• The incremental validity of the revised Psychopathology Five in the prediction of personality pathology 

  Bupp, Lindsey L. (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The alternative model of personality disorders as proposed by the Personality and Personality Disorders workgroup for publication in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5; American ...

• Nurse staffing and skill-mix optimization in inpatient settings using a stochastic modeling approach 

  Eimanzadeh, Parisa (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This dissertation is embargoed to August 2019.

• PDE-based modeling and control of multi-agent systems 

  Ghanavati, Meysam (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This study focuses on the modeling and control of multi-agent systems. Such systems arise in several application domains such as smart grid networks, UAV swarms, and so on. Modeling and/or control of such systems is ...

• The relationship of parental psychological distress and negative family interaction to co-parenting within military families 

  Elish, Katie (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  Overseas deployment and subsequent reintegration of service members into the family is a difficult process for both service members as well as their spouses. Service members and spouses may experience elevated rates of ...

• Increasing stability for the inverse scattering source problem with many frequencies 

  Entekhabi, Mozhgan (Nora) (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  In mathematics and physics, the inverse scattering problem is the problem of determining characteristics of an object, based on data of how it scatters incoming radiation or particles. It is the inverse problem to the ...

• Optimization of system layout of thermal energy storage with multiple materials 

  Rahman, Khan Habeeb Ur (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This dissertation is embargoed to August 2019.

• Exploring demoralization in the specific problems scales of the MMPI-2-RF in an impatient psychiatric sample 

  Harris, Jasmine B. (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  This concurrent and construct validity study attempted to link the Restructured Demoralization Clinical Scale (RCd) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory- 2- Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF, Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) ...

• Synthesis, characterization and hyperthermia studies of thermosensitive hydrogels associated with magnetic nanoemulsions 

  Usta, Aybala (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This dissertation is embargoed to August 2019.

• Optimal network control for big and heavy data delivery 

  Xia, Shuang (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  Due to new emerging applications and technologies, data traffic has increased dramatically. However, wireless network spectrum resources are very limited. To overcome this challenge, optimal network control, which can ...

• Motion planning and control of autonomous vehicles using collision and rendezvous cones 

  Sunkara, Vishwamithra Reddy (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This dissertation uses the notion of collision cones and rendezvous cones to address several motion planning problems for autonomous vehicles. Collision avoidance is fundamental to the problem of planning safe trajectories ...

• Design, synthesis and study of photophysical properties of Re(I) and Ru(II) metal center organometallic complexes as dyes for harvesting sunlight. 

  Komreddy, Venugopal R. (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  Due to fascinating physical and photophysical properties, the Re(I) and Ru(II) metal complexes coordinated with small organic molecules, such as 2,2'-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2'-bipyrazine derivatives, are very ...

• Pubertal timing and internalizing psychopathology of adolescent females: evaluating the maturation disparity hypothesis 

  Pauldine, Michael R. (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Previous research has demonstrated a robust link between early pubertal timing and increased risk for anxious and depressive symptoms among female adolescents. Although a number of explanations have been proposed, the ...

• A study of elementary student voice in a school-based after school program 

  Rierson, Cody (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  After school programs have been around for many years and play a role in the lives of many elementary age students. Although the makeup of programs is vast and differing, so many of them impact students on a daily basis. ...

• Study of soy protein as a functional modifier for polymer materials 

  Zheng, Zhuoyuan (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  The significance of protein aggregation has been extensively studied in biomedical and food research. While biomaterials derived from plant proteins, such as soy protein, as green material alternatives, have gained enormous ...

• Strict Whitney arcs and t-quasi self-similar arcs 

  Wei, Xin (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  A connected compact subset E of RN is said to be a strict Whitney set if there exists a real-valued C1 function f on RN with ∇f |E ≡ 0 such that f is constant on no non-empty relatively open subsets of E. We prove that ...

• Organizational and ecological efforts to address gender and sexual minority health disparities and inclusivity within the healthcare and mental healthcare delivery system 

  Ojeda-Leitner, Deborah (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  According to the Health Equity Index (Human Rights, 2016), only three hospitals in Kansas were determined as leaders for health care equality. All three facilities are located closer to Kansas City and therefore inaccessible ...

• Eradicating book deserts: teens' assessments and perceptions of book access in low-income environments 

  Siwierka, Julia K. (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  Previous research has found that access to reading materials within neighborhood settings tends to be disproportionate depending on the surrounding community's socioeconomic status. Analyses of neighborhoods delineated ...

• Association between dual-language education and mathematics development in elementary school 

  Reyes, Jared Michael (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  Children who learn to use two languages at an early age could be at an academic advantage in subjects not typically associated with linguistic or verbal acumen. However, culturally and linguistically diverse students tend ...

• Computation of plane potential flow past multi-element airfoils using conformal mapping, revisited 

  Sahraei, Saman (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  Calculations of potential ow and pressure over multi-element airfoils are studied, using conformal maps. A composition of classical Karman-Tre tz maps is used to smooth out the trailing edge corners successively, from ...

• Improving and predicting the strengths of fiber-reinforced composites using a graphene-based self-healing system and finite element analysis 

  Patlolla, Vamsidhar Reddy (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  This dissertation is embargoed to May 2019.

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