KU ScholarWorks: Recent submissions
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Performance Analysis of Parametric Channel Estimation for 3D Massive MIMO/FD-MIMO OFDM Systems.
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)With the promise of meeting future capacity demands for mobile broadband communications, 3D massive-MIMO/Full Dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO) systems have gained much interest among the researchers in recent years. Apart from the ... -
I. Development of Bisamides as Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists. II. Potency Enhancement of Sulfonamide-based Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonists. III. Asymmetric Acyl Transfer Reactions Catalyzed by a Cyclic Peptide.
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Development of Bisamides as Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) expansion was carried out on bisamides KOR agonists. Previous four-step linear synthetic route was replaced by Ugi ... -
LUMBAR SPINE MOBILIZATION: MEASUREMENT AND EFFECTS
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Low Back Pain (LBP) is the second most common cause of disability in the United States, and it is associated with abnormal high activity of Erector Spinae (ES) and low activity of Lumbar Multifidus (LM) muscles. This ... -
EXERCISE-INDUCED CEREBROVASULAR RESPONSIVENESS AND BRAIN AGING MARKERS
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)At the interface of heart function and brain function is cerebrovascular function. The hundreds of miles of cerebrovasculature within our compact skulls exists to assure delivery of vital life substrates to brain tissue. ... -
NOVEL ROLES OF THE CILIARY GENES, THM1 AND THM2, IN ADIPOGENESIS, SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SPERMATOGENESIS
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Primary cilia are non-motile sensory organelles, which extend from the surface of most vertebrate cells. Mutations in ciliary genes result in a group of pleiotropic disorders termed ciliopathies, which can manifest obesity, ... -
Regional Identity and Constructive Regionalization in the North Caucasus: Group Perceptions and Nuances from Inside the Region
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The North Caucasus region of Russia is certainly one of the world’s most ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse. The region’s landscapes reflect legacies of Russian imperialism and Soviet rule, along with ... -
A KETOGENIC DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY’S EFFECT ON PERIPHERAL NERVE FUNCTION
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Obesity and metabolic syndrome are a rising worldwide epidemic and have driven a subsequent increase in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. We now know that patients who have prediabetes will begin to develop debilitating ... -
The Role of Inter-Alpha-Trypsin-Inhibitor-Heavy-Chain-5 (ITIH5) in Suppressing Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Metastasis is the spread of cancer from the site of origin to a distant site, where the colony of malignant cells grows. Growth of malignant cells in secondary sites disrupts organ function and increases the tumor burden ... -
A Combination of Japanese Traditional Aesthetics and Western Music: Toru Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch and Rain Tree Sketch II
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The music of Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996) is often described as an integration of Japanese traditions and Western music. He learned the works of various composers from the West, such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, ... -
Physical and Musical Techniques for the Expressive Marimbist
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This is an examination of pedagogical techniques to be taught to marimba and percussion students in order to improve the technical aspects of quality sound production. Examined first is the interpretation of time and ... -
An analysis of marketing techniques of Division I institutions with high attendance in revenue sports
(University of Kansas, 1987)Marketing directors at 94 Division I NCAA institutions with high attendance in football and/or men's basketball responded to 20 marketing techniques as to their perception of the positive effect on attendance at revenue ... -
Provocative Eloquence: Theater, Violence, and Antislavery Speech in the Antebellum United States
(University of Michigan Press, 2019)In the mid-19th century, rhetoric surrounding slavery was permeated by violence. Slavery’s defenders often used brute force to suppress opponents, and even those abolitionists dedicated to pacifism drew upon visions of ... -
The Experience of Women Students at the University of Kansas 1866-1890
(University of Kansas, 1995)This project explores the issue of coeducation from the mid to late nineteenth century and the experience of women students. Specifically, this project details the experience of women students at the University of Kansas ... -
A family of falsehoods: Deception, media hoaxes and fake news
(Sage, 2018-09-04)“Fake news” became a concern for journalists in 2017 as news organizations sought to differentiate themselves from false information spread via social media, websites and public officials. This essay examines the history ... -
Rational development of protein formulations in solid and solution states
(University of Kansas, 2007-05-31)Development of protein formulations in the solid and solution state involves stability studies during long-term storage (2-3 years). A long-term study of a protein under conditions leading to its rapid physical and chemical ... -
Confidently Accessing Research in a Turbulent Time
(2019-04-23)This paper examines the insidious, largely ingrown, practices that have turned our most useful tool for sharing the fruits of our research, the scholarly communications system, into a bit of a mess. It reviews the ... -
Viscosities and Densities of Methane, Propane and Their Mixtures at Low Temperatures and High Pressures
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When “Journalism Kids” Do Better: A Reassessment of Secondary and Post-Secondary Achievement and Activities
(SAGE Publications, 2019)Using data from the nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examined how journalism participation in high school relates to subsequent academic outcomes. The analysis statistically ... -
Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Protecting ERISA from an Unnecessary Burden-Shifting Framework
(Kansas Law Review Inc., 2019)
