Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU): Recent submissions
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Significance of 4-H on the development of youth's coping skills
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2020)People who reside in rural areas face challenges accessing the health and mental care they need. The lack of mental health resources creates an imperative need for finding avenues to help support youth in these areas. Youth ... -
In pursuit of value
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2020)What follows is an exploration of the bounds of Material Intelligence in contemporary forms of making. While the physical work is autobiographical, and this research is broken up by anecdotal vignettes of my lived experience, ... -
Determinants of participation and coverage level choices in the pasture, rangeland and forage insurance program
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2020)Drought risk has become a primary concern for ranchers as a drought can cause substantial financial losses and have been occurring with more regularity and severity than in years past. The Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage ... -
Attraction, entrance, and passage efficiency of arctic grayling, trout, and suckers at Denil fishways in the Big Hole River Basin, Montana
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)The Big Hole River in southwest Montana supports the only indigenous, self-sustaining fluvial population of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the conterminous United States. Denil fishways have been installed at 63 ... -
Childcare as a protective factor for childhood obesity
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis. Obese children are at risk for developing chronic diseases and are more likely to become obese adults. Despite efforts to decrease the number of obese children, the rate ... -
Schools of empires: the role of higher education and colonization in the American West and Japan
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)The historical relevance of the role of the university is related to research in both local and global exchanges, the accessibility to forms of higher education, and the decentralization and use of scientific knowledge. ... -
Medical cannabis: healthcare professionals' attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Background: The medical marijuana industry and the sociopolitical atmosphere in which it exists have evolved tremendously over the past decade. However, little is known about the healthcare professionals' attitudes, ... -
Improving survivorship care at a community cancer center: a program evaluation
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Survivorship care is an opportunity to prepare cancer survivors for living a life impacted by cancer. The physical, psychological, and spiritual effects of cancer goes beyond the days or hours patients have spent receiving ... -
Cultural super volcano: a cultural history of Yellowstone's hot spot via eco-paranoia
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)People who experienced previous natural disasters later develop a characteristic of miscalculating risk in current and future natural disasters due to the emotional intensity of fear clouding their capability to estimate ... -
Spatiotemporal patterns of resource use and density of American black bears on Yellowstone's northern range
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)The availability of resources, such as food and cover, can directly influence the movement and distribution of wildlife populations. The abundance and seasonal timing of many resources have changed in Yellowstone National ... -
Fiber shape effects on the compressive strength of unidirectional carbon fiber composites: a computational study
(Montana State University - Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, 2020)The tensile strength tends to be much higher than the compressive strength for carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites because of a change in failure modes. Current research activities are looking at novel precursors ... -
Assessing alternative drivers of occupancy, abundance, and elevational range retraction at the range core of a climate-sensitive mammal
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)Ecological niche theory and niche conservativism suggest that rising temperatures globally will continue pressuring species to track cooler environments. Examining changes in occupancy and abundance together across bioclimatic ... -
Digitally automated alignment of a phase-shifting point diffraction interferometer
(Montana State University - Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, 2020)Real-time sensing of wavefront error in laser instruments is an exceptionally useful tool for fine-tuning of laser systems during fabrication. Measurement and correction for potential wavefront aberrations are especially ... -
The role of the doctorate prepared nurse practitioner in medical surge policy development and revision
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Disasters and mass casualty events pose significant challenges to healthcare facilities. It is imperative as an organization to have a medical surge policy in place should a sudden influx in patients occur. Proper policy ... -
An asthma annual spirometry testing quality improvement project
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. In the United States, 7.6% of adults are living with asthma, and the prevalence of asthma in Montana ... -
Stigmatic spectroscopy of the solar atmosphere in the vacuum-ultraviolet
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)The solar atmosphere presents a complicated observing target since tremendous variability exists in solar features over a wide range of spatial, spectral, and temporal scales. Stigmatic spectrographs are indispensable tools ... -
Examining the psychometric functionality of the force concept inventory
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)To improve the current understanding of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), both a response-option-level analysis and a dimensionality analysis were proposed and applied. The response-option-level analysis used polytomous ... -
Enzymatic strategies for controlling and harnessing the oxidative power of O 2
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)Dioxygen, one of Nature's most powerful oxidants, is essential for countless biological reactions. To harness this oxidant's power while minimizing toxicity, enzymes evolved to interact with O 2, activate it, and poise it ... -
Recent and historical water use strategies of western U.S. conifers
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2017)Understanding the physiological traits that trees utilize to manage water use can reveal important insights into how and why they occur in their realized habitat. Among the tools to investigate these traits include measuring ... -
Delineating the determinants of carboxylation in 2-ketopropyl coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase: a unique CO 2-fixing flavoenzyme
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)Global CO 2-emissions are continuously rising, accelerating the impact of associated environmental processes such as climate change, deforestation, and ocean acidification. As a consequence, there is great interest in ...
