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Effectiveness of Human Error Abstraction Assist Tool at Improving the Quality of Software Requirements
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The successful completion of any given software project is dependent on error-free Software Requirement Specification (SRS) documents. SRS documents are prone to human errors and faults because their creation involves a ...
Evaluation of a Spark-Enabled Genetic Algorithm Applied to the Travelling Salesman Problem
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Traveling salesman problem aims to find the shortest route. A salesman travels to each of the cities once. Genetic Algorithm is used for solving this problem, which returns the best solution found showing the distance that ...
Predictors of Employee Engagement in Institutions of Higher Education
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
This study investigated predictors of employee engagement at a large public research university. Generally speaking, the typical employee is disengaged at work (Adkins, 2015), and previous research has identified burnout ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Dual Credit Experience and Self-Efficacy: The Perspective of First-Generation College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Dual credit options allow high school students to enter college with college credits earned, as well as gain lived experience of the role expectations, academic rigor, and time it takes to complete college-level work. While ...
A Negative Dielectrophoresis Based Method of Detecting Pancreatic Cancer Antigen CA 242 in Serum
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Patients with pancreatic cancer in metastasis rarely survive, thus the need for diagnostic tools for early stage detection. Current techniques such as ELISA and SPR are complex and expensive and cannot detect cancer in its ...
Extraction of Electromagnetic Properties of Metamaterials with Branch Compensation from Phase Tracking
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In the field of electromagnetism, there are materials known as metamaterials which exhibit unique properties that can be exploited. Permittivity, defined as capacitance per meter, of a metamaterial can vary over frequency ...
Using Classification and Clustering to Predict and Understand Student Behavior in an Innovation-Based Learning Course
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
One of the Grand Challenges for Engineering is advancing personalized learning, but challenges remain to identify and understand potential student pathways. This is especially difficult in complex, open-ended learning ...
State-Space Randles Cell Model for Instrument Calibration
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
It is desirable to calibrate electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) instrumentation using a Randles circuit. This presents a challenge as realistic loads, simulated by this circuit, contain theoretical components ...
Novel K2W7O22/Ti3C2 Nanocomposite-Based Sensor Device for Breath Acetone Analysis in Diabetic Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Acetone in exhaled breath is gaining attention as a non-invasive means of quantifying blood glucose levels in Diabetics. This calls for development of novel biosensors for the detection of trace concentrations of acetone ...
The Dangers of Power: Government Control in the Worlds of Condie’s Matched and Lowry’s The Giver
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
This paper considers the topic of government control through the context of young adult dystopian literature. The novels The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry and Matched (2011) by Ally Condie are specifically considered in their ...