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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Corporate chaplains: Clergy role enactment in the for-profit organization
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This study explored the phenomenon of spiritually-oriented organizational support; particularly how corporate chaplains manage the role negotiation and enactment that occurs in their simultaneous roles as clergy in the ... -
The development of catalytic, asymmetric decarboxylative coupling reactions
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The generation, and subsequent allylation, of ketone enolates from β-keto allylic esters via the transition metal-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation reaction has been thoroughly investigated in regard to the scope, ... -
The power of images: The confrontation of violence and the construction of black manhood in the films of Gordon Parks
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This dissertation studies the life and art of American filmmaker Gordon Parks, Sr., to argue that four of his films, all centered on black men, explore how black men in America might attain greater agency through self-awareness, ... -
Resurgence of infant caregiving responses
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Three experiments were conducted to identify the conditions likely to produce resurgence. The preparation was a simulated caregiving context, wherein a recorded infant cry sounded and was terminated contingent upon specified ... -
Design of flight test systems for an autonomous, balloon-launched demonstrator for a Mars exploration airplane
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)Robotic airplanes have been proposed as a tool for surveying Mars. A Mars exploration airplane could bridge the scale and resolution gaps between orbiters and surface missions. Flight testing a prototype Mars airplane may ... -
Initiations and responses: A comparison of two AAC interventions
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a speech generating device with a dynamic display and a picture board on the initiations and responses of children with autism spectrum disorders. An alternating ... -
Evolution of the New World jays (Corvidae): Phylogeny, biogeography, and ecology
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The evolutionary relationships among the New World jays are investigated in the context of their systematics, biogeography, and ecology. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes reconstructed a ... -
Developmental regulation of the human beta-globin locus and the role of the O and P regions in beta-like globin gene expression
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The human β-globin locus is a highly complex genetic system that has become a classical model for studying the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. The locus consists of five functional β-like globin genes, ϵ- Gγ-Aγ-δ-β ... -
Contagion and convalescence: Capital liberalization, capital controls, and the East Asian financial crisis. Case study: Thailand and Malaysia
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)The East Asian Financial crisis highlighted the consequences of fast-tracked capital account liberalization in emerging market economies lacking the macroeconomic and regulatory infrastructures to manage such changes. The ... -
The role of emotional intelligence in political candidate image
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)This study sought to apply the interpersonal construct of emotional intelligence to political candidate image, and specifically to test the influence of a candidate's perceived emotional intelligence on overall image scores, ... -
Probing the antibiotic target MurA from Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)MurA (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase) catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of cell wall peptidoglycan. Because this pathway is absent in mammals, MurA is an attractive target for the ... -
Flight validated high-order models of UAV helicopter dynamics in hover and forward flight using analytical and parameter identification techniques
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)There has been a significant growth in the use of UAV helicopters for a multitude of military and civilian applications over the last few years. Due to these numerous applications, from crop dusting to remote sensing, UAV ... -
The effectiveness of a hope intervention in coping with cold pressor pain
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The Gate Control Model posits that cognitions and affect play a critical role in the experience of pain. Thus, research has been aimed at illuminating psychological factors that impact pain experience and targeting ... -
How Do You Think I Got Famous? Stories [and] The Hesitation of Olivia Austin: Novel excerpt
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The city as an agent for European integration: Tackling social exclusion in greater Paris
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The post-industrial economic and physical decline of urban areas is evidenced by unemployment, outmoded housing design, and lack of connectivity to goods and services. These characteristics contribute to social exclusion, ... -
Properties of forelimb muscle representations in the primate cerebral cortex
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)Labeling corticospinal neurons with retrograde tracers injected in the cervical segments of the spinal cord of macaque rhesus, has revealed multiple corticospinal output zones in both the lateral and the medial aspect of ... -
Detection and mitigation of impairments for real-time multimedia applications
(University of Kansas, 2007-12-31)Measures of Quality of Service (QoS) for multimedia services should focus on phenomena that are observable to the end-user. Metrics such as delay and loss may have little direct meaning to the end-user because knowledge ... -
Identifying the classics: An examination of articles published in the "Journal of Pediatric Psychology" from 1976--2006.
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the top 100 most highly cited articles in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology , from 1976-2006, which yielded a total of 104 articles that ranged in citations from ... -
Effects of writing about emotions versus goals on hostility, depressive symptoms and physical health parameters: The moderating role of emotional approach coping
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)A randomized, controlled trial compared emotionally disclosive writing (EMO; Pennebaker & Beall, 1986; n = 24), writing about long-term goals as the "best possible self" (BPS; after King, 2001; n = 17), and a control writing ... -
Childhood moral insanity: Another "Turn of the Screw"
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has never been an easy story to analyze due to the author's penchant for ambiguity. Since it was published in 1898, the novella was read as a terrifying ghost story until 1934, when scholar ...