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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: Youth Prevention and Cessation Discussions by Primary Care Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Youth use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has increased over the last several years, necessitating proactive steps by primary care providers (PCP) including discussing ENDS health effects with youth and ...
Late Quaternary Glacier and Climate Change in the Northeastern Great Basin
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
This thesis presents a cosmogenic 10Be exposure chronology for glacial moraines within the Baker Creek valley alongside water balance and climate modeling of Pluvial Lakes Franklin and Clover. These records further limit ...
Emergency Care Skills Preparedness of Rural Minnesota Nurse Practitioners
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Many rural hospitals rely on family nurse practitioners (FNPs) to provide care in rural health care facilities. With a shortage of medical doctors, FNPs are frequently working independently to fill the need often covering ...
Mapping the Ur-5 Gene Conferring Resistance to Common Bean Rust
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Bean rust (Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers) Unger), is a highly virulent pathogen that negatively affects bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seed yield. Over time, bean rust has the capacity to generate new races that overcome the ...
Exploring the Concept of Prevescalation Through the Lens of Trauma: The Role of Students and Teachers
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Numerous studies highlight that adolescence is the peak period of risk for trauma and its negative effects on physical and mental health. The current research focused on two studies examining whether training students and ...
Improving Data and Understanding of Public Water Supply in North Dakota Through Municipal and Industrial Water-Use Information Specifically Focusing on the Bakken Region 2000-2018
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The Bakken oil boom 2005–2015 has dominated conversations on North Dakota’s water use in the past two decades. This study focused on municipal and industrial water use across 83 different use categories for the Bakken and ...
Examining Therapeutic Ultrasound Manufacturer Brands, Models, and Common Treatment Parameters Amongst Clinically Practicing Athletic Trainers
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Context: Textbook parameters for thermal ultrasound are based on research using the Omnisound 3000 unit. No study has been performed to observe common brands of ultrasound (US) units available to athletic trainers (ATs), ...
Chemical Modification of Bovine Milk Exosomes, the Biological Nanoparticles of the Future, as a Contrast Agent and Drug Delivery Vehicle
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Chemically derived nanoparticles are widely used across many applications. While they showed great promise when first discovered, the main hurdles, such as clearance and targeting, have yet to be overcome. A recently ...
Simulation-Based Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Macromechanical and Micromechanical Characterization of Soft Biological Tissues
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious health and socioeconomic issue which affects thousands of lives annually in the United States. Computational simulations play an important role in better understanding of the TBI ...
Impacts of Added Roughage on Feedlot Performance, Digestibility, Ruminal Fermentation, and Ruminal pH of Steers Fed Wheat-Based Feedlot Diets
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Two studies were conducted to evaluate the inclusion of additional roughage in wheat-based diets containing modified distillers’ grains with solubles on feedlot performance (Study 1) and digestibility, ruminal pH, and ...