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 1997

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Air purification using fiber based trickle-bed bioreactors, Tana Ostlie Dunn

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Living a job, learning a culture: A study of international business students in a semester abroad program., Viann Pederson

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The relationship between central auditory perception and spectral alteration on word memory in traumatic brain injury, Craig A. Peterson

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Arterial cannulation : comparison of photoplethsmography and Modified Allen test, Robin R. Pochant

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Jungian dream theories applied to Judith Thompson's White biting dog, Vicki Lynn Pozzebon

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Women in New York : a translation of Ethel Krauze's "Mujeres en Nueva York", Martha Patricia Orozco Rangel

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A Comparison of Scores for Adults with Aphasia on the Western Aphasia Battery and Ratings on the Functional Assessment of Communcation Skills for Adults, Sarah Ranum-Ravnaas

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The effect of media type on the expression of sexually impositional behavior in the laboratory, Sheila A. Mulligan Rauch

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Abroad again: Explorations within the genre of travel writing., Marielle Risse

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The impact of cooperative learning instructional strategies on students and faculty at a small midwestern university., Marcel Marie Robles

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Anxiety and health beliefs in women with an abnormal pap smear, Cheryl G. Ross

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Attitudes of Business College Faculty and Administrators toward Distance Education: A National Survey, Gary J. Ross

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The effects of time of day on auditory perception in morning and evening type individuals, Margaret M. Rozzi

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Ecology of bighorn sheep in relation to habitat and oil development in the Little Missouri badlands., Roger Sayre

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Analysis of a developmentally regulated enhancer pattern expressed in apodemes and the peripheral nervous system in Drosophila melanogaster, Anne E. Scherer

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The effect of implementation of a critical pathway in elderly congestive heart failure patients in home care and the number of unscheduled hospitalizations, Debra K. Schmaltz

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The effect of throwing cords on velocity and strength, Marc D. Schmaltz

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The effects of one versus two-handed compression of a bag-valve device and tidal volumes, Robert D. Schmieg

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Poetry and science-symbiosis: Integrated lessons at the elementary level., Lucia Ann Schroeder

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The effects of acculturation on the Cree and Ojibwa Indians as a result of the fur trade, 1760-1820, Lucinda Glisson Schumann

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The transition from junior high school to middle school: Case studies from North Dakota., Anne Shearer-Shineman

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RAPD PCR analysis of cryptosporidium parvum isolates in the upper Midwest, Kevin V. Shianna

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Political culture on the northern plains : North Dakota and the Nonpartisan experience, Thomas P. Shilts

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Four Girls Respond to Young Adult Horror Fiction, Betty Silliman

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Processing strategies and recall performance for narrative passages and word lists of negative and neutral affective valence in depression, Lora L. Sloan

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Jewels of promise, Carolyn L. Smitley

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Cadmium removal using living aquatic plants, Rumman Sobhan

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Adolescent depression in the secondary school setting: A guide for teachers?, Virginia Stauss

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The North Dakota BRIDGES project: Middle level education reform efforts in six schools, James W. Stenehjem

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Self-efficacy and health locus of control in pregnant women who smoke as compared to those who do not, LoAnn H. Stone

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Divorce, family, and the effects upon children in educational settings, Michael W. Stuber

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The effects of season play and practice on rotator cuff strength, flexibilty and pain levels with collegiate male and female throwing athletes, Trevor E. Swift

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Perceptions of teachers toward change in rural North Dakota high schools., Roy Michael Tapp

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Literacy Development: Teacher/Student Interaction in a Whole Language Classroom, Nadine C. Tepper

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Effects of Expert Statement Validity Assessment Testimony on Lay Evaluations of Children's Statements, Marcus Choi Tye

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Expectation states theory and the principle of judicial neutrality : the impact of judicial communication on juror verdicts, Paul E. Vanyo

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Mission Statements in Decision Making in Doctoral-Granting Universities: Views of Administrators and State Governing Board Members, Stacie S. Varnson

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Detection of acyclovir resistance in herpes simplex virus, Byron A. Velander

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Optimism as a predictor of depressive symptoms over time, Kristin S. Vickers

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Gray matters : perceptions on race : an original performance in Grand Forks, Katrina L. Wagner

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The role visual stress has in decoding, Margaret L. Wawers

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Service learning in the North Dakota middle school bridges project, Theresa Kathryn Weigel

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How to be popular in six easy steps and other lies they told us: Creating a script collaboratively, Andrea Nichelle Harris Weir

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Prose recall differences between a group of adult children of alcoholics and a control group, Louise A. Weller

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Frontal Lobe Deficits in Domestic Violence Offenders, Margaret Donovan Westby

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Effect of the computerized infant simulator on teenager attitudes on sexuality and parenting on high school students in rural North Dakota, Gloria J. White

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The relationship of health locus of control and health risk behaviors among young healthy rural adults, Gwen Witzel

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Internet protocol address allocation : opportunity for market failure, Brian Wolf

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Perceptions of the decision-making process used by rural high school students in regard to higher education., Sheila Ann Yarbrough

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Dietary and related factors in cholelithiasis occurrences of northern plain native American and Caucasian women, Marilyn R. Yellow Bird-Baker

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Job satisfaction of RNs in a changing health care environment, Paula Allard

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Effects of Misinformation as Revealed Through the Concealed Knowledge Test, Susan L. Amato-Henderson

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Attitudes, knowledge and behaviors of adolescents in Grand Forks, North Dakota and those of their counterparts in Ishim, Russia, on aspects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sexuality, Julie Waxvik Anderson

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Prediction of intention to support breastfeeding among North Dakota maternity nurses, Marie K. Anderson

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A planning strategy for the Grand Forks community in converting its military base to civilian use, Jason T. Archbold

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Mechanistic model of multiphase heat and fluid flow in geothermal wells, Peter T. Argument

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Occupational sex type and gender differences in vocational preference: An internal analysis of item bias on selected items of the strong interest inventory using DIF procedures., Jesse R. Aros

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Distribution in northeastern Minnesota lakes and food habits, age and growth of rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchill), in Pokegama Lake, Minnesota, Shirley Jo Barcome-Pagel

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Chronic pain in a rural elderly female population, Lana R. Benesh

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Attitudes of undergraduate students toward racial/ethnic issues and groups at the University of North Dakota., Marlene Ibrahim Bengiamin

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The experiences of four Hispanic kindergartners in an upper Midwest schools, Deanne E. Borgeson

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An exploration of teasing: A case study of three elementary school students., Sharon Lynn Branvold

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Current facilitators and/or inhibitors to practice for nurse practitioners, Tracy A. Brower

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Reducing illegal sales to minors : a comparison of tobacco control strategies in three rural North Dakota communities, Kelly Patricia Buettner-Schmidt

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Risk of heart disease in women in a rural North Dakota community, Jonelle S. Burdick

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An Analysis of Environmental and Anthropogenic Controls on Indoor Radon Distribution in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Karen E. Butler

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The Impact of Probable Depression on Daily Performance in College Students: "Morningness" Versus "Eveningness", Iwona Chelminski

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Effect of Catalase Overexpression on Adriamycin Cardiotoxicity in Transgenic Mice, Yan Chen

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Improving the writing of the learning disabled student: One teacher's reflections, Amy J. G. Christanson

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Improving the writing of the learning disabled student: One teacher's reflections, Amy J. G. Christanson

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The use of exploratory environments in the teaching of history, David L. Christian

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The impact of the Staggers Rail Act on North Dakota farm income, Miles S. Clow

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Manufacturing firms in the Red River Trade Corridor : measuring commitment to employee training practices from internal organizational structures, Jeffrey S. Cook

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Vigils, Melanie H. Crow

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"Now She Understood": Free Indirect Discourse and its Effects, Mary Margaret Dahlberg

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Interdisciplinary team experiences of three at-risk middle school students., Judith Ann Davison-Jenkins

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Stress, headache, and physiological disregulation, Paul Allen Davis

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History Fluid and In Motion., Christine Delea

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Literature circle discussions and literary knowledge: Learning to lead from behind, Jennifer D. Devine

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The effects of non-linear bromide adsorption on apparent macrodispersivity, Eron J. Dodak

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Niche relationships and morphology of coexisting northern redbelly (Phoxinus eos) and finescale (P. neogaeus) dace with their hybrids, Matthew R. Doeringsfeld

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Moral orientation in law students: A longitudinal study from a relational perspective., Anne Marie Dohrenwend

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The use of literature in teaching equality in the primary classroom, Frances Dvorak

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Risk factors and knowledge about diabetes in native American women, Mary Lynn Eaglestaff

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A Descriptive Study of Preschool Children Learning Through Shared Activity, Carol Lynn Enger

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Role conflict in teacher/coaches at the collegiate level, Brian J. Entzion

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Probing injury-illness information of the Concordia Language Villages, 1991-1995, Linda E. Erceg

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An examination of symptoms and coping behaviors of patients with post-traumatic headache and primary headache., Nasrin Erfanian

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Correlated of unusual response patters on the strong experts inventory, Micheal J. Ewing

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A comparative study of the sounds of Kuo-Yu and Taiwanese, Chia-jung Fan

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Studies on the 13-carbaartemisinin antimalarials: Total synthesis and iron(II) bromide-promoted rearrangement of 13-carba-10-deoxoartemisinin and analogs, and, Samarium(II) iodide-promoted reductive cyclization of ketones tethered to nonactivated olefins., Pingchen Fan

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Molecular electronic structure calculations of diphenylamine and related compounds : diphenylaminium, diphenylaminyl, diphenylnitroxide, and diphenylamide, Coretta A. Fernandes

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The effects of host-plant ontogenetic stage on aspen leaf-miner performance, John C. Ferrier

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The Seattle Community Network and its effect on community cohesion, Yvonne Fischer

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Postoperative hypothermia in smokers : effect on pulse oximeter readings, Valerie R. Fogel

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A descriptive survey of the number of patients who could have been examined and treated by family nurse practioners [i.e. practitioners] in the emergency center of a midwestern hospital, Bonnie L. Freeland

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Utilization of nurse practitioner services by elderly persons, Laura Fuerstenberg

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Experimental analysis of factors affecting the validity of penile plethysmography, George A. Gaither

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The effect of fiction on nursing students' attitudes toward woman abuse, M Tracy Gallagher

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Replication arrest in E. coli : a new DnaB mutant and the function of RecA, Dai-Di Gan