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Remembering The War: A Study On Japanese War-Themed Animation, Sariah Lichtenberg Apr 2022

Remembering The War: A Study On Japanese War-Themed Animation, Sariah Lichtenberg

WLC/CSPH Symposium

The medium of animation is a beautiful one that reflects life. So many things like music, lighting, art styles, and people, themselves, all come together to tell a story. Some can be fun and lighthearted like a romance or a comedy. Then, others can be more somber and dark like in a tragedy or thriller. Often it is those more somber ones that can stick with us, and looking to Japan brings a good example. After the effects of World War II, Japan was impacted greatly, and means to cope, they use the arts to deal with those pent-up emotions …

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Do Wildfire-Mitigation Practices Affect The Conservation Of Sensitive Owls?, Josef D. Pifer Apr 2022

Do Wildfire-Mitigation Practices Affect The Conservation Of Sensitive Owls?, Josef D. Pifer

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Fire-mitigation practices are commonly used in fire-adapted forests of the western US to reduce fire hazard and restore historical fire regimes. However, these treatments are being implemented without synthetic knowledge on the extent to which they may adversely affect species of conservation concern due to the possible alteration of critical habitat features they rely on. Although some studies have been done, to date there has not been a synthesis of information or recommendations for a strategic agenda of future research. To accomplish this, I conducted a bibliometric review of articles identified in Web of Science that assessed the effect of …

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Where's Baby Elephant, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Where's Baby Elephant, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

A baby elephant is somewhere near, but a lion family says she’s not with them. A shark and her young know she’s not under the sea. She is also not with a wolf and her cub. It is too cold for her to be with the penguin and her little chick. From one set of animals to another we go until we find the baby elephant with her mother.

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This Is Baby, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

This Is Baby, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

This is Baby. Baby has a lot of different parts, like arms and legs. Those parts do a lot of different things, like hug and kiss. Baby can laugh and sing and play and do lots of things, but the most important thing about Baby is that Baby is loved.

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The Ballad Of Tubs Marshfield, Taylor Bitton Apr 2022

The Ballad Of Tubs Marshfield, Taylor Bitton

Children's Book and Media Review

Tubs Marshfield, a frog who loves to play music, has lived in the swamp for his whole life. Everyone is happy, but lately, animals have started getting sick and no one can figure out why. So, Tubs decides to visit Pythia, the fortune-telling alligator. Pythia is unsure of what is causing the sicknesses, but she tells Tubs that he must leave the swamp to avoid bringing misery to his friends and family and to realize his musical dreams. As he decides whether to leave the swamp, Tubs is able to figure out the source of everyone's sickness and what he …

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Look Again: Secrets Of Animal Camouflage, Jennifer Padgett Apr 2022

Look Again: Secrets Of Animal Camouflage, Jennifer Padgett

Children's Book and Media Review

To survive in the wild, many creatures go to amazing lengths to conceal themselves. Discover how animals make themselves nearly invisible to avoid falling prey to predators or to prepare for an attack on an unsuspecting target. Some, like the trumpetfish, nuzzle in close to the coral reefs that shield them; others, like the tulip-tree beauty moth, transform to blend in with the tree bark on which they settle. Still others, like the orchid mantis, immerse themselves in the petals of flowers where they stand in wait for a tasty bite to eat.

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From 1 To 10, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

From 1 To 10, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

From the bear’s one belly to the cat’s ten whiskers, all the animals have a number to teach, progressing from one to ten.

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Duck, Duck, Moose, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Duck, Duck, Moose, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Goose is missing, so the girl enlists the help of Duck, Duck, and Moose to find their feathered friend. They take Tractor and search across the farm, asking for help from all the other animals. In their panic, they run into a lot of trouble and make quite a mess, and at the end of the day, they go home sad having not found Goose. Then the next morning, they are happily surprised to find out just where Goose had gone.

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Full Issue, Various Reviewers Apr 2022

Full Issue, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

No abstract provided.

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Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett Apr 2022

Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett

Children's Book and Media Review

Filippo is a pink flamingo that does not want to be pink. When Zac the zebra and Poncho the panda do not accept the color of Filippo’s feathers, Filippo just wants to gain acceptance. He tries to reason with them and even resorts to painting his feathers black and white. After an entire day of failure, Filippo is approached by a lemur who encourages him to accept himself the way he is. Together, they embrace pink and even get the other animals to join in on the fun.

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The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett Apr 2022

The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett

Children's Book and Media Review

The elephant is known to invite all to gather and enjoy the protection the umbrella provides. When the wind sweeps the umbrella into the possession of other animals, it is quickly discovered that generosity is not a virtue that everyone shares. The umbrella has no interest in providing shelter to those that want to hunt or use her protection to take honey from bees. The dazzling umbrella makes a dash into the wind and enjoys a sweet reunion with the generous elephant and his friends.

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Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham

Children's Book and Media Review

When the chicken crosses the road, he might just get to the other side—the otherworldly side, that is, if he happens to be hit by a truck. Finding that he is now a ghost, Chicken consults with the other animals who have met his same fate. They want him to be scary and to haunt unsuspecting readers. Chicken, on the other hand, prefers to be a friendly ghost. That is, until his anger gets the best of him, and chicken’s scary side begins to show itself.

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Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, Jennifer Padgett Apr 2022

Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, Jennifer Padgett

Children's Book and Media Review

Annually, a variety of species spanning the globe make amazing and courageous voyages. A humpback whale swims with its mother from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean near Australia to the frigid coast of Antarctica. Some travel as many as 15,000 miles per year, more than any other creature on earth. Emperor penguins trek each year from their breeding grounds into the sea to search for fish. Globe skimmer dragonflies migrate from India to eastern Africa and back again, making them the farthest-traveling insect in the world. African elephants march from the dry lands of the Kalahari region to …

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Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

This alphabet book is going normally until the cake on letter C page is stolen. Bear, representing letter B, is determined to find the culprit, but he needs a little help from the readers. Bear leads the reader from page to page looking for clues. Bear thinks Fox might be the culprit, but Gingerbread Man testifies that Fox has changed since he took a bite out of him. Bear then wanders if it might be Octopus since, after all, his tentacles are all over the pages. As Bear questions more characters, the evidence piles up, and soon the perpetrator is …

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Literally: Amazing Words And Where They Come From, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

Literally: Amazing Words And Where They Come From, Rachel Wadham

Children's Book and Media Review

Discover the origins and meanings of twelve English words that come from a wide range of languages all over the world. From finding out that the origin of the world ukulele has to do with fleas to seeing how the use of the world royalty has changed over time, it is clear that the origin and history of words shape their meanings both in the past and in the present.

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Full Issue, Various Reviewers Apr 2022

Full Issue, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

No abstract provided.

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Gestating At Altitude: How Do Maternal Physiology And Evolutionary Adaptation Influence Fetal Growth?, Kirksey Cunningham, Kate Wilsterman, Zac A. Cheviron Apr 2022

Gestating At Altitude: How Do Maternal Physiology And Evolutionary Adaptation Influence Fetal Growth?, Kirksey Cunningham, Kate Wilsterman, Zac A. Cheviron

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Lowland mammals, including humans, experience an increased risk for fetal growth restriction (FGR) at high altitudes. FGR is associated with a range of adverse lifetime risks, including lower infant survival. Maternal physiology, such as cardiopulmonary function and nutrient provisioning, has been hypothesized to play an important role in driving altitude-dependent FGR, but strong associations between specific aspects of maternal physiology and FGR at altitude have been difficult to establish. One approach has been to study populations adapted to altitude; highland populations of humans, sheep, and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) mitigate altitude-induced reductions in fetal growth and may thus offer insight …

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Social Motivation In Juvenile & Adolescent Degus: Effects Of Separation & Isolation On Behaviors, Kendra Kuehn, Heather Warner, Amber Thatcher Apr 2022

Social Motivation In Juvenile & Adolescent Degus: Effects Of Separation & Isolation On Behaviors, Kendra Kuehn, Heather Warner, Amber Thatcher

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

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Estimating Elk Abundance In The Ruby Mountains, Wyatt Nielsen Apr 2022

Estimating Elk Abundance In The Ruby Mountains, Wyatt Nielsen

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Human recreation and wildlife overlap is a growing concern. The amount of people who visit public land grow in numbers every year, and it is important to understand how these large visitor numbers are affecting the local ecosystem. Elk are particularly affected, since they need space to raise calves, find food, and sleep as a large herd. With the largest elk population in the United States, the state of Colorado is investigating how humans that hike and camp affect where elk spend their time and raise their calves. To this end, study sites have been set up with trail cameras …

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Women And Water In Mountain Communities: Interactions Between Resource Access And Gender-Based Development, Jenna Mccrorie Apr 2022

Women And Water In Mountain Communities: Interactions Between Resource Access And Gender-Based Development, Jenna Mccrorie

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Potable water and safe sanitation services are some of the most crucial resources to communities all around the globe. Currently, as many as 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water, and it is predicted that 1.8 billion people will be living in countries with absolute water scarcity by 2025. This indispensable resource and lifeblood of civilization originates in the “water towers of the world”: mountains. It is estimated that over half of the human population relies on major streams and rivers flowing out of mountainous areas. Communities in these areas face serious challenges when there is not …

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Learning To See Human: Universal Aspects And Cultural Variations In The Development Of Anthropomorphism, Kit Smith Apr 2022

Learning To See Human: Universal Aspects And Cultural Variations In The Development Of Anthropomorphism, Kit Smith

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

Anthropomorphism is the tendency to attribute human characteristics (i.e. emotions, intentions) to nonhuman animals, technologies, and nature. This disposition varies by individual, but there may be factors that contribute to one’s tendencies. The current study investigates cultural contributions to the development of individual anthropomorphism by assessing the anthropomorphic tendencies of children and adults from China and Canada. The Chinese sample included children (4-6 years; N=299) and adults (16-28 years; N=294); the Canadian sample included children (4-6 years; N=103) and adults (17-52 years; N=158). All participants were administered the Individual Differences in Anthropomorphism Questionnaire - Child Form …

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A Splendid Idea In China Turned Sour In Florida: The Rise And Fall Of The Florida Splendid China, Wenxian Zhang Apr 2022

A Splendid Idea In China Turned Sour In Florida: The Rise And Fall Of The Florida Splendid China, Wenxian Zhang

Florida Historical Quarterly

Although Florida had been promoted as a tropical paradise to people with health concerns since the granting of statehood in 1845, the Sunshine State did not become a top vacation destination for thrill-seeking Americans until Disney World opened its doors in the early 1970s. Disney's appearance spawned several other major theme parks, including Sea World and Universal Studios, and some smaller attractions such as Wet and Wild. Florida Splendid China joined the ranks of Central Florida's regional theme parks in 1993. A high profile project, it represented one of the first and largest joint investment ventures between the United States …

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Apr 2022

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Oatis, A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontier in the Era of the Yamusee War, 1680-1730, by Timothy P. Grady; Sweet, Negotiating for Georgia: British-Creek Relations in the Trustee Era, 1733-1752, by Dan Murphee; Hawkins, Jose de Bustamante and Central American Independence: Colonial Administration in an Age of Imperial Crisis, by Dennis Halpin; Wells, Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861, by Anthony Carey; McDonough, Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble, by Kevin N. Levin; Revels, Grander in Her Daughters: Florida's Women During the Civil War; Weatherford, Real Women of Tampa and Hillborough County From Prehistory to the Millennium, by Robert …

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Review Essay: Clever Men And Cool Brains: Rethinking The Mind Of The Old South, John Mayfield Apr 2022

Review Essay: Clever Men And Cool Brains: Rethinking The Mind Of The Old South, John Mayfield

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Southerner," wrote Frederick Law Olmsted in 1854, "is greatly wanting in hospitality of mind, closing his doors to all opinions and schemes to which he has been bred a stranger, with a contempt and bigotry which sometimes seems incompatible with his character as a gentleman. He has a large but unexpansive mind." Harsh words, but they stuck. For decades after the Civil War, Northern observers such as Henry Adams and Southern grouches such as Wilbur J. Cash echoed Olmsted to one degree or another. Southerners had 'temperament," not "mind," the argument went, and if they thought at all it …

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Commentaries, Florida Historical Society Apr 2022

Commentaries, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Commentaries by Jack E. Davis, with Thomas Castillo, Jay Clune, James M. Denham, Russell D. James, Alex Lichtenstein, Dave Nelson, Joshua Parker, and Lee L. Willis III

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Apr 2022

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Piker, Okfuskee: A Creek Town in Colonial America, by Michael D. Green; Hahn, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763, by James Taylor Carson; Morris, Florida's Lost Tribes, by Francis X. Luca; Armitage and Braddick, eds., The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, by Jonathan Eacott; Hyde, ed., A Fierce and Fractious Frontier: The Curious Development of Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1699-2000, by Timothy R. Buckner; Meltzer, Hunted Like a Wolf: The Story of the Seminole War, by Samuel Watson; Billingsley, Communities of Kinship: Antebellum Families and the Settlement of the Cotton Frontier, by Daniel Kilbride; Pace, Halls of Honor: College Men in …

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The Sporting Set Winters In Florida: Fertile Ground For The Leisure Revolution, 1870-1930, Larry R. Youngs Apr 2022

The Sporting Set Winters In Florida: Fertile Ground For The Leisure Revolution, 1870-1930, Larry R. Youngs

Florida Historical Quarterly

Maurice Fatio made his first visit to Palm Beach, Florida, at the height of the social season in February 1923. The young Swiss architect planned on trolling for business among the resort's elite guests, hoping to supplement his New York City firm's clientele. The pace and nature of the Palm Beach scene, however, caught him by surprise. In a letter to his parents written on the fourth day of his visit, he exclaimed, "I have never led a more intense life." Describing a typical day, he explained that "one gets up at 10 o'clock to play tennis; at noon one …

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The St. Augustine Hurricane Of 1811: Disaster And The Question Of Political Unrest On The Florida Frontier, Sherry Johnson Apr 2022

The St. Augustine Hurricane Of 1811: Disaster And The Question Of Political Unrest On The Florida Frontier, Sherry Johnson

Florida Historical Quarterly

"On the 5th of October a violent hurricane hit this city, It caused terrible damage to the houses in town....The destruction is so great that these poor people are entirely ruined."1 So wrote Spanish East Florida's interim governor Juan Jose de Estrada on December 5, 1811. The hurricane could not have occurred at a more inopportune time. During the previous three years, Spain had suffered an unprecedented series of catastrophes. In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded the country, usurped the monarchy, and placed his brother Josef on the throne, thus creating a crisis of legitimacy throughout the Spanish empire. Political confusion …

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Index, Florida Historical Society Apr 2022

Index, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Index to Volume 83

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Apr 2022

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Power, Early Art of the Southeastern Indians: Feathered Serpents and Winged Beings, by Christina Snyder; Burnard, Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World, by Colleen A. Vasconcello; Missall and Missall, The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict, by Samuel Watson; Dubois, Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, by John K. Thornton; Stockel, On the Bloody Road to Jesus: Christianity and the Chiricahua Apaches, by Rodney R. Alvarez; Lakwete, Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America, by Patrick W. O'Neil; Nelson, Reign of Iron: Story of the …

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