RSS 1.02022 Dissertations (UMKC)
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Alcohol/HIV-Induced Neurodeficit and Circumvention by Neuroprotective Agent
(2023)Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) remains a major problem in the United States, with usage varying between acute (binge) and chronic (heavy usage) staging. Alcohol Use Disorders affect 14.5 million people, with 9 million men and ... -
Adaptive Data-driven Optimization using Transfer Learning for Resilient, Energy-efficient, Resource-aware, and Secure Network Slicing in 5G-Advanced and 6G Wireless Systems
(2022)5G–Advanced is the next step in the evolution of the fifth–generation (5G) technology. It will introduce a new level of expanded capabilities beyond connections and enables a broader range of advanced applications and use ... -
Optimization of Handover, Survivability, Multi-Connectivity and Secure Slicing in 5G Cellular Networks using Matrix Exponential Models and Machine Learning
(2022)This works proposes optimization of cellular handovers, cellular network survivability modeling, multi-connectivity and secure network slicing using matrix exponentials and machine learning techniques. We propose matrix ... -
Development and Evaluation of 3D-Printed Cardiovascular Stents
(2022)Biodegradable stents (BDS) could be a promising alternative to the conventional metallic stents for the treatment of atherosclerosis which is a coronary artery disease (CAD). Three-dimensional (3D) printing technique has ... -
An Ethnographic Case Study Examining the Experiences of African American Students with Nonresident Fathers
(2022)The purpose of this ethnographic case study was to identify influences that replace the presence of Black fathers with children living in non-paternal homes. For my research investigation, influence was defined as people ... -
What Makes Us Human? A Grounded Theory Study Examining Educators’ Emotional Evolution in the Classroom
(2022)Emotions are ubiquitous in education. However, most discussion of emotional learning and development is focused on the student. Yet, teachers are human and experience strong emotions in their work. This research sought to ... -
Human Factors in Smart and Connected Communities
(2022)The vision of Smart Connected Community (SCC) is to integrate technology to improve economy, safety, education, health and provide equity in the society. Human factor plays a vital role in the SCC in human societal, ... -
Starry Sky, a Concerto for Dizi and Orchestra
(2022)Inspired by the sky and the universe, this composition is a concerto for the traditional Chinese instrument, the bamboo flute (Dizi in Chinese pronunciation), with the Western orchestra. As a United States-based Chinese ... -
Three Essays on the Limits and Possibilities of Economic Sovereignty in the Eurozone
(2022)There is no disputing Germany’s dominant economic role within the eurozone (EZ) and the broader European Union. Economic leadership, however, entails responsibilities, especially in a world system of monetary production ... -
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)Background Nurses, central to healthcare, are experiencing chronic pain and stress, which affects their personal and professional lives. Due to multiple roles, they lack time to practice self-care. Purpose To evaluate ... -
A Faint Light
(2022)My orchestra piece, A Faint Light, has an introduction, five sections (Entering the mountain, The battle of ghosts I, Asking the God of the mountain, The battle of ghosts II, and The answer to the heart), and a coda. It ... -
Fantasia Nirvana
(2022)“To see a world in a wild flower, to see yourself like a bodhi in a leaf”, this philosophical reflection springs from writings within the Vimalakirti Sutra. It claims that all phenomena have no root or result, without its ... -
Parent’s Post-traumatic Stress before and after their Infant’s Second Palliative Heart Surgery: The PatHS Descriptive Correlational Longitudinal Study
(2022)One percent of infants born have CHD making it the most common congenital anomaly. Of those infants born with CHD, 1% have a functionally single ventricle. This type of heart defect requires three palliative heart surgeries, ... -
A History of Kansas City's Woodland School: Century of Evolution for a Historic Landmark
(2022)The Northeast community always took pride in and supported Woodland. Despair descended and times were difficult as the district was confronted by its ugly segregation past. Woodland did not escape the turmoil, but community ... -
Dynamics of Economic Corruption
(2022)Corruption, especially in developing countries, has been shown to have large persistent effects on inequality and economic growth. Efforts to eradicate or suppress corruption over the last two decades have floundered. This ... -
El Centro, Inc.: An Historical Research Study
(2022)This historical research study examined the history of El Centro, Inc. in Wyandotte County, Kansas, from its origins in 1972 until 2019. The social, political, legal, and economic contexts surrounding the organization’s ... -
Sampling Schemes For Estimating Software Reliability
(2022)Any software system of non-trivial size cannot be easily and completely tested because the domain of all possible inputs is complex and very large. In this study, we use a technique called partition testing, in which we ... -
Investigating the effect of Lacunocanalicular Network Morphology Alteration Due To Aging on Osteocyte FFSS Using Computational Modeling
(2022)Exercise and physical activity exert mechanical loading on the bones, stimulating bone formation. Osteocytes are thought to be the bone cells that sense and respond to mechanical loading and that loading induces bone strains ... -
Revising the Future: Exploring Ethnofuturism
(2022)While the desire for a postracial, colorblind society remains an emotional investment, the present reality of race and racist attitudes ingrained in the structure of American culture suggest that any such imagined future ... -
Discovery and delivery of peptide-based immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting Pd-L1 for cancer immunotherapy
(2022)The objective of this dissertation is to develop peptide-based immune checkpoint inhibitors that block the interaction between programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and its receptor programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ...