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Long-term Implications of Redecking Bridges with Prestressed Concrete Girders
(University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., 2024-03)Precast/prestressed concrete girders with cast-in-place decks are commonly used for bridge construction throughout the United States. There is a need to replace concrete decks on many of these bridges because girders last ... -
The Social Validity and Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Improving Middle School Students’ Social Communication: A Randomized Controlled Study
(University of Kansas, 2023-05-31)The extent to which an intervention is perceived as socially valid significantly influences whether the intervention is selected, implemented, and maintained (Kern & Manz, 2004). Social skill interventions and evidence-based ... -
Research Productivity in Music Education and Music Therapy: Update of Publication Records from 1993-2013
(2024-03-05)The purpose of this study was to update previous work, determine changes in publication patterns, identify music scholars of research productivity (as determined by publication rate), and identify the most productive ... -
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change on the Great Plains
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2024-03)Robert Benecke (1835-1903) was a St. Louis photographer who was hired by the Kansas Pacific Railroad to take promotional photographs along the entire length of the Railroad. Benecke traveled from Kansas City to Denver in ... -
Designing Pseudo-Random Staggered PRI Sequences
(University of Kansas, 2023-01-01)In uniform pulse-Doppler radar, there is a well known trade-off between unambiguous Doppler and unambiguous range. Pulse repetition interval (PRI) staggering, a technique that involves modulating the interpulse times, ... -
A Narrative Study of Cultural Identity Construction of African Refugee College Students in the Midwest
(American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2021-04-10)There are few African refugee college students in the United States and little is known regarding how they construct their cultural identities. This study sought to examine the cultural identity of four African refugee ... -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka : Anatomy of a decision
(University of Kansas, 1971-05-31)Chief Justice Earl Warren called it one of the most significant rulings of his tenure. This decision which outlawed public school segregation, greatly accelerated a major social revolution that is still in progress. Closely ... -
The Place of World History in South Dakota’s Failed 2021 Social Studies Standards Revision Process
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Introduction to the Forum: Standards and World History
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Regional patterning in the Paleoindian record from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
(University of Kansas, 1998-05-31)After 70 years of research devoted to Paleoindian studies, several alternative models concerning Paleoindian economies, social organization, and mobility patterns have been developed. Answers to such questions remain elusive ... -
Data-driven learning beyond English: Insights and implications from three monographs
(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-08)Despite the growth of DDL in second language (L2) research and education in many languages, its focus has largely been on English. As a result, the knowledge about the applicability of DDL for learning LOTE remains limited. ... -
The Hillsdale Effect: South Dakota’s Troubling New Social Studies Standards
(National Council for the Social Studies, 2023-11)South Dakota’s teachers will face difficult challenges of implementation, pedagogy, and content when their state’s new, politically influenced, social studies standards go into effect in 2024. -
Religious Education and the Anglo-World: The Impact of Empire, Britishness, and Decolonisation in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
(Brill, 2020)Focusing on Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, “Religious Education and the Anglo-World” historiographically examines the relationship between empire and religious education. In each case the analysis centres on the ... -
A Structural and Petrographic Study of the Kentland, Indiana Impact Site
(University of Kansas, 1979-05-31)The structurally disturbed area near Kentland, Indiana is a typical example of a so-called 'cryptoexplosion' structure which can be attributed to a large natural impact event. The structure includes a central uplifted area ... -
Cultural Identity Construction among Political Refugee Students: The Case of Eritrean College Students in the Midwest
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31)The global migration across the globe appears to justify the need for theorizing refugee education, as students are part of the migration. The United States is one of the largest refugee recipients in the world (UNHCR, ... -
Bond Behavior of Epoxy-Coated Reinforcing Bars in Non-Proprietary UHPC
(Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 2023-10)Non-proprietary ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) mixtures were developed for use in closure strips between precast members on reinforced concrete bridges. The mixtures contained ODOT approved Type I portland cement, ... -
A Comparison of Precision Teaching Methods With and Without Error Urging
(University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)Previous research has shown that students will not make errors in math freely. If students were encouraged to make errors would there be an increase in learning? Would students remember the material longer? Would they feel ... -
Construction of Low-Cracking High-Performance Bridge Decks Incorporating New Technology Phase II
(Kansas Department of Transportation, 2023-12)The construction, crack surveys, and evaluation of 12 bridge decks with internal curing provided by prewetted fine lightweight aggregate and supplementary cementitious materials following internally cured low-cracking ... -
RNA Analysis of Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Diagnosis
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Early diagnosis of cancer is critical to improving the first 5-year survival rate of patients. However, tissue biopsy, as the gold standard for cancer diagnosis, is invasive and costly, thus not ideal for cancer early ... -
Conceptualizing Multimorbidities in Older Adults: Chronic Pain, Depression, and the Biopsychosocial Model
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Abstract Multimorbidity, a term referring to the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is increasing in global prevalence as individuals are living longer with varying disease clusters. Existing data has highlighted ...