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Eos 1: Evolution Of Sustainability, Jonathan Thomas

Architecture Theses

Human interaction is a real need fulfilled by simple communication, verbal or non verbal. Individualism and congregation are part of everyday settings. The built environment has a large influence on how and when these interactions take place. This thesis is focused on the redevelopment of downtown Houston. This community utilizes two undeveloped blocks in the "inner loop" on the border of the high-rise district, and the underdeveloped old industrial district, which was rezoned long ago. The project embraces both individuality and communal need through its integration of spaces though sound Architectural principles. E.O.S. stands for "The Evolution of Sustainability". The …

Maintaining The Integrity Of The Public Library Building In The Digital Age, Alexander J. Engle

Architecture Theses

Today’s public library building sits in a peculiar position as media changes from the tactile to the digital. The thesis aims to illustrate the continued importance of the library as a physical place within the community. No longer a place simply to store books, the library has become a place for human interaction, a place for public discourse, and a place for continued education. Far from obsoletion, the public library building will continue to be a crucial place within the community for many years to come. A Mixed Method approach to research will be used, gathering both quantitative and qualitative …

Methods For Ethanol Production From The Enzymatic Hydrolysis And Fermentation Of Sugar Beet Pulp, Rachel Elizabeth Rorick

Agribusiness and Biosystems Engineering

Sugar beet pulp (SBP), the residue remaining after sucrose extraction, is currently sold as an animal feed. Humans cannot digest the cellulose in the pulp unlike ruminant animals. The pulp is primarily comprised of cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin which can be hydrolyzed with commercial enzymes into fermentable sugars such as, glucose, arabinose, galacturonic acid, xylose, and galactose. These sugars can be fermented to produce ethanol. This research tested the variation of several enzymes, enzyme loading rates, solids loading rates, and fermenting organisms to increase ethanol yields from sugar beet pulp. Several commercial enzymes (cellulases, hemicellulases, pectinases, and proteases) were tested …

Introduction To America's Four Gods: What We Say About God And What That Says About Us, Paul Froese, Christoper Bader

Sociology Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Despite all the hype surrounding the "New Atheism," the United States remains one of the most religious nations on Earth. In fact, 95% of Americans believe in God--a level of agreement rarely seen in American life. The greatest divisions in America are not between atheists and believers, or even between people of different faiths. What divides us, this groundbreaking book shows, is how we conceive of God and the role He plays in our daily lives.

America's Four Gods draws on the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and illuminating survey of American's religious beliefs ever conducted to offer a systematic exploration of …

Altruistic Fear, Karen A. Snedker

Sociology Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"Researchers have identified patterns related to altruistic fear, most notably variation by sex. Although both men and women express fear for others, the type and frequency of altruistic fear differ for men and women, as does the object of concern (e.g., spouses, children). Similarly, what one does in response to fear for others is also different for men and women. Studies trace these sex differences in altruistic fear to parallel gendered patterns in personal fear of crime, as well as to gendered social roles and deeply structured divisions of caretaking (Snedker, 2006). This research provided an organizational framework for the …

Elements Of The Office Workspace, Michael Stueven

Architecture Theses

When examining office buildings in the world today, it is proper to look deeper at the correlation between productivity and the environments in which people work. In analyzing the office spaces, studies have shown that elements, such as the amount of natural light and views seen from each individual space can influence productivity. Designing an office environment in a manner that incorporates the natural environment works toward increasing productivity of workers occupying the building. Focusing on the qualitative aspects of the working environment, this research is directed towards the productivity of the office environment in relation to the natural environment. …

Oklahoma Elementary Classroom Teachers' Attitudes And Perspectives Of Elementary Physical Education, David C. Barney, Sarah Ehrlich

Faculty Publications

Physical education is an academic discipline that has not been given the respect it deserves both in the school setting and among the general public. As a result of the lack of respect physical education has in the educational community, it is one of the first content areas to be eliminated.

Physical educators need to gain support so they can demonstrate to administrators and parents the value of physical education on a student's overall education. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to obtain and better understand Oklahoma elementary classroom teachers' attitudes and perceptions towards elementary physical education, and thus …

Our Top 12 "Key Instructional Elements" That Help To Build An Excellent Lesson And High Quality Physical Education Program, Robert S. Christenson, David C. Barney

Faculty Publications

One of the most fundamental issues in teaching, arguably the biggest, is discovering the most effective lesson elements for each group of learners. This includes a solid curriculum, performance objectives, age-appropriate pedagogical ingredients, ability-level activities and assessments focused on measuring learning to create a great lesson. When these elements are blended artistically with a variety of classroom management skills, necessary equipment, instructional support resources, behavior management rules and high expectations in a nurturing environment, the teacher has created the best possible learning atmosphere for each individual student.

Below, the authors have identified twelve important instructional elements for teachers to incorporate …

When Teachers And Parents Work Together… An Approach To Developing Critical Life Skills For All Students, Paul Caldarella, Lynnette Christensen, K. Richard Young, John Wilkinson

Faculty Publications

Problem behaviors at home and at school can be prevented or corrected. Children naturally want to please their parents or the teachers they like. Adults are seen as a trusted source of help. Children will respond more positively to modeling. Students are more willing to spend time with positive adults.

Pyroxasulfone Tolerance Of Navy And Pinto Beans (Phaseolis Vulgaris L.), Dry Pea (Pisum Sativum L.), And Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medik), Ryan Leigh Hunt

Plant Sciences

Field experiments were conducted to determine the tolerance of navy and pinto bean, dry pea, and lentil to pyroxasulfone. Additional field studies were conducted to evaluate the weed control efficacy of pyroxasulfone in preemergence and early-preplant applications. Greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine plant uptake of pyroxasulfone and the influence of activation timing on navy bean injury. Navy bean tolerance to pyroxasulfone varied by rate and experiment location. Navy bean injury occurred at 166 g ai ha-1 in 2008 and at 332 g ai ha·1 in 2009. A pyroxasulfone rate of 166 g ai ha·1 and greater resulted in decreased …

Association Mapping Of Resistance To Common Root Rot And Spot Blotch In Barley, And Population Genetics Of Coch/Iobolus Sativus, Sanjaya Gyawali

Plant Pathology

Cochliobolus sativus (Ito & Kurib.) Drechsl. ex Dast. [anamorph, Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc. in Sorok.) Shoem.] is an important fungal pathogen, which causes common root rot (CRR), spot blotch (SB) and black point/kernel blight in barley in North America. Use of genetic resistance has been effective against SB presumably due to presence of durable resistance in North America. However, recently emerged virulence groups have overcome durable resistance in barley. Additionally, the genetics of resistance to CRR is poorly understood. Therefore, the objectives of current studies are multifaceted. To identify the sources of resistance to CRR, 824 contemporary barley lines from the …

Preparing For The "Silver Tsunami": Grand Forks Analyzes Recreational Opportunities And Challenges For An Aging Baby Boomer Generation., Colette Kim Lseminger

Human Development and Family Science

The purpose of this study was to explore differences in the recreation areas of lifelong learning, intergenerational programs, fitness and exercise, art and culture programs, and the ability to stay up-to-date with technology between the current senior citizen generations and the aging baby boomer generation. Survey questionnaires were administered to 49 respondents of the baby boomer generation and 66 respondents of the current senior citizen generations. Results of the survey showed a strong negative correlation between age and the person's self-proclaimed need for the recreation areas studied. The baby boomers of Grand Forks, for the most part, are similar to …

Design By Nature - A Montessori School, Mathias Fitzer

Architecture Theses

This thesis examines the ability of designers to use nature as an inspiration in their design process, often referred to as biomimicry. The final design for this Montessori school of 180 students in Winnipeg, Manitoba will encompass natural systems interpreted through architecture for heating, cooling, and ventilating the building. It will explore materials and patterns inspired by those found in nature; specifically, the school will colonize a vacant grocery store. Biophilic design is the term used for the design of the built environment to foster a connection between people and nature. Biophilic design is the opposite of biophobic design, which …

Rearrange: Making Space Transform, Amanda Makis

Architecture Theses

This thesis explores the question of how kinetic architecture can promote learning in the general public. The typology that is being examined is a kinetic laboratory. The Theoretical Premise /Unifying Idea guiding research is, “as the technology and experimentation processes change it is necessary for a building to change through the use of kinetic architecture.” The Project Justification is, “as the technology and experimentation processes change there is a need for the spaces that these processes occur in to change as well.” The building will be part of the North Dakota State University Research and Technology Park located in Fargo, …

Plant Phenological Responses To Climate Change In The Northern Great Plains, Kelsey Liann Dunnell

Biological Sciences

Climate change has been associated with shifts in phenological events which could be disrupting evolved species relationships. The current first flowering times of plants were compared to historical data in the Red River Valley. This gave insight as to what effects climate change is currently having on species in this area. By merging climate variable data from the same time period it was possible to correlate first flowering dates with climate variables for that specific year. Variation in plant flowering times was analyzed over the century to better understand potential ecological consequences of climate change. First flowering times were found …

Parent Involvement In End-Of-Life Care And Decision Making In The Newborn Intensive Care Unit: An Integrative Review, Lacey M. Eden, Lynn Clark Callister

Faculty Publications

Survival rates for very preterm and critically ill infants are increasing, raising complex ethical issues for health-care providers and parents who face the challenge of making end-of-life decisions for newborns. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to evaluate parental involvement in end-of-life care and decision making for their infant in the newborn intensive care unit. Findings revealed that establishing good relationships and clear communication between health-care providers and parents builds trust and eases stress placed on parents making decisions about the care of their infant. Palliative care programs provide support for parents and facilitate their decision making. Parents …

Use Of The Patient Care Monitor To Screen For Depressionin Adult Cancer Patients Interviewed With The Structuredclinical Interview For Dsm-Iv, Scott A. Baldwin, Arthur C. Houts, Damon Lipinski, James P. Olsen, Murad Hasan

Faculty Publications

Objective: To evaluate the Patient Care Monitor (PCM1.0) Acute Distress and DespairnormalizedTscores as indicators of a diagnosis of Major Depression according to theStructured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID).Methods: Subjects were 21 adult cancer patients identified by treating communityoncologists as having significant emotional distress matched on age, cancer type, treatmenthistory, and sex to 21 patients not having significant distress. All completed e/tablet PCM 1.0and SCID administered by trained interviewers. Unweighted kappa and receiver operatingcharacteristics (ROC) analyses were used to assess scale properties.Results: Agreement between SCID Major Depression and Acute Distress and Despair(TX65) were kappa50.751 and 0.755, respectively. ROC …

Paleopathological Conditions Presenting In A Collection Of Juveniles From A Merovingian Site In Central Germany, Lacey Laura Locket

Sociology and Anthropology

This thesis explores the pathological conditions that affected a juvenile skeletal population dating to the Merovingian ages in what is now central Germany. The goal of this research is to gain an understanding of the physical health of this sub-adult population through the use of physical anthropology and historical evidence. In 1960 the cemetery ofMannheim-Vogelstang was excavated, revealing 149 juvenile skeletons dating from the sixth to the eighth century CE. Of the 149 recovered from the site, 105 were used in this research. These individuals were thoroughly visually examined for any indication of nutritional, infectious or congenital conditions, as well …

Primary Health Care Provider Differences In The Management Of Preschool Aged Children's Mental Health Issues, Kendra Nicole Erickson

Sociology and Anthropology

This thesis examined health care providers' methods of identification and treatment of preschool aged children's (age 0 to 5) mental health issues and barriers to those methods in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. I used a quantitative approach and utilized secondary data from a 2007 Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Study. The conceptual framework of the domains of expertise guided this thesis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences by type of health care providers' methods to identify and treat preschool aged children's mental health issues; to identify how barriers to indentifying and treating …

Drinking Water Quality: Testing And Interpreting Your Results, Roxanne Johnson, Tom Scherer

WQ Series – Water Quality

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Accounting Program Research Rankings By Topical Area And Methodology, Joshua G. Coyne, Scott L. Summers, Brady Williams, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

This paper makes two novel contributions to ranking accounting research programs constructed from publication counts in top journals (AOS, Auditing, BRIA, CAR, JAE, JAR, JATA, JIS, JMAR, RAST, and TAR). In contrast to previous studies, we recognize the mobility of intellectual assets tied to the human capital of accounting researchers and therefore base our rankings on the researchers' current affiliations, rather than their affiliations at the time of publication. Also, we categorize each article written by topical area (auditing, financial, managerial, accounting information systems, tax, and other) and by methodology (analytical, archival, experimental, and other) and provide separate accounting program …

The Impact Of Socialization On Youth Program Outcomes: A Social Development Model Perspective, Mat D. Duerden, Peter A. Witt

Faculty Publications

This study employs a mixed-methods design and a social development model (SDM) to examine the role of socialization processes within an international immersion program for adolescents. Longitudinal data from 108 participant and 49 comparison group members are analyzed using structural equation modeling procedures. Qualitative data are also used to assess participants’ perceptions of these processes. The quantitative findings indicate that the SDM fits the data well and partially mediates the growth of observed recreation programoutcomes. The qualitative findings offer additional insights into the role of within program socialization processes.

Design Dna Sequencing: A Set Of Methodological Artifacts For Sequencing Socio-Technical Design Routines, James Gaskin, Kalle Lyytinen, Veeresh Thummadi, Douglas Schutz, Youngjin Yoo, Aaron Weiss, Nicholas Berente

Faculty Publications

With the introduction of new digital and physical tools into the workplace, the process of design has dramatically changed over the past few decades. Thus, design processes have evolved into many forms which vary, not only between organizations, but within organizations, and even within teams over time. These myriad “mutations” of the design process call for a new method to identify patterns of design activity and their change in order to deeply understand the design process. In this paper we suggest a new method for identifying patterns of activity in design teams. Such activity involves composites of distributed interactions – …

Contextualizing Corrective Feedback In L2 Writing Pedagogy, Norman W. Evans, K. James Hartshorn, Robb M. Mccollum, Mark Wolfersberger

Faculty Publications

Although effective writing skills are vital to the success of university-level students, second language (L2) writers face unique challenges in developing these skills. This is particularly relevant to their ability to produce writing that is linguistically accurate. While many writing teachers feel a great commitment to these students, much of the research has either led to conflicting results or provided teachers with limited practical guidelines that can be utilized effectively in the classroom. This is especially true regarding written corrective feedback (WCF). Therefore, this article provides L2 writing teachers with a paradigm for understanding the WCF debate and interpreting the …

Resisting Technological Gravity: Using Guiding Principles For Instructional Design, Jason K. Mcdonald

Faculty Publications

Instructional designers face tremendous pressure to abandon the essential characteristics of educational approaches, and settle instead for routine practices that do not preserve the level of quality those approaches originally expressed. Because this pressure can be strong enough to affect designers almost as gravity affects objects in the physical world, the metaphor of technological gravity has been proposed to describe why designers choose one type of practice over another. In this essay, I discuss how designers can develop guiding principles to help them resist technological gravity. I describe three types of principles, in the areas of what instruction is, …

Recognizing History Through Cultural Interpretation, Ryan Martineau

Landscape Architecture Theses

Homesteading was how westward expansion began in the United States in 1862. The Homestead Act gave an applicant one hundred sixty acres or one quarter section of undeveloped land outside the original thirteen colonies. The only stipulations were that after an application was filed the applicant would have to live on the land for five years and improve it, then file a deed of title for the land. Landscape architecture can be used to preserve these homesteads throughout western North Dakota. New preservation ideas and techniques, such as stabilization using materials already on the site, retention of the form already …

Success And Sustainability Of The Tricollege University Consortium, Candice Allar

Education

The purpose of this study was to document the history of the Tri-College University (TCU) consortium from 1969 to the present. The two research objectives are to: 1. Identify the factors which played an important role in the success and sustainability of the Tri-College University Consortium. 2. Conduct an evaluation of the needs, satisfaction, and concerns of current and past faculty and administration involved with the Tri-College University Consortium. Both research questions were addressed with the use of a structural equation model developed and tested by Schmidt (2000) to identify the conditions, common values, attitudes, themes, and patterns of behaviors …

Elementary Teachers' Perceptions Of Practices To Increase The Academic Achievement Of Economically Disadvantaged Rural Students In High Poverty Schools, Debra Kay Follman

Education

Education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, beginning with children in their earliest years. The greatest challenge facing public education has been the education of all students to proficiency, with the most difficult aspect of this challenge as teaching the underachieving children of poverty. The enactment of No Child Left Behind, Public Law 107-110 (NCLB) has brought increased accountability standards for public schools to the forefront. Narrowing the achievement gap for poor and minority students has become a concentrated focus. It is necessary that elementary school teachers are knowledgeable of the instructional strategies, interventions, best practices, and …

Teacher Burnout In North Dakota, Erin N. Mowers

Education

The purpose of this mixed study dissertation was to determine if teachers in North Dakota public schools show signs of teacher burnout and the extent to which NCLB is a 111 major stress factor. The research questions were: To what extent are teachers experiencing symptoms of burnout? What are the factors of burnout? The research hypothesis was: The policies of No Child Left Behind are the highest stress factor for teachers in North Dakota public schools. This study used an electronic, web-based data collection procedure. This was accomplished by surveying members of the North Dakota Education Association. The target population …

A Software Agent System For Private Email, Hari K. Mukka

Computer Science

The primary concerns in existing Email and instant messaging systems are authentication processes, privacy and security issues. These messaging systems transfer the message content through servers using protocols like the Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol (POP), and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to allow users to communicate. During these processes, messages are being stored on the servers which can be easily accessed by the network administrator. Invasion of privacy, integrity of Email content, lack of authentication, and unprotected back-up of messages stored · on servers could be common underlying problems in the existing architecture. The goal of …