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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons influence naive CD4+ T cell differentiation
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)CD4+ T cells are essential for the effective functioning and appropriate regulation of the immune system. Antigen-naïve T cells require two distinct costimulatory signals to activate and differentiate into effector and ... -
Measuring actinide partitioning in zircon to improve the 230Th correction for 206Pb/238U dates
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The element Th, and its isotope 230Th, an intermediate daughter isotope in the 238U decay series, is often excluded relative to U from the mineral zircon during crystallization. Zircon is geochronologically important because ... -
Using Numerical Simulations to Assess Urban Heat Island Mitigation by Converting Vacant Areas into Green Spaces
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Impervious surfaces and buildings in the urban environment alter the radiative balance and energy exchange in the boundary layer, increasing sensible heat flux and decreasing latent heat flux near the surface. This typically ... -
Managing malaria: Selected maps of the twentieth century.
(University of Kansas, 2007-12-31)Understanding malaria's geographic occurrence throughout the world is amazingly complex. Jacques May wrote that "a whole atlas, comprising several dozens of maps, could justifiably be devoted to the cartographical ... -
Gatekeeping in educational administration hiring decisions: A resume audit study
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation examines gatekeeping in educational administration hiring decisions. I conducted a resume audit study with educational administrators from Kansas to understand gender biases in hiring decisions for ... -
The reflection of meaning : using personal constructs to train counselors in empathic responding
(University of Kansas, 1986-05-31)This training study assessed the impact of a newly conceptualized microcounseling skill, the reflection of meaning, on counselor empathy. A further purpose was to determine the impact of counselor empathy on client perceptions ... -
United States economic and military assistance policy toward China during World War II and its immediate aftermath
(University of Kansas, 1988-05-31)This study traces the background and development of the U.S. assistance policy toward China in the late 1930's and throughout the 1940's. This aid took place in numerous forms but mostly via U.S. government programs. ... -
Nostalgia for Ex-partners and Perceived Current Relationship Quality
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Thinking about one’s ex-romantic-partners is typically regarded as detrimental to people’s current romantic relationship. However, thinking about past events and relationships in a nostalgic way is suggested to result in ... -
Neurocognitive Processes Associated with Reduced Inhibitory Control of Prepotent Eye Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Impairments in inhibitory control (IC), or the ability to suppress a dominant behavioral response, are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Multiple psychological and neurophysiological processes ... -
A Critical Approach to Human Trafficking in Japan: Rethinking Sex Trafficking Policy Through the Examples of Filipino Migrant Entertainers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This thesis focuses on the problematic relationship between the carceral state and carceral feminism, which are U.S. centered, and its effects on human trafficking and sex work in Japan. I utilize academic research on the ... -
Revolutionary TransNationalism: The Revolutionary Action Movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and the Black Power Movement in the United States and Brazil, 1961-1972
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This thesis investigates the role of transnational interactions and solidarity as central components to the Black Power movement in the United States and Brazil. Beginning with Brazilian artists and political radicals ... -
Precision Sensorimotor Control in Aging Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 Gene Premutation Carriers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Individuals with premutation alleles of the FMR1 gene are at risk of developing Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), a neurodegenerative condition affecting sensorimotor, cognitive and psychological function. ... -
Male Allies Decrease Negative Effects of Tokenism for Women in Male Dominated Workplaces
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Previous research has examined the antecedents and consequences of tokenism, and recent research has begun to address the utility of interventions for coping with these experiences. This is of particular importance for ... -
Developing Empirical Decision Points to Improve the Timing of Adaptive mHealth Physical Activity Interventions in Youth
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Current digital health interventions primarily utilize interventionist-defined rules to guide the timing of intervention delivery. As new temporally dense datasets become available, it is possible to make decisions about ... -
Regional flow conditions associated with stratocumulus cloud-clearing events over the southeast Atlantic
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Large, abrupt clearing events have been documented in the marine stratocumulus cloud deck that resides over the subtropical Southeast Atlantic Ocean. In these events, clouds are rapidly eroded along a line hundreds–to–thousands ... -
Math is Language: A Metaphor-Based Intervention to Promote Women's Interest in Math
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Despite STEM’s growth, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM employment. Women fill almost half of all jobs in the US, yet they only occupy 25 percent of all STEM employment (Beede et al., 2011). This discrepancy between ... -
furor illa et movit Erinys: The Presentation and Agency of Tisiphone in Statius' Thebaid
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The purpose of this paper is to provide new insight into the Fury Tisiphone, who prominently appears in Statius’ Thebaid. I examine the development of the Erinys from its earliest origins in Homer to, as I argue, its ... -
The Realization of Terrence McNally's Ragtime
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The story of Ragtime is testament to the heartbreaking truth that the America of the early 1900’s has far too many similarities to the America we live in today. The book was written in 1975, and in 1990, a Lynn Ahrens, ... -
Anion Relay Cyclopropanation and Aryl Vinyl Cyclopropane Cope Rearrangements
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Anion Relay Chemistry is a powerful tool for the rapid development of molecular complexity in an operationally simple manner. Much of the work in this field has been pioneered and developed by the Smith group, whose work ... -
Rate of Perceived Exertion and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Adults with and without AD
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Exercise has many benefits for physical and cognitive health. However engagement in and adherence to exercise is challenging. There are many barriers to exercise in older adults including subjective exercise difficulty, ...