Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Reintroduction of Bison (Bison bison) on Reservations in South Dakota: Four Case Studies, Trudy M. Ecoffey
Non-Conformist Fiction in 1950s America : Social Criticism in Invisible Man, The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit, and On the Road, Shirley Renee Even
A Combination Survival and Time Series Model for Predicting Time to Default, Alfed Furth
Effects of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and Cattle on Vegetation Composition and Disappearance in the Mixed-Grass Prairie, Melissa L. Gabrielson
An Evaluation of Habitat Use and Requirements for Grassland Bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Central and Western South Dakota, Mitchell J. Greer
Feminist Rhetorical Criticism of VH-1's Rock of Love and Participant Blogs, Brandy Lee Gruis
Continuous Composite Beams Utilizing Stand-off Screws to Support Offset Load Bearing Cold-formed Steel Stud Framing, Nickolas Michael Haltvick
Cold Water Immersion Has No Effect on Measures of Recovery between High-Intensity Exercise Bouts Occurring Within the Same Day, Emily A. Hansen
The Effect of an Explosive Strength Training Program and a Combination Training Program on a Battery of Dynamic Athletic Performance Tests, Nate J. Hansen
Experimental Study of Particle Motion on a Smooth and Rough Bed Under Shoaling Waves using Particle Image Velocimetry, Sanjay Narayan Havaldar
The Evolution of an Artist: Hemingway Writes the Spanish Civil War, Tony Hendrickson
Effect of a Shelterbelt on H[subscript 2]S Concentrations from Swine Barns, Brett J. Hofer
The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising on the Physician/Patient Conversation, Calla L. Hogue
The Relationship Between Plasma Leptin and Ghrelin Concentrations and the Presence of the Ghrelin Receptor in Beef Cattle Exhibiting Differences in Composition of Gain, Jenny Sarelle Jennings
Value Addition of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) Using Extrusion Processing for Aquaculture Feeds, Sankaranandh Kannadhason
Fabrication of a Robust Tunnel Junction and Analysis of Failure Mechanism, Rojan L. Karmacharya
A Theoretical Analysis of Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy (IETS) Based Electronic Nose, Suravi Karmacharya
Assessing the Effect of Robotics Education on Student Attitude Towards Science, Andrea Klein
Disjunctive Rado numbers for the set of equations ax(,1) + x(,2) = x(,3) and bx(,1) + x(,2) = x(,3), Liz Lane-Harvard
Consumer Credit Card Behavior in South Dakota : A Pilot Investigation, Shannon Marie Lane
Selenium Uptake by Wheat Grown in South Dakota, Sanghun Lee
Specific Health Goals and Problems that Influence Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors by the 18-24 Year Old Midwestern College Population, Kelsey Likness
Modification, Characterization, and Application of N-(R)-Succinamic Acid Modified Chitosan, Jia Lin
Dietary Management to Influence Adipose Deposition and Beef Palatability in Finishing Steers, Tanner Joseph Machado
Lipid Profiles of Cuphea PSR23 Leaf, Callus and Seed and In Vitro Calli Optimization of NA and BAP Concentrations for Four Cuphea Species, Sibongile Mafu
Genetics of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat, Subas Malla
An Efficient Search Paradigm Implementing a Unique Identifier, Devendra Manandhar
Automated Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site Selection Using Temporal Statistics, Daniel Morstad
Disease Survey of Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link) in the Northern Great Plains, Krystle Lynn Ness
IP Payload Compression for Higher Throughput, Bikrant Neupane
The Portrayal of America in East German Radio Drama, 1945-1961, Curt W. Nickisch
Optimality of Minimum Power Broadcasting in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Austin O'Brien
In the Name of the Spirit: The Secularization of American Evangelicalism in Esther, The Pit: A Story of Chicago, and Elmer Gantry, Emily S. Olson
Phytochemicals and Flavor Profiles of Soymilk, Vandana Panchal
Development of a Fault Location Algorithm Based on Distributed Neutral-to-Ground Current Sensor Measurements, Madhab Paudel
A Study on Inconsistent Epoxy Dispense in the Application of Capillary Underfill Processes, Audra C. Peter
Potential Mechanical and Antiviral Methods to Ensure a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Free Semen Supply, Lindsey M. Reister
Impacts of Early-Weaning and Winter Feeding Strategies on Cow-Calf Performance and Forage Utilization, Heather Ann Richter
The Role of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin in the Colonization of the Small Intestine by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli, Kristina B. Santiago-Mateo
Conflict According to Children, Marguerite E. Schade
Evaluation of Nitrification in a Large Regional Rural Water System, Lisa M. Snyders
Application of Microfiltration in Process Cheese Spread and Whey Protein Concentrate Manufacture, Himanshu Somni
Pretreatment Strategies for Cellulosic Ethanol, Lisette Ngo Tenlep
Radiometric Stability Analysis of Landsat- I through -5 MSS Sensors, Sirish Uprety
Self-Disclosure in the Workplace: An Investigation on Employee Motives, Marybeth T. Vandall
Inheritance and Characterization of Soybean Aphid Resistance in Soybean Germplasm Accession P171506, Andrew Van Nurden
Battle Creek Watershed: A Watershed Update of the National Wetlands Inventory, Emma Louise-Gebhard Volz
Low Cost Organic Photovoltaic Cells for Broad Spectrum Light Harvesting, Qi Wang
The Effects of Mutual Goal Setting on Patient Satisfaction Among Adult Patients at a Rural Community Hospital, Jennifer Weg
Experimental Evaluation of Simple Span Cold-Formed Steel and Concrete Composite Beams Utilizing Shearflex® Connectors, Alexander Paul Wehbe
Improving Wheat Yield and Grain Nitrogen Concentration Through Efficient Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer, Ann M. Weinkauf
Genetic Analyses of Amylose Content in Maize (Zea mays L.), Yusheng Wu
Forage Production of Bromegrass Under Intensive Management with Applications to Vegetated Treatment Areas in the Northern Great Plains, Ronade Martine Zamy
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The Effects of a Behavior Change Project Implemented into Wellness 100, Amy Anderson
Out in the Country : American and French Rurality, Masculinity and Homosexuality, Alexis J. Annes
"Each One a Pilgrim of Four Billion Years" : Religious Perspectives on Animals in the Prose of Annie Dillard and Gary Snyder, Benjamin Michael Barondeau
QTL Mapping for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in a 'Sumai-3' x 'Y1193-6' Spring Wheat Population, Bhoja Raj Basnet
Iron Status in Collegiate Female Athletes Over the Course of a Competitive Season, Barbara K. Baumberger
The Glycemic Response of Distillers Dried Grains as a Human Food Ingredient, Alyssa M. Bechen
Mid-oleic Quantitative Trait Loci in Two Soybean Crosses, Nabil Belbachir
Iron Status of Collegiate Male and Female Runners Over a Competitive Season, Kevin Bjerke
Public Performers Versus Non-performers and Their Ability to Self-monitor While Using Haptics and Proxemics, Carrie J. Brinker
Antibody Response to Non-Structural Proteins : Implications for Diagnostic Detection and Differentiation of Type 1 and Type 2 Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus, Elizabeth Marie Brown
Production and Processing of Selenium Rich Wheat in South Dakota, Smita Chandran
PRRSV Surveillance, Elimination and Immunity in Boars and Boar Semen, Travis Clement
The Lived Experience of Feeling Misunderstood for Persons Living with Vitiligo, Barbara Backer Condon
A Comparison of Patch-Burn Grazing and Continuous Grazing in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie, Tara Cook
Bacterial Subversion of Host Cells: A Study of The Type Three Secreted Effectors NleF and EspG, Frank Echtenkamp
The Effect of an Eight-Week Jump Training Program on Markers of Bone Turnover, Christina R. Erickson
The Dynamic Response of a Cannon Barrel to a Ballistic Event using Thermo-Structural Coupled Finite Element Analysis, John L. Feldhacker
Effects of an Injection of GnRH and Initiation of Standing Estrus on Initiation of LH Pulses, LH Release, and Subsequent Concentrations of Progesterone, Sarah Denise Fields
Social Responsibility: The Student Voice, Melanie R. Fuller
Study of Airflow and Thermal Distribution over a Compressor using CFD, Sunil R. Gaddam
The Role of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Density, Marcella J. Gilbert
Elevated Temperature Fatigue for AISI 4340 Steel, Adam Stephen Goblish
The Impact of Ethanol on Land Use in the Northwestern Corn Belt, Jordan Graesser
Eco-cultural Gardening, Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite
High Performance Concrete in Bridge Applications, Zachary Dean Gutzmer
What Influences the Decisions that Teachers Make Related to Their Environment: Philosophy, Light, Color, & Space, Erika Lynn Hauck
Exploring Mechanisms Involved in Grapevine Bud Paradormancy, Dong He
Asset-Based Community Development and Community Capitals: A Case Study of Development on an Isolated Indian Reservation, Joseph Ralph Hicks
Strength Evaluation of Polymer Composite Spur Gear by Finite Element Analysis, Mohammad Robiul Hossan
Parents Views of Quality Child Care in South Dakota, Laura L. Jewell Huddleston
Man Or Mouse?: Representations of Masculinity in American Television and Film, 1998-2008, Jose Iglesias-Urquizar
The Rhetoric of Remediation: Metaphor and Context in SDSU Writing Center Discourse, Amber L. Jensen
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Promotes its Adherence to Intestinal Epithelial Cells through Heat-Labile Enterotoxin-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms, Amber M. Johnson
Invasive Grasses Induce Bottom-Up Biodiversity Reductions by Insects in Northern Tallgrass Prairie, Daniel Kinicki
City of Sioux Falls Anaerobic Digester Mixing Study, Brian R. Knadle
Plant Succession on the Ruby Gulch Waste Rock Repository Cap in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, Andrew C. Korth
Analysis of WTO Related Domestic Farm Support Reductions and Counter-Cyclical Revenue Proposals in the US : Farm-Level Effects for South Dakota, Fordjour Y. Kyei
The Effects of Swine Manure or Biosolids Containing Antibiotics on Soil Microbial Communities in Eastern South Dakota, Kelly A. Lehnert