• Ecolux Communities 

  Irwin, Blaze (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Seven years, 103 days, 40 minutes and 17 seconds... On September 17, 2020, Artists Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd displayed a clock in Manhattan Square. This clock, however, displayed exactly how long we have until an ...

• A Review of Biomechanics of Arterial Stent Implants 

  Yurek, Joshua Collin (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  This work looks to provide a review of modern stents by evaluating the need for them as well as providing a detailed engineering analysis of the conditions they are subjected to. It is estimated that over two million of ...

• The Game of Nim on Graphs 

  Erickson, Lindsay Anne (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  The ordinary game of Nim has a long history and is well-known in the area of combinatorial game theory. The solution to the ordinary game of Nim has been known for many years and lends itself to numerous other solutions ...

• The Not-So-Universal Experience: A Content Analysis of Regional and National Secondary and Postsecondary Standards for Writing 

  Rickertsen, Vanessa Anne (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  In this paper, I analyze six sets of high school and college standards and outcome statements on students writing to identify how expectations of students writing vary in their respective educational levels. I include local ...

• Pretrial Services: Exploring What Works and Policy Implications 

  Waller, Vanessa (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  As the view on mass incarceration around the United States is further explored, there has been a need for alternatives to jail. Specifically, pretrial services programs are an opportunity for recently charged defendants ...

• “I Am a Priest”: The Construction and Adaptability of Identity in the Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse 

  Sarkar, Majalisa Rose (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  The following paper investigates the construction and adaptability of identity, especially in regard to gender, religion, and culture in Louise Erdrich’s novel The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. The goal ...

• Physicochemical Properties of Pre-Harvest Sprouted Hard Spring Wheat 

  Lu, Haiyan (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  Pre-Harvest Sprouting (PHS) can cause severe economic loss in wheat grown across many areas of the world. Prolonged rainfall before harvest and high temperatures can contribute to the occurrence of PHS. Grain growers prefer ...

• Emerging Political Identification of Young Adults 

  Isaacson, Jason Douglas (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  Research has more than adequately established the importance of the role of parents in the political socialization of young people. However, there is surprisingly little research that examines if and when young people ...

• Indigenous Ecocriticism and the Relationships Between Humans and Nature in Catherine Knutsson’s Shadows Cast by Stars 

  Nelson, Kerri Nicole (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  In the midst of the climate crisis, Young Adult dystopian literature offers a glimpse of the possible dark futures in store for all of us. Yet Indigenous Young Adult literature revises the natural world not as the enemy ...

• Modeling Pavement Performance and Preservation 

  Lu, Pan (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  The number of highway lane-miles in the United States increased by 7% from 1980 to 2007, while vehicle-miles of travel almost doubled. During the same period, the Federal Highway Trust Fund (the major source of funding for ...

• Corn Hybrid Response to Skip-Row Planting Configurations and Plant Population in Western North Dakota 

  Lungren, Nathaniel James David (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  Management practices are needed for stable com (Zea mays L.) production in drought prone regions of western North Dakota. Analysis of weather data suggests areas like those near Mandan and Hettinger suffer severe drought ...

• Optimizing Prediction Power of RNA-seq on Intrinsic Characteristics in Breast Cancer 

  Liu, Yuan (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and accurate and early detection of breast cancer is vital in characterizing the disease. Transcriptomic expression is embedded abundant tumor and cell state ...

• Cold Hardiness and Survival of Interspecific Vitis Hybrids 

  Bogenrief, Sarah Marie (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Cold hardiness and survival of wine grapes in two locations in North Dakota was determined using differential thermal analysis for five cultivars in 2020 and six cultivars from 2020-2021. Phenological data was collected ...

• Noise Reduction of Tunable Resistive Pulse Sensing for Improved Extracellular Vesicles Profiling in Cancer Detection 

  Ejjigu, Nega (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  EVs have much potential as sensitive, novel biomarkers because they represent the status of their cells of origin and can be used to detect cancer earlier than alternative biomarkers. The size of EVs can be determined by ...

• Skin Cancer Screening: Implementation of Dermoscopy in Rural Primary Care 

  Lehn, Mitchell Charles (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, and rates continue to rise (American Academy of Dermatology Association [AAD], 2020; Skin Cancer Foundation [SCF], 2020). Although there is disagreement ...

• Survey of Claviceps purpurea and Fusarium Toxins in Spring Wheat and Fungicide Efficacy on Ergot Sclerotia, Alkaloid Content, and Saprophytic Fusarium Associated Toxins 

  Alaoufi, Shatha Hamad (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Fusarium head blight (FHB) and ergot of the claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. have adverse effects on grain quality and human and animal health. Each year, Hard Red Spring (HRS) wheat samples are collected at harvest to survey ...

• Implementing Adult Waist Circumference Measurements in Primary Care 

  Johnson, Terryl Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Overweight and obesity negatively affect multiple acute and chronic disease conditions (USDHHS & ODPHP, n.d.). Two of the most valid and reliable measurements of overweight and obesity are body mass index (BMI) and waist ...

• Biomass Yield and Nutritive Value of Annual Forage Mixes Compared With Monocrops 

  Mozea, Kenneth (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Forage mixes could serve as a cover crop mix to protect the soil during the winter, for prevented planting areas or as a high nutritious feed for grazing livestock. The objective of this study was to determine the nutritive ...

• Providing Postpartum Depression Resources at a Local WIC Agency 

  Casey, Katie Marie (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant mental illness that impacts 12.5% of all postpartum women. In women with low-income, the prevalence increases to 25% and 40-60% of low-income, adolescent mothers report depressive ...

• Rangeland Forage Growth Prediction, Logistics, Energy, and Economics Analysis and Tool Development Using Open-Source Software 

  Srinivasagan, Subhashree Navaneetha (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Forage availability was crucial for livestock production across the United States. Rangelands occupied vast areas 31 % of land and were the primary source of forage for livestock. However, extreme climatic conditions such ...

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