male-dominated, and male-identified (Johnson 2014). Children’s picture books depict patriarchal gender portrayals and provide children with examples of gender performances that satisfy patriarchal gender norms. This research has implications beyond books; …

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Anatomical Survey: Observation Of Physical And Functional Changes Due To Congestive Heart Failure, Ronald W. Carpenter Jan 2016

Anatomical Survey: Observation Of Physical And Functional Changes Due To Congestive Heart Failure, Ronald W. Carpenter

Honors Capstones

To gain a better understanding and appreciation of the complexity of cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology as well the greatly varied nature heart disease, this project emphasized observations of both typical and atypical cardiopulmonary conditions. Specifically, comparisons were made between a heart affected by congestive heart failure (CHF) and a non-affected heart. The hearts of a male (CHF patient) and female cadaver were extracted and dissected. Qualitative observations and basic measurements were taken and a comprehensive literature review was conducted to compare and contrast the expected functionality of the subject’s cardiopulmonary systems. Observations and measurements taken included heart size, weight, general …

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The Effect Of Rna2 Mutation Dr7 On Recombination Of Brome Mosaic Virus Rna3, Matthew K. Schnizlein Jan 2016

The Effect Of Rna2 Mutation Dr7 On Recombination Of Brome Mosaic Virus Rna3, Matthew K. Schnizlein

Honors Capstones

Brome mosaic virus (BMV) is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that infects plants throughout the world, including barley, tobacco, and wheat. Although this virus is not known for its ability to cause widespread crop damage, researchers frequently utilize BMV to understand more about other RNA viruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus. RNA2 of BMV’s tripartite genome contains a sequence that is thought to be responsible for regulating recombination of RNA3. Currently, there are no studies investigating this function in the Nicotiana benthamiana plant model. Thus, determining how the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of RNA2 influences recombination in this model will increase …

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Zooplanktonic Community Dynamics Of The Minnesota River With An Ichthyoplankton Gear Comparison, Nathaniel Lederman Jan 2016

Zooplanktonic Community Dynamics Of The Minnesota River With An Ichthyoplankton Gear Comparison, Nathaniel Lederman

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The Minnesota River, like many large rivers, has been functionally altered by human activities and climate change. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has designated 271 kilometers (50.3%) of the 539 kilometer Minnesota River as “biologically impaired.” However, assessing biological communities in large rivers is often difficult and limited to examination of upper trophic levels (e.g., piscivorous fishes). Few studies examined zooplanktonic communities, largely due to difficulties associated with sampling. Because of the need to improve assessment strategies for biological impairments in the Minnesota River, the zooplanktonic community, including crustaceous zooplankton, rotifers, macroinvertebrates, and ichthyoplankton was evaluated within an impaired and …

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Alzheimer’S Disease: More Than Just Memory Loss: An Awareness Of The Disease And An Active Plan Of Coping Strategies And Caregiving, Michelle Lynn Evans Jan 2016

Alzheimer’S Disease: More Than Just Memory Loss: An Awareness Of The Disease And An Active Plan Of Coping Strategies And Caregiving, Michelle Lynn Evans

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease which leads to progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age. During the disease’s progression, various biochemical functions of the brain cells go astray and eventually lead to memory loss. What a lot of people do not always realize is the fact this disease goes beyond just losing memory. From my own observation as well as research studies, it has been noted that AD patients can experience sleep disruption, sundowning, speech decline, apraxia, agnosia, and behavioral changes such as depression and combativeness. As more of these signs and symptoms …

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Culture Counts: An Analysis Of Cultural Awareness And Competency Among Nursing Students, Ariel Starr Tate Jan 2016

Culture Counts: An Analysis Of Cultural Awareness And Competency Among Nursing Students, Ariel Starr Tate

Undergraduate Honors Theses

As cultural diversity becomes increasingly significant in the field of nursing, so does its inclusion in accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs. An analysis of one university’s school of nursing program curriculum was conducted to measure the cultural awareness and competency of nursing students progressing through BSN and ADN accredited programs, using the Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS) survey and a qualitative survey. Results indicated BSN students and senior level students score higher on average compared to ADN students and junior level students respectively. However, low means overall and only 15% to 18% …

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The Effect Of Six Days Of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation On Performance In Trained Crossfit Athletes, Samuel J. Kramer, Daniel A. Baur, Maria T. Spicer, Matthew D. Vukovich Jan 2016

The Effect Of Six Days Of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation On Performance In Trained Crossfit Athletes, Samuel J. Kramer, Daniel A. Baur, Maria T. Spicer, Matthew D. Vukovich

Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: While it is well established that dietary nitrate reduces the metabolic cost of exercise, recent evidence suggests this effect is maintained 24 h following the final nitrate dose when plasma nitrite levels have returned to baseline. In addition, acute dietary nitrate was recently reported to enhance peak power production. Our purpose was to examine whether chronic dietary nitrate supplementation enhanced peak power 24 h following the final dose and if this impacted performance in a heavily power-dependent sport.
Methods: In a double-blind, randomized, crossover design, maximal aerobic capacity, body composition, strength, maximal power (30 s Wingate), endurance (2 km …

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Supplemental Material For Reich 2016, Deborah Robertson, Hannah G. Reich, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley Jan 2016

Supplemental Material For Reich 2016, Deborah Robertson, Hannah G. Reich, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley

Faculty Works

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Outlook Magazine, Summer 2016 Jan 2016

Outlook Magazine, Summer 2016

Outlook Magazine

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Outlook Magazine, Winter 2016 Jan 2016

Outlook Magazine, Winter 2016

Outlook Magazine

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