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Medical Cannabis Packaging and Labelling Concerns for Middle Aged and Older Manitobans
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Middle-aged and older adults make up the largest growing proportion of medical cannabis users in Canada, as well as the largest proportion of the population to vote in the last federal election (Elections Canada, 2020; ... -
The Woman’s Club of Moorhead 1868-1946
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Far from upholding the domestic ideal of the Victorian Era, the Moorhead Woman’s Club helped establish the first public library in the city and strove for changes in education through active engagement in the public “sphere.” ... -
Space Sky Earth: Weather Learning Museum and Research Center
(North Dakota State University, 2021)A rainstorm now and again can be a calming experience. With our climate changing and a focus on more sustainable built projects, we can only wonder if it is enough to help offset the carbon footprint that architects ... -
Relational Maintenance Strategies, Positivity, and Constructive Financial Conversations in Romantic, Committed Partnerships
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Although a large body of research on financial management in marriages and conflict/divorce as outcomes of financial problems exists, the topic of how individuals describe the communicative processes leading to positive ... -
Building Blocks: Re-framing Urban Inestment and Community Health Through Equitable Empowerment
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The modern city is failing at embracing the value of difference and common ground is fading. The implicit effects of urban policy are dividing cities and putting their most marginalized communities in an even more ... -
Public Memory and Forgetting: Making Visible the Invisibility of Loss in the San Francisco AIDS Pandemic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)It is well known that we depend on our memory for our individual and collective sense of identity, meaning, and purpose. We assign significance to past, present, and future events through inter-subjective and ordered ... -
The Materiality of Time and Water: An Emotional and Cognitive Reinvigoration of Sustainability on the Edge of the California Coast
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Ancient man had a full-bodied integration into the divinity of the earth that we have displaced in our modern age. We have become subjects of the technological advancements of today and as a result are tasked with ... -
Getting Old: A Design Solution to Improve Mental Health Post Retirement
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Individuals 65 years and older are struggling with the alarmingly high suicide rates among their peers. This is often caused by the sudden lack of purpose following retirement. Designing for community involvement while ... -
Nitrogen Mineralization Dynamics of Post Harvest Crop Residue in No-Till Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2020)In North Dakota, adoption of conservation tillage practices has resulted in an accumulation of crop residue remaining on the soil surface. North Dakota producers receive a nitrogen credit for long-term no-till but due to ... -
Model Contrast of Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Traffic
(2020)The adoption of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is in its infancy. Therefore, very little is known about their potential impacts on traffic. Meanwhile, researchers and market analysts predict a wide range of ... -
Centennial High: A School for Hope and Growth
(North Dakota State University, 2021)In this paper, high school design is evaluated in order to better support the mental health of its occupants. The alarming rise in anxiety, depression, and violence among youth over the past few decades demonstrates the ... -
Simple Nurture: Weaving Motherhood and Community
(North Dakota State University, 2021)There are community centers in nearly every city that are used to some extent. Some are good and some are bad. In most cases, the existence of a community is a prerequisite for the construction of a community center. ... -
Safe Harbor: Recontextualizing Architectural Design to Engage Society in Combating Human Trafficking
(North Dakota State University, 2021)As one of the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises, human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to lure victims into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Minnesota faces widespread ... -
Current Status of the Biology, Pathogenesis, and Impacts of Ebola Virus
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Ebola viruses (EV) are single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the Filoviridae family. There are 6 species of Ebola, and four of them can cause Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans. Ebola viral hemorrhagic ... -
Limiting Financial Risk from Catastrophic Events in Project Management
(North Dakota State University, 2020)This dissertation develops a mixed integer linear program to establish the upper and lower bounds of the Alphorn of Uncertainty. For a project manager, planning for uncertainty is a staple of their jobs and education. ... -
Unsettling Settlements: Examining Police Misconduct Lawsuits in the City of Chicago
(North Dakota State University, 2020)There is limited empirical research related to lawsuits involving the police due in part to limited accessibility to relevant data sources. This study aims to examine the relationship between citizen, situational, and ... -
Three Essays on Shared Micromobility
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Shared micromobility defines as the shared use of light and low-speed vehicles such as bike and scooter in which users have short-term access on an as-needed basis. As shared micromobility, as one of the most viable and ... -
Nonparametric Test for Nondecreasing Order Alternatives in Randomized Complete Block and Balanced Incomplete Block Mixed Design
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Nonparametric tests are used to test hypotheses when the data at hand violate one or more of the assumptions for parametric tests procedures. The test is an ordered alternative (nondecreasing) when there is prior information ... -
Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Based Power Converter Reliability and Topology Investigation
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Wide band-gap semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) have been widely investigated these years for their preferred operation at higher switching frequency, higher blocking voltage, ... -
Healing the Invisible
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Every day, the environments that surround are constantly impacting who we are and how we feel. Unfortunately, the power that we hold as designers is often overlooked, especially in the fields of healthcare and healing. ...
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