Scholarly Work - Indigenous Research Initiative
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Item Adult social roles and alcohol use among American Indians(2014-09) Greene, Kaylin M.; Eitle, Tamela McNulty; Eitle, DavidAmerican Indians are disproportionately burdened by alcohol-related problems. Yet, research exploring predictors of alcohol use among American Indians has been limited by cross-sectional designs and reservation-based samples. Guided by a life course developmental perspective, the current study used a subsample of American Indians (n = 927) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to explore alcohol use (current drinking, usual number of drinks, and binge drinking) among this population. We examined whether adult social roles (i.e., cohabitation, marriage, parenthood, college enrollment, and full-time work) were linked to the rise and fall of alcohol use. Multi-level models demonstrated that adult social roles were linked to alcohol use at the within- and between-person levels. Becoming a parent was linked to a lower likelihood of being a current drinker, fewer alcoholic drinks, and less frequent binge drinking. Transitioning to full-time work was associated with a higher likelihood of being a current drinker and more frequent binge drinking. Results point to the importance of exploring within-group trajectories of alcohol use and highlight the protective and risky nature of adult social roles among American Indians.Item Entropy and Architecture : entropic phenomena actuating dynamic space(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2008) Bernier, Jobe Paul; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: John Brittingham; Christopher Livingston (co-chair)Accepting the second law of thermodynamics indicates that any energy source is not infinite. At the event fossil fuel reserves in Alaska are depleted, the massive infrastructure supporting fossil fuel extraction-including 800 miles of pipeline-is assumed to be obsolete. This thesis endeavors to acknowledge the Pipeline's relationship to energy transfer and create a future plan of adaptive reuse. This thesis exposes processes of energy transfer or entropy. It acknowledges environmental entropy and utilizes observable phenomena of global warming within Alaska. It argues that since physical systems are universally subject to entropy, and ideal systems are connected to physical systems, ideal systems are as subject to entropy as physical systems. The exposé of these entropic values occur in a design of an experiential space at the southern most marine terminal of the existing system. It demonstrates the experience of social entropy through spatial configurations affecting communication; it informs a hidden nature of fuel as commodity. Additionally, it exposes environmental entropy by connecting dynamic spatial changes in Valdez to measurable triggers along the Pipeline's corridor.