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    • Healing Through Humanitarian Design: Understanding the Refugee Crisis and Designing for the Future 

      Peikert, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This project is an exploration into understanding the qualities of the built environment to attain a level of dignity for refugees in their healing process. Architecture cannot solve these social issues but seeks to ...

    • Healing with Colors 

      Garcia, Sydney (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      This study focuses on the relationship between color frequency and healing the human body. There is evidence that color has been implemented as a healing process through therapy, dating back to thousands of years ago. I ...

    • Health Risk Feedback: The Effects of ACE Insight on Stress Reactivity 

      Rued, Heidi Anna (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has lasting repercussions throughout an individual’s lifetime. An adult with a history of childhood trauma is at increased risk for excessive stress reactivity, which ...

    • Health Risk Prediction Using Big Medical Data - a Collaborative Filtering-Enhanced Deep Learning Approach 

      Li, Xin (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Deep learning has yielded immense success on many different scenarios. With the success in other real world application, it has been applied into big medical data. However, discovering knowledge from these data can be very ...

    • Healthcare & Architecture 

      Vetter, McKenna (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Healthcare facilities are often hostile and cold environments for individuals who are just looking for relief in a time of distress and worry. The unifying idea aims to focus on the environment and health. Specifically, ...

    • Healthcare Provider Education for Recognizing and Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking 

      Fisher, Haley Nicole (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Human trafficking has increasing prevalence in the United States (U.S.) with an estimated 1.6 million people trafficked at any time. Healthcare systems are one of the most critical access points for identifying and recognizing ...

    • Healthier Homes: Integrating Emerging Design Strategies into Affordable Housing 

      Schall, Rachel Marie (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This research focuses on healthy building materials and sustainable practices and how to integrate those practices into an affordable housing development in Duluth, MN. I will be investigating new sustainable materials ...

    • Healthy Architecture: Integration of Design Strategies to Promote Positive Mental Health in Hospitals 

      Hovel, Keegan (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Healthcare facilities are made for healing. Despite this they come with a negative stigma since people attend them for conditions that can potentially be fatal. These facilities should be viewed in a more positive light ...

    • Healthy Building, Healthy Living 

      Friesen, Ryan (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      In a world experiencing a pandemic with unhealthy global challenges; public spaces, businesses and people are struggling to stay ‘afloat’ as the world struggles to help. What most people do not realize is how much effect ...

    • Heavy Vehicle Impact on Rural Two Lane Highway Segments Operating Under Various Levels of Service Conditions 

      Zheng, Zijian (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      Oil boom in Western North Dakota State brings increasing number of oil trucks. The distinct characteristics of heavy vehicles such as oil trucks: low speed, large size, and slow accelerate and decelerate results in inaccuracy ...

    • Hedging Default and Price Risks in Commodity Trading 

      Kimura, Norifumi (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Many risk factors exist in the commodity markets, especially those related to price and quantity. Recently, the risk of counterparty default has been increasing. The purpose of this study is to develop a portfolio-hedging ...

    • Hell Hath No Fury like a Scorned Soap Fan: A Case Study of Soap Opera Fan Activism 

      Adams, Sarah Jane (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Soaps operas, or daytime serials, have long been a staple of American culture. In April 2011, ABC-Disney announced the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live. Cancellations propelled the fans of these programs ...

    • Hepatitis Virus B and Hepatitis Virus C Co-Infection Among HIV Patients and Development of an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Diagnosis of Equine Protozoa Myeloencephalitis 

      Kyomuhangi, Annet (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Study 1: HIV patients with chronic HBV and/or HCV are more likely to die of liver disease and have a more rapid progression to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) than patients solely infected with HIV. Blood samples ...

    • Herbicide Screening in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Production 

      Mettler, Joseph Eric (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Lack of labeled herbicides for industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) production in the U.S. accentuates urgency to identify herbicides for weed control. Weed competition reduced seed yield by 25 to 32%. Pre- and post-emergence ...

    • Here in the City: Architecture of Lost Spaces 

      Marihart, Samantha (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Can lost space be revitalized to promote the culture of the city? In every city lost space resides. These are slivers and awkward portions of space where no traditional use works. Often found in between buildings, and under ...

    • Heritage | Heart of the Community 

      Pojanowski, Christa (2012)
      This thesis explores small urban city revitalization. When small cities outlast the function of their own infrastructure, city revitalization needs to focus on how the city is functioning overall. City infrastructure is ...

    • Hermantown Recreational Facility 

      Thomalla, Nikolas Gabriel (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      This project is for a city wide plan for an outdoor recreation facility for Hermantown, MN. The major elements that will be addressed in this project are increasing the functionality of the site as well as the beautification ...

    • The Heroine Sabrina: Dismantling Binaries in A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle 

      Noel, Taija Kae (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Sabrina, the heroine of A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, is an exemplar of ethical, intellectual, and magical power. Although scholarship has focused on male characters in the masque, I argue that this story is about ...

    • Heterogeneity in Phenotypic Response of Foodborne Pathogens to Control Measures 

      Malekmohammadi, Sahar (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      Foodborne pathogens are estimated to cause 48 million foodborne illnesses through consumption of contaminated food annually. Designing efficient control measures is vital to reducing foodborne illnesses. The modern trend ...

    • Heteronormative Recovery in the Bell Jar 

      Junglas, Gretchen Therese (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      In Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood struggles to form a true identity. She emulates many women as a way to see how various identities work for her. One of these identities is that of a lesbian. During ...