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  • Atmospheric nitrous oxide in the pre-800 ka atmosphere from ice cores from the Allan Hills, Antarctica

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    Stock, Marika P.
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    Nitrous oxide is an important greenhouse gas that has both natural and anthropogenic sources in the modern atmosphere (Ciais et al., 2013). This project expanded the knowledge of the history of atmospheric N2O in the geologic past by measuring N2O concentrations in air trapped in very old polar ice. A...
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  • Old McDonald had a Microscope: The Impact of Research Spending on U.S. Agricultural Productivity

    Creator:
    Rietmann, Benjamin J.
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    The United States is a global leader in agricultural productivity. Much of its productivity growth can be attributed to public investments in agricultural research and development, starting in the 19th century and continuing until today. Past studies have shown high returns to agricultural research investments, but publicly funded agricultural research...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ James Sterns, Committee Member, representing the Department of Applied Economics

  • Solar Thermal Energy System for Renewable Desalination

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    McLaughlin, Ryan P.
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    Natural freshwater availability is decreasing as the global population increases. Advances in desalination technologies aim to produce fresh water in an economical way. More sustainable energy sources are desired for these desalination plants to limit the carbon footprint of water production since global carbon dioxide production is exacerbating freshwater scarcity....
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    desalination than traditional photovoltaic solar energy. Dr. Bahman Abbasi, Dr. Nicholas AuYeung, Dr. James

  • How competitive are iconic competitors? Testing resource partitioning in Great Basin chipmunks

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    Ormand, Elora J.
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    Competitive exclusion is a key concept in ecology describing the exclusion of one species by another from access to a limited resource. Competitive interactions between chipmunk species in the Great Basin, documented by James Brown in 1970, are often used as a textbook example of competitive exclusion. Whether competitive interactions...
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    resource partitioning in Great Basin chipmunks. By Elora J. Ormand A THESIS submitted to

  • Influence of Soil Texture on Carbon Storage of PNW Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems

    Creator:
    Fox, Conner S.
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    Coastal blue carbon ecosystems offer a variety of important ecosystem services, including exceptional rates of carbon sequestration and long-term carbon storage. Because these ecosystems disproportionately influence global carbon cycling, understanding their soil characteristics may help guide long-term climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Recently, Kauffman et al. (2020) observed the...
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    Ecosystems. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ J. Boone

  • Predicting music emotion with social media discourse

    Creator:
    Beery, Aidan J.
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    Predicting the average affect of a piece of music is a task which has been of recent interest in the field of music information retrieval. We investigate the use of sentiment analysis on online social media conversations to predict a song’s valence and arousal. Using four music emotion datasets -...
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  • A multi-faceted method for validating emotional intelligence

    Creator:
    Reyna, Nicholas R.
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    The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) purports to assess emotional intelligence, which includes the ability to successfully identify and manage emotions. To test the validity of this claim, 21 students took the MSCIET along with a several other performance measures and personality scales, and their scores were correlated. The MSCEIT...
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    : ______________________________________________________ (Frank J. Bernieri) The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) purports

  • Personality Characteristics of Individuals who are Emotionally Intelligent

    Creator:
    Kraus, Alyson E. M.
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    The present study sought to identify the personality traits associated with emotional intelligence. Eighty three students (30 male, 53 female) ranging between 17 and 42 years of age completed the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and a personality inventory known as the California Q-Sort as part of a 10 week...
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    J. Bernieri) The present study sought to identify the personality traits associated with

  • Investigating the Validity of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)

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    Landin, Joshua M.
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    study investigated the validity of the Perceiving Emotions branch of the Mayer-Salovey- Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). This was conducted through a correlational analysis with three previously validated measures of nonverbal communication proficiency; The Profile of Nonverbal Communication (PONS), the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy-2 (DANVA2), and the Affective Communication...
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    Approved:_____________________________________________________ Frank J. Bernieri This study

  • Microbial Abundance and Community Analysis in Devil’s Hole, Harrington Sound, Bermuda

    Creator:
    Denman, Carmen C.
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    Microbial activity within elevated CO2 and oxygen depleted environments changes with density driven stratification overturn in the seasonally anoxic region of Devil’s Hole, Bermuda. The temperature gradient developed during the summer months creates a natural laboratory to study bacterial and virus population density and microbial community dynamics in the anoxic...
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    DH2 to DH6 from 1m (left panels A, C, E, G and I) and 24-25.5m (right panels B, D, F, H, and J) from