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Asphaltene Precipitation and Phase Behavior Analysis During CO2 Utilization for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Experimental and Modeling Study
(University of Kansas, 2022-08-31)The study of the asphaltene precipitation problem during CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) under different reservoir conditions is addressed in this thesis. The general objective of this investigation is to effectively predict ... -
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Live coding the Communication Complexity Scale: Validation of a clinically relevant observation tool
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)In this preliminary research study, the effect of live scoring versus video scoring of the observational rating tool, the Communication Complexity Scale (CCS), was examined through three participant variables and one ... -
Phylogeny and Mating System Evolution of Tolpis (Asteraceae) in Macaronesia
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Tolpis (Asteraceae) is a flowering plant genus with a center of distribution in the Macaronesian archipelagos. The genus has gained considerable interest, most recently, for elucidating patterns of mating system evolution, ... -
Effects of Noncontingent Reinforcement with Competing Stimuli for Decreasing Problem Behavior Maintained by Social Positive Reinforcement
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) is an evidenced-based procedure that has been shown to be effective for reducing problem behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement (Carr et al., 2009). NCR typically involves ... -
Gothic Heterotopias: Dracula's Physical Space of Illusion and The Dying Detective's Penumbra Space of Compensation
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-21)This thesis studies embodiments of deviancy in two fin-de-siècle Gothic texts — Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Dying Detective — using Michel Foucault’s notions of heterotopias and ... -
An In-Depth Analysis of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services (PDC-HS)
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)The current study aims to assess a digital version of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services (PDC-HS; Carr et al., 2013; Carr & Wilder, 2016). In Experiment 1, within three non-concurrent multiple baseline ... -
Playa-Lunette System Mapping and Characterization in the High Plains of Western Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Playa-lunette systems (PLSs) are common landscape features in the Great Plains that have been investigated from various perspectives including ecologic, geographic, hydrologic, and geologic. One of the region’s most important ... -
Factors Governing Cloud Growth and Entrainment Rates in Shallow Cumulus and Cumulus Congestus During GoAmazon 2014/2015
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Shallow cumulus and cumulus congestus clouds play an important role in the large-scale tropical circulation by mixing heat and moisture vertically and preconditioning the environment for deeper convection. Different ... -
Assessing Passive In Situ Reactive Media Hydraulics by Direct Velocity Measurements In the Laboratory and Field
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)A Horizontal Reactive Media Treatment Well (HRX Well) is a novel groundwater remediation technology, which comprises a horizontal well filled with reactive media. Point Velocity Probes (PVPs) were installed in a pilot HRX ... -
Fungal pathogen diversity and composition respond rapidly to changes in plant diversity and composition
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Accumulating evidence suggests that plant pathogens play a major role in maintaining plant community diversity. Accumulation of host-specific pathogens is expected to negatively impact productivity at low plant diversity ... -
Inter-population Response of White Ash to the Emerald Ash Borer: Is Vegetative Regeneration Possible?
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Emerald ash borer (EAB) (Agrilus plannipennis Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is the costliest invasive pest in North American history (Aukema et al., 2011; McCullough, 2019) due to its extensive killing of ash trees ... -
Redefining Age in 21st Century Science Fiction Media Through Transhuman Characters
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Science fiction (SF) films have historically featured limited understandings of aging, by not including aged characters as often, not featuring them in major roles, and by expounding singular ageist cultural narratives of ... -
RHETORIC OF THE FEMINIST KILLJOY: AN ANALYSIS OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY’S TITLE IX DISCOURSE
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)In October of 2016, Baylor University’s first Title IX coordinator, Patty Crawford, publicly resigned. She alleged that Baylor had failed to provide her with necessary resources to investigate sexual assault on campus and ... -
The Satellite Population Around Luminous Red Galaxies in the Legacy Surveys
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Luminous Red Galaxies, or LRGs, were originally selected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey as good tracers of large scale structure. Subsequent investigations showed them to be among the most massive galaxies in the Universe ... -
Collective Guilt and Selective Avoidance
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Why are Native Americans frequently omitted from mainstream American consciousness? One possible explanation is that reminders of the ways that non-Native Americans historically harmed Native Americans lead to feelings of ... -
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Land Allotment on the Pawnee Reservation
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This research explores the patterns and consequences of land allotment for the Pawnee Nation of north-central Oklahoma. During the late nineteenth century, the federal government implemented a policy of breaking up tribal ... -
Moving Beyond “our banal, murderous imagination”: The Ideology of the Weird and the (De)composition of Progress in Environmental Science Fiction
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Weird science fiction is a subcategory of science fiction that adapts horror and supernatural elements, often with a focus on awe- and fear-inspiring monsters. In this paper, I argue for a shift from exploring the generic ...