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An analysis of fossil identification guides to improve data reporting in citizen science programs
(2020-04)An increasing number of organizations use untrained volunteers to gather scientific data. This citizen science movement builds enthusiasm for science by engaging the public, as well as providing a way to gather large amounts ... -
Montana K-12 Educator Needs Assessment Survey Report 2020
(Montana State University NSF EPSCoR, 2021-09)As part of the Education-Outreach-Diversity team for Montana NSF EPSCoR, the Science Math Resource Center (SMRC) in the Montana State University Department of Education sought to encapsulate the professional development ... -
Optimal surface estimation and thresholding of confocal microscope images of biofilms using Beer's Law
(2020-05)Beer's Law explains how light attenuates into thick specimens, including thick biofilms. We use a Bayesian optimality criterion, the maximum of the posterior probability distribution, and computationally efficiently fit ... -
A new perspective on transient characteristics of quiet stance postural control
(2020-08)Postural control provides insight into health concerns such as fall risk but remains relatively untapped as a vital sign of health. One understudied aspect of postural control involves transient responses within center of ... -
Daasachchuchik:A Trauma-Informed Approach to Developing a Chronic Illness Self-Management Program for the Apsáalooke People
(2020-05)In Montana, American Indians with chronic illnesses (CIs) die 20 years earlier than their White counterparts highlighting an urgent need to develop culturally consonant CI self-management programs. Historical and current ... -
Fracking and Risky Sexual Activity
(2020-07)This paper examines the impact of the U.S. fracking boom on local STI transmission rates and prostitution activity as measured by online prostitution review counts. We first document significant and robust positive effects ... -
Are All Four-Day School Weeks Created Equal? A National Assessment of Four-Day School Week Policy Adoption and Implementation
(2021-08)Four-day school weeks are used in over 1,600 schools across twenty-four states but little is known about adoption and implementation of these types of school calendars. Through examinations of school calendars and ... -
Maximal Perfect Haplotype Blocks with Wildcards
(2020-05)Recent work provides the first method to measure the relative fitness of genomic variants within a population that scales to large numbers of genomes. A key component of the computation involves finding maximal perfect ... -
Light-Driven Permanent Charge Separation across a Hybrid Zero-Dimensional/Two-Dimensional Interface
(2020-04)We report the first demonstration of light-driven permanent charge separation across an ultrathin solid-state zero-dimensional (0D)/2D hybrid interface by coupling photoactive Sn-doped In2O3 nanocrystals with monolayer ... -
Registration of ‘StandClear CLP’ hard red winter wheat
(2020-06)‘StandClear CLP’ (Reg. no. CV-1162, PI 693236) hard red winter (HRW) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed and released by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and exclusively licensed to Loveland Products, ... -
The Accessory Gene saeP of the SaeR/S Two-Component Gene Regulatory System Impacts Staphylococcus aureus Virulence During Neutrophil Interaction
(2020-04)Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) causes a range of diseases ranging from superficial skin and soft-tissue infections to invasive and life-threatening conditions (Klevens et al., 2007; Kobayashi et al., 2015). S. aureus ... -
Long-Range Exciton Diffusion in Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals
(2020-05)Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET)-mediated exciton diffusion through artificial nanoscale building block assemblies could be used as an optoelectronic design element to transport energy. However, so far, nanocrystal ... -
The relationship between genome size and metabolic rate in extant vertebrates
(2020-01)Genome size has long been hypothesized to affect the metabolic rate in various groups of animals. The mechanism behind this proposed association is the nucleotypic effect, in which large nucleus and cell sizes influence ... -
How Does Magnetic Reconnection Drive the Early-stage Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections?
(2020-04)Theoretically, coronal mass ejection (CME) kinematics are related to magnetic reconnection processes in the solar corona. However, the current quantitative understanding of this relationship is based on the analysis of ... -
Early vigour in wheat: Could it lead to more severe terminal drought stress under elevated atmospheric [CO2] and semi-arid conditions?
(2020-05)Early vigour in wheat is a trait that has received attention for its benefits reducing evaporation from the soil surface early in the season. However, with the growth enhancement common to crops grown under elevated ... -
Hydraulics, hydrology, and resulting fish passage at the Huntley Diversion Nature-like Bypass
(Montana State University - Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, 2020)Dams and other instream structures have been constructed for hundreds of years in the United States for various purposes; these dams have the potential to 'disconnect' rivers and negatively impact fish upstream and downstream ... -
Resilience, resistance, and redemption: opening ethical museum space for displaced voices in our modern era
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)Museums traditionally silenced marginalized voices through their western colonial authority. Because of the passive nature of museum spaces, minority voices, especially the voices of displaced persons or refugees, are ... -
Navigating the local costs and benefits of modern mineral mines: the role of non-regulatory agreements
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020)This thesis explores natural resource development at the local level from the perspective of resource peripheries in the United States. Using three case studies--two in Montana and one in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan--this ... -
Thermal energy storage with sensible heat in an air-alumina packed bed using axial flow, axial flow with layers and radial flow
(Montana State University - Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, 2020)Thermal behavior in a packed bed thermal energy storage (TES) system is studied experimentally. TES systems are a promising solution to integrate renewable energy sources such as solar energy. The performance of such systems ... -
Missing and murdered Indian women in Montana
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020)Problem. Violence against women is more widespread and severe among American Indian women than among other North American women. Statistics reveal that American Indian and Alaska Native women experience ten times the murder ...
