Browsing Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2019 Spring"
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Infertility Medication Adherence: A Mixed Methods Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Background. Infertility treatment protocols require women to engage in self management of their prescribed medication regimens, yet adherence to infertility medication schedules have been suboptimal. No prior research ... -
Be a Man and Stop Sexual Assault: Take the I-Position?
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Personal and peer attitudes toward sexual assault and their connection to positive bystander intervention have been widely studied in the current literature. Most researchers examining bystander intervention and sexual ... -
Choral Directors’ Experiences with Gender-Inclusive Teaching Practices Among Transgender Students
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)As adolescent gender identity expands to encompass non-binary forms of gender expression in contemporary social contexts, some music educators are beginning to examine their role in fostering an environment that is ... -
Daughter of Bird and Earth
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The single movement symphonic poem Daughter of Bird and Earth draws its inspiration from my own long poem in modern Chinese, The Resurrection of Poems, which narrates an imaginary woman’s life journey, both internally and ... -
Developing and Utilizing Multivariate Stochastic Wireless Channel Models
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Developing accurate channel models is paramount in designing efficient mobile communication systems. The focus of this dissertation is to understand the small-scale fading characteristics, develop mathematical tools that ... -
Development of Aerial-Ground Sensing Network: Architecture, Sensor Activation, and Spatial Path-Energy Optimization
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The advent of autonomous navigation, positioning, and in general robotics technologies has enabled the maturity of small to miniature-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs; or colloquially called drones) and their wide ... -
Due Process for Whom?: Evaluation of Sexual Misconduct Policies at Institutions of Higher Education From the Lens of the Respondent
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Critics of the implementation of Title IX at institutions of higher education (IHEs) argue that due process in the investigation and adjudication of sexual misconduct is severely lacking. In response, the Office for ... -
Former Inmates’ Perceptions and Beliefs About The Value of Earning a High School Diploma
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Previous studies on correctional education have focused on recidivism. There is limited research from a qualitative perspective on the perceptions of education prior to incarceration. This constructivist narratological ... -
A Heuristic Narratological Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of High School Seniors in an Urban High School
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The intended purpose of this heuristic, narratological, descriptive case study is to capture the individual experiences of a group of urban high school students as they pertain to literacy developmental opportunities. ... -
Historical Trauma, Coping, and Positive Mental Health Among American Indians
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)American Indians (AI) have survived numerous historical tragedies resulting in posttraumatic stress, unresolved historical grief, and historical trauma (Brave Heart & DeBruyn, 1998). AIs also face a heightened risk ... -
How Religious Narratives and Rituals Function in Constructing the Experience of Immigrants Within the Context of a Haitian Baptist Church in South Florida
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)This dissertation examines how religious narratives and rituals function in constructing the experience of immigrants within the context of a Haitian Baptist church in South Florida. The church and its contexts are ... -
Implementation of Solution and Solid Sate Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopic Techniques for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Molecular Species
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)In this dissertation, spectroscopy has been used to solve a variety of problems in different domains of science. Therefore, each chapter consists of different examples that have been addressed using different concepts ... -
Is That Racist? One White Family Interrogating Whiteness and Constructing Antiracist Curriculum
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Despite attempts by white teachers and families to avoid talk about race (Apfelbaum, Paulker, Ambady, Sommers, & Norton, 2008; Bartoli, Michael, Bentley Edwards, Stevenson, Shor, & McClain, 2016; Boutte, López-Robertson, ... -
Narrative Exploration of Teacher Experiences in Culturally Responsive Gifted Education
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)This narrative inquiry provides a contextualized understanding of teacher experiences complementing the extensive quantitative literature available regarding the underrepresentation of diverse students in gifted education ... -
Novel Folic Acid Targeted Nanomicelles For Delivery Of Hydrophobic Drugs To The Back Of The Eye
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Overall aim of this research project is to develop folic acid targeted nanomicelles loaded with insoluble hydrophobic drugs for delivery to posterior segment of the eye. Retinoblastoma and uveitis are diseases that ... -
Of floods and gales: environmental value creation due to creative destruction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Recent discussions on environmental issues, such as global climate change, implicates many of the wider processes studied by scholars in the management sciences. As a result, there has been considerable debate regarding ... -
Organizational Culture and Failure to Fail in Academic Programs of Nursing
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Student success in academic programs of nursing requires completion of didactic and clinical activities. For didactic activities, failure is typically determined objectively. Clinical failure is determined subjectively, ... -
Performance of Steel Pipelines Backfilled with Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM) under Seismic Wave Propagation and Reverse-Slip Fault Rupture
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Seismic events may drastically damage buried pipelines affecting economy and public safety. Traditionally, buried pipelines are bedded and backfilled with compacted soils, which is labor intensive, time consuming, and ... -
The Political Economy of Agriculture and the Social Economy of Local Sustainable Agriculture in Kansas City
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)This dissertation contributes to heterodox economics by presenting a unique heterodox economics approach, utilizing aspects of heterodox surplus approach, Post Keynesian, Institutional, feminist, and ecological economics. ... -
Post-Simulation Structured Debriefing on Clinical Reasoning Skills Among Associate Degree Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Background: Debriefing is considered the most important aspect of simulation. As nursing programs utilize simulation as a substitution for traditional clinical experiences, it is necessary to compare different types ...