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Theses: Recent submissions
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Randomized Algorithms for Solving Singular Value Decomposition Problems with Matlab Toolbox
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This thesis gives an overview of the state-of-the-art randomized linear algebra algorithms for singular value decomposition (SVD), including the presentation of existing pseudo-codes and theoretical error analysis. Our ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Technology-Based Self-Monitoring in Group Homes
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Research shows that the quality and frequency of staff-consumer interactions is related to reductions in consumer problem behavior and increases in other desired outcomes, such as self-help, leisure, communication, and ... -
A Global Climatology of Tropical Easterly Wave Diabatic Heating Using Satellite and Reanalysis Data
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Tropical easterly waves (TEWs) play a critical role in regulating convection and precipitation across the global tropics. These synoptic-scale features are commonly known to act as seed disturbances for tropical cyclogenesis ... -
CONTROLS ON BIOTURBATION AND SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION WITHIN CARBONATE SHOREFACE DEPOSITS: INSIGHTS FROM HETEROGENEITY IN PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT STRATA
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Burrowing organisms alter sedimentary textures, influence cement distribution, and affect petrophysical characteristics of carbonate strata. Although many descriptions of carbonate successions reference bioturbation, ... -
Adaptive Control and Parameter Estimation in Markov Chains: A Quadratic Case
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The objective of this thesis is to extend results to a new quadratic case in support of a collectionof existing results in adaptive control and parameter estimation of Markov chains. In the first chapter, we introduce ... -
An Analysis of the Effects of Progressive Ratio Schedules on Client Outcomes
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)To date, very few published studies have examined the clinical application of progressive-ratio (PR) schedules of reinforcement in applied research. Clinical applications of PR schedules may be effective for treatment of ... -
Eckdsis
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Eckdsis is a thesis exhibition that explores childhood play as resistance, reclamation, and healing. This paper specifically addresses the lack of safe spaces for Black children to mature into adulthood unmarred by societal ... -
Guns and ships, but does the balance shift? The impact of naval balance of power on China's maritime disputes
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Previous research suggests that the makeup of a state’s naval power plays a significant role in the likelihood of states to enter into militarized disputes (Gartzke and Lindsay 2020, Mitchell 2020, Crisher 2017). Decisionmakers ... -
The Merits of Military Aid An Examination of the Interactions between US Military Aid and Terrorism in the East African Community
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Over the past twenty years, the United States has been increasingly involved in combatting terrorism across the globe. To combat terrorism, the United States has made billions of dollars in disbursements of both developmental ... -
Memoir as Museum: Experiencing the Civil Rights Movement Through ‘The Real Thing’
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The memoir genre offers a unique opportunity for readers to learn about the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) through firsthand narrative accounts of this time in United States history. Memoirs are hybrid in nature as both ... -
Evaluating Gambling Disorder in an American Indian Population Using a Probability Discounting Task during an fMRI Scan
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Probability discounting has a rich history of investigating choice behavior, especially as it pertains to risky decision making. Gambling involves risky decision making through choice behavior, which makes it an ideal ... -
A History of Black Museums in the United States: An Ecology of Museum Knowledges as 'Wake Work'
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)In this thesis, I track the history of African American museums in the United States to build a digital humanities-based project called A History of Black Museums in the United States. This project is intended to be used ... -
Rethinking Art and Virtue in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This thesis argues that a re-examination of the similarities and differences between Shakespeare’s As You Like It and its primary narrative source, Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde (1590), reveals important insights that would ... -
Smells and Spells: Plants, Olfaction, and Evolution in the Greek Magical Papyri
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)This thesis explores the rationale behind the inclusion of botanical ingredients in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri using an interdisciplinary lens. After summarizing current anthropological and pharmacological ... -
Is This Therapy?: Literary Self-Reflection and Women’s Voices in Sappho, Catullus, and Ovid
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)This study considers the intersection of women’s voices and literary self-reflection in the works of Sappho, Catullus, and Ovid. My chosen textual range includes both authentic and manufactured female voices to interrogate ... -
In the Spirit of the Principality
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Post-Net Principality is an installation experience that aims at a total conversion of a space into a temple for an egregore that is born of that communal experience. An egregore (pronounced egg’ gree gore) is a group ... -
The Effects of Jargon on School-Based Consultation
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Behavior analysts trained in applied behavior analysis (ABA) often use specific terminology and jargon when describing and implementing behavioral interventions. However, the use of jargon may be confusing to individuals ... -
Multi-component surface-wave analysis for tunnel detection in the Sonoran Desert, AZ
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Subsurface void detection using seismic imaging is a challenging task that has been the subject of extensive research. In this thesis, I employ the novel multi-component backscatter analysis surface waves (BASW) methodology ... -
Mechanistic Insights on the Hydrodeoxygenation of Benzyl Alcohol with a Pd-Terpyridine Catalyst
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Lignin is a readily available renewable carbon polymer consisting of aromatic monomers, which can be used in the generation of alternative fuels. However, many of these monomers contain oxygen, reducing their usability and ... -
Sascia: A Genesis
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Sascia: A Genesis is a Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition that focuses on a science-fantasy narrative that examines the precious yet fragile condition of existence. This exhibition was completed through the use of oil ...