Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
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
The Attitude of Judges, State's Attorneys, and Bar Attorneys Towards Allowing Cameras into Courtrooms in South Dakota, Eniforme Uyoyou Eto
Effect of a Book Club Intervention on Physical Activity in Women with Coronary Artery Disease, Lindsau C. Exley
Effect of Streamflow Variation on Water Quality of the James River in South Dakota, Hanaa Fayyadh
An Analysis of Ontological Succession in Icelandic Saga Literature, Richard H. Ganci
The Improvement and Characterization of Candida Molischiana through Mutagenesis for Cellulosic Ethanol Production, Melanie R. Geiger
Quantifying Gross Forest Cover Loss in Malaysia Between 1990 and 2005: Comparisons with Contemporaneous Change in Indonesia, Namita Giree
Regulation of Uterine pH Throughout the Bovine Estrous Cycle, Jennifer Kay Grant
New Data Processing Approach for Vegetation Classification using Multiwavelength Airborne Polarimetric Lidar, Ali Haider Md.
Evaluation of the Impact of Corn Residue Removal on Soil Quality, Amber L. Hammerbeck
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
Protein Intake in Physically Active Young Females: The Effect of Increased Beef Consumption on Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover, Corey Selland
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