Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Nursing Student Stress
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Nursing students experience multiple stressors as they are expected to apply theoretical learning and develop critical thinking skills while in the professional environment. Perceived overwhelming negative stressors can ... -
[NURTURE]well-being
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The project typology is a community center within an urban city master plan. The project is located in Aurora, Colorado and investigates the problem of disconnected neighborhoods. The theoretical premise claims the ... -
Nurturing Parenting Program: A Study of Engagement and Activities During the Parent and Child Activity Time
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The Nurturing Parent Program (NPP) aims to build protective factors in families such as: nurturing, attachment, social connections, parental resilience and knowledge of child development. This qualitative study looked ... -
Nurturing Sustenance
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The focus of this thesis is to explore the question “How can the design of a middle school enable the education of adolescents in sustainability and adaptation, and enable the growth of a city?” As described, the build ... -
Nutritional Insecurity Among College Students on a Midwest Campus
(North Dakota State University, 2021)College students experience nutritional insecurity at higher rates when compared to the general public. Compounding social, financial, community, and policy barriers limit the ability of college students to access healthy, ... -
Nutritional Regulation of Growth Hormone-Stimulated Lipolysis
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Growth hormone (GH) regulates several physiologic processes in vertebrates, including the promotion of growth, an anabolic process, and mobilization of stored lipid, a catabolic process. Here, we used rainbow trout ... -
O'Donnell Park: Enhancing Downtown Milwaukee’s Economic, Environmental and Social Networks through Sustainable Design
(2017)This thesis begins to address, how does a city provide essential resources for a city in a public urban space? A question designers have asked themselves since the beginning of urban design. In this day and age currently, ... -
Oak Hospital : a holistic approach to healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Biophilic design has the ability to influence lives physically and mentally. Unbalanced health issues, lack of assistance at home, and lengthy distances to medical facilities, create life and death scenarios. Due to these ... -
Object Classification Using Stacked Autoencoder and Convolutional Neural Network
(North Dakota State University, 2016)In the recent years, deep learning has shown to have a formidable impact on object classification and has bolstered the advances in machine learning research. Many image datasets such as MNIST, CIFAR-10, SVHN, Imagenet, ... -
Occurrence of Salmonella and Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready to Eat Meats in the United States: 2000-2010
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The purpose of this review is to characterize the occurrence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in ready to eat (RTE) meats in the United States between the years 2000-2010. Data were obtained from the CDC foodborne ... -
The Occurrence of Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli (Stec) and Salmonella Species in Cattle Feedlot Runoff
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Zoonotic foodborne pathogens such as shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella on farm environments can potentially contaminate organic manure or agricultural watersheds and subsequently fresh produce ... -
Ochratoxin A and Ochratoxigenic Fungi in Freshly Harvested and Stored Barley and Wheat
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a toxin produced both prior to harvest and during storage by Penicillium and Aspergillus species in a variety of commodities. Although several studies have been conducted in Europe and Canada examining ... -
Of Inclusion, Belonging, and Missed Connection in Higher Education
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Inclusion research in higher education affords opportunities to measure how, and to what extent, institutions create academic environments that are equitably accessible. While inclusion encompasses many facets, underscored ... -
Of Land, Earth + Sea: A Re-Mastered Beach Resort
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Beaches, resorts, and recreational activities serve as a main source of attraction for some cities across the world that reside next to large bodies of water. This often leads to cities becoming dependent on tourism for ... -
Off The Beaten Warpath: Native Representation and Themes in Chris Claremont’s X-Men
(North Dakota State University, 2023)“Off the Beaten Warpath”: Native Representation and Themes in Chris Claremont’s X-Men Chris Claremont, the long-time writer on several X-Men titles, used the opportunity to develop his own cast of original and highly diverse ... -
Officers on Patrol: A Qualitative Examination of Patrol Officer Behavior and Decision Making
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The understanding of what patrol officers do, and why, suffers from a lack of perspective presented from the officers themselves. To develop this understanding, a qualitative methodology was employed in the current study ... -
Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies in Vegetable Preparation and Consumption
(North Dakota State University, 2007)Foodbome disease outbreaks have a tremendous impact on society, including foodbome illnesses, hospitalizations, lost work time, and deaths. These food-safety events have a significant influence in shaping consumers' ... -
Oil Rush Urbanism: Planning For When the Landscape Is Quiet Again
(2013)Williston, ND and surrounding counties are experiencing a tremendous influx of people from all over the United States. Throughout the Williston basin the consequences of over production of infrastructure and housing ... -
Oil-Based Food Extracts from Distillers Dried Grains
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The goal of this project was to examine benefits of developing a DDGS-based extract for human food consumption. The antioxidant activity of extracts derived from corn and distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was ... -
Oil-Field Brine Impacts on Seed Germination and a Contemporary Remediation Technique for Contaminated Soils
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The growth of fossil fuel production in North Dakota has resulted in numerous releases of brine. Brine releases cause vegetation mortality as well as the deterioration of soil structural and edaphic properties. Little ...