Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Comparisons of Soil within a Till Plain Across Contrasting Land Uses, Kyle R. Heimerl
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
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
An Event Driven Phenology Model : Development and Validation, Valeriy Kovalskyy
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
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
Power Management Optimization for Stand-Alone Microgrids, Seth M. McGill
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
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
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
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
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
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
Neo-Aristotelean Rhetorical Criticism of Sermons from The Great Awakening, Scott Ristau
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
Investigation of the Teslaco Method for Multi-Inverter Islanding Prevention, Dustin Schutz
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wind Generator & Biomass No-draft Gasification Hybrid, Matthew R. Hein
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
Interface Characterization of Explosively Bonded Gun Tubes, Christopher C. Jerred