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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Managing Manure Application to Limit Nutrient Runoff from Agricultural Field, Ammar B. Bhandari
Atomic Layer Deposited HfO2 Interface Treatments for Improved Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Performance, Braden Bills
Diet-based Fitness in Coccinella Novemnotata Herbst (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Danielle Marie Brandt
Steam-Flaked Soybeans in Dairy Cattle Diets, Heidi R. Bruns
The 'ex' Factor ... Will They Be Friends? : A Qualitative Analysis of Post-dissolutional Communication Among Former Premarital Cohabitating Couples, Brittany Bunkers
Social Factors Associated with Disadvantaged First Year College Students' Retention and Academic Success, James L. Burnett
Theoretical and Applied Radiometric Cross-calibration of Satellite Optical Sensors, Gyanesh Chander
Validity of the 30-s Chair Stand Test, Get-Up-and-Go Test, and Grip Strength Test in Older Adults, Amber M. Chevalier
Effects of Honokiol and Magnolol on Skin Tumor Development, Chandeshwari Chilampalli
Family Functioning : Considering Family Leisure and Parental Behaviors, Kyleigh J. Cramer
Advanced Largemouth Bass Production and Stock Contribution to Small South Dakota Impoundment Fisheries, Isak J. Csargo
Subcellular Localization, Trafficking and Secretion of Influenza B Virus NB Protein, Andrew James Demers
AlSb Compound Semiconductor as Absorber Layers in Thin Film Solar Cells, Rabin Dhakal
Effects of Block Predator Management on Duck and Pheasant Nest Success in Eastern South Dakota, Nicholas R. Docken
Sugar Recoveries from Corn Stover, Prairie Cord Grass, Switchgrass, and Big Bluestem using Microwave, Ultrasound, and Ozone Pretreatment Technologies, Aaslesha Donepudi
The Attitude of Judges, State's Attorneys, and Bar Attorneys Towards Allowing Cameras into Courtrooms in South Dakota, Eniforme Uyoyou Eto
Effect of a Book Club Intervention on Physical Activity in Women with Coronary Artery Disease, Lindsau C. Exley
Effect of Streamflow Variation on Water Quality of the James River in South Dakota, Hanaa Fayyadh
Productivity and Trophic Interactions in the Missouri River Impoundments, Mark J. Fincel
Relationship-Based Care: Effects on Patient Satisfaction, Becka J. Foerster
Habitat Resource Selection By Greater Sage Grouse Within Oil and Gas Development Areas in North Dakota and Montana, Kristin A. Fritz
An Analysis of Ontological Succession in Icelandic Saga Literature, Richard H. Ganci
The Improvement and Characterization of Candida Molischiana through Mutagenesis for Cellulosic Ethanol Production, Melanie R. Geiger
Factors that Influence Alcohol Use by College Athletes, Nicole A. Gertken
Quantifying Gross Forest Cover Loss in Malaysia Between 1990 and 2005: Comparisons with Contemporaneous Change in Indonesia, Namita Giree
Regulation of Uterine pH Throughout the Bovine Estrous Cycle, Jennifer Kay Grant
Urban Fisheries in Eastern South Dakota: Assessment of Angler Satisfaction and Fishery Resources, Michael Joseph Greiner
Relationships Among Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, Endangered Waterbirds, and Macrophytes in Taro Lo'I At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii, Jennifer Leigh Gutscher-Chutz
New Data Processing Approach for Vegetation Classification using Multiwavelength Airborne Polarimetric Lidar, Ali Haider Md.
Evaluation of the Impact of Corn Residue Removal on Soil Quality, Amber L. Hammerbeck
Comparisons of Soil within a Till Plain Across Contrasting Land Uses, Kyle R. Heimerl
Below-Ground Food Production in Habitats Utilized by the Rocky Mountain Populations of Greater Sandhill Cranes, Diana P. Iriarte
The Influence of Didymosphenia geminata on Fisheries Resources in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Daniel A. James
Application of Salt Whey in Process Cheese Food Made from Cheddar Cheese Containing Exopolysaccharides, Oliver Janevski
Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Mountain Lions in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Brian D. Jansen
Differences in Virtues between Male and Female Engineering Students in Relation to Gender-Related Patterns of Intellectual Development, Alycia A. Jensen
The Effects of Lean Beef Supplementation on the Iron Status of Collegiate Athletes, Jocelyn Johnson
Sugar Recovery from Defatted Soybean Meal, White Flakes, and Soybean Hull Using Extrusion, Microwave, and Ultrasound Pretreatments, Veeramani Karuppuchamy
Nitrogen and Water Rate Effect on Winter Wheat Dough Quality, Tulsi P. Kharel
Mitigation of Corrosion in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement, Stephanie L. Klay
The Development of Multiple Assays to Detect Influenza B in Swine, Elizabeth Kolb
Biological Assessment at the Whole Organism Level : Chironomidae Body Condition Indices Within the Lower Cheyenne River Watershed, Andrew Thomas Kopp
An Event Driven Phenology Model : Development and Validation, Valeriy Kovalskyy
A Psychometric Evaluation of Innovative Item Types Added to the National Certification Examination for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Mary Anne Krogh
The Core of Family Structure: Intergenerational Transmission of Rituals, Emily B. Kuecker
Multivariate Time Series Analysis on Bioethanol Marketing Margins, Interest Rate, and Corn Acreage in South Dakota, Ilunga K. Kyahese
Forecasting of Pheasant Harvests and An Assessment of the Economic Viability of Simultaneous Biomass and Wildlife Production in South Dakota, Fordjour K. Kyei
Evaluation of Facilities Design and Methods of Handling Bison, Duane J. Lammers
Evaluating Geospatial Visualization Methods for West Nile Virus Risk Mapping, Aashis Lamsal
Communicating Consent: An Analysis of Online Collegiate Career Counseling Informed Consent Documents, Jessica Lewis
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photovoltaic Applications of Mesoscopic Phthalocyanine Structures, Yong Li
Mechanism of Action of HIV- I Maturation Inhibitor, Wuxun Lu
Evaluation of Mechanical Behaviors of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Finite Element Analysis, Xiaoxing Lu
Vegetative Treatment System Evaluation for Two Large Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Adam W. Mathiowetz
Developing Sustainable Harvest Strategies for Cellulose-Based Biofuels: The Effect of Intensity of Harvest on Migratory Grassland Songbirds, Alisha J. Maves
Power Management Optimization for Stand-Alone Microgrids, Seth M. McGill
Multiscale Resource Selection of Ruffed Grouse in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota and Wyoming, Cassandra L. Mehls
Wildfires and Amazonian Birds : A Broad-Scale and Long-Term Study on the Effects of Fire on Amazonian Bird Communities and Populations, Luiz Augusto Macedo Mestre
Influence of Diet and Environmental Variation on Physiological Responses of Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), Hilary A. Meyer
Evaluation of Yellow-flowered Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. subsp. Falcata (L.) Arcang.) for Grazing in the Northern Great Plains, Christopher G. Misar
Use of EO-1 Hyperion to Perform Spectral Band Adjustment of Landsat-7 ETM+ and Terra Modis Sensors for Accurate Cross Calibration, Nischal Mishra
Efficient Parallel Simulation and Virtual Prototyping of Multi-body Dynamical Systems in TeraGrid Super-Computing Environment, Abdul Muqtadir Mohammed
Enhancement of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Content in Cheddar Cheese by Combining Dietary Manipulation of Cattle and CLA Producing Starter Culture, Maneesha S. Mohan
Evaluation of Decision Support Aids for Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment among Rural Women, Sarah Mollman
Mountain Pine Beetles, Mitigation Treatments, and Fire Behavior in Ponderosa Pine of the Black Hills, SD, Christopher Jacob Moran
Early Corn Growth and Development in Response to Weed Competition, Low N, Altered Light Quantity, and Light Quality, Janet Carduente Moriles
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Column Photobioreactor, S.M. Golam Mortuza
Habitat Selection and Population Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx Rufus) in South Dakota, USA, Cory E. Mosby
Evaluation of Mineral Use in Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis), Jacquelyn Murray
Networking and Collaboration Between Communities in Eastern South Dakota, Debra L. Musterman
Influences of Forest Roads on the Spatial Pattern of Modern Wildfire Regimes in the East Cascades of Washington State, Ganapathy Narayanaraj
Generational Differences in Work Orientation of Nursing Students, Jeanne M. Neifer
City of Sioux Falls Denitrification Study, Jennifer Ruth Nelson
QPER Evacuation Planner Algorithm in Flat Time Graphs, Bipin Chandra Neupane
Crop Residue Cover Assessment Using Remotely Sensed Data, Vincent de Paul Obade
A Fellowship of Limbs: The Process of Shifting Poetic Perspectives, Sara Olivier
The Effects of Tank Operation and Design Characteristics on Water Quality in Distribution System Storage Tanks, Christopher T. Olson
Economic Analyses of Land Use Pattern Changes and Assessment of Conservation Practices of the Lower Bad River basin of South Dakota, Rezwanul Parvez Md
Enhancement of Light-Plasmons-Nanoparticle Interaction for Upconversion Applications in Solar Cells, Hari Prasad Paudel
Living on the Edge: A Humanbecoming Perspective, Robin Peterson-Lund
Development of An Elk Sightability Model for the Black Hills of South Dakota, Evan C. Phillips
The Effect of Feeding Heavy and Medium Weight Weaned Nursery Pigs Increased Levels of Amino Acids in Relation to Energy Intake, Jamie Lee Pietig
Novel Zein Based Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications, Satheesh K. Podaralla
Measuring and Forecasting Variance and Variance Risk Premium in the Soybean Market, Krishna Prasad Pokharel
Analysis of Physical and Chemical Properties of Persian Barbari Bread and Latin American Wheat Tortilla Substituted with Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Shirin Pourafshar
Phenologic Assessment of Western South Dakota Rangelands, Matthew B. Rigge
Neo-Aristotelean Rhetorical Criticism of Sermons from The Great Awakening, Scott Ristau
Movement Patterns, Survival, and Sightability of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Eastern South Dakota, Kevin A. Robling
Germination Characteristics of Prairie Dropseed, Blanketflower, and Hairy Goldaster in Response to Prechill and Temperature Treatments, Aurora Rose Roemmich
The Construction of a Framework for Developing Web Atlas Applications, Mark Rop
Soybean Meal Substitution with a Microbial Protein Source in Dairy Cow Diets, Javier Andres Sabbia
Population Viability Analysis of Swift fox (Vulpes velox) at the Badlands National Park, Indrani Sasmal
Environmental Factors Associated With Long-Term Trends of Mountain Sucker Populations in the Black Hills, and and Assessment of Their Thermal Tolerance, Luke D. Schultz