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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 ... -
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 ... -
Value-added composite bioproducts reinforced with regionally significant agricultural residues
(Montana State University - Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, 2018)Biopolymers, such as polyhydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate (PHBV), combined with natural fiber into biocomposites have potential as sustainable alternatives to traditional plastics and composites for which recycling is ... -
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 ... -
The relationship of formal reasoning, motivation, and conceptual change: a quantitative study of introductory biology students across the United States
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2018)There is a noticeable disconnect between conceptual change research carried out in different domains of knowledge. This is starkly apparent in the divide between theoretical models of conceptual change stemming from cognitive ... -
Statistical methodology for biological signals in the presence of measurement uncertainty
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)In recent years, increasing amounts of complex biological data are being collected on patients in many branches of medical research. Many of these signals are being collected with a certain amount of imprecision in the ... -
Understanding the effects of wildfire on the functional traits of plants and bees
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)Diversity, often assessed by species richness, fosters ecosystem success, promoting ecosystem services, stability, and adaptation. Evaluations of functional trait composition are a better indicator of ecological process ... -
Radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine enzymes: radical control and assembly of complex metallocofactors
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)Electrons, whether from carbon-based radicals or metals, can generate oxidative stress and disease in biological systems; however, when directed properly by a protein, these electrons are responsible for crucial life-sustaining ... -
An assessment of surgical oncology patient education
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2018)Cancer patients are faced with tremendous amounts of information during a very vulnerable time, challenging the medical community to provide patients and families with up to date, relevant, evidence-based information to ... -
Human gut phages in health and disease
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)The human body is colonized by a diverse microbial community known as the human microbiota. Most of these microbes, reside in the human intestinal tract. The gut microbiota has coevolved with humans and has become essential ... -
Human trafficking: what is the role of the healthcare professional?
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2018)The idea of this professional project originated after a learning-needs assessment was performed by the education department on the Labor and Delivery/Mother Newborn unit at a healthcare facility in Montana. Information ... -
Disruption of neutrophil reactive oxygen species production by Staphylococcus aureus
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2018)Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a bacterial pathogen that causes a wide range of human disease, from skin infections to invasive endocarditis. Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cell in the human body, and ... -
SR and U isotopes reveal interactions of surface water and groundwater along the mountain headwaters to intermountain basin transition (Hyalite Canyon and Gallatin Valley, MT)
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2018)Mountainous regions of the western United States are characterized by steep, rapidly eroding mountain headwater streams transitioning to more depositional intermountain basins. The character and flux of water across these ... -
The FIREBIRD-II CubeSat mission: Focused investigations of relativistic electron burst intensity, range, and dynamics
(2020-03)FIREBIRD-II is a National Science Foundation funded CubeSat mission designed to study the scale size and energy spectrum of relativistic electron microbursts. The mission consists of two identical 1.5 U CubeSats in a low ... -
Evaluating and presenting uncertainty in model‐based unconstrained ordination
(2019-12)Variability in ecological community composition is often analyzed by recording the presence or abundance of taxa in sample units, calculating a symmetric matrix of pairwise distances or dissimilarities among sample units ... -
Quantifying seasonal cornice dynamics using a terrestrial laser scanner in Svalbard, Norway
(2020-02)Snow cornices develop along mountain ridges, edges of plateaus, and marked inflections in topography throughout regions with seasonal and permanent snow cover. Despite the recognized hazard posed by cornices in mountainous ...
