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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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A Behavioral Economic Approach to Preventing Adolescent Violence
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Youth violence is a serious public health and criminal justice concern that disproportionately affects African American and Hispanic/Latinx youth. Prevention Science researchers have identified co-occurring behaviors and ... -
A Dynamical Study of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck System for Three Ions
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Ionic channels and semiconductor devices use atomic scale structures to control macroscopic flows from one reservoir to another. The one-dimensional steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system is a useful representation ... -
Phylogenetics and biogeography of two new species of paromomyid plesiadapiforms from a unique, High Arctic ecosystem of Eocene Canada
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The Margaret formation of the Eureka Sound Group in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago samples a unique, warm temperate ecosystem with a polar light regime that dates to the early Eocene epoch ~ 53 Ma. Previous paleontological ... -
Clinical Assessment of Tinnitus Following Concussion
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-21)People who experience tinnitus after a concussion represent some of the most challenging clinical cases to see. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of this symptom. Concussion may facilitate tinnitus ... -
“Right to Painless Death”: The Fight for Humane Animal Slaughter in the Cold War United States
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)During the 1950s, animal welfare advocates launched a campaign for the passage of a law to require the use of improved slaughtering methods in packinghouses across America. The campaign ignited a widespread debate between ... -
Cross-Saving in the Classroom: The Intersections of Transfer and Game-Based Learning
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This dissertation seeks to discover and examine the intersections between writing knowledge transfer and game-based learning. Writing knowledge transfer represents one of the ultimate goals of composition pedagogy: the ... -
Don't give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses: The Trump administration, public charge, and rhetorical constructions of citizenship
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)In August 2019, President Donald Trump and his administration announced a rule that restricted immigrants’ access to visas if they used a variety of social programs, including: Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy ... -
Randomized Subspace Iteration Method for Eigenvalue Problems
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This thesis presents the randomized subspace iteration method for eigenvalue problems. In our analysis, we have considered symmetric positive definite eigenvalue problem. We present deterministic and probabilistic bounds ... -
Effects of Feedback Statements on Staff Procedural Integrity
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)AbstractSupervisor feedback is a powerful and effective tool that can be used to increase employee performance. However, there is a lack of information regarding the essential components of supervisor feedback. This study ... -
“Boasting for Thebes”: A Thebanocentric Reading of Pindar’s Fourth Pythian Ode
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Over the last three decades, the salience of the ancient Greek poet Pindar’s Theban identity and its role in his poetics has found greater awareness among critics. Nevertheless, such discussions of Pindar’s “Thebanicity” ... -
Is Aid Worth it? An Analysis of US Counterterror Programs: Weapons, Training, and Terror
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Is counterterrorism aid effective? Some counterterrorism aid programs focus on training and education, others focus on weapons disbursements. I argue that the type of aid program affects the effectiveness of the aid in ... -
Fire and fungi: fungal ecology in pyrophilic ecosystems
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Fire is a global phenomenon that annually burns approximately 3% of Earth’s terrestrial surface. While fire is an important component of many terrestrial ecosystems, climate change and anthropogenic influence are expected ... -
The Case of Israel: Budgets, Matriculation Exams, and the Ethnic Divide
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)In the domain of social justice, ever-diversifying, modern societies work to expand and improve their systems to accommodate multifarious citizen bases; failure to do so results in discrimination and marginalization that ... -
Stubborn Structures: Revaluing Masculinity in Mexican Women-Authored “novelas sobre la Revolución” (1963-2010)
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The 1910 Mexican Revolution is one of the most important and most represented events in 20th-century Mexican history. Although narratives written by men about men on the battlefield dominated representation in the first ... -
Characterization of Flow in Laboratory and Rock Fractures Using an In-Well Point Velocity Probe
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The In-Well Point Velocity Probe (IWPVP) is a tool deployed in the screened interval of a well that utilizes an internal small-scale tracer test to directly measure groundwater velocity on the centimeter scale. The ability ... -
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH: ON THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO INFORM PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Risky sexual behavior represents an intransigent public health issue in the United States and exists within a complicated web of political, social, cultural, economic, racial, and geographic contexts. The Socio-Ecological ... -
Worlding Modernism: The Political, the Postcolonial, and the Modern Body
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This dissertation contends that the population one belongs to shapes their relation to the modern state. State laws and power structures allow lives to flourish, or neglect people or kill them, based on classifications of ... -
Impacts of Different Environmental Forcings and Drought on Grassland Water and Carbon Fluxes
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-32)Vegetation has profound impacts on the local and regional water and carbon cycles. Classifying different environments and analyzing the response to drought allows us to assess the impacts on the water and carbon fluxes. ... -
Acculturative Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Latinx Youth: The Role of Behavioral Inhibition, Cultural Values, and Active Coping
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Acculturative stress is a cultural stressor that predicts various internalizing problems,such as anxiety and depression. Interestingly, not every individual who experiences acculturative stress reports psychological ... -
Examining the Effects of a Home Usability Intervention on Community and Home Participation
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The usability of a person’s home is central to community living. In order to participate in the community, a person must be able to first bathe, dress, and leave home (Stineman et al., 2007). Unfortunately, however, the ...