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Quality of life, nutrition, and respiratory health in older adults
(Wichita State University, 2011-04-05)Whether aging in a healthy manner or experiencing disease, all older adults (65+years) are at risk for swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) and thus disrupted hydration, nutrition, and lung function. Such disruptions can ... -
Quantification of arterial electromagnetic properties for peripheral artery disease screening
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-05)Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a slowly progressive vascular disease characterized by abnormal narrowing of peripheral arteries through atherosclerosis. PAD often goes unnoticed and is heavily underdiagnosed due to its ... -
Reducing medication administration errors in emergency medical services through the implementation of a verbal verification method
(Wichita State University, 2015-04-07)Healthcare reform is a reoccurring issue that is common to legislatures across the country. Policy changes to healthcare affect everyone and in order to better provide for the citizens of the State agreements must be made ... -
The relationship between breast cancer treatment choice & decisional difficulty
(Wichita State University, 2010-04-23)A study of 200 Wichita women was conducted to see if the addition of testimonials to a video decision aid would affect their treatment choice for breast cancer. Participants were asked to imagine that they had just been ... -
Rewinding back to paper
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-19)Within a classroom, there are various methods of teaching styles that teachers can implement for their students. Primarily, depending on the school, teachers are allowed to use a wide variety of resources, including various ... -
Role-focused instruction and the participation level of English language learners in collaborative environments
(Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)Research Question: What is the effect of role-focused instruction on the participation level of English Language Learners in collaborative environments? Methods: This correlational study took place in a 12th grade classroom. ... -
Scale implications for confidence elicitation
(Wichita State University, 2008-04-25)Confidence judgments are important in applications such as medical diagnosis and eyewitness identification, where we are interested in a person's certainty of making the correct choice. A common finding in confidence ... -
Selections from J.S. Bach's violin partita no. 1 in B minor, performed on marimba
(Wichita State University, 2013-04-09)This performance will feature three movements of J.S. Bach's Violin Partita No 1 in B minor, that the performer has adapted for marimba, an instrument, which has its origins in traditional African and Latin American music. ... -
Shockers United: The plan to slowly allow more people on campus
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-07)Wichita State President and Provost introduce the Shockers United plan developed by seven working groups across campus, each comprised of students, faculty and staff, and each tasked with examining a different facet of ... -
Signs and wonders: evangelist symbols and the development of early Christian orthodoxy
(Wichita State University, 2008-04-25)The early development of evangelist symbols is a subject that raises interesting points about the maturation of Christian iconography in the late antique and early medieval periods. Regarding this topic, it is important ... -
Spirituality/Religiousness and the general well-being of older adults
(Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)Spirituality is an important resource for older adults in terms of an intra-psychic means of coping and adaptation with issues of daily life, loss, and death. However, little is known about impact of spirituality/religiousness ... -
Sports playing to improve visual functions
(Wichita State University, 2015-04-07)Visual and motor skills are essential for our daily tasks, including driving and playing sports. Previous research (e.g. Paul et al., 2011) has mainly focused on the relationship between visual functions and performance ... -
Static MRI measurement and analysis of the healthy levator muscle in ths soft palate
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-06)Cleft palate deformity is one of the most common birth defects in the US and 25% of cleft palate repair surgeries fail for unknown reasons. Computational modeling of muscles in the soft palate would allow for better insight ... -
Stay Home Order: What faculty and students should know. A letter from the Provost, March 24, 2020
(Wichita State University, 2020-03-24)A Provost’s letter detail the temporary emergency changes that allow the university to teach students remotely during Stay at Home Order issued by State of Kansas on March 25th 2020. -
Structure and fragmentation behavior of metal-cationized phosphopeptides
(Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)In this study the metal-binding tendency and fragmentation patterns of phosphoserine and a series of model phosphopeptides was investigated. The goal was to elucidate the fragmentation patterns for the phosphopeptides, and ... -
Students’ use of an objective protocol to measure swallowing: accuracy and implications
(Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)Inter-rater reliability remains disappointingly low when clinicians evaluate filmed evaluations of persons with swallowing disorders. To address this concern, investigators have developed two protocols - one which measures ... -
Study of biocompatibility and biomechanical properties of composite scaffolds for bone repair
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-05)Bone repair is interrupted or stalled in nonunion fractures or bone void formation due to removal of bone tumor. The use of bone cements to anchor the free spaces between the bones to restore bone volume and promote bone ... -
Supramolecular Mg phthalocyanine – fullerene and Mg naphthalocyanine – fullerene
(Wichita State University, 2010-04-23)Photosynthesis, the process of converting light energy into chemical energy, involves two major steps, viz., absorption and transportation of light energy of appropriate wavelength by the antenna light harvesting molecules ... -
Synthesis of a new class of cationic water soluble porphyrins
(Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)In recent years water soluble cationic porphyrins have gained increased attention based on their wide range of applications that include telomerase inhibition, DNA binding, and cleavage, photodynamic therapy of cancer, ... -
Synthesis of phosphatidylglycerol receptor: precursor preparation
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-19)With the emergence of an alarming amount of multidrug resistant bacteria, there has been a growing interest in antimicrobial peptides as potential antibiotics to combat this issue in the medical community. Antimicrobial ...