Browsing 2016 Theses (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2016 Summer"
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Barriers to Social Change: Neoliberalism and the Justification of the Status-Quo among Low-Income African Americans
(2016)Neoliberalism has been the dominant political-economic model in the United States since Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 (Harvey, 2005). Few studies have shown how the political-economic model of neoliberalism influences ... -
Fanning the Flames of Discontent: The Free Speech Fight of the Kansas City Industrial Workers of the World and the Making of Midwestern Radicalism
(2016)This project deals with the free speech fight of 1911 that occurred in Kansas City and was organized and led by the Industrial Workers of the World. The free speech fight serves as a case study in localized Midwestern ... -
Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)The purpose of this study is to discover what factors affect health care access for Hispanics in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the US and ... -
The Last Patron of Tintern Abbey: The Family and Piety of Roger Bigod
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)The purpose of this study is to assess the life of Roger Bigod with particular attention given to his piety, demonstrated through patronage and family connection. His political life is first examined with regards to his ... -
Overcoming the Challenges of Using Unmanned Aircraft for Bridge Inspections
(2016)Applications for small unmanned aerial vehicles have exploded over the past decade. Small size, maneuverability, low cost, and versatility enable utilization for applications not readily accessible by traditional manned ... -
The Role of Slow-Twitch Skeletal Muscle in the Musculoskeletal Endocrine Axis
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)In addition to coupling mechanically to produce movement, the musculoskeletal unit has an endocrine function, capable of signaling to distant tissues as well as locally through the release of hormone-like molecules. ... -
SigSpace – Class-Based Feature Representation for Scalable and Distributed Machine Learning
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)In the era of big data, it is essential to explore the opportunities in discovering knowledge from big data. However, traditional machine learning approaches are not well fit to analyze the full value of big data. ... -
Treatment of prepubertal labial adhesions: a randomized, double-blinded trial comparing topical emollient versus topical estrogen
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)Labial adhesions are a common finding estimated to occur in 22% of prepubertal girls. Symptoms are related to the accumulation of urine behind partially fused labia and include urinary tract infections, vulvovaginitis, ... -
VELOCITY : A NetFlow Based Optimized Geo-IP Lookup Tool
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)It is a challenging task for network administrators to monitor their institution's network against undesirable behavior. While NetFlow is useful to gather flow-level data for any Internet connection, its feature is limited ...