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Scarp analysis of the Centennial Normal fault, Beaverhead County, Montana and Fremont County, Idaho: Author: Petrik, Falene Elizabeth; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Earth Sciences; Abstract: The Centennial Mountains are an east-west trending mountain range in southwest Montana. The Centennial Mountains are bound on the south by the Eastern Snake River Plane, the north-trending Madison Range and fault on the east and the Centennial Valley on the north. The Centennial normal fault offsets the Centennial Mountains on the north down-dropping the Centennial Valley. Approximately 3000 meters of offset along the Centennial normal fault creates the Centennial Mountains. The present Centennial Mountains are subdivided into two stratigraphically different blocks by the Odell Creek normal fa...; Download File | View full details

The Effect of Divorce Risk on the Labor Force Participation of Women With and Without Children: Author: Genadek, Katie Rose; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Applied Economics; Abstract: This paper examines the effects of divorce risk on the labor force participation responses of married women. The empirical analysis uses a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation associated with the passage of state-level divorce laws, focusing on the responses of married women with children relative to married women without children. The most important new finding is that married mothers have greater labor force participation responses to no-fault divorce laws than do married non-mothers in states with such laws, even after controlling ...; Download File | View full details

Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Quaternary Alluvial Fans with Implications to Growth Strata, Lost River Range, Idaho: Author: Patterson, Scott Joseph; Date: 2006-08-15; Program: Earth Sciences; Abstract: Small-radius (<2 km), steep (8-17°), Holocene debris flow dominant alluvial fans are depositing on top of large-radius (~5 km), shallow (2-3°) inactive Pleistocene sheetflood dominant alluvial fans along the western flank of the Lost River Range, Idaho. Channel ways, with and without backfilling, have developed within the large sheetflood dominant alluvial fans. The sheetflood dominant alluvial fans are being dissected. Three wedge shaped gravel packages were identified by field mapping and measured sections in four alluvial fans along the active extensional Lost River...; Download File | View full details

The Native Education Equity Project: Educating for the Future: Author: Mulvaugh, Lucas Wyman; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Native American Studies; Abstract: From the boarding school era to the current high drop-out rates, western-based education systems have a 50% failure rate in its service to the American Indian students of Montana. This thesis takes a critical look at the historical ramifications of Western based education on the Native Peoples of Montana, and the contemporary response from the state to improve Indian Education. The purpose of this thesis is to research current pedagogies being used within public schools with high Indian student populations, to provide recommendations to improve those pedagogies, and to create professional deve...; Download File | View full details

Traditional diet of the Saalish, Kootenai, and Pend D'Oreille Indians in North West Montana and contemporary diet recommendations, a comparison: Author: Groessler, Margit Elisabeth; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Nursing; Abstract: Native Americans in Montana have a higher prevalence of diabetes that the national average. Some health authorities believe this may be due to their current dietary practices. However, to understand the impact of current dietary practices it is important to compare traditional diets with current dietary recommendations. Historical review was used to collect data on the Traditional Native American diet. These data were analyzed and calculated as part of a 2000 calorie meal plan. Untied States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet recommendations were anal...; Download File | View full details

Carbon dioxide sequestration monitoring and verification via laser based detection system in the 2 micron band: Author: Humphries, Seth David; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Engineering; Abstract: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a known contributor to the green house gas effect. Emissions of CO2 are rising as the global demand for inexpensive energy is placated through the consumption and combustion of fossil fuels. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) may provide a method to prevent CO2 from being exhausted to the atmosphere. The carbon may be captured after fossil fuel combustion in a power plant and then stored in a long term facility such as a deep geologic feature. The ability to verify the integrity of carbon storage at a location is key to the success of all CCS projects. A laser-based...; Download File | View full details

Chemical Sensors and Instrumentation Powered by Microbial Fuel Cells: Author: Angathevar Veluchamy, Raaja Raajan; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Chemical Engineering; Abstract: The use of microbial fuel cells to power electronic devices is inhibited by their low voltage and current outputs, therefore they cannot be used directly to power electronic devices without appropriate power management. The goal of the thesis is to power chemical sensors but currently there are no available sensor circuitries which can be operated at the low potential and current delivered by a microbial fuel cell. In this thesis, novel sensor circuitry and power management circuitry have been developed. The sensor circuitry can be programmed to operate any generic amperometric sensor and the ...; Download File | View full details

Structural analysis of cleavage at Sandy Hollow, McCartney Mountain fold-and-thrust salient, Southwest Montana: Author: Helmke, Elizabeth Ashley; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Earth Sciences; Abstract: The McCartney Mountain salient is a distinct convex-east segment of the Sevier fold-and-thrust belt in southwest Montana, lying east of the Pioneer batholith and west of basement-cored Laramide uplifts. Prominent features of the central part of the salient include the in-sequence Sandy Hollow thrust fault (displacing Permian over Lower Cretaceous strata), and hanging wall and footwall syncline-anticline pairs that display complex intra-formational duplexes and parasitic detachment folds at all scales. Cleavage occurs in the argillaceous carbonate members of the Cretaceous Kootenai and Triassic...; Download File | View full details

The Sinc-Galerkin Method for Problems in Oceanography: Author: Koonprasert, Sanoe; Date: 2003-12-15; Program: Mathematics; Abstract: The model for a wind-driven current with depth-dependent eddy viscosity is developed as a complex velocity formulation and a coupled system formulation. The numerical solutions, calculated by a Sinc-Galerkin method, are compared. A fully Sinc-Galerkin method in both space and time for a partial differential equation with time-dependent boundary conditions is developed. This entirely new technique is applied to the model for a wind-driven current with time-dependent viscosity. Several numerical examples are used to test the performance of the method. This fully Sinc-Galerkin method is then appl...; Download File | View full details

A Paradigm Shift for the Science Documentary: Author: Kustusch, Christopher Michael; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Science and Natural History Filmmaking; Abstract: The science documentary exists within a very specific cultural space. It is not only separate from conventional fictional entertainment but it is also separate from the mainstream, or social documentary, tradition. The cross-blending of genres and the borrowing of technique and style from current "modern documentaries" should lead to a radical reinvention of the paradigm (i.e., a paradigm shift) of the science/natural history documentary. This essay will focus on three main areas of discussion: the rise of the modern documentary, a discussion exploring the characteristics of the curr...; Download File | View full details

From East to West: an exploratory cross cultural comparison of night eating syndrome and related eating pathology in Mainland China and the USA: Author: Cooper, Barbara Ellen; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: The current study investigates the prevalence rate of Night Eating Syndrome (NES) in mainland China. Although some research has investigated the prevalence and characteristics of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in China, virtually no research has been carried out on NES in the indigenous Chinese population. Thus, the primary goal of the current study was to examine NES prevalence and characteristics in China and to compare these prevalence rates and characteristics to published prevalence rates for the USA and also to a sample of college students in the USA. NES has also been linked to va...; Download File | View full details

Structural interpretation of the Elk Range thrust system, Western Colorado, USA: Author: Tully, Justin Edward; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Earth Sciences; Abstract: The Elk Mountains of western Colorado expose Pennsylvanian-Permian strata that were deposited along the western margin of the Ancestral Central Colorado Trough. These rocks were displaced southwestward in Late Cretaceous-Early Paleogene time along the northeast-dipping Elk Range thrust system. The thrust system trends southeast from Redstone, CO to the Fossil Ridge wilderness and includes the en echelon Elk Range and Brush Creek thrust faults. This thrust system represents the deeply eroded up-plunge core of a major Laramide basement-cored fold in western Colorado, the Grand Hogback monocline....; Download File | View full details

A Non-Autonomous Bursting Model for Neurons: Author: Latulippe, Joe Jean-Marc; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Mathematics; Abstract: Certain mammalian visual neurons exhibit On and Off responses when given a light stimulus. In addition to these responses, [51] showed that for retinal ganglion cells, the neuron will also exhibit a Mixed response when given two simultaneous stimuli in different regions of the cell's receptive field. This Mixed response is a nonlinear combination of the On and Off responses. In this dissertation, a single cell model which can reproduce On, Off, and Mixed responses is developed and examined using leading order analyses and averaging. This model is developed from a current balance equation which...; Download File | View full details

Modeling and Transient Degradation of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Author: Pasricha, Sandip; Date: 2006-05-15; Program: Electrical Engineering; Abstract: This thesis presents a model based approach to describe proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell degradation with time. This degradation study involves analysis of voltage and current profiles of PEM membranes under transient load conditions. The data is collected from 80 membranes in an Independence1000 1000W PEM system over the life span of the membrane. The thesis also presents PEM fuel cell models developed and validated on a 500W SR-12 commercial PEM stack. Several static models from the literature are reviewed in terms of physical effects, parameterized for identification, and compared u...; Download File | View full details

A Validation Study of the Montana State University In-Plane Loader: Author: Collett, Aaron Bruce; Date: 2006-08-15; Program: Mechanical Engineering; Abstract: Characterizing a polymer composite material's response to loading beyond the elastic region is less well defined than it is for other structural materials such as metals. The Naval Research Laboratory has developed a method that uses dissipated energy as a metric to facilitate this characterization. The method relies on empirical data from material strength tests as well as finite element analysis data to make the prediction. A substantial amount of empirical data from different loading conditions is needed to characterize a material. This warrants a testing machine that can apply several load...; Download File | View full details

Men's Stereotypes of Women in Management: Are Women Aware of How They are Stereotyped?: Author: Crawford, Kevin Charles; Date: 2006-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: It is commonly thought that men and women differ in the extent or frequency to which each exhibits various traits-especially traits that are frequently perceived to be more agentic and stereotypical of males (e.g., aggressive and forceful) or more communal and stereotypical of females (e.g., interpersonally sensitive and sympathetic). Further, stereotypes frequently influence behaviors, with many real-world consequences, not the least of which are those often manifested in the disparate treatment of men and women in the workplace. In a recent study (Martell & DeSmet, 2001), male MBA studen...; Download File | View full details

Now and all are important: a post-structural critique of humanism, Aldo Leopold's The Land Ethic and Disney/Pixar's Wall-E: Author: Dye, Charles Eugene; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Science and Natural History Filmmaking; Abstract: Feelings of hopelessness and meaninglessness have become hallmarks of American society. As a filmmaker and film educator it is clear I share a responsibility to address these defining issues. Using some of the ideas of Zygmunt Bauman, Jacques Derrida, Neil Evernden, Claude Levi-Strauss, Bill Nichols, Nell Noddings, José Ortega y Gasset, Edward Said, and Erwin Straus, I observe this problem to be a result of dispassionate humanism -a machineworld story considered appropriate in the current social construction. From this critical perspective, I then analyze Aldo Leopold's "The La...; Download File | View full details

In the shadow of the dam(med): Author: Cuthbertson, Joshua David; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Settlers developed the American West by controlling and subduing the processes of nature. This thesis explores architecture that reveals those processes, not subdues them. A prime example of this is the area along the North Platte River in southeastern Wyoming. The area's quick settlement has resulted in poor land development that threatens the area's current, agriculture-dependant, livelihood. Reservoirs developed to support the agricultural industry have reached the end of their useful lives, and now threaten the water supply. Once such reservoir, located in Guernsey, Wyoming, is silting a...; Download File | View full details

Inter-Dimension: Author: Anderson, Michael; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Fine Arts; Abstract: My current body of work began just over three years ago based upon an obscure passage in a book by Ann Rice that described Archangels as being created before the universe was created, thus not being made of matter. I imagined the Archangels being made of pure energy. The thought of what this might look like has had a lasting influence on my work....; Download File | View full details

The Nursing Student Experience: Student Perceptions Concerning Factors Leading to Success in an Associate of Science in Nursing Program at Montana State University-Northern: Author: Pappas, Mary Weber; Date: 2006-12-15; Program: Education; Abstract: Retention of nursing students in nursing programs throughout the country is a concern in this time of serious nursing shortages. Educating nursing students is expensive, and when students do not persist in a nursing program, valuable resources are taken from other students who may be successful. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to discover and understand the program and personal factors that current students, graduates, and previous nonpersistent students reported as helping students in the associate of science in nursing program at Montana State University-Northern persist to gradu...; Download File | View full details

What's Next? Thinking Beyond the Box: Landscapes of Exchange and Consumer Waste as Food for Cultural Change: Author: Schwanda, Peter Benjamin; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The current state of architecture is pregnant with possibility for its future. As technology and innovation give shape to a malleable landscape of digital media, the world surges onward, pioneered by high-tech industries and everready consumers. International political and commercial forces are colliding and entwining in new ways as globalization increases and borderless commerce gains momentum. As the power struggle over consumer dollars and sociopolitical control has intensified a "one planet" mentality, globalization continues to exhibit our interconnectedness. However, another si...; Download File | View full details

An Examination of International Studies in Undergraduate Agricultural Curricula at 1862 Land Grant Institutions: Author: Brooks, Shannon Elizabeth; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Agricultural Education; Abstract: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the status of international agricultural education at 1862 land grant institutions, by answering the question, what are our 1862 land grant institutions doing to integrate international studies into their undergraduate agricultural curricula? There were two investigations conducted, (1) a content analysis and (2) a survey. A website based content analysis was conducted. A qualitative analysis of the contents of 57 land grant institution's college of agriculture' websites identified current trends in agriculture with regard to international themes. The...; Download File | View full details

Principals' Levels of Emotional Intelligence as an Influence on School Culture: Author: Barent, Jeanie Marie; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Education; Abstract: It is not fully known what assumptions can be made, if any, regarding the emotional intelligence (EI) of a school principal and the influence that has on a school's culture. This study measured the EI of 15 principals willing to participate from randomly selected school districts in Wyoming, using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso EI Test (MSCEIT), which measures four categories of EI: (1) Managing Emotions, assessed using the Emotional Management task and the Social Management task, (2) Understanding Emotions, assessed using the Blends task and the Changes task, (3) Using Emotions, assessed using the...; Download File | View full details

The grid overlay system model: Author: Junkert, Levi Daniel; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Computer Science; Abstract: The grid overlay system model is a new technique for forming a grid computing model for research computing. In this method we construct a grid that is dynamically allocated from a set of resources in a unique and progressive manner. This new system model allows for construction of virtual environments for execution of applications on many diverse shared resources. The system can dynamically scale to create a range of resources from a single machine to a virtual cluster of machines. This model provides a virtual container that can run legacy and customized software in an emulated environment or...; Download File | View full details

Satellite monitoring of current and historical development patterns in Big Sky, Montana: 1990-2005: Author: Campos, Natalie Monique; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Land Resources and Environmental Sciences; Abstract: The goal of this study was to map current and historical development patterns in Big Sky, Montana. Object-oriented classifications of a high-resolution Quickbird image and a fused Quickbird and LiDAR image were compared. Results demonstrated that object-oriented classification can be used to overcome the difficulty associated with pixel-based classification of high-resolution images through the addition of contextual metrics to the classification process. The fused classification resulted in decreased errors of commission and omission for each class, but the differences between the classificat...; Download File | View full details

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