Theses: Recent submissions
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RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH: ON THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO INFORM PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Risky sexual behavior represents an intransigent public health issue in the United States and exists within a complicated web of political, social, cultural, economic, racial, and geographic contexts. The Socio-Ecological ... -
Impacts of Different Environmental Forcings and Drought on Grassland Water and Carbon Fluxes
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-32)Vegetation has profound impacts on the local and regional water and carbon cycles. Classifying different environments and analyzing the response to drought allows us to assess the impacts on the water and carbon fluxes. ... -
Acculturative Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Latinx Youth: The Role of Behavioral Inhibition, Cultural Values, and Active Coping
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Acculturative stress is a cultural stressor that predicts various internalizing problems,such as anxiety and depression. Interestingly, not every individual who experiences acculturative stress reports psychological ... -
Associations Between Coping Styles, Death Anxiety, and Attitudes Towards Palliative Care
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)INTRODUCTION: Palliative care is becoming more widely available and its benefits, including improved quality of life for patients, have been demonstrated. However, misperceptions, lack of knowledge, stigma, and other ... -
Strong Black Woman Archetype in Organizational Life
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Black women face multiple jeopardies—racism, sexism, classism—as they navigate American society (King, 1988). With more Black families economically depending on Black women, and as their presence within the U.S. workforce ... -
Protein Engineering Studies Toward Development of a GABA Oxidase from an N-Methyl-GABA Oxidase
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, and a method for its detection with high temporal and spatial resolution is highly desirable for many research and clinical applications. ... -
Hyper-palatable Food Consumption during Binge Eating Episodes: A Comparison of Intake during Binge Eating and Restricting
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Background: Binge eating is considered a maladaptive behavior associated with reduced quality of health and functioning. Affect-based models of binge eating propose that binge eating may serve to reduce negative affect. ... -
When Form Meets Desire: The Transformation of the Early Nineteenth-Century Gallows Broadside
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Formerly a relatively stable genre, the format of the British gallows broadside underwent a transformation in the early half of the nineteenth century. A collision between external forces and the desires of a burgeoning ... -
Evaluation of a Functional Analysis Decision-Making Model
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Functional analyses are the most precise method for determining behavioral function (Iwata et al., 2000); however, there are many behavioral and environmental constraints that may prevent clinicians from conducting a ... -
Caenagnathids of the Hell Creek: A new specimen and volumetric mass estimation of Anzu wyliei
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Caenagnathidae is a clade of derived oviraptorosaurian theropods that existed in both Asia and North America during the late Cretaceous, forming the sister clade to Oviraptoridae. While the oviraptorids are known from many ... -
Sequence Coevolution Reveals an Intermediate Step in BamA Assisted Insertion of Outer Membrane Protein FadL
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)A unique characteristic of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) is that they almost exclusively exist as β-barrels. In E. coli, the β-Barrel Assembly Machine (BAM) complex catalyzes insertion of OMPs from the periplasm into the ... -
Factors Affecting Traffic Crash Survivors’ Accessibility to a Trauma Center within the Golden Hour
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31)The Golden Hour has been used as an ideal measure of patients’ access to trauma centers. It isthe one hour after any traumatic event, including a traffic crash. It was shown that if patients canarrive at the hospital within ... -
SINGLET FISSION FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31)The perovskite solar cell has recently gained momentum within the renewable energy industry due to its unique advantages such as high efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, its instability remains a challenge to its ... -
Analysis of Spinal Rod Deformation After Cutting with a Surgical Rod Cutter
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31)Scoliosis, a deformity characterized by an abnormal curvature of the spine, requires various treatment approaches depending on the severity of the condition, including surgical or non-surgical options. Surgical procedures, ... -
Enhanced Constitutive Theories for Classical Thermoviscoelastic Polymeric Fluids
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)This thesis presents ordered rate nonlinear constitutive theories for thermoviscoelastic fluids based on classical continuum mechanics (CCM). We refer to these fluids as classical thermoviscoelastic polymeric fluids. The ... -
Healing Far Afield
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)What is the result of learning from place? After spending over a year visiting the KU Field Station, I consider our current relationship as humans with nature and propose the means for reframing it. My arts research studies ... -
Present Portal
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)Present Portal is an exhibition which includes an immersive sunbeam installation, small works on paper, three large paintings, and three ceramic creatures. Fluid and Sci-Fi creatures engage with and learn from more-than-human ... -
shá bik’ehgo (in the path of the sun)
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)shá bik’ehgo (in the path of the sun) is an exhibition presenting an all-encompassing landscape navigating time, place, and story that encapsulates Diné notions of hózhó and continual life. This paper will address foundational ... -
kuʻu ēwe, kuʻu piko
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)kuʻu ēwe, kuʻu piko is a Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition that consists of seven prints, one artist book, and one drawing. Though it can be interpreted in various ways, “kuʻu ēwe, kuʻu piko” can be translated to mean ... -
The architectural criticism of Ada Louise Huxtable
(University of Kansas, 1995-05-31)This thesis is a study of Ada Louise Huxtable's architectural criticism. Huxtable was the first full-time architecture critic on an American newspaper, and was recipient of the first Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism ...