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This community contains the collections of theses submitted electronically to the School of Graduate Studies by masters degree candidates at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Risk of Expectant Management and Optimal Timing of Delivery in Low-risk Term Pregnancies: A Population-based Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Introduction The benefits of the current obstetric recommendation to avoid elective deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation in pregnant women have been questioned by several authors.1 5 Multiple concerns such as ... -
3D Hand Pose Estimation Via a Lightweight Deep Learning Model
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Deep Learning with depth cameras has enabled 3D hand pose estimation from RGBD images. Commercial solutions like Leap Motion and Intel RealSense™ use stereoscopic sensors or IR illumination-based methods to capture the ... -
MDRED: Multi-Modal Multi-Task Distributed Recognition for Event Detection
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Understanding users’ context is essential in emerging mobile sensing applications, such as Metal Detector, Glint Finder, Facefirst. Over the last decade, Machine Learning (ML) techniques have evolved dramatically for ... -
Governing Corporations: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Expanding Role of Business in Society
(univ, 2018)This thesis explores the evolving role of business in society and the recent development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, in order to form a greater understanding of the changing nature of contemporary ... -
The Effect of Resection on the Sealer-Dentin Interface in Roots Obturated with Tricalcium Silicate Sealer: A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy and India Ink Penetration In Vitro Pilot Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Anatomical considerations may limit access to teeth for root-end preparation and root-end filling. Having the canal pretreated and filled with a calcium silicate based filling material, apical surgery can be limited ... -
Predictors of Receipt of Counseling Services from Religious Leaders in African American Church Populations
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)African Americans (AAs) are disproportionality affected by mental health issues. They are more likely to experience chronic depression, greater impairment from depression, and serious psychological distress than the ... -
Smart City Open Data Network System: Openness, Security, and Privacy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The increasing concentration of population around the cities poses challenges in their operation and services. On the other hand, the current technological revolution allows scalable and innovative means to better serve ... -
The Surviving Parties
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This thesis is a collection of short stories that were written and re-written between my time as an undergraduate at Columbia College and my time as a Graduate Student at UMKC. These stories were picked out from many ... -
Forced Perspective
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This collection of eleven short stories explores the constant struggle between our expectations for our own lives and our responsibilities to others, as well as the unexpected instances of suffering that have irrevocable ... -
Toward the Origins of Peyote Beadwork
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Peyote beadwork is a nuanced and elegant art form. Hundreds of thousands of people today use peyote beadwork, including the Native American Church, powwow people, gourd dancers and Native Americans wanting a marker of ... -
Romantic Tributes to Beethoven, Beloveds, and a Friendship Forged, Lost, and Regained: Schumann’s Fantasie, Op. 17 and Liszt’s B-minor Sonata, S. 178
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Robert Schumann’s Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (1836-38) and Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 (1853) are generally regarded as among each composer’s greatest works for solo piano and are included in pianists’ “must-play” ... -
Assessment Of Overcurrent Relay Coordination In A Microgrid With High PV Penetration Deployment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The existing distribution system is experiencing radical changes with the rapid proliferation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)[1]. Microgrids have been proposed as a way of integrating large numbers of distributed ... -
Fog Computing Based IoT Applications and Their Performance
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Today’s Internet of Things (IoT) is enabling innovations much faster to enhance the quality of life using various IoT applications such as Smart City, Smart Homes, Autonomous Driving Cars, Drone Monitoring Systems and ... -
Smart Travel Recommender System
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Many people around the globe live in areas that have unhealthy levels of air pollution. Such air pollution raises the risks of health problems. Current travel guidance systems such as Google Maps give recommendations ... -
CR-GAN: Content-Based Recommender System with Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Recommender systems have become increasingly popular by providing a wide range of products with a variety of styles. This trend has resulted in consumers expecting more intelligent and highly dynamic recommenders. The ... -
Life underwater
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This collection of short stories examines the different lives of people as they navigate the strange and confusing nature of their daily lives. There is a particular focus on how the monotonous can be equally as bizarre ... -
Another Beast Entirely
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This thesis is a collection of works written and rewritten over the course of my time in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Master of Fine Arts Creative writing program. It includes short stories, nonfiction ... -
For whom the bell tolls for flute (piccolo), soprano saxophone (alto saxophone), percussion, and piano
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This piece is inspired by "Meditation XVII”, a poem written by John Donne in 1624. It appears in Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Seuerall Steps in my Sicknes. The opening line is: "PERCHANCE he for whom this ... -
SAF-DL: Semantic Analysis Framework for Deep Learning Open Source Projects
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)There are a lot of open source projects available on the internet. Specifically, due to the increasing interest of Deep Learning (DL), the number of DL open source projects is also increased. This project is motivated ... -
forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This quartet features a transparent structure in which a dense, static ensemble motif gradually and smoothly transforms into a highly active and agitated counter-motif. This process repeats twice: with each iteration, ...