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Survey of Kansas and Missouri General Dentists Identifying Periodontal Referral Patterns
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This investigation surveyed general dentists from Kansas and Missouri to identify
factors which may impact how likely they are to refer to periodontists. The web-based
survey probed areas of clinician demographics, ...
Longer Right Colon Withdrawal Time and Retroflexion Duration Significantly Increases Adenoma Detection Rate: A Randomized Controlled Trial at Three Endoscopy Centers
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Purpose
Detection of adenomas is the foundation of colorectal cancer screening utilizing
screening colonoscopies. Adenoma detection rate (ADR) is an increasingly utilized core
quality measure for colonoscopies. ...
Its Golden Boat
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
This graduate thesis in creative writing focuses on memory, fear, and growing up. The speaker undergoes a coming-of-age from child to adult, his fears and desires also growing and changing. Its themes and motifs include ...
Algorithms on Majority Problem
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The main idea of the paper to give solutions to the majority problem where we are
counting the number of occurrences of the majority element more than half of the total number
of the elements in the input set and also ...
Design Automation and Evaluation Of Emerging 3D – IC Technology Using Stacked Horizontal Nanowires
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Miniaturization of integrated circuits (ICs) has continuously enabled advancement in modern
technology. This miniaturization trend, also known as Moore’s law, needs to be maintained intact to
meet the current day ...
Teens in Transition: Evaluating a Youth Violence Intervention Program
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
In the summer of 2015, the Teens in Transition program was implemented. It was a summer jobs and life-skills program designed for 40 gang-affiliated youths identified as being high risk for violence through the local focused ...
Reconstructing the 71 Gulch eruption: Implications for the Evolution of Phreatomagmatic Eruptions and their Products
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
71 Gulch is a basaltic fissure structure located in the western Snake River Plain,
southwestern, Idaho that erupted roughly 4 Ma. The entire volcanic field stretches 2 km west
to-east and produced 9 phreatomagmatic vents ...
KB4DL: Building a Knowledge Base for Deep Learning
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Deep Learning (DL) has received considerable attention from the AI community. However, we
suffer from the lack of ability in interpretation and annotation of the outcomes from
extensive and exhausting learning efforts. ...
Analysis Of A Distribution System Integrated With Photovoltaic Charging Facilities
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Electricity generation and transportation account for most of the global primary
energy demand. The majority of the world’s coal demand is for electricity generation and
the majority of the world’s oil demand is for ...
The Shape of the Room as Silence
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This thesis in creative writing is a manuscript of poems that examine grief and loss, and their reverberations through the objects and memories of people that are left behind. It is the result of workshops, collaboration ...
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Micron Sized Particles with the Consideration of Industrial Applications
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a technology for performing
spectral analysis of materials with little sample preparation, rapid measurement times, and
minimal damage to the sample. Micro-LIBS is a form ...
O, Beastly Jew!: Allegorical Anti-Judaism in Thirteenth Century English Bestiaries
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This thesis outlines the traditional anti-Judaic allegories found in the medieval
bestiary genre, demonstrates the transformations of these allegories within the English
scriptoria, and examines how these allegories ...
Association Between Myocardial Ischemia, Microvascular Function and Patient-Reported Angina
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Prior studies have not found an association between myocardial ischemia and
measures of health status. Whether positron emission tomography (PET)-derived coronary
flow reserve (CFR) would be better correlated with ...
Characterizing Road Conditions via Smart Mobile Crowd Sourcing
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Bad road conditions can cause vehicle damage and create hazardous driving conditions.
Current reporting methods for bad road conditions is a burden for the reporter, so much so that
these conditions might not be ...
Surveilling Women’s Bodies in Pursuit of Fetal Anatomical Normality: Framing Risk and Responsibility in American Print News Coverage of the Zika Virus
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
In 2015, the mosquito-borne Zika virus made international news as it spread rapidly
across northeastern Brazil. These stories were not fundamentally concerned with Zika virus
infection itself. The primary focus of the ...
Jews Behind Bars and the Influence of Jewish Communal Support on Reentry, Reintegration, and Desistance
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in communal social support and
prison chaplaincy. Numerous studies evaluate the growing role of religion and spirituality in
various preventive and rehabilitative ...
Living in Fear: An Analysis of Writings by Elizabeth Tudor, 1544-1565
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the writings of Elizabeth Tudor and determine
whether she was aware of the instability of her position in her formative years. I analyze how
Elizabeth used language to both ...
Living Landscapes: John Dunkley and the Cultural Landscape of Colonial Jamaica
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
To many Jamaicans nature itself was spiritual and alive, and while John Dunkley’s
landscapes seek to mystify audiences, this thesis seeks to discern the complex symbolism
within his paintings. Although only moderately ...
Design and Implementation of Firewall to Inspect Traffic in Encrypted VPN Tunnels
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
For the past 30 years, security is the greatest factor in internet and even in intranet.
Starting from world war 1, we are striving to improve the security and now in 2019, we are
confident enough to send the data ...
A Model for Estimating Bike Lane Demand
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Unfortunately, bike-related accidents are very common. Some of these accidents can be
deadly. Most of the times, these accidents happen due to the lack of a safer means of
commute, a bike lane. Further, many citizens ...