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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Butterflies and Their Floral Resources
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Butterflies fulfill a unique role among insect pollinators as long-distance flyers. This makes butterflies particularly valuable as vectors of genetic diversity among spatially isolated plant populations. Like many insects, ...
Examining the Relationship Between Elementary School Teachers' Multicultural Attitudes and Self-Efficacy for Teaching English Language Learners
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
An increase in English Language Learners (ELLs) in public schools across the nation is forcing stakeholders to reexamine how teachers are being prepared to effectively teach culturally and linguistically diverse students. ...
A Collaborative Hypertension Clinic Pilot Program in a Rural Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In 2019, there were about seventy-million Americans with uncontrolled high blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HTN) (Kitt, Fox, Tucker & McManus, 2019). Hypertension is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide ...
A Review of Wheat Gluten-Based Bioplastics Processing and Their Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Bioplastics produced from agricultural resources are gaining attraction in recent years because of their sustainability and potential biodegradability. Wheat gluten (a wheat protein) is among the potential feedstocks, which ...
Influence of High Surfactant Oil Concentrate Adjuvants and Oil Rate Response to Spray Volume on Herbicide Efficacy
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
There is limited research on High Surfactant Oil Concentrates (HSOC), so studies were conducted for their evaluation. Multiple MSO-based (HSMOC) and POC-based (HSPOC) HSOCs were tested with glyphosate plus dicamba or ...
Gamebird Management in Southwestern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Grassland biodiversity is threatened by habitat loss associated with human expansion. In response, land managers need to collect wildlife data more efficiently and implement management practices that promote wildlife ...
Tissue-Engineered Nanoclay-Based Bone-Mimetic 3D In Vitro Testbed for Studying Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Breast cancer shows a high affinity towards the bone, causing bone-related complications leading to poor clinical prognosis. Approximately 80% of breast cancer patients die within five years after primary cancer has ...
Barriers and Strategies to Optimize Diabetes Management in Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Emerging adults aged 18 – 30 years with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) make unique lifestyle choices that can create complications for disease management. The objective of this study was to identify barriers and strategies for ...
Rare Molecule Biomarker Detection Using Dielectrophoresis Spectroscopy
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
According to the American cancer society, 1.9 million new cancer cases and 608,570 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States. There is a fundamental technology gap that prevents the availability of tools ...
Shared Nostalgia: Moving From an Individual to an Interpersonal Approach to the Study of a Social Emotion
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Nostalgia is a common, bittersweet experience described as a sentimental longing for the past. Past research has found nostalgia to be a social emotion that increases feelings of social connectedness and motivates social ...