Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2012 Fall"
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Autonomy in the Great War: the experience of the German soldier on the Eastern Front
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)From 1914 to 1919, the German military established an occupation zone in the territory of present day Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Cultural historians have generally focused on the role of German soldiers as psychological ... -
Detecting change-points in a Compound Poisson Process
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)A statistical change point problem was first studied in the mid-1950s in the context of quality control in industrial processes. A change point is defined as a point in the time order when the probability distribution ... -
Development of drug conjugates in cancer therapy and evaluation of dual siRNA silencing effect on breast cancer growth and invasion
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)The objective of this dissertation is to present various approaches for treatment cancer, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Compared to other disease, cancer has many unique biological characteristics that ... -
Distinction in death: an analysis of individuality, sociality, and brand consumption in contemporary American funeral practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)To date, a growing number of contemporary Americans have come to trust that recognizable commodity brands and personal consumer preferences now provide the best means of personalizing funerals and communicating individualized ... -
Employment generation programs and long term development- the case of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)The impact of neo-liberal policies on labor and employment opportunities in developing country like India has been less than satisfactory. The purpose of this dissertation is to study the role of government in employment ... -
Evaluation of therapeutic effect of IKK epsilon SiRNA on breast cancer cells and development of a peptide-based SiRNA delivery system
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)The objective of this dissertation is to develop siRNA-based cancer therapeutics. In chapters 1 and 2, we introduced the mechanism, challenge and promise of RNAi-based therapy, as well as various siRNA delivery systems. ... -
Molecular assembly of polycyanoarenes with silver salts and synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonds
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)This dissertation encompasses the investigation of two distinct subjects. In the first part, which is in the area of molecular self-assembly, the complexation of organonitrile aryl compounds with three different types ... -
Molecular structure determination: solid-state NMR applications
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-12-14)Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ssNMR) has become one of the best techniques to determine molecular structure via inter/intra-molecular interactions. Unlike the well-known solution state NMR, solid-state NMR ... -
Organoisocyanates: the conformational stability determination by infrared, raman and microwave spectroscopy and ab initio calculation
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012)Conformational stability studies have been carried out for several quasilinear organoisocyanates and organoisothiocyanates. The infrared and Raman spectra in the gaseous, liquid and solid phases have been recorded as well ... -
Pentablock copolymers based controlled release formulations of small and macromolecules for ophthalmic applications
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)Pentablock copolymers comprised of multi-polymer blocks such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), polycaprolactone (PCL) and poly-lactide (PLA) were developed for fabrication of nanoparticles and thermosensitive hydrogel ... -
Religiosity, ethnic identity, and risky sexual behavior in an African American church-affiliated population
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)African Americans are disproportionately burdened by sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus in the US. The current study examined relationships between demographics, religiosity, ethnic identity, ... -
The role of land-atmosphere and aerosol interactions on meso-scale convective weather systems across West Africa
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)This dissertation investigates the modulating effects of land-atmosphere and aerosol interactions on meso-scale convective systems across the sub-Saharan West Africa region, and aims at providing a value-added contribution ... -
The shepherd of the hills
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)One spring day, an elderly man from the city, Daniel Howitt, enters the Ozark Mountains, ostensibly on a vacation to improve his health, which has suffered due to events concerning his believed long-dead son, Howard, ... -
Smoking cessation counseling: What do physicians really say and how do they say it?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)The U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline recommends that physicians provide tobacco cessation interventions to their patients at every visit. While many studies have examined the extent to which physicians ...