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Deep Learning Applied to Public Company Valuation for Value Investing
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Value investing is an investing approach that seeks to discover and take advantage of price discrepancies between the market price and the actual value of a company (intrinsic value). The purpose of this work is to measure ...
The Use of Land Management Practices to Reclaim Brine-Affected Cropland Soils and Restore Shrub Invaded Rangeland
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Land management techniques can enhance altered ecosystems on a variety of landscapes. In the Williston Basin of North Dakota, brine ponds created 50 years ago still cause problems today. We applied six treatments to reclaim ...
Impacts of Microbial Seed Inoculants on Growth of Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.), and Implications for Plant-insect Interactions
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Soil microbes that associate with plant roots can benefit plants by increasing the supply or availability of nutrients to increase the plant’s resilience to abiotic and biotic stress, crop germination rates, root and shoot ...
Development of a High-Efficiency, Cost-Effective Ground Source Heat Pump System for Single-Family Houses
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Multi-Source Heat Pump systems are intended to achieve a high system efficiency through the combined or alternate use of two or more sources for a heat pump. This thesis entails the research work to develop a hybrid Ground ...
Assessing Parental Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in a Rural Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. The complications from HPV can be deadly and yet some of the most dangerous serotypes can be prevented with a vaccine. Unfortunately, ...
The Effects of Surface Roughness on the Functionality of Titanium Based Alloy Ti13Zb13Zr Orthopedic Implants
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
In this study, the effects of surface roughness on the wettability, cell attachment, and mechanical properties of titanium-based Ti13Nb13Zr orthopedic implants have been investigated. The aim of this multidisciplinary ...
An Investigation of Student Understanding and Acceptance of Evolution
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Evolution is central to biology education and yet, it is often one of the most misunderstood and controversial topics that biology educators must teach. Research spanning the last four decades has shown that students ...
Does Mom Know Best? The Influence of Baby-led Weaning on Picky Eating and Sweetener Use
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Baby-led weaning, the process of an infant feeding themselves at the introduction of solid foods as opposed to being spoon-fed by a caregiver, is an under-researched area of infant development. There is a significant gap ...
Life Lessons From Death Work: A Phenomenological Study of Child Bereavement Professionals in the United Kingdom
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Phenomenological inquiry was utilized to explore the feelings, experiences, and education of bereavement support professionals working in children’s hospices in the United Kingdom (U.K.). A total of 15 participants from ...
Faculty Intention and Faculty Implementation - Do They Align?
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
There have been a multitude of calls to reform teaching in undergraduate education. The implementation of active learning in the classroom increases student learning, relative to traditional lecturing. I worked with ...