Browsing NDSU Faculty/Staff Research & Scholarship by Title
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Sourcing Strategy for Asphalt Production Feedstock Considering Multimodal Transport Options
(2016)This paper examines the logistics and distribution channels for importing heavy crude oil, which is a source of bitumen. The study conducts a sensitivity analysis to assess the suitability of existing or new distillery ... -
State of State Documents
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Article in "Against the Grain" (December 2017 - January 2018) -
Strategic Global Logistics Management for Sourcing Road Oil in the U.S.
(2017)The demand for asphalt and road oil heavily leverages local supply because the product is a hot binder of aggregates that form the final mix needed to pave roads. This paper discusses the supply chain characteristics of ... -
A Summary of a Practice-Improvement Project Incorporating an Evidence-Based Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment Curriculum Into a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
(North Dakota State University, 2023)This tool is based on a 2022 practice-improvement project incorporating an evidence-based tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment curriculum into North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) ... -
A Systematic Literature Review of Drone Utility in Railway Condition Monitoring
(2023)Drones have recently become a new tool in railway inspection and monitoring (RIM) worldwide, but there is still a lack of information about the specific benefits and costs. This study conducts a systematic literature review ... -
Teaching Anxious Students : Reimagining Library Pedagogy for the Age of Anxiety
(North Dakota State UniversityAssociation of College and Research Libraries, 2019)In the face of increasing rates of anxiety among college students, how should instruction librarians respond? This paper aims to raise awareness about the prevalence of anxiety among the college student population, discuss ... -
Technology Developments and Impacts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: An Overview
(2022)The scientific advancements in the vehicle and infrastructure automation industry are progressively improving nowadays to provide benefits for the end-users in terms of traffic congestion reduction, safety enhancements, ... -
Unlocking Drone Potential in the Pharma Supply Chain: A Hybrid Machine Learning and GIS Approach
(2023)In major metropolitan areas, the growing levels of congestion pose a significant risk of supply chain disruptions by hindering surface transportation of commodities. To address this challenge, cargo drones are emerging as ... -
Use of Connected Vehicles to Characterize Ride Quality
(2016)The United States rely on the performance of more than four million miles of roadways to sustain its economic growth and to support the dynamic mobility needs of its growing population. The funding gap to build and ... -
Use of Simulations to Improve Pharmacy Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes About Medication Errors and Patient Safety
(2018)Objective. To design and evaluate the use of simulations in preparing students to identify and reduce medication errors and promote patient safety. -
Using Artificial Intelligence to Derive a Public Transit Risk Index
(2022)A terrorist attack on the public transportation system of a city can cripple its economy. Uninformed investments in countermeasures may result in a waste of resources if the risk is negligible. However, risks are difficult ... -
Using Breeding Populations With a Dual Purpose: Cultivar Development and Gene Mapping—A Case Study Using Resistance to Common Bacterial Blight in Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(2021)Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important worldwide legume crop with low to moderate levels of resistance to common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli. A total of 852 genotypes ... -
Vehicle Axle Detection from Under-Sampled Signal through Compressed-Sensing-Based Signal Recovery
(2022)In traffic data collection, sampling design should satisfy the requirements of identifying prominent pulses corresponding to vehicle axle passage. Insufficient measurement leads to signal distortion and attenuation, reducing ... -
Vibration Energy Harvesting for Disaster Asset Monitoring Using Active RFID Tags
(2010)This paper highlights the importance of energy harvesting in high-value asset monitoring applications involving use of active RFID tags. The paper begins by highlighting advantages of active tags including improved range ... -
Wavelength Sensitivity of a Connected Vehicle Method of Ride Quality Characterizations
(2017)Researchers previously demonstrated that a roughness index called the road impact factor (RIF) is directly proportional to the international roughness index (IRI) when measured under identical conditions. A RIF-transform ... -
Weigh-In-Motion System in Flexible Pavements Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Part A: Concept
(2019)Weight data of vehicles play an important role in traffic planning, weight enforcement, and pavement condition assessment. In this paper, a weigh-in-motion (WIM) system that functions at both low-speeds and high-speeds in ... -
What Did They Say and Why Did They Say It?: Scholarship as Conversation in the Science Classroom
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Scholarly articles in the sciences come in different formats, with purposes which students may not fully appreciate. In this chapter, we discuss a lesson plan in which students discuss the relationships between an original ... -
What's in Your Discovery Layer?: An Introduction to Format
(2016)The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the “Information Creation as a Process” frame using the variety of resources retrieved from a discovery layer. Students are asked to use a discovery layer record to ... -
Work Makes Life Sweet, or Does It?
(North Dakota State University, 2003)