KU ScholarWorks: Recent submissions
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Review of David Block, Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball
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Archaeological predictive model of southwestern Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2006-12-31)Knowledge on the archaeological condition of southwestern Kansas is anomalously low, therefore a high-resolution archaeological predictive model has been constructed for the High Plains region of southwestern Kansas. Using ... -
Home, Belonging, and Aesthetic: Perspectives from Uyghur Women in Diaspora
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The intention of this research is to investigate and bring into academic light the methods of identity negotiation of Uyghurness through the investigation of cultural aesthetics. In the context of transnational global ... -
Legislative History Story Map
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2019-10-01)The 1862 Homestead Act Legislative History Story Map--see http://arcg.is/WDz9z--serves a crucial pedagogical need: Students in EVRN 332, Environmental Law, a required course for the KU Program in Environmental Studies, ... -
Kansas Statistical Abstract 2018 (53rd Edition)
(Institute for Policy & Social Research, 2019-09)The Kansas Statistical Abstract contains the latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, ... -
Calculus-enhanced energy-first curriculum for introductory physics improves student performance locally and in downstream courses
(American Physical Society, 2019-09-13)Here we demonstrate the benefits of a new curriculum for introductory calculus-based physics that motivates classical mechanics using a modified version of Hamiltonian mechanics. This curriculum shifts the initial focus ... -
Measurement of exclusive ρ(770) 0 photoproduction in ultraperipheral pPb collisions at √ s NN = 5.02 TeV
(Springer Verlag, 2019-08-05)Exclusive ρ(770) 0 photoproduction is measured for the first time in ultraperipheral pPb collisions at √ s NN = 5.02 TeV with the CMS detector. The cross section σ(γp → ρ(770) 0p) is 11.0 ± 1.4 (stat) ± 1.0 (syst) ... -
Systematic Screening for Behavior in K–12 Settings as Regular School Practice: Practical Considerations and Recommendations
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-02)There is a priority for schools to address students’ social and emotional needs as we do academic learning. Tiered models of prevention provide a framework for teaching social skills and behavioral expectations, as well ... -
Construction Of Low-Cracking High-Performance Bridge Decks Incorporating New Technology
(University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., 2019-06-01)Construction and early-age crack evaluations of four bridge decks in Minnesota placed from 2016 to 2018 that incorporate specifications for Internally-Cured Low-Cracking High-Performance Concrete (IC-LC-HPC) are documented ... -
The biology of iridophores in reptiles
(University of Kansas, 1993-05-31)Tissue color can have multiple functions in reptiles. Bright ventral color patches are thought to be primarily involved in intraspecific signaling of social status. The generation of bright colors at the level of the ... -
A history of music education at the University of Kansas from 1866-1936
(University of Kansas, 1976-12-31)The primary purpose of this study is to trace the development of music education at the University of Kansas from its inception through the time·when Otto Miessner became the Department's chairman in 1936. Tracing that ... -
Experimenting with pro-drop in Telugu and Indian English
(University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics, 2019-09-18)This paper investigates pronominal subjects dropping in Telugu and Indian English and the severity of first language impact on learning and usage of a second language. Numerous languages from various language families are ... -
Mindfulness training applied to addiction therapy: insights into the neural mechanisms of positive behavioral change
(Dove Medical Press, 2016-07-27)Dual-process models from neuroscience suggest that addiction is driven by dysregulated interactions between bottom-up neural processes underpinning reward learning and top-down neural functions subserving executive function. ... -
Mindfulness meditation in the treatment of substance use disorders and preventing future relapse: neurocognitive mechanisms and clinical implications
(Dove Medical Press, 2018-11-16)Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a pervasive public health problem with deleterious consequences for individuals, families, and society. Furthermore, SUD intervention is complicated by the continuous possibility of ... -
Emotion dysregulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism of opioid misuse and suicidality among chronic pain patients
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-06)Background Chronic pain is a prevalent condition that causes functional impairment and emotional suffering. To allay pain-induced suffering, opioids are often prescribed for chronic pain management. Yet, chronic pain ... -
Acoustic and perceptual evidence of complete neutralization of word-final tonal specification in Japanese
(University of Kansas, 2002-05-31)This study investigates the extent to which Japanese lexical pitch-accent distinction is neutralized in word-final position. Native speakers of Tokyo Japanese produced minimal word pairs differing in final accent status. ... -
The analysis of angular correlations of radiative transitions and an investigation of excited states of Cl³⁵
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"We Shall Go Forth": A Musical Analysis of the Women's Music Movement, 1969-1985
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)In the wake of the social and political movements that defined the 1960s, the women’s music movement emerged as a means to cultivate an outlet for young lesbian musicians who saw themselves as equal to their straight male ... -
Rachmaninoff's "Concealed Variation" Principle: Inspiration for Motivic Unity in his Preludes, Op. 32
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is considered one of the greatest pianist-composers of the Late Romantic Era. Specifically, his twenty-four piano preludes stand as hallmarks of the Russian solo repertoire, inspired by the ... -
The conceptualization of a theoretical framework for a music intervention to improve auditory development in very preterm infants
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Very preterm infants are at a high risk for language delays that can persist throughout their lifetime. The auditory system is rapidly developing and highly sensitive to acoustic stimulation during the third trimester of ...
