Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Recording Remote Attestations on the Blockchain
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Remote attestation is a process of establishing trust between various systems on a network. Until now, attestations had to be done on the fly as caching attestations had not yet been solved. With the blockchain providing ... -
Bio-inspired Reinforcement Learning & Predictive Flight Controllers for Unmanned Aerial Systems
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Recent advancements in computer technologies have dramatically increased the onboard processing power of autonomous aircraft as well as the performance of autopilot systems. The combination of exponential growth in ... -
Design and Evaluation of Security-Focused Service Meshes for Management of Microservice Deployments
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Shifting trends in modern software engineering and cloud computing have pushed system designs to leverage containerization and develop their systems into microservice architectures. While microservice architectures emphasize ... -
System Identification-based Fault Detection and Model-Based Control of an Uncrewed Aerial System
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)As the wide-scale use of uncrewed aerial systems, or UAS, proceeds towards civilian airspace, guarantees of operational safety over the entire flight envelope become more critical. However, public opinion is mixed on the ... -
On Equivalent Circuit Modeling for Lithium-ion Batteries Operating over Broad Current Ranges
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Advanced battery management is as important for lithium-ion battery systems as the brain is forthe human body. Its performance rests on the use of fast and accurate battery models. However, themainstream equivalent circuit ... -
INTERNALLY-CURED LOW-CRACKING HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (IC-LC-HPC) BRIDGE DECKS: DURABILITY AND CRACKING PERFORMANCE
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)The laboratory portion of this study investigates the effects of internal curing (IC) water in pre-wetted lightweight aggregates (LWA) between 8.2 and 9.0% and between 12.0 and 13.1% by weight of binder and total internal ... -
Multipass SAR Processing for Ice Sheet Vertical Velocity and Tomography Measurements
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Vertical velocity is the rate at which ice moves vertically within an ice sheet, usually measured in meters per year. This movement can occur due to various factors, including accumulation, ice deformation, basal sliding, ... -
Mutants: Ceramic Objects
(University of Kansas, 2023-01-01)The following paper details the conceptual underpinnings, art historical references, and vital-materialistic philosophy of the exhibition titled Mutants, installed in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery February 25, ... -
Spectral Cohabitation and Interference Mitigation via Physical Radar Emissions
(University of Kansas, 2023-01-01)Auctioning of frequency bands to support growing demand for high bandwidth 5G communications is driving research into spectral cohabitation strategies for next generation radar systems. The loss of radio frequency (RF) ... -
A thermodynamic determination of the dissociation energy of the gaseous TiO molecule
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An empirical investigation of Storms’ theory of erotic orientation development
(University of Kansas, 1982-05-31)Storms' theory that erotic orientation results from an interaction between eroticization process onset and social development during early adolescence was tested. The constructs of eroticization process onset and homoeroticism ... -
The treatment of childhood in autobiographies of twentieth century American women
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Synthesis of fluorine substituted medicinals
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The biology and morphology of Hydrometra martini Kirkaldy
(University of Kansas, 1953-05-31)The purpose of this investigation is the correlation of form and function in a single species of insect, Hydrometra martini Kirkaldy. For this, the internal and external structures of the adults were examined and the ... -
The Chinese influence on Western theatre : from transposition to transformation
(University of Kansas, 1984-05-31)The classical Chinese theatre has come to be recognized by Westerners as a well-preserved traditional theatrical form with unique features worthy of exploration. This thesis deals with some significant examples of the ... -
Cognitive attitudes in relation to susceptibility to interference
(University of Kansas, 1953-12-31)During the past few years there has been a surge of interest among psychologists in the borderland around the area of perception. The work of Murphy (50,55,63,74), Bruner (10,16,60,61), and Klein (43,47) and their respective ... -
Attitudes about abortion among college students
(University of Kansas, 1984-05-31)The attitudes about abortion held by 390 under graduate students were investigated. Three hypotheses were formulated for testing: (1) there is no significant difference between the attitudes of religious and non-religious ... -
Part I. The anodic oxidation of magnesium in aqueous solution. Part II. The oxidation of magnesium by triiodide ion
(University of Kansas, 1953-12-31)It has been known for many years that evolution of hydrogen occurs, in addition to the dissolution of magnesium, during the anodic oxidation of magnesium in aqueous salt solutions (1). Thia behavior is obviously extraordinary, ... -
Writing a Modern Land: Discourses of Environmental Modernity in Twentieth-century Xinjiang
(University of Kansas, 2023-01-01)This dissertation argues that Xinjiang’s human history cannot be fully understood apart from its non-human history. It explores a ‘problematic of environmental modernity’ in the context of Xinjiang, and, through discourse ... -
A New Species of Abyssal Sea Anemone and Its Symbiotic Relationship with a Scaphopod
(University of Kansas, 1996-12-31)In this thesis I report the results of the first study of a symbiosis between an abyssal sea anemone and a scaphopod. describe the sea anemone as Benthactis nomadas n. g., n. sp. The sea anemones and scaphopods were ...