RSS 1.02014 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online
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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 ... -
Photosensitivity and Magnetosensitivity of The Drosophila Circadian Clock
(2014)The experiments in this thesis addressed whether magnetic fields can enhance entrainment (phase determination) of the circadian clock by light. The experiments were conducted using a species of small fruit flies, Drosophila ... -
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 ... -
The yield strength of molybdenum under pressure and temperature
(2015-06-02)Knowledge of the elastic properties of materials under high pressures and temperatures is important in planetary science as well as giving a more comprehensive understanding of material properties in general. Molybdenum ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Strain Estimation of Fibronectin Fibrils Using Two Dimensional Digital Image Correlation
(2014)Bone consists of a highly specialized mineralized extracellular matrix (ECM) which supports cells and tissues. Fibronectin is a non-collagenous protein produced by bone cells and is one of the earliest ECM proteins to ... -
StoneLion: A Narrative of a Kansas City Puppet Theatre
(2014)StoneLion: A Narrative of a Kansas City Puppet Theatre documents a vital Kansas City, Missouri, non-profit arts organization from its inception to the year 2014. The thesis includes the company’s mission, its evolution ... -
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 ... -
A Tale of Two Risks: The Framing of HIV Transmission Risk in Health Brochures
(2014)The framing of a health issue such as HIV transmission risk may directly impact public opinion, which plays a significant role in the formation of health policies. Brochures are an important piece of HIV treatment and ... -
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 ... -
Social Support and Health Behaviors in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Depression as a Mediator
(2015-05-26)Social support and psychological factors (i.e., depression) have been linked to negative outcomes, such as recurrence and mortality, following a cardiac event. Further, these constructs have been associated with health ... -
Effects of Topical Fluoride Prophylactic Agents on the Mechanical Properties of Orthodontic Nickel-Titanium Closed Coil Springs and Stainless Steel Closed Coil Springs
(2015-05-26)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of topical fluoride prophylactic agents on the mechanical unloading properties of nickel-titanium (NiTi) and stainless steel (SS) closed coil springs. Spring were ... -
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 ... -
Self-Organizing Networks Prospects for Group Scheduling for Disaster Relief and Public Safety Communications in Cellular Networks
(2014)The demand for cellular communications is anticipated to continue its hasty growth in the forthcoming future, triggered by new bandwidth hungry applications such as voice over LTE, high-definition video streaming, and ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Theatre for Young America: A History
(2015-05-19)In the spring of 1974, a family of actors has recently landed in Kansas City, Missouri. Father, Gene Mackey, is working for one of the areas four professional dinner theatres and has been authorized by his employer to ...