Browsing 2015 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online by Thesis Semester "2015 Spring"
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The Medical Record
(2015-07-28)A collection of personal essays, “The Medical Record” is an exploration of my life in medicine. It has three primary goals. First, to portray an accurate account of my training and practice as a female physician, with ... -
Modeling and Design of a Silicon-Based High-Pressure 3HE Replacement Neutron Detector
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)3He has stood as a major isotope used for neutron detection for many years. Due to national concerns of a possible 3He shortage, significant effort has been put forth, in the form of 3He alternative research, to push the ... -
Neutron Response Vectorization and Optimization of Moderating Neutron Spectrometers for Active Interrogation
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)The detection of special nuclear material (SNM) is no trivial task; the low activity of isotopes such as 235U and the ease of shielding make their passive detection virtually impossible in the maritime environment. Active ... -
New applications of STEPL watershed modeling of CAFO feedlot runoff and implications of surface water impacts
(2015-07-27)Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) cattle feedlot runoff is hydrologically modeled using the Spreadsheet Tool for Estimating Pollutants Load (STEPL). STEPL estimates the annual nutrient load of nitrogen and ... -
A Pervasive Middleware for Activity Recognition with Smartphones
(2015)Activity Recognition (AR) is an important research topic in pervasive computing. With the rapid increase in the use of pervasive devices, huge sensor data is generated from diverse devices on a daily basis. Analysis of the ... -
Road/Map/Canvas
(2015-07-28)The poems in this thesis explore the connection between imagination, space and belonging. Actual landscapes provoke imaginative responses. A small town in South Peru becomes the focus of desire, belonging and nostalgia. ... -
Scientific Evidence on the Environmental and Health Effects of Land Application of Biosolids
(2015-08-12)The study is an objective evaluation of the controversy on whether the practice of land application of biosolids for soil enrichment and restoration poses significant harm to the environment, human and animal health. ... -
Sympathetic Arousal During Approach-Avoidance Decision- Making
(2015-08-12)In response to emotional stimuli, individuals exhibit increased sympathetic nervous firings, which stimulate eccrine gland activation. This eccrine activity changes the electrical properties of the skin, or electrodermal ... -
Topical Clear Aqueous Nanomicellar Formulation for Anterior and Posterior Ocular Drug Delivery
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)The objective of this study was to develop a clear, aqueous drug loaded nanomicellar formulation (NMF) for the back-of-the-eye delivery. Hydrophobic drugs such as cyclosporine, resolvin analog (RX-10045), dexamethasone, ... -
Use of Biomechanical Motion Analysis to Evaluate Endotracheal Intubation Skill in a Simulated Clinical Setting
(2015)This study evaluated, using motion capture technology, the performance characteristics of novice and experienced medical personnel performing endotracheal intubation in a simulated clinical setting. Few objective measures ... -
Using WISE to Find Obscured AGN Activity in SDSS Mergers and Interactions
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)In simulations, major encounters between gas-rich galaxies are predicted to drive gas to the centers of interacting and merging systems triggering new star formation (SF) and fueling an active galactic nucleus (AGN). ...