This collection includes 11993 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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Dissertations
THE EFFCT OF LOW-LEVEL LEAD ON SEROTONIN EXPRESSION IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX AND SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX, Sunyoung Park
The Effects of Training in Evidence-Based Relationships on Counselor Self-Efficacy and Client Outcomes in Practicum, Kimberly K. Parrow
Hemin Acquisition in Bartonella quintana, Nermi Lee Parrow
THE EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, Elliott Wentworth Reed Parsons
SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN FOREST FUELS: SIMULATION MODELING AND EFFECTS ON FIRE BEHAVIOR, Russell Andrew Parsons
Contemplatives in action: Five Jesuit -formed Catholic college university and seminary presidents, Robert A. Pastoor
Characterisation of high-affinity chloride -dependent L-glutamate transport in glial tumour cells, Sarjubhai Amratbhai Patel
Influence of Prion Protein Expression on Function of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters in Mouse Primary Astrocytes, Melissa Selvy Pathmajeyan
Corticosterone as a mediator of the tradeoff between survival and reproduction, Stephen Harold Patterson
Alien plant species in protected areas and their matrices: Understanding invasions at multiple scales, AniÌbal Pauchard
The development of phonological awareness skills in preschool children: From syllables to phonemes, Lucy Hart Paulson
Classification of Aquifers, Scott Marshall Payne
Nontarget effects of host-specific biological control agents, Dean E. Pearson
MY PARTNER DIDN’T HIT ME, SO IT’S NOT ABUSE: EXPLORING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LABELING PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE EXPERIENCES & HELP-SEEKING, Jessica Jean Peatee
Crossing the threshold: What motivates individuals who are actively abusing substances to enter treatment?, Katherine Michelle Peavy
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN OLDER ADULTS, Maja R. Pedersen
DETERMINATION OF LIPID BILAYER AFFINITIES FOR SMALL MOLECULES USING CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS AND COPOLYMER – STABILIZED LIPID BILAYER NANODISCS, William Michael Penny
DISORDERED EATING, ANTIFAT ATTITUDES, AND BARRIERS TO TREATMENT IN COLLEGE WOMEN FROM URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, Alison Christine Pepper
Role of Sodium Arsenite in Atherogenesis, Flavia Elias Pereira
KNOWING THE NATURAL WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, Alison Emily Havard Perkins
Investigations of a chip-firing game, David Perkins
EMISSION AND CHEMISTRY OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN WESTERN U.S. WILDIFRE SMOKE, Wade Jeremy Permar
ALL IN DUE TIME: MULTI-TRAIT ASSESSMENT OF ELK ACCLIMATION TO TRANSLOCATION, Ellen Marie Pero
Linking Seismicity and Time-Variant Loading of the Solid Earth, Mason Perry
Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy, Michael Lee Perry
Men's experience of making the decision to have their first child: A phenomenological analysis, Andrew Peterson
Run to the Hills - Partial Migration in Large Herbivores, Wibke Peters
Mediating Cultural Border Crossings Between American Indian Tribal College Students and Natural Resources Science Learning Using Culturally Congruent Education, Shandin Hashkeh Pete
Perceptions of effective middle school teacher-advisors, Janice E. Petritz
Lipopolysaccharide-induced signal transduction in macrophages: Mechanisms of cellular responsiveness, Jean Cooper Pfau
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: THE CHARACTERS ARE THE PLAYWRIGHT, Peter A. Philips
The Use of Natural Product Substrates for the Synthesis of Libraries of Biologically Active, New Chemical Entities, Joshua Bryant Phillips
The Lewis and Clark geosystem: A distributed historical geospatial application portal of the Lewis and Clark Trail, James Alexander Philp
Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats, Jennifer Christy Pierson
Studies Directed to the Development of Long Lived Palladium Membranes for Hydrogen Purification, William Glenn Pinson
Causes and consequences of dominance and diversity in grasslands, Sarah Pinto
SUCCESSION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSIDERATIONS, Jeffrey Scott Piotrowski
The Categories of Graphs, Demitri Joel Plessas
Personal characteristics that increase protection or vulnerability in people with serious mental disorders, Lovinia M. Plimpton
Effects of individual-oriented relationship education on university students' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes, Sara Polanchek
Temporal and spatial patterns of Populus angustifolia along the upper Yellowstone River and clonal recruitment: Extent and requirements, Mary Louise Polzin
Conflict and communicatively rational public discourse: Exploring an approach to social assessment to facilitate collaboration, Robert S. Potts
MEASURING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES WITH SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES: A STUDY OF THERAPY DYADS, Hillary Anne Powell
THE ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN DEVELOPING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE, Kaoru Allison Powell
A longitudinal examination of factors that ameliorate risk among middle school children, Nicole Pray
Forest health: Coming to terms, Ashley L. Preston
The Easton family of southeast Massachusetts: The dynamics surrounding five generations of human rights activism 1753--1935, George R. Price
THE ROLE OF ACCULTURATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELFCOMPASSION AND DEPRESSION WITHIN NATIVE AMERICANS, Kristen Kaylie Pyke-Pierce
pH MODULATION OF FIBRIL DISSOCIATION AND COPPER BINDING PROPERTIES OF THE PRION PROTEIN, Xu Qi
A Landscape Approach to Grassland Bird Conservation in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Northern Great Plains, Frank Royce Quamen
D-colorable digraphs with large girth, Liam Rafferty
Mobile genetic elements in Coxiella burnetii: Friends, foes or just indifferent?, rahul raghavan
The effects humidity & temperature has on DNA contamination during storage, Samantha L. Ramey
THE EFFECTS HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE HAS ON DNA CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE, Samantha Leigh Allison Ramey
The relationship between microbial communities processes and mine waste contamination in upper Clark Fork River alluvial soils, Philip Wharton Ramsey
Colonization and local adaptation of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of Lake Clark Alaska, Kristina Marie Ramstad
THE EFFECT OF NURSING EDUCATION ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SCORES, Sally McHugh Rappold
The Power of Critical Reflection: Exploring the Impact of Rhetorical Stories on Metacognition in First-Year Composition Courses, Amy Elizabeth Ratto Parks
The role of L-carnitine in preventing mitochondrial dysfunction after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia, Thomas Fredrick Rau
SIZE MATTERS: NANOPARTICLES, BIOLOGICAL SEX, AND LUNG DISEASE, Jessica Lynn Ray
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TRANSGENDER-AFFIRMATIVE CARE TRAINING ON HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ AND TRAINEES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD AND KNOWLEDGE OF ROUTINE CARE AND TRANSITION SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS, Oakleigh Marshall Reed
Impacts of Trogocytosis-Mediated Intracellular Signaling on CD4+ T cell Effector Cytokine Production and Differentiation, Steven James Reed
Derivation of wheat yield and rangeland productivity in the northern Great Plains using MODIS algorithms, Matthew Clark Reeves
Energy Flow in a Floodplain Aquifer Ecosystem, Brian Reid
Mechanisms for invasion by non-native trees: Facilitation ecosytem engineering and escape from belowground enemies, Kurt O. Reinhart
TRADITIONAL VS. HOME-BASED PHASE II CARDIAC REHABILITATION IN A RURAL SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Cassie Marie Reisdorph
Social impact of traumatic brain injury in adolescents: a mixed methods study with a focus on rural adolescents, Brandon Jared Rennie
ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY IN WATERSHEDS: FROM LAND TO WATER IN THE QINGHAI LAKE BASIN, Ze Ren
THE EFFECT OF ATTENTIONAL MANIPULATION ON COUGH REFLEX SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH COUGH HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME, Jane Elizabeth Reynolds
THE ALPHABACK: A NOVEL PROCESSING SPEED TEST, Meredith Kathleen Reynolds
The Impact of Bullying Participant Role on the Relationship Between School Climate and Attitudes Towards Interpersonal Peer Violence, Miriam Rose Baker Reynolds
Effect of Medicinal Herbal, Panax Notoginseng, on the Fate and Function of Professional Antigen Presenting Cells, Ava-Gaye Tania Rhule
BIO/ORGANIC COMPOUND DETECTION USING SODIUM SULFATE MINERALS: IMPLICATIONS IN THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS AND EUROPA, Charles Doc Richardson
The role of the future in work motivation, Jonathon J. Richter
Developing a satellite -based method of landscape drought assessment, James Plummer Riddering
NO SIMPLE TRADEOFFS: CENTAUREA PLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS THAN PLANTS FROM THE NATIVE RANGE, Wendy Margaree Ridenour
THE EXPLORATION OF CLINICIANS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES IN CULTURALLY ADAPTING EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATIONS, Maegan Rides At The Door
Attachment styles in older women: Coping well-being and attitudes about assistance, Pamela S. Ridgway
Nontraditional Positional Games: New methods and boards for playing Tic-Tac-Toe, Mary Jennifer Riegel
Statistical modeling of rare stochastic disturbance events at continental and global scales: post-fire debris flows and wildland fires, Karin Lynn Riley
Social confidence and social anxiety: Differences in cognitive processing, Nicholas C. Rinehart
Institutional Effectiveness in an Open System: A Case Study of Graduation Rates in the Montana University System, Anneliese A. Ripley
THE ROLES OF FOOD AND PREDATION IN SHAPING ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS IN POSTFIRE BIRD SPECIES, Bruce Andrew Robertson
The effects of parental divorce on marital optimism and attachment style in young adulthood: A path analytic model, Susan S. Roberts
Instructional technology theory alignment with practical application during student teaching, Carole S. Robinson
ENHANCING CONSERVATION WITH HIGH RESOLUTION PRODUCTIVITY DATASETS FOR THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, Nathaniel Paul Robinson
GENETIC MONITORING AND RESCUE IN MID-ATLANTIC BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) POULATIONS, Zachary Lorn Robinson
Computational and spectroscopic investigations of radical anions of triosmium benzoheterocycle complexes, Dalia Rokhsana
INFORMAL MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES AND THE BELIEFS OF ELEMENTARY TEACHER CANDIDATES, Matt B. Roscoe
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Factors Affecting Soil Organic Matter Storage, Carl Lee Rosier
Examining the effectiveness of the circle of security parenting DVD program, Whitney Rostad
Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention, Wendy M. Rothman
THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN SORGHUM HALEPENSE INVASIONS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW INVASION STRATEGY, MICROBIALLY ENHANCED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (MECA), Marnie Erin Rout
FUNCTIONAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUN3-CONTAINING NMDA RECEPTORS, Nirvan Rouzbeh