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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Investigation of the Teslaco Method for Multi-Inverter Islanding Prevention, Dustin Schutz
A Pilot Test of Delegation and Prioritization Skills in New Graduate Nurses Using a Multiple Patient Simulation, Jody Serfling
Gas Phase Interface Engineering Schemes for High Performance Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Mariyappan Shanmugam
The Effects of Health Insurance Coverage on a Farmer's Exit Decision, Ekata Sharma
Relative Modulation Transfer Function Correction of Degraded Landsat 4 Thematic Mapper Detectors, Dinesh Shilpakar
Fischer Tropsch Synthesis in Fixed Bed Tubular Reactor, Posi Praveen Sunkara
Virulence Pattern of Cochliobolus Sativus in Eastern South Dakota and Assessing the Genetic Resistance to Spot Blotch, Prabin Tamang
Practical Application of Self Organizing Map Neural Network for Spectral Analysis of Inelastic Electron Tunneling Sensors, Terence Telkamp
Developing and Evaluating the Composite Runoff Index Geographic Model for Urban Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, Pravara Thanapura
Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Model of Data Management (A Case Study for the FTEUS project), Kiran Timilsina
South Dakota Female Deer Hunters: Initiation, Motivation, Constraint and Opportunity, and General Satisfaction, Stacey B. Trushenski-Carlson
Soil Structure Changes in Bioenergy Crop Management Systems, Ibrahim Emmanuel Vahyala
Influence of Gizzard Shad on Fish Community Ecology in Northeastern South Dakota Glacial Lakes, Justin Allen VanDeHey
Transcriptome Profiling of Vitis riparia Root Vascular Cylinders under Water Deficit Using Laser Capture Microdissection and RNA-Sequencing, Kimberly Jean Vaughn
Cyanide Exposure : The Development of a Portable Cyanide Sensor and a Method of Analysis for a Next Generation Cyanide Therapeutic, Chakravarthy V. Vinnakota
Analysis of Population Dynamics of Corn Field Soil Bacteria Communities using Microcosms and DGGE Analysis, Ursula Waack
Viral Protein Complex Assembly in Influenza A Virus Replication, Dan Wang
Influence of Resource Pulses Following Stochastic Disturbances on Aquatic Food Webs, Michael John Weber
GIS Based Highway Safety Analysis for South Dakota Rural Highways, Adam Wellner
The Misuse of the Term Schizophrenia in Nine Large Daily Newspapers in the United States, Brittany Westerberg
Stage Based Newsletters as a Means for Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Low Income Population: A Pilot Study, Megan Woodraska
Functional Studies of C-terminal Domain of Influence A Virus Matrix 1(M1) Protein in Virus Replication, Xiaoxiao Xiang
The Impact of Mindfulness Training with Counseling Graduate Students through Meditation and Qigong, Yanchun Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Statistical Time Series Analysis on Basis and Volume of Forward Contracted Cattle in the United States, Zelalem Abahana
The Potential Health Effects of Flavonoids Consumed by Americans, Ali Al-Shammari
Structural Performance of Concrete/Cold-formed Steel Composite Beams Supporting Composite Floor Decks, Pouria Bahmani
Family Structure and Community Attachment, Sherri S. Bair
Nesting Success of Colonial Tree-nesting Waterbirds on Selected Wetlands in Northeast South Dakota, Nathaniel J. Baker
United States Land Cover Land Use Change, Albedo and Radiative Forcing: Past and Potential Climate Implications, Christopher A. Barnes
Survival of Male Merriam's Wild Turkeys in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, Thomas C. Berdan
Understanding and Modeling of Flowability of DDGS with Varying Process and Storage Variables, Rumela Bhadra
College Students' Credit Card Use: Parental and Social Influences, Donna S. Bittiker
Fish Community Assembly in the Forest River, North Dakota, and Resolution of Campostoma Species Presence, Lucas J. Borgstrom
Continuous Concrete/Cold-formed Steel Composite Beams Utilizing Joist Attachment to Support Offset Loading, Aaron James Breyfogle
Application of Web Protocols to Daktronics Player Configuration, David Brue
Text Messaging: The New Venue of Self-disclosure, Steven Brunner
College Students' Epistemologies and Experiences as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Diversity, Amie Buoy
Relationship Between Self-care Agency, Self-care Practices and Obesity Among Rural Mid-life Women, Linda Burdette
Newspaper Headlines on Human Trafficking in the United States from 2000 to 2010: A Pilot Study, Brandon Thomas Burnette
Effect of Storage Temperatures on Ice Cream Quality, Jenna R. Buyck
Assessment of Rheological Methods for Spring Wheat Quality Evaluation Based on Multi-environment Trials, Melanie Caffe-Treml
Everyday Instances of Support: An Autoethnography of Parent-Child Relationships, Nicholas R. Castillo
Improving Heterogeneous Local Area Networks Performance by Modified TCP Vegas Congestion Control Mechanism, Po-Sung Chao
Development of Anticancer Agents with Novel Mechanisms of Action, Wei Chen
Understanding the Role of Biomass and High Shear Bioreactor Parameters in Bioethanol Production, Karunanithy Chinnadurai
Pundit Wars: An Investigation Into the Pragmatics of News Talk Programs, Samuel M. Claster
Improving Soybean Performance in the Northern Great Plains Through the Use of Cover Crops, Kurt J. Dagel
An Assessment of Horizontal Displacement of Topographic Features in Generalized Digital Elevation Models, Devendra Dahal
Iron Status in Physically Active Females: The Effect of Adequate Iron Intake Through Beef Consumption, Heidi M. Demuth
Sediment Effects on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in a Prairie Pothole, Oak Lake, In Eastern South Dakota, Kristopher Glenn Dozark
Knowledge and Opinion of Sex Offenders and Sex Offender Policy: Do Sources of Information Matter?, Katie L. Dreiling
Development of a Field Inspection Vehicle for Nondestructive Evaluation of The Interior Surface of Cylindrical Structures, John D. Duffy
Evaluation of Two Native Grass Germplasm Collections for Their Biomass Potential, Sam Dwire
American Indian College Success at a Mainstream University : Facilitators and Barriers to Academic Attainment, Scott D. Fleming
Predation Vulnerability and Trophic Interactions of Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus, William E. French
Inverting the Hierarchy: Richard the Redeless, Mum and the Sothsegger, and the Literary Legacy of Richard II, Nicholass Giedt
Evaluation of Teen-taught KidQuest: A School Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for 5th and 6th Graders in Rural South Dakota, Jessica Graumann
Songs of Heaven and Stuff of Earth: Geoffrey Chaucer's Prioress and the Medieval Body-Soul Debate, Kathleen M. Grode
Understanding White-Tailed Deer Productivity: Population Ecology of Neonates, Troy W. Grovenburg
An Economic Analysis of No-Till Rotations and Effects on Carbon Sequestration and Long Term Sustainability of Agriculture, Justin M. Harer
Wind Generator & Biomass No-draft Gasification Hybrid, Matthew R. Hein
Seasonal Movements and Spatial Distributions of Common Carp in an Interconnected Glacial Lake System in Eastern South Dakota, Matthew J. Hennen
Assessment of Smoking Self-Efficacy in Two Groups of South Dakota Nurses: Former Smokers and Smokers Who Have Tried to Quit, Christi Hoffman
Factors Influencing Runoff and Sediment Losses from the Belle Fourche River Watershed in South Dakota, Matthew James Hubers
Effects of Berberine and its Combinations on Adipogenesis, Yueshan Hu
The Assessment of Agricultural Land in South Dakota, Nabil Jarachi
Population Estimation Procedures For Elk and Deer in the Black Hills, South Dakota: Development of a Sightability Model and Spotlight Survey, Angela R. Jarding
Interface Characterization of Explosively Bonded Gun Tubes, Christopher C. Jerred
Status and Distribution of Fishes in Tributaries of the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River, North Dakota, McLain S. Johnson
Insecticide Usage - An Assessment of Application and Crop Selection: South Dakota Agriculture Case Studies, Ariel Ruth Keating
Measuring Students' Personal and Professional Growth in the Nine STudents Emerging as ProfessionalS (STEPS) Characteristics, Michael A. Keegan
Essential Oil Use in Canine Veterinary Medicine, Elizabeth Rowan Keith
Theoretical Study of Two-Photon Absorption Properties of Organic [pi]-Conjugated Materials for Photovoltaic Devices, Vedbar Singh Khadka
Deciding to Come to the U.S.: International Students and Sociocultural Adaptation, Saileza Khatiwada
Young Adult Volunteerism: Motivation and Satisfaction, Jessica J. Kirkham
Discovery of Sulfur Mass-Independent Fractionation (MIF) Anomaly of Stratospheric Volcanic Eruptions in Greenland Ice Cores, Alyson Leigh Lanciki
Two-Dimensional Flow Modeling of the Big Sioux River at the Highway 13 Bridge Near Flandreau, South Dakota, Ryan Jon Larsen
Making a Difference at Sisseton Middle School, Tracey Lehrke
Regionalization of Unit Discharge and Head Loss Stream Flow Equations at Bridge Constrictions in South Dakota, Richard Liggett
A Tumor Cell Growth Model in a Nutrient Limited Environment, Bradley R. Lowery
Colonialism, Conflict, and the Religious Response, Nicholas T. Luetzow
Reject Inference in Sub-Prime Credit, Nathaniel Lutz
The Impact of Community Cultural Wealth on Health, Tracey R. McMahon
Estimating Forage Production for Waterbirds and Waterbird Response to Habitat Management at Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota, Heather Nicole McWilliams
Biodiesel Synthesis via Heterogeneous Catalysis And Development of Product Assessment Method By Quantitative Glycerol Analysis, Erin Jo Mercer
Amino Acid Utilization from Corn Distillers Grains-Based Diets for Dairy Cows, Kamal Mjoun
In Vitro Degradation of Bovine Myofibrils is Caused by u-calpain, not Caspase-3, Dustin Andrew Mohrhauser
Student Response Systems: The Impact on Nursing Student Engagement and Classroom Participation, Sandra Mordhorst
Comparison of Imputation Methods for Longitudinal Data with Missing Values, Michikazu Nakai
Blending Chlorinated and Chloraminated Water in a Regional Water Supply System, Abby Drews Nelson
Mitochondria-Targeting for Improved Photodynamic Therapy, Ethel J. Ngen