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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? is a thesis exhibition that consists of two series of lithographic prints, All I’ve Seen, and Encounters on a Hog Farm and a self-portrait titled It Weighs on You Like Heavy Rain. ... -
Accelerated simulations and computer-aided drug design of membrane proteins
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Membrane proteins represent ~30% of the proteome and more than 60% of drug targets. They play key roles in physiological functions, such as signal transduction, transport, ion regulation and enzymatic activities. Malfunction ... -
Political Institutions and Public Health: The Dynamics of Covid Policy Response
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)What is the relationship between institutions, the restrictions of civil liberties, health outcomes, and polarization during the Covid pandemic? This question is of enormous importance because we need to know whether the ... -
We’re Open to Talk about Sex: Conversation Orientation and the Impact on Disclosure and Satisfaction in Sexual Relationships
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The aim of this dissertation was to examine sexual self-disclosure in sexual relationships using Social Penetration Theory (SPT) and Family Communication Patterns Theory (FCPT). SPT suggested that after the costs (i.e., ... -
Combinatorial and Homological Aspects of Monomial Algebras and Numerical Semigroups
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Our aim throughout this thesis is to illuminate combinatorial and homological properties of algebraic structures arising in combinatorial commutative algebra, combinatorics, and additive number theory. We devote specific ... -
Expanding the Toolkit for Optical Rotation Calculations: Development of Interpretive Models and Extension to Solid State Systems
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The measurement of optical rotation (OR) is a long standing approach forcharacterizing chiral systems. The ability to predict optical rotation theoretically without resorting to expensive \textit{ab initio} simulations ... -
The Effects of a Virtual Training and Self-Monitoring on Leading a Meeting
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Meetings are one of the most common workplace activities in which employees engage. Unfortunately, most meetings are considered ineffective. Not only do ineffective meetings cost organizations money in terms of employee ... -
Realism, Confirmation, and Explanation: Philosophical Studies in Models and Model-Based Science
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Over the last several decades, the philosophy of science has been enamored of the role that models play in scientific practice. The methods and applications of models, their role in the production of knowledge, and many ... -
The Effects of Fading Schedules of Noncontingent Reinforcement with and without Extinction
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at an increased risk of problem behavior, which can result in various impediments to daily living and injury to themselves and others. Noncontingent reinforcement ... -
The Effects of Signs on Unwanted Touching of Museum Displays
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Museums struggle with the issue of visitors touching the artworks without consent, sometimes causing extensive damage. Although this is an important issue, no known empirical data on the frequency of touching art pieces ... -
Reduction of Speech Disfluencies Through Online Awareness Training
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Public speaking in a virtual format is becoming increasingly common given the rise in online education programs and changes necessitated by COVID-19 (Gupta et al., 2021). Therefore, it is important to establish a teaching ... -
Studies of Protein Stability by Hydrogen Exchange-Mass Spectrometry
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)With the rapid growth in using proteins as therapeutics, studying the stability of therapeutic proteins has become an essential part in the manufacturing of therapeutics to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of a ... -
Phosphate Tether-mediated Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Polyols, Natural Products, and Analogs
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Naturally occurring and synthetic macrocycles are considered as useful scaffolds as therapeutics and probes in both medicine and chemical biology. Due to the pre-organized nature and unique architecture, macrocycles have ... -
The Moral Foundations of Knowledge: Seeking and Avoiding COVID-19 Information
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)An abundance of work in social and political psychology suggests a positive relationship between political conservatism, disgust sensitivity, and disease avoidance. Yet, despite this link, recent research suggests that ... -
Coseismic pore pressure changes linked to local, induced earthquakes
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)An unprecedented increase in seismicity in south-central Kansas (KS), starting in 2013, has been linked to elevated pore fluid pressures in the subsurface resulting from high rate wastewater injections. Improving the ... -
The Cumulative Cost of Care: Caregiving Over the Life Course and Severity of Depression
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Caregiving research is typically well-contained within silos focusing on those who are actively providing care or based on the nature of the caregiver/care recipient relationship. Little research has investigated how ... -
Indigenous Film in a Colonized Theater: The Role of Independent Exhibition in Screening Indigenous Films
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)The decisions that non-Indigenous independent film exhibitors make regarding exhibiting Indigenous film have the possibility of impacting the films themselves, as well as the audience’s experience of engaging with these ... -
Development of Nanoscale Technologies for Applications in Single-Molecule Sequencing
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have completely transformed the way in which quantitative genomics and transcriptomics can be done. However, there are a few limitations associated with ... -
Evolution of the aquatic beetle family Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga): integrating methods to examine patterns of diversification across temporal scales.
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Parsing the evolutionary patterns and processes that underly beetle diversity has been the subject of countless investigations. With an estimated crown age of 300 million years and millions of species, beetle evolution has ... -
“I’ve been all over this world four times”: Travel, Place, and Memory in the Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum
(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)This dissertation examines the landscape drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum (1891-1972) through the concept of place. Born in the Missouri Ozarks, Yoakum traveled widely in the US and abroad before settling in Chicago. In 1962, ...