Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Fate of Deoxynivalenol and Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside during the Malting Process
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Deoxynivalenol (DON) is commonly found on small grains and causes food safety issues. Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside (DON-3-G) is a conjugate, formed as a defense response by the host plant. Past studies have shown both to be ... -
Fate of Deoxynivalenol during Wet Milling
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The fungal disease Fusarium head blight affects cereal grains and can produce mycotoxins, like the water-soluble deoxynivalenol (DON). Wheat wet milling process begins with ground endosperm obtained by dry milling and ends ... -
The "Fathead Minnow Factory": Exploring How a Changing Climate Has Influenced Fish and Salamander Communities in the Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Global climate change has been linked to changing many ecosystem processes. Early literature on climate change and biological systems predominately focused on individual species responses to temperature gradients. However, ... -
Fatherhood and the “Inside American Joke”: The Perseverance of Single Fathers in College
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the experience of the single father in college. A transformative/feminist perspective, interpreted through the author’s personal lens of motherhood, sheds light on ways ... -
Fathers Raising a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Development of a Father Training Course
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this paper was to review research on the issue of fathers raising a 111 child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and outline the development of a father training course for such families. The ... -
Fatigue Analysis of Arteries Using Finite Element Method
(North Dakota State University, 2012)In this thesis, the fatigue response of arteries to four specific physiological conditions representative of various morphological changes that artery undergo during its lifetime, was explored. Single layered nonlinear ... -
Fatigue Behavior of Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Bio-based flax fiber polymer composites (FFPC) have the potential to replace metals and synthetic fibers in certain applications due to their unique mechanical properties. However, the long term reliability of FFPC needs ... -
Fault Tolerant and Adaptive Systems with Focus on Networks-On-Chips
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The first step in design of reliable systems is the ability to evaluate the reliability of the system. This is an important step in the process of designing reliable systems because design techniques that proactively improve ... -
A Faunal Survey of Coleoptera, Hemiptera (Heteroptera), and Lepidoptera Associated with Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Marshall (Oleaceae) in the Red River Valley of Eastern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis; EAB) is an invasive wood-boring beetle causing mortality of ash trees in North America. This project was initiated because of the threat of EAB moving into North Dakota. The main ... -
Fear of Reinjury: A Survey of NCAA Athletes Post ACL Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to determine if a fear of reinjury and degree of current knee pain, as measured by the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) respectively, ... -
Feasibility Study for Building Information Modeling (BIM) Education at the Community College
(North Dakota State University, 2015)With limited time and minimal skill sets of students at the community college, it is challenging to integrate new course material into a two-year degree or technical certificate in Building Construction Management while ... -
Feature Engineering on the Cybersecurity Dataset for Deployment on Software Defined Network
(North Dakota State University, 2020)These days, due to dependency on the fast-moving world's modern technology, the increasing use of smart devices and the internet affect network traffic. Many intrusion detection studies concentrate on feature selection or ... -
Features of Highly Hydrophobic Plant Oil-Based Vinyl Monomers in Cationic and Free Radical Polymerization
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The demand for polymeric materials, which have traditionally been produced from petroleum-based resources over the last century, continues to grow each year. However, the supply of fossil fuels is limited. This, along with ... -
Feeding Change from the Ground Up
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This project aims to answer the question, through the utilization of the appropriate learning environment, can children learn how to improve the nutritional health of themselves and their families? The solution will be ... -
Female Factor and Team Projects: A Social Sensitivity Perspective
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Software Development is a complex, time-consuming task wherein a team must collaborate effectively over a long period of time. Achieving maximum productivity and quality requires commitment. A recent MIT study concluded ... -
Female Heroism and Leadership in the Anglo-Saxon Judith
(North Dakota State University, 2014)In this paper, I argue that the Anglo-Saxon Judith frames its titular character’s simultaneous adoption of sacred femininity and masculine heroic violence as the acceptable and necessary response to despair in the face ... -
The Feminist Cure: Feminist Identity As a Shield from Hyper-Sexualized l'vledia Induced Self-Objectification in College Women
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This paper explores the impact of hyper-sexualized media on college women in terms of inducing self-objectification and/or inhibiting feminist identity. The survey and resulting analysis showed participants' feminist ... -
Feminist Mentorship: Women Leading Men in Counselor Education
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This Interpretative Phenomenological Study was initiated to explore the lived experiences of mentorship pairs in counselor education doctoral studies. The research question guiding this study was: what are the qualities ... -
Fertilizer Management Strategies of Soybean (Glycine Max, L. Merrill) in Northcentral and Northwestern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) is a new cash crop for north central and northwestern North Dakota producers. Soils and climate in these new soybean areas differ from those regions where the current fertilizer recommendations ... -
Festival on Fifth Street: A Multi-modal Streetscape and Cultural Center in Downtown Bismarck, North Dakota.
(2016)This thesis is a study conducted to explore the effects of revitalizing a downtown street emphasizing the pedestrian. Through research, the streetscape will be redeveloped for the safety of pedestrians as well as various ...