Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Today for Tomorrow
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Educating today’s children about the facts of sustainable awareness is essential to reach the maximum potential in order to provide for both the environment and future populations. In today’s world, children seem to ... -
Together Belize
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Developing countries are at times plagued by natural disasters, struggling economies, and inadequate housing. Many times other nations send support such as food, workers and/or supplies. Although this aid is sent with good ... -
Tonight It’s Government Funded: A Rhetorical Analysis of Manufactured Social Controversy and Government Funding of the Arts
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Thomas Goodnight’s definition of controversy offers an initial examination of Reverend Donald Wildmon and Reverend Pat Robertson’s attack of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), initiating the Culture Wars of 1989. ... -
Too Many American Icons: Conflicting Ideologies of Wild Horse Management in the American West
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Wild free-roaming horses in the American West continue to exist in tension with the land they inhabit, the government that “manages” them, and the people that are impacted by them. The problem, argued here, is the result ... -
Total Glucosinolate Preservation and Near Infrared Prediction in Rapeseed Meal
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Glucosinolates (GLS) and their hydrolysis products are of great food and feed safety concern because they are responsible for both the beneficial and harmful properties of GLS-containing plants. Understanding GLS storage ... -
Total Quality Management in Higher Education: A Soft Factor Approach Based on Faculty Satisfaction
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The literature review showed very few organization-wide Total Quality Management (TQM) implementations and mixed opinions regarding its compatibility in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Considering the human-centric ... -
Total Yellow Pigment Content and Oxidative Stress Level during Kernel Development
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The focus of this research was to determine the effects of cultivar and environment on levels of total yellow pigment content and oxidative stress during grain development and in semolina and pasta. Lipoxygenase activity ... -
Total-Care Cancer Center: A Holistic Approach to Medical Care
(North Dakota State University, 2005)The Total-Care Cancer Center will be an extension of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Currently people from all over the world come to the Mayo Cancer Center for patient care, treatment, research and educational ... -
Tourism and Sustainability: Strategies for Designing on the North Shore of Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2024)The North Shore of Minnesota boasts vast natural beauty, a plethora of recreational activities, and a thriving tourism industry. In order to protect the North Shore’s natural scenery and tourism industry, sustainability ... -
Toward a More Visually Literate Writing Classroom: An Analysis of Visual Communication Pedagogy and Practices
(North Dakota State University, 2019)“Toward a More Visually Literate Writing Classroom: An Analysis of Visual Communication Pedagogy and Practices” examines the teaching of visual communication in undergraduate professional and technical communication courses. ... -
TOWARD INTEGRATION : Collaborative Architecture and Design Methods
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis investigates the current delivery methods architects use to create buildings in relation to the access to and quality of them. It pays special attention to investigating new delivery methods, which enable a ... -
Towards Better Engineering of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2016)In spite of their high implementation failure rate, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software remains a popular choice for most businesses. When it succeeds, ERP software provides effective integration of formerly isolated ... -
Towards Change Propagating Test Models In Autonomic and Adaptive Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The major motivation for self-adaptive computing systems is the self-adjustment of the software according to a changing environment. Adaptive computing systems can add, remove, and replace their own components in response ... -
Towards Identifying the Physical and Molecular Components Involved in Resistance to Leaf Rust Pathogen Puccinia Triticina in Wheat and Barley
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Genetic resistance is the preferred method to reduce yield losses caused by many diseases including wheat leaf rust. However, in many cases host resistance seems to be short-lived. For decades, scientists have tried and ... -
Towards Improving P300-based Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Desktop to Mobile
(North Dakota State University, 2014)A brain-computer interface (BCI) enables a paralyzed user to interact with an external device through brain signals. A BCI measures identi es patterns within these measured signals, translating such patterns into commands. ... -
Towards Providing Test Case Meta-Data to Assist Dynamic Regression Test Scheduling
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Autonomic software is typically characterized by dynamic adaptation, a self-management process in which the system adds, removes, and replaces its own components at runtime. At the end of maintenance, the modified software ... -
Towards Secure Cloud Storage Services
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Cloud computing is anticipated to revolutionize the Information and Communication Technology sector and has been a mainstream of research over the last decade. The cloud computing, upsurges the capabilities of the hardware ... -
Towards Test Focus Selection for Integration Testing Using Software Metrics
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Object-oriented software systems contain a large number of modules which make the unit testing, integration testing, and system testing very difficult and challenging. While the aim of the unit testing is to show that ... -
Towards the Development of a Gene-Based Eco-Physiology Model for Common Bean: Genotype by Environment Interactions
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Genotype by environment interactions (GxE) complicate selection in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Crop models can play a valuable role by helping plant breeding programs to better understand GxE. The objectives of ... -
Trace Element Distribution in Soils of The Pembina Escarpment, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Association of element concentrations for soils of northeastern North Dakota formed from different sources of parent materials were determined based on geochemical data. These soils overlie the Cretaceous Pierre Formation ...