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Sacramental tempest: a return to literary mystery
(Wichita State University, 2018-12)Early modernity's rise during the seventeenth century in England created a shift in culture including literary artistic expressions. This paper proposes that the rise of modernity limited the communicative power of language ... -
Safety and security concerns: perceptions of preparedness of a rural school district
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)School safety and security continues to be a concern in schools throughout the world as it is not a matter of if, but when a crisis will occur. There is a large segment of the population that attends schools in rural ... -
Salt hydrates as phase change materials for photovoltaics thermal management
(Wichita State University, 2022-07)As of late, phase change materials (PCMs) are acquiring much attention for the overall enhancement of PV systems' performance efficiency, because of their extraordinary property in temperature management. Many researchers ... -
Satellite digital beamforming with digital channelizer and it's performance under predistorted high power amplifier
(Wichita State University, 2019-12)This dissertation proposes for the rst time a simple combination of a digital channelizer and a digital predistorter (PD) to generate an output signal without intermodulation (IM) products even under a nonlinear memoryless ... -
Saudi student perspectives of experiential learning programs at an American university
(Wichita State University, 2019-05)The purpose of this study was to understand Saudi student perspectives about their participation in experiential learning programs (ELPs) at an American Midwestern university. Social exchange theory was the theoretical ... -
Saving par: an analysis of Tiger Woods’ image restoration efforts in response to allegations of marital infidelities
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SCADA security device: design and implementation
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)Securing SCADA systems is a critical aspect of Smart grid security. As sophisticated attacks continue to target industrial systems, the focus should be on planning and developing new security techniques that will adapt to ... -
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Scalar and vector tomography for the weighed transport equation
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)Beginning with the weighted transport equation, P u(x, ω) = hω, ∇xu(x, ω)i + µ(x)u(x, ω) = ρ(x, ω)a(x), x ∈ ω ⊂ R 2 , we examine the properties of acoustic waves that travel below the surface of a solid, such as the ... -
Scaling studies on the tensile strain rate sensitivity of laminated composites
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)The stress-strain behavior and failure of composite materials are strain rate sensitive, and influenced by the dimensions of the structure. To elucidate the combined effects of scaling and strain rate on the strength of ... -
School administrator discipline decision-making for students with emotional behavioral disorders
(Wichita State University, 2017-05)Suspensions and expulsions for students with EBD are growing because many school administrators use this strategy as a quick option to manage student behavior. School district policies and procedures for the discipline ... -
School closure: Through the eyes of teachers
(Wichita State University, 2009-05)This phenomenological study examined eight teachers in Kansas, who experienced school closing within the past three years. The results of this research indicated themes of death and dying, organizational culture, change, ... -
School consolidation: a qualitative case study of its effects on a sending community
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)This research studied the affect of school consolidation on a sending community – a community that lost their high school – from a social constructionist perspective using the theory of social capital as the framework to ... -
School leaders’ readiness for systemic change in Kansas schools
(2005-05)The demands of a changing society have placed enormous demands on schools to change to meet these demands. Technological changes over the past 25 years have impacted society and subsequently the educational environment. ... -
Schools and communities: A case study of two rural communities surviving an interdistrict agreement
(Wichita State University, 2014-07)In rural southwest Kansas, there exists two schools connected by an interdistrict agreement in which two towns 11 miles apart have agreed to allow the junior high (grades 6-8) to remain in one town and the high school ... -
Scourge of the Osage from the hand that held the quill: The economic survival of the Osage Indians concerning their transformation from warlords to landlords in the nineteenth century
(2007-05)As the sun rose upon the Plains of the Midwest, dawning the nineteenth century, the Osage nation found itself embroiled in heavy trading and combat tactics with the French, Spanish, and even neighboring tribes. And while ... -
The search for the good in garbage: a look at Wichita's own pyrolysis pilot plant and the history of the resource recovery movement in the United States from the Gilded Age to the 1990s
(2006-12)Is there good in garbage? This thesis assumes that while it might not always be economical, safe or immediately worthwhile to get to it, that there is good in garbage. People in the United States have been trying—sometimes ... -
Searching for an identity in this wilderness: A comparative history of Black counter-identity movements in twentieth century America
(Wichita State University, 2022-05)This thesis examines three African American counter identity organizations that contributed distinct responses to the overt displays of White racism during the early twentieth century. Moreover, this thesis explores the ... -
"Searching for bread for our children': Wage theft among Latin American immigrant women living in Wichita, KS
(Wichita State University, 2016-12)Wage theft occurs when employers don’t pay their workers at least minimum wage and correct overtime compensation (Bobo 2011:6). Even though undocumented immigrants have illegally entered the United States and employers ... -
Searching for demoralization in three measures of personality disorder: linking the MMPI-2 RCd and JBW 72 with MCMI-III, Morey and Ben-Porath personality disorder scales
(Wichita State University, 2017-07)This study sought to determine if the construct of demoralization can be identified in three established measures of personality disorder, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III, 2006), and personality ...