2018 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online: Recent submissions
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Watershed Analysis and Urban Stormwater Solutions for the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)The Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri is an urban area that receives runoff from many other parts of the city. More than 1,800 acres of drainage area supply runoff to this district and have many different ... -
Development and Testing of a Steerable Cruciform Parachute System
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This thesis focuses on the development of a parachute payload system which is capable of precision aerial delivery yet only represents a modest cost increase over ballistic unguided systems. In order to develop such a ... -
We Happy Few: An Exploration of the Feast of Crispian and Military Stories in Shakespeare
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This thesis examines the theatre group Feast of Crispian, a non-profit organization which brings together professional actors with post-deployment service veterans. The group formed in 2012 and is in the process of ... -
Teaching Undergraduate Music Theory Through World Music
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Living in an era of highly networked technology, twenty-first century musicians have the advantage of accessing music from all over the world with just a few taps on their electronic devices. They are fascinated by ... -
Longer Right Colon Withdrawal Time and Retroflexion Duration Significantly Increases Adenoma Detection Rate: A Randomized Controlled Trial at Three Endoscopy Centers
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Purpose Detection of adenomas is the foundation of colorectal cancer screening utilizing screening colonoscopies. Adenoma detection rate (ADR) is an increasingly utilized core quality measure for colonoscopies. ... -
Deep Learning for Semi-Automated Brain Claustrum Segmentation on Magnetic Resonance (MR) Images
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)In recent years, Deep Learning (DL) has shown promising results with regard to conducting AI tasks such as computer vision and speech recognition. Specifically, DL demonstrated the state-of-the-art in computer vision ... -
When Cultures Collide: How Primitive Masculinity and Class Conflict Derailed the Patrick J. Hurley Diplomatic Mission to China, 1944-1945
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Historians often criticize Patrick J. Hurley for the failure of his diplomatic mission to China in 1944-1945. Instead of acting as an impartial mediator during the negotiations between the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese ... -
Material Evidence
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Material evidence is a twelve-and-a-half minute long work for twenty-two musicians and electronics. The main inspiration for the work came as a combination of scientific research in the field of music cognition and ... -
Crawford Ralston: Structures of Time
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Ralston Crawford is an American artist best known for his Precisionist aesthetic style that celebrates the edifices of modern America such as bridges, silos, and grain elevators. Crawford utilized a highly controlled ...