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Skin Cancer Screening: Implementation of Dermoscopy in Rural Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, and rates continue to rise (American Academy of Dermatology Association [AAD], 2020; Skin Cancer Foundation [SCF], 2020). Although there is disagreement ...
Indigenous Ecocriticism and the Relationships Between Humans and Nature in Catherine Knutsson’s Shadows Cast by Stars
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In the midst of the climate crisis, Young Adult dystopian literature offers a glimpse of the possible dark futures in store for all of us. Yet Indigenous Young Adult literature revises the natural world not as the enemy ...
“I Am a Priest”: The Construction and Adaptability of Identity in the Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The following paper investigates the construction and adaptability of identity, especially in regard to gender, religion, and culture in Louise Erdrich’s novel The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. The goal ...
The Not-So-Universal Experience: A Content Analysis of Regional and National Secondary and Postsecondary Standards for Writing
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In this paper, I analyze six sets of high school and college standards and outcome statements on students writing to identify how expectations of students writing vary in their respective educational levels. I include local ...
Pretrial Services: Exploring What Works and Policy Implications
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
As the view on mass incarceration around the United States is further explored, there has been a need for alternatives to jail. Specifically, pretrial services programs are an opportunity for recently charged defendants ...
A Review of Biomechanics of Arterial Stent Implants
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This work looks to provide a review of modern stents by evaluating the need for them as well as providing a detailed engineering analysis of the conditions they are subjected to. It is estimated that over two million of ...
A Trail Center Reimagined: An Intrinsic Relationship Between Architecture and the Natural Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The exterior environment has been created by its own natural architecture- pulling, pushing, and shaping the earth’s surface to create ecosystems brimming with life. Historically, architects have used this natural landscape ...
Synergy: Integrating Performance and the Fine Arts
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Music has proven to be beneficial to
students, both academically and socially,
as has arts education in general.
Over the years, the arts have proven to
take giant strides when the artists are a
part of an environment ...
The Circle of Life: The Role of Architecture in the Embodiment of Grief
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
If it is true that we understand ourselves through the other, is it possible that a piece of ourselves is therefore within the other? How has distancing ourselves from the death of others impacted the understanding of the ...
Living Lightly on Earth: The Urban Eco Village
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Imaging living a low-impact lifestyle surrounded by nature,
food, freshwater and air, wildlife, and a community with a
common desire. An eco village is a community with shared
land that promotes positive values including ...