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Resumption models : a denotational semantics for concurrency and synchronization
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SERUM EXOSOMAL MICRORNAS AS CLINICAL BIOMARKERS FOR THE DETECTION OF BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Background: Barrett’s esophagus (BE), caused by Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), is the main premalignant condition for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). The majority of BE and EAC patients are missed or diagnosed ... -
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SIGNS TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY OF DESIGNATED VAN ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Designated van accessible parking spaces are often occupied by non-ramp or lift equipped vehicles (NRLEV) with accessible parking permits. This causes inconvenience, safety concerns, and reduced opportunity of parking ... -
The Landscapes of African American Short Stories, 1887 – 2014
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)My dissertation addresses the dearth of scholarship on short stories by using quantitative data and text-mining software to explain how the repeated inclusion of short fiction by Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph ... -
Chinese or White?: Racial Formation, Hybridity, and Chinatown in Sui Sin Far's 'Its Wavering Image'
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Drawing upon Judith Butler's theory of performativity, this thesis offers an interpretation of "`Its Wavering Image'" that explains the biracial main character, Pan's, process of racialization. The argument is two fold: ... -
A Chemostratigraphic and Detrital Zircon Geochronological Analysis of Upper Cretaceous Strata: Applications for Dating and Correlating Strata
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Rates of sedimentation, length of hiatus, temporal relationships and absolute age of strata are all difficult to determine in clastic non-marine and shallow marine environments due to their erosive and rapidly fluctuating ... -
Pacifist Battlegrounds: Violence, Community, and the Struggle for LGBTQ Justice in the Mennonite Church USA
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This dissertation focuses on the movement for LGBTQ inclusion within the Mennonite Church USA, a Christian denomination of just under 100,000 members. Mennonites are part of a nearly five century Christian tradition known ... -
Stalin's Cold War Strategy, 1945-1953
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Today, the post-Cold War world order based on the US unipolar supremacy is no longer a main paradigm in world affairs. Militarily, the US number one global power has still no questions. However, other powers have risen ... -
Low-Dimensional FeS2 Nanostructures for use as Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The water splitting hydrogen evolution reaction which is used as an alternative method of hydrogen production currently relies on platinum group metal electrocatalysts to function. Currently this method accounts for only ... -
“Infertile Myrtles”: Stigma Power, Invisible Stigma, and Social Interactions between Infertile and Pregnant Women
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Infertility is a condition that affects nearly 30 percent of women aged 25-44 in the United States. Because of the intrusive nature of infertility treatments, women often rely on strong social support to navigate the ... -
Journey to Parenthood: How New Fathers and Mothers Make Sense of Perinatal Emotional Distress
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This dissertation study drew on in-depth interviews with a class diverse sample of 30 mothers and 17 fathers who experienced emotional distress as a new parent. The definitional boundaries of perinatal mental health ... -
Re-grounding the Cogito: Descartes and the Problem of the Baroque
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The dissertation offers a historically-based critique of the foundations of modernity in view of the truth claims it struggled to articulate and which continue to dominate the West.At the very core of this problem are the ... -
EMBODYING MODERNITY IN MEXIO: RACE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE BODY IN THE MESTIZO STATE
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Mexico’s traumatic Revolution (1910-1917) attested to stark divisions that had existed in the country for many years. After the dust of the war settled, post-revolutionary leaders embarked on a nation-building project that ... -
Wahunsonacock's Gambit: Powhatan Foreign Relations and the Success of Virginia, 1570-1622
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)In an effort to explain the speed with which a small band of English colonists was able to supplant the expansive and powerful Chesapeake Algonquian paramountcy of Tsenacommacah, this work asks why the leaders of the ... -
Crossing Idiomas: Negotiating Translingual Rhetoric within Global Health Publics
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Increasing numbers of U.S. students and practitioners in the health professions travel annually to developing countries with global health programs. In these programs, visiting practitioners and local residents often work ... -
Imagery to the Crowd, MapGive, and the CyberGIS: Open Source Innovation in the Geographic and Humanitarian Domains
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The MapGive initiative is a State Department project designed to increase the amount of free and open geographic data in areas either experiencing, or at risk of, a humanitarian emergency. To accomplish this, MapGive seeks ... -
Das Gedicht als "Bedürfnis nach einem Ort": Zur Situation und Bildersprache des Exilanten SAID
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Abstract In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird versucht, nicht nur SAIDs Position in seinem „Niemandsland“, wie er es nennt, zu verdeutlichen, sondern es wird auch versucht, seine Schreibweise zwischen den zwei Kulturen, der ... -
Stepping Out: Narratives of Former Fundamentalist Christians
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Fundamentalist churches are unlike most mainstream forms of Christianity because of the elevated level of encapsulation these groups attempt to instill in their members. Encapsulation leads individuals to develop closely ... -
Quantitative methods to elucidate and characterize various aggregation pathways of an IgG1 monoclonal antibody
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The term protein aggregation is used in pharmaceutical biotechnology literature to describe a collection of different mechanisms that produce non-native, net irreversibly associated protein molecules. The presence of protein ... -
Novel Cys crosslinks and Trp side chain cleavages in proteins and peptides exposed to light
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Protein pharmaceuticals, like monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), are sensitive to many degradation pathways, such as oxidation and photodegradation. Photostability testing provides essential information to characterize protein ...
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