KU ScholarWorks: Recent submissions
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OTS’s Deedra McClearn awarded the ASM’s Joseph Grinnell Award
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Foreword
(Lexington Books, 2020)Foreword to the English translation of Čirgić, Adnan. 2017. Dijalektologija crnogorskoga jezika. Cetinje: FCJK - Fakultet za crnogoski jezik i književnost. The English version was translated by Goran Drinčić and published ... -
Canon Wars: A Semiotic and Ethnographic Study of a Wikipedia Talk Page Debate Concerning the Canon of Star Wars
(Intellect, 2018-09-01)This article examines how Wikipedia editors who are also members of fan communities attempt to assemble articles on the ‘canon’ (i.e. the aspects of a fictional universe that are held as official by fans) of media objects ... -
“Zum ersten Mal sah ich ein Bild:” Goethe’s Cognitive Viewing Subject as Scientist and Artist
(University of Toronto Press, 2019)This article investigates the significance of Goethean natural science for the development of abstract modes of painting that would emerge with Wassily Kandinsky in the early twentieth century. While early abstractionists ... -
A reichskommissariat ; German civil government in the Netherlands 1940-1945
(University of Kansas, 1964-05-31)This thesis deals with the Reichskommissariat instituted by the Germans in the Netherlands in May of 1940. The objective of this study is to sketch in large outlines the development and organization of this Reichskommissariat, ... -
[re]construction of forest animal
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The crux of [re]construction of forest animal reinvents the traditional “Hansel and Gretel” storyline, speaking directly from the mouth of Gretel as she works through abandonment and sexual trauma. As a whole, this collection ... -
The Girl Who Stole the Fire
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)On a Flame Kingdom island, a girl appears outside a haunted forest with no name and no memories. Each of the Four Kingdoms is ruled by a sacred element (earth, fire, water, wind) that chooses Its Host, the person who will ... -
Super Dead Girls
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-19)A novel that explores trauma and the body through the lens of supernatural horror. -
He's Happy: Using Hybridity to Create Immersive Literature
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)He’s Happy is an experimental novel about a pair of siblings trying to survive in a war-torn world. The novel is comprised of a series of documents, including journal-like entries from the siblings, Tess and Danny, and ... -
Case Study: Becoming
(University of Kansas, 2019-5-31)When Michael Nichols Ford is put on probationary expulsion at his private high school, his family is forced to document their attempts toward self-improvement in order to satisfy the School Board. To do so, they seek the ... -
Party Spirit
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Party Spirit engages with the sublime qualities of the body in nature as well as the body’s place in religious lore and political myth through a series of concrete and hybrid form poems. -
May We One Day Be Found
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)May We One Day Be Found is a novel inspired by a historical event that has never been approached before in fiction: the founding of a colony of Irish immigrants, established in a forested area in Southern Missouri now ... -
Trauma Informed Care Training Using the Adverse Childhood Experiences Framework: Effects on Workplace and Care Environments in the Emergency Department
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Problem: Despite the high likelihood of caring for patients with a history of trauma and the volume of research to support implementation of trauma informed care (TIC), there is currently no TIC training in place for ... -
Assess and Improve Intent to Exclusively Breastfeed Among Prenatal Women in a Rural Primary Care Setting
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Abstract Problem: The exclusive breastfeeding rate in the U.S. is low with only 24.9% of infants being exclusively breastfed for six months. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for ... -
Screening Military Veterans for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Civilian Primary Care Setting
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Purpose: According to the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), practitioners under-recognize and diagnose PTSD. Additionally, a common symptom of PTSD is avoidance of trauma reminders, which means ... -
Improving Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines in Women Living with HIV: A Quality Improvement Initiative
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Background: Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) are at increased risk for cervical cancer and acquisition of this disease is an Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-defining malignancy; however, screening rates for this ... -
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INPATIENT STROKE EDUCATION FOR THE TRANSITION FROM HOSPITAL TO PRIMARY CARE OFFICES: AN EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Problem: Stroke is a significant health problem that affects 795,000 Americans per year. It is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Transition of care to outpatient settings can be very challenging for ... -
Biomechanical analysis of vertebral body load-to-failure after cement augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate cement augmentation performed using two different techniques
(University of Kansas, 2021-08-31)IntroductionCement augmentation is a commonly performed procedure by spine surgeons as well as interventional radiologists. The ultimate goal of cement augmentation is to aid a vertebral body in resisting axial stresses. ... -
Process Development for Measuring Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health in the Inpatient Setting: A Feasibility Study
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Problem: Social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDH) are the conditions, in which children, youth, and families are born, grow up, live and work, as well as the quality and accessibility to health care. SBDH strongly ... -
Nursing Informatics Practice Integration: A Baseline Assessment of Nurse Leader Informatics Competency
(University of Kansas, 2020-5-31)Background: Evidence-based practice and informatics competencies are critical nursing skills. Informatics capabilities must exist at all levels of nursing practice to meet the demands of complex patient care, changing care ...
