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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The need for a community-wide determination of the fundamental constants
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Tests of fundamental theory are sensitive to the values of the fundamental (physical) constants. These values are determined by a global fit to experimental data and depend on the data, theory, and theory uncertainties ... -
Evaluating the Effects of COVID-19 on a Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Being present in school is essential to academic success. Students who drop out of high school are more likely to experience both negative short- and long-term consequences as compared to their graduating peers. To negate ... -
Gangster and Geishas: The impact of racial prototypicality on judgments of sexual orientation for Black and Asian targets
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Across two studies, I apply an intersectional analysis to the judgment of sexual orientation of Black and Asian men. I hypothesize that (i) perceptions of racial prototypicality and (ii) the endorsement of stereotypes that ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO SIMPLIFY MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA ANALYSIS BY MACHINE LEARNING AND APPLICATIONS IN BIOMARKER RESEARCH
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)The advancement of biomarker discovery and implementation will enable earlier disease detection, support clinical decision making and improve patient outcomes. A major challenge faced is the development of methods capable ... -
A Comparison of Resurgence During Three and Four-Phase Procedures
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Resurgence, or the reemergence of previously extinguished responding when current behavior is challenged, is typically studied using either a three or four-phase procedure. In three-phase procedures, a target response is ... -
Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging Prehistoric Animal Skeletons and Paleofeatures in Ash Beds at Ashfall Fossil Beds Historical State Park, Nebraska
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a non-invasive imaging method of the shallow subsurface. However, prior to my study, the capabilities of GPR for imaging bones encased in fine volcanic ash deposits had not been determined. ... -
Improving Mask Wearing by Group-Home Staff
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Mask wearing is among the most recommended prevention strategies to slow the spread of SARS-COVID-2 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021j). Mask wearing is especially important in settings where vulnerable ... -
Structure and Reactivity Correlations of High-valent Manganese and Cobalt Complexes
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Earth-abundant transition metals have attracted a great attention for decades due to their versatile nature that enables them to carry out a variety of reactions in metalloenzymes. Accordingly, various model systems have ... -
Obstruction Theory in Algebra and Topology: A Homotopy Perspective
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Based on the Homotopy theorem of Madhav V. Nori on smooth vector bundles and his Homotopy question on algebraic vector bundles \cite{M2}, we develop the theories of topological and algebraic obstructions as follows.\bE ... -
Synthesis, Characterization and Oxidative Reactivity of Bio-inspired MnIII-Hydroxo and MnIII-Alkylperoxo Complexes
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Enzymes such as manganese lipoxygenase (MnLOX), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), and manganese-dependent homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase (MnHPCD) employ the redox versatility of manganese to perform important ... -
Investment in Whiteness and Climate Change Skepticism
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Research often explores the motivated roots of climate change skepticism: that people express climate change (CC) skepticism in service of predetermined conclusions. Research also indicates that White Americans are less ... -
Operator Theory on Univariate Analytic Function Spaces
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)The goal of this thesis is to study certain aspects of Toeplitz, Hankel, and composition operators, as well as the associated operator algebras, on various Hardy and Bergman spaces of univariate analytic functions. The ... -
Regulation of accurate chromosome segregation by epigenetic cues
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Post DNA replication, owing to the nature of DNA itself, the replicated genome exists in a highly catenated state. The complete and flawless resolution of the catenated genome, followed by its meticulous partitioning during ... -
Roots as agents of soil change over time and as mediators of humanity’s imprint on Earth’s critical zone
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Plant roots mediate the movement of materials such as nutrients and carbon (C) across Earth’s surface. Roots allocate fixed C to processes that govern nutrient uptake, and in doing so redistribute soil resources. However, ... -
Spirit in Cinema: Representations of Black Christianity in African American Film
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Since its early development, African American cinema has been engaged in an ongoing critical-cultural conversation on race, representation, and religion through the visual and aural storytelling possibilities of film. ... -
Where Do Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei fit in a Galaxy's Timeline?
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Many X-ray bright active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are predicted to follow an extended stage of obscured black hole growth. In support of this picture we examine the X-ray undetected AGNs in the COSMOS field and compare their ... -
The Hegemonic Nuclear Family: The Interaction Between the Roles of the Nuclear Family Construct and Its Queer Members
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan brought renewed focus to the family through a variety of messages focusing on it as a cornerstone of United States society. The family in this definition is the nuclear family, comprised ... -
The Function of Communication Adjustment in Patient-Provider Interactions: A Communication Accommodation Approach to Giving Preventive Health Advice for the Reduction of Type-2 Diabetes
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Communication between patients and providers is an important issue in contemporary health care. The current dissertation considered how health providers’ communication operates as a core factor influencing patients' anxiety, ... -
Modeling tauopathies in vitro with diverse aggregation inducing techniques
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)The microtubule-associated protein tau promotes the stabilization of the axonal cytoskeleton in neurons. In several neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Pick’s disease, corticobasal degeneration, chronic ... -
Investigating the Fate of Mg-bearing Calcium Carbonates During Early Diagenesis
(University of Kansas, 2021-01-01)The formation of dolomite at low temperature (<80ºC) is uncommon in modern environments, however dolomite is abundant in the geologic record. The paradox between the scarcity of modern dolomite and abundance in ancient ...