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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
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
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