Browsing 2014 Theses (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2014 Fall"
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Aspiration Differences in Female High School Students Based on Parents' Education Level
(2015-05-26)This study uses data from 61 in-depth interviews with high school junior and senior girls to examine differences in educational aspirations by parental education level. By examining how young adults’ aspirations are ... -
A Comparison of ADRR Scores in Very Young, School-age, and Adolescent Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
(2014-09-30)Glycemic variability (GV) in children is remarkably dissimilar to GV in adults, and furthermore is unique to age-specific pediatric groups. The Average Daily Risk Range score has been shown to be a good indicator of GV ... -
Effect of Delayed Polymerization Time and Bracket Manipulation on Orthodontic Bracket Bonding
(2014)This study examined the effect of bracket manipulation in combination with delayed polymerization times on orthodontic bracket shear bond strength and degree of resin composite conversion. Orthodontics brackets were bonded ... -
Electronic structure and partial charge distribution of doxorubicin under different molecular environments
(2014)Doxorubicin (trade name Adriamycin, abbreviated DOX) is a well-known anthracyclic chemotherapeutic used in treating a variety of cancers including acute leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and a range of stomach, lung, ... -
Exploiting the ability of Self Organizing Networks for inter-cell interference coordination for emergency communications in cellular networks
(2014)In the current scenario, radio planning of wireless cellular networks and analysis of radio performance should be agile because it is expected that in the near future we will be reaching to the point where there will be ... -
From Everyman to Hero: The Inculturation and Propaganda of the Adventures of Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher Serials
(2014)Though the serial film is academically and critically disregarded, the format was a valuable tool of inculturation and propaganda. Serial films were widely attended by American middle class adults and children during ... -
From ‘Remedy Highly Esteemed’ to ‘Barbarous Practice’: The Rise and Fall of Acupuncture in Nineteenth-Century America
(2015-05-27)This thesis analyzes the prevalent use of acupuncture in nineteenth-century American medicine. Using medical journal articles, school catalogs, lecture notes, fee tables, newspaper clippings and other primary sources, I ... -
The Ghost in the Machine: Frances Perkins’ Refusal to Accept Marginalization
(2014)Frances Perkins was the United States Secretary of Labor from 1933-1945, yet she has received little attention from historians. There are countless works that study President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s years in office, but ... -
High Speed and Low Power Pipelined ADC Design for MRI Application
(2014)The advancement in the integrated circuit technologies has led to the development of many high speed devices. This lead to the necessity to have a fast and efficient circuit which can provide high computational capability. ... -
Home Almost
(2014)This thesis explores the concept of home, what it means to be at home – or not at home – in one’s nation, family, dwelling or even in one’s own body. The speakers in these poems, whether through participation, observation ... -
Identifying relationships among drug side-effects using probabilistic association rule mining
(2014)Side-effects of medical drugs have important implications for health care. Knowledge of side-effects can help guide appropriate prescription of drugs to patients. The study of drug side-effects is also a rich area of ... -
Intraoral Corrosion of Self-ligating Metallic Brackets and Archwires and the Effect on Friction
(2014)The purpose of this study was to investigate how the frictional coefficient was affected due to intraoral use. A secondary aim of this study was to determine whether or not there was a relationship between corrosion of ... -
Kalabari Masquerade and the gaze: identity and spectatorship in the sculptures of Sokari Douglass Camp
(2014)Kalabari masquerade performances are centered around a core male performer, who disguises himself by wearing an intricate costume. The costume propels the dancer into the mystical spiritual realm, where through the ... -
Modified Virtual Internal Bond Model for Concrete Subjected To Dynamic Loading
(2014)Concrete is often used as a primary material to build protective structures. There is a wide range of research work being performed to simulate the behavior of reinforced concrete under impact and blast loading. This ... -
Ms. Linto
(2014-09-30)Ms. Linto is inspired by a famous Taiwan legend called Ms. Linto. This story happened in Tainan. Linto who is a widow and raises three kinds alone, was tricked out of her life saving by a smooth talking handsome man, ACSi ... -
Multiscale Study of the Interactions between Climate, Land Use, and Agricultural Productivity in Western Sahel: A Case Study of Chad
(2014-09-30)This study employed an integrated approach to investigate drivers and impacts of environmental change from the 1980s to 2012 using geospatial and statistical analyses of atmospheric, climate, land use land cover, and ... -
No Place Like Home
(2015-06-02)This collection of stories portrays a variety of lives dealing the aftereffects of loss. In “Robert the Lionheart” a boy seeks the DNA of his parents to recreate them and struggles with what that might mean. In “Weeds” ... -
Online Vaccine Opposition: Identifying Trends and Contextualizing Criticism
(2015-05-26)While there are studies that that have been done to show how content attributes of vaccinecritical websites have changed over time, there is very little discussion about the social and historical context of that criticism ... -
Pieter Bruegel The Elder’s The Months: A Perspective
(2014)In the year 1565, Antwerp merchant Nicolaes Jongelinck commissioned Pieter Bruegel the Elder to paint a series of paintings, The Months, for his suburban villa. Unfortunately, Jongelinck lost possession of the series of ... -
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Months: A Perspective
(2015)In the year 1565, Antwerp merchant Nicolaes Jongelinck commissioned Pieter Bruegel the Elder to paint a series of paintings, The Months, for his suburban villa. Unfortunately, Jongelinck lost possession of the series of ...