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Dynamic processing of DOM: Insight from exometabolomics, fluorescence spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry
(2018-04)Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater environments is an important source of organic carbon, supporting bacterial respiration. Frozen environments cover vast expanses of our planet, with glaciers and ice‐sheets ... -
Assessment of Nannochloropsis gaditana growth and lipid accumulation with increased inorganic carbon delivery
(2018-04)Algal biomass refineries for sustainable transportation fuels, in particular biodiesel, will benefit from algal strain enhancements to improve biomass and lipid productivity. Specifically, the supply of inorganic carbon ... -
Low-Field Borehole NMR Applications in the Near-Surface Environment
(2018-01)The inherent heterogeneity of the near subsurface (<200 m below the ground surface) presents challenges for agricultural water management, hydrogeologic characterization, and engineering, among other fields. Borehole nuclear ... -
Competitive resource allocation to metabolic pathways contributes to overflow metabolisms and emergent properties in cross-feeding microbial consortia
(2018-04)Resource scarcity is a common stress in nature and has a major impact on microbial physiology. This review highlights microbial acclimations to resource scarcity, focusing on resource investment strategies for chemoheterotrophs ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for Tribal Waters: Addressing Disparities in Safe Public Drinking Water on the Crow Reservation in Montana, US
(2018-03)Disparities in access to safe public drinking water are increasingly being recognized as contributing to health disparities and environmental injustice for vulnerable communities in the United States. As the Co-Directors ... -
Microbial Functional Gene Diversity Predicts Groundwater Contamination and Ecosystem Functioning
(2018-02)Contamination from anthropogenic activities has significantly impacted Earth’s biosphere. However, knowledge about how environmental contamination affects the biodiversity of groundwater microbiomes and ecosystem functioning ... -
Cr(VI) reduction and physiological toxicity are impacted by resource ratio in Desulfovibrio vulgaris
(2018-03)Desulfovibrio spp. are capable of heavy metal reduction and are well-studied systems for understanding metal fate and transport in anaerobic environments. Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough was grown under environmentally ... -
Analysis of Clostridium difficile biofilms: imaging and antimicrobial treatment
(2018-01)BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile, a spore-forming Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus, is the most common causative agent of healthcare-associated diarrhoea. Formation of biofilms may protect C. difficile against antibiotics, ... -
The Open SESMO (Search Engine & Social Media Optimization) Project: Linked and Structured Data for Library Subscription Databases to Enable Web-scale Discovery in Search Engines
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Today's learners operate in digital environments which can be largely navigated with no human intervention. At the same time, libraries spend millions and millions of dollars to provide access to content which our users ... -
Building strategic alliances to support advocacy and planning for digital preservation
(2017-12)While the business benefits of digital asset management are well documented, the benefits and importance of digital preservation are not. Digital preservation is a sustained commitment to maintenance activities which require ... -
The mathematics in mathematical modeling
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2017)The purpose of this research was to investigate how teachers interact with mathematics while teaching mathematical modeling to elementary students. To conduct this study, I used a case study approach with four elementary ... -
Evaluation of pitch control techniques for a cross-flow water turbine
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017)Cross-flow water turbines are complex devices that have yet to see large-scale implementation relative to conventional horizontal-axis wind turbines. While wind energy was the primary target of past investigations, water ... -
Organic amendments for enhancing microbial coalbed methane production
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017)Coalbed methane (CBM) is natural gas found in subsurface coal beds and supplies approximately 4-6% of the annual U.S. natural gas requirements. Many unmineable coal beds contain CBM produced by native microbial communities. ... -
Damage characterization of fiber reinforced composite materials by means of multiaxial testing and digital image correlation
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017)Composite materials offer a unique quality to improve structural designs. Now, not only can a structure's geometry be designed, composite materials offer the engineer the ability to design the layup of the material and, ... -
Visualizing and quantifying biomineralization in wellbore analog reactors
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017)Subsurface fluid injection is a proposed method for the storage of hydrocarbon fuels and the mitigation of fossil fuel emissions. Concerns about leakage exist when storing fluids in the subsurface given their potential to ... -
Magnetic resonance studies of fluid transport in porous systems and medical devices
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017)This research describes the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for non-invasive investigation of fluid transport and hydrodynamics in porous systems and medical devices. NMR microscopy is used to ... -
Effective school board governance behaviors of Montana School Board members: a Delphi study
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2017)School board governance matters. Past research has demonstrated that effective school boards are associated with higher student achievement. However, this research has been less clear about what those agreed upon effective ... -
Cycling and storage of reactive soil carbon and nitrogen pools: management implications for semiarid crop production
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2017)Changes in the size and distribution of soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools affect the biogeochemical properties of terrestrial ecosystems; particularly in semiarid drylands where environmental constraints limit ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of a comprehensive retention improvement initiative: studying the success program
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2017)The mission of the community college is to increase access to higher education for all students. Low retention and completion rates make achieving this mission difficult. This qualitative case study explored the Students ... -
Instructor usage of learning management systems utilizing a technology acceptance model
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2017)Limited research exists on the factors that influence an instructor's choice to use a learning management system. The purpose of the current study is to explore how task technology fit constructs relate to the other ...
