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Growing Green Finland: A Short-Term Study Abroad Program With a Sociological Focus
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This paper is an example of theory-based practice in the field of international education through program and course design. Environmental sociology will be the focus of the class readings, discussions, and course work as ...
Optimizing Prediction Power of RNA-seq on Intrinsic Characteristics in Breast Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and accurate and early detection of breast cancer is vital in characterizing the disease. Transcriptomic expression is embedded abundant tumor and cell state ...
Post-Fire Damage and Corrosion in Structural Steels: Characterization and Prevention
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Steel structures frequently experience extreme service conditions such as fire accidents, corrosion, etc., resulting in significant deterioration, reduced service life, and increased maintenance cost. Almost 0.5 million ...
Dual Role of Phenolic Bioactives in Improving Functional Health Benefits and Abiotic Stress Resilience in Barley
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Food insecurity, climate change, and public health challenges are interconnected and pressing issues facing humanity in the 21st century. Therefore, it is imperative to address key obstacles underlying food and nutritional ...
Proposed Methods for the Nondecreasing Order-Restricted Alternative in a Mixed Design
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Nonparametric statistics are commonly used in the field of statistics due to their robustness when the underlying assumptions are violated for the usual parametric statistics. In this dissertation, we proposed eight ...
Understanding Host Resistance and Pathogen Biology in the Wheat-Fusarium graminearum Pathosystem
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major challenge in global wheat production. In the United States, the disease is predominantly caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum. Utilization of FHB-resistant wheat cultivars integrated ...
Developing a Measure of Need to Matter
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
In higher education research, staff is an overlooked group – especially staff that support academic areas of the university, such as advising, finance, IT, athletic academics, and libraries. Though institutions could not ...
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, ...
Investigating the Mechanism Driving Near-Tool Visual Biases
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Previous research has shown that when observers hold a tool, they experience action-oriented visual biases in the area around this tool that are similar to visual biases that exist around the hands. Some researchers have ...
Opioids: Implementation of Opioid Prescribing Education and Policy in a Primary Care Center
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Many healthcare providers report not feeling confident when prescribing opioids, which represents an educational gap in the clinical setting that must be addressed to improve patient care and outcomes (Dowell, Haegerich, ...