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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Diet analysis of Neotoma middens from the last glacial period to present in the Snake Range, NV
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Atmospheric [CO2] is increasing at an unprecedented rate from fossil fuel emissions, resulting in rapid climate shifts and subsequent changes in plant community composition. Ancient climactic excursions and [CO2] change ... -
Effects of three previewing tactics on the oral reading performance of fourth-grade students
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Stimulus equalization: A computer-based stimulus manipulation procedure for facilitating visual discriminations
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Kansas policy makers' perceptions of Kansas nurses' influence on Kansas health policy
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Secretion regulation of invasion plasmid antigens C and D (IpaC and IpaD) of Shigella flexneri
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Professionalization of attitude toward play of high school interscholastic athletes
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The relationship of leader style on blood pressure of clients enrolled in hypertension group education classes
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Fracture Toughness Characterization for Heat-Affected Zones of Welded Highway Bridge Steels
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)The work described herein examines the fracture toughness and impact energy absorption in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of modern bridge steels. Performed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) ... -
High-Order Static and Dynamic Tetrahedral Mesh Generation Algorithms for Use in Finite Element Modeling and Simulation
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Computational modeling and simulation of real-world problems, e.g., various automotive, aerospace,and biomedical applications, often involve geometric objects bounded by curved surfaces. Computational modeling of such ... -
Exploring Emerging Technologies for Highway Construction Inspection
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Inspection for highway construction is essential for State Departments of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide high-quality products and facilities that meet or exceed specified ... -
Smart Physics-Inspired Compositional Dimensionless Type Curves for Unconventional Enhanced Oil Recovery
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Dimensionless Type curves have been developed and used in the Oil and Gas industry for primary production performance evaluation. To Date, there is no physics-based dimensionless performance type curve developed for Enhanced ... -
Field Monitoring and Numerical Investigation of Constrained Layer Damper for Mitigation of Wind-induced Vibration of High Mast Illumination Poles
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)High-mast illumination poles (HMIP) are tall and slender structures with low inherent damping. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) discovered premature cracking near the handhole of several HMIPs in Western ... -
The Greener Alternative: Sustainable Development in Iron Catalysis and Biodegradable Polymers
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)The world is 8 years away from reaching the 2030 U.N. deadline requiring the reduction of carbon equivalent emissions by half before reaching a 1.5◦C temperature rise that tips the scale of climate change against us. Within ... -
Separation and Purification of Vanillin and p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde from Grass Lignins
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Lignin from renewable sources such as corn residue and grasses can produce a diverse range of products from food grade cellulose to fine chemicals such as vanillin and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (pHB). Isolating the individual ... -
Selective Production of Phenolic Aldehydes with Acetosolv Lignin Extracted from Corn Field Leftovers
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Annual U.S. production of lignocellulose from crop residues such as corn cobs and stover is nearly 400 million tons. Yet, it is a vastly underutilized resource. Global sustainability and biorefinery profitability will ... -
Properties of Profile-Guided Compiler Optimizations with GCC and LLVM
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Profile-guided optimizations (PGO) are a class of sophisticated compiler transformations that employ information regarding the profile or execution-time behavior of a program to improve program performance, typically speed. ... -
Functionality, Access, and Implications: Assessing the Role of Organizations in Community Disaster Resilience
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Communities are complex systems defined by the interaction of social, economic, environmental, and physical systems. Increasing rates and intensities of climatic natural hazards, coupled with rising urbanization and an ... -
Widespread presence of cyanotoxins and taste-and-odor compounds within benthic algae of human-disturbed rivers
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Cyanotoxins and taste-and-odor (T&O) compounds are produced by cyanobacteria, including benthic varieties that grow on the bed of freshwater streams. Cyanotoxins, such as microcystin, anatoxin-a, and saxitoxin, can poison ... -
An Empirical Evaluation of Multi-Resource Scheduling for Moldable Workflows
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Resource scheduling plays a vital role in High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. However, most scheduling research in HPC has focused on only a single type of resource (e.g., computing cores or I/O resources). With the ... -
NIR Imagery-based Grass Fire Detection and Metrics Measurement using Small UAS
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)This thesis focuses on the generation of a new grass fire aerial image dataset and development of novel methods for near-infrared (NIR) imagery-based fire front identification and fire depth estimation using small unmanned ...