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Holistic Risk Assessment of Surface Water Contamination by Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material in Oil Produced Water from the Bakken Shale
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The risks to the environment and human health due to hydraulic fracturing (HF) in onshore unconventional oil and gas (O&G) development have been studied in the past but results are inconclusive. A common shortcoming in ...
Enhancing the Performance of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt through Controlling the Internal Network Structure Developed
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Sustainability presents a pathway for future generations to have a better life. Cradle to cradle methodology is the essence of sustainability. In cradle to cradle approach, we aim to reuti-lize a given waste instead of ...
Seismic Performance of Yielding Columns Supported by Rocking Foundations: A Computational Study
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The effectiveness of foundation rocking as a seismic energy dissipation mechanism to reduce shake demands is studied by the use of a finite element numerical model consisting of a realistic structure and a soil-foundation ...
Land Use and Climate Impact on Sediment and Nutrient Loads Into Lake Ashtabula, North Dakota, USA
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Lake Ashtabula continues to be listed as impaired water body by the USEPA due to excessive nutrients. A Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was developed for the Lake Ashtabula watershed to estimate the sediment ...
Magnesium Rich Primer for the Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys: Investigation, Improvement and Application
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The goals of this research are to develop deeper understanding of the corrosion protection mechanism of Mg-rich primer (MgRPs), improve corrosion protection performance of MgRPs, and extend the application of MgRPs. To ...
It's Easy Until It's Not: Elements Contributing to Rural Teachers' Technology Use
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Technology has become a prominent aspect of K12 education. Current research on technology integration focuses on the initiatives and trends available to teachers as well as the barriers preventing integration. Schools face ...
Romantic Relationships and Social Media Use: The Emergence and Management of Relational Dialectics
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This study implements Baxter’s (1988) relational dialectic theory to determine how
relational dialectics emerge and are managed when people in romantic relationships use social
media. Eighteen participants who were in ...
Traits and Behaviors: Connecting in the Classroom
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Immediacy is a topic that has been frequently explored in communication and education research; however, it is not understood if perceptions of immediacy are related to certain behaviors or trait-based similarities between ...
“You’re Not Part of the Family”: Understanding the Turning Points and Family System Consequences of High Conflict Mother-/Daughter-in-Law Relationships
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Popular culture representations of in-law relationships are frequently negative, and research has affirmed the communication difficulties associated with these non-kin, nonvoluntary relationships. Mother-in-law/daughter-in-law ...
A Survey on Trust Management in Cloud Computing
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Nowadays the number of people that outsource their data to the cloud increases dramatically. Cloud computing offer cost-effective dynamic, scalable and shared services for enterprises from remote data centre. However, the ...