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How Do Stress Cycles On The Job Affect Law Enforcement Officers?, Owen Borrell

Psychology Student Publications

This paper goes into detail about how law enforcement experiences stress and some affects on metaphysical reactions as well as psychological effects. In this paper there are several sources describing studies related to stress and personal anecdotal evidence for stress responses.

An Insight To Music Therapy, Emma Gieseke

Psychology Student Publications

Music therapy aims to offer interventions that are therapeutically including music through a variety of activities. This paper aims to address the effects for three specific populations: individuals with depression, dementia, and autism spectrum disorder.

Social Media's Effect On Our Health, Isabel Engelhard

Psychology Student Publications

This paper tells us about the complex relationship between social media use and the mental health of young people. It addresses the negative effects of social media, such as increased suicide rates, addiction, and cyberbullying, while also bringing up the positive aspects, like personal connections. The study emphasizes the need for a healthier online environment to support mental health in young people.

The Effects Of Birth Order And Sibling Dynamics On The Future, Loa Thorkelson

Psychology Student Publications

This paper explores the nature versus nurture debate and its relevance to sibling dynamics. This is followed by an exploration of the relationships between birth order and sibling dynamics on future education and possible obesity development.

Roundtable: Issue 4, Matthew Egdorf, Srinath Kandooru, Vincente Otero, Jacob Stanley, Shinnosuke Tao

Roundtable: Journal of the UND Honors Program

No abstract provided.

Report: North Dakota Department Of Health Oral Health Program: Full Evaluation Of The Oral Health Program’S Activities Under Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (Cdc) Grant, State Actions To Improve Oral Health Outcomes (6-Year Close Out Report), Shawnda Schroeder

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

The North Dakota Oral Health Program is situated within the Healthy and Safe Communities Section of the ND Department of Health and Human Services. Funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) State Actions to Improve Oral Health Outcomes enables the Oral Health Program to strengthen (1) a school-based dental sealant program (SEAL!ND); (2) efforts to promote and sustain optimal levels of CWF; (3) oral health surveillance; and (4) a pilot program to facilitate medical dental integration though blood pressure screening at dental offices. This report highlights six years of programmatic work and presents the results of the …

Spring 2025, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Spring 2025 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Magazine." 60 pages

Volume 108, Number 2

Report: Evaluation Of Seal!Nd: School Year 2023-2024, Shawnda Schroeder, Rashid Ahmad

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

The North Dakota school-based sealant program (SEAL!ND) prioritizes providing preventive oral health care to underserved students by targeting schools with 45% or greater of their students enrolled in the free and reduced fee school lunch program (these are considered qualifying schools). Although schools with a larger proportion of youth who are from lower-income households are prioritized by federal funding, additional schools participate and receive care from local dental providers (these are referred to as non-qualifying). This report highlights the reach of the program and the students served during the 2023-2024 school year.

Brief: Improving Health And Dental Care Access In North Dakota, Evaluation Of Medical Dental Integration 2023, Shawnda Schroeder, Tonya Connor

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

This brief highlights the success of medical dental integration at one health center in North Dakota. The hygienists, within the healthcare clinic, provided dental screening, fluoride varnish application, and oral health education for patients and their families. In the 30-months of services, the hygienist completed 1,385 dental screenings for eligible patients.

Report: Evaluation Of Seal!Nd: School Year 2021-2022, Shawnda Schroeder, Tonya Connor

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

This comprehensive report provides evaluation data on the reach and impact of the North Dakota Oral Health Program’s school-based sealant program through the 2021-2022 school year. Data are presented longitudinally and identify inequities in care provision by race, grade level, and self-reported gender.

A Visual Journey Of Indigenous Health Doctoral Research Students - Photovoice Research, Shawnda Schroeder, Brynn Luger, Gem Wilson, Julie Smith-Yliniemi, Grace Karikari

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

We conducted a qualitative photovoice research project in which students attending summer seminar in 2024 captured images during their week on campus, then submitted the images along with title and narrative. Two virtual focus groups were then held to present and discuss these images. Focus group discussions were transcribed, coded, and were validated through code confirmation and member checking. A crucial component of photovoice research is presentation of the images and associated narratives. This is a transformative research method, intended to generate community awareness about an important topic, and to empower participants through presentation of their experience. This photo book …

Report: Aplu Cornell University Grant For Supporting Indigenous Student Success Initiatives, 2024, Shawnda Schroeder, Gem Wilson

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

Within the PhD in Indigenous Health, we have created a two-year Indigenous Health Seminar curriculum in which students enroll in a one-credit course every semester for their first two years of the program. Held in the summer, this a one-week, in-person seminar provides opportunities for students to develop relationships with their peers and the Department’s faculty and staff. This report highlights the impact of the program and the need for financial support to assist Indigenous health scholars.

Report: North Dakota Department Of Health Oral Health Program: Full Evaluation Of The Oral Health Program’S Activities Under Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (Cdc) Grant, State Actions To Improve Oral Health Outcomes (Year Four), Shawnda Schroeder

Indigenous Health Faculty Publications

The North Dakota Oral Health Program is situated within the Healthy and Safe Communities Section of the ND Department of Health and Human Services. Funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) State Actions to Improve Oral Health Outcomes enables the Oral Health Program to strengthen (1) a school-based dental sealant program (SEAL!ND); (2) efforts to promote and sustain optimal levels of CWF; (3) oral health surveillance; and (4) a pilot program to facilitate medical dental integration though blood pressure screening at dental offices. This report highlights programmatic work and presents the results of the formative evaluation for …

Leads Data Insights: Discovery — Spring 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Development Documents

Spring 2025 Data Insights presentation for the DISCOVERY core value of UND LEADS. The slides analyze Discovery strategic priorities using Activity Inventory data and outcome measures related to research funding, undergraduate research, Scholarly Commons student work, Grand Challenge activity, external partners, service units, faculty retention, and professional development.

Leads Data Insights: Learning Core Value Metrics Summary — Spring 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Development Documents

Summary and analysis of Spring 2025 metrics for the LEARNING core value of UND LEADS. The document reviews data sources, levels of achievement, and rationale for Learning strategic priorities, including experiential learning, global perspectives, digital technologies, student support, learning spaces, advising and mentoring, dynamic learning approaches, credential pathways, and credit and non-credit learning opportunities.

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LEADS Development Documents

Spring 2025 Data Insights presentation for the LEARNING core value of UND LEADS. The slides analyze currently available data as of March 2025, including levels of achievement for Learning strategic priorities, Activity Inventory summaries, and strategic-priority-level metrics related to experiential learning, global perspectives, digital technologies, student support, learning spaces, advising, mentoring, and credential pathways.

Leads Data Insights: Learning Core Value Metrics Summary — Spring 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Implementation Documents

Summary and analysis of Spring 2025 metrics for the LEARNING core value of UND LEADS. The document reviews data sources, levels of achievement, and rationale for Learning strategic priorities, including experiential learning, global perspectives, digital technologies, student support, learning spaces, advising and mentoring, dynamic learning approaches, credential pathways, and credit and non-credit learning opportunities.

Leads Data Insights: Learning — Spring 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Implementation Documents

Spring 2025 Data Insights presentation for the LEARNING core value of UND LEADS. The slides analyze currently available data as of March 2025, including levels of achievement for Learning strategic priorities, Activity Inventory summaries, and strategic-priority-level metrics related to experiential learning, global perspectives, digital technologies, student support, learning spaces, advising, mentoring, and credential pathways.

Domestic Violence Court: A Grand Forks Experiment, Adam K. Matz, Roni Mayzer, Jackson Archbold, Sierra Schartz, Aj Buntrock, Leanne F. Alarid

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

In late 2018, the Northeast Central Judicial District, in collaboration with the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) and numerous community stakeholders, implemented the first domestic violence court in North Dakota. Since inception through the end of 2023, the Grand Forks Domestic Violence Court (GFDVC) successfully processed about 250 perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) through their court-ordered programming. A team of researchers from the University of North Dakota, in collaboration with CVIC, examined case records to determine the extent to which the GFDVC was effective in reducing recidivism compared to a sample of IPV perpetrators prior to the court’s implementation. …

Air Traffic Trends And Uav Safety: Leveraging Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast Data For Predictive Risk Mitigation, Prasad Pothana, Paul Snyder, Sreejith Vidhyadharan, Michael Ullrich, Jack Thornby

Petroleum Engineering Student Publications

With the significant potential of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) extending throughout various fields and industries, their proliferation raises concerns regarding potential risks within the national airspace system (NAS). To enhance the safe and efficient integration of UAVs into airport environments, this paper presents an analysis of temporal statistical patterns in flight traffic, the predictive modeling of future traffic trends using machine learning, and the identification of optimal time windows for UAV operations within airports. The framework was developed using historical Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) data obtained from the OpenSky Network. Historical flight data from Class B, C, and D airports …

Time Capsule Essay, Dawson Bruner

Pandemic Time Capsules

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Link Between Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, And Increased Likelihood Of Incarceration, Gracen Breitbach

Psychology Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Are You Falling Victim To The Spotlight Effect?, Ellianah Schmitz

Psychology Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Of Hyperspectral Sensing For Detection Of Early Stages Of Corrosion In Structural Steel, Amrita Das, Sattar Dorafshan

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

The estimated global cost of steel atmospheric corrosion is 3-4% of the Gross Domestic Product, despite decades of corrosion mitigation practice. Steel, widely used for infrastructure construction, is composed primarily of iron and therefore is extremely vulnerable to atmospheric corrosion. The free iron atoms are highly reactive with water and oxygen molecules abundantly found in the atmosphere. Common non-contact in-field corrosion detection methods such as visual imaging and passive infrared thermography (IRT) use characteristics of visible corrosion compounds as the main features for corrosion detection. In this study, diffuse spectroscopy is investigated for the feasibility of corrosion detection before visual …

Supplement To "A Technical And Statistical Analysis Of Unleaded Aviation Fuel (Ul94) Adoption In A High-Volume Collegiate Aviation Environment", Nicholas D. Wilson, Ryan Guthridge, Brandon Wild, Jeremy Roesler, Daniel Kasowski, Aaron Terbest, Aaron Fettig, Nicholas Geinert, Robert J. Kraus

Datasets

Supplemental documentation for "A Technical and Statistical Analysis of Unleaded Aviation Fuel (UL94) Adoption in a High-Volume Collegiate Aviation Environment", forthcoming publication in the Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering.

Und Leads Panel Discussion Questions — February 25, 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Implementation Documents

Questions prepared for a UND LEADS panel discussion held on February 25, 2025. The document supports LEADS storytelling and outreach by guiding discussion around campus experiences, strategic priorities, and implementation-related themes.

University Faculty Research Competence: A Systematic Literature Review Of Core Components, Distinctions, And Measures, Muhammad Salahuddin, Robert H. Stupnisky

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

Recent studies identified that faculty research productivity increased when they felt competent in conducting research. Faculty level of research competency varies due to academic training, context, country, discipline, and experiences; however, what is faculty research competency? The core competencies of faculty research are unclear; thus, the current study systematically reviewed the literature. Researchers used Boolean searches of four popular databases to identify 553 articles for first-level screening. These yielded 46 peer-reviewed journal articles for full-text analysis, six of which focused on faculty populations (40 on non-faculty). Six core components of faculty research proficiency were identified: finding and reviewing literature, planning …

Analyzing Drone Sightings Near Airports, Prasad Pothana

Petroleum Engineering Student Publications

This report presents a visual analysis of drone sightings near airports in the United States from 2020 to 2024, based on FAA-reported data. The study includes aggregated monthly, yearly, and state-level trends, highlighting seasonal variations, geographic distribution, and population-adjusted drone density. The findings indicate a peak in sightings during late spring and early summer, with California, Florida, Texas, and New York recording the highest total incidents. When adjusted for population, Washington, D.C., exhibit disproportionately high drone sighting densities followed by Nevada, and Florida. These visualizations provide insights into patterns of unauthorized drone activity near airports, emphasizing the need for continued …

Data Management 101: 5 Steps To Smarter Research Data Management, Zeineb Yousif, Sara Westall

Librarian Posters and Presentations

This introductory workshop explains five simple steps researchers can take to more effectively manage and preserve their research data.

1. Backups
2. File Naming
3. Documentation
4. Security
5. Future Proofing

The activities and case studies within can be adapted to match the particulars of the campus where it is being presented.

Leads Data Insights: Service — February 2025, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Development Documents

February 2025 Data Insights presentation for the SERVICE core value of UND LEADS. The slides summarize Service-related Activity Inventory items and include data on innovation and economic prosperity, campus events for the general public, demographic trends for employees and students, and retention and advancement trends for faculty and staff.