• Play and ritual: Rhythm, pulsation, and fractal dynamics 

  Kreinath, Jens; Shapiro, Matan (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019-09-07)

  Editorial: for Don Handelman on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Introduction: Although we intuitively ‘know’ that play and ritual sometimes constitute one another—and that the boundary between them is so thin that at ...

• Cross-national differences in women’s imprisonment rates: exploring the conditional effects of gender inequality and other macro-level factors 

  Boppre, Breanna L.; Miethe, Terance D.; Troshynski, Emily I.; Salisbury, Emily J. (Routledge, 2019-10-08)

  Prior research examined cross-national differences in imprisonment, yet few studies considered the specific nature of women’s imprisonment. The current study fills an important gap in the literature by assessing the ...

• Regional convergence and structural change in US housing markets 

  Miles, William (Routledge, 2019-10-24)

  If house prices are convergent at the national level, monetary policy is easier to implement, and labour has an easier time achieving mobility across regions. Accordingly there have been several studies on home price ...

• The effects of gluteal squeezes compared to bilateral bridges on gluteal strength, power, endurance, and girth 

  Lehecka, B.J.; Turley, Jessica; Stapleton, Aaron; Waits, Kyle; Zirkle, John (PeerJ Inc., 2019-07-08)

  Background: Hip extension weakness is correlated with low back, hip, and knee pathology. Isometric gluteal squeezes have been shown to elicit high electromyographic gluteal activity. However, there is little research ...

• Outstanding nineteenth century poets: An aid to their appreciation 

  Gepharte, Elden E. (Wichita State University, 1929-07)

  The purpose of this paper is to serve as an aid to the teacher in the presentation of the representative works of ten outstanding English poets from the time of Burns to that of Rossetti inclusively, and to serve as a guide ...

• An industrial survey or Independence, Kansas for determining the needs for industrial education 1929 

  Friley, Walter L. (Wichita State University, 1929-05)

• A survey for vocational education in Wichita, Kansas, 1928-1929: Part two. 

  Popkins, Charles W. (Wichita State University, 1929-05)

  The following survey for vocational education in Wichita, Kansas, Completed in the Spring of 1929, is a study of local industries and vocational education for the specific purpose of determining the types of vocational ...

• A survey for vocational education in Wichita, Kansas, 1928-1929: Part one. 

  Moore, Jewell E. (Wichita State University, 1929-05)

  The following survey for vocational education in Wichita, Kansas, completed in the spring of 1929, is a study of local industries and vocational education for the specific purpose of determining the types of vocational ...

• A study or educational agencies for the Negro in Wichita, Kansas 1927-1929 

  Davis, Nannie L. (Wichita State University, 1929-05)

• Prediction of airline delays based on machine learning algorithms 

  Dand, Alok; Saeed, Khawaja A.; Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram (Association for Information Systems, 2019)

  Every year around 20% of all flights are delayed or canceled. The costs of these events to the airline companies and passengers are in billions of dollars each year. According to a report published in 2010 by UC Berkeley, ...

• Playing with frames of reference in veneration rituals: Fractal dynamics in encounters with a Muslim saint 

  Kreinath, Jens (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019-09-07)

  Paradigmatic shifts in anthropological theory shaped the ways in which play and ritual are conceptualized. By demarcating these shifts, the argument is made that an analysis of both play and ritual must start with the ...

• Investigating the effects of surface treatments on adhesion properties of protective coatings on carbon fiber-reinforced composite laminates 

  Asmatulu, Ramazan; Erukala, Kavya S.; Shinde, Manish A.; Alarifi, Ibrahim M.; Rahimi-Gorji, Mohammad (Elsevier B.V., 2019-12-25)

  A composite material is one of the most vital attributes in the manufacturing of aerospace and wind turbine structures. In order to protect composite surfaces against environmental influences (e.g., ultraviolet [UV] light, ...

• Objective function weight selection for sequential low-thrust orbit-raising optimization problem 

  Dutta, Atri; Arora, Lakshay (Univelt Inc., 2019-01)

  In this paper, we consider the low-thrust orbit-raising problem formulated as a sequence of optimal control sub-problems. This formulation is helpful in rapid and robust generation of geocentric electric orbit-raising ...

• Family business learning and performance 

  Pett, Timothy L.; Wolff, James; Heileman, Mark D. (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2019-09-24)

  This research study examines the relationship of entrepreneurial orientation and learning orientation on the performance of small family businesses. It is proposed that the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation ...

• Flight loads spectra of a fleet of heavy air tankers 

  Rokhsaz, Kamran; Kliment, Linda K.; Terning, Brett R.; Nelson, John A. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 2019-06-10)

  In-flight recorded data from eight BAe-146s and eight RJ-85s flown in support of the United States Forest Service aerial firefighting operations have been analyzed. Flights have been divided into firefighting, ferry, and ...

• The art of handling workplace stress 

  Hull, Raymond H. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019-09)

  I received a phone call from a young woman who wanted to ask me about communication issues at work meetings. But at that time, she seemed unsure about what she wanted to ask. She shared that she always has a difficult time ...

• Annual WSU Copyright Infringement Policy Notification 

  Strategic Communications; Information Technology Services (Wichita State University, 2019-10-25)

• Testing an epistemological belief instrument that reflects a multidimensional model 

  Walter, Robyn K. (Wichita State University, 2000-08)

  Recently Schommer, Mau, and Brookhart (1999) attempted to assess middle school students' epistemological beliefs using a 30-item epistemological beliefs questionnaire that was designed by Schommer specifically for use ...

• Human factors and video game research: a discussion panel 

  Foroughi, Cyrus K.; Ambinder, Mike; Armijo, Adam J.; Kozachuk, James; Woo, Hyun (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 2018-09-27)

  Video games are extremely popular and many human factors practitioners are working on video game related research. The goals for this panel are 1) to discuss some of the human factors research being conducted in different ...

• Effect of driver age and distance guide sign format on driver attention allocation and performance 

  Zahabi, Maryam; Machado, Patricia; Lau, Mei; Deng, Yulin; Pankok, Carl; Hummer, Joseph E.; Rasdorf, William J.; Kaber, David B. (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 2018-09-27)

  Although several studies have assessed the effect of business logo sign format on driver visual attention and performance, some concern has been expressed that findings may not be generalizable to other signage configurations. ...

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