Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title

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    • Violence towards Aboriginal People: Consulting with Aboriginal Community Members to Develop Culturally Safe Victim Service 

      Haldane, Marie Janet (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Aboriginal people when they accessed victim services in order to determine if the services were culturally safe for them. Several themes emerged which included: ...

    • VIP Induces Snail1, A Master EMT Regulator: Upregulation in A375 Cancer Cells 

      Al-Badrani, Sejaa (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      VIP is neurotransmitter with pleiotropic functions in mammals. It is expressed by a large number of tissues, including the CNS, PNS, innate and adaptive immune systems. VIP has two endogenous G-protein coupled receptors, ...

    • Virtual Space in a Physical World 

      Krugerud, Devin (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      A small exposition center for St. Paul, MN. This project explores various design strategies with glass, steel, and suspension. Through the study of video game design techniques architecture can be developed in an entirely ...

    • Virtual Space | Creating A Digital Sense of Place 

      Williams, Jacob (2013)
      The recent advancements in computer technology in the 21st century have changed the way many designers work in offices today. New computer software has allowed us to actualize works of landscape architecture that could ...

    • Virtual World of Information 

      Sirota, Louis (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Currently, there is a disconnect between the digitization of the world and modern building design. This project attempts to answer the question, “how does ever-changing technology, and the culture that follows it influence ...

    • Virtual-Experiment-Driven Process Model (VEDPM) 

      Lua, Chin Aik (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Computer simulations are the last resort for many complex problems such as swarm applications. However, to the best of the author's knowledge, there is no convincing work in proving ''What You Simulate ls What You See'' ...

    • Viscera(l): Catharsis and the Treatment of Chronic Illness 

      Berens, Gretta (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Chronic disease represents the most extreme case of illness simply because it cannot be taken away. Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) has remained primarily invisible from society, forcing its 5 million patients to fluctuate ...

    • Visible Light Photocatalysis of N-N Bond Based Compounds 

      Iyer, Akila (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The well-established principles of organic photochemistry, offer chemists the fundamental understanding and tools for studying light induced chemical transformations. Employing visible light for photocatalysis, one can ...

    • Vision to Completion 

      Meyer, Sean (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      How can architects and designers build a healthier relationship with construction workers? To answer this question I will design a mixed use condominium prototype. My design will focus on creating a respectful and ...

    • Visitors' values of natural resources and cultural resources on Dakota Prairie National Grasslands 

      Steele, Bruce Richard (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Managing Dakota Prairie National Grasslands requires an understanding of visitor relationships to nature and culture. As national grasslands continue to draw visitors for recreation, relaxation, and wildlife observation ...

    • Vista Rehabilitation 

      Smith, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Vista Rehabilitation is a thesis project that explores the possibilities and affects that design, and its relation to nature, has on healing and the overall health of the inhabitants of a structure. In times of sickness ...

    • Visual Detection of Cancer Biomarkers with Aptamer-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles 

      Gurung, Anant Singh (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Cancer biomarkers may hold the key for the early detection of cancer, distinguishing between benign and malignant cells, and differentiating tumor types. The detection of cancer biomarkers can be used for cancer diagnosis, ...

    • Visual Merchandising Strategies for Small Businesses 

      Henry, Karen (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      The sole purpose of this research was to focus specifically on visual merchandising strategies for small apparel stores since little research had been done on these types of stores. Visual merchandising literature to-date ...

    • A Visualization Technique for Course Evaluations and Other Likert Scale Data 

      Saho, Muhammed (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Course evaluation is one of the primary ways of collecting feedback from students at NDSU. Since almost every student in every course submits one at the end of the semester, it generates a lot of data. The data is summarized ...

    • Visuospatial Attention and Autism Spectrum Trait Expression 

      Stettler, Benjamin Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Pseudoneglect (PN: Bowers & Heilman, 1980) references neurotypical leftward attentional bias reflective of right hemisphere (RH) specialization for spatial attention. Phasic visual cues can alter PN magnitude (McCourt et ...

    • Volumetric Degenerative Routing for 3D Network-On-Chip 

      Bala, Druhin (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      As we reach the limits of scaling down of circuits, Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits (3D ICs) offer a very promising opportunity to keep on increasing the processing capacities and speed. In a Multi-Processor ...

    • Voter Disenfranchisement 

      Peterson, Timothy Walter (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This paper examines the policy of voter disenfranchisement and how it disproportionately affects minorities. Voter disenfranchisement is the denial of voting rights to the criminally convicted. The research indicates ...

    • Voting Technology, Democracy, and Propaganda: Ontological Considerations for the 2020 Presidential Election 

      Gustafson, Erik (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      The 2020 United States Presidential election was considered one of the most tumultuous political contests in the 21st century. During an international pandemic, travel restrictions and social distancing requirements created ...

    • Vth Floor display boards 

      Mork, Jarrett (North Dakota State University, 2016)

    • Vulnerability Assessment of Interdependent Power and Communications Networks under Varying Level of Interdependency 

      Banothu, Rahul (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Maintaining a continuous and robust supply of power could be challenging task, because power networks depend on proper communication to coordinate and schedule supply, as well as recognize and mitigate failures; communication ...