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The Effects of Variation in Temperature and Parental Behavior on Offspring Body Mass, Telomeres and Survival Are Context-Dependent in Free Living House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Although developing birds are vulnerable to extreme and erratic temperature conditions associated with climate change, parents have some ability to buffer these effects via incubation and postnatal behavior. However, parents ...
Championing the Lives and Works of American Women Artists: a Performance Guide to Libby Larsen’s Song Cycle Mary Cassatt (1844-1926): Seven Songs for Mezzo-soprano, Solo Trombone, and Orchestra (With 15 Projections of Cassatt’s Paintings) (1994)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Libby Larsen (b. 1950), one of America’s leading composers, has written in nearly every genre of classical music. Among her catalogue of vocal music are choral works, operas, art song, and song cycles. Larsen’s song cycles ...
A Study of Locally D-optimal Designs for the Emax Model with Heteroscedasticity
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The classic theory of locally optimal designs is developed on the center+error model assuming Gaussianity and homoscedasticity for random error, in which, the Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) turns out to be the most ...
Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Structural Health Monitoring, Damage Diagnosis, and Prognosis of Metallic Structures
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
etallic structures are the key backbone of the society and economy, which are often subjected to different types of loadings resulting cracking, corrosion, and other material discontinuity, and affecting structural integrity ...
Automated Approaches for the Early-Stage Distinguishing of Palmer Amaranth from Waterhemp
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Palmer amaranth is an invasive pigweed species, possessing rapid growth, posing a threat to the economy of crops including corn. Its early detection and mitigation are of utmost importance; however, it is visually similar ...
Contributing Factors of DUI Recidivism Among First-Time Offenders in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This study explored utilizing tree-based machine learning models to identify associations in a range of 107 factors and DUI recidivism among first-time DUI offenders. Three tree-based machine learning models, Decision Tree, ...
Pattern Recognition and Quantifying Associations Within Entities of Data Driven Systems for Improving Model Interpretability
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Discovering associations among entities of a system plays an important role in data science. The majority of the data science related problems have become heavily dependent on Machine Learning (ML) since the rise of ...
Hygrothermal Effects of Air Cavities Behind Claddings on Building Envelopes
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Air cavity behind claddings within building envelope provides an approach to mitigating building moisture-related issues as well as improving the building’s thermal performance. However, studies in literature commonly ...
Thermal Biology, Overwintering, and a Degree-Day Model for the Adult Emergence of the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte, is a univoltine seed-feeding weevil that is a primary pest of cultivated sunflower, Helianthus annuus, in North America, especially within the upper Great Plains region. ...
An Analysis of CPR Performance, Self-Efficacy, and Deliberate Feedback
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
During sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), prompt initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by a healthcare provider or layperson is critical to a patient’s odds of survival.4 The absence of health care providers in ...