NDSU Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Electrochemical and Mechanical Properties Studies of Flexible Mg-rich Primers
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The coating systems for military aircraft must protect the aluminum skin and frame, and associated fastening and joining from corrosion in a variety of aggressive environments. Excessive grinding is often needed to remove ... -
Genome-wide Scan for Loci Affecting Iron Deficieny Chlorosis in Soybean.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Iron deficiency results in iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) in soybean grown in the north central regions of the United States. Soybean plants display a variety of symptoms, ranging from slight yellowing of the leaves to ... -
Neural Synchrony and Asynchrony as Mechanisms for Perceptual Grouping and Segmentation
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The question of whether neural synchrony has functional significance for cortical processing has been an issue of contention in the recent scientific literature. Although the balance of evidence now seems to be favoring ... -
Static Stretching versus Dynamic Stretching in Athletics
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Athletes in a variety of sports will perform a stretching routine before each workout or competition. This is why coaches, strength and conditioning specialists, and athletic trainers are always in search of new ways to ... -
A Free and Flexible Poker Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This paper introduces a framework and software that allows poker players to create and play original and custom poker games, through a TCP/IP connection, for free. This paper describes how the concept of playing ... -
Analyses of Highway Project Construction Risks, Performance, and Contingency
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Past studies have highlighted the importance of risk assessment and management in construction projects and transportation industry, and have identified cost and time as the most important risks that transportation ... -
Analyses of Highway Project Construction Risks, Performance, and Contingency
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Past studies have highlighted the importance of risk assessment and management in construction projects and transportation industry, and have identified cost and time as the most important risks that transportation ... -
Athletic Fundraising and University Development Offices: A Structurational Relationship
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This case study examines the working relationship between an athletic department and a central development office within a university. This study focuses primarily on the coordination of fundraising efforts between the ... -
An Architecture for the Implementation and Distribution of Multiuser Virtual Environments.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)JavaMOO is an architecture for creating multiuser virtual environments focusing on domain-specific design and rapid development. JavaMOO components use best practices and extensible design for system configuration, ... -
The Influence of Vulnerable Narcissism on College Adjustment
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Attending a university is one of the first major life transitions for many young adults, and it presents a number of important challenges, difficulties, and stressors. Thus, students with certain personality characteristics ... -
Regioselective and Enantioselective Nitrone Cycloadditions to Alkynones.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)There has been a need in agriculture, medicine, and organic chemistry for enantiopure isoxazolines. A direct method for their synthesis is from the cycloaddition of 1,3-dipoles and alkynes. Alkynones are difficult ... -
Plant Phenological Responses to Climate Change in the Northern Great Plains
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Climate change has been associated with shifts in phenological events which could be disrupting evolved species relationships. The current first flowering times of plants were compared to historical data in the Red River ... -
Construction Management Education in Canada: The History of the Establishment of Ontario's First Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study examines the establishment of the first construction science and management degree program in Ontario. It illustrates the circumstances that led the Ontario construction industry to recognize the need for such ... -
Political Activism Through Music for Piano: A Performer’s Guide to Interpreting the Ideology in Frederic Rzewski’s (1938-2021) North American Ballads (1979) and Cornelius Cardew’s (1936-1981) Thälmann Variations (1974)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Political music is an emerging and relevant phenomenon. These works can pose challenges to performers in terms of understanding and interpreting their nuanced historical and political ideology. This dissertation is about ... -
Dynamic 3D In Vitro Bone Metastatic Testbeds for Prostate and Breast Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Metastatic prostate cancer spreads preferentially to the bone, causing skeletal complications associated with significant morbidity and a poor prognosis, despite current therapeutic approaches. Increasing evidence suggests ... -
Bonding Performances of Epoxy-Based Composites Reinforced by Carbon Nanotubes
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Epoxy resin has been exclusively used in many civil engineering applications such as adhesive joints and anti-corrosive coatings, but most of the usages of epoxy resin highly rely on a solid adhesive bonding between the ... -
Multiscale Modeling of Conjugated Polymers Towards Predicting Their Multifunctional Behaviors
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Easy processability, tunable mechanical and optoelectronic properties, and the endless possibilities of molecular modifications enable conjugated polymers (CPs) to be used in a wide range of lightweight, low-cost, and ... -
Primary Health Care Provider Differences in the Management of Preschool Aged Children's Mental Health Issues
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis examined health care providers' methods of identification and treatment of preschool aged children's (age 0 to 5) mental health issues and barriers to those methods in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. I ... -
Powerful and Powerless Language in Health Media: An Examination of the Effects of Biological Sex and Topic Focus on Language Styles
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Powerless language has been shown to influence audience perceptions, and the media has been shown to influence health behaviors. However, little research has looked at powerless language in health media. This study expands ... -
The Role of Cyber and Face-to-Face Verbal Bullying on Adolescent Victims
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent verbal bullying across communication media (e.g., face-to-face [F2F], cyber, both). Media Richness Theory (MRT; Daft & Lengel, 1984; 1986) and hyperpersonal communication ...