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    • Individual differences characteristics associated with group versus individual exercise preference: roadmap to facilitating exercise adherence 

      Pham, Diana; Liska, Zoie; Hutton, Abbie; Nagrecha, Shivani; Baldwin, Carryl L. (Wichita State University, 2023)
      Exercise is a vital component of human well-being, as regular physical activity is known to increase overall health, decrease psychological distress and depression, and decrease mortality risk from all causes. Despite its ...
    • The ineffectiveness of habitual DUI offender laws in the state of Kansas 

      Rucker, Adella Christine (Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)
      This study will examine the current driving under the influence (DUI) policies in the state of Kansas. State government agencies have provided legislative oversight which challenges the effectiveness of these policies. ...
    • Inkjet-printed ultrathin stretchable electronics for real-time ambulatory ECG monitoring 

      Tri, Anna; Nguyen, Khoa (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      In medical applications, there is a great interest in using wearable health monitoring systems to obtain physiological information because they are non-invasive and easy to use. Furthermore, the advancement of technology ...
    • Innovations in 3D printing: Fibrous structures and mobile app development 

      Johnston, William (Wichita State University, 2021-04-09)
      Grass, feathers, and hair: these items are found frequently in nature, but it remains difficult to replicate them within the growing realm of 3D printing. Additive manufacturing - especially Fused Deposition Modeling - has ...
    • Innovator: the newsletter of Wichita State's Honors College, v.1 

      Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College (Wichita State University. Honors College, 2003-09)
      The first volume of the newsletter includes four issues published in fall 2013 and spring 2014. Each issue includes the column of the Honors College Dean and the "Looking Ahead" column announcing upcoming events. The ...
    • Innovator: the newsletter of Wichita State's Honors College, v.2 

      Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College (Wichita State University. Honors College, 2014-09)
      The second volume of the newsletter will include four issues published in fall 2014 and spring 2015. Each issue includes the column of the Honors College Dean and the "Looking Ahead" column announcing upcoming events. The ...
    • Insect response to precipitation and grassland restoration in Kansas 

      Huffman, Jake; Morphew, Alexandra (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Flowering plants and grasses play an important role in providing resources for insects, which in turn feed birds and other animals that prey on insects. The precipitous reduction in US grassland habitats (70% since ...
    • Integrated projects: Analysis of power transmissions scaled to turbomachinery 

      Cupertino, Pedro (Wichita State University, 2023-04-07)
      Power-transmitting turbomachines are transmitting power from input shaft to an output shaft. Yet scaled products with similar feature has been shown to drive greater student engagement. Therefore, we evaluated the effect ...
    • Interaction robot action planning on omni-surface through visualization and touching 

      Pethkar, Varun; Yan, Fujian; Chavez, Edgar; He, Hongsheng (Wichita State University, 2022)
      With growing industries adopting new systems and interactive machinery to execute their projects, there is another growing industry to supply these demands using artificial intelligence and structures that implement augmented ...
    • Investigating infrared nonlinear optical chalcohalides with distorted Ge3S9 clusters 

      Cicirello, Gary (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials in the infrared range are an essential part of the harmonic conversion process to expand the wavelength range of solid state lasers. Current IR NLO materials possess certain drawbacks ...
    • Investigating students’ readiness for interprofessional education 

      Millspaugh, Jeffrey; Burns, Victoria (Wichita State University, 2013-04-09)
      Interprofessional Education (IPE) occurs when students from two or more professions work together to learn with, from, and about each other’s work. The World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine and academic ...
    • Investigating the nature of French color terms in Congolese Kiswahili 

      Hemberger, Kaitlyn (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Color terms in standard Kiswahili are plentiful and have varied lexical behavior. Some terms are adjectives, others are nouns, and a select few may be both. Only a few are basic color terms, and the rest are either derived ...
    • An investigation of color terms in Korean 

      Posson, Emily (Wichita State University, 2018-12-07)
      This senior honors thesis investigates color terms and the expression of color in the Korean language. Korean was chosen as the language to be investigated for two reasons: first, there have been very few studies that ...
    • Investing melanocyte dielectric permittivity of Melanoma on skin using a RF resonator 

      Bhandari, Subash; Villafana-Ibarra, Bernardo (Wichita State University, 2018-04-06)
      Melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer. Current methods for diagnosis rely on visual inspections, which are highly subjective and depend on the physician’s ability. The objective of this study was to detect key ...
    • Isolating cyclic peptides from linear peptides 

      Ballout, Kendah; Mandpaka, Hyma; Wu, Haifan (Wichita State University, 2023)
      For decades, medicines treating ailments from autoimmune diseases to fungal infections have included peptides. Cyclic peptides are preferable to linear peptides because they are less likely to denature within the body. ...
    • Isolation and characterization of anaerobes from Hot Lake, WA 

      Bista, Bishal; Shrestha, Namrata Bhoomi; Woltersdorf, Karen (Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)
      The presence of sulfate salts and limited subsurface water (ice) on Mars suggests that any liquid water on Mars today will occur as (magnesium) sulfate-rich brines. It is not clear whether terrestrial organisms would be ...
    • Laser surface modification of the orthopedic bio-metal, cobalt chromium alloy 

      Salerno, Martina (Wichita State University, 2016-04-05)
      Post-surgical site infections are common after medical implant placement. Infections in tissue surrounding an implant can cause patient suffering, medical device failure, and can potentially spread systematically. ...
    • Learning basis gates for one qubit using microwave pulses 

      Nola, Jaden; Behrman, Elizabeth C. (Wichita State University, 2022)
      Quantum computing is a field with growing interest. Instead of using classical bits, we use quantum systems – qubits – to represent data and operations. Recent developments hint at the enormous potential behind quantum ...
    • Legacy of colonialism in Mexican Spanish 

      Rangel, Raul (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Does the variety of Spanish spoken in Mexico exhibit examples of language imperialism in words and phrases (mexicanisms) that are known to all but marginalized by society? For the methodology I comprised a list of words ...
    • LGBTQ joy: The influence of community context 

      Hollingsworth, Bethany (Wichita State University, 2023-04-07)
      Previous literature studying LGBTQ+ individuals and community involvement has asserted that LGBTQ+ positive community support results in the improved mental well-being of LGBTQ+ youth and adults (Wright, Wachs, and ...