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Manufacturing in Lawrence, Kansas, 1854-1900
(University of Kansas, 1940-08-31)The plan of organization for this study is to set forth, for each major division, the background or special external developments and general business conditions affecting manufacturing enterprises in Lawrence, and then ... -
Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn
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Islamic political thought : the case of Pakistan
(University of Kansas, 1963-08-31)The purpose of this study is to examine the major problems of Islamic Political philosophy as reflected in the development of Pakistan against the backdrop of the historic development of Islam. Since Pakistan fell partial ... -
The moral approach to politics: as expounded in Islamic doctrines with special reference to the idea of equality
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An analysis of the skeletal material from Sugar Creek Ossuary
(University of Kansas, 1971-05-31)The purpose of this study is essentially twofold: first, to record and present the osteological data from the skeletal material recovered at the Sugar Creek Ossuary (23PL58) and, second, to assess this material's affinities ... -
The Accompaniment of Gregorian Chant
(University of Kansas, 1959-05-31)Although Gregorian Chant is sacred monody that dates from an age in which instrumental accompaniment was not employed for liturgical music, today, particularly in the services of the Roman Catholic Church, the common ... -
Steed-Kisker and Nebraska ceramics : a new interpretation
(University of Kansas, 1997-05-31)Ceramic variation has been used as the major criterion for taxonomically separating archaeological complexes in the Central Plains during the Middle Ceramic period (A.D.900-A.D. I 500). The Steed-Kisker and Nebraska phases ... -
Paired, clustered, and recurrent similies in Homer’s Iliad
(University of Kansas, 2005-05-31)This paper explores relationships among similes in Homer's Iliad. The first five points of the paper examine some of the possible relationships and associations that occur among similes that are paired or clustered in close ... -
The codell sandstone (upper Cretaceous) of Kansas
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Cognitive process modeling of spatial ability: a construct validity study of an assembling object task
(University of Kansas, 2002-12-31)The purpose of this study was to examine the cognitive processes involved in completing a spatial task in which a participant must mentally assemble a two-dimensional objects. These tasks are used to measure spatial ability ... -
The design and application of a decision-making schema concerning implementation of computer-assisted instruction in baccalaureate schools of nursing
(University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)A review of the literature concerning the reported applications of CAI in nursing reveals that use of a cybernetic systems model for decision-making is strikingly absent. Sporadic, partial development of computer-related ... -
The design and application of a decision-making process for identification of critical curricular variables which affect optimal application of CAI in a baccalaureate school of nursing
(University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)There is a need for a model which will guide nursing educators in making decisions about the critical curricular variables involved in the implementation of computer-assisted instruction. Effective decision makers "• • • ... -
A revision of the genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
(University of Kansas, 1952-05-31)The bee genus Collates abounds in America north of the tropic of Cancer and is widely distributed throughout the world, with the exception of Australia. This study is limited to those species occurring in America north of ... -
A study of information used by interviewers in selecting teachers
(University of Kansas, 1966-05-31)The development of a sound educational system is dependent on many interrelated factors. It would be an almost impossible task to try to determine which factor is the most important. It should suffice to say that when ... -
A model for an in-service program for teachers of educable mentally retarded children : a process approach
(1971-05-31)In-service education has historically been, and continues to be, the means by which schools can continue providing for the professional growth of their staff (Good, 1959). Professional growth of teachers cannot be ... -
The Rise of the Mechanimal: How Authors of Scientific Romances Imagined Future Vehicles
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Whereas many have surmised that the technological vision for biorobotics originated with science fiction, it actually originated much earlier, in a constellation of science-influenced works of fiction in the romance tradition ... -
A reclassification of Western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)
(University of Kansas, 1951-05-31) -
The irritability of the vagus nerves of dogs, as shown by the rheobase and chronaxie, in some types of tetany; and their relief by calcium salts
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Speciation and distribution of the crayfishes of the Ozark Plateaus and Ouachita provinces
(University of Kansas, 1951-05-31)
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