Browsing ETD: Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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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 brain-inspired framework for evolutionary artificial general intelligence
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)From the medical field to agriculture, from energy to transportation, every industry is going through a revolution by embracing artificial intelligence (AI); nevertheless, AI is still in its infancy when compared to the ... -
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 capillary surface with no radial limits
(Wichita State University, 2017-05)We begin by discussing the circumstances of capillary surfaces in regions with a corner, both concave and convex. These circumstances led to the (since proved) Concus-Finn Conjecture, which gives the requirements for a ... -
A case study of the integration of faith and learning at a Christian college
(Wichita State University, 2014-12)Many faith-based institutions articulate a mission of bringing faith and scholarship together. The integration of faith and learning is widely discussed, yet limited empirical research of the concept exists. This qualitative ... -
A case study of the problems of boys who attend Boy's farm school, Wichita public schools
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A clinical utility study of personality inventories: Concordance of the MCMI-III, the MMPI-2, the MMPI-RC, two alternative personality disorder scales, and Axis II discharge diagnosis in psychiatric inpatients
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory are two of the most common personality inventories used by clinicians for diagnostic purposes. Discriminant functions of the ... -
A community college Hispanic-serving institution: The effect of an HSI designation on organizational identity
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Most community colleges receiving the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation have no specific mission to serve Hispanic students. A lack of attention to assisting organizational members with what Hispanic-serving ... -
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 stutterers and non-stutterers in respect to critical flicker frequency and sound localization
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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 comparative study on tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Various factors of physical exercise (e.g., mode, intensity) are known to affect directly and indirectly targeted muscles in the skeletal system, however, few research efforts have been directed towards delineating how ... -
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 some numerical conformal mapping methods for simply and multiply connected domains
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)This dissertation compares several methods for computing conformal maps from sim-ply and multiply connected domains bounded by circles to target domains bounded by smooth curves and curves with corners. We discuss the use ... -
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 of two behavioral activation protocols
(Wichita State University, 2020-07)Behavioral activation (BA) is an empirically-supported treatment for major depressive disorder that seeks to increase overt behaviors as a way of countering withdrawal and passivity that often occurs during it. While some ... -
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 ...