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Screening for Adolescent Depression in a Rural Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
In the United States, 11.4% of adolescents between the ages of 12-17 are diagnosed with depression each year (Leslie & Chike-Harris, 2017). Unfortunately, research shows that as many as two in three youth with depression ...
Homoeologous Recombination-Based Chromosome Engineering for Physical Mapping and Introgression in Wheat and Its Relatives Aegilops speltoides and Thinopyrum elongatum
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Wheat (genome AABBDD) is one of the essential crops, offering approximate 20% of human calorie consumption worldwide. Allopolyploidization of three diploid ancestors led to hexaploid wheat with narrowed genetic variation. ...
An Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Swelling Clays and Clay-Kerogen Interactions in Oil Shale: A Molecular Modeling and Experimental Study
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
This work provides an insight into how the molecular interactions influence macroscale properties of two materials: swelling clay and oil shale. Swelling clays cause enormous damage to infrastructure: buildings, roads, and ...
The Effects of Traditional Gender Norms on the Fate of Girls' Education in Tajikistan
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Tajikistan is the only post-Soviet republic that went through a civil war after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which negatively impacted all aspects of the country as well as education, particularly girls’ education. ...
Using Machine Learning and Text Mining Algorithms to Facilitate Research Discovery of Plant Food Metabolomics and Its Application for Human Health Benefit Targets
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
With the increase in scholarly articles published every day, the need for an automated systematic exploratory literature review tool is rising. With the advance in Text Mining and Machine Learning methods, such data ...
The Biology of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) in Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Overexpression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) has been implicated in multiple diseases, including several types of cancer. In different types of cancer, RAGE has been shown to promote cell ...
The Application of Active and Passive Optical Sensors in Natural Resource Decision Making
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Remote sensing is becoming a significant tool utilized to study vegetation health and abundance. Vegetation indices (VIs) generated by active and passive remote optical sensors can be implemented in natural resource and ...
A Choral Conductor's Analysis and Performance Practice Recommendations for Selected Psalm Settings by German Baroque Composers
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Psalm settings by German Baroque composers are comprised of meaningful texts illuminated by expressive music and have much to offer today’s choir. The composers of these settings were inspired by the Old Testament psalm ...
The Effects of Remote Post-Exercise Ischemic Conditioning on Recovery from Strenuous Exercise
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
BACKGROUND: Strategic limb occlusion applied after exercise (PEIC) may expedite recovery, not just in directly affected tissue, but over the entire body via circulating factors. METHODS: Twenty active college-age males ...
Developing and Validating Active Learning Engagement Strategies to Improve Students' Understanding of Programming and Software Engineering Concepts
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Introductory computer programming course is one of the fundamental courses in computer science. Students enrolled in computer science courses at the college or university have been reported to lack motivation, and engagement ...