Dissertations and Theses
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These collections contain dissertations and theses authored by University of Kansas students. Current works are posted here in fulfillment of graduation requirements.
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Studies on the structure and synthesis of the ipecac alkaloids
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Nepidae of the Western hemisphere (Hemiptera)
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Stratigraphy of Lower Mississippian rocks in southwestern Missouri
(University of Kansas, 1946) -
Pennsylvanian Lophophyllidid corals
(University of Kansas, 1946) -
Part I. Chemistry of Reissert compounds. Part II. Studies on emetine
(University of Kansas, 1950) -
The formation and function of concepts in psychology
(University of Kansas, 1942) -
A revision of the North American species of Typhlocyba and its allies (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)
(University of Kansas, 1952) -
Some practices in western Kansas school bus transportation
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Theory and practice in Negro colleges underlying the preparation of teachers of the social studies for secondary schools
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Synthesis of unnatural amino acids for antimetabolic studies
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A study of the epoxide linkage as a type of neighboring group in nucleophilic displacement reactions
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Influence of Organic Matter Source, Abundance, and Growth Habit on Depositional Textures and Associated Pore Attributes of Hypersaline Lacustrine Microbial Deposits (Holocene, Bahamas)
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Discovery of lacustrine microbialite reservoirs in South Atlantic pre-salt has motivated the search for analogs for perspectives on their deposition and initial porosity. Although previous efforts mapped spatial patterns ... -
Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Paleodrainage Reconstruction of the Blackhawk-Castlegate Succession, Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs, Utah
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The Blackhawk Formation and Castlegate Sandstone are Campanian fluvial-deltaic and shoreline deposits within the Sevier foreland-basin fill along the Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs in Utah. Long-standing age constraints ... -
Multivariate spatio-temporal visualization of over-pumping the High Plains aquifer and impacts on the Arkansas River in western Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Environmental assets like arable land and water have been developed extensively with consequences such as large-scale groundwater depletion caused by agricultural irrigation. Yet even in such a dramatically affected area, ... -
Narratives of Contradiction: South African Youth and Post-Apartheid Governance
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)South Africa’s heralded democratic transition digressed from its 1994 euphoric optimism to a current state of public discontent. This stems from rising unemployment, persistent structural inequality, and a disappointment ... -
Examining Nostalgia's Impact on Depressive Symptomology
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Nostalgic memories are universal experiences that typically contain emotions characterized by a warm, sentimental yearning for the past or tales of redemption leading to triumph (Wildschut, Sedikides, Arndt, & Routledge, ... -
Being-in-Between-Worlds: Illness (Marad), Embodiment, and Social Suffering in Cairo’s City of the Dead
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)This dissertation is a phenomenological study of sickness and social suffering among cemetery squatters living and dying with clusters of incurable affliction (marad) including hypertension (al-daght), Type 2 diabetes ... -
Becoming a Schismatic: The Concepts of the “Schism” and “Schismatic” in the Church and State Discourses of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Russia
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)This dissertation explores the role of language in the identification and consequent persecution of Russian religious dissent, known as the “Schism” (Raskol), or the Old Belief (staroverie). In the mid-seventeenth century, ... -
Movement: Piece by Piece
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Movement: Piece by Piece is a hybrid genre novella that weaves together historical fiction, free verse poetry, and epistolary narratives to provide a counter historical account to critical perspectives of The Great Migration ...
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