Browsing by Type "Thesis"
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1:1 device implementation in a Midwest High School and its impact on teaching and learning
(Wichita State University, 2020-07)The purpose of this exploratory mixed methods study was to investigate the successes and difficulties of a 1:1 Chromebook implementation in a suburban high school. The research questions that arose were as follows: What ... -
2019: University Libraries Progress report 2018-2019
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21st century learning skills: Global learning in an urban middle school
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)The purpose of this research was to experience firsthand how the integration of global learning and 21st century skills would logistically work, and what the experience would be like both for the teacher and for the students ... -
A bluetooth-enabled, light weight, flexible epidermal electronic system for ECG monitoring
(Wichita State University, 2022-12)With 17.9 million deaths annually, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the leading cause of mortality worldwide. This increased death rate creates a significant need for long-term ambulatory ECG monitoring for early ... -
A brief treatise on the Joukowski transformation
(Wichita State University, 1954-06)The problem of predicting the flight characteristics of an arbitrary airfoil is very complicated, and does not readily lend itself to exact mathematical methods. However if certain simplifying assumptions are made the ... -
A case study of the problems of boys who attend Boy's farm school, Wichita public schools
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A comparative study of electroweak Higgs boson production at future Hadron Colliders
(Wichita State University, 2018-07)The discovery of the Higgs boson has opened the door to the next phase of exploration in particle physics. Since the Higgs boson was found in July 2012 at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), many researches and experiments ... -
A comparative study of high school business English texts
(Wichita State University, 1941-06)In view of the importance of business English to the high school commercial pupil, it is the purpose of the writer to determine the text or texts which will prepare adequately the business English pupil for a business position. -
A comparative study of the third-class city high schools of Sumner County, Kansas, 1935-36
(Wichita State University, 1938-05)School administrators often become so involved in their local problems that they fail to study the practices and procedures of other schools. Pupils in their schools may thus be deprived of superior educational advantages. ... -
A comparison of democratic attitudes of students in an interparochial high school with the attitudes of high school students in general
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A comparison of the motivational patterns among Hispanic and European-Americans
(Wichita State University, 2013-07)This study explored the relationship between motivation and ethnicity in upper elementary aged students, specifically comparing Hispanic to European-American participants. The purpose was to determine whether there was a ... -
A comparison study: Balance error scoring system using real-time and slow-motion video playback
(Wichita State University, 2014-05)The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is a subjective clinical balance assessment frequently used by various healthcare providers. The test consists of three different stances (feet together, tandem, and single leg) that ... -
A comprehensive cost estimation for additive manufacturing
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an emerging manufacturing method by which Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models are directly made into products and structures. Layers of material, such as polymers, metals, ceramics, composites, ... -
A comprehensive iterative design, simulation and finite element analysis of bare metal stent and diseased artery
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Fatigue is a material failure due to cyclic forces acting upon said material. Fatigue can make the material fail before the stresses reach ultimate tensile strength or fracture strength. Intravascular coronary stent are ... -
A computational methodology for evaluation of the structural damage to a car and its occupant response for the new FMVSS 301R regulation as well as for various real-world rear-end collision scenarios
(Wichita State University, 2017-12)Due to requirements and continuous design improvement in automobile industries, it has become mandatory to keep passenger car and seating in automobile to safest at the time of a crash collisions. Although the rear-end ... -
A computational study of the dynamic responses of a composite versus a metallic aircraft fuselage structure in vertical impact along with examination of inclusion of struts and injury prediction of occupants
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)In recent years, the study on crashworthiness of aircraft fuselage section has been of great interest due to the increase in air travel and demand for occupant safety. The FAA conducted a series of drop tests on aircraft ... -
A computational study on static and unconstrained dynamic rollover crash tests of a mid-size SUV for various initial rollover parameters
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)In terms of frequency of accidents, rollover crashes are uncommon among all other crash types or directions. However, they are associated with highest fatality rate than any other crashes, as 33% of fatalities in automobile ... -
A course in plane geometry adapted to life adjustment education
(Wichita State University, 1951-06)The purpose of this study was to plan a course in plane geometry which would (1) recognize the importance of personal satisfaction and achievement for each individual within the limits of his abilities and (2) center ... -
A course of study in religion for Catholic high schools
(Wichita State University, 1943)The dominant purpose of this thesis is to present in a limited way a program of studies for the four years of high school, broad enough to challenge the brightest pupil and simple enough in arrangement to appeal to the ... -
A critical study of the material of James Fenimore Cooper's Leather-stocking series
(Wichita State University, 1951-06)The following chapters will be a study of the novels within the skeleton of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leather Stocking Series. By this, it is meant that the novels included in the series will be individually examined in an ...