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Composite Action in Prestressed NU I-Girder Bridge Deck Systems Constructed with Bond Breakers to Facilitate Deck Removal
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Results are reported from tests of small scale push-off and large-scale composite NU I-girder specimens conducted to establish an interface connection detail that 1) Facilitates in-situ removal of the bridge deck without ... -
Non-Classical Continuum Theories for Solid and Fluent Continua
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This dissertation presents non-classical continuum theories for solid and fluent con- tinua. In these theories additional physics due to internal rotations and rotation rates arising from the Jacobian of deformation and ... -
A Face Detection and Recognition System for Color Images using Neural Networks with Boosting and Deep Learning
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)A face detection and recognition system is a biometric identification mechanism which compared to other methods such as finger print identification, speech, signature, hand written and iris recognition, is shown to be more ... -
Time is of the Essence: The Centrality of Time in Science Plays and the Cultural Implications
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Time is of the Essence: The Centrality of Time in Science Plays and the Cultural Implications examines how time operates within the narrative and structure of science plays. Combining analysis of play texts and production ... -
Measurement of the Credit Card Augmented Monetary Service Flows in the Economy
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Under accounting conventions, monetary assets cannot be added to liabilities, for example, credit card balances, which are liabilities to consumers. However, from an innovative perspective proposed by Professor William A. ... -
Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica's Masked Traditions
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)“Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica’s Masked Traditions” studies two performance traditions that date to the 17th century: Las mascaradas del Valle Central and El juego de los ... -
Hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry-based approaches for conformational analysis of disordered proteins in crowded conditions
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Disorder in proteins, or in extended protein regions, is more commonplace and functionally relevant than was conventionally assumed. Until a few decades ago, well-defined structure was considered as the only prerequisite ... -
Epigenetics of Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Phenotypically Normal Individuals
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Background It is difficult to distinguish between Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as they share many symptoms and many susceptibility genetic loci. Due to the similarities in phenotype between Crohn’s disease and ... -
How to Build an Army: The Constitutive Utopian Rhetoric of Julius Wayland in the Appeal to Reason
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Founded and edited by Julius Augustus Wayland, the Appeal to Reason, an influential socialist newspaper at the turn of the twentieth century, succeeded where every other contemporary radical periodical failed. It attracted ... -
Integrating in situ Geochronology and Metamorphic Petrology: An Example from the Gruf Complex, European Central Alps
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Understanding the thermal evolution (i.e. the timing, rate, duration, and magnitude of thermal events) within mountain belts has important implications for the geodynamic evolution of both ancient and modern orogenies. ... -
Political Economy of Wealth Inequality and Property Ownership
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)After the World War era, there has been a gradual rise in wealth Inequality in industrialized economies, with wealth in the United States becoming more concentrated than wealth in most European economies.[1] Current research ... -
Moving mesh methods for numerical solution of porous medium equations
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Porous medium equation (PME) has been found in many applications of the physical sciences. The equation is nonlinear, degenerate, and in many situations has a free boundary, which altogether pose great challenges for ... -
Explicit teaching of Japanese mimetic words using voicing, gemintion, and reduplication rules
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Mimetics are commonly used by Japanese native speakers to express the manner of actions and sensations. However, they are often not taught explicitly in many Japanese language classrooms. The current study tested a novel ... -
Migration of Text and Shift of Identity: Self-Translation in the Bilingual Works of Lin Yutang, Eileen Chang, and Ha Jin
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This dissertation contends that self-translating authors, who translate their own works into other languages, serve as a locus through which to study the migrations and intersections of literature, language, culture, and ... -
External Plasma Interactions with Nonmagnetized Objects in the Solar System
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The absence of a protecting magnetic field, such as the dipole magnetic field around Earth, makes the interaction of solar wind with unmagnetized objects particularly interesting. Long-term evolution of the object’s surface ... -
KITAGAWA TAMIJI’S ART AND ART EDUCATION: TRANSLATING CULTURE IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY MEXICO AND MODERN JAPAN
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This dissertation investigates the life and career of the Japanese painter, printmaker, and art educator, Kitagawa Tamiji (1894-1989), and his conception of Mexico as cultural Other. Today, Kitagawa is widely recognized ... -
Age as a Factor in the Treatment of Late-Acquired Sounds
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The current practice for treating speech sound disorders includes initiating treatment only after the expected age of acquisition has passed, according to developmental normative data. Unfortunately, for children who ... -
Application of RAD-seq in Evolutionary Genomics of Non-Model Organisms
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are revolutionizing how we study genetics and evolution in the modern world. Data is generated at such a fast pace that scientists are struggling to keep up with the innovations ... -
Compliance, Pain Experience, and Outcomes from Dysphagia Exercises in Individuals with Oropharyngeal Cancer with Latent Dysphagia
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Background: Several studies in the past ten years support the use of dysphagia exercises before and during RT as a means of reducing swallowing difficulty in people with head and neck cancer (HNC) prompting widespread ... -
A network-based approach to estimating partisanship and analyzing change in polarization during the 2016 general election
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Communication and media research lacks an accessible and systematic approach to measuring political partisanship in decentralized media environments. In this dissertation, a network-based measurement of partisanship is ...
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