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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Increasing Student On-Task Behavior in a Juvenile Detention Day School Through the Use of a Token Procedure Implemented by Juvenile Correctional Officers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Abstract Education is important for all children. This is especially true for students in detention facilities where they may receive less than optimal learning opportunities. Among many barriers to students in detention ... -
Increasing Staff Healthy Behavioral Practices in Programs for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(University of Kansas, 2019-01-01)Problem behavior is common in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD; Lowe et al., 2007). Some research has suggested that movement from institutions to community-based programs has resulted in ... -
Evaluating Person-Centered Factors Associated with Brain-Computer Interface Access to a Commercial Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Purpose: Brain-computer interface (BCI) techniques may provide a link between an individual’s neurological activity and communication device control, which circumvents the requirement for individuals to possess a reliable ... -
An examination of the role of social factors in the stability of proactive and reactive aggression from late childhood to early adolescence
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)There is substantial research indicating adverse outcomes associated with childhood aggression. The functions of aggression, proactive and reactive aggression, have been widely examined with distinct correlates associated ... -
Inventamus Si Progressimus: “We Made It Up as We Went Along” The Evolution of the American Advisory Effort in South Vietnam
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Abstract This dissertation examines the efforts of the South Vietnamese government along with their American military and civilian advisors to devise and implement programs to combat the Viet Cong Infrastructure in South ... -
Gazing at the Golden Age: The Role of Perspective in Counter-Memorial Display
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)How does the traveling museum exhibition 1001 Inventions design memories of the Golden Age of Islam to counter Islamophobia in the modern world? The Golden Age of Islam occurred centuries ago but is still a potent rhetorical ... -
Discrepancies between Objective and Subjective Sleep Assessment in Older Adults
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Older adults are a growing segment of the population who experience disturbed sleep. In using actigraphy and self-report (e.g., sleep diaries) to measure/characterize sleep in this population, researchers have found that ... -
Imperial Entrepreneur: Masculinity, Race, and the Memory of Frederick Funston
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This work examines Major General Frederick Funston’s life and subsequent memory. It seeks to answer two questions: first, how and why individuals/media makers constructed various identities of Funston during his life? ... -
Sharp time asymptotics for the quasi-geostrophic equation, the Boussinesq system and near plane waves of reaction-diffusion models
(University of Kansas, 2019-5-31)Through this dissertation we present the sharp time decay rates for three equations, namely quasi--geostrophic equation (SQG), Boussinesq system (BSQ) and plane wave of general reaction-diffusion models. In addition, in ... -
Viet Cuong's Bull's-Eye: A Conductor's Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Of the more than five-hundred works cataloged in Rodney Winther’s An Annotated Guide to Wind Chamber Music, ninety-six percent include double reed instruments in their orchestration, which limits the repertoire available ... -
Group Membership, Content Valence, and Stereotype Agreement: Testing the Effects of Jokes and Asian Stereotypes
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Guided by the theories of social identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Re- icher, Wetherell, 1987) and intergroup contact (Allport, 1954; McIntyre, Paolini, Hewstone, 2016; Pettigrew, 1998; Pettigrew & ... -
The process of civilization on the Kansas frontier, Newton, Kansas, 1871-1873
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Pre-existent music in the works of Peter Maxwell Davies
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Genetic and Chemical Intervention of the BfrB:Bfd Interaction Dysregulate Iron Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Affect its Broader Metabolism
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that is accountable for multiple types of infections, including pneumonia, wound, burn, and urinary tract infections. P. aeruginosa is an emerging threat in ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Goals and Programs for College Level Group Piano Instruction in Kansas
(University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)This study was a comparative analysis of group piano programs and goals between the secondary two-year schools and the four-year schools of Kansas. A four-part survey was mailed to all group piano instructors of college ... -
Manufacturing in Lawrence, Kansas, 1854-1900
(University of Kansas, 1940-08-31)The plan of organization for this study is to set forth, for each major division, the background or special external developments and general business conditions affecting manufacturing enterprises in Lawrence, and then ... -
Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn
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Islamic political thought : the case of Pakistan
(University of Kansas, 1963-08-31)The purpose of this study is to examine the major problems of Islamic Political philosophy as reflected in the development of Pakistan against the backdrop of the historic development of Islam. Since Pakistan fell partial ... -
The moral approach to politics: as expounded in Islamic doctrines with special reference to the idea of equality
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The Accompaniment of Gregorian Chant
(University of Kansas, 1959-05-31)Although Gregorian Chant is sacred monody that dates from an age in which instrumental accompaniment was not employed for liturgical music, today, particularly in the services of the Roman Catholic Church, the common ...