Search
Now showing items 1481-1490 of 4247
Evaluating the Economic Feasibility of Canola Biodiesel Production in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2006)
Numerous factors have pushed energy from biomass to the forefront of policy and industry discussions. Large harvests of traditional crops, low farm prices, dependence on foreign energy sources, and environmental problems ...
Economic Freedom and Philanthropy
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This thesis provides an empirical testing of the relationship between economic freedom and philanthropy. At present, a wealth of literature exists on the relationship between economic freedom and other macroeconomic ...
A Stochastic Simulation of the North Dakota Ethanol Production Incentive
(North Dakota State University, 2009)
The objective of this research is to determine the effect the North Dakota Ethanol Production Incentive has on ethanol plant survivability. This thesis uses a stochastic simulation to show the financial performance of an ...
Logistic Strategies for an Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based Ethanol Production Industry : An Application to Northeastern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
A mixed integer programming model is developed to determine a logistical design for maximizing rates of return to harvest, storage, transportation, and bioreflning of herbaceous crop residue for production of biofuels and ...
Transporting and Disposing of Wastewater from North Dakota Oil Producers
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
North Dakota’s oil boom is aided by a new technology, fracking. But this technology implies large amounts of wastewater. The methods of dealing with this wastewater are now an issue. Currently, North Dakota locks it into ...
Productivity Growth in the U.S. Trucking Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
The performance of the trucking industry is very important to the economy given that it moves nearly 70 percent of the nation's freight (Tall et al. 2005). The more efficient and productive trucking fins are, the less the ...
Charitable Donations
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Attracting donors to a charity and retaining continuous donations is one of the major concerns of a charity, because this largely affect the capacity of the charity to continue on their cause or to expand their cause. As ...
Comparing Genetic Modification and Genetic Editing Technolgies: Minimal Required Acreage
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
There are many technologies being developed for crop breeding. Two interesting technologies are genetic modification and genetic editing. Competitive pressures and changing consumer preferences are forcing organizations ...
Yield Efficiency Using a Stochastic Frontier Approach for Corn, Soybeans, and Hard Red Spring Wheat in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Agriculture is a keystone for the North Dakota economy. The research focused on three selected crops’ yield: corn, soybeans and HRS wheat. The research provides a direct and indirect cumulative elasticity measure for North ...
Risk Perception, Bias, and Resistance to New Food Tech: The Case of GMOS
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
GMOs are very controversial among consumers. Many fear that they may have risks scientists are not accounting for. Some GMOs, such as GMO soybean oil, have concerns over their processing methods as well. Traditional ...