This collection includes 12138 University of Montana graduate student theses, dissertations, and professional papers (ETDs) from 1899-present. Use the following links to search discipline-specific ETDs:
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A STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP OF ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, Richard Emerson Blumell
Prediction accuracy perceived discrepancy of desires actual discrepancy of desires and predicted desire for partner discrepancy in distressed and nondistressed married couples, Robert H. Bodholdt
RELATION OF SHALE PETROLOGY TO VARIATIONS IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CLASTIC SEDIMENT ACROSS THE MONTANA DISTURBED BELT, Frederick Brunson Bodholt
RESPIRATORY ADAPTATIONS OF A BURROW-DWELLING BIRD TO HYPOXIA AND HYPERCARBIA, Dona F. Boggs
Optimal control problems with state and control constraints, Alvaro J. Bolano
Comparative analysis of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor pharmacophore constructs for ligand designs, Erin S. Bolstad
A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL VS. BEHAVIORAL ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING EMPHASIZING VALIDATION OF ROLE PLAY, Mark C. Bordewick
COGNITIVE DISTORTION IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA, Marcy Tepper Bornstein
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF COMMAND TASK AND INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM STYLES OF TEACHING ON FOUR DEVELOPMENTAL CHANNELS, Floyd Boschee
Effects of a psychoeducational intervention on college mental health treatment engagement, Laura Ann Boucher
SELF TALK: THE TRANSFORMATION OF SELF IN PERSONAL ENCOUNTER, Dean J. Bowman
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF A MODEL FOR SUCCESSIONAL CHANGE IN A GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM, Ernest J. Boyd
BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF OBESITY, Vicki Dell Boyd
THE EFFECT OF STRESS UPON THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR DISCIPLINE, Jack L. Bradford
DISCRIMINATION GRADIENTS IN EYELID CONDITIONING AS A FUNCTION OF PERCENTAGE REINFORCEMENT AND INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL, Allen Ray Branum
The relationship between principal knowledge of reading and elementary school reading achievement, Robert Dean Braughton
Epithermal and hot spring gold-silver deposits Republic mining district Ferry County Washington, Eric R. Braun
The influence of judicial instructions on jury decision-making: The case of acquaintance rape, Thomas Breitenbucher
Nonverbal sensitivity of emotionally disturbed adolescents in decoding facial body and vocal cues of emotion, Bonnie M. Brekke
AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF THE IMPACT ON GENERAL EDUCATION OF SELECTED ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR TERMINAL POSTSECONDARY BUSINESS CURRICULA IN EIGHT WESTERN STATES, JoAnne M. Brenholt
LATE PENNSYLVANIAN AND EARLY PERMIAN CARBONATE MOUNDS IN THE ARCO HILLS AND SOUTHERN LEMHI RANGE IDAHO, Ray Breuninger
Temporal variation of oxide and trace metals in the upper Clark Fork River Montana, Christine Brick
ASSESSING CHILDREN'S FOOD CONSUMPTION SELF-REPORTED FOOD PREFERENCES AND NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY, Carol Austin Bridgwater
Perceptions of Trustees and Faculty on the Required Leadership Competencies for a Community College President, Kevin C. Brockbank
Rhesus monkey cognition: Can they use transitive inference to evaluate relationships?, Lisa R. Brooks
THE ELDERLY WIDOWED AND THEIR PATTERNS OF SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND DISENGAGEMENT, Arnold S. Brown
THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY AND EXCITEMENT ON LEARNING AND MEMORY IN A PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING TASK, David S. Brown
SIXTH-GRADE MUSIC IN THE GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA BOROUGH SCHOOLS: AN OPINION STUDY, Ethel Kuenning Brown
THE FLORA OF THE MORRISON FORMATION (UPPER JURASSIC) OF CENTRAL MONTANA, John Thomas Brown
MODEL'S BEHAVIOR AND ATTRACTION TOWARD THE MODEL AS DETERMINANTS OF ADULT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN AN INTERPERSONAL BARGAINING PARADIGM, Michael Lee Brown
CHANGING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, Royal Thomas Brown
Lifestyle Effects of Particle Exposure, Traci Ann Brown
CONSIDERATION OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF FIVE APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT FACTORS IN SUCCESSFUL MALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, William Thomas Brown
THE USE OF ECHOLOCATION BY THE WANDERING SHREW SOREX VAGRANS (BAIRD), Edward Raymond Buchler
Mapping the messenger RNA binding track of Escherichia coli ribosomes using directed phenanthroline cleavage, Douglas J. Bucklin
DEVELOPMENT OF A BEHAVIORAL ROLE-PLAY TEST TO MEASURE PARENTAL COPING WITH CHRONIC CHILDHOOD ILLNESS (CYSTIC FIBROSIS), Irene D. Bugge
THE PREPARATION AND REDUCTION OF 16-KETOSTEROIDS AND STEROID ANALOGS LACKING RING B, Bonnie Ann Bukwa
VARIABLES AFFECTING THE SUPPRESSION EFFECT IN TRANSFERRING FROM AVERSIVE TO APPETITIVE MOTIVATION IN THE RUNWAY SITUATION, Marvin G. Bulgatz
Mapping regions of ribosomal RNA proximal to transfer RNA bound at the P and E sites on Escherichia coli ribosomes, James M. Bullard
THE EFFECT OF T-2 TOXIN AND DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF THE MOUSE, Richard S. Buller
Muscle function and energy use during bird flight, Matthew W. Bundle
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO PARTICIPATION AND NON-PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED COMMUNITY CHORUSES IN MONTANA, David Jerome Buness
Position occupancy patterns as a function of race: The National Football League Draft 1968 to 1983, Clarence Eugene Burns
HISTORY OF MONTANA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 1936-1971, Frank J. Busch
AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS IN MANAGING DECLINING ENROLLMENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY THEORY "X" AND THEORY "Y" SUPERINTENDENTS, Walter L. Buster
SEPARATING THE EFFECTS OF PAUSE VS. RUN DURING FIXED-RATIO RESPONDING, Arthur Charles Butler
THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM: THE INTEGRATION OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES WITH A KINETIC MODEL ANALYSIS, Margaret Husta Butler
WESTERN FACULTY MEMBERS’ CROSS-BORDER LIVED EXPERIENCES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Xin Bu
THE ADOPTION OF AMERICAN BILINGUAL SCHOOLS IN COSTA RICA: A STUDY IN SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE, Paul Howard Cadby
A FOUR YEAR ANALYSIS OF GRADES AND ATTENDANCE WITH FRESHMEN AND SENIORS AT LOUIS ST. LAURENT HIGH SCHOOL (ALBERTA CANADA), George Caffaro
Why change now? Motivational interviewing as a brief intervention for type -2 diabetes among the eastern Shoshone and northern Arapaho, Darren Calhoun
A FACTORIAL STUDY OF CAREER EDUCATION CORRELATES IN SELECTED MONTANA SCHOOLS, Joseph Paul. Callahan
PERFORMANCE ON LEARNING TASKS AS A CROSS-CULTURAL TEST OF INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR, Sam R. Campanella
BREAKING DOWN A GENOME: DEGENERATIVE GENOME EVOLUTION IN THE CICADA ENDOSYMBIONT HODGKINIA, Matthew A. Campbell
An empirical test of the compensatory hypothesis of sexual fantasy, Stephen E. Cannon
HOST RESPONSES IN EXPERIMENTAL ADIASPIROMYCOSIS, RauÌl J. Cano
Analysis of the effects of a parenting program upon attitudes and behaviors of abusive parents mandated to participate, Linda E. Carlsen
FLUORIDE INDUCED IMPACT ON A CONIFEROUS FOREST NEAR THE ANACONDA ALUMINUM PLANT IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, Clinton E. Carlson
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL ASSERTION TRAINING, Timothy P. Carmody
THE LIFE HISTORY OF BRACHYLECITHUM MOSQUENSIS (SKRIABIN AND ISAICHIKOV 1927) (TREMATODA: DICROCOELIIDAE), William Patrick Carney
THE VERBAL LOGIC OF SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS, Peter L. Carparelli
A COMPARISON OF THE ACCURACY OF SEX KNOWLEDGE OF SELECTED GROUPS OF MONTANA ADULTS, John Lewis Carpenter
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACTUAL AND PREFERRED NEGOTIATION ROLES AND OPINIONS REGARDING TEACHER-BOARD NEGOTIATIONS OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MONTANA, John Christopher Carr
The phenomenology of postunification in clients with dissociative identity disorder, Angel Marie Casey
Ecosystem succession in the earliest stages: Linking microbial community structure to ecological function, Sarah C. Castle
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF A CLASS OF NONLINEAR INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS ARISING IN THE FIELD OF PHARMACOKINETICS, Gerald Caton
VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS ACROSS GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTINCT SULFOLOBUS SPINDLE-SHAPED VIRUS SYSTEMS, Ruben Michael Ceballos
ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION STUDIES WITH TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, Russell Joseph Centanni
MORPHOGENESIS OF CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM, Rosy Thomas Chacko
Forensic hypnosis: Hypnotic susceptibility and incidental memory, Duncan A. Chambers
The relationship of leadership style to education reform as indicated by teachers' job satisfaction, Rebecca Hsing-Ling Chang
PETROLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN BORDER ZONE OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH BITTERROOT RANGE MONTANA, Ronald Buell Chase
A comparison of teachers' attitudes between collective bargaining and collective gaining schools, Dorothy L. Chatlain
THE MONTANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: A STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CONFLICT 1884-1959. (VOLUMES I AND II), Edward Byron Chenette
Positive and oscillatory radial solutions of semilinear elliptic and parabolic equations, Shao-hua Chen
Integration of wildlife conservation with local community development: Sanmin and Taoyuan districts in Taiwan as a case study, Tsuilan Chen
COVERT MODELING TREATMENT OF CHILDREN'S DENTAL FEARS, Sanford Lee Chertock
Comparative energetics and life cycle of the opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta) in native and non-native environments, Dale W. Chess
Development of a system for simulating vegetative patterns and processes at landscape scales, Jimmie D. Chew
The ecology of parafluvial ponds on a Rocky Mountain flood plain, Samantha D. Chilcote
INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN CURRICULA FOR MUSIC TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, Gordon B. Childs
BENZENEBORONIC-ESTERS OF 16-ANHYDRO-SUGARS AND THE EFFECTS OF FIRE RETARDANTS ON THE PYROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE AND ITS MODEL COMPOUNDS, Ping-sen Chin
BEHAVIORAL-ANALYTIC ASSESSMENT OF ANGER: A VALIDATIONAL STUDY, Hoili Chong
THE LIBBY DAM PROJECT: AN EX-POST FACTO ANALYSIS OF SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS MITIGATION COMMITMENTS RECREATION USAGE AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, Vito A. Ciliberti
Population dynamics of mountain bluebirds, John J. Citta
IMMUNOGENICITY OF VIABLE AND NONVIABLE FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS VACCINES, James Latham Claflin
SPECIATION IN PENSTEMON (SCROPHULARIACEAE), David Vibert Clark
ON THE BLOCK: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF AUCTIONS, Robert Edward Clark
A STUDY OF THE KINETICS OF THE REACTION OF OSMIUM-TETROXIDE WITH ALKENES, Robert Lee Clark
EFFECT OF A SOLUBLE EXTRACT OF BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS ON STIMULATION OF LEUKOCYTOSIS AND HOMOCYTOTROPIC ANTIBODY IN MICE, Carla Rae Clausen
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE THERMAL AND WATER RELATIONS OF THE TAILED FROG ASCAPHUS TRUEI AND THE PACIFIC TREEFROG HYLA REGILLA, Dennis Lee Claussen
ESCAPE OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. FROM AN INSECT HERBIVORE AT CLEARWATER JUNCTION MONTANA, Bruce D. Clayton
THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF THE ISING MODEL, David Bernard Clayton