Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Transgressive Acts : Women's Travel Writing and the Contemporary Lyric Essay, Catherine Grandorff
The Myth of Word-magic : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a Critique of Conversation, Allison Crisler Green
Economic Analysis of Next Generation Ethanol Production Facilities, Chris Green
Haemonchus Contortus Overwinter Strategies and Anthelmintic Resistance in the Northern Great Plains of the United States, Drew David Grosz
Antineoplastic Effects of Honokiol on Melanoma, Ruth F. Guillermo
Metal-Complex based Electrolyte for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis, Characterization and Photovoltaic Study, Ashim Gurung
A Study of Stress and Coping Strategies among International Students at South Dakota State University with regard to Socio-economic Status, Gender and Age, Bishwa P. Gurung
Marketing to Post 9/11 Veterans in South Dakota's Non-Profit Higher Education: Who Today's Veterans Are and What They Need to be Successful in Higher Education, Timothy M. Hanna
Evaluation of Cover Crops for Late-season Forages and Their Effect on Corn Yields in South Dakota, Matthew J. Hansen
Development of a Pulsating Heat Pipe Test Apparatus and Investigation of Pulsating Heat Pipe Performance, Nick Hansen
Finding a Place in the Curriculum: Film Studies and All Quiet on the Western Front, Danielle Harms
The Sustainability of Tribal Buffalo Herds in the Great Plains Region, Heather M. Hatfield
Characterizing Maize and Soy Senescence by Divergence of Multiple Spectral Indices, Benjamin Helder
Vitamin D Status and Muscle Function in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Christine Wey Hockett
Effects of Weaning Age and Winter Development Environment on Replacement Heifer Performance and Grazing Distribution, Nikkie Lee Hojer
The Functional Genomics of Maize Gametophyte Mutants and Analysis of SBE1 Gene, Ruijia Huang
Maternal Nutrition During Mid-gestation Influences Gene Expression Essential for Intramuscular Adipose Tissue and Muscle Development in Bovine Fetuses, Tracy D. Jennings
Solution-based Processing for Cu₂ZuSnS₄ (CZTS) Solar Cells, Minlin Jiang
Innate Immune Responses of Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Monocyte-derived Macrophages to Viral Ligands and Swine Influenza Virus, Jocelin Joseph
Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers and Composites as Low Cost Counter Electrodes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Prakash Joshi
Impact of Aphid Resistant Soybeans and Insecticidal Seed Treatments on Soybean Aphids, Bean Leaf Beetles, and Natural Enemies, Devi R. Kandel
A New Approach for Segmentation of Breast MR Images and Object-retrieval Based on Correlation Between Different Types of Breast Images, Donghoon Kang
The Relationship between Technical Soccer Skills , Markers of Athletic Ability , and Functional Movement, Erin Kasmarik
Multibody Dynamic Model and Algorithm for Vibration Analysis of Wind Turbines, Yuho Kim
Characterization of a Novel Corn-Soybean Extruded Product : Energy Content and Sow Performance, Katherine M. Koch
Sensitization to Near-infrared Light and Improvement of Titanium Dioxide Compact Layers for Efficient Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Curtiss S. Kovash
Analysis of Hidden Links among Published Gene Lists from Arabidopsis, Liming Lai
A Land Cover and Land Use Change Assessment of the Philippines' Mangrove Forests: 1990 to 2010, Jordan Long
Immobilization of Cellulase and Hemicellulases on Porous Glass Beads with Subsequent Application in Saccharification of Biomass, Pavani Mandali
What Women Want : Marketing to Midwest College Women to Increase Online Purchasing, Jenna Marston
Inquiry in the Chemistry Classroom : An Age Comparative Study, Bethany M. Melroe Lehrman
Extracting Breast Cancer Feature and Generating its Parametric Pattern in Medical Images, Ju Cheol Moon
Unraveling the Biology of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) Persistent Infections : Integrating Field and Laboratory Studies, Susan Evon Morarie
Composing Genre and Self through Creative Nonfiction Travel Writing, Katie Munk
The Influence of International Travel on Midwestern High School Students' Cultural Perceptions and Geographic Understanding, Brady Jay Olson
Social/physical Impacts and Water Consumption Characteristics of South Dakota's Rural Water Systems, Matthew J. Pajl
Sources and Fate of Nitrate in the Big Sioux River, Ujwal D. Pandey
Effect of Genetic, Environment, and Management on Wheat Grain Yield, Protein and Amino Acid Composition, and Quality, Hyejin Park
Physico-chemical and Rheological Properties of Soy-DDG Blends in Wheat Flour Based Food Formulations, Kalpesh Parmer
Design of an Energy Scavenging Power Supply to Power Small Autonomous Electronic Loads with High Availability Requirements, Scott Perlenfein
Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Construction Review, Brooke B. Postma-Edger
Advanced Statistical Methods for Analyzing Heart Disease Risk Based on Blood Fatty Acids, James V. Pottala
Two-dimensional Flow Modeling of the James River at the Highway 37 Bridge Crossing North of Mitchell, South Dakota, Ryan Patrick Rossell
Development of a Tripartite Subunit Vaccine and a Modified Live Vaccine Against Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Xiaosai Ruan
Transcutaneous Vaccine Delivery Systems, Preety Sahdev
Role of Brain Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Acute and Chronic Effects of Ethanol in Mice, Ravi Kiran Sajja
Native American Sex Offenders: Residing in Disorganization?, Stacy Sanders
Effects of Genistein on Cytokine Response to Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation in Porcine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Lyssa S. Seefeldt
Aerospace Battery Management : From Manufacturing to Recycling, Bernard Kwabena Sefogah
Photovoltaic & Photophysical Study of Dye and TiOrNanoparticle Interactions in Porphyrin-sensitized Solar Cells (M.S.), Maheshwar Shrestha
An Updated Radiometric Calibration of the Hyperion Sensor, Sandrip K. Shrestha
Women and Water: Meeting Nepalese Women's Practical and Strategic Gender Needs, Umit Shrestha
All Solution Processible Polymer Multijunction Solar Cells, Mahbube Khoda Siddiki
Prairie Wedgegrass: Life History and Potential for Wetland Restoration, Bryan D. Simon
Innate Immune Responses of Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cells to Bacteria-associated Molecular Patterns and Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Chithra Sreenivasan
Impacts of DBP Precursor Removal and Disinfection Modifications on DBP Formation at Missouri River Water Treatment Facilities, Brittni A.S. Stephens-Yates
Longitudinal Data Analysis, Ramu Goud Sudhagoni
Incorporating Culture into Ethics Education for Scientists, Julie A. Thorstenson
A Cross-Sectional View of Energy Balances in Crop Production Systems of Eastern South Dakota, Seth Urbanowitz
Parents Perceptions of the Advantage of Nature for Growing Children (0-5) Years in the Midwest, Uma Devi Vadamalai
Satellite Driven Hydrologic Modeling of Ungauged Lakes and Reservoirs : Applications in East Africa, Naga Manohar Velpuri
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A View Into the Colonial Abyss, Tamara Joelle Voight
Rado Numbers for some Non-Homogenous Inequalities, Corey Vorland
Cost-effective Photovoltaics Utilizing Hybrid Amorphous/Crystalline Silicon, Jun Wang
Entry and Exit Behaviors of Farmers in South Dakota, Andrew W. Waugh
The Effect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass, Density, and Geometric Properties, Lee Andrew Weidauer
Bob Dylan: A Rhetorical Criticism of Dylan's Metaphor and Music, Allison L. Weiland
Image Semantic Search System (ISSS) : A Semantic-based Image Retrieving System, Peiyi Xiao
Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Mediated via Morphology Engineering, Yu Xie
Optimal Resource Allocation to Support Quality of Service in Multi-hop Wireless Multimedia Networks, Lin Xing
Novel Strategies to Prepare Polymer-inorganic Hybrid Nanostructure Systems for Cost-effective Energy Conversion, Tingting Xu
Fourier Irregularity Index: A New Approach to Measure Irregularity of Breast Masses in Mammograms, Gensheng Zhang
Use of Piglet Model for Development of Vaccines for Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Swine influenza, Mojun Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Prevalence of Anemia, Iron Deficiency, and Malnutrition and Associations with Breastfeeding Status in Honduran Infants Ages 6-36 Months, Khaleal Almusaylim
Development of Climate Scenarios Using Climate Data from Specific Stations in Eastern South Dakota, Sadichya Amatya
Incorporation of Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in Wheat Flat Breads (Chapathi and Naan), Sowmya Arra
Parent-child Internal Working Model and The Peer Relationship, Amybeth Ballou
Understanding My Image of the Child : My Journey as a Preschool Teacher, Kamara L. Bartels
Development of Climatic Scenarios Using Precipitation Data for Aberdeen, South Dakota, Nabin Basnet
Managing Manure Application to Limit Nutrient Runoff from Agricultural Field, Ammar B. Bhandari
Atomic Layer Deposited HfO2 Interface Treatments for Improved Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Performance, Braden Bills
Diet-based Fitness in Coccinella Novemnotata Herbst (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Danielle Marie Brandt
The 'ex' Factor ... Will They Be Friends? : A Qualitative Analysis of Post-dissolutional Communication Among Former Premarital Cohabitating Couples, Brittany Bunkers
Effects of Lean Beef Supplementation on Iron Status, Body Composition and Performance of Collegiate Distance Runners, Danielle E. Burke
Social Factors Associated with Disadvantaged First Year College Students' Retention and Academic Success, James L. Burnett
Theoretical and Applied Radiometric Cross-calibration of Satellite Optical Sensors, Gyanesh Chander
Validity of the 30-s Chair Stand Test, Get-Up-and-Go Test, and Grip Strength Test in Older Adults, Amber M. Chevalier
Effects of Honokiol and Magnolol on Skin Tumor Development, Chandeshwari Chilampalli
Utilizing Early Season Defoliation to Control Introduced Cool-Season Grasses in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie, Tabithia K. Christner
Family Functioning : Considering Family Leisure and Parental Behaviors, Kyleigh J. Cramer
Subcellular Localization, Trafficking and Secretion of Influenza B Virus NB Protein, Andrew James Demers
AlSb Compound Semiconductor as Absorber Layers in Thin Film Solar Cells, Rabin Dhakal