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Uncertainty Quantification And Economic Dispatch Models For The Power Grid, Arun Sukumaran Nair

Theses and Dissertations

The modern power grid is constrained by several challenges, such as increased penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), rising demand for Electric Vehicle (EV) integration, and the need to schedule resources in real-time accurately. To address the above challenges, this dissertation offers solutions through data-driven forecasting models, topology-aware economic dispatch models, and efficient optional power flow calculations for large scale grids. Particularly, in chapter 2, a novel microgrid decomposition scheme is proposed to divide the large scale power grids into smaller microgrids. Here, a two-stage Nearest-Generator Girvan-Newman (NGGN) algorithm, a graphicalclustering-based approach, followed by a distributed economic dispatch model, is …

Preoperative Smoking Cessation Education Plan For Patients And Health Care Professionals, Amy Anderson

Nursing Capstones

Surgical site infections are an undesired consequence of surgery. Smoking has been identified as a risk factor for developing a postoperative infection (Anderson, 2019). Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery should be required to be tobacco-free for at least four weeks before surgery. Health care organizations can implement a preoperative smoking cessation program within their facility to assist patients in achieving this requirement. To do so, an education plan is needed to effectively disseminate the main components of the program to both patients and health care professionals. The efficacy of the education plan can be exponentially increased by selecting learning strategies …

Teaching Methodologies For Improved Student Engagement In Online Or Distance Education Courses, Erin Williams

Nursing Capstones

Research demonstrates the importance of learner engagement and social presence achievement of student learning outcomes and increased student satisfaction. However, little guidance is available to educators on how to create effective online and distance education courses that are engaging, interactive, student-centered, and effective. A literature review was completed to determine which online and/or distance education teaching methodologies are best for improving student engagement, and therefore improving student outcomes. Thirteen articles published between January 2014 and December 2019 were identified from a search of two databases. Ten of these articles were further analyzed according to the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. …

Improving Patient Communication With Bedside Medical Interpreters: Nursing Education Focus On Providing Culturally Competent Care, Molly Murch

Nursing Capstones

Patient-centered care is achieved through effective communication between the patient and the healthcare team members. The purpose of this independent study project is to show that the increasing cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity in the United States healthcare system has resulted in an increased need for professionally trained medical interpreters, as well as the continued need to educate pre-licensure nursing students on the importance of providing culturally competent care. This paper will first focus on Limited English Proficiency (LEP) patients in healthcare. Information discussed will include data on the number of LEP patients who require healthcare, laws protecting LEP patients, …

Education Strategies For The Interdisciplinary Team Of An Early Mobility Protocol, Malori Paplow

Nursing Capstones

Implementation of early mobility protocols in the intensive care unit has been well documented to prevent multiple complications associated with prolonged immobility and to improve patient outcomes. Expectations to implement evidence-based healthcare is growing and the most difficult steps in the process is education and implementation, and it is often left to busy nursing leaders who may be unprepared for the challenge. The literature provides little direction for nurses regarding when to use specific educational strategies when implementing an early mobility protocol, especially amongst the interdisciplinary team. The purpose of this paper is to create an evidence-based education plan for …

Training And Support Of Unit Preceptors_A Literature Review Of Most Successful Tools, Corinne E. Jones

Nursing Capstones

With nurses entering the workforce in the millions, preceptors are used to educate and train preceptees in clinical settings. A knowledge-practice gap exists when preceptors are put into their roles without any training regarding how to perform their preceptor duties. While preceptor education is desired among preceptors, there are no set standards for how preceptor training is delivered or what content is included. This paper reviews current literature and synthesizes results to form general guidelines regarding how best to deliver preceptor education and concept themes to be included in preceptor education. The databases CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC were searched for …

Winter Commencement: December 19-20, 2019, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Winter Commencement program from December 19-20, 2019.

Volume 57, Number 18: December 11, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Volume 57, Number 17: December 04, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Und Today: December 2019, University Of North Dakota

UND Today Archive

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Evaluative Discourse As Community Identity Among Expatriates In Shenzhen, China, Karyn Harding

Theses and Dissertations

Expatriates are a modern-day community built by a rapid advance towards globalization. Expatriates are now likely to be self-initiated; that is, they chose to live in a foreign country rather than having been sent there by an employer, and they are changing the face of the global job market. However, their social interactions have not been the subject of much previous study. This paper delves into the ways that expatriates build and maintain their communities. In this case, participant observation and discourse analysis are used to study an expat community living in Shenzhen, China. As a group not defined by …

Phonology And Morphology Of Bolgo, Katie Ann Tikka

Theses and Dissertations

Bolgo [bvo] is a language spoken in central Chad. It is a Bua language within the Adamawa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. This thesis provides an overview of the phonology and morphology of Bolgo, focusing on the underdocumented Bolgo Dugag dialect. The data on which the thesis is based consist of original research; approximately 600 nouns, 350 verbs, and 50 adjectives were elicited, as well as a number of phrases and sentences.

A significant aspect of Bolgo phonology is its ATR harmony system, which contains nine phonemic vowels. In this harmony system, words contain either the +ATR vowels /i/, …

December 5, 2019: Agenda, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Agenda for the December 5, 2019, meeting of the University Senate. 110 pages

Volume 57, Number 15: November 20, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Practitioner's Guide To Small Unmanned Aerial Systems For Bridge Inspection, Sattar Dorafshan, Robert J. Thomas, Calvin Coopmans, Marc Maguire

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

Small unmanned aerial system(s) (sUAS) are rapidly emerging as a practical means of performing bridge inspections. Under the right condition, sUAS assisted inspections can be safer, faster, and less costly than manned inspections. Many Departments of Transportation in the United States are in the early stages of adopting this emerging technology. However, definitive guidelines for the selection of equipment for various types of bridge inspections or for the possible challenges during sUAS assisted inspections are absent. Given the large investments of time and capital associated with deploying a sUAS assisted bridge inspection program, a synthesis of authors experiences will be …

A Review Of Autobiographical Memory Studies On Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Yujia Zhang, Sara K. Kuhn, Laura Jobson, Shamsul Haque

Psychology Student Publications

Background

Patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders demonstrate various cognitive deficiencies, the most pertinent one being impairment in autobiographical memory. This paper reviews quantitative research investigating deficits in the content, and characteristics, of autobiographical memories in individuals with schizophrenia. It also examines if the method used to activate autobiographical memories influenced the results and which theoretical accounts were proposed to explain the defective recall of autobiographical memories in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods

PsycINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed databases were searched for articles published between January 1998 and December 2018. Fifty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria. All studies implemented the …

Volume 57, Number 14: November 13, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Secondary Infall In The Seyfert's Sextet: A Plausible Way Out Of The Short Crossing Time Paradox, Omar López-Cruz, Héctor Javier Ibarra-Medel, Sebastián F. Sánchez, Mark Birkinshaw, Christopher Añorve, Jorge K. Barrera-Ballesteros, Jesús Falcon-Barroso, Wayne A. Barkhouse, Juan P. Torres-Papaqui

Physics Faculty Publications

We used integral field spectroscopy from CALIFA DR3 and multiwavelength publicly available data to investigate the star formation histories of galaxies in the Seyfert's Sextet (SS; HCG 79). The galaxies H79a, H79b, H79c, and H79f have low star formation rates despite showing strong signs of interaction. By exploring their individual specific star formation histories, we identified three earlier episodes of strong star formation common to these four galaxies. We use the last two episodes as markers of the epochs when the galaxies were crossing. We suggest that after the first turnaround, initially gas-rich galaxies crossed for the first time, consuming …

Und Today: November 2019, University Of North Dakota

UND Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Scratch Coding For Tweens: Creating Cartoons, Karlene T. Clark

Librarian Publications

Coding is an integral part of digital literacy. It teaches computational thinking in children, teens and adults while having fun. This chapter is part of a fully realized book on developing coding skills within libraries. Step by step instructions are included along with images and links to see what the finished coding should look like and how the final project runs.

Comparison Of Hemodialysis And Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes In The Older Patient Population, Dane Rasmussen

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Papers

The objective of this research and systematic literature review is to determine the dialysis modality of choice for elderly patients with end-stage renal disease. This literature review will compare the outcomes of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, which will be judged by morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. In this review, PubMed, Embase, and DynaMed were searched using a specific set of keywords and mesh headings. Results of the searches were then filtered to include human-only studies, patients over 65 years old, and published within the last ten years. There were 12 studies that met inclusion criteria and were selected for …

November 7, 2019: Agenda, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Agenda for the November 7, 2019, meeting of the University Senate. 73 pages

Volume 57, Number 12: October 30, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Use Of Local Plants For Ecological Restoration And Slope Stability: A Possible Application In Yan'an, Loess Plateau, China, Rui Xu, Xunchang Li, Wei Yang, Chao Jiang, Minou Rabiei

Petroleum Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper aimed to screen the potential species suitable for ecological restoration and slope stability from local natural growing plants in China Loess Plateau under a semiarid climate. As part of the field investigations of local natural growing plants, potential species, which are suitable candidates for ecological restoration and slope stability, were nominated in the hilly-gullied region in the Yan’an area. The results showed that Artemisia spp. is the best candidate to form a stable root-soil composite system to support the loose loess and reinforce the loose soil, particularly suitable as pioneer plant in the initial stage of loess slope …

Life On Holidays: Study Protocol For A 3-Year Longitudinal Study Tracking Changes In Children's Fitness And Fatness During The In-School Versus Summer Holiday Period, Amanda Watson, Carol Maher, Grant R. Tomkinson, Rebecca Golley, Francois Fraysse, Dorothea Dumuid, Hayley Lewthwaite, Tim Olds

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that children become fatter and less fit over the summer holidays but get leaner and fitter during the in-school period. This could be due to differences in diet and time use between these distinct periods. Few studies have tracked diet and time use across the summer holidays. This study will measure rates of change in fatness and fitness of children, initially in Grade 4 (age 9 years) across three successive years and relate these changes to changes in diet and time use between in-school and summer holiday periods.

Methods: Grade 4 Children attending Australian Government, Catholic …

Crossmodal Communication In Perceptual Discrimination: A Behavioral Study On Visual And Tactile Modalities, Shakila Parvin Bristy

Psychology Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigated crossmodal communication in perceptual discrimination between visual and tactile modalities. Towards this end, the study was conducted on 32 children aged 7-11 years in four schools situated in the city of Dhaka. Two experiments were conducted each in two phases, "tactile to visual" and "visual to tactile" phases, following a novel behavioral approach. We assessed correctness of response and reaction time for discriminating unknown Japanese letters and geometric shapes. Data were analyzed in a series of one-sample t-tests and paired-sample t- tests, as well as in a series of one-way repeated measures ANOVAs using visual field …

Barefoot Running: Effects On Emg Activity Of Gluteus Medius And Tensor Fascia Latae In Habitually Shod Runners, Bailey Neubauer, Zach Drevlow, Alexandra Gerlach

Physical Therapy Scholarly Projects

Purpose/Hypothesis: Running has been a common practice in humans since the species’ dawn. Due to its relative ease and low cost, running continues to be one of the most popular forms of exercise today. Although running provides many benefits such as disease prevention, injury prevalence in running is high. The trend of minimalist shoes and barefoot training has gained popularity over the decade as a return to a more natural form of running. Some researchers hypothesize that barefoot running can reduce injury rate by changing the biomechanics of the runner. In this study we propose a different hypothesis: barefoot running …

October 15, 2019, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Volume 57, Number 9: October 09, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

October 8, 2019, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.