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Landfill re-morial : a postmodern reclamation of the City of Fargo landfill
(2015)
This thesis takes a quantitative look at closed landfills to determine a feasible and sustainable solution that can be used in the City of Fargo Landfill, which is expected to close between 2019 and 2023 without a post-closure ...
Moorhead City Walk : a masterplan to reimage Moorhead, Minnesota's urban core
(2015)
This project explores the dynamics of streetscapes seeking to understand why some projects are successful and others are not. The location of the project is in Moorhead, Minnesota which is a border city to Fargo, North ...
Symbiotic beachfront design : sharing Southeast Florida's coast with sea turtles
(2015)
This urban beachfront design project is a unique approach to sustainable beachfront design development because it focuses on creating a symbiotic relationship between humans and a sensitive turtle habitat, rather than ...
Nos1-Adaptor Protein Dysfunction in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii Contributes to the Neurogenic Heart Damage and Qt Interval Prolongation
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Variants of the Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Adaptor Protein (NOS1AP) locus are strongly related to QT interval prolongation and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in human. Neurogenic cardiac damage due to subarachnoid hemorrhage, ...
Mechanisms of Piperlongumine-Induced Cancer Cell Death
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Piperlongumine (PPLGM), a bioactive agent obtained from long pepper plants, possesses
potent antitumor activity by inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the mechanisms
for PPLGM’s antitumor actions are not well ...
Importance of Contract Attributes on Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment Decisions in the Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
U.S. farmers’ interest in CRP has waned. Enrollment for 2015 was targeted at 26 million acres but as of the end of February, actual enrollment had declined to 24.6 million acres (USDA, 2015). Available studies point to ...
Effect of Economic Freedom on Social Capital Panel Evidence from U.S. Contiguous States
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
This thesis examines the relationship between economic freedom and social capital in U.S. contiguous states from the 1980s to the 2000s as there is a shortcoming of literature on the topic. This study develops a composite ...
Costs and Risks of Testing and Blending for EAA in Soybeans
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Soybean quality is typically measured by protein values. Essential Amino Acids (EAA) and Critical Amino Acid Value (CAAV) provide alternative measures of valuing soybeans. The following thesis analyzes the effects of testing ...
Effect of Deregulation and Off-Balance Sheet Activities on the X-Efficiency of U.S. Credit Unions
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The 1998 Credit Union Membership Access Act resulted in the active dissolution of the common bond requirement. Now credit unions are able to include more geographic area into their member base. However, over the years the ...
Effect of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection on Airfares in the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
I empirically examine the effects of bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) on airfares in the U.S. domestic airline industry using cross sectional air tickets data from 2001:Q1 through 2012:Q4. A hedonic price model was ...