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C.O.P.E. Influence on Resiliency and Self-Efficacy in a Rural North Dakota School (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment)
(North Dakota State University, 2021)One in three teens is estimated to experience an anxiety disorder between 13 to 18 years of age. Developed mental health burdens in adolescents can go undetected and untreated. About 50% of those with mental health disorders ... -
Caesura: Enhancing the Culture of Fargo-Moorhead
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The downtown area of Fargo-Moorhead is growing exponentially, yet the rapid boom in growth may result in a monotonous city center. Downtown needs an attraction — something other than shops, bars, restaurants, and apartments. ... -
Caffeine Intake in College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Caffeine is a widely consumed substance that is readily available through many sources that may influence consumption in the college setting. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between caffeine intake ... -
Calcium Acetate: An Alternative to Gypsum for Brine Impacted Soils
(North Dakota State University, 2022)With North Dakota being ranked as a leading producer of oil and natural gas in the United States, the possibility of accidental produced water (aka “brine” or “salt water”) spills is a continuous concern. Brine water poses ... -
Calculating Cardiovascular Lumped-Parameter Model Values by Injecting Small Volume Perturbations in an Isovolumic Heart
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Diagnosing cardiac patient problems contains many uncertainties, and to fully diagnose the patient's condition usually requires a lengthy drug regimen to see what works and what does not. Compounding this problem is that ... -
Calibrating Smartphones for Monitoring Road Condition on Paved and Unpaved Roads
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Transportation agencies report the localization of roadway anomalies that could cause serious hazards to the traveling public. However, the high cost and limitations of present technical prevent scaling the road monitoring ... -
Camp Conquerors: Pushing the Boundaries of Accessible Design to Create an Inclusive Space in an All-Embracing Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)In our society, there are certain groups of individuals who feel that they have little access to services or that society has consistently ignored them. In this instance, it is individuals with disabilities. They are often ... -
Campus Connections
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Campus Connections is a transit center on the main campus of North Dakota State University in North Dakota. The transit center was developed in response to my thesis question "How can one piece of architecture be the ... -
Can Detention Reduce Recidivism of Youth? An Outcome Evaluation of a Juvenile Detention Center
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This study is an outcome evaluation of a secure unit of one juvenile detention center in the Midwest. The primary purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between a secure detention placement and recidivism ... -
Can Hematocrit Levels at Estrus in Dairy Cows and Sheep Be an Indicator for Pregnancy Success?
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Despite the major reproductive advances in the livestock industry, prenatal embryonic loss is still one of the major issues that causes substantial economic loss. While there are many tests available to determine pregnancy ... -
Can Recidivism be influenced by architecture?
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis will focus on an investigation of the question, can recidivism be influenced by architecture? The typology for this examination will be a large 113,460 sq. ft. multi-county correctional facility for ... -
Can Soil Microbial Activity Be Improved With the Use of Amendments?
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Low microbial activity and associated nutrient cycling are concerns in agricultural problem soils. The objectives of this study were to investigate microbial response on problem soils to amendments, drying-wetting cycles, ... -
"Can We Help?": Students’ Reflections on their Public Speaking Anxiety and Teacher Immediacy
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Public speaking is one of the most common anxieties for the average person, with many even ranking it as a more significant fear than death. Even though several people suggest that they would rather be the one in the casket ... -
Can We Increase Crop Yield Adopting Tile Drainage in Fargo Clay Soil?
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Subsurface drainage has recently become common for agriculturally productive soils and key to maintain and improve crop production in poorly drained, frigid clay soils. The first study was conducted for four years (2014-17) ... -
Canadian Confederation andAusgleich: A Comparative Case Study in Imperial Devolution as Imperial Rule and the Effects on National Formation, 1867-1918
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Scholarly thinking on empires is changing. These scholars see empires as flexible states which are fully capable of meeting the challenges of modernity. This newer line of scholarship challenges the standard narrative ... -
Capacitated Transshipment Models for Predicting Signaling Pathways
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Signal transduction is a process of transmitting signals for controlling biological responses. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) data, containing signal transduction proteins, can be considered as a bi-directional, ... -
The Capacity Region of the Gaussian Z-Interference Channel with Gaussian Input and Weak Interference
(North Dakota State University, 2016)We consider a wireless communication scenario with two transmit-receive pairs where each of the transmitters has a message for its corresponding receiver and only one of the receivers face interference from the undesired ... -
Capacity Region of Two Interfering Mimo Multiple Access Channels With Strong Interference
(North Dakota State University, 2015)We consider a communication network, where two mutually interfering 2-user MIMO Multiple Access Channels (MAC) operate simultaneously via the same time-frequency space, and characterize the capacity region of this network ... -
The Capillary-Centric Model of Coupling-As-Thermodynamics
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Models of ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) have historically described the heart as a function of its energetic interaction with the arterial system. However, these models either represent the dynamic, adaptive ... -
Capturing the Essence of Canine Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling: A Phenomenological Inquiry of At-Risk Youths' Experiences of a Residential Canine Animal-Assisted Therapy Program
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Phenomenological inquiry was implemented to capture the experiences of nine at-risk youths’ unique and shared experiences of a canine animal-assisted therapy in counseling (AAT-C) program at a therapeutic working ranch ...