Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Neonicotinoids: Assessing their Distribution and Biological Effects to Prairie Pothole Wetlands
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The use of neonicotinoid pesticides is widespread throughout agricultural regions, including the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North America. Recently, there have been growing concerns regarding the use of these pesticides ... -
Nesting Cavity Temperature Impacts Nesting Choice and Development of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata)
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Megachile rotundata is an agriculturally important pollinator of alfalfa and is not doing well in the U.S due to a 50% return rate (Pitts-Singer and Bosch, 2011). Nesting boxes can reach temperatures between 35˚C-48˚C (see ... -
Nesting: Dwelling through Surrealistic Spaces within the Urban Fabric of Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The next generation requires humble dwelling spaces within cities hosting problematic urban complexities. While the city attempts to establish order, issues of functionality, density, and economics, take precedent. ... -
Network Convergence in Multicarrier Hybrid Cellular Network
(North Dakota State University, 2014)In a multicarrier communication system with known channel state information at transmitter (CSIT), it is well-known that the water-filling power allocation scheme is optimal in achieving the Shannon capacity. However, in ... -
A Network Optimization Solver for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Many wireless sensor network applications require energy efficient communication between nodes in the network. Sensor networks are of limited resources. Due to this limitation, the routing between the nodes is one of the ... -
Neural Networks and Sensitivity Analysis for Detection and Interpretation of Structural Damage
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Computer vision (CV)-based approaches have gained a lot of attention in recent years for objective identification of damages both at structural and material scales. In this dissertation, the metallurgical phases and the ... -
Neural redoubt
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Increased numbers of returning service members from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) coincide with budgetary sequestration measures which directly impact the Department of Defense, jeopardizing ... -
Neural Synchrony and Asynchrony as Mechanisms for Perceptual Grouping and Segmentation
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The question of whether neural synchrony has functional significance for cortical processing has been an issue of contention in the recent scientific literature. Although the balance of evidence now seems to be favoring ... -
Neuro Therapy: Supporting the Healing of OCD Through Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2021)There is a common misconception that Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, most commonly referred to as OCD, affect anyone and everyone that may experience a “need” for perfection or order in detail. In reality, less than ... -
Neuromuscular Activation during Balance Testing in Young, Middle-aged, and Older Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Aging results in structural changes that inhibit functional balance with daily activities. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of neuromuscular activation of the upper leg to balance and fall ... -
Neurotic: Mind, Body, Soul, Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This project is meant to embrace and design for our different minds. The idea is to create a place where we can be ourselves and retreat to a state of mind that puts our emotions or neuroses at ease. People seek places ... -
Neutralization of Conflict Areas Using an Ant Colony Heuristic Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2010)In this paper, we present a unique approach to solve the Neutralization of Conflict Areas problem using an Ant Colony Optimization technique. The Neutralization of Conflict Areas is a known problem, and over the years, ... -
Never Just a Game: How the Interplay of Video Games and the "Real" World Complicates Boundaries in Rushdie's Luka and the Fire of Life
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to examine the interplay of games and reality as depicted in Salman Rushdie’s Luka and the Fire of Life. The convergence of several realities is a recurrent trope in Rushdie’s novels. The trope ... -
A New Adventure: Encouraging People to Go Out to Discover American History through Architecture and the Environment that Surrounds It
(North Dakota State University, 2018)There are towns and historical places all over the country that currently do not have a space that allows for historical learning. Without these places of learning the history and knowledge tends to die off disappearing ... -
A New American High School
(North Dakota State University, 2005)This project is about the design of a secondary school for the community of Farmington, Minnesota and Independent School District 192. The site chosen for this project is near the current school placement so as to share ... -
A New Anoka: A Suburban Infill Project
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The purpose of this thesis is to study a pocket of land along an existing train line in Anoka, MN. It is a pocket of land that was not developed due to its zoning for industrial use. The adjacent land has been developed ... -
New Breath for Johannesburg: Adaptive Reuse of Ponte Tower and the Imagining of Witpoortjie Tower as Catalysts that Foster Urban and Social Growth
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Adaptive reuse is the architecture of the future. In every single metropolis, city, town or village there are buildings that are decrepit, dysfunctional, or disused. In the future, adaptive reuse will encompass a huge ... -
A New Coupling Metric: Combining Structural and Semantic Relationships
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Maintaining object-oriented software is problematic and expensive. Earlier research has revealed that complex relationships among object-oriented software entities are key reasons that make maintenance costly. Therefore, ... -
A New Devils Lake Waterfront
(North Dakota State University, 2005)Devils Lake is the largest natural lake in the state of North Dakota, it is also a closed basin lake, which helped contribute to its current flooding problem. In the future, when an outlet is created, the development of ... -
A New Generalization of Cohen-Kaplansky Domains
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The goal of this thesis is to provide an new generalization of Cohen-Kaplansky domains, stemming from questions related to valuation domains. Recall that a Cohen-Kaplansky domain is an atomic integral domain that contains ...