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Contested Conquests: African Maroons and the Incomplete Conquest of Hispaniola, 1519–1620
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-11-22)On July 13, 1571, King Philip II of Spain, via a real cédula, authorized the Audiencia of Santo Domingo to enact plans to “conquer” a community of African cimarrones (maroons, runaway slaves) located about 36 miles from ... -
Efflux Pumps Represent Possible Evolutionary Convergence onto the Beta Barrel Fold
(bioRxiv, 2018-02-19)There are around 100 types of integral outer membrane proteins in each Gram negative bacteria. All of these proteins have the same fold—an up-down β-barrel. It has been suggested that all membrane β-barrels other than ... -
Examining comprehension strategy instruction with English learners' problem solving: study findings and educator preparation implications
(Sage, 2018-05-07)Educator preparation in comprehension strategy instruction (CSI) is essential to meeting the needs of English learners (ELs) in contemporary schools. This article provides teacher educators and professional developers with ... -
Fearlessly Swimming Upstream to Risky Waters: The Role of Geographic Entry in Innovation
(Wiley, 2018-05-02)We examine the puzzling geographic pattern that shows firms entering countries with weak intellectual property rights (IPR) protection with their research and development (R&D) activities. Geographic entry into weak IPR ... -
Fritz Kuhn's Nazi America: Kuhn's Growth and Destruction of the German American Bund in the 1930s
(University of Kansas, Department of History, 2019-04)The German American Bund was the most influential and dangerous American Nazi organization to exist before the destruction of Hitler’s Germany. Building itself from the remnants of two Nazi organizations that failed to ... -
Demons & Devils: The Moral Panic Surrounding Dungeons & Dragons, 1979-1991
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The Great Italian Educator: The Montessori Method and American Nativism in the 1910s
(University of Kansas, Department of History, 2019-04)The purpose of this project is to investigate to what extent Protestant nativism impeded the spread of the Montessori Method in the United States. The Montessori Method has experienced waves of popularity in America ever ... -
Coping Through Curse: Confronting British Metropolitan Identity Through the "Curse of Tutankhamen" (1923-1933)
(University of Kansas, Department of History, 2019-05)This thesis seeks to understand the origins of the curse of Tutankhamen within interwar British society and to explain why the British were willing to believe in the “curse of Tutankhamen” between 1923 and 1933. It argues ... -
Shifts in Tone: The Effects of the First World War on Classical Music
(University of Kansas, Department of History, 2019-04)This paper explores how the First World War affected the lives and compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Maurice Ravel, and Arnold Schoenberg, three well-known twentieth-century composers who fought in the conflict on ... -
The Qipao: Defining Modern Women in the First Half of the 20th Century
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Blood on the Plow: Extremist Group Activity During the 1980s Farm Crisis in Kansas
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Defining the Music of America's White Rural Working Class From the 1920s through the 1950s
(University of Kansas, Department of History, 2019-04)This thesis discusses the recordings of hillbilly and folk music cut by record company agents and folklorists from the 1920s through the 1940s. These years saw the rise of recorded music as mass entertainment in the United ... -
Definitions Matter: A Taxonomy of Inappropriate Prescribing to Shape Effective Opioid Policy and Reduce Patient Harm
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Using Opioid Settlement Proceeds for Public Health: Lessons from the Tobacco Experience
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The University of Kansas Law Review Vol. 67 Number 4
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Lindsay Oral History
(Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas, 2019-02-10)Oral history interview with Lindsay, conducted by Fares Elattar in Lawrence, Kansas, on February 10, 2019. Questions discussed were the demographics, location and practices of the Free State Church. Included are accounts ... -
Maaz Adnan Oral History
(Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas, 2019-01-26)Oral history interview with Mazz Adnan conducted by Fares Elattar in Lawrence, Kansas, on January 26, 2019. He joined the Islamic Center of Lawrence in 2015. Questions discussed were demographics, location, and practices ... -
Financial Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Local Government: Quantifying Costs for Litigation and Policymaking
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Fraud, Abuse, and Opioids
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Beyond an Emergency Declaration: Tribal Governments and the Opioid Crisis
(Kansas Law Review Inc., 2019)
