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  • Factors effecting satisfaction of specialist physicians with referrals from physician assistants: a pilot study
    Wright, Travis; Fagan, Stacy; Nyberg, Sue M. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    As primary care providers, physician assistants (PA) refer patients to specialist physicians for complex care beyond the realm of primary care providers. Referral of a patient to a specialist for consultation is an ...
  • Factors influencing rural physician assistant practice
    Armour, Angela F.; Williamson, Robin K.; Muma, Richard D. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    In the 1960s, it was discovered that there was a significant need for more physicians to serve the U.S. population, especially in rural and medically underserved communities. The Physician Assistant profession was built ...
  • Forecasting the sales of light trucks in the United States
    Christensson, Jon (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    The motor vehicles and parts industry in the United States employed as much as 7.4% of the labour force in the manufacturing industry in 2006. The purpose of this paper is to canvass various forecasting models, determine ...
  • A framework to minimize total energy consumption and total tardiness on a single machine
    Mouzon, Gilles C.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    A great amount of energy is wasted in industry by machines which stay idle due to underutilization. A way to avoid consuming the wasted energy is to incorporate energy consumption into consideration while making the ...
  • Geographical bilateral exchange rate pass-through in the United States
    Christensson, Jon (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    From February 2002 to December 2007, the dollar depreciated 34.2% against other major currencies. During the same period, core consumer prices only increased 11.3%. One would think the consumer prices would be more ...
  • The great between-subjects assumption
    Lambdin, Charles Garett; Shaffer, Victoria A. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    There seems to be an assumption that some judgment and decision-making (JDM) findings will only be supported in between-subjects designs, even though between-subjects results can be misleading. This paper tested this ...
  • Health care providers’ perceived versus actual cultural competency levels with Latino patients: a pilot study
    Watson, Carol M.; Day, David (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Latinos are the largest growing minority group in the United States and by 2030 are expected to comprise over twenty percent of the total population. Health care provider’s knowledge and understanding of a particular ethnic ...
  • Heart rate changes comparing free weight vs elastic resisted tubing
    Robertson, Mark; Odgers, Jarvis; Young, Jon; Wilson, Camilla; Reiman, Michael P. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    During lifting, heart rate and blood pressure have been shown to rise because of an increase in intra-abdominal pressure. This increase in pressure is known as a Valsalva maneuver. However, little research has been conducted ...
  • Instability of journalistic objectivity: The future of the code is in asking how not how much
    Petrovic, Jelena (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    American press both praises and stumbles upon objectivity. This study tries to close this gap by providing communication professionals and academia with a definition that understands objectivity, not as a set of ...
  • In the shadows of the big houses: non-elite settlements at Uxbenka
    Schrag, Amber C. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Households inform us about social relationships in ways public-centered research might exclude. Studies of non-elite settlements also bring attention to the rich diversity that characterized pre-Columbian society. ...
  • Iron based earthenware in a forced reduction atmosphere
    Hayes, Todd Rex (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Iron is a strong flux in ceramic glazes when fired in an oxygen-starved atmosphere (reduction), resulting in a CO rich atmosphere. The carbon monoxide (CO) robs the iron (Fe2o3) of two oxygen molecules, thus transforming ...
  • Kansas employers compliance with healthy people 2010 initiatives targeting health promotion in the workplace
    Clark, Jennifer; Bunton, Patricia A. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services has set a goal to increase the number of health promotion programs in the workplace as part of the Healthy People 2010 Initiative. Health promotion programs are ...
  • Kansas pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding over-the-counter emergency contraception
    Shrack, J.S.; Stump, E.K.; Hale, LaDonna S. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    To increase patient access, the FDA recently approved OTC sale of emergency contraception (EC) however increased access may not have been achieved due to pharmacists refusing to sell the product. Purpose: Measure ...
  • Micromechanical modeling of ferrite/pearlite steels
    Koushyar, Hoda; Tavakol, Behrouz; Madhavan, Viswanathan (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Micromechanics is the analysis of composite or heterogeneous materials on the level of the individual phases that constitute these materials. In this project micromechanical structure of ferritic/pearlitic steels was ...
  • Modeling and optimization of a health care system
    Assadi, Morteza (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    In many applications, the number of elements in the system (i.e., machines, jobs, customers) is either constant or remain fixed. This type of a system is modeled as a closed queuing system. Closed queuing systems are those ...
  • Move it and consume it: Media constructions of childhood obesity
    O'Neal, Pamela K. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Between 1980 and 2004, the number of overweight children in the U.S., ages 6 to 19, nearly tripled from 5% to 18.8% [1]. Currently there are approximately 25 million U.S. children “at risk of becoming overweight” or ...
  • Optimal distillers distribution planning in an ethanol supply chain
    Iqbal, Qamar (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    The ethanol industry in the United States is expanding rapidly, consequently, the amount of coproducts called distillers feed is also expanding at a rapid rate. These distillers can be fed to cattle because they are ...
  • The OSCE compared to the PACKRAT as a predictor of performance on the PANCE
    Oberle, Barbara T.; Muma, Richard D. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    The purpose of this study was to compare the Physician Assistant Clinical Knowledge Rating and Assessment Tool (PACKRAT) and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as predictors of performance on the ...
  • The perceptions of physician assistants regarding doctorate level PA education
    Ohlemeier, Lindsay S.; Muma, Richard D. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Many mid-level health care professions have implemented the clinical doctorate. The physician assistant (PA) profession has not implemented doctoral-level education. This cross - sectional study was designed to determine ...
  • Physical activity levels in children with developmental disabilities during school
    Fenili, Erica; Osborne, Tara; Ewertz, Kristin; Farney, Heather (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
    Current guidelines recommend that school-age children accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on most days of the week. However, little is known about the activity level of school-age ...

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