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Federal and State Management of Reservoir Recreation
(North Dakota State University, 2024)
Reservoirs serve multiple purposes, including recreation, flood control, and hydroelectricity production. In the United States, these reservoirs are typically managed by federal or state agencies. This thesis assesses the effectiveness of federal versus state management in enhancing the recreational use of these reservoirs. The study utilized panel data from 85 reservoirs across the United States, spanning from 2014 to 2021 and including 680 observations. The analysis focused on comparing visitation rates under different management regimes. The central finding of this study is that the type of management agency, whether federal or state, does not significantly affect visitation rates. However, factors related to water, such as adequate rainfall and water levels in the reservoirs, significantly influence visitor attraction. This indicates that while management type may not be a determining factor in recreational use, environmental and hydrological conditions are important considerations for visitor attraction.
In Touch with Prairie Living, October 2024
(North Dakota State University, 2024-10-01)
October 2024 column for North Dakota and South Dakota newspapers.
On the Feasibility of Machine Learning Algorithms Towards Low-Cost Flow Cytometry
(North Dakota State University, 2023-08-01)
Utilization low cost, scalable architectures for detection of specific cells for both mass flow and minute incidence analysis is something that is attractive for the clinical researcher, in order to expand access to otherwise costly devices. We demonstrate the use of a low-cost microfluidics device that performs detection of beads and cells, both for cell counting and for discrete cell type identification. This was accomplished using polymer technology via implementation of polydimethylsiloxane microfluidics, which were created by using a 3-D printed mold, and machine learning technologies with algorithms that can inference and track analyte particles within the microfluidic of interest. Our demonstration of our microfluidics device is proof that creating low cost instruments for analyte detection using current machine learning models and hardware is possible. We foresee the scalability of this design to be immense, in terms of throughput rate, inexpensiveness of product, and multiple
different parameters and classes that can be searched for.
A Curriculum of Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment for DNP Programs: A Summary of Bhattarai's 2023 Practice-Improvement Project
(North Dakota State University, 2024)
This tool is a brief summary of Bhattarai’s 2023 practice-
improvement project improving tobacco and nicotine dependence
treatment curriculum in North Dakota State University’s (NDSU)
Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner program. This
tool is intended as a guide for educational institutions or providers to
incorporate into their curriculums to improve provider competencies
and patient outcomes.
Few providers assess, refer, and provide treatment to the patient consistently and effectively. Lack of skills, training, and inadequate knowledge were identified as barriers why providers were not providing regular counseling or pharmacologic intervention. Therefore, incorporating formal tobacco and nicotine treatment education into the curriculum of DNP programs is imperative to curb the tobacco epidemic.
After completion of the intervention, significant increases in students’ knowledge, confidence, and comfort were observed in helping patients quit, in providing information about cessation medications, programs and services, and in making referrals for tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment.
In Touch with Prairie Living, September 2024
(North Dakota State University, 2024-09-01)
September 2024 column for North Dakota and South Dakota newspapers.