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Increasing the Predictive Potential of Machine Learning Models for Enhancing Cybersecurity
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Networks have an increasing influence on our modern life, making Cybersecurity an important field of research. Cybersecurity techniques mainly focus on antivirus software, firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDSs), ...
Adhesion With Slender Structures: Tape Loops, Crumples, and Origami
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The desire for improved adhesive systems led us to examine three geometries: tape loops, crumples, and origami shapes. The tape loop is mechanically interesting because it is stable in more than one configuration. For ...
Safety Management System for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
As a result of the considerable differences in mass between vehicles and trains, accidences at highway-rail grade crossings (HRGCs) may result in severe injuries and fatalities. Therefore, HRGCs safety is considered one ...
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 ...
Transformation Electromagnetics/Optics for Designing and Scanning Antenna Arrays
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Recent developments in engineered electromagnetic materials, also known as metamaterials paved the way for new design approaches of unique and incomprehensible electromagnetic devices and structures using electromagnetic ...
Alignment of Genetic Variation, Plasticity, and Selection, and the Effects of Cost of Plasticity
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Phenotypic expression depends on both the underlying genetics and the environment the phenotype is expressed in, i.e., plasticity. Adaptive theory predicts that selection should align with the dimensions of most genetic ...
A Metal Catalyzed Approach for Heterocycle Coupling Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Heterocycles are cyclic compounds which contain atoms from at least two different elements. The work in this thesis describes methods we developed for the direct chemical transformation of indole heterocycles with various ...
Pioneers and Pestilence: Emotion, Memory, and Historical Narratives at the Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
This thesis examines the interplay between emotion and social memory in the historical narrative (re)formation of the Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery in the village of Lockbourne, Pickaway County, Ohio. The research ...
Some Studies on Reliability Analysis of Complex Cyber-Physical Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs), a term coined in 2006 refers to the integration of computation with physical processes. Particularly, modern critical infrastructures are examples of CPSs, like smart electric power grids, ...
"Cause You Don't Really Need a Teacher to Learn Stuff": Theorizing a ‘Lanes of Learning' Model of Informal, Self-Directed Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The goal of this dissertation was to explore how self-directed learners assess their learning in informal contexts. Self-directed learners experience high intrinsic motivation and learner control, so studying these learners’ ...