Browsing 2019 Theses (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2019 Fall"
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A Quantitative Analysis of the Role of Antihypertensive Drug Dose on Hypertension in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
(2019)Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent and major risk factor for poor cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Prior research suggests that HTN is underdiagnosed and undertreated in children ... -
A Spatial Analysis of Homicide and Dangerous Buildings in Kansas City, Missouri
(2019)Criminological theories such as routine activities theory, rational choice theory, broken windows and disorder theory, crime pattern and environmental criminology, and social disorganization and collective efficacy theory ... -
Adding Insult to Injury: How Neoliberal Ideology Convinces the Disadvantaged to Blame Themselves for Poor Health
(2019)Health outcomes are strongly tied to social class. Childhood environment, level of education, income, and even neighborhood characteristics are strongly correlated with negative health outcomes such as obesity, diabetes, ... -
Association of chronic self-perceived stress with mortality and health status outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: insights from the portrait registry
(2020)The prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is increasing worldwide and is estimated to affect about 360 million patients by 2030. Patients with PAD are at a higher risk of premature mortality and suffer from disability ... -
Cake for Fighting
(2019)Although individual freedom is so integral to western ideology, the idea that culture can supersede an individual’s basic human rights is surprisingly common in the United States. This is due to another western value: ... -
Design and practical realization of polymorphic crosstalk circuits using 65nm TSMC PDK
(2019)As the technology node scales down, the coupling capacitance between the adjacent metal lines increases. With an increase in this electrostatic coupling, the unwanted signal interference also increases, which is popularly ... -
Esthetic smile preferences when considering age
This study examined general dentists’ preferences for esthetic smile characteristics based on age and gender of the dentist and the simulated patient using a 16-item survey. Smile characteristics evaluated were smile line, ... -
Extinction of Chromosomes due to Specialization is a Universal Occurrence
(2019)The human X and Y chromosomes evolved from a pair of autosomes approximately 180 million years ago. Despite their shared evolutionary origin, extensive genetic decay has resulted in the human Y chromosome losing 97% of its ... -
Frequency and time domain analysis of carbon nanotubes with realistic shape and distribution
(2019)Carbon nanotube (CNT) composites have been of significant research interest in a wide range of applications. For electromagnetic applications, simplifying assumptions regarding the distribution and shapes of the CNTs are ... -
Identifying personality and topics of social media
(2019)Twitter and Facebook are the renowned social networking platforms where users post, share, interact and express to the world, their interests, personality, and behavioral information. User-created content on social media ... -
Improving Extreme Low-light Image Denoising via Residual Learning
(2019)Taking a satisfactory picture in a low-light environment remains a challenging problem. Low-light imaging mainly suffers from noise due to the low signal-to-noise ratio. Many methods have been proposed for the task of image ... -
Influence of Orthodontic Bracket Bonding Protocol on Zirconia Ceramics and Resulting Bond Strength, Adhesive Remnant, and Debonded-Polished Zirconia Surface Roughness
Objective: This study evaluated the effect of primer protocol for metal orthodontic brackets bonded to zirconia ceramic and resulting shear bond strength (SBS), adhesive remnant index (ARI), and debonded and polished ... -
Introduction and application of GEANT4: A comparison of depth-dose
(2019)Geometry ANd Tracking 4 (GEANT4) is an object-oriented C++ based program that uses Monte Carlo methods to simulate the passage of particles through matter. A powerful application, GEANT4, allows the user to define variables ... -
Measuring smokers' inhibitory control to smoking cues by a novel mouse trajectory tracking method
(2019)Deprivation from nicotine has been shown to affect executive cognitive functioning in smokers causing an inability to maintain cognitive control over their behavior, which may be directly linked to smoking relapse. Past ... -
Multi-modal emotion detection using deep learning for interpersonal communication analytics
(2019)In recent years, deep learning technologies have been increasingly applied to generate meaningful data for advanced research in humanities and sciences. Interpersonal communication skills are crucial to success in science. ... -
Ouroboros
(2019)I find it boring to write about myself. I think this begins with the fact that I do not consider myself to be an inherently interesting person. This isn’t a bad thing. There is no right way. For those of us non-interesting ... -
Predicting Personal and Relational Recovery from Infidelity in Committed Relationship: A Moderated Mediation Model
(2019)Infidelity can be damaging to committed relationships and is the most frequently cited cause of divorce (Austin Institute, 2014). Evidence suggests that couples can survive the trauma of infidelity, and that recovery is ... -
Representations of the Dreaming Mind in Nineteenth-Century French Art
(2019)During the nineteenth century, philosophic and popular interest in dreams and the unconscious increased dramatically. Simultaneously, artists and writers increasingly recognized the immense creative impulses that resided ... -
Static random-access memory designs based on different FinFET at lower technology node (7nm)
(2019)The Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) has a significant performance impact on current nanoelectronics systems. To improve SRAM efficiency, it is important to utilize emerging technologies to overcome short-channel effects ... -
TaskDo: A Daily Task Recommender System
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Time is a constant entity and an invaluable element for every living person on this planet. Even with all modern-day technologies being available, many individuals like working professionals, students, and house makers ...