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Preservation Of Plant-Wax Biomarkers In Deserts: Implications For Quaternary Environment And Human Evolutionary Studies, Deepak Jumar Kha, Robert Patalano, Jana Ilgner, Hema Achyuthan, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Simon Armitage, James Blinkhorn, Nicole Boivin, Paul S. Breeze, Ravindra Devra, Nicholas Drake, Huw S. Groucutt, Maria Gaugnin, Patrick Roberts, Michael Petraglia

Biological and Biomedical Sciences Department Faculty Journal Articles

Analysis of plant-wax biomarkers from sedimentary sequences can enable past environmental and hydrological reconstruction and provide insights into past hominin adaptations. However, biomarker preservation in desert contexts has been considered unlikely given the sparse nature of the vegetation within the landscape. Here we evaluate the preservation of n-alkanes and fatty acids collected from four depositional sequences associated with archaeological contexts in the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia, and the Thar Desert, India. Pleistocene and Holocene samples were selected to understand the effects of age on preservation. The results of molecular distribution patterns and indices, particularly the high carbon preference index …

Anty 601.02: Research Design & Proposal Preparation, Anna M. Prentiss

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

"Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers!": Why The United Kingdom Should Respond To Repatriation Claims And The Lesson The United States Can Teach, Danielle Sinn

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Drifting Osteons Distinguishes Human Bone, Katherine M. French, Sophia R. Mavroudas, Victoria M. Dominguez

Publications and Research

The histological, or microscopic, appearance of bone tissue has long been studied to identify species-specific traits. There are several known histological characteristics to discriminate animal bone from human, but currently no histological characteristic that has been consistently identified in human bone exclusive to other mammals. The drifting osteon is a rare morphotype found in human long bones and observationally is typically absent from common mammalian domesticates. We surveyed previously prepared undecalcified histological sections from 25 species (human n = 221; nonhuman primate n = 24; nonprimate n = 169) to see if 1) drifting osteons were indeed more common in …

Border Confinement And Assistance Markets In Tijuana: Mexican Deportees’ Experiences Of Labor And Violence Between Mexico And The United States, Christian Pacheco-Gómez

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation is an ethnography of deportation and describes how Tijuana’s (Baja California, Mexico) border redevelopment and spatial redesign has impacted in Mexican job seekers’ mobilities, incorporation, and stigmatization after experiencing forced removals from the United States. The dissertation explores three processes interwoven in the deportees’ class experiences of migration and deportation.

First, I trace Mexican job seekers’ trajectories of labor and migratory movement before, during, and after deportation as well as their incorporation stories in Tijuana. Second, I reconstruct the political economy of reception immigrant subjects encounter after being deported from the United States and subjected by Tijuana’s border …

Geospatial Analytics Extension For Knime, Lingbo Liu, Xiaokang Fu, Tobias Kötter, Kevin Sturm, Carsten Haubold, Weihe Wendy Guan, Shuming Bao, Fahui Wang

Faculty Publications

The Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME (GAEK) is an innovative tool designed to integrate visual programming with geospatial analytics, streamlining GIS education and research in social sciences. GAEK simplifies access for users with an intuitive, visual interface for complex spatial analysis tasks and contributes to the organization of the GIS Knowledge Tree through its geospatial analytics nodes. This paper discusses GAEK's architecture, functionalities, and its transformative impact on GIS applications. While GAEK significantly enhances user experience and research reproducibility, future updates aim to expand its functionality and optimize its bundled environment.

Acculturative Stress Of Asian International Students Before And During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Diversity On The Altiplano: Geochemical Perspectives On 3,000 Years Of Potting Practices In The Lake Titicaca Basin, Elizabeth Klarich, Abigail Levine, Andrew P. Roddick, Jennifer Zovar, Cyrus Banikazemi, Laure Dussubieux, Colette Gabler

Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Potters in the Lake Titicaca basin produced a wide variety of ceramic styles over the last 3000 years. Archaeologists have drawn on this variety across space and time to track processes such as the development of multi-community polities during the Late Formative (200 BC-AD 600), the origins and expansion of Tiwanaku (AD 600–1000), the creation and maintenance of political boundaries during the Late Intermediate period (AD 1000–1400), and the strategies of Inca conquest and consolidation (AD 1400–1534). We report on LA-ICP-MS research into Titicaca ceramics and clays conducted at the Field Museum’s Elemental Analysis Facility (EAF), and present the first …

Exploring Lived Experiences Of Gunshot Wound Survivors: A Key To Ethnographically Informed Public Health Interventions For Curbing Firearm Violence, Paul Webb, Jack Jimenez, Andre Elder, Alfredo Ortega Cotte, Apoorva Ravichandran, Emily Holbrook, Roberta Baer, Jason Wilson

College of Medicine & TGH Faculty Publications

Intro: The high rates of gun violence in the United States are a recognized public health concern with increased attention since the 1990′s. The predominant studies used in gun violence research have been epidemiological approaches and quantitative analyses. This study, instead, examines lived experiences of gunshot wound survivors to better understand their situations. This study also compared the different census categories and their types of gunshot wound injuries. Ethnographic informed analyses may inform public health interventions to decrease firearm injuries. Methods: Data was collected through a series of semi-structured interviews at the emergency department of an urban, Level-1, academic trauma …

Anty 351h.50: Archaeology Of North America, John Douglas

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Ling 570.01: Seminar - Prosodic Phology, Mizuki Miyashita

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Reimagining The Criminal Legal System To Create A More Equitable Society, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute For Social Change

The Hooks Institute Policy Papers

The policy papers in this edition help us begin to answer Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s pertinent question: “Instead of asking whether anyone should be locked up or go free, why don’t we think about why we solve problems by repeating the kind of behavior that brought us the problem in the first place?” The series is arranged intentionally to engage with the criminal legal system from beginning to end—from its roots, to its policies and ideologies, to its lasting effects. Each paper focuses on one critical issue in the criminal legal system in the United States, and then presents a set …

Beyond ‘Heightism’ And ‘Height Premium’: An Anthropology And Sociology Of Human Stature, Gideon Lasco

Development Studies Faculty Publications

This review article examines the meanings and materialities of human stature, from serving as a marker of human difference to shaping the socio-spatial experiences of individuals. I introduce existing perspectives on height from various disciplines, including biomedical discourses on the factors (e.g. nutrition, genetics) that determine height, economic discourses on how the average heights of populations have changed over time, sociobiological and psychological discourses that assume a pre-cultural, evolutionary “height premium”, and popular discourses on heightism and height discrimination. Drawing from a diverse range of scholarship since Saul Feldman called for a “sociology of stature” in the 1970s, I then …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda February 1, 2024, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee (Chad Simon)
• Academic Standards Subcommittee Report (Renee Galliher)
• General Education Subcommittee Report (Matt Sanders)

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes February 1, 2024, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews

• College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
• Caine College of the Arts
• Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
• Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
• College of Engineering
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
• College of Science
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Other
• Other Business

Educational Policies Committee Minutes February 1, 2024, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee (Mateja Savoie-Roskos)
• Academic Standards Subcommittee Report (Renee Galliher)
• General Education Subcommittee Report (Matt Sanders)
• Other Business

A King In Our Midst, Katie Umans

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Anty 101h.02: Anthropology And The Human Experience, David Garrett Kerr

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 104.50: Ancient Migrations, Randall R. Skelton

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 101h.Xh1: Anthropology And The Human Exerience - Bitteroot, Jamie L. Ogden

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 352x.01: Archaeology Of Montana, Douglas Macdonald

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 430.01; Social Anthropology, G. G. Weix

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 602.01: Cultural Heritage Policy & Practice, Douglas Macdonald

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Anty 431.01: Ethnographic Field Methods, G. G. Weix

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Ling 574.50: Historical Linguistics, Irene N. Appelbaum

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Biob 272.00: Genetics And Evolution, Douglas J. Emlen

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Spns 202.80: Intermediate Spanish Ii - Honors, Micaela O. Downey

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

Bmkt 337.01: Consumer Behavior, Jesse King

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.

The Juan De La Cruz Molino: Folk Architecture At El Güique-Estaca New Mexico, José A. Rivera Ph.D

Faculty Publications

El Güique and Estaca are twin communities just north of the confluence of the Río Grande and the Río Chama. Like other Spanish colonial settlements in the historic Río Arriba, acequia-based agriculture was essential for food production in this high desert region of the northern Río Grande. Along with the construction of acequias, molinos (grist mills) were built to grind wheat into flour as part of the subsistence farming economy of the times. While acequias were communal, molinos most often were constructed and operated as private enterprises by local millers like the case of Juan de la Cruz Borrego and …

Association Between Psychosis And Substance Use In Kenya. Findings From The Neurogap-Psychosis Study, Monica Nguata, James Orwa, Gabriel Kigen, Edith Kamaru, Wilfred Emonyi, Symon Kariuki, Charles Newton, Linnet Ongeri, Rehema Mwende, Lukoye Atwoli

Population Health, East Africa

Background: Substance use is prevalent among people with mental health issues, and patients with psychosis are more likely to use and misuse substances than the general population. Despite extensive research on substance abuse among the general public in Kenya, there is a scarcity of data comparing substance use among people with and without psychosis. This study investigates the association between psychosis and various substances in Kenya.

Methods: This study utilized data from the Neuro-GAP Psychosis Case-Control Study between April 2018 and December 2022. The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme recruited participants from various sites in Kenya, including Kilifi County, Malindi Sub-County, …