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Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Assessing the Effect of Robotics Education on Student Attitude Towards Science, Andrea Klein
Nanofiltration Membrane Pilot Studies for Disinfection By-product Control, Eric J. Lynne
Whey Protein Fractionation Using Membrane Separation Technology, Chenchaiah Marella
Evaluation of Lessons Developed for a Web-Based Health Curriculum Using Keller's Model of Instructional Design, Jennifer M. May
Economic Analysis of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Post-CRP Land Use Decisions in South Dakota, Emmanuel Opoku
Risk of Milk Fat Depression for Dairy Cows Fed High Moisture Corn and Distillers Grains in Diets Containing Monensin, Todd M. Owens
Evaluating Biomass Feedstock Availability and Cost for Fueling Ethanol Production in South Dakota Counties, Changlin Qiu
The Lived Experience of Feeling Peaceful, Noreen Eberline Reding
The Effect of a Developmentally Appropriate Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Nutrition Outcomes, Jessica Remington
Influence of the Conservation Reserve Program and Landscape Composition on the Spatial Demographics of Prairie Grouse in Northeastern South Dakota, Travis J. Runia
Conflict According to Children, Marguerite E. Schade
Performance of Nile Tilapia and Yellow Perch Fed Diets Containing Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles and Extruded Diet Characteristics, Travis W. Schaeffer
An Evaluation of Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Mortality in South Dakota, Casey Walter Schoenebeck
The Lived Experience of Taking a Risk for Persons Who Have Experienced Natural Disaster, Victoria Lynn Strauser Britson
Ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse in the Dakotas, Christopher C. Swanson
Population Demographics of Cougars in the Black Hills: Survival, Dispersal, Morphometry, Genetic Structure, and Associated Interactions with Density Dependence, Daniel J. Thompson
Cinematic Love Stories: A Model to Accomplish Love, Kristi Denise Treviño
The Lived Experience of Women Domestic Violence Survivors, Gayle Webert
The Effect of a Commercially Available Caffeine Based Dietary Supplement on 40-Kilometer Time Trial Performance, Lee A. Weidauer
Impacts of Oil and Gas Development on Sharp-Tailed Grouse on the Little Missouri National Grasslands, North Dakota, Ryan M. Williamson
Exploring Interactions Between Walleye and Smallmouth Bass in South Dakota Waters, Melissa R. Wuellner
Metro/Nonmetro Migrations: Human Capital, Labor Markets, and Amenity Influences, Yun Zhu
ETDS from 2008
Effect of Oral Care and Health Professional Education on Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia: A Pilot Study, Robin Arends
Evaluation of a Simple Intervention to Increase Self- Efficacy for Independent Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants, Sherry A. Barkley
Lactation Response of Dairy Cows Fed Distillers Grains Versus Oilseed Meals, Keith Allan Christen
Nurse Administrators' and Nurse Managers' Attitudes About Nurse-To-Patient Ratios, the Nurse Shortage, Job Satisfaction, and Patient Care, Shelley Erdahl-Wynia
Critical Thinking: Are We Educating the Nurse Educator?, Christina H. Erickson
Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge and Use of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Tonya Froehlich
The Role of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Density, Marcella J. Gilbert
Investigation of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Water from a Prairie Pothole in Eastern South Dakota, Jessica M. Goerdt
Macroinvertebrate Composition and Patterns of Prey Use By Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River, South Dakota, and Nebraska, Kristen Lee Grohs
Patients' Psychological Adjustment to an Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator, Tera L. Gross
Reestablishing the Juneberry on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: Cultural, horticultural, and educational connections, Kerry E. Hartman
Evaluation of Deficit Irrigation Strategies for Corn, Derek M. Heeren
Parents Views of Quality Child Care in South Dakota, Laura L. Jewell Hiddleston
Interannual Variation in Larval Yellow Perch Abundance in Eastern South Dakota Glacial Lakes and Relation to Sympatric Walleye Populations, Andrew C. Jansen
Nesting and Brood-Rearing Success and Resource Selection of Greater Sage-Grouse in Northwestern South Dakota, Nicholas W. Kaczor
Dental Health and Socioeconomic Status: Their Relationship with Preterm Labor in Rural Western South Dakota A Pilot Study, Angela Lochridge
Investigation and Characterization of Clay Mineral-Natural Organic Matter Complexes using Light Scattering Techniques, Ildiko K. McCloskey
Canola Meal Replacing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles in Diets for Lactating Dairy Cows, Colleen Nicole Mulrooney
Factors Associated with Iron Status in a Hutterite Population, Jane M. Osowski
Development of Cheddar Cheese with Enhanced Conjugated Linoleic Acid by Lactic Acid Bacteria, Ashish Pandit
Rheological, Sensorial and Chemopreventive Properties of Milk Fermented with Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactic Cultures, Darshan Purohit
Nursing Students' Practices Regarding Completion of Instructor Evaluations, Jason Raether
Replacement of Starch from Corn with Non-Forage Fiber from Distillers Grains in Diets of Lactating Dairy Cows, Sanjeewa Dilshan Ranathunga
Influence of Feeding History on Metabolic Rates in Fishes: Evidence for Metabolic Compensation in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides), Steven H. Ranney
Learning Needs and Barriers to Continuing Education Among Rural Montana Nurses, Cheryl Richards
The Influence of Materials on Inquiry Learning, Rachel Ruth Schumacher
Factors Affecting Mercury Accumulation in South Dakota Fishes, Trevor M. Selch
Modeling Spatial Distribution and Habitat Associations for Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River, Bryan D. Spindler
Determining the Feasibility of Using Remote Sensing to Estimate Irrigation Water Use in South Dakota at the Field Scale, Seth A. Swanson
The Influence of Livestock Watering Ponds (Dugouts) on Native Stream Fishes, Especially the Endangered Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka), Sheila K. Thomson
Evaluation of an Augmentation of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Teresa J. Zimmerman
ETDS from 2007
Gender Portrayal in J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”: A Feminist Rhetorical Criticism, Nicole Ackman
Human Development Ranking: Predictors and Implications for Haiti, Jean Michel Basquin
Nesting Success of Grassland Birds in Fragmented and Unfragmented Landscapes of North Central South Dakota, Gillian M. Berman
Feeding Fish Oil and Condensed Corn Distillers Solubles Increases Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Milk and Modulates Immune Response in Dairy Cows, Mini Bharathan
Outcome-Based Nutrition Research Involving a Nutrition Curriculum and Adolescents in South Dakota Family and Consumer Sciences Programs, Jessica R. Biehn
The Use of Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography to Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Children, Teresa Leuer Binkley
Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Ralstonia Eutropha using Condensed Corn Solubles, Panchali Chakraborty
Ecology of the Coyote (Canis latrans) at Wind Cave National Park, Jamie M. Chronert
The Medicine Wheel Nutrition Intervention: A Diabetes Education Study With the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Kibbe M. Conti
An Examination of the Effects of Selected Variables on Student Performance in an Undergraduate Course, Jake Cummings
South Dakota High School Instructional Personnel and the Level of Commitment to Distance Learning Technology, Omer William Durfee
Bluegill Reproductive Biology and Population Dynamics in Four South Dakota Impoundments, Kris R. Edwards
Experimental and Modeling the Flow Properties of Distillers Dried Grains (DDG) with Varying Soluble Levels and Moisture Contents, Vykundeshwari Ganesan
Habitat Characteristics of Refuge Wetlands and Taro Lo'I Used By Endangered Waterbirds At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Hawai'i, Hugo K. W. Gee
Isolation and Identification of Antimicrobial Compounds of Physalis virginiana, Kathleen A. Gibson
A Structural Symbolic Interactionist Explanation of Attitudes Toward Unwanted Pursuit Behaviors, Lorne D. Gibson
Culturally Appropriate Nutrition Lessons Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in American Indian Children, Chandana Govula
Movement Patterns of White-Tailed Deer in East Central South Dakota Relative to Winter Ranges and Management Unit Boundaires, Troy W. Grovenburg
Evaluation of Mixed-Vegetation Plantings As Avian Nesting Habitat in Eastern South Dakota, Jesse C. Hankins
Social Class and Social Capital: An Integrated Theory of Community College Academic Achievement, Cheryl J. Hartman
Nesting and Brood-Rearing Habitat Selection of Greater Sage-Grouse and Associated Survival of Hens and Broods at the Edge of Their Historic Distribution, Katie M. Herman-Brunson
Predictors of North Dakota and South Dakota Nurses' Decisions to Receive Influenza Vaccinations, Laurie J. Johansen
Modeling Wetland Use By Spring-Migrating Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) in Eastern South Dakota, Sharon Njambi Kahara
Another Look at Gender in Prime-Time Television, Jan Carolyn Kircher
Premium Subsidy Changes and Demand for Crop Insurance in South Dakota, Dong Won Lee
Entrepreneurial Activity by Women in Rural South Dakota, Abbigail A. Meeder
Water and Nutrient Use Evaluation of South Dakota Vegetated Treatment Systems, Nicholas O. Michael
Phosphorus Utilization in Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Increasing Amounts of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles, Kamal Mjoun
A Medium Resolution Land Cover Map of Africa, Eugene Apindi Ochieng
The Impact of Increased Ethanol Production on Corn Basis in South Dakota, Andrea L. Olson
Comparison of Swedish Wordchain Test Scores to Dakota STEP (State Test of Educational Progress) Reading Scores, Laura Anne Peterson
Hepatic Element Concentrations and Gross and Histological Examinations of Spring Migrating Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) in the Upper Midwest, Angela E. Pillatzki
Print media coverage of the 2006 NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships, Beth L. Rohlena
Determinants of Bone Mass and Size in Term, Near-Term, and Preterm Children, Haifa Abou Samra
Status, Distribution, and Density of White-tailed Jackrabbits and Black-tailed Jackrabbits in South Dakota, Dustin J. Schaible
Habitat Selection and Use by Breeding Hen Pheasants in Eastern South Dakota, 1999-2001, Rebecca D. Schilowsky
Effect of Coyotes and Release Site Selection on Survival and Movement of Translocated Swift Foxes in the Badlands Ecosystem of South Dakota, Greg M. Schroeder
Calcium Lactate Fortification of Reduced Fat Yogurt and Fortification of "Simulated Yogurt Gel" with Partially Hydrolyzed Whey Protein, Gurmeet Singh
Assessing American Marten Use of Track-Plate Box Surveys for Estimating Population Size in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Joshua B. Smith
Intimate Relationship Communication : Response Patterns in Marital Sexual Relations, Leretta May Smith
Outcomes of NICU Patients With Implementation of Nutrition Support Team Including a Registered Dietitian, Jennifer Sneve
Initiation and Evolution of the South Dakota Tornado Outbreak of 24 June 2003, Jay Trobec