Browsing 2021 Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2021 Summer"
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A Computational Study of The Electrical Response of Biological Cells with Realistic Three-Dimensional Morphologies
(2021)One of the unique features of a biological cell is the cell membrane that protects the cell interior by establishing a physical barrier between the cytoplasm and the extracellular matrix and governs the distribution of the ... -
An analysis of the decision to formally register a new venture in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2021)This dissertation considers the factors that influence the decision to formally register a new venture, by nascent entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding these factors is important because registration is the ... -
An attention-based view on environmental exigencies and opportunity valuation
(2021)Attention-based view of the firm (ABV) combines structural components of the task environment with cognitive components of the decision-maker, developing a comprehensive perspective of strategic behavior. ABV suggests ... -
An Inquiry into the Relationship between Community and Text: Narratives and Iconography Depicting Christian Women with Authority in Late Antiquity
(2017)Some early Christian writers around the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity (second- to eighth-century) depicted Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other women, both imperial and non-imperial, in both East and West, as church ... -
Be Resilient: Examining the Relationship Between Staff Nurse Incivility and Undergraduate Nursing Students' Sense of Belonging to the Nursing Profession
(2021)Background: Sense of belonging is essential for nursing students to develop and grow within the nursing profession. Unfortunately, incivility threatens the sense of belonging in nursing students. Purpose: The purpose of ... -
Carrying their second backpack: understanding the lived experiences of teachers working with trauma-affected students during the Covid-19 pandemic
(2021)This heuristic narrative study addressed the high prevalence of trauma that children in schools are experiencing and its secondary effects on those who work with them in schools. While there are plentiful studies to be ... -
CEO narcissism and strategic entrepreneurial behaviors: the moderating role of industry environment
(2021)The role of firm-level entrepreneurial behavior in explaining firm performance is well established in the entrepreneurship literature. Scholars can capture firm-level entrepreneurial behavior employing strategic entrepreneurial ... -
Constraining the Major Merging History of Massive Galaxies: A Comprehensive Analysis of Close Pairs and Tidal Features Using Empirical and Simulated Data
(2021)Major galaxy merging is a fundamental aspect of the hierarchical structure-growth scenario of the universe, and it is theoretical expected to contribute to several key aspects of galaxy evolution. As such, empirically ... -
Development of pulsed power sources using self-sustaining nonlinear transmission lines and high-voltage solid-state switches
(2021)The demand for short pulses capable of delivering high peak power is increasing by leaps and bounds over the last few decades. These pulses are garnering attraction from a wide variety of end-users associated with the ... -
Effects of healthcare system distrust on cognition in African American older adults with type two diabetes mellitus
(2022)Healthcare system distrust has been linked to poorer Type two diabetes management (T2DM) management, but its impact on cognitive functioning in individuals with T2DM has not been assessed. This study aimed to analyze how ... -
First Principles Method for Complex Cement Structure and High Entropy Alloys
(2021)The ultimate objective of this dissertation contains two different areas of materials – secondary of Portland cement structure and high entropy alloys (HEAs). Similar concept of the computational method was applied to ... -
How Discrimination Experiences Impact Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Bereaved Black and African Americans
(2021)Black and African American people experience bereavement more frequently and earlier in life than their White counterparts and thus may be more impacted by Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). However, relatively little research ... -
Intolerance of Uncertainty and the Physiological Correlates of Anticipation and Appraisal of Affective Stimuli
(2021)Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is an important transdiagnostic construct found across many psychiatric conditions. This construct is thought to reflect a general tendency to interpret uncertainty as overly aversive, and ... -
La Generazione dell'Ottanta and the Italian Sound
(2021)La Generazione dell’Ottanta (The Generation of the Eighties) is a generation of Italian composers born in the 1880s, all of whom reached their artistic maturity between the two World Wars and who made it a point to part ... -
Missouri Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Adaptation Strategies and the Adoption and Diffusion of Market-Oriented Risk Management Strategies
(2021)This dissertation, through a mixed methods approach, investigates Missouri farmers’ perceptions of climate change and variability in relation to their adoption of adaptation strategies. Using a combination of geospatial ... -
Moving Mesh Finite Element Method for Time Dependent Convection-Diffusion Problems
(2021)The moving mesh finite element method (MM-FEM) has been a significant force in numerically approximating solutions to differential equations that otherwise exhibit spurious, artificial oscillations. This is especially true ... -
Novel Electromagnetic Scattering Models for Nano-Composites and Nano-Sensor Applications
(2021)Nanoparticles composed of plasmonic materials have the unique capability of coupling to electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths far larger than their size and confining the coupled energy to the structure’s sub-wavelength ... -
Scalable Acceleration of The Characteristic Mode Analysis Computational Toolbox Using Big Data Techniques
(2021)Characteristic Mode Analysis (CMA) is used in the design and analysis of a wide range of electromagnetic devices such as antennas and nano-structures. CMA provides physical insight into a target's electromagnetic response ... -
Survivable and reliable design of cellular and vehicular networks for safety applications
(2021)The research work is divided into two focus areas namely: cellular networks and vehicular networks. The first part of the research work is in cellular networks. Cellular network design and operation must incorporate disaster ... -
The relationship of career commitment and social determinants of academic achievement on perceived academic persistence among undergraduate nursing students
(2021)Examining why a student leaves a nursing program, voluntarily or involuntarily, after successfully meeting competitive admission criteria is an important area of research. The ability to persist in higher education, and ...