• Influence of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment on Two Co-Occuring Arthropod Pests, Two-Spotted Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae) and Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) 

  Brenner, Robert J (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Insecticidal neonicotinoid seed treatments in agriculture is a common insect pest management strategy. Seed treatments have systemic and residual toxicity, which are effective against target insect pests. However, effects ...

• The Effects of the DUI 24/7 Program in Cass County, North Dakota 

  Berge, Christine Marie (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  This study presents the results of an evaluation of the 24/7 Sobriety Program in Cass County, North Dakota, looking specifically at participants’ likelihood of receiving a conviction of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) ...

• Association Mapping to Identify Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Genomic Regions Affecting Aggressiveness of Lesion Formation on Sunflower Stems 

  Belay, Kassaye Hussen (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is one of the most destructive pathogens of sunflower in the United States and worldwide. Distinctive symptoms include mid-stalk rot, basal stalk rot and head rot from subsequent infection of the ...

• Newspapers as a Form of Settler Colonialism: An Examination of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest and American Indian Representation in Indigenous, State, and National News 

  Beckermann, Kay Marie (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Settler colonial history underlies much of contemporary industry, including the extraction and transportation of crude oil. It presents itself in a variety of contexts; however, this disquisition applies a traditional ...

• Publishing Public History: Publishing Options for Small Organizations 

  Beaton, Angela Ann (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Publishing books and catalogs has long been the domain of large museums and historical societies that have an equally large budget. While large organizations can commit vast amounts of time and resources to publishing, ...

• ADYTrack: A Model for Structural Analysis of Railroad Trackbed Using Random Finite Element Method 

  Arshid, Asif (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Railroads are playing pivotal role to the economic growth of United States and trackbeds ensure their safe and smooth operations. However, reliable trackbed performance prediction has always been challenging due to many ...

• Integrating Faba Bean (Vicia faba Roth) into Cropping Systems as a Cover Crop, Intercrop, and Late-Season Forage Compared with Other Legume Cover Crops in the Upper Midwest 

  Andersen, Bryce James (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Faba bean (Vicia faba Roth) is grown worldwide as a protein source for food, used for animal feed, and is a common cover crop in Europe, but is underutilized in Midwest farming systems. Faba bean, field pea (Pisum sativum ...

• Integration of Bosnian Immigrant Women in the US 

  Basic, Elvedina (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The number of immigrants from different countries has increased in the United States in the past few years. Fargo/ Moorhead area was enriched with individuals and families from various post-war and undeveloped countries. ...

• Phenotypic and Genomic Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence 

  Cardenas Alvarez, Maria Ximena (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Listeria monocytogenes is the etiological agent of listeriosis in humans and ruminants causing bacteremia, central nervous system (CNS) infections, abortion, and gastroenteritis among other clinical outcomes. Recent studies ...

• Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films Dip-Coating by Colloidal Nanocrystals Bilayer Films 

  Altayyar, Amal (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  A wrinkling approach was used to study the mechanics of hybrid nanotube/nanocrystal coatings adhering to soft polymer (PDMS) substrates. We focused on three thicknesses: 10 nm, 30 nm, and 40 nm. The approach we used is the ...

• Traffic Monitoring System Using In-Pavement Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors 

  Al-Tarawneh, Mu'ath (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Recently, adding more lanes becomes less and less feasible, which is no longer an applicable solution for the traffic congestion problem due to the increment of vehicles. Using the existing infrastructure more efficiently ...

• Scalable Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Approaches Applied to Classification 

  Al-Sawwa, Jamil (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Applying the nature-inspired methods in the data mining area has been gaining more attention by researchers. Classification is one of the data mining tasks which aims to analyze historical data by discovering hidden ...

• User-Behavior Trust Modeling in Cloud Security 

  Alruwaythi, Maryam (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  With the cloud computing increasing in popularity by providing a massive number of services such as recourses and data center, the number of attacks is increasing. Security is a basic concern in cloud computing, and threats ...

• Weak Power Grid Analysis for Renewable Energy Sources Integration 

  Aldaoudeyeh, Al Motasem (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Weakness analysis based on grid strength assessment is useful for identifying potential weak grid issues. However, when taking into account the impact of the interactions among Renewable Energy Sources (RESs), the weakness ...

• Pre-Harvest Glyphosate Effects on Properties of Beta-Glucan from Oat Groats 

  Alahmed, Abdulrahman (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Pre-harvest glyphosate is applied to cereal grains to remove weeds. However, it has been claimed that oat compositions are affected by pre-harvest glyphosate. Research was conducted to evaluate differences in properties ...

• Molecular Characterization of Root-Lesion Nematode Species from Corn Fields in North Dakota and Evaluation of Resistance in Corn Hybrids 

  Akhter, Nasima (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The molecular characterization of Pratylenchus species determined from D2-D3 of 28S rDNA, ITS of rDNA, and COI of mtDNA regions revealed four Pratylenchus species from North Dakota, P. scribneri, P. neglectus, Pratylenchus ...

• Exploring Chemically Treated Fiber Reinforced Pervious Concrete Through Image Based Micromechanical Modeling 

  Akand, Lutfur (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Pervious concrete has been widely used in parking lots and airport fields. However, past experience has shown durability and strength of the pervious concrete remains a challenge for adopting them in wider applications, ...

• Form and Functionality of Additively Manufactured Parts with Internal Structure 

  Ahsan, AMM Nazmul (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The tool-less additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing processes (3DP) use incremental consolidation of feed-stock materials to construct part. The layer by layer AM processes can achieve spatial material distribution ...

• Resilience Assessment for Complex Networks Based on Recovery Strategies 

  Afrin, Tanzina (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  The vulnerability of complex networks to unexpected disruptive events could be reduced by increasing network resilience through the efficient recovery of the damaged network. To find the most efficient recovery strategy ...

• Cornus Mas L. Cultivar Selection Based on Hardiness and Propagation 

  Swanson, Meredith (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry) is a deciduous shrub/small tree native to southeastern Europe and western Asia. It is unique among the Cornaceae (dogwood) family in that the fruit is used for human consumption and is highly ...

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