2019 UMKC Dissertations - Access Restricted to UMKC
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From Pan to Plate: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush, 1849-1865
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)After President Polk’s announcement in December 1848 of the gold discovery in California, thousands flocked to the region. Lured by the ready market of potential customers, daguerreotypists also made their way. The ... -
Data-Driven Modeling of the Lake Chad Basin Hydrologic Systems
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The drying of the Lake, located in Central Africa, is one example of a water crisis, which requires more research and studies. The lake has been progressively shrinking since the 1960s due to climate change and anthropogenic ... -
Identification of Cell Types that Define Embryonic Submandibular and Parotid Salivary Glands Using Single Cell RNA Sequencing
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Branching organs including the kidney, mammary, and salivary glands arise as epithelial buds that are morphologically very similar. However, the mesenchyme is known to guide epithelial morphogenesis and to help govern ... -
The Political Economy of Agriculture and the Social Economy of Local Sustainable Agriculture in Kansas City
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)This dissertation contributes to heterodox economics by presenting a unique heterodox economics approach, utilizing aspects of heterodox surplus approach, Post Keynesian, Institutional, feminist, and ecological economics. ... -
Sites of trauma, bodies of recovery: the work of contemporary South African artist Jane Alexander
(2019)Sites of Trauma, Bodies of Recovery: The Work of Contemporary South African Artist Jane Alexander explores the interconnections between the aesthetics of trauma in post-apartheid culture, history, and politics through the ... -
Ice-Mocha: Intelligent crowd engineering using mobile internet of things characterization and analytics
(2019)Human casualties at entertaining, religious, or political crowd events often occur due to the lack of proper crowd safety management. Notably, for a moving crowd, a minor accident can create a panic for the people to start ... -
Ember for orchestra
(2019)Ember is a single-movement piece for orchestra which combines my years of compositional experience, the exploration of musical aesthetics, an experiment of adapting electronic music technique in acoustic writing, and a ... -
Sequential test allocation for estimating software reliability with associated cost
We use a sequential method to allocate software test cases among partitions of a software to minimize the expected loss incurred by the Bayes estimator of the overall software reliability. The Bayesian approach allows us ... -
A Sketch of Sound
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)From my perspective, each sound has its own shape that can be presented through different pitches and timbres at any given moment. This approach to sonic texture is central to my orchestral work, A Sketch of Sound. The ... -
A Retrospective Quantitative Study Exploring the Relationship Between Academic Performance on Pre-requisite Science Courses and Associate Degree Nursing Student Outcomes
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Although multiple studies exist which evaluate the relationship between a student’s academic persistence, progression, and retention, few studies have evaluated the relationship between pre-requisite science courses ... -
Latent Class Analysis of Health Risk Behaviors Among Survivors of Childhood Adversities
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)This study examined the clustering of health risk behaviors among young adults who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACE). Data were collected from young adults attending a four-year university in the ... -
A Double-Blind Randomized Intervention to Reduce Distress from Perceived Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)OBJECTIVE: Up to 65% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience cognitive impairment. However, patients frequently overestimate the extent of their cognitive dysfunction, reducing their overall quality of life. ... -
Saudization or Sustainable Jobs Creation: Two Approaches In Solving Unemployment in Saudi Arabia
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Over the past two decades, Saudi Arabia has witnessed acceleration in both national unemployment and environmental degradation. These two areas are at the forefront of being very real challenges. In solving the ... -
Novel Folic Acid Targeted Nanomicelles For Delivery Of Hydrophobic Drugs To The Back Of The Eye
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Overall aim of this research project is to develop folic acid targeted nanomicelles loaded with insoluble hydrophobic drugs for delivery to posterior segment of the eye. Retinoblastoma and uveitis are diseases that ...