NDSU Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Stochastic Characterization, Simulation, and Analysis of Environmental (Precipitation and Temperature) Inputs into the M-E Design Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The engineering design of pavements is a complex process requiring regular updating and calibration to produce durable and resilient road surfaces. To achieve this goal, research is conducted continuously to obtain input ... -
Foaming Kinetics of Closed Cell Rigid Polyurethane Foam
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Rigid polyurethane foams have shown promise in several applications as a means to reduce weight without compromising structural properties. Information about the chemical formula of the liquid components, the reaction ... -
An Exploration of the Relationship between College Women's Self-Reported Religiosity and Sexuality
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study explored how female college students' religiosity varied according to their sexual behavior and attitudes. However, research is limited to showing that never-married female college students who have a high ... -
Optimizing Incident Management Strategies Using Simulation
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Incidents, pre-programmed or random, are major sources of congestion on urban freeways. With many of urban freeways in the US operating close to capacity, the need to reduce the impact of incident-related congestion has ... -
Shifting Perspectives: Desocialization and the Journey Toward Critical Consciousness
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this study was to investigate how a service-learning course fosters students' development of a critical consciousness. Participants of this research study were students who participated in the 2009 ... -
Interactions of Synthetic Metal Porphyrinates with PhuS, a Cytoplasmic Heme Trafficking Protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic, Gram negative, bacterial pathogen that commonly establishes infection in immunocompromised individuals. It contains protein-based, iron uptake pathways that target both heme ... -
Teacher Burnout in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this mixed study dissertation was to determine if teachers in North Dakota public schools show signs of teacher burnout and the extent to which NCLB is a 111 major stress factor. The research questions ... -
A Software Agent System for Private Email
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The primary concerns in existing Email and instant messaging systems are authentication processes, privacy and security issues. These messaging systems transfer the message content through servers using protocols like ... -
The Interactions of Early-Fall Prescribed Burning, Different Cutting Techniques and Whitetailed Deer Browsing on Bur Oak Regeneration in Eastern North Dakota: Phase II
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study was developed to determine the interaction of white-tailed deer browsing with effects of clear and selective cutting, and prescribed burning on bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) regeneration in northeastern North ... -
Conquering Avoidance by Avoiding Death: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Goal Value, Goal Commitment, and Goal Pursuit in Depressive Individuals
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Research into the antecedents and consequences of successful goal pursuit is reviewed within the framework of a proposed existential intervention for depression. Behavioral perspectives propose that insufficient goal ... -
Effect of Aminopyralid on Crop Rotations and Native Forbs
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Aminopyralid often is used for invasive weed control in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. As CRP land is returned to crop production, aminopyralid persistence in soil could limit future planting options. Field ... -
Investigation of the Nature of Science Views of Undergraduate Natural Science and Nonscience Majors in Biology Courses
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Science educators have the common goal of helping students develop scientific literacy, including understanding of the nature of science (NOS). University faculties are challenged with the need to develop informed NOS ... -
Characterization of Salmonella spp. Isolated From Beef Cattle Post-Weaning To Slaughter
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The occurrence of Salmonella in cattle has been well documented, but little is known of tracking its prevalence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from postweaning to slaughter. This study follows a longitudinal approach, ... -
The Role of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in Sulfur Toxicity in Ruminants
(North Dakota State University, 2010)One of the challenges with using ethanol co-products is the potential for increased dietary S concentration. Dietary S concentration has been implicated as a cause of polioencephalomalacia (PEM) in ruminants. The focus ... -
Local Risk Minimization Under Time-Varying Transaction Costs
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Closely following the results of Lamberton, Pham, and Schweizer [5] we construct a locally risk-minimizing strategy in a general incomplete market including transactiou costs. This is done in dbcrete time under the ... -
Absolute Stability of a Class of Second Order Feedback Non-Linear, Time-Varying Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2010)In this thesis, we consider the problem of absolute stability of continuous time feedback systems with a single, time-varying nonlinearity. Necessary and sufficient conditions for absolute stability of second-order systems ... -
Post Collegiate Preparedness of Graduating College Seniors at North Dakota State University
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this study was to gain new insight on the preparedness for postcollegiate life of graduating college seniors who are living or have lived on-campus in the residence halls in comparison to those who have ... -
A Data Visualization Tool to Identify Patterns Formed by Subsets of Data
(North Dakota State University, 2010)An object may be identified by its properties which may comprise both continuous data values and categorical data values. Sometimes a particular property (categorical) value may select a group of objects which have ... -
Diversity and Social Justice in Couple and Family Therapy Training: An Evaluation of Accredited Programs
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Over the past 15 years, the literature in the field of couple and family therapy (CFT) has called for training programs to make issues of social justice a central concern in the training of couple and family therapists ... -
Dynamic Algorithms for Sensor Scheduling and Adversary Path Prediction
(North Dakota State University, 2010)In this thesis we describe three new dynamic, real time and robust sensor scheduling algorithms for intruder tracking and sensor scheduling. We call them Tactic Association Based Algorithm (TABA), Tactic Case Based ...