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The establishment, drought tolerance, and weed suppression potential of multispecies sod: Author: Stark, Jennifer Grace; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Land Rehabilitation; Abstract: Re-seeding is a frequently used technique to revegetate disturbed areas, but often leaves bare ground prone to weed invasion. Mixtures of drought tolerant or native species in sod could be used as an alternative to seed to provide rapid establishment of desirable plant communities that may potentially reduce weed emergence, survival, and productivity. Additionally, the reinforcement material required to aid transport of multispecies sod could further contribute to weed suppression and sod establishment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the weed suppression and establishment potentia...; Download File | View full details

Consequences of Perceived Group Variability: Hostile Outgroup Behaviors: Author: Kirmis, Nathan Halvor; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: The present study investigated the link between perceptions of group variability and intergroup hostility. Three-hundred and twenty undergraduates delivered noise blasts to members of their ingroup and a competing outgroup after receiving bogus feedback about the variability of personality scores for each group. It was hypothesized that under conditions of outgroup homogeneity, participants would demonstrate the greatest levels of outgroup hostility. While the average levels of outgroup hostility were greatest under conditions of outgroup homogeneity, there were no significant differences in o...; Download File | View full details

Networked Empowerment: The Internet as Medium for Environmental Filmmaking: Author: Shoemaker, Jennifer Anne; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Science and Natural History Filmmaking; Abstract: Whether the Internet represents a true revolution in human communication or is merely a much-hyped relative to existing media is the subject of much debate. However, regardless of whether the Internet represents revolution or just evolution, it does provide a unique and unprecedented opportunity for environmental filmmakers to engage viewers in a thoughtful dialogue about how to improve the quality of our natural environment and the health of its inhabitants. This thesis examines how the Internet's capacity for nonmarket individual production and peer collaboration provides the basis for a new...; Download File | View full details

Ethical Decision Making about Sexual Harassment Complaints that Stem from Dissolved Workplace Romances: A Policy-Capturing Approach: Author: Jessen, Paul Lee; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: An experiment was conducted to examine the degree to which Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is an appropriate theoretical perspective from which to interpret raters' varying responses to a sexual harassment claim that stems from a dissolved workplace romance. The policy capturing methodology was used with 40 study participants to assess the significance of features of a dissolved workplace romance and sexual harassment situation in predicting participants' responses to a sexual harassment claim. Results revealed that Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is appropriate for...; Download File | View full details

Cognitive Complexity and Logic Puzzle Question Answering: Author: Hobson, Jennifer Michelle; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: Cognitive complexity refers to a person's system of interpersonal constructs that controls an individual's perceptions. An individual's system of interpersonal constructs is used to interpret and analyze the actions of other individuals. An individual's interpersonal constructs can be considered relatively complex when they contain a relatively large number of elements (constructs). Previous research has suggested that individuals high in cognitive complexity compared to those low in cognitive complexity differ in approaches to solving decision problems. Those high in cognitive complexity will...; Download File | View full details

An Assessment of Health Literacy about Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Adult Residents of Flathead County, Montana: Author: O'Neill, Jennifer Lynn; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Nursing; Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore health literacy about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in adult residents of Flathead County, Montana. The combination of documented low health literacy levels in U.S. and the proliferating use of CAM throughout the country create the potential for poor healthcare outcomes. Previous research indicates that due to lack of access to healthcare, rural residents often utilize CAM. Quantitative research methods and Margaret Newman's Health as an Expanding Consciousness provided the underlying framework for this study. A systematic sampling of 92...; Download File | View full details

Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Habitat in Central Montana: Author: Woodward, Jennifer Kristy; Date: 2006-12-15; Program: Animal and Range Sciences; Abstract: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat was studied in central Montana primarily on Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis) dominated rangeland. The primary objective was to compare shrub and herbaceous parameters within (use, random or non-use) and between seasonal habitats (nest, brood, winter). Nesting occurred in areas with greater total shrub cover (15v13%) and height (28v26 cm), and taller live (12v11 cm) and residual grass (9v8 cm) than randomly available. The shrubs under which hens nested were taller (50v44 cm) and more productive (61v51 g) than rando...; Download File | View full details

Cognitive presence among mathematics teachers: an analysis of tasks and discussions in an asynchronous online graduate course: Author: Colt, Diana Lynn; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Mathematics; Abstract: Higher order learning, in terms of both process and outcome, is frequently cited as the goal of higher education (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000). However, the adoption of computer mediated communication in higher education has far outpaced our understanding of how this medium can best be used to promote higher order learning (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2004). Researchers have examined quantitative components of computer mediated communication, but little work has been done to examine the cognitive aspects of online discussion. Those studies that do exist demonstrate inconsisten...; Download File | View full details

Using Asynchronous Discussions to Facilitate Collaborative Problem Solving in College Algebra: Author: Kosiak, Jennifer Jean; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Mathematics; Abstract: This research study was conducted to investigate the nature and quality of online mathematical communication that occurred during collaborative problem solving and its effect on mathematical achievement in college algebra. Two intact sections of college algebra were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (online group work) or control group (individual seatwork). Both sections of college algebra met face-to-face and were taught by the same instructor. Students in the treatment group (n = 26) were placed into six collaborative groups. Four week-long online tasks designed according to the...; Download File | View full details

Magnetic resonance microscopy studies of biofilms: diffusion, hydrodynamics and porous media: Author: Hornemann, Jennifer Ann; Date: 2009-08-15; Program: Engineering; Abstract: Due to the complicated nature of studying living bacterial communities, Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (MRM) is a necessary tool providing unique data that is complementary to other techniques such as confocal microscopy and microelectrodes. MRM has the ability to probe an opaque system non-invasively and collect velocity measurements, imaging data, diffusion, and relaxation values and is an asset in the quest to learn how biofilms establish, grow, and die. The goal of these studies was to extend current biofilm research using MRM to enhance our understanding of transport phenomena over a hiera...; Download File | View full details

Sympathetic Ganglia Formation in the Chick Peripheral Nervous System: Author: Kasemeier-Kulesa, Jennifer Caroline; Date: 2005-12-15; Program: Neuroscience; Abstract: The neural crest is a unique population of pluripotent cells that are crucial in vertebrate embryogenesis. In the trunk, NCCs migrate along a ventromedial pathway give rise to the dorsal root ganglia or the sympathetic ganglia (SG), or follow a dorsolateral pathway and give rise to melanocytes. Intriguingly, NCCs following the ventromedial pathway migrate in a metameric pattern through the rostral half somite and avoid the caudal somite and this is thought to dictate the metameric pattern of the SG. Static analyses have characterized the development of these structures, but timelapse imaging o...; Download File | View full details

Satellite monitoring of cropland-related carbon sequestration practices in North Central Montana: Author: Watts, Jennifer Dawn; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Land Rehabilitation; Abstract: This study used an object-oriented approach in conjunction with the Random Forest algorithm to classify agricultural practices set forth in carbon contract agreements associated with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), including tillage (till or no-till (NT)), conservation reserve (CR), and crop intensity. The object-oriented approach allowed for per-field classifications and the incorporation of contextual elements in addition to spectral features. Random Forest is an advanced classification method that avoids data over-fitting and incorporates an internal classification accuracy assessment. ...; Download File | View full details

Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Fox Hills and Hell Creek Formations (Maastrichtian), Eastern Montana and its Relationship to Dinosaur Paleontology: Author: Flight, Jennifer Noel; Date: 2004-05-15; Program: Earth Sciences; Abstract: The Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation near the Fort Peck Reservoir, eastern Montana, has received significant investigation due to the large variety and exceptional preservation of included fossil material. Workers have focused mainly on taphonomic and paleontologic issues, but lack of a stratigraphic framework within which to place fossil finds in order to address questions of evolution, population diversity, and paleoecology. This study uses sequence stratigraphy to correlate within the Fox Hills and Hell Creek Formations such that paleontologic data can be interpreted in relation to a s...; Download File | View full details

Collidial Suspension Flow and Transport Behavior in Small Channels by Magnetic Resonance Microscopy: Author: Brown, Jennifer Ruth; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Engineering; Abstract: The research presented addresses colloidal transport issues in small channel systems using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy techniques. In transport phenomena, the interaction between convection or deterministic motions and diffusion or random motions is important in many engineering and natural applications, especially relating to multiphase flows. Magnetic Resonance methods have the ability to separate coherent from incoherent motion, as well as measure spatially resolved velocity, probability distributions of displacement, and microstructure on the pore scale, even within a multiphase colloida...; Download File | View full details

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