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Exploring the Complex Relationships among Reasoning, Content Understanding, and Intuition in Physics
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Application of Data Mining Techniques in Transportation Safety Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Mining Connected Vehicle Data for Beneficial Patterns in Dubai Taxi Operations
(North Dakota State University, 2018)On-demand shared mobility services such as Uber and micro-transit are steadily penetrating the worldwide market for traditional dispatched taxi services. Hence, taxi companies are seeking ways to compete. This study mined ... -
Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Field Pea and Potato and their Effect on Plant Growth and Yield
(North Dakota State University, 2018)In this study, surveys were conducted in pea and potato fields in North Dakota and Central Minnesota to investigate the incidence and abundance of plant-parasitic nematodes in these fields. Moreover, the effect of the pin ... -
A Comparison of Methods Taking into Account Asymmetry when Evaluating Differential Expression in Gene Expression Experiments
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Gene expression technologies allow expression levels to be compared across treatments for thousands of genes simultaneously. Asymmetry in the empirical distribution of the test statistics from the analysis of a gene ... -
Expression Analysis of the Expanded Cercosporin Gene Cluster in Cercospora beticola
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Cercospora leaf spot is an economically devastating disease of sugar beet caused by the fungus Cercospora beticola. It has been demonstrated recently that the C. beticola CTB cluster is larger than previously recognized ... -
Staying on an Academic Plan: Is It Really that Necessary for Gaining Acceptance into Selective Admission Programs
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This study examined the frequency with which the typical pre-professional pharmacy student alters his/her academic plan, and ultimately affects the student’s matriculation into the professional program. The empirical ... -
Cement Changes and their Effects on Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete
(North Dakota State University, 2018)In this work, the effects of different cementitious combinations on drying shrinkage and durability of concrete are investigated. Shrinkage is caused due to loss of water from concrete due to evaporation. Cement paste is ... -
Biofilm Formation of Escherichia coli from Surface Soils is Influenced by Variation in Cell Envelope, Iron Metabolism, and Attachment Factor Genes
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Biofilm formation may increase survival and persistence of Escherichia coli in the highly variable conditions of soil environments, though it remains unknown the extent variation in biofilm formation affects survival. We ... -
Estimating the Economic Benefits of Automatic Section Control in the North Dakota Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The impact of Automatic Section Control (ASC) as a tool of Precision Agricultural Technology as considered in the more efficient application of inputs to produce the four major crops, corn, soybean, HRSW, and canola in the ... -
The Effects of Reattribution Training and Behavioral Activation on Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Depression Among College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Depression among adolescents and college students comes with significant negative impacts on multiple areas of functioning as well as burdens on society. It is important to understand what makes young people vulnerable to ... -
Analysis and Identification of QTL for Resistance to Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in Pea (Pisum sativum L.)
(North Dakota State University, 2018)White mold caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorumi s one of the most devastating diseases infecting field pea (Pisum sativum L.) which causes severe yield loss worldwide. Population 17 (Lifter/ PI240515), and Population 19 ... -
Talking Points : September 17, 2018
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Talking Points : December 18, 2017
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Performance Comparison of Apache Spark MLlib
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This study makes an attempt to understand the performance of Apache Spark and the MLlib platform. To this end, the cluster computing system of Apache Spark is set up and five supervised machine learning algorithms (Naïve-Bayes, ... -
Buddhism is More Than Just Meditation: A Cognitive Non-Attachment Training for Social Stress
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Buddhism is essentially a cognitive-behavioral intervention where oral teachings and meditation work together to develop nonattachment, a mind-state considered to be the antidote to all human suffering. The present work ... -
Increasing Awareness about Advance Care Planning among Women in Crow Wing County, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Advance care planning (ACP) includes making decisions about end-of-life care in the form of a health care directive which includes identifying a health agent to make decisions for people when they are unable to make decisions ... -
Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investments at Agricultural Cooperatives
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Industries related to agricultural cooperatives record some of the highest injury rates in the U.S. Therefore, agricultural cooperatives are highly motivated to invest in occupational health and safety (OHS). This thesis ... -
Predicting Potato Yield Loss Due to Metribuzin Sensitivity in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)A linear-log model to predict yield loss due to metribuzin injury was established by Love et. al. in 1993. Two experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017 to evaluate and improve this model for application in North Dakota ... -
Calibrating Smartphones for Monitoring Road Condition on Paved and Unpaved Roads
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Transportation agencies report the localization of roadway anomalies that could cause serious hazards to the traveling public. However, the high cost and limitations of present technical prevent scaling the road monitoring ...
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