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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Women and Documentary Film in Iran (1997-2020)
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This dissertation focuses on contemporary women’s documentary practices in Iran particularly covering a time frame between 1997 and 2020. It merges three main (inter)disciplinary areas of documentary film studies, women’s ... -
Spatial and behavioral foraging patterns and diet selectivity in the social yellow bellied marmot
(University of Kansas, 1983-05-31)Two colonies of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) at an elevation of 2900 min Colorado were studied to elucidate the role of various behavioral and ecological factors as determinants of spatial foraging patterns. ... -
Cinematographical analysis of the effect of the positive supporting reflex on stomping actions in normal cerebral palsied and clumsy children
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Afro-Brazilian Women in Higher Education at the Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA) Brazil
(University of Kansas, 2022-12-31)Abstract The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine, describe, and understand underrepresentation of Afro-Brazilian women faculty members in higher education. The study aimed to advance knowledge about this ... -
Chasing Clouds
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)I investigate my environment by walking, observing, collecting, sorting, organizing, and experimenting with materials which present themselves in the place I inhabit. Many times overlooked or discarded materials peak my ... -
Electrokinetic Separation of Nucleic Acids in Thermoplastic Nanochannels
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Nucleic acid analysis and separation have recently become an interesting area of research due to their applicability in precision medicine. In precision medicine disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention are tailored to ... -
An Investigation of the Effects of Using Plays for Echo Reading on Oral Reading Behavior and Acquisition of Sight Vocabulary for a Group of Disabled Second Grade Readers
(University of Kansas, 1974-08-31)The purpose of the study was to investigate what effect a reading program using a multi-sensory approach would have on the oral reading behavior of a group of eight second grade children who were reading at least six months ... -
DEFINING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT OF NURSE WORKAROUNDS DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)AbstractBackground. Nurses may use workarounds when they circumvent or eliminate a task during the medication administration process. Environmental, technological, and systemic barriers to following medication administration ... -
Cultural and metabolic studies of the colon-aerogenes group of bacteria
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The effects of the middle school advisory program on the self concept of sixth grade students
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Results of feeding thyroid glands of various types of vertebrates to tadpoles
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Landscape evolution on San Miguel Island, California
(University of Kansas, 1972-12-31)It is the purpose of this thesis to analyze the distinctive landscape of San Miguel Island and to illuminate the intricacies of its evolution. To this end answers to the six following questions will be sought: To what ... -
A Study of Spiral Movement in the Ciliate Infusoria
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The Absolute Value of An Electrode Potential
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Comparison of Two Non-IRT Based Multi-Groups DIF Detection Methods’ Performances on their Type I Error, Power and Precision Rates
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Detecting Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is an early step and very critical to investigate any possible bias between groups (e.g., males vs. females). Many early DIF studies only focused on two-group comparison. ... -
The return home : experiences of deterritorialization in post-Pinochet Chilean literature
(University of Kansas, 2002-05-31)In response to the experiences of exile and the return, the subsequent preoccupation with a sense of belonging, the blurring of the traditional understanding of borders triggered by a permanent sense of displacement, and ... -
From disappearing narrators to signs of the author: images of the subject in the short stories of Silvina Ocampo
(University of Kansas, 2002-12-31)This study proposes an in-depth study of subjectivity in Silvina Ocampo's short stories. In the first chapter of this study, I investigate the mechanisms by which self-generation paradoxically elicits the disappearance of ... -
Voice Of America : an inside look at its Africa Division
(University of Kansas, 1990-12-31)Communication is a very intricate phenomenon, especially when there is any amount of "noise" in the channel of communication. The best communication is probably between people who have been in the same place throughout ... -
An analysis of the Lawrence High School general English curriculum
(University of Kansas, 1955-05-31)The purposes of this thesis are, therefore, three-fold: (1) to unite in a formal presentation a. the available material which will give the English faculty and administrators of Lawrence High School a factual description ...