Dissertations
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
The Social Validity and Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Improving Middle School Students’ Social Communication: A Randomized Controlled Study
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)The extent to which an intervention is perceived as socially valid significantly influences whether the intervention is selected, implemented, and maintained (Kern & Manz, 2004). Social skill interventions and evidence-based ... -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka : Anatomy of a decision
(University of Kansas, 1971-05-31)Chief Justice Earl Warren called it one of the most significant rulings of his tenure. This decision which outlawed public school segregation, greatly accelerated a major social revolution that is still in progress. Closely ... -
Cultural Identity Construction among Political Refugee Students: The Case of Eritrean College Students in the Midwest
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31)The global migration across the globe appears to justify the need for theorizing refugee education, as students are part of the migration. The United States is one of the largest refugee recipients in the world (UNHCR, ... -
RNA Analysis of Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Diagnosis
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Early diagnosis of cancer is critical to improving the first 5-year survival rate of patients. However, tissue biopsy, as the gold standard for cancer diagnosis, is invasive and costly, thus not ideal for cancer early ... -
Conceptualizing Multimorbidities in Older Adults: Chronic Pain, Depression, and the Biopsychosocial Model
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Abstract Multimorbidity, a term referring to the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is increasing in global prevalence as individuals are living longer with varying disease clusters. Existing data has highlighted ... -
Directing effect of Amide Function in Diastereoselective Reactions of Cyclopropenes and Cyclopropanes
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This thesis describes stereoselective directed reactions of cyclopropenes leading to the synthesis of a variety of densely substituted cyclopropanes as well as cyclopropyl containing bicyclic scaffolds. This thesis contains ... -
Examining the Conjoint Impact of Depressive Symptomatology and Mind Wandering on Affective Dynamics in Response to Emotionally Salient Visual Stimuli
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Abstract Background. Clinical depression is defined in part by a dysfunction in the temporal dynamics of affect, which often entails the sustainment of negative mood states and attenuated experiences of positive emotion. ... -
Explorations into the structure modification of amorphous silica surfaces and the implications to water dynamics at the interface: A theoretical study
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Amorphous silica (a-SiO2) is used in a wide range of applications that include separations, sensing, optical processing, drug delivery, and catalysis. Its advantages include low cost, optical transparency, ready synthesis, ... -
Methods Development for Glycopeptide and Glycan Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Glycans introduce complexity to the proteins to which they are attached. These modifications vary during the progression of many diseases; thus, they serve as potential biomarkers for disease diagnosis and prognosis. The ... -
Does Aid Delivery Matter? The Role of Aid Delivery Mechanisms in Punishing Recipients, Credibly Signaling to Recipients, and Influencing Public Opinion
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Foreign aid decision making involves multiple stages, including decisions about which countries to allocate aid to and how to deliver that aid to those recipients. While aid allocation has been studied extensively, foreign ... -
Assessing the links between Internalizing Symptoms and Treatment Motivation in Incarcerated Juveniles
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The assessment of internalizing symptoms among incarcerated juveniles is limited. Untreated internalizing symptoms can lead to both problems within the facility as well as a higher likelihood of recidivism. However, more ... -
The 15-aa Repeat Region of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli: Association with β-catenin and Interplay with Cell Cycle Regulator TopoisomeraseIIα
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The tumor suppressor Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a large, multi-domain protein with many identified cellular functions. The best characterized role of APC is to scaffold a protein complex that negatively regulates ... -
Ranching in the Floodplain of the Queguay River in Northwestern Uruguay: Sustainable Practices in the Face of Extreme Seasonal Variability and Woody Encroachment
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Alianza del Pastizal is a non-profit conservation organization that works to promote conservation practices for sustainable cattle ranching in Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In Uruguay, the ranchers in the Colonia ... -
Lexical acoustics: Linking phonetic systems to the higher-order units they encode
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)In the canonical analysis of the acoustic and perceptual structure of phonetic systems, experiments and modeling procedures are based on a balanced inventory of phones whose characteristics and relational structures are ... -
An Interpretation and Defense of Aristotle's Theory of Well-Being
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Sometimes we are required to help others even if it makes us less well off. Cases in which our personal happiness must be sacrificed for moral duty have long vexed moral philosophers and have been central to discussions ... -
Investigation of Induced Seismicity in Southern Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The US midcontinent has experienced an unprecedented increase in seismic activity over the last decade attributed to increased wastewater injection into the Arbuckle Group, directly above the Precambrian igneous and ... -
One Pathway to Rule Them All: Wnt Signaling Guides Specification and Axon Growth in VD13
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The nervous system is highly complex, and its formation is regulated and guided from the moment a neuron is born to throughout its life. Neurons must undergo a series of steps throughout development, typically including a ... -
Application of Deep Learning to Automated Species Identification Systems
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Researchers monitor species’ populations for a variety of purposes, including surveillance of endangered or rare species for conservation goals, mitigation of public health threats caused by diseases vectored by insects, ... -
Enhancing the correlative ecological niche modeling framework to incorporate the temporal dimension of species’ distributions
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Anthropogenic climate change is impacting biodiversity at all scales. Detailed spatio-temporal information about geographic distributions of species will be critical to mitigating the ramifications of these impacts. The ... -
Modification with De in Mandarin Chinese
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation looked at the de construction in Mandarin Chinese, in which the morpheme de connects two meaningful parts and conveys a modification relation between the two. The de construction can be used in both the ...