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Employee Perspectives Regarding Responses to Toxic Leadership in the Modern Workplace: A Q Methodological Study
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Currently, in the United States, four generations with four very different cultural norms are working in the workplace simultaneously. These four generations include Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, Millennials, and Generation ...
Exercise and Nutrition to Counter Age-Related Decrements in Muscle Health and Function
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Muscle atrophy and strength decrements can occur following disease (e.g., cachexia), with increasing age (e.g., sarcopenia), or from disuse related to injury or occupational environment (e.g., microgravity). High-load ...
The Role of the County Emergency Manager in Disaster Mitigation
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Scholarship on disasters in the United States would suggest that emergency managers
should play a role in hazard mitigation. Yet, little empirical research has investigated precisely what role or roles emergency managers ...
Phosphorus Dynamics and Crop Productivity in Bakken Crude-Oil Remediated Soils
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Thermal desorption (TD), a remediation method used to remove hydrocarbons from contaminated soils, may cause changes in soil properties that threaten soil function and plant productivity. The goal of this research is to ...
Energy-Related Traffic Increases Fugitive Dust, with Mixed Effects on Bakken Cropland Trophic Levels
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
We investigated how anthropogenic landscape industrialization affects croplands through increased emissions of fugitive dust along unpaved roads with energy-related traffic. We reviewed literature regarding plants and ...
On the Applicability of Deep Metric Learning to Address Source Code Authorship Attribution Problem under Simulated Real-world Constraints
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Source code authorship attribution is a widely studied research topic in the information security domain. In this dissertation, we develop and evaluate models that enable us to solve source code authorship attribution using ...
Investigating the Subspecific Designation of Euschistus servus (Say) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Using a Combined Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometrics Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Euschistus servus is currently subdivided into two subspecies: E. s. servus and E. s. euschistoides. An intergrade population inhabits the central U.S. This study sought to reevaluate the established subspecific designations ...
Synthesis of Specifications and Refinement Maps for Real-Time Object Code Verification
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Formal verification methods have been shown to be very effective in finding corner-case bugs and ensuring the safety of embedded software systems. The use of formal verification requires a specification, which is typically ...
Identifying Risk for HIV and Implementation of PrEP Amongst Primary Care Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The purpose of this project was to improve primary care provider knowledge, attitude and behaviors related to the current HIV-screening and PrEP implementation guidelines. Surveys were conducted among five primary care ...
A Revalidation of the Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R)
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In the United States, the large number of incarcerated individuals presents heavy social and economic burdens. To lessen these strains, many criminal justice agencies utilize risk assessment to determine which individuals ...