Browsing Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2014 Summer"
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Assessment of Seismic Hazards along the Northern Gulf of Aqaba
(2014-09-26)Aqaba and Elat are very important port and recreation cities for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Israel, respectively. The two cities are the most susceptible to damage from a destructive future earthquake because they ... -
Continuing Bonds, Meaning Making, and Collectivism: Predictors of Complicated Grief
(2014-09-26)Continuing bonds or maintaining a physical or mental connection with a deceased loved one is an aspect of the bereavement process that has displayed mixed results in the bereavement literature with respect to its adaptive ... -
Generalized Koszul Properties of Commutative Local Rings
(2014)We study several properties of commutative local rings that generalize the notion of Koszul algebra. The properties are expressed in terms of the Ext algebra of the ring, or in terms of homological properties of powers ... -
A Heuristic Case Study of the Experiences of Teachers Who Address Bullying in Middle School
(2014-09-30)Bullying behaviors and incidents increase during the middle school years. Bullying is a problem that affects teachers, staff, students, and families, especially during the middle school years. The purpose of this study was ... -
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)Nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations ... -
MAC layer resource allocation algorithms for OFDM/TDMA wireless networks
(2014-09-30)In wireless networks employing OFDMA/TDMA, orthogonal channels and timeslots are available resources that should be distributed between users fairly and in a collision-free manner. Furthermore, the available resources ... -
Maintaining the Segregated City?: Exploring the College Planning Experiences of Kansas City’s Urban Students of Color and the Implications on Their Access to Higher Education
(2014-09-30)This dissertation examined the role of school-based college planning guidance services in the college trajectories of central city students of color. It is projected that by 2018, most jobs will require some postsecondary ... -
The relationship between African American high school students' desire to attend college, their perceived likelihood to attend college and actual college entrollment
(2013)African American students continue to be an underrepresented population in institutions of higher education. This study uses Mickelson’s Attitude-Achievement Paradox to explain the effect of individual and contextual SES, ... -
Social Support and Smoking among Midwest LGBT Adults
(2014-09-30)Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have smoking rates twice that of their heterosexual counterparts. To design effective outreach, prevention, and treatments for these individuals, a comprehensive ... -
Transforming Words Into Action: Factors Predicting Social Justice Engagement Among Psychology Doctoral Students
(2014-09-26)Increasing our understanding about factors that predict social justice advocacy engagement can aid educators in choosing learning approaches that promote both personal and institutional change (Goodman et al., 2004). The ...