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 present.
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ETDS from 1982
Whey-Caseinate Blends and Lactose Hydrolysis in Yogurt Manufacture, Catherine A. Whalen
A Simulation of the Economic and Public Finance Impacts of Industrial Development on the Community of Brookings, South Dakota, Mark S. White
Photoinduction of Floral Development in Hard Red Winter Wheat, Jose Ernesto Robles WiJangco
The Relationship Between Home Economics Teachers' Conceptual Systems Levels and Classroom Discipline Ideologies, Kathleen R. Winberg
Radium-226 Detection by Radon Emanation and Rapid Simultaneous Scintillation Counting Methods, Richard Dean Wittmeier
Distribution, Movement, and Temperature Selection of Adult Walleye and Muskellunge in a Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Jerry A. Younk
ETDS from 1981
Populations of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Soil and Rhizospheres in Eastern South Dakota, Edward B. Anderson
Solar Energy Intensifier-Thermal Energy Storage System Evaluation for Ventilation Air Pre-Heating, Scott R. Astleford
Probable Causes of Cracking in a Series of Reinforced Concrete Box Girder Bridges, Steven Milton Bjordahl
An Investigation of Factors Associated with Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders, Michael Gene Breci
Meiotic Studies of Callus Culture-Derived Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans. L. Nash), Long-Fang Oliver Chen
Home Range, Home Range Expansion, Dispersal, and Mortality of Juvenile Red Foxes in Southeastern South Dakota, Floyd M. Demaray
Media Habits of Students at South Dakota State University, Craig Lee Derscheid
Alfalfa Products as Roughage and Protein Sources for Corn and Corn Stover Beef Diets, R A. Drake
Analysis and Evaluation of an Area Annexation Study for Redfield, South Dakota, Stephen Allen Dunn
Jackson County, South Dakota : An Area Study, Jeffrey A. Faunce
H. L. Loucks and the Dakota Ruralist: Voices of Reform, Thom Guarnieri
Studies on Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Dietary Buffers for Lambs, Jong Kyu Ha
Impact of Various Factors Upon Pavement Condition and Maintenance Expenditures of South Dakota Primary Arterial Roads, Mark Hanson
The Effects of Wage-Incentive Standards of Industrial Productivity in Eastern South Dakota, Ronald C. Hegge
Movement and Distribution of Esocids and Forage Fishes In A Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Douglas T. Henley
A Search for Atrazine Resistance in Wheat, Jay A. Holmdal
Hydrolyzed-Lactose Whey and Nonfat Dry Milk in Ice Cream, Mohammed Serajul Islam
Social and Structural Factors Associated with Career Mobility Among South Dakota Registered Nurses, Mercedes Iverson
The Impact of Project Adventure on the Self Concept of Adolescents, Sandra I. Jerstad
Sterling Women from Sterling Township : Women's Writing as Literature and History, Janet Hovey Johnson
Professional Preparation of Head Coaches for Girls Interscholastic Track and Field in South Dakota, Maxine Marie Johnson
The Effects of Fathead Minnows and Yellow Perch on Nutrient Concentrations, Phytoplankton, and Zooplankton Populations in Three Prairie Lakes, Darryl Lynn Jongsma
Comparative Study of Methanol, Ethanol, Isopropanol, and Butanol as Motor Fuels, Either Pure or Blended with Gasoline, Ajit D. Kelkar
Effects of Ground Sunflower Seeds in Diets of Late Gestating and Early Lactating Swine, Mark A. Kepler
Lactase Activity in Steers Fed Large Amounts of Dried Whey, Kenneth J. King
A Study of the Chemistry of Pendimethalin in Soils, Solvents and Plant, Md Abdul Mabud
The Effects of Rancid Milk on Cheddar Cheese, Shane Thomas McDonald
Effects of Type of Birth, Breed of Sire, Postweaning Nutrition and Age at First Breeding on Lamb and Wool Productivity of Range Ewes, Debra Sue Morris
Alteration of the Anestrous Period in Targhee Ewes, Charles C. Moser
Preparation and Spectral Properties of Substituted Heterocyclobutan-3-Ones, Peter Nickias
Dye Marking of Antibiotics Used in Treatment of Mastitis, Nancy Fairbank Novak
Flora of Ordway Prairie Compared to Other Prairie Remnants of the Missouri Coteau, David J. Ode
Preservative Effects of Covering and Propionic Acid on Alfalfa Haylage in Bunker Silos, Thomas Jonathan Oelberg
The Synthesis of 6, 18-Diphenyl-4,5,7,8-Dibenzo-6, 18-Diphospha-2, 10-Dithia [1,11] Orthocyclophane-6, 18-Dioxide, Patrick L. Oltmanns
The Effects of Aerosolized Lead on the Immune and Hematopoietic Systems, A. Nuri Ozkan
Solubility Curves of Nitrogen-Sulfur Liquid Fertilizer Systems, Dallas D. Parker
Woodpecker Nesting Habitat in a Prairie River Woodland, J. Barry Parrish
Modeling and Testing of a Solar Energy Intensifier System, Rita M. Polak
Effects of Diets on Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome (FLHS), Chandi C. Rakshit
Sport and Poetry : An Exploration of the Inter-Relatedness of Words and Actions, Ardis C. Resen
Electric Vehicle Feasibility for Farms in Eastern South Dakota, Maynard M. Resen
Verifiability and Veracity of Evidence at the South Dakota State High School Debate Tournament, Andrew J. Rist
Oat Grain Rations for Growing and Finishing Cattle, Randal W. Rosenboom
Initial Growth and Survival of Bluegills and Black Bullheads Stocked With Largemouth Bass in South Dakota Ponds, James J. Shelley
Infrared Study of Adsorbed Trans-Stilbene and Azobenzene, Chien Shih
Effects of Potassium Supplementation at Two Levels of Lysine in Weanling Pig Diets, Siyambango L. Siyoto
An Ultrastructural Survey of a Sarcocystis Species Found in the Wapiti of South Dakota, William Justus Soeffing
Effects of Teenage Parenthood Education on Parenting Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills, Kristi Yttreness Speaker
Growth and Survival of Largemouth Bass in Newly Stocked South Dakota Impoundments, Clifton C. Stone
Serological Groupings of Rhizobium Isolated from Native Legumes of South Dakota, Pamela Van De Rostyne Tranby
Economic Analysis of the Changing Structure of the South Dakota Pork Industry, Kevin Keith Weischedel
The History of Men's Basketball in the Netherlands, James Dale Woudstra
Ghost Towns in South Dakota : A Geographic Perspective, Peggy Ellen Year
Alienation of Rural Youth in South Dakota, Mohammad S. Zakikhani
Of Another World: The Jehovah's Witnesses, William Wesley Zellner
A History of the Oldham, South Dakota Socialist Hall from 1913 to 1970, Richard E. Zimmer
ETDS from 1980
Duration of Antibiotic Residues in Milk from Cows Treated via Intrauterine and Intramammary Infusion, Elias Abdurahman
Stand Densities of Interseeded Alfalfa During the Initial Years of Establishment and the Effect of Applied Nitrogen and Phosphorous on Five Selected Grasses, Levi Mudogo Akundabweni
W. Eugene Smith : Technique, Artistry and Social Statement in the Photographic Essay, Robert E. Alber
Partitioning Energy Requirements of Angus, Charolais and Reciprocal Cross Cows, Vernon L. Anderson
Western South Dakota Water Resources : An Evaluation of the Input-output model, Alan R. Bender
Model Development for Predicting Soil Moisture by Thermography, Gerard Alan Beutler
Groundwater Quality in the Vicinity of Seeping Stablilization Ponds, Gary Lee Bleeker
Martha Ostenso : Romance Versus Realism, Laura Bosch
The Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Techniques on College Age Football Players, Peter Chapman
The Effect of Prostaglandin F2-alpha on Synchronizing Estrus in the Ewe, L Dean Churchill
Soil Microfungal Relationships Associated With Grassland Reestablishment, Dennis C. Clarke
Penance and Confession in Medieval Literature for the Laity, Mary J. Daniel
Isolation and Identification of Obligately Anaerobic Bacteria from Bovine Lung Abscesses, Steven Lee Daniel
Design, Construction, and Performance Evaluation of an Ozonation Pilot Plant, Delvin Edward Deboer
A Comparative Perspective on the Status Attainment Process of White and Native American Youth, Leonard R. Decker
Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Infiltration Heat-loss Results in Two Residential Houses in Brookings, South Dakota, Fereidoon Delfanian
A Computerized Planning Model for Small Farms in Southeastern South Dakota, Rodney Gene De Smet
A Survey Evaluation of South Dakota Beef Cattle Production, Vernon Dooley
An Evaluation of Informal Self-teaching Centers in Selected South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service County Offices, Mark Kevin Eclov
A Theory and Partial Test of Women's Double-tracking Role Transitions and Quality of Role Enactment, Charlene Joy Ellis
Picture Selection : Editorial Reactions to Ten Violent News Photographs, Jacquelyn Ann Louise Elnor
Sarcocystis of Deer in South Dakota, Charles William Emnett
Factors Influencing Manufacturing Development in South Dakota, Wayne R. Goeken
Flood Hazard Perception and Adjustment in Rapid City, South Dakota, Herbert Paul Haist
Teenagers Teaching Nutrition: Effects on Their Own Dietary Habits, Marlys Hauck-Fenner
Variability of Factors Influencing Stand Establishment in Green Needlegrass Populations from Western South Dakota, Terril J. Heilman
The Effect of Ferric-nitrilotriacetic Acid on Selected Hemogram Parameters of Gestating and Lactating Swine and Their Offspring, Thomas Allen Heirigs
Effects of Isotonic Training, Isokinetic Training and Jumping Practice on the Vertical Jump Performance of College Age Women, Teri Helling
Applications of X-Ray Single Crystal Diffraction to Structure Determination, Bih- Lian Huang
Summer and Fall Ecology of Gray Patridge in Eastern South Dakota, Jerry W. Hupp
Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton in a Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Steven C. Johnson
Food Habits and Growth of Rainbow Trout in a Prairie Pond, Ronald Marvin Koth
Host responses of Calves to a Group 5 Bovine Herpesvirus, Linda A. Krogman
Feeding Ecology of Fishes in a South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Robert J. Krska, Jr.
Nesting and Brood Rearing Ecology of the Vancouver Canada Goose on Admiralty Island Southeast of Alaska, Charles S. Lebeda
The Use of Remote Sensing Techniques to Predict Beef Carcass Cutability, William R. Lloyd
Vegetational Analysis of the S. H. Ordway Jr. Memorial Prairie, Charles L. Lura