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The Color of my Skin: A Symphonic Pilgrimage
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The Color of my Skin: A Symphonic Pilgrimage, is an audiovisual symphony consisting of seven movements that were created during the 2020/21 COVID-19 pandemic. The totality of the work has been sculpted, and woven together ... -
An Investigation of How Variables Impact Accuracy of Data Collection
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Assessment of accuracy should be conducted ongoing throughout research and intervention. This study aimed to identify how the number and frequency of behaviors effected measurement accuracy. Participants were students ... -
Beyond Arrhenius: Fluctuation Theory for Dynamics
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)A long-standing challenge for simulation and experiment has been the accurate calculation ofactivation energies and activation volumes via Arrhenius analyses which typically require rate constants or dynamical timescales ... -
Zugunruhe (migratory restlessness)
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Zugunruhe is a German word for migratory restlessness used in ornithology that I found applicable to the ideas I am investigating through printmaking and textile-based techniques. In my art I am exploring landscapes both ... -
Modulational and Subharmonic Dynamics of Periodic Waves
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The overarching theme of this dissertation is to investigate the stability and dynamics of spatially-periodic travelling and stationary wave solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs) arising from physical applications. ... -
Al-Azhar's Renewal of Religious Discourse and Power after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This paper focuses on al-Azhar's role in renewing religious discourse after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. I will focus on whether or not the religious discourse is changing in al-Azhar (the Sunni Islamic institution) and ... -
Poéticas y políticas de la movilidad en el cine del Abya Yala
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)Traditionally, images of indigenous people in film are often misrepresented and based on a colonial gaze that reinforces stereotypes and romanticizes indigenous histories and cultures. Yet, during the late 20th century, ... -
Which Meritocracy? An Exploration of Gender Differences in Meritocracy Belief and Experiences in Relation to Advancement in Academic Medicine
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)This research contributes to the gender and medical sociology literature with two explorations: 1) a comparison of how men and women perceive the institution of academic medicine as a meritocracy and 2) linking these ... -
Review of "Fighting for the Higher Law: Black and White Transcendentalists against Slavery" by Peter Wirzbicki
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“This Sea of Upturned Faces”: The Rhetorical Role of Audience in Frederick Douglass’s Constitutional Interpretation at Midcentury
(Oxford University Press, 2024-03-18)Laura L Mielke, “This Sea of Upturned Faces”: The Rhetorical Role of Audience in Frederick Douglass’s Constitutional Interpretation at Midcentury, MELUS, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2024, Pages 3–27, https://doi.org/10.10 ... -
Review of "Literary Indians: Aesthetics & Encounter in American Literature to 1920" by Angela Calcaterra
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Vznemirljivo proučevanje prepleta jezikov, zgodovine, identitete. Dr. Marc L. Greenberg ureja Enciklopedijo slovanskih jezikov in jezikoslovja, ki bo najcelovitejša zbirka podatkov o slovanski jezikovni družini
(Delo, 2023-11-18)Interview with Marc L. Greenberg in Slovene for the Ljubljana daily Delo, focusing on his work as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics, published by Brill Publishers, Leiden, NL. -
The Relationship Between Community Networks and Population-Level Outcomes
(2024-06-25)Social care networks are partnerships of organizations that coordinate, share resources, and refer individuals to services. Resilient communities often have strong provider networks dedicated to solving issues related to ... -
Network Meta-Metrics: Using Evolutionary Computation to Identify Effective Indicators of Epidemiological Vulnerability in a Livestock Production System Model
(SimSoc Consortium, 2019-03-31)We developed an agent-based susceptible/infective model which simulates disease incursions in the hog production chain networks of three U.S. states. Agent parameters, contact network data, and epidemiological spread ... -
Willingness to Comply With Biosecurity in Livestock Facilities: Evidence From Experimental Simulations
(Frontiers Media, 2019-06-03)Disease in U.S. animal livestock industries annually costs over a billion dollars. Adoption and compliance with biosecurity practices is necessary to successfully reduce the risk of disease introduction or spread. Yet, a ... -
Risk Attitudes Affect Livestock Biosecurity Decisions With Ramifications for Disease Control in a Simulated Production System
(Frontiers Media, 2019-06-24)Hog producers' operational decisions can be informed by an awareness of risks associated with emergent and endemic diseases. Outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) have been re-occurring every year since the ... -
Using experimental gaming simulations to elicit risk mitigation behavioral strategies for agricultural disease management
(PLOS ONE, 2020-03-17)Failing to mitigate propagation of disease spread can result in dire economic consequences for agricultural networks. Pathogens like Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, can quickly spread among producers. Biosecurity is ... -
Effects of Social Cues on Biosecurity Compliance in Livestock Facilities: Evidence From Experimental Simulations
(Frontiers Media, 2020-03-26)Disease outbreaks in U.S. animal livestock industries have economic impacts measured in hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Biosecurity, or procedures intended to protect animals against disease, is known to be ... -
Emulating Agricultural Disease Management: Comparing Risk Preferences Between Industry Professionals and Online Participants Using Experimental Gaming Simulations and Paired Lottery Choice Surveys
(Frontiers Media, 2021-01-17)Mitigating the spread of disease is crucial for the well-being of agricultural production systems. Implementing biosecurity disease prevention measures can be expensive, so producers must balance the costs of biosecurity ... -
Message Delivery Strategy Influences Willingness to Comply With Biosecurity
(Frontiers Media, 2021-06-24)As the Covid-19 pandemic continues worldwide, it has become increasingly clear that effective communication of disease transmission risks associated with protective behaviors is essential, and that communication tactics ...