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Therapeutic Potential of Piperlongumine for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most lethal malignancies because it is often diagnosed at a late disease stage and has a poor response rate to currently available treatments. Therefore, it is critical ...
The Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act on Sub-Sahara African Value-Added Agricultural Exports
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This thesis uses new measures of value added trade for agricultural exports which originate from Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries and go to the United States of America (U.S.A.). First, the impact of the African Growth ...
Optimal Inventory Strategy Under Risk: A Contingent Claims Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Inventory management in the agriculture industry involves many sources of risk in terms of demand uncertainty as well as uncertain margins. Divulging an optimal inventory strategy can prove cumbersome to logistics managers. ...
Role of Politically Linked Agricultural Policy and Trade on the Performance of Turkish Agriculture
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The Republic of Turkey has seen a rise in its gross domestic products (GDP), a fall in the share of agriculture percentage of GDP and a contributive role of politically connected development plans that introduce agricultural ...
The Impacts of Cost-Reducing Technology in the Gold and Oil Industries
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This thesis explores the question of what drives the development of cost-reducing technology. It will also explore this question in the gold and oil industries. It will integrate Paul Romer’s idea that investment in ...
Investing in United States Farmland: A Capital Asset Pricing Model Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This study examines the risk and returns to owning United States farmland. State, regional, and national farmland returns from 1998 to 2018 are analyzed via the capital asset pricing model. Results show that farmland may ...
The Effects of Futures Markets on the Spot Price Volatility of Storable Commodities
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This thesis examines the relationship between spot prices, futures prices, and ending stocks for storable commodities. We used Granger causality and DAGs to determine causal relationships and cointegration tests to determine ...
Interest Rate and Commodity Price Impacts on Farm-Level Financials
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The agriculture industry has been around for hundreds of years. Although farmers and ranchers work every day to put food on the tables of billions of people from all around the world, most agricultural producers require ...
Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption and Usage in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The world population is projected to rise, and there is a growing concern of future food availability. Precision agriculture technologies are one solution to this problem as they aim to produce more food on less land. This ...
Trade in CRISPR/Gene-Edited Wheat: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Previous studies have analyzed how the adoption of genetically engineered or modified technologies have affected agricultural crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, and barley without focusing on wheat. Also, given the ...