Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title

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    • Nathan Richardson and the Editions of the New Method for the Pianoforte 

      Prigge, Sarah Kaye (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Those studying music during the mid-nineteenth century in the United States began to experience music education through many of the models of pedagogy that are still in use at the present time. The use of a method book ...

    • National Retail Pork Benchmarking Study: Characterizing Pork Quality Attributes of Multiple Cuts in the Self-serve Meat Case 

      Klinkner, Benjamin Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The objective of this study was to benchmark fresh pork quality in the retail meat case in the United States. Nationally, 117 retail supermarkets in 67 cities were selected for sampling. Center-cut loin chops were observed ...

    • Native Architecture: Sustainable Design Theory Applied to Affordable Housing in a Rural Setting 

      Witham, David (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      This project will seek a holistic and sustainable solution to rural housing and community design. The community of Cannonball will be the subject of this design study. Implementation of principles of sustainability will ...

    • Natural Disasters, Institutions, and Economic Recovery: Effects of Hurricane Katrina 

      Clark, Corbin Carl Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      This study analyzes the effects of Hurricane Katrina on formal and informal institutions in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi to provide insights into the recovery trajectories of the states. I use the synthetic control ...

    • Natural Flavors: Rhetorical Stories of Food Labels 

      West, Rebecca (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      What is in our food? What can food labels tell us about what is in our food? This dissertation applies rhetoric in the everyday human act of reading food labels and making decisions about what to eat based on those labels. ...

    • Natural Healing: Physical and Spiritual Healing (in a Powerful and Nurturing Setting) 

      McGinn, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis, Natural Healing: Physical and Spiritual Healing (in a Powerful and Nurturing Setting), examines how healing spaces in a clinical setting can influence the healing process of cancer patients undergoing treatment ...

    • Naturalization of Boom Island : restoration of the Great Lakes habitat in present day Minneapolis, Minnesota 

      Hermes, Ryan (2015)
      This thesis researches the ecosystem of what is now modern-day Minneapolis, Minnesota before its settlement in the 19th century. An understanding of the area’s natural state is applied to the redevelopment of Boom Island, ...

    • Nature in Architecture 

      Brown, Aaron (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis provides answers to the question: How can we, as architects, make a building of the environment in which it is built? The typology for the examination of this problem is multi-family housing. The theoretical ...

    • The Nature of happiness 

      Carlson, Alexander (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      Designed as a 384,300 SF urban mixed-use community Node and placed in Minneapolis, MN this thesis attempts to show how architectural design may respond to the overwhelming pollution, poor quality of life and mass urban ...

    • Nature of Hospitality 

      Ziegelman, Jodi (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis searches to provide an answer to the question: how is hospitality expressed in architectural terms and how does this affect our perception of space? The Building Typology for analysis of the problem is a ...

    • The Nature of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells 

      Harris, John Michael (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Since their inception in 2007, nanotube-silicon heterojunction solar cells have experienced rapid improvement due to the diligent work of several research groups. These devices have quickly reached a point where they might ...

    • Nature Versus Technology: Which is More Appealing to Youth Ages 11-14? 

      Zurcher, Micky Lyn (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Recent studies show playtime for youth has shifted from playing outdoors to being connected to a screen-based device. This study examines the amount of time youth ages 11-14 are spending in nature versus the amount of time ...

    • Nature’s Best: An Analysis of a Lactation Education Needs Assessment 

      Wiertzema, Ashley Rae (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis explores the perceptions of nurses regarding the importance of breastfeeding, the need for lactation education, and the barriers that may be preventing nurses from obtaining lactation education. Nurses working ...

    • Navigating the Turbulent Dual Roles of Parent/Coach 

      Larson-Casselton, Cindy Lee (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This study explores the nature of the communication between parent and child as the context changes to place them into the roles of coach and member of the team. Previous studies of parents coaching their own children are ...

    • NDSU Faculty Turnover Study 

      Benz, Rachel Ann (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the reasons behind faculty turnover from North Dakota State University (NDSU). A list of 45 faculty members who left NDSU between May of 2008 and March of2010 was ...

    • NDSU Hockey Arena: A Gateway to Community and Athletics 

      Helland, Jesse J. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      NDSU Club Hockey was established in 1983. The success of the program was seen at a national level as NDSU teams won national championships in seven of their first eight seasons. With the help of faculty and students, ...

    • NDSU Scholar: Application to Search Articles Relevant to a Research Problem 

      Sharma, Rahul (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Because of recent development in the field of computers, there has been substantial growth in the field of online education that varies from online tutors to electronic research papers. Now days, a student can find almost ...

    • NDSU's Back on TRAC Program: Policy Recommendations 

      Gonzales, Carmen Caitlin (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Alcohol and other drug use by college students has been considered by college administrators to be problematic for many years, but strategies in place were not effective or were being under-utilized. Data taken from both ...

    • The Need to Move: Exploring Landscape Connectivity through the Eyes of the Northern Leopard Frog 

      Inczauskis, Heather Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      The northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) is a species that depends on landscape connectivity to complete its lifecycle. However, due to historic and present anthropogenic landscape changes, this species encounters a variety ...

    • A Negative Dielectrophoresis Based Method of Detecting Pancreatic Cancer Antigen CA 242 in Serum 

      Afrose, Sharmin (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      Patients with pancreatic cancer in metastasis rarely survive, thus the need for diagnostic tools for early stage detection. Current techniques such as ELISA and SPR are complex and expensive and cannot detect cancer in its ...