2021 Dissertations (UMKC): Recent submissions
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Building a reliable and secure management framework for software-defined networks
(2021)The Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies promise to enhance the performance and cost of managing both wired and wireless network infrastructures, functions, controls, and services (i.e., Internet of Things). ... -
A Narrative Analysis of Spiritual Coping in Individuals with Terminal Heart Failure
(2021)Approximately 6 million Americans have heart failure with treatment costs estimated at $30.7 billion annually. Those in late stages of the disease experience profound physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Spiritual ... -
Deep learning-based artifacts removal in video compression
(2021)The block-based coding structure in the hybrid video coding framework inevitably introduces compression artifacts such as blocking, ringing, etc. To compensate for those artifacts, extensive filtering techniques were ... -
Bugs, Drugs and Data: Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence and Prediction of Bug-Drug Mismatch using Electronic Health Records (EHR) Data
(2021)Bug-Drug Mismatch (BDM) occurrences are an important and modifiable category of inappropriate antibiotic therapy (IAAT) that increases adverse outcomes for patients and drives overall antibiotic resistance (AR). Surveillance ... -
Novel nanocarriers to improve drug delivery for age-related macular degeneration
(2021)Visual impairment affecting the posterior segment of the eye is a significant health problem causing a deterioration of the quality of life of millions worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is ranked third on ... -
Multiple-valued logic: technology and circuit implementation
(2021)Computing technologies are currently based on the binary logic/number system, which is dependent on the simple on and off switching mechanism of the prevailing transistors. With the exponential increase of data processing ... -
Enhanced Etoposide Solubility and Anticancer Activity using Complexation and Nanotechnology
(2021)Etoposide is a first line treatment for different cancer types that can be used either alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents. However, systemic toxicity, variable oral bioavailability, and high drug resistance ... -
Design of Multi-modality Deep Fusion Architecture for Deep Acoustic Analytics
(2021)There is increasing attention for audio classification research to support various emerging applications, including environmental monitoring, health care, and smart city. Audio classification is an important area of research ... -
AI-based Edge Computing System for Event Based Analytics
(2021)In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has received lots of attention due to its promising applications. Along with IoT evolution, we have witnessed advanced research for edge computing and its potential benefits ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Toward a Framework for Systematically Categorizing Future UAS Threat Space
(2021)The development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is occurring as fast or faster than any other innovation throughout the course of human history. Building an effective means of defending against threats posed by malicious ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...