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Local climate change impact: societal perceptions of risk vulnerabilities and adaptation
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-11-18)
In terms of the Kansas City metropolitan area, there is a need to look at climate
change and try to limit and modify various practices in order to further understand and
mitigate climate change issues. To comprehend ...
Subversion of the gaze Degas and the social implications of his Dancers
(2011)
Edgar Degas' portrayal of women has generated particular interest. His subjects
were often thought to be women of ill-repute, yet Degas shows them hard at work. I believe
that Degas purposefully set out to chronicle the ...
Optimization of ligament parameters on a subject-specific computational human knee model in a dynamic knee simulator using design of experiments
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-12-09)
The objective of this study was to optimize ligament parameters used in a dynamic three dimensional
subject-specific computational knee model. The parameters of interest are the zero
load length (lambda sub zero), stiffness ...
Transport Characteristics of Amorphous Semiconductors in the Dilute Carrier Regime: A Variable Range Hopping Treatment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City., 2011-01-20)
We survey the analytical methods which are used to find the conductivity of amorphous solids as a function of temperature, specifically the work done by N. F. Mott and Apsley et al. and we point out the problems with ...
Topic network: a semantic model for effective learning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-08)
There has been tremendous interest in sharing and retrieving information through the Web. A
search engine can be used to retrieve relevant web documents. However, the sheer volume of
results returned often requires ...
A new constraint-based algorithm to learn Bayesian network structure from data: Control of Spurious Pairwise Information (CSPI)
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-01)
A Bayesian network is a directed acyclic graphical representation of a set of variables. This representation occupies the middle ground between a causal network and a simple list of pairwise correlations by including ...
And the TV Said...,
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-02)
And the TV Said..., scored for actress, digital media, and sextet, is a music theater
piece set to Jason Ludlow's script of the same name. The script is written for two
characters: a woman and her television. The role ...
Scheduling schemes for throughput optimization in wireless adhoc networks using directional antennas
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-09)
This thesis presents a scheme for scheduling of wireless adhoc networks by using directional antennas using the concept of frequency reuse. The idea of wireless adhoc network communication is taken one step further by ...
Rapid determination of algal growth kinetics using extant respirometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Algae have received increasing attention as a potential renewable source due to ease of biomass culture, fast growth rate, high biomass productivity, CO2 fixation and O2 production. For massive algal production algal kinetic ...
Consumer holiday structure: an analysis of Christian holiday patterns and consumer ritual practice in America
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
This thesis explores the rituals that reinforce American capitalist consumerism, specifically focusing on the Christian holiday calendar structure. Major Christian holidays are viewed as complex sets and repeated patterns, ...
Pressure-impulse diagrams using finite element analysis for reinforced concrete columns subjected to blast loading
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-11)
Reinforced concrete is one of the prime building materials widely used to construct
protective structures. One of the purposes of this project is to study the non-linear response of
reinforced concrete structures when ...
InfoKiosk: An Information Kiosk With Text-Free User Interface
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
Even though computer usage may seem very intuitive to almost everyone, they have minimum usability requirements that the user's ability to read is in the language being used. In developing countries such as India, where ...
Perceptions of gender in English news pamphlets 1660-1700
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-18)
Sensational murders were a popular topic for news pamphlets in England from the
sixteenth century to the nineteenth. Early pamphlets are characterized by religious and
dramatic imagery, but beginning in the late seventeenth ...
Design of a low-power analog circuit for an implantable RFID-enabled device with passive pressure sensor
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-08-22)
A low-power analog core for an implantable RFID-enabled pressure measurement system is
designed. The analog core includes the power generation block for the system, the clock
extractor for the digital core and the pressure ...
The effect of archwire vibrations on the stick-slip behavior of the bracket-archwire interface utilizing clinically relevant tipping moments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-27)
This study evaluated bracket-archwire frictional resistance as a function of ligation
method and archwire vibration. In vivo archwire vibrations were measured to obtain
frequencies and amplitudes for ex vivo testing. ...
The effect of simulated oral and clinical conditions on the fracture strength of ceramic bracket tie-wings
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-12)
This study examined the effect of simulated oral and clinical conditions on the tie-wing
fracture strength of a polycrystalline and a monocrystalline bracket. Fracture strength
was measured for brackets as-received ...
An investigation of hydrogen gas in olivine
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-04-26)
This study was designed to explain natural seeps of hydrogen gas. Ordinarily
H2 occurrences are regarded to be product of the process of serpentinization.
However other sources or explanation may exist for the natural ...
SiDR: a Secure inter-Domain Routing protocol for future internet
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-26)
Inter-domain routing is a critical functionality that help connect autonomous systems
in the Internet. In recent years, there have been concerns in regard to its vulnerabilities
such as IP prefix hijacking and worm ...
Energy efficient multi-target tracking in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011)
Tracking multiple targets in an energy efficient way is an important challenge in wireless
sensor networks (WSNs). While most of the prior work consider tracking multiple targets as
execution of single target tracking ...
Containment in the City: Boundaries, Bodies, and the Politics of Urban Space
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
The organization of urban space accommodating the rapid movement of the automobile facilitates a kind of forgetting, through the act of driving, and creates a sense of containment, through the built environment itself. ...