This collection contains doctoral dissertations, masters theses, independent studies, and similar works representing graduate student culminating achievements. To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research Unit, Center, or Department page. Graduate dissertations and theses may also be found using the Library's catalog.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Parenting To Posthumous: A Grounded Theory Of Aging And Parenting An Adult Who Is Mentally Ill, Roxanne Wilson

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Home-Based Primary Care: A Return of The House call, Nicole M. Windjue

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Emerging Adults In College: Assessing Expectations And Perceptions, Diane J. Wolter

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Early Implementation of Palliative Care Services in the Elderly Population, Jenifer Wynne

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Roles of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein [beta] and [-delta] in immunoglobulin G immune complex-induced Inflammation, Chunguang Yan

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Preemptive Ketamine Administration, Carisa Zarr

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A High Energy X-Ray Diffraction Investigation Of Sodium Phosphate Glasses Doped With Less Than 5 Mol% Praseodymium Oxides, Kailing Zhang

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Assessing The Biophysical Naturalness Of Grassland In Eastern North Dakota With Hyperspectral Imagery, Qiang Zhou

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A Geophysical Investigation Of The Northeastern Rim Of The St. Martin Impact Structure, Manitoba, Canada., Vladimir B. Zivkovic

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Education and Partnering with Coaching Staff and Medical Providers Regarding the Use of Performance Enhancing Substances in the Adolescent Athletes, Tamala M. Anderson

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Stratigraphy and Petroleum Production potential of the Spearfish Formation in North Central North Dakota, Nnaemeka C. Anyanwu

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Exploring the Paths to Homelessness: An Ethnographic Study of How Disability, Educational Achievement, Gender, Foster Care and Poverty Impacted the Lives of Two Towns' Homeless Shelter Residents, Sandra Arnau-Dewar

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Using Advanced Practice Nurses as Care Managers for Community Dwelling Elders with Chronic Disease, Andrea J. Athmann-Luksik

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Coping in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Gloria A. Ayuck

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Depressed Native Americans and Suicidal Ideation Contagion, Jeri Ann Azure

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The North Dakota Brain Drain: Perceptions about Factors that Contribute to North Dakota's Outmigration of Graduates, Nancy J. Bauer

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Two Heads Are Better Than One: Collaboration Between Classroom Teachers and English Language Learner Specialists, Angela B. Bell

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Implementation of a First-Year Seminar: Retention and Student Views of Advising and Engagement at a Small Midwestern University, Kristi Bitz

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Strategic Marketing Analysis of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tymothy R. Boyle

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Anesthesia Implications for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Jessica Bratrud

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Understanding The Effects Hemoglobin and its Optimal Range in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, Huyen Buegel

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Implications of Fatigue and Sleep Loss on Medical Professionals and Countermeasures to Prevent Fatigue, Tracie J. Christensen

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Assertiveness Training: Reducing Burnout and Job Turnover in Newly graduated Nurses, Jeanine M. Conner

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Identifying potential geothermal resources from co-produced fluids using existing data from drilling logs : Williston, North Dakota, Anna M. Crowell

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Amyloid-β Dependent Microgliosis Occurs Through Src Kinase Activation in Alzheimer's Disease, Gunjan Dhawan

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Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in the Transgender Community, Lore M. Dickey

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"The Course Fit Us": Differentiated Instruction in the College Classroom, Mary Volesky Dosch

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A Case Study: Transitioning From A Five-Day School Week To A Four-Day School Week, Brian Duane Duchscherer

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Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Areas, Amanda J. Dudgeon

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Evidence-Base Practice: Screening for Depression and Suicidality in High Functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorder Adolescents, Jennifer A. Durward

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Honey in Healing: New Look at an Old Treatment, Tracy Jo Enger

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Preventing the spread of infections in patients' homes: What is the best evidence?, Julie Ferry

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Mentoring to Enhance the Success of American Indian Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Amy Fiala

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It's All Dark But He's Not Afraid: Translations of Stories by Ingvar Ambjornsen, Steven R. Finney

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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Assessment and Management, Jennifer Fraik

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Assessement and Management, Jennifer A. Fraik

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Perceptions of Basic Knowledge Needed by Perioperative Registered Nurses for Competency, Janna M. Galloway

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Factors Predicting Exercise Behavior of Graduate Students, Bibha Gautam

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Modern airline pilots quandary : standard operating procedures -- to comply or not to comply, Carrie Giles

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A Review of Evidence-based Clinical Performance Evaluations in Nursing Education, Sheila K. Goettle

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Distance Delivered Mental Health: Diagnostic Accuracy, User Satisfaction, Cost Effectiveness and Barriers to Implementation, Jessica K. Graham-Steinhauser

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Vitamin D and Malignant Melanoma Outcomes, Jenna L. Green

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Culturally Relevant Educational Systems: Their Relationship to Native American Student Achievement, Michelle K. Greseth

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Inclusions of religious and spiritual diversity in multicultural training for counseling psychologists, Sandra M. Grissom

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Methods and effectiveness of psychoeducation: A literature review, Roxann Hackbarth

Methods and Effectiveness of Psychoeducation: A Literature Review, Roxann Hackbarth

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It's Not About Me: College Women and Unplanned Pregnancy, Jayne W. Hardy

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Reducing Obstetrical Nurse Liability Related to Documentation, Brenda Henriksen

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The Effectiveness of Using Non-Pharmacological Interventions in Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in Long Term Care Facilities, Sandra J. Holmgren

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Critical Components of Suicide Prevention Programs for Colleges and Universities: A Delphi Study, Colleen A. Johnson

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Teen Perceptions of Cellular Phones as a Communication Tool, Denise D. Jonas

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Connecting Air Pollution Exposure to Cardiovascular Disease, Alison G. Kaneshiro

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Thematic groupings in Magpie Miao narrative, Won Ho Kim

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When the arts peoples left: Causes and consequences of the elimination of a music degree, Beth G. Klingenstein

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The CRNA's Role in Educating the Pre-Hospital Provider in the Use of Rapid Sequence Intubation, Nathan J. Koland

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Alleviating Equines: Investigating the Hypothesized Mechanisms of Change in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Kathy L. Korell-Rach

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Assessment of Pain in The Older Adult with Dementia, Helen Laferriere

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The effect of participating in a first-year learning community on student engagement, Yvette LaPierre

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The effect of participating in a first-year learning community on student enlargement, Yvette LaPierre

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Gestational Programming of Obesity: A Novel Approach to Fighting The Obesity Epidemic, Jessica J. Larson

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Evidence for the Need of a Screening Tool to Recognize Perinatal Substance Abuse, Joeanna L. Larson

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Role of Mallampati as a Predictor of Difficult Intubation in Obese Adults, Quyen Lee

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The Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis, Kelly Leiphon

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Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast Training, Andrew Leonard

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Crew Resource Management Training for Nurse Anesthesia Education, John P. Lonneman

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Perceptions of five low-income parents on school readiness, Roanne E. Malm

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Perceptions Of Five Low-Income Parents On School Readiness, Roanne Eugenia Malm

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Benefits of Integrating Interdisciplinary High Fidelity Simulation into Nurse Practitioner Graduate Programs and Continuing Education Courses: Patient Safety, Ann L. Mason

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Parental Refusal of Childhood Immunizations: Strategies from an ANP Perspective, Jaime Mattson

Prenatal Refusal of Childhood Immunizations, Jamie Mattson

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Depression and Suicide in American Indian Adolescents: What is Effective Treatment?, Tiffany Melberg

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Journaling as Greif Support for Parents who have Experiences a Stillbirth, Michelle K. Millam

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Airport Solar and Geothermal Power, Raymond Mills

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Anesthesia Concerns with the Beach Chair Position, Jody Morlan

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Special education teachers' perceptions of PK-12 principals as instructional leaders, Katherine M. Neumann-Cieslak

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Implementation of an Exercise Program in Assisted Living, Cherise A. Norby

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Sign language word list comparisons: Toward a replicable coding and scoring methodology, Jason Parks

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Barriers and Facilitators of Adolescent Breastfeeding, Darci L. Pelland

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Examination of male batterer typology in an upper midwest sample, Jay R. Phillippi

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Developing A Remote Sensing Algorithm For Deriving Soil Moisture From Spectral Reflectance, Santosh Rijal

Risk Associated with Urinary Tract Infections and Patients Education, Natalie Royal

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Risk Factors Associated with Urinary Tract Infections and Patient Education, Natalie R. Royal

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The efficacy of verbal assertiveness training on reducing risk of sexual assualt, Holly Michelle Rusinko

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N997 Simulation in Health Assessment, Sharon Schell

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Impact Of Netbook Computers On One District's Social Studies Curriculum, Joel Schleicher

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Lumbar Facet Joint Pain: Pathology and Treatment Via Facet Joint Injection and Medial Branch Neurology, Andrew L. Schott

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Communication barriers between providers and parents of ADHD adolescent patients who use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Angela Sietz

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Emergence Delirium: Modifying Risk Factors in Pediatric Patients, Sara J. Skatvold

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Theory-Derived Approaches to Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Bethany Speecy

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General Anesthetics and The Developing Brain, Tracy A. Stanz

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Impact of Physical Activity Post Bariatric Surgery: A 5K Walk/Run, Kelly Stauss

lmpaei" of Physical Activity Post Bariatric Surgery: A 5K Walk/Run, Kelly Stauss

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Pediatric Otitis Media Clinical Evidence, Lisa Stay

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Using temperature profiles to investigate the hyporheic zone in an agricultural drainage ditch, Richard A. Suggs

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A grammar of SignWriting, Stuart M. Thiessen

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Satisficing: A Decision-Making Strategy For School Choice, Kristine Anne Thompson

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The Essential Characteristics of Academic Advisors, Mary L. Ward

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The Role of the School Nurse in advocating for comprehensive sex education in schools, Heather Weaver

Lipid Emulsion Therapy as Treatment for Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity, Nina R. Wentz

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Lipid Emulsion Therapy as Treatment for Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity, Nina R. Wentz