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Identity & Activism: Helping Educators Understand Intersectionality & Cultivate Intersectional Acceptance Through Young Adult Literature
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The issue I address is intersectionality in K-12 education. To address this issue, the purpose of this paper is to identify intersectionality, explore ways to help educators understand and accept intersectionality, and ...
Up in Flames: Using Anthropology to Analyze the Increasing Cremation Rates in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Cremation rates within North Dakota, and the greater US, have been rapidly increasing over the recent decades. Funeral directors, coroners, and death investigators alike have noticed the increase; however, nobody has made ...
Colorectal Cancer: Increasing Awareness of Screening in a Rural North Dakota Community
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, yet only 67% of the eligible population have received screening. Preventative CRC screenings help to reduce mortality and allow CRC ...
Natural Disasters, Institutions, and Economic Recovery: Effects of Hurricane Katrina
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This study analyzes the effects of Hurricane Katrina on formal and informal institutions in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi to provide insights into the recovery trajectories of the states. I use the synthetic control ...
Freedom High
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In this paper, I am proposing an alternative education high school for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, Freedom High. Freedom High combines counseling, family involvement, positive youth development, and ...
EVCD, Targeting Beta Sheet Richness of Tumor Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Pancreatic Cancer Screening
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease and a relatively uncommon form of cancer. However, it is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the US by 2040. The 5-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer ...
Fluorescent Detection of Secondary Structure in Pancreatic Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest mortality rates among all cancers largely due to the late-stage onset of symptoms and the lack of early detection methods. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) could serve the potential as ...
Stochastic Processes, and Development of the Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard Model for Financial Markets
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In this paper, we introduce Brownian motion, and some of its drawbacks in connection to the financial modeling. We then introduce geometric Brownian motion as the basis for European call option pricing as we navigate our ...
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Barriers: An Educational Intervention for Male College Students to Increase Knowledge, Vaccine Intent, and Vaccine Uptake
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. When the virus does not spontaneously resolve, HPV infections can develop into papillomas or cancers (CDC, 2020d). While ...
Welcome to the (Writing Program) Archives: Making a Case for Writing Program Material Curation
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
With this project, I examined archival documents from the North Dakota State University First-Year Writing Program that were created by a previous writing program administrator, Amy Rupiper Taggart, with the goal of reviewing ...