Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Continental Breakfast
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)A collection of poems investigating the impact of junk capitalism on identity, place, desire, and religion. -
Do You Feel This? The Story of a Voice Lost and Reclaimed
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Do You Feel This? The Story of a Voice Lost and Reclaimed is a memoir about learning to navigate the chaotic landscape of disability, shame, sexuality, faith, family, identity, and finding one’s own voice. Following a ... -
Seven Anglo-Saxon Riddles and Other Stories
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Seven Anglo-Saxon Riddles and Other Stories is a collection of original short fiction structured around a series of seven riddles. These riddles are loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon riddle tradition of early medieval ... -
The Effects of a Technology-Based Self-Monitoring Intervention on On-Task, Disruptive, and Task-Completion Behaviors for Adolescents with Autism
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often present with difficulty in sustaining engagement and attention, and display disruptive behavior in classroom settings. Without appropriate intervention, these challenging ... -
Atomically-thin Al2O3 dielectric films for metal-insulator-metal tunnel junctions
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Metal-Insulator-Metal tunnel junctions (MIMTJ) are a core building block for a variety of microelectronics including Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJs) for magnetic memory and Josephson Junctions (JJs) for quantum computers. ... -
Microfluidic Digital ELISA towards Single Cell Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Cell-to-cell heterogeneity predicts a multitude of functions for homeostasis and development of disease states. These minute variations can make a massive impact in understanding the main components involved in a disease ... -
Diagnosing the Demonic: Reading Valerii Briusov’s Fiery Angel as Pathography
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Russian Symbolists struggled to write a counter-narrative to the prevailing master narrative of disintegration, degeneration, and social pathology advanced by the emerging fields of social science, psychology, and modern ... -
AAU Basketball: A Necessary Evil?
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Too many young basketball players are forced to go through the current Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball system to get the attention needed to continue through the ranks in hopes of accomplishing their dream of playing ... -
Characterization of the Degradation and Conversion of Bone Cement and Borate Bioactive Glass Composites
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Periprosthetic infections are a devastating complication of orthopedic procedures, costing time and money as well as the quality of life of affected patients. 13-93B3 is a boron-based bioactive glass that degrades and ... -
Development of a Microfluidic Based Portable Analyzer for Continuous Monitoring of Glutamate and other Amino Acid Neurotransmitters
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The amino acid glutamate (Glu) is one of the most ubiquitous neurotransmitters in the brain and the chief excitatory neurotransmitter. As a neurotransmitter, Glu is integral to the normal workings of the brain and is ... -
Retinoic Acid Plays Critical Roles in the Late Development of the Heart
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Vitamin A, via its active metabolite retinoic acid (RA), actively participates in many biological processes including cardiogenesis. Yet RA was found to be highly teratogenic as both excess and deficiency of this critical ... -
Analytical Methods for the Study of Opioid Peptides
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Dynorphin A 1-17 [Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-Arg-Arg-Ile-Arg-Pro-Lys-Leu-Lys-Trp-Asp-Asn-Gln] is an endogenous opioid peptide. It is widely distributed in blood and CNS tissue and exhibits a high affinity to the kappa (κ) opioid ... -
Clusterin in the Brain
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is an age-related chronic neurodegenerative disorder traditionally characterized by the presence of neurotoxic amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and progressive, ... -
Targeting Heat Shock Protein 70 to Improve Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Diabetic Sensory Neurons
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-17)Neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction is a key pathophysiologic mechanism of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). KU-596 is a small molecule modulator of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) that can reverse clinically relevant ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR AND GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF POLY (ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITOR SENSITIVITY IN OVARIAN CANCER
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Ovarian cancer is the most leathal cancer among gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among American women. Approximately sixty percent of women with ovarian cancer are ... -
Targeting vulnerabilities through inhibiting the valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97) in ovarian cancer
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women and the deadliest of all gynecological cancers. Treatment failure is a major contributing factor in ovarian cancer-related mortality. Advances ... -
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OLIGOMERIZATION AND STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTING POLYPEPTIDE 1B3
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Many transporters are expressed at the basolateral membrane of human hepatocytes, including Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1), OATP1B3, Organic Cation Transporter 1 (OCT1), Na+/Taurocholate Cotransporting ... -
An analysis of the impact of psychological and relational dominance and sex on humor and social interaction
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John P. St. John, the father of constitutional prohibition
(University of Kansas, 1931)
