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Theses/Capstones from 2024 2024

Magnetic Properties of Manganese-Bismuth (MnBi) Using DFT Calculations, James Wirth

Implementing a Nurse-Driven Protocol to Reduce Routine Gastric Residual Monitoring: A Quality Improvement Project, Alondra N. Abreu Carlo

30 Years of Change in the Forest of Northern Maine, Kelsi J. Anderson

Enhancing Communication Efficiency in an Emergency Department by Employing a Visual Communication System for Lab Results Tracking: A Quality Improvement Project, Julie Burr

Weird Little Freak Girls, Catherine Casey

Using the STOP5 Debriefing Model to Increase Utilization of Debriefing Practice in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project, Hallie Chancey

Implementing Change: Training for Adult Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization for Novice and Non-Critical Care Nurses, Shannon C. Clancy-Burgess

Melody of Speech Assessment in Children, Rachel Ruth Courter

MY TURN, beverly dangelo

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Redefine the Process of Instrument Decontamination from the Surgical Field in the Operating Room to the Sterile Processing Department., Nicole Dannett Denton

The Lilith, Derek Thomas Dew

Re-educating Proper Blood Culture Collection with Emphasis on Initial Blood Waste to Decrease Contamination Rates: A Quality Improvement Project, Samantha A. Dickinson

Increasing Pediatric Vaccination Rates through Parental Education at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Dayna DiCola

Improving Patient Safety and Continuity of Care by Educating Nurses about Standardized Handoffs in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Remi dos Santos

Enhancing Inpatient Sleep Quality in Patients on an Intermediate Care Unit Through Healthcare Staff Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Avery B. Drouin

Just Maps? Exploring The Development And Use Of Environmental Justice Mapping Tools In The United States: Recording of Claire Emrick MS thesis defense presentation, Claire Emrick

The Benefits of Prenatal Education via Virtual and Mobile Applications Before, During, and After Pregnancy: A Quality Improvement Project, Lindsay Farland

Enhancing Chest Pain and Oxygen Supplementation Protocol Adherence Through Nurse Education in the Emergency Department for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Unspecified Chest Pain: A Quality Improvement Project, Leah Gamble

Adventure’s Role on First-Year ROTC Cadet's Sense of Belonging and Trust, John Robert Henkelman

TBP1: An essential regulator of transcription in Toxoplasma gondii, Robert Kelly

Silver Hours, Noah Kenny

Improving Patient Handoff in the Emergency Department Microsystem, Alahna V. Kinney-Sandefur

The Regulation of the Angiogenic Inducer, Cellular Communication Network Factor 1, by Angiotensin II, in the Bovine Corpus Luteum, Bryan T. Landry

Promoting Inpatient Mobility to Improve Patient Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Project in a Rural Critical Access Hospital, Chantal LaPlante

Acuity-Based Models of Care: Improving Wait Times and Efficiency in an Outpatient Infusion Center, Jordan Lavallee

UNITED STATES V. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS: A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS DIPLOMACY IN THE BLACK HILLS, Elliott Lelaure

Improving the Postpartum Depression Discharge Education to Increase Quality and Safety of Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Amanda Lucia

Increasing Patient Awareness about Fall Risk through Patient Education Pamphlets on a Medical-Surgical Floor: A Quality Improvement Project, Nicole Madden

Sepsis Screening and Bundle Adherence: Staff Education as an Intervention to Increase Knowledge in a Medical Surgical Clinical Microsystem, Nicole Elise Maheu

Implementing of an Informative Poster to Improve Nurse Job Satisfaction in a Medical Surgical Microsystem: A Quality Improvement Project, Stephanie E. Mahoney

Deep Shrimp, Parker Jenk Malkoc

Educational Interventions to Improve ICU Nurses’ Knowledge and Confidence Related to Pressure Injuries: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Benjamin R. Maltais

Increasing Education and Staff Knowledge of Delirium Care: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Serena Martinath

Improve Dysphagia Screening in Patients with Neurological Conditions Through Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Kendra McIntosh

Using Education to Confidently Identify And Report Concerns Of Child Abuse And Neglect: A Qualitative Improvement Initiative Through Staff Development, Sarah E. Neilson

Sensory Modulation Training to Reduce Restrictive Interventions on an Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at a Secure Psychiatric State Hospital: A Clinical Nurse Leader Quality Improvement Project, Fionna Norman

Improving Quality of Documentation in Perianesthesia Care Units to Increase Nurse Satisfaction and Patient Safety: A Quality Improvement Project, Anja Novcic

Using Education to Improve Glycemic Management within an Emergency Department, Rebecca Olson

Incorporating Educational Interventions to Improve Nursing Adoption of Electronic Medical Record Technology: A Quality Improvement Project, Andrew Oratovsky

Improving Discharge Education Quality in Urgent Care Settings: A Quality Improvement Project, Brielle N. Patscheider

Wellness In Motion: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Support Resident Mobility and Reduce Falls., San N. Pham

Utilizing GSK3beta and integrin inhibitors to target STAT3 activity in triple negative breast cancer, Emily Anne Pratt

Lopsided 8-Ball, Thomas James Prizio

Examining Relationships Between Methane Emissions and Aquatic Vegetation in Arctic Lakes Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Field Measurements, Helen B. Sears

Enhancing Postpartum Depression Screening Tools to Improve Maternal Mental Health Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Jillian Squires

Brittle is the Brimstone, Evangeline Stuart

Improving Postpartum Depression Education within the Microsystem, Mackenzie A. Sturdevant

Occurrence and Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Atmospheric Deposition, Surface Waters, and Sediments Discharging to the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, Katherine Alexina Wieck

Using Education to improve the Perceptions of Registered Nurses and Mental Health Technicians on Milieu Therapy to Enhance Mental and Physical Well-Being and to Support Recovery in a Behavioral Health Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Jaye Young-Ejarque

Theses/Capstones from 2023 2023

The potential of Tropical Montane Cloud Forest epiphytes to acclimate to a drier microclimate., Emily Anders

Controls of Benthic Microbial Communities in Headwater Streams across a Land Use Gradient in Northeastern USA, Joshua Michael Buonpane

Cultural Control Tactics for Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, in New Hampshire Highbush Blueberry, Catherine Doheny Coverdale

Using Large Language Models to Modify Robot Behavior in Response to Natural Language Prompts, Garrick Michael Craft

Population Viability Analysis of a Remnant New England Cottontail Population in Southern New Hampshire, Brett Ferry

UNDERSTANDING RIVERINE PLASTIC ACCUMULATION ALONG AN URBANIZATION AND SPATIAL GRADIENT: A PLASTICS STUDY IN THE IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED, Emily Kathryn Lever

Parental Bonds and Mental Health Treatment In Adolescence: An Analysis of Disparities by Race and Sex, Jonni Norman

The Blueberry Gall Midge Complex and its Specialist Parasitoids, Monique Michele Raymond

AN EXPLORATION OF CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING APPLIED TO A PHASE MEASURING SONAR, JOAO CELSO SILVA DE DEUS

Avian Functional Diversity Response to Changes in Forest Structure and Degradation in Northern New England, Michael Christopher Thompson

Investigation of Temperature and Deformation Path Effects on Induced Martensite Transformation of SS304L during Double-Sided Incremental Forming, Matthew Dana Adams

Relationship among Police Officers’ Alcohol Use, Child Sexual Abuse Material Exposure and Department Practices and Policies, Mahmuda Akter

Laboratory techniques for measurements of a dynamic water surface, Vivek Anand Bheeroo

Rapid Retreat of a Marine-Terminating Margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire, USA, Julia E. Brazo

Climate Change Resiliency in Coastal New Hampshire Roads with the Application of Natural and Nature-Based Features, Lauren Emma Dwyre

HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING LONG-TERM GROWTH AND HEALTHY COVER TRENDS OF STAGHORN CORAL (ACROPORA CERVICORNIS) OUTPLANTS IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS, Glenna Dyson

INVESTIGATION OF COMMON MILKWEED AS A NOVEL FOOD CROP FOR NEW ENGLAND, Colter Allen Flynn

Stand Structural Diversity, Not Functional Traits, Drives Variation in Maximum Stand Density in Old-Growth Kauri (Agathis australis) Dominated Forests, Heidi Isabelle Giguere

Rare Earth Element Distributions in Forest Soils Across Bedrock Gradients in New Hampshire and Vermont, Ashley Grengs

ASSOCIATIONS OF DIETARY PATTERNS WITH BRAIN VOLUME IN THE BOSTON PUERTO RICAN HEALTH STUDY, Chris Guarino

EFFECTS OF PERENNIAL FORAGE COMPOSITION AND HARVEST INTENSITY ON THE WEED SEEDBANK COMMUNITY, Lilly E. Hartman

The Under-appreciated Roles of Spatial Scale, Individual Variation, and Nonlinearity in Spatial Ecology, David Heit

Multi-Level Barriers And Opportunities For Nutrition Access In New Hampshire Hispanic Communities, Brooke Kelleher

A 10x Visium Approach: A Spatial RNA-Seq Analysis of Renal Tissue in Peromyscus eremicus, Molly Kephart

Evaluation of a Wave Powered Water Pump Performance by Ocean Field Testing and WEC-Sim Modeling, Chelsea Kimball

REPLACING GROUND CORN WITH LIQUID MOLASSES IN DIETS OF JERSEY COWS FED RED CLOVER BALEAGE: EFFECTS ON MILK PRODUCTION, NITROGEN EFFICIENCY, ENERGY UTILIZATION, AND ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS, Adam Lee Konopka

Changing Long-Term Spatial Climate Patterns of the Northeastern U.S., Emily Landry

LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF RAPID-SETTING CONCRETE USED FOR FIELD PLACED CONNECTIONS IN ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, Spencer William McKinnon

Homesteading in Maine: Motivations and Current Trends, Alexandrea Merchant

Mass Loading Model of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to New Hampshire's Great Bay with a Focus on Surface Waters, Gage Moran

Variable Light Penetration and Chlorophyll Concentrations from a Vertical Profiler in the Gulf of Maine, with Implications for Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modeling, Terence W. O'Brien

Movement patterns, habitat use, and survival of anadromous rainbow smelt in Great Bay Estuary, NH, Chloe Pearson

Spatially Revealing the Liver’s Genetics in the Dehydration Resistant Cactus Mouse, Sean Pierre-Louis

Impacts of Human Development on Mammalian Wildlife in an Exurban and Rural Landscape, Mairi Poisson

EFFECTS OF FLAXSEED-BASED FEED SUPPLEMENT ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE, ENERGY UTILIZATION, MILK FATTY ACID PROFILE, AND ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS IN JERSEY COWS GRAZING MIXED GRASS-LEGUME PASTURE, Md Atikur Rahman

The Estimation of Forest Inventory Biometrics Using UAS-Lidar, Sarah Ashley Reny

Evaluating growth patterns of beech bark disease fungal agents Neonectria faginata and Neonectria ditissima under different in vitro conditions, Santiago Rivera Reyes

“AN ALARMING STATE OF EVIL AMONG OUR JUVENILES” A Case Study of Public Education in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1845-1915, Amy Cummings Sherr

Exploring forest structural complexity: scale effects and metric relationships in New England hardwood forests, Alex Jed Siebert

Mechanistic models of human decision-making and ecological dynamics in small-scale fisheries, Sophie Wulfing

Sub-Canopy Path Planning for Snow Depth Remote Sensing Using Autonomous Multi-UAVs, Debarpan Bhowmick

Gli3 Is Required for M2 Macrophage Polarization and M2-Mediated Waldenström Macroglobulinemia Growth and Survival, Ava J. Boutilier

Dynamic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Under Extreme Operational Conditions, Ailish Bozzo

Using Imagery Collected by an Unmanned Aerial System to Monitor Cyanobacteria in New Hampshire, USA, Lakes, Christine Bunyon

TRACKING GREEN CRABS: QUANTIFYING METER-SCALE MOVEMENTS OF AN INVASIVE SPECIES WITH ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY IN A GULF OF MAINE ESTUARY, Emily Alana Burke

VAGUE LANGUAGE USAGE IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Julia Kerr Bushell

Unions as Gendered Institutions: The Effects of Union Membership and Occupational Gender Composition on Parental Leave Access, Meghan Cormier-O'Leary

TRASH MAMMAL, Sebs Corrigan

ACCESS TO NATURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, Cody Garrott Crytzer

Towards Automation of Volunteered and Authoritative Bathymetric Data Comparisons, Patrick Debroisse

The Intersection of Gentrification, Race, and Historical Sociology: Utilizing the Construction of a Racial Gentrification Index to Measure Racialized Versus Economic Changes Across Massachusetts from 2000 to 2020, Paige Elizabeth DePasquale