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Online Conflict Discourse, Identity, and the Social Imagination of Silesian Minority in Poland
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This dissertation shows how online discourse drives social change, boundary work, identity performance, and, ultimately, community management (including in-group/out-group membership) by looking at the development and ... -
The effects of human relations training on WASPS (White's Attitudes and Self-concept Perceptions)
(University of Kansas, 1973-05-31)This study attempts to analyze the effects of human relations training on self-concept and attitudes of whites toward others with whom they interact. Two aspects of human relations training are reviewed in order to provide ... -
The Cherokee of Southeastern Kansas
(University of Kansas, 1936-05-01)The object of this report is to record the results of a detailed survey of the Cherokee shale. The different members of the Cherokee are described so that they may be recognized and differentiated from each other. Some ... -
The movement to create a national gallery of art in eighteenth-century France
(University of Kansas, 1962-12-31)This study will attempt to assess the content, nature, and accessibility of the royal collections during the eighteenth century prior to the Revolution and to trace and to analyze the ever-growing movement for a national ... -
Spectral Properties of Phase Noises and the Impact on the Performance of Optical Interconnects
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The non-ending growth of data traffic resulting from the continuing emergence of Internet applications with high data-rate demands sets huge capacity requirements on optical interconnects and transport networks. This ... -
Interaction of Biomolecules at the Air-Water Interface: Evaluating the Role of Lipid Composition when Interacting with Lung Surfactant Proteins and Engineered Carbon Nanodiamonds
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Lung surfactants (LSs) are a complex mixture of lipids and proteins that are found in the alveolar lining of the lungs. Their primary objective lies in lowering the surface tension of the aqueous layer on which they reside. ... -
A High Order Overset Flux Reconstruction Method for Dynamic Moving Grids
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Overset meshes have a unique advantage in handling moving boundary problems as remeshing is often unnecessary. Recently, overset Cartesian and strand meshes were used successfully to compute complex flow over rotorcraft. ... -
Fighting Fire with Format: Exploiting Autoantigen Delivery to Combat Autoimmunity
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)There is a dire need for next-generation approaches to treating autoimmune disease that can potently inhibit the autoreactive destruction of host tissue while conserving protective immune functions. Antigen-specific ... -
EFFECT OF CRACK-REDUCING TECHNOLOGIES AND SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS ON SETTLEMENT CRACKING OF PLASTIC CONCRETE AND DURABILITY PERFORMANCE OF HARDENED CONCRETE
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)ABSTRACT The effects of crack-reducing technologies and supplementary cementitious materials on plastic settlement cracking and the durability of concrete subjected to freezing and thawing were evaluated. The study of ... -
Modeling of Compression Ignition Engines for Advanced Engine Operation and Alternative Fuels by the Second Law of Thermodynamics
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)With the advent of modern engine control strategies, and particularly electronic common-rail injection, the scope and scale of what is achievable and controllable in compression-ignition engines has exploded quite rapidly ... -
Thermodynamic Consistency of the currently used Beam Mathematical Models and Thermodynamically Consistent New Formulations for Bending of Thermoelastic, and Thermoviscoelastic Beams
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)In order to enhance currently used beam mathematical models in R^2 and R^3 to include mechanisms of dissipation and memory, it is necessary to establish if the mathematical models for these theories can be derived using ... -
Using deep learning methods for supervised speech enhancement in noisy and reverberant environments
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)In real world environments, the speech signals received by our ears are usually a combination of different sounds that include not only the target speech, but also acoustic interference like music, background noise, and ... -
Evaluation of Cement-Modified Soil (CMS) with Microcracking and Its Effects on Flexible Pavement Performance
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Cement modification of subgrade has been widely practiced for the past few decades. Recently, cement has become a more economical binder to modify in-situ subgrade soil since other binders, such as fly ash, have become ... -
Phase Behavior of Binary Ionic Liquid Systems: Ionic Liquids with Ammonia, Carbon dioxide, and Dihydroxy Alcohols
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Solvents play a crucial role in industrial processes, which might directly or indirectly have a bearing on the environment. As engineers and scientists, our goal is to advance or develop more sustainable chemicals to ... -
Digital Compensation of Transmission Impairments in Multi-Subcarrier Fiber Optic Transmission Systems
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Time and again, fiber optic medium has proved to be the best means for transporting global data traffic which is following an exponential growth trajectory. Rapid development of high bandwidth applications since the past ... -
Prevention of Medical Implant Infection through Self-Assembled Engineered Peptides as Surface Active Bio-Agents
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Titanium medical implants have revolutionized health care in treating bone and joint degeneration, neoplasms and inflammation. Due to their biocompatibility, mechanical strength, and non-corrosive properties, titanium and ... -
Optimization for Training Deep Models and Deep Learning Based Point Cloud Analysis and Image Classification
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Deep learning (DL) has dramatically improved the state-of-the-art performances in broad applications of computer vision, such as image recognition, object detection, segmentation, and point cloud analysis. However, the ... -
Real-time DSP-enabled digital subcarrier cross-connect (DSXC) for optical communication networks
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Elastic optical networking (EON) is intended to offer flexible channel wavelength granularity to meet the requirement of high spectral efficiency (SE) in today’s optical networks. However, optical cross-connects (OXC) and ... -
Juror perceptions of witness credibility as a function of linguistic and nonverbal power
(University of Kansas, 1992-05-31)While the effects of linguistic power on witness credibility in the courtroom as well as preliminary studies of the effects of nonverbal power on witness credibility have been studied, no research has focussed on manipulations ... -
Mechanisms of Condensed Phase Reactions: The Role of Structure, Dynamics, and Environment in Photoisomerization and Photodissociation
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Light-activated chemistry begins with the excitation of a ground-state molecule to a higher-lying excited state. Once in the excited state, the nuclei in the molecule respond by trying to minimize the energy of the system. ...
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