Browsing School of Graduate Studies (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2011 Summer"
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The art songs of Jaime León: a textual and musical analysis
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-26)The thirty-six art songs of Colombian composer Jaime León (b. 1921) represent an important addition to the art song repertory. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and the literature on Jaime León and Latin American art song. ... -
Assessment of transient negative affect in synesthesia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-22)The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate how synesthesia may influence affect and sensorimotor gating in synesthetes. Synesthesia is the phenomenon in which a sensory experience triggers a conscious perception ... -
Cleared to land in the desert: commercial air travel's role in the growth and development of Las Vegas as a world-class travel destination
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-04)This study provides a history of commercial aviation in Las Vegas, focusing on the powerful influence commercial air travel had with the financial help of the federal government on Las Vegas‟s growth and development as ... -
The construction of the Lesbian and Gay Affirming Social Justice Competency Scale
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-12)Heterosexism is evident in the psychology and social policies of society. Despite numerous efforts to end discrimination based on many different cultural factors, heterosexism is frequently condoned and encouraged. In ... -
Creating an imperial city: Kansas City in the 1920s
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-04)This thesis is a community study of Kansas City in the 1920s as a city working to assume a prominent place within the emerging American market empire. It begins by exploring the role that men and women played in altering ... -
Current sensing atomic force microscopy study of aging mechanism of the nafion membranes due to thermal annealing
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-14)Proton transport properties of Nafion 212 and Nafion 115 membranes have been studied using current sensing atomic force microscopy to reveal changes of the ionic domains and the local ionic conductivity distribution in ... -
Design of a low-power analog circuit for an implantable RFID-enabled device with passive pressure sensor
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-08-22)A low-power analog core for an implantable RFID-enabled pressure measurement system is designed. The analog core includes the power generation block for the system, the clock extractor for the digital core and the pressure ... -
Diego Rivera: constructing a myth
(2011)Diego Rivera was a master of creating visual languages to express his ideas and beliefs. Throughout his life, he actively sought to define Mexican culture and his life through his art and his writing. Much of how he is ... -
Differentiation of Self Inventory - short form: creation and Initial evidence of construct validity
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-18)This study sought to retain the structure and reliability of the four subscales of the Differentiation of Self Inventory - Revised yet make the instrument more efficient by reducing the total number of items within each ... -
The effect of archwire vibrations on the stick-slip behavior of the bracket-archwire interface utilizing clinically relevant tipping moments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-27)This study evaluated bracket-archwire frictional resistance as a function of ligation method and archwire vibration. In vivo archwire vibrations were measured to obtain frequencies and amplitudes for ex vivo testing. ... -
The effect of simulated oral and clinical conditions on the fracture strength of ceramic bracket tie-wings
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-12)This study examined the effect of simulated oral and clinical conditions on the tie-wing fracture strength of a polycrystalline and a monocrystalline bracket. Fracture strength was measured for brackets as-received ... -
Insanity, rhetoric and women : nineteenth-century women's asylum narratives
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-02)Among reform movements in nineteenth-century America was insane asylum reform and women played a role in this. Some women within the walls of asylums living as patients turned to the pen as a means of informing the ... -
MIGUEL MATEO DALLO Y LANA, MEXICAN BAROQUE COMPOSER: A FORGOTTEN TREASURE OF PUEBLA
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)As research into the Mexican Baroque continues to expand, forgotten composers and their works are garnering deserved attention. Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana (c. 1650-1705), who served as maestro de capilla [chapel master] at ... -
Novel in vitro cell culture models for studying pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions following oral administration
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-21)In this study different in vitro models were developed to study the long term and short term drug- drug interactions occurring upon oral administration. MDCK cells were stably transfected for the simultaneous expression ... -
Orthorexia nervosa: real construct or newest social trend?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-25)Despite a plethora of anecdotal evidence, there are very few empirical studies on orthorexia nervosa, which has been described as an obsession with proper nutrition and the consumption of healthy food. Accordingly, the ... -
The power of teacher-student relationships in determining student success
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-11)The purpose of this ethnomethodological exploratory descriptive case study was to investigate and understand teacher perceptions of the relationships between teachers and students and how those teachers perceive relationships ... -
Pressure-impulse diagrams using finite element analysis for reinforced concrete columns subjected to blast loading
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-11)Reinforced concrete is one of the prime building materials widely used to construct protective structures. One of the purposes of this project is to study the non-linear response of reinforced concrete structures when ... -
A qualitative study of the Extended Care Permit dental hygienists in Kansas
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-01)Currently, thirty-two states allow some type of alternative practice settings for dental hygienists. This qualitative study was designed to explore the experiences of the Extended Care Permit (ECP) dental hygienist in the ... -
Quality and intensity of pain associated with continuously applied orthodontic stresses of relatively high and low magnitudes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-21)The purpose was to assess longitudinally pain intensity and quality during tooth translation by 2 continuous stresses. Eight subjects (five males, 3 females) who required maxillary first premolar extractions had maxillary ... -
A quality metric to improve wrapper feature selection in multiclass subject invariant brain computer interfaces
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-05)Brain computer interface systems based on electroencephalograph (EEG) signals have limitations which challenge their application as a practical device for general use. The signal features generated by the brain states ...