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Improving the Diagnosis and Management of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in a Rural Healthcare Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a condition characterized by brief spinning episodes that occur with a rapid change in head position. Although considered benign, BPPV can have many personal, social, health, ...
Development of Performance Optimized Rotation Tolerant Viola-Jones Based Blackbird Detection, a Throughput Optimized Asynchronous Mac Implementation, and Automated Wheat Lodging Estimation
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The research described in this doctoral dissertation focuses on three main topics:1) performance optimization of the Viola-Jones Algorithm (VJA) for red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) detection, 2) further increasing ...
Development of Improved Methods for Watershed-Scale Topographic Analysis and Hydrologic Modeling
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Surface depressions are one of the significant topographic characteristics in depression-dominated areas and can retain runoff and break the hydrologic continuity in watersheds. In traditional semi-distributed models, the ...
Resistance Screening and QTL Mapping in Wheat and Triticale Against Root-Lesion Nematode
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Root-lesion nematode (RLN, Pratylenchus neglectus) invades the roots of wheat and causes yield losses throughout the world. Genetic resistance is the most economical and effective means to manage RLNs. The objective of ...
Between Sea and Steppe: A Historical Foray in Three Parts
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Examinations into marine environmental history, Great Plains environmental history, and the city of Odessa, Ukraine, demonstrate these three areas have strong methodological and topical foundations and even stronger potential ...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Traffic Congestion: A Mixed Methods Study
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Traffic congestion (TC) is a complex issue having an adverse impact on the environment, business operations and health. Many cities are taking action to curb it. Corporations have increasingly engaged in corporate social ...
Developing a New SNP Chip for Genomic Selection in the North Dakota State University Barley-Breeding Program
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The use of Genomic Selection has become popular due to its wide success in private and public breeding programs. The current dissertation aims to derive information that will be used to produce a single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Using a Cross-Cutting Theoretical Framework to Explore Difficulties Learning Human Anatomy and Physiology
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Across the United States, Human Anatomy and Physiology (HA&P) courses typically have some of the highest withdrawal and failure rates on college campuses. These high enrollment course typically serve as gate-keepers for ...
The Development and Validation of a New Pre-Shot Routine Model for Golf
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the past research that has been conducted to date on pre-shot routines in golf via a thorough review of the literature. A historical review is presented in a ...
Augmenting Tree Species in North Dakota: Evaluating a 'Natural Experiment'
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
A limited number of woody species are approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for conservation plantings. Unapproved tree and shrub species are sometimes planted if privately funded. This study located such ...