This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
Open PRAIRIE strives to confirm that all open access items are clear of any copyright restrictions. Works in Open PRAIRIE are made available exclusively for educational purposes such as research or instruction. Literary rights, including copyright for published works held by the creator(s) or their heirs, or other third parties may apply. All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated by the copyright owner(s).
Please contact the Electronic Resources and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Michael Biondo, with any issues, or questions concerning copyright infringement in this collection.
Finally, the development of this collection is ongoing. If you are a former South Dakota State University graduate student and wish to include your work in Open PRAIRIE, please contact us.
ETDS from 1986
The Relationship Between Exercise Activities and Self-esteem in Elderly Populations, Marcia Taylor
Free Sugars in Plant Tissues as Determined by Peracetylated Aldononitrile and Ketooxime Derivatives, Stacy L. Unruh
Irrigation Requirements and Crop Yields for East-Central South Dakota, Randell J. Van Zee
Egyptian Fractions, James L. Wakeman
The Effect of Nocturnal Noise Levels in Upper Midwestern Longterm Care Facilities on Sleep Interference in Selected Residents' Well-being, Jane C. Walgenbach
Dynamics and distribution of Fishes Occupying a South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Timothy R. Walters
A Turkey Nesting Study in Gregory County, South Dakota, Tara L. Wertz
Flow Mechanics Through Stenosis Models, Chung Chin Wha
Disease Progress and Yield Loss Regressions for Several Spring Wheat Cultivars Infected with Fusarium graminearum at Various Times After Anthesis, Marvin D. Yahnke
ETDS from 1985
Efficiency of Two Black-tailed Prairie Dog Rodenticides and Their Impacts on Non-target Bird Species, Anthony Dean Apa
Determination of the Spatial Relationship of Available Phosphorus for Seven Sites in South Dakota, Roger Jacob Assmus
Relationships of Food Faddism to Critical Thinking, Nutrition Knowledge and Some Demographic Characteristics, Mary Angelyn Auch
Construction of Shuttle lac Plasmid pbw314 and Transformation of Escherichia coli and High Ethanol Yielding Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strains with this Plasmid, Safiollah Bagherpour
Evaluation of Yield and Quality of Cheddar Cheese Manufactured from Milk with Added Whey Protein Concentrate, Kirk Alan Baldwin
Professional Role Attitudes and Decision-making in Medication Administration, Susan E. Bassett
Identification of Volatile Compounds Produced by Brevibacterium Linens that Inhibit Molds, Samuel E. Beattie
A Quarterly Econometric Model of the U. S. Livestock Sector, Mary Ann Bennett
Measurement of Denitrification Rates in Agricultural Soils, Pamela A. Bonrud
Tryptophan and Threonine Requirements of Pigs Fed a Low-protein, Corn-sunflower Meal Diet, Barton S. Borg
Utilization of Selected Characteristics in the Labeling of Elderly Nursing Home Patients as Confused, Patriciann F. Brady
Lungworm Infections, Reproduction and Summer Habitat Use of Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota, Gary C. Brundige
Ribonuclease II :A Glycoprotein with Differential Distribution in Tissues of two Nonacclimated Cultivars of Winter Barley, Gregory James Bunkers
Effects of Breed of Ewe and Management System on the Lifetime Production of Lamb and Wool, Wayne Joseph Busch
Evaluation of Urea and Dried Whey in Diets of Cows During Early Lactation, David Paul Casper
Chemical, Sensory and Microbiological Properties of Water-added Ham Containing Pork and Turkey Blends, Chiao-min Chen