RSS 1.02013 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online
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Traffic Engineering for LISP-Enabled Networks
(2013)Inter-Domain Traffic engineering in the Internet faces serious limitations because of the current IP routing and addressing architecture. This coupled with Border Gateway Protocol’s (BGP’s) way of selecting performance-blind ... -
Watershed-level Analysis of Urban Raingarden Performance
(2013)Urban flooding became to be a big issue for many cities in the world due to the urbanization. Best Management Practices (BMP) are considered to be an economically friendly solution for the urban storm water problem. The ... -
Francis A. Schaeffer : the force behind the evangelical takeover of the Republican Party in America
(2013)Over the last 40 years or so, Americans have been involved in a religious/political struggle that has divided the nation. The struggle has impacted American government, culture, the economy, and international relations. ... -
Egypt, the Fictive Theater of Napoleon's Glory: A Celebration of the Egyptian Campaign in Paintings, Architecture, and Decorative Arts
(2013)The reign of Napoleon Bonaparte was one of military glory, both real and imagined. In this thesis, I examine the promotion of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), perhaps the most disastrous episode of his military ... -
Painting the Mundane: An Examination of the Life and Career of René Magritte
(2013)This thesis explores the important role René Magritte's biography plays in relation to his work as a painter. His works were primarily inspired by his middle class lifestyle and upbringing, something that was uncommon ... -
Presidential illness and disability: the health and performance of presidents from 1789-1901
(2014-07-09)Presidential health and performance has been a subject of study by both political scientists and historians, many of whom have examined the health of our nation's presidents. This study of presidential history is not new. ... -
A Novel cell phone based application for tracking the vaccination coverage in rural communities
(2013)Millions of children born worldwide do not receive proper vaccination. Driven by the concern for the lives of such children, institutions and organizations around the world have emphasized the need to strengthen vaccination ... -
Orthodontic bracket bond strength and resin composite adhesive degree of conversion associated with type of curing unit and total energy
(2013)This study examined the effect of light curing sources on shear bond strength and degree of conversion of orthodontic resin composite adhesive as function of type of curing unit and total energy, as well as evaluated the ... -
Temporal discounting and body mass index in college students
(2013)Overconsumption of food and drink can lead to overweight and obesity, which in turn can lead to chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Current data show that two-thirds of the adult population in the United ... -
CSISE: cloud-based semantic image search engine
(2014-03-27)Due to rapid exponential growth in data, a couple of challenges we face today are how to handle big data and analyze large data sets. An IBM study showed the amount of data created in the last two years alone is 90% of the ... -
Forgotten landmark: the Municipal Auditorium of Kansas City, Missouri
(2013)The Municipal Auditorium is a grand civic building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, which encompasses venues for theater, music and athletics. Designed by Gentry, Voskamp, and Neville, and associated architects, Hoit, ... -
Subversive exposure: realism and masquerade in Song Byeok's art practice
(2013)At age 24, Song Byeok became an official state propaganda artist under the totalitarian Kim regime of North Korea. After famine, family death, torture and prison camp, Song escaped from North Korea in 2002 and continued ... -
Adaptive thermal comfort computation with Zigbee wireless sensor networks
(2013)The rapid development of wireless communications, scalable technology enabling large scale mass production of System-On-Chip boards, and low cost and low power sensors have made wireless sensor networks easy accessible and ... -
Development and validation of a computational multibody model of the elbow joint
(2014-03-25)Computational multibody models of the elbow joint can provide a powerful tool to study joint biomechanics, examine muscle and ligament function, soft tissue loading, and the effects of joint trauma. Such models can reduce ... -
Eatopia: aesthetic spaces of collective food consumption in contemporary art
(2013)Contemporary artists Rirkrit Tiravanija and Jennifer Rubell offer food and sociability both literally and metaphorically. By inviting exhibition visitors to eat meals in specially conceived spaces within art galleries, ... -
A Qualitative investigation of patients' transitional states of engagement in HIV-related medical care
(2014-03-20)This qualitative study was designed to investigate the factors related to engagement in HIV-related medical care and specifically periods that can be characterized as transitions in and out of care. Data were collected ... -
A Medieval tale: Saxons, Normans and the telscombe ring
(2013)A medieval silver-gilt finger ring was found in July, 2010 using a metal detector near the village of Telscombe, in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The object, hereto referred to as the Telscombe Ring, was ... -
Forgetting strength : Coffeyville, the black freedom struggle, and the vanishing of memory
(2013)When a white lynch mob of 3,000 stormed the city jail in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1927, incited by rumors that three "negroes" had raped two white high school girls, the incident ended very differently from so many others ... -
Baseline cortical activation to food pictures associated with change in weight, hunger, cognitive restraint, and disinhibition following bariatric surgery
(2013)Introduction: Recent research suggests that bariatric surgery may be associated with functional brain changes. Baseline functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) food motivation paradigms may reveal particular patterns ... -
Examining psychological recovery in persons with serious mental illness : the role of experienced stigma and the insight paradox
(2013)The purpose of this study was to investigate how insight (awareness of mental illness and its associated consequences) into having serious mental illness (SMI) and the experienced stigma associated with SMI may affect ...