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Enhancing the correlative ecological niche modeling framework to incorporate the temporal dimension of species’ distributions
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Anthropogenic climate change is impacting biodiversity at all scales. Detailed spatio-temporal information about geographic distributions of species will be critical to mitigating the ramifications of these impacts. The ... -
Modification with De in Mandarin Chinese
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation looked at the de construction in Mandarin Chinese, in which the morpheme de connects two meaningful parts and conveys a modification relation between the two. The de construction can be used in both the ... -
Transforming the Museum Space: Native Feminisms as Activism in “Hearts of Our People”
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Abstract There is a growing trend within museums today to become a space geared toward social activism. Their attention to connecting with their communities and seeking avenues of implementing new ways of knowing and doing ... -
The effect of copy number variation at the Cyp12d1 gene on caffeine toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Xenobiotic compounds are a constant challenge for animals. We desire to understand the mechanisms behind xenobiotic resistance by identifying loci underlying variation in the toxicity of such compounds. Previous work in ... -
Seasonal, landscape-scale variation in bacterial and fungal communities
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Soil bacterial and fungal communities change dramatically over seasons and across multiple climate and environmental gradients. Little work has tested if the impact of these gradients on soil communities depends on the ... -
The Efficacy and Attrition Risk of Video-Based Versus In-Person Psychotherapy for Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Background: One contributing factor to the societal burden of depression involves a mismatch between treatment need and its availability, and advances in the delivery of telehealth services represent a promising development ... -
A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CARBON-NEUTRAL ENERGY PURCHASING
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Centuries of perturbance by human activity has threatened the ability of long-resolute environmental exchange systems to cycle particulate matter in a manner conducive to human success on Earth. We stand now in a time in ... -
A Behavioral Economic Approach to Quantifying Reinforcing Efficacy of Food
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)In May 2018 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandated all restaurants with more than 20 locations in the U.S. provide calorie information on menus for food items served. Although policymakers have argued that ... -
A Decolonial Perspective of Knowledge, Power and Place in the Eastern Cape Education System
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)South Africa has a complex history of contested places and knowledges. Through colonization and apartheid, places of importance were taken from the indigenous people and the education system aimed to colonize their minds. ... -
Genome-wide Investigation into Chlamydial Factors Important in Host-Specific Pathogenesis
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Chlamydia are unique obligate intracellular organisms responsible for disease in a wide variety ofhosts. A defining feature of these bacteria is their biphasic developmental cycle, through which Chlamydia interact with the ... -
Examination of Plains Middle Woodland Community Networking Dynamics through Ceramic Analysis: A Dual Geochemistry Approach
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The Plains Middle Woodland communities of Kansas, the Kansas City Hopewell (KCH), is the western-most center of the Hopewell culture. Community networking for KCH is suggested to have focused on populations interactions ... -
Tradition Reinvented: The Reimagination of Kanpō Medicine in Twentieth Century Japan
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation examines the ideological development of classical Japanese medical (later known as kanpō) philosophy and practice between the Edo period (1603-1868) and the mid-twentieth century. During this time, kanpō ... -
Interrogating War Stories: Dramaturgical Encounters with National Trauma
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Interrogating War Stories: Dramaturgical Encounters with National Trauma examines the intersection between dramaturgy and trauma studies. I argue that by incorporating trauma-informed approaches to the practice of dramaturgy, ... -
Functional Characterization of Musashi1 in Mouse Postnatal Development and Intestinal Homeostasis
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Tightly regulated gene expression is essential for normal development and maintenance of tissue homeostasis. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are essential facilitators of spatiotemporal gene expression control by regulating ... -
EVALUATING THE ICHNOFOSSIL TEREDOLITES AS AN INDICATOR OF SALINITY AND PALEOENVIRONMENT
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The ichnogenus Teredolites and Teredolites Ichnofacies is an accepted proxy for marine influence in paralic to open marine depositional environments (EOD). Actualistic approaches and the process-ichnologic framework allow ... -
The Fairer Sex: Ethnocentric Explanations of Racial Differences in Sexual Behavior.
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This research examines the intersection of racial and gender discourse in beliefs about sexuality. The sexual habits of women of color have been pathologized in popular and scientific discourse. White women and the behavioral ... -
Typology and Analysis of Change in Person Marking Reference
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The two-fold goal of this dissertation is to conduct a thorough survey of diachronic changes to person marking reference within paradigms (here called Person Marking Referent Shifts or PMRS) across a wide set of languages ... -
Down the Garden Path: Misleading Narratives in French and Francophone Video Games and Texts.
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The cognitive benefits of playing have been established by many studies but video games are still widely considered a trivial activity compared to literary texts. There has been excellent scholarship on cognitive implications ... -
If It Bleeds, It Leads: Accessing the Impact of Media Coverage of Human Rights Violations on Future Terrorism.
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Previous studies of terrorism have addressed the impact of human rights abuses on future terrorist activity and the role of mass media has played shaping public perceptions of terrorism and terrorist activity, yet little ... -
The Interregnum Court of Chancery; a study of the career and writings of John Lisle, Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal (1649-1659)
(University of Kansas, 1971-05-31)John Lisle was one of the most powerful, yet one of the least well known political personages of the English civil wars and Interregnum. His reputation survives only as one of regicide and unswerving loyalty to the military ...