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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The public health nurse: Looking back and looking forward
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The nurse has historically been a key figure in public health. The shrinking pool of nurses, competitive hiring practices, and individual attitudes about the role of the public health nurse make public health recruitment ... -
Food web dynamics of fishes in relation to hydrological connectivity gradients in the Upper Mississippi River
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Structurally complex rivers consist of the main channel and various slackwater habitats which differ in hydrological connectivity within the riverscape. Differences in current velocity and other factors alter abiotic and ... -
OFDM-based cognitive radio for DSA networks
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)With the advent of new high data rate wireless applications, as well as growth of existing wireless services, demand for additional bandwidth is rapidly increasing. Existing "command-and-control" spectrum allocations defined ... -
Meaning and progress in the fair trade movement
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)As large corporations enter into fair trade and assume varying interpretations of fairness, confusion surfaces within the fair trade movement, in effect opening it to possibilities of perpetuating postcolonial understandings, ... -
A battle between good and evil: An analysis of the selling of the USA PATRIOT Act
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)On October 26, 2001 President George W. Bush signed into the law the USA PATRIOT Act, comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation which he hailed as an essential effort "to identify, to dismantle, to disrupt, and to punish ... -
A framework for radio frequency spectrum measurement and analysis
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)Inefficient spectrum allocation and the burgeoning problem of spectrum scarcity have prompted an examination of how the radio frequency spectrum is utilized. The radio frequency spectrum is an important national resource ... -
Some results in obstruction theory for projective modules
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Let A be a commutative noetherian ring and P be a finitely generated projective A-module. It is known that P can be written as Q⊕ A when rank(P) > dim( A). But this level of generality is far from sufficient when rank(P) ... -
Development of an electrically small Vivaldi antenna: The CReSIS Aerial Vivaldi (CAV-A)
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Radar operation from the CReSIS Meridian UAV requires a broadband antenna array composed of lightweight, thin, end-fire antenna elements. Toward this goal four Vivaldi antenna designs were simulated, fabricated, and ... -
Sidelobe suppression for OFDM based cognitive radios in dynamic spectrum access networks
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)As the demand for sophisticated wireless mobile applications incorporating efficient modulation techniques is ever increasing, more bandwidth is needed to support these applications. However, bandwidth is a limited resource. ... -
Natural life, manufactured feelings: National identity, bio-political power and the Japanese American internment
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This study examines the bio-political character of the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast of the United States during World War II. The thesis argues that the internment can be understood as an instance of ... -
Development and application of analytical chemical methods for the simultaneous analysis of the behavioral and pharmacokinetic response to amphetamine in rats
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Amphetamine is a psychostimulant that is used clinically for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Using a force-plate actometer, amphetamine has been determined to produce a predictable ... -
Confusing culture for clinic: Indigenous shaman-healer as psychopathology
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)My Master's thesis is an examination of the way in which anomalous behaviors commonly associated with indigenous shaman-healers might be associated with mental illness by western psychiatry. This out-dated western ethnocentric ... -
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration as mechanisms for worsened outcomes in elderly traumatic brain injury
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)It is only recently that clinical and epidemiological data has been reported about the particularly heavy burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the elderly. With the expected growth in the world population over age 65, ... -
Measurement of capillary pressure properties of gas diffusion materials used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)A capillary pressure curve is used to account for the mass transport limitation in the porous gas diffusion layer (GDL) in modeling two-phase transport phenomena in a fuel cell. Various assumptions and approximations on ... -
Social policy and inequality
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Expert system-based post-stroke robotic rehabilitation for hemiparetic arm
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Approximately 50 to 60 percent of the more than five million stroke survivors are moderately or minimally impaired, and may greatly benefit from rehabilitation. It is widely accepted that most of the motor recovery occurs ... -
Automatic tracking of moving objects in video for surveillance applications
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)Automated surveillance systems are of critical importance for the field of security. The task of reliably detecting and tracking moving objects in surveillance video, which forms a basis for higher level intelligence ... -
The relationship between depression and motivation to quit among rural smokers
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This is the first study to examine the relationship between depression and autonomous motivation to quit smoking. A population-based sample of 750 smokers was identified from 50 rural primary care clinics across the State ... -
A framework for sensor networks with multiple owners
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)A framework for sensor networks with multiple owners develops a mechanism for assured and controlled access to sensor assets owned and maintained by disparate organizations. The framework addresses the limitations in an ... -
Language attitudes of Iraqi native speakers of Arabic: A sociolinguistic investigation
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This study investigates language attitudes of Iraqi native speakers of Arabic towards two Arabic varieties in Iraq, Standard Arabic (SA) and Iraqi Arabic (IA). The sample of the study comprises 196 participants divided ...