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Water Soluble Porphyrin based Solar Cell

Subbaiyan, Navaneetha K. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Porphyrins are organic chromophores with structure very close to naturally occurring pigment in leaves Chlorophyll. In addition, blood cells are red due to iron porphyrins. These versatile porphyrins are simple to synthesize ...
Social, Professional and Educational Networks on the Web: Comparative Analysis of Main Features

Chekoori, Panindra (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Online social networks (OSNs) have changed the web as a source of information into a web of people, social web. Social networks are not purely technology-driven. They depend on the human nature and can be described as ...
Gender Differences in Balance of College-aged Students

Edwards, Heather M. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Nearly 8 million American adults have reported experiencing problems with balance. However, there have been few studies on balance among the young adult, and even fewer studies found on gender difference. PURPOSE: To ...
Physician Assistant Student Exposure to the Long-Term Care Setting by Working with a Consultant Pharmacist

Morton, Jill; Albers, Jessica; Pham, Vy (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

This paper describes a unique, but replicable, opportunity for physician assistant (PA) students to obtain exposure to the long-term care (LTC) setting by shadowing a consultant pharmacist. Two students at a time spent ...
Adaptive Response Surface Method for Efficient Bayesian Reliability Based Design Optimization

Sadilingam, Gopi Krishna (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

To tackle engineering design problems engaging both aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) has been integrated with Bayes Theorem, referred to as Bayesian RBDO. However, Bayesian ...
Comparison of first and second year Speech-Language Therapy students in terms of demonstration of person centered care

Favreau, Christin (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Research has indicated that student clinicians in the field of Speech-Language Pathology have the tendency to be more task oriented and structured in therapy sessions rather than person centered. The purpose of this study ...
A Revolution in Piano Study-Conceptual Teaching Through American Music

Krueger, Justin (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

The musical literature available to piano teachers and students is vast. However, over the past several decades, the body of repertoire taught and played has become significantly narrower. Certain composers and pieces ...
Competition and Allelopathy in Invasive Lespedeza cuneata

Coykendall, Katherine (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Invasive species such as Lespedeza cuneata (sericea) can have detrimental effects on invaded ecosystems. One proposed explanation for invasive success such as sericea is production of allelopathic chemicals that suppress ...
The role of plant hormone auxin on the interaction between Macrophomina phaseolina and Medicago truncatula

Mah, Kar Men (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Macrophomina phaseolina is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes the charcoal rot disease in many plant species. This disease causes many problems to the soy industry as no consistently effective control has been found. ...
Rift Basin-Fill Architecture of Fluvial-Lacustrine Lower Permian Lucaogou and Hongyanchi Low-Order Cycles, NW China

Jeffrey, Brad M.; Guan, Wei (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Rapid lateral facies change, autogenic processes, and irregular topography of continental rift basins challenge the reconstruction of basin-fill architecture. A process-based approach, using interpreted climatic and tectonic ...
Multi-Sensor Health Diagnosis Using Deep Belief Network Based State Classification

Tamilselvan, Prasanna (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Effective health diagnosis provides multifarious benefits such as improved safety, reliability and economical maintenance of complex engineered systems. This paper presents a novel multi-sensor health diagnosis method using ...
Effects of Topical Analgesic Cryotherapy on Postural Sway

Condon, Tyler C.; Gerlach, Nick J.; Reinert, Evan J.; Wigger, Sarah L. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Topical analgesic (TA) agents are readily available over-the-counter, and are marketed to physical therapists as well as the general public as quick solutions for acute and chronic joint and muscle pain. The purpose of ...
Primary vs. Metastatic Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Skin: a Case Report and Discussion of Immunohistochemical Techniques

Schettle, Lidia S. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Background: Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the skin is a rare malignant sweat gland tumor, which is difficult to distinguish from metastatic adenocarcinoma. Purpose: Describe a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the ...
Study and Analysis of Cognitive Radio Channel Scanning Technology for Wi-Fi Networks

Syeda, Reshma (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Wi-Fi has become a ubiquitous wireless technology in a short period of time. Each one of us has wireless gadgets competing for the Wi-Fi bandwidth. In contrast to this, studies show that the legacy technologies' spectrum ...
Ceramic Art: The Ability to Transgress Time

Eames, Matthew (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Being comprised of specific minerals and earthen materials, clay has been used throughout history to create art. What distinguishes clay from any other material is its resistance to decay. Through the ceramic firing process, ...
Physician Assistants' Interest in Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Addiction

Spiser, Valerie; Dumolt, Stephanie (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Under current legislation, only certified physicians can prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction. Due to geographic maldistribution and the limited number of certified physicians, patients in rural areas may have to ...
A Phylogenetic Analysis of the tribe Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) -- restricted access to full text

Clark, Daniel R. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Phylogenetics provides information about evolutionary relationships and is an essential tool in understanding broad patterns within groups including disease transmission, pollination, agricultural implications, and ...
Dopaminergic Toxicity of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+): Models for Parkinson's disease (PD) -- restricted access to full text

Le, Viet (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) selectively destroys dopaminergic neurons and induces the symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. The dopaminergic toxicity of MPP+ could be due to dopamine transporter (DAT) uptake and ...
Infant Speech Development During the First Year of Life -- restricted access to full text

Crittenden, Andrea; Hruska, Ashley; Hudgens, Danielle; Wilkins, Sheree (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Much has been assumed about the expected development of vocal sounds that infants produce during the first year of life. Little is known about how infants coordinate various physical systems to produce vocalizations. No ...
A Framework for a Fuzzy Sustainable Maintenance Strategy Selection Problem -- restricted access to full text

Nezami, Farnaz Ghazi (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

Maintenance cost constitutes 15-60% of the total production cost. Choosing the right maintenance strategy might provide significant savings in lost production, additional power consumption and lifecycle costs. An optimum ...