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Ike's Letters to a Friend, 1941-1958
(University Press of Kansas, 1984-10-30)“Swede Hazlett was one of the people to whom I ‘opened up.’”—Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower and E. E. (“Swede”) Hazlett grew up together in Abilene, Kansas, and remained close, corresponding regularly from ... -
Enduring Liberalism: American Political Thought Since the 1960s
(University Press of Kansas, 1999-10-04)Has the United States become more pluribus than unum? In terms of the nation's political beliefs, Robert Booth Fowler answers both yes and no. While his study affirms significant diversity among an elite cadre of public ... -
Presidential Lightning Rods: The Politics of Blame Avoidance
(University Press of Kansas, 1994-09-23)H. R. Haldeman, President Nixon's former chief of staff, is said to have boasted: "Every president needs a son of a bitch, and I'm Nixon's. I'm his buffer and I'm his bastard. I get done what he wants done and I take the ... -
Quick Reference: Print-Friendly Best Practices and User Flowcharts for Kansas Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver
(University of Kansas, 2021-10)Purpose: This Quick Reference Guide was developed to provide clinicians with easy-to-access recommendations and decision guides for common challenges in CAFAS/PECFAS assessment. The first section of the guide summarizes ... -
Practitioner’s Guidebook: Best Practices in Assessment for the Kansas Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver
(University of Kansas, 2021-10)Purpose. The Kansas Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Waiver Best Practices Guide for Assessment was developed to share best practices in assessment for Kansas children and families. Additionally, this guide was developed ... -
The Black Towns
(University Press of Kansas, 2021-10)From Appomattox to World War I, Black Americans continued their quest for a secure position in the American system. The problem was how to be both black and American—how to find acceptance, or even toleration, in a society ... -
The Frontier Challenge: Responses to the Trans-Mississippi West
(University Press of Kansas, 1971-10-01)The story of the westward expansion of this country does not stop with the hardships encountered by travelers on the Mormon Trail, the discomforts endured by early settlers in sod houses, the bravery of the Pony Express ... -
A novel approach to date continental sediment deposition and paleoclimate events using volcanogenic zircon in paleosols
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The Chronostratigraphy of continental deposits in the absence of discrete ash beds largely relies on maximum depositional ages (MDA) that are interpreted from detrital populations of heavy minerals from sandstones. Mudstones ... -
Multi-method assessment of palatable food exposure in women with and without eating disorders
(Eating Disorders Association, 2020-07-06)Objective Eating disorders (EDs) are characterized by dysregulated responses to palatable food. Using a multi-method approach, this study examined responses to palatable food exposure and subsequent ad libitum eating in ... -
Patterns of Sedentary Time in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Youth
(Human Kinetics, 2020-12-22)Background: Total sedentary time and prolonged sedentary patterns can negatively impact health. This study investigated rates of various sedentary pattern variables in Hispanic/Latino youth. Methods: Participants were 956 ... -
Inhibition of RNA-binding protein HuR reduces glomerulosclerosis in experimental nephritis
(Portland Press, 2020-06-18)Recent identification of an RNA-binding protein (HuR) that regulates mRNA turnover and translation of numerous transcripts via binding to an ARE in their 3′-UTR involved in inflammation and is abnormally elevated in varied ... -
Adversity exposure and obesogenic food consumption in young children: The transgenerational role of emotion dysregulation
(Wiley, 2020)Background Childhood adversity is linked with unhealthy eating behaviours and obesity, but the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear, specifically the transgenerational behavioural precursors that develop in ... -
Developmental effects on sleep–wake patterns in infants receiving a cow’s milk-based infant formula with an added prebiotic blend: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Springer Nature, 2020-07-02)Background Few studies have evaluated nutritive effects of prebiotics on infant behavior state, physiology, or metabolic status. Methods In this double-blind randomized study, infants (n = 161) received cow’s milk-based ... -
Integrating single-molecule FRET and biomolecular simulations to study diverse interactions between nucleic acids and proteins
(Portland Press, 2021-04-16)The conformations of biological macromolecules are intimately related to their cellular functions. Conveniently, the well-characterized dipole–dipole distance-dependence of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) makes ... -
The Chemistry and Biology of Bactobolin: A 10-Year Collaboration with Natural Product Chemist Extraordinaire Jon Clardy
(American Chemical Society, 2020-02-27)Bactobolin is a hybrid natural product with potent cytotoxic activity. Its production from Burkholderia thailandensis was reported as part of a collaboration between the Greenberg and Clardy laboratories in 2010. The ... -
A brain-spinal interface (BSI) system-on-chip (SoC) for closed-loop cortically-controlled intraspinal microstimulation
(Springer, 2018-01-17)This paper reports on a fully miniaturized brain-spinal interface system for closed-loop cortically-controlled intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS). Fabricated in AMS 0.35 µm two-poly four-metal complementary metal–oxide– ... -
The Role of Neighborhood Experiences in Psychological Distress among African American and White Smokers
(Springer, 2020-01-11)Residential area characteristics and discrimination have been associated with psychological distress. Differences in these relationships across racial groups are not well understood. We examined the relative role of perceived ... -
Formulation development of a live attenuated human rotavirus (RV3-BB) vaccine candidate for use in low- and middle-income countries
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-04-16)Formulation development was performed with the live, attenuated, human neonatal rotavirus vaccine candidate (RV3-BB) with three main objectives to facilitate use in low- and middle- income countries including (1) a liquid, ... -
Intratumoral Cancer Chemotherapy with a Carrier-Based Immunogenic Cell-Death Eliciting Platinum (IV) Agent
(American Chemical Society, 2020-09-25)A carrier-based, immunogenic cell death (ICD)-eliciting platinum(IV) chemotherapeutic agent was synthesized via complexation between an axially derivatized Pt(IV)-tocopherol and hyaluronan (HA)–tocopherol nanocarrier. The ... -
Self-Assembled Recombinant Proteins on Metallic Nanoparticles as Bimodal Imaging Probes
(SAGE Publications, 2019-01-23)Combining multiple modalities is central to developing the new methods for sensing and imaging that are required for comprehensive understanding of events at the molecular level. Various imaging modalities have been developed ...
