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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Fighting for a Cause: How Conflict Can Produce Interdependence
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Interdependence theory (Kelley & Thibaut, 1978) illustrates the impact of partners’ behaviors as relational outcomes are dependent on such behavior. This thesis project aimed to contribute to interdependence theory by ... -
Socio-Environmental Impacts of Argentine Yerba Mate Cultivation: “El Problema es el Precio Bajo”
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Consumption in today’s globalized economy makes it difficult to understand the consequences of our actions across the globe. A political-ecological lens, informed by the work of Robert Sack and Ian Cook, can help guide an ... -
An Evaluation of Synchronous Reinforcement for Increasing On-task Behavior in Preschool Children
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Schedules of covariation are those in which changes in a specific response class (e.g., rate, intensity, or duration of behavior) produce corresponding changes in a reinforcer (e.g., rate, intensity, or duration; Williams ... -
‘Ung Espace de Temps’ – The Role of Time in Le Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Between 1450 and 1529, five Middle French versions of a manuscript recounting the tale of Gillion de Trazegnies were produced in the ducal courts of Burgundy. The objective of this thesis is to explore representations of ... -
Murakami Haruki's Short Fiction and the Japanese Consumer Society
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This thesis seeks to describe the Japanese novelist Murakami Haruki’s continuing critique of Japan’s modern consumer-oriented society in his fiction. The first chapter provides a brief history of Japan’s consumer-oriented ... -
Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Analysis of Cretaceous Spatangoid Echinoids from the Western Interior Seaway
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Members of the echinoid order Spatangoida, a highly diverse and abundant marine invertebrate clade, were important denizens of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway (WIS), an epicontinental seaway that divided North America ... -
Cyrus Dallin’s The Scout: Civic Identity Cast Through a Native Equestrian Monument
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This thesis studies The Scout, a monumental bronze Indian equestrian sculpted by Cyrus Dallin and located since 1916 on a hilltop at Penn Valley Park overlooking Kansas City and the West. Emphasizing its story during the ... -
The test-retest reliability of the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of the study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R). Ten people with stroke-induced aphasia were administered the entire WAB-R twice. Correlation coefficients ... -
Does the Timing of Feedback Given to New Coders of the Communication Complexity Scale Affect Coding Reliability Scores?
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) helps quantify communicative behaviors demonstrated by children and adults with disabilities (Brady et al., 2012 & Brady et al., 2018a). When individuals are asked to learn the CCS ... -
blooming pestiferousness
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)blooming pestiferousness is an exhibition that discusses found organic object in tandem with both the physical body and hidden psyche. The exhibition consists of nine large-scale drawings and three smaller supplemental ... -
Baseball, Rituals, and the American Dream: An Analysis of the Boston Red Sox’s Response to the Boston Marathon Bombing
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)In April 2013, the Tsarnaev brothers placed two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. This attack created a need for healing the city’s spirit and the Boston Red Sox played an essential role in the ... -
An Adaptive Moving Mesh Finite Element Method and Its Application to Mathematical Models from Physical Sciences and Image Processing
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Moving sharp fronts are an important feature of many mathematical models from physical sciences and cause challenges in numerical computation. In order to obtain accurate solutions, a high resolution of mesh is necessary, ... -
Ouray Postcard Sense-of-Place: Looking at Words and Reading Pictures
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)To modernize sense-of-place research methods and restore humanistic depth to the field of geography, this research is an exploration into inventive tools and techniques for sense-of-place investigations. A historical ... -
The Earl of Essex in La Calprenède, Thomas Corneille, and Henry Jones
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State intervention in indigenous economies : the case of Venezuelan Indian collectives
(University of Kansas, 1989-12-31)This dissertation examines the organization of an unprecedented rural development program of Indian collectives in Venezuela. Based partly on a case study of two empresa communities, the dissertation critically considers ... -
The effects of creative dramatics on reading comprehension and language/thought of second grade children
(University of Kansas, 1989-12-31)The purpose of this study was to determine whether training in creative dramatics could enhance the reading comprehension and language/thought of second grade children. Seventy-one second graders were randomly assigned to ... -
"It just doesn't sound right": Spracherhalt und Sprachwechsel bei deutschen Kirchengemeinden in Cole County, Missouri : Resultate einer Spurensuche
(University of Kansas, 2002-05-31)A major focus of current sociolinguistic research is the issue of minority language maintenance and language shift. German-American speech islands, existing well into the twentieth century, are providing a valuable basis ... -
The Low German Dialect of Concordia, Missouri
(University of Kansas, 1997-12-31)A resurgence of interest recently in various German dialects present in many regions of the United States has led to the gathering of data in many small towns throughout the Midwest whose dialects and dialect speakers will ... -
An investigation of the effects of contingency contracting upon attention to academic task behaviors of preadolescent children referred to a mental health center for diagnosis and evaluation
(University of Kansas, 1971-12-31)The present study was designed to investigate the feasibility of employing a particular behavior modification methodology, contingency contracting, to increase attention to academic task behavior of preadolescent children ... -
Evaluation of a Computer-Based Version of Child Planned Activities Training
(University of Kansas, 2019-01-01)Challenges to implementation, such as engagement in intervention activities and maintaining implementation fidelity, exist within traditional delivery systems of evidenced-based parenting programs that can impact either ...