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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 high school football coaches and their perception of the action and effects of sports supplements in highschool football players

Hendrix, Brandi; Griffin, Audrey (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)

Many high school football players are experimenting with advertised “performance enhancing” supplements. Many of these athletes turn to their coaches for questions and advice regarding supplements. Purpose: The purpose ...
Kansas pharmacists’ attitudes/beliefs and current practices regarding implementation of fall prevention strategies in older adults

Herspring, Kyle F.; Snell, Landon B. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

Falls among older adults are a significant economic and social health care issue. Evidence-based fall prevention guidelines exist but are not routinely implemented. Purpose: Evaluate Kansas pharmacists’ attitudes/beliefs, ...
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 ...
Kansas physician assistants’ attitudes and beliefs regarding spirituality and religiosity in patient care

Budke, Ginny; Norman, Jennifer L.; Swick, Valerie M. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

The objective of this study was to explore Physician Assistants’ (PAs) attitudes and beliefs regarding the role of spirituality and religiosity (S/R) in patient care. Surveys were mailed to PAs who were members of the ...
Kansas physician assistants’ attitudes/beliefs and current practices regarding implementation of fall prevention strategies in older adults

Fraser, Shelton J. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

Falls among older adults are a significant economic and social healthcare issue. Evidence-based fall prevention guidelines exist but are not implemented in daily practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ...
Kansas vs. Roeder: Christian Identity, Juridical Discourses and American Exceptionalism

Click, Teresa L. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)

The US Evangelical movement's use of media and the court system since the 1980s to litigate morality issues, such as abortion, has gained global attention with the state of Kansas at the center of this awareness. On May ...
“Keeping pure hearts”: identity, reminiscence, and resistance in okinawan popular music

Harvey, Sandi K. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)

Since the early 1990s, Okinawans have creating music, which mixes traditional min yo’ (folk songs) and shima uta (Island songs) with jazz, reggae, folk, and other Western musical elements. The mixing of traditional and ...
Keynote address

Walker, Suzanne (Wichita State University, 2005-04-22)
Kinematic analysis of a motorcycle and rider impact on a concrete barrier under different impact and road conditions

Ramamurthy, Shashikumar (Wichita State University, 2007-12)

In many countries, motorcycle crashes constitutes a significant proportion of all road crash fatalities and injuries and safety measures can be successful only if much more attention is devoted to this issue. Several ...
Kinetic studies of protein-carbohydrate interactions at the bilayer interface of catanionic vesicles

Islam, Mohammad R. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

In this paper, we describe our work on surface functionalization and modification of catanionic vesicles with an aim toward increasing their range of applications. Conventional vesicles are formed from double-tailed ...
Kipling, Woolf, and Orwell: literary ethnographers

Ranatunga, Gayanthi (Wichita State University, 2011-12)

The beginning of the 20th century was marked by a need for a departure, for Britain, from the Victorian sentiments of a bygone era, foremost among which were the soon-to-be antiquated thoughts about her colonies and ...
Kiwi, Kereru, and Kapu: The culture of community conservation in rural New Zealand-with a comparison to Hawai`i

Harms, Matthew S. (Wichita State University, 2008-05)

The Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori New Zealander-European descent) bicultural society in a rural community around Mount Maungatautari, New Zealand, seems to have overcome some significant culturally-embedded differences as ...
Knowledge of clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment offetal alcohol syndrome: how much is taught in a pa schoolcurriculum?

Hinkle, Michelle Kaylene; Day, David (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)

The effects of maternal alcohol use on unborn children have been observed for millennia. These effects include abnormal facial variations, growth retardation, neurological or behavioral problems, decreased cognitive ...
Kwame Nkrumah’s quest for Pan Africanism: from independence leader to deposed despot

Lawson, Autumn Anne (Wichita State University, 2010-12)

On February 12, 1951, Francis Nwia-Kofi “Kwame” Nkrumah walked out of James Fort Prison to become the first Prime Minister of the Gold Coast. After a landslide election, Nkrumah and his Convention People’s Party (CPP) ...
Label-free electrical immunoassay biosensors for early disease diagnosis

Brandigampala, Savindra Madhavi (Wichita State University, 2012-05)

This thesis focused on developing an inexpensive and user friendly “point- of- care” (POC) device for early disease diagnosis. Proteomics research has elucidated many new proteins as biomarkers that have the potential to ...
Langdon, Kansas: the aging of a rural town

Sherow, James E. (Wichita State University, 1978-05)

A historical analysis of the development of Langdon, a rural Kansas town, from its beginnings in early XX century to the time of its highest degree of prosperity from 1912 through 1920, and its decline from 1920 until 1950. ...
Las Vegas, capitalist sin city to new capital of American freedom: a case study of the use of branding and metaphor

Grillot, Kateri M. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2006-04-28)
Late Atokan siliciclastic cave-fill deposits within preAbsarokan paleokarst in the Burlington-Keokuk limestone, Dade county, Missouri

Turner, Robert W. (Wichita State University, 2011-12)

Two siliciclastic-filled paleocaverns within the Mississippian (Osagean) Burlington- Keokuk Limestone, which were formed in pre-Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) time, are described from exposures in Dade County, ...
LDPC encoded pilots for iterative receiver improvement

Hassan, Khurrum (2005-12)

Turbo and low density parity check (LDPC) codes show performances approaching Shannon capacity. This thesis proposes a novel iterative channel estimation and LDPC decoding scheme where the pilot symbols are encoded and can ...