2017 Theses (UMKC): Recent submissions
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Modeling the hippocampus : finely controlled memory storage using spiking neurons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)The hippocampus, an area in the temporal lobe of the mammalian brain, participates in the storage of personal memories and life events. As such traumatic memories and the consequent symptoms of post-traumatic stress are ... -
Poisons of war
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)My father, a Vietnam veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, took his life in November 1976, when I was only a year old. The nature of his death kept the details of his life, his illness, and his ... -
The Evaluation of Permeable Cementitious Media for Nutrient Removal
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)Excessive amounts of nutrients in surface and ground waters can interfere with the quality of aquatic and human life. Permeable pavement systems have been studied for contaminant removal, but there are limitations to ... -
Next-Generation Flash Memories Using Two-Dimensional Materials
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)This thesis presents a model that provides the output characteristics of next-generation flash memories using two-dimensional materials. Multi-Layer Graphene Nanoribbon (MLGNR) and Graphene are used as the channel and ... -
Behind the Mask
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)This book explores the struggles of one woman living in London during an outbreak of the bubonic plague. Charles, as she has named herself, has to not only maintain her masculine guise, but also has to fight to cure ... -
Sticky
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)No matter how you slice it, our current understanding of the human brain is decidedly limited. “Will we ever understand the human brain?” asks Jonathan Gornall of the World Economic Forum. “Today, I can't tell you – ... -
Half and Half
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)This thesis is a collection of short stories that I wrote and rewrote between my time as an undergraduate at Knox College and my time as a graduate student at UMKC. These stories were picked over other fictional works ... -
Smart City Open Data Network System: Openness, Security, and Privacy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The increasing concentration of population around the cities poses challenges in their operation and services. On the other hand, the current technological revolution allows scalable and innovative means to better serve ... -
The Surviving Parties
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This thesis is a collection of short stories that were written and re-written between my time as an undergraduate at Columbia College and my time as a Graduate Student at UMKC. These stories were picked out from many ... -
Forced Perspective
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This collection of eleven short stories explores the constant struggle between our expectations for our own lives and our responsibilities to others, as well as the unexpected instances of suffering that have irrevocable ... -
Assessment Of Overcurrent Relay Coordination In A Microgrid With High PV Penetration Deployment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The existing distribution system is experiencing radical changes with the rapid proliferation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)[1]. Microgrids have been proposed as a way of integrating large numbers of distributed ... -
Evaluation of the Role of Adjunctive Corticosteroids in the Management of Children Hospitalized with Orbital Cellulitis
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Purpose/Objectives Orbital cellulitis is an infection of the orbit that can lead to rare, but life-altering complications. Previous studies have suggested that corticosteroids may improve recovery in patients with ... -
Threads Bared
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This thesis is part response part exploration into the world of those fighting and losing the battle over addiction. It is meant to follow the progression of addiction, from the root causes beginning in early childhood ... -
Coated and Uncoated Nickel-Titanium Archwires: Mechanical Property and Surface Topography Response to a Simulated Oral Environment with and without Bracket-Related Load Deflection Induced Stress
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This study examined the effect of exposure to bracket-related load deflection on the mechanical properties and surface characteristics of esthetic coated and uncoated nickel titanium archwires. Two types of coated ... -
Ozark Superstitions: A Collection
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This collection of linked short stories explores the storytelling traditions of a family that continues to deal with the results of a past trauma in their day-to-day lives. The three members of the Taile family struggle ... -
Menstruation and Contraception Patterns of Female Adolescent Transplant Patients
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)BACKGROUND New data and guidelines support the use of contraception in adolescents on immunosuppressants, however, there is no data regarding base knowledge and attitude toward contraception in this particular patient ... -
Point Cloud Compression and Low Latency Streaming
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)With the commoditization of the 3D depth sensors, we can now very easily model real objects and scenes into digital domain which then can be used for variety of application in gaming, animation, virtual reality, immersive ... -
Praire Madness
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Prairie Madness is a collection of fiction and non-fiction that examines the impact and power of loneliness, both lifelong and momentary. In some of this work, loneliness fuels acts of courage; in others it triggers denial ... -
Sublime Underdogs
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)It is my hope that this collection of stories, Sublime Underdogs, uncovers the beauty and the pain in unique aspects of the human experience: a lonely young woman who is terrified of getting cancer, for instance, or a ... -
American Anxiety: Stories
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This collection of stories largely deals with anxiety felt by people in small-town, rural America in the twenty-first century. Ranging from an old woman afraid of change to a veteran returning home to a people’s militia ...