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From Galton to Globalization: The Transatlantic Journey of Eugenics
(2021)How did eugenics go from an idea in Britain to a movement in America? That was the question this dissertation originally set out to answer. Also, of interest was how the theory of eugenics went from the fringes to becoming ... -
Challenges and solutions for large-scale integration of emerging technologies
(2021)The semiconductor revolution so far has been primarily driven by the ability to shrink devices and interconnects proportionally (Moore's law) while achieving incremental benefits. In sub-10nm nodes, device scaling reaches ... -
Without a sword or a shield: the fighting army behind Brown
(2021)WITHOUT A SWORD OR A SHIELD: THE FIGHTING ARMY BEHIND BROWN Deborah Keating, Candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2021 ABSTRACT The struggle of Black Americans to obtain ... -
The Moderating Role of Religion in the Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Pornography and Mental Health Outcomes
(2021)Using the framework of Cognitive Dissonance Theory (CDT; Festinger, 1957), the current study examined whether religiosity buffered or enhanced the effects of attitudes toward pornography and the psychological outcomes of ... -
Extended calendar model versus traditional calendar model: a descriptive analysis of student performance over time
(2021)In an era of high-stakes testing, accountability, and ever-changing programs and initiatives, our education system fails to make adjustments to meet the needs of specific student groups and continues to function in the ... -
RUPEE: A Big Data Approach to Indexing and Searching Protein Structures
(2021)Given the close relationship between protein structure and function, protein structure searches have long played an established role in bioinformatics. Despite their maturity, existing protein structure searches either ... -
Wetland landscape dynamics and its socio-ecological implications
(2021)The dynamics on the earth landscape impact both the biotic and abiotic components. One of the abiotic components of the landscape are wetlands, whose terrestrial part is also serving as a habitat for many biotic components. ... -
Cognitive tutoring and assessment systems and mathematics achievement: a quantitative study of the Summit Learning Platform
(2021)The purpose of this study was to determine if the Summit Learning Platform, a type of Intelligent Tutoring System, has a positive association with mathematics achievement of high school students in grades nine through ... -
On-chip Voltage Regulator– Circuit Design and Automation
(2021)With the increase of density and complexity of high-performance integrated circuits and systems, including many-core chips and system-on-chip (SoC), it is becoming difficult to meet the power delivery and regulation ... -
Perceived Discrimination, Social Connectedness, Religious Coping, and Perceived Climate on Traumatic Stress for Muslim International Students
(2021)Posttraumatic stress symptoms have been consistently found to be elevated among people of color due to experiences of discrimination. Current literature on posttraumatic stress symptoms has mainly focused on race and ... -
A Semiotic Approach to Russian Military Map Symbology and Terms
(2021)Modern Russian military maps may comprise any combination of over 1,000 map symbols and 3,000 Russian terms. These symbols and terms identify tangible aspects such as locations, unit/equipment type, numbers, etc., but ... -
Protecting the Self, Protecting White Supremacy: Exploring the Relationship Between Psychological Defense, Gender, and White Fragility
(2021)Historically, research connected to social justice has focused on the experiences, challenges, and strengths of individuals on the margins (Jamel, 2017). Only more recently has research begun to address individuals of ... -
Nanomicelles And Liposomes For Improving Drug Delivery of Small Molecules And siRNA Therapeutic Agents
(2021)PART I: SELF-ASSEMBLING TACROLIMUS NANOMICELLES FOR BACK OF THE EYE DISEASES Vrinda Gote, Candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2021 ABSTRACT Neovascular age-related ... -
Measuring Level of Degradation in Power Semiconductor Devices using Emerging Techniques
(2021)High thermal and electrical stress, over a period of time tends to deteriorate the health of power electronic switches. Being a key element in any high-power converter systems, power switches such as insulated-gate bipolar ... -
The Nursing Workaround: Development of a Pyschometric Instrument
(2021)The development of nursing workarounds is a significant concern for healthcare organizations with the potential to have longstanding consequences to patient safety. Although numerous studies have been published about ... -
Second chance: the paradox of felony convictions
(2021)Every year hundreds of thousands of individuals with felony convictions are released into the community with the expectation that those re-entering society will be “successful” upon re-entry. Society tells persons with ... -
Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring of Power Electronic Components Using Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) and the Concept of Dynamic Safe Operating Area (SOA)
(2021)Fault diagnosis and condition monitoring (CM) of power electronic components with a goal of improving system reliability and availability have been one of the major focus areas in the power electronics field in the last ... -
Ocular motion classification for mobile device presentation attack detection
(2020)As a practical pursuit of quantified uniqueness, biometrics explores the parameters that make us who we are and provides the tools we need to secure the integrity of that identity. In our culture of constant connectivity, ... -
Automated End-to-End Management of the Deep Learning Lifecycle
(2020)Deep learning has improved the state-of-the-art results in an ever-growing number of domains. This success heavily relies on the development of deep learning models--an experimental, iterative process that produces tens ... -
Exploring school nurse workload through the lived experiences of school nurses caring for students kindergarten through fifth grade
(2020)School nurses support the needs of healthy students, those with chronic diseases, all from diverse racial and ethnic groups. Current nurse-to-student ratios, or caseloads, do not fully capture the extent of their work. The ...