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Black Bean Milling
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Black bean milling to produce whole-bean flour and cotyledon flour by using a centrifugal mill and a burr mill/roller milling system, respectively, were investigated. The effect of black bean seed pretreatment (cooked-dried, ...
Selenium on Increasing Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medikus.) Grain Yield
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Selenium is an essential element for mammals but it has not been considered as essential for higher plants. The effect of Se application on lentil grain yield, antioxidant activity, nitrogen fixation, and seed Se concentration ...
Quality and Estimated Glycemic Index of Bread Fortified with Soy Protein Isolate
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
More than 25 and 79 million individuals in the U.S. have diabetes and pre-diabetes, respectively. Many individuals are required to monitor blood glucose levels. Glycemic index (GI), a measurement of how a food affects the ...
Factors Influencing the Formation of Zein and Gum Arabic Complex Coacervates
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Complex Coacervates are mixtures of biopolymers such as proteins and polysaccharides. The objectives of this research were to (1) determine the optimum biopolymer ratio and pH for the formation of Zein protein and gum ...
Writing (Dirty) New Media: Technorhetorical Opacity, Chimeras, and Dirty Ontology
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
There is little doubt that emerging technologies are changing the way we act, interact, create, and consume. Yet despite increased access to these technologies, consumers of technology too seldom interrogate the politics, ...
The Half-Factorial Property in Polynomial Rings
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This dissertation investigates the following question: If R is a half-factorial domain (HFD) and x is an indeterminate, under what conditions is the polynomial ring R[x] an HFD? The question has been answered in a few ...
Ideal Graphs
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
In this dissertation, we explore various types of graphs that can be associated to a commutative ring with identity. In particular, if R is a commutative ring with identity, we consider a number of graphs with the vertex ...
Exploring the Relationships of Bruges, Music, and the Space Between
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis explores music and art in Bruges, Belgium and how it has shaped the city to become what it is today. It is only through this awareness of the past, and how it relates to the present, that new pieces can be ...
Reawakening Cultural Significance: Ruin Exploration in its Full Embodiment
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis aims to evoke a “historical consciousness” through the embodied experience of architecture. Specifically speaking, this architecture will reawaken the history of the Native American culture through creative ...
Cradle for change : finding the space between home and homelessness
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis is about creating a place where the poor and homeless can live without fear of where the money for their living arrangements is coming from and where they can be taught useful skills for reintegrating into ...