• Assets and needs of local food producers in Sedgwick County: An exploratory analysis 

  Cylke, Lucas (Wichita State University, 2020-12)

  The current agricultural food system has been criticized for its economic, social, and environmental consequences. Alternative and local food systems have been proposed to be movements reacting against current agricultural ...

• Enhancing detection sensitivity for measuring amino neurotransmitters with flow-gated capillary electrophoresis 

  Maddukuri, Naveen (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Capillary electrophoresis (CE) commences as a promising technique for analyzing a variety of biological substances and has been used in bioanalytical and biopharmaceutical applications. Flow-gated CE has numerous advantages ...

• Investigation of surface facilitation for upgrading natural gas to value-added liquids under ambient conditions 

  Houtaham, Farshad (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  The increasing production of low-cost natural gas, with methane (CH4) as its major component, provides a clear motivation for CH4 upgrading to value-added liquids. Single-step catalytic approaches have long been studied ...

• A comparison of two behavioral activation protocols 

  Chaw, Jia Hui (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 ...

• The impact of substance use on women seeking treatment, perceptions of helpfulness of services, and differences between women and providers 

  Garcia, Juliana K. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Increases in women using illicit substances pose a serious public health problem for the nation. Not only do women play an important role in the development of others, they also impact the lives of many people around them. ...

• Quantifying human-robot interaction for therapeutic and Industrial applications 

  MajidiRad, Amir Hossein (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Neuromuscular and sensorimotor degeneration significantly reduce physical, cognitive, and social well-being across the life span. Assistive technologies have proven useful in augmentation or supporting patients as they ...

• The moderation of cognitive defusion and disputation techniques by targeted thought domains 

  Richardson, Eric B. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Several therapeutic techniques target negative thoughts about the self, the world, and the future. These include disputation, which seeks to restructure thoughts within this negative cognitive triad into more rational ways ...

• Mechanical testing and evaluation of D3O® material for adequacy of an ergonomic intervention for vibration transmission reduction in aircraft manufacturing 

  Shargawi, Anas A. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Daily exposure to vibrations produced by hand-held percussive vibratory power tools can be detrimental to aircraft manufacturing sheet metal mechanics. ISO (5349-1, 2001b) indicates that symptoms of the hand-arm vibration ...

• Moderation of responsivity to cognitive-behavioral protocols by client preference 

  Rexer, Kyle G. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Consistent with evidence-based practice guidelines, clinicians are expected to take client variables into account, especially when selecting among treatment options that are equivalent in their levels of empirical support ...

• 3D engineered capillary evaporators for enhanced critical heat flux and heat transfer coefficient in pool boiling and vapor chamber 

  Nasersharifi, Yahya (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  A major challenge in pool-boiling heat transfer lies in the limit of the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) and Heat Transfer Coefficient (HTC), which is caused by the poor counterflow of liquid and vapor over a heated surface, ...

• Anti-jam GPS space-time adaptive processing 

  Pinyoanuntapong, Krittetash (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  This dissertation proposes a combination of adaptive temporal ltering with adaptive spatial ltering to improve the global positioning system (GPS) performance in the presence of narrowband and wideband interference. ...

• Aircraft loss-of-control: Real-time adaptive prediction of safe control margins and pilot advisory displays 

  Rafi, Melvin (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Predictive systems with the ability to warn pilots of impending entry into loss-of-control have the potential to improve safety in flight. Along these lines, the research documented in this dissertation has sought to develop ...

• Assessing demographic factors immigration factors & community support for depression among local immigrants 

  Bey, Alissa N. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  There are an estimated 40,072 immigrants living in Wichita, Kansas making up 10% of the local population (American, 2017). It is imperative to support the mental well-being of immigrants who contribute markedly to the ...

• 1:1 device implementation in a Midwest High School and its impact on teaching and learning 

  Pritchett, Brooke A. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  The purpose of this exploratory mixed methods study was to investigate the successes and difficulties of a 1:1 Chromebook implementation in a suburban high school. The research questions that arose were as follows: What ...

• A mattress contact model for a musculoskeletal simulation of human rolling 

  Shotwell, Casey M. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Limited mobility affects a lot of people, including those who have recently had surgery or major trauma, the geriatric population, and people with disabilities. Many people with limited mobility cannot reposition themselves ...

• The development of heparan sulfate within the glycocalyx 

  Reece, Katelyn (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  A key to protecting vessel health occurs at the interface between circulating blood and endothelial cells. Strategically located at this interface is the endothelial glycocalyx, the first “line of protection” for blood ...

• Modeling the evolution of open quantum systems 

  Pandey, Aditi (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  The motivation for the research is to find a method to describe the evolution of an open single qubit system since the Schrödinger equation cannot be used. Therefore, to do this, the single qubit is first coupled to another ...

• The creation and protection of natural heritage in Reno County, Kansas 

  Lyda, Hayley M. (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Throughout the past century in the state of Kansas the rural populace has tended to suffer disproportionally in the wake of large public works projects. These large public works projects sometimes lead to dislocation and ...

• Design and evaluation of a GUI for signal and data analysis of mobile functional near-infrared spectroscopy systems 

  Moradi, Mousa (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging neuro-imaging modality that can indicate cortical functionality with good temporal resolution (0.5-1 sec). Unlike fMRI, up to now, there is no standard method ...

• Preparation of ruthenium doped titanium dioxide heteronanostructures and its properties for splitting water into hydrogen 

  Gordon, Bret (Wichita State University, 2020-07)

  The typical resources used to supply the world’s energy needs, such as coal and petroleum products, have been largely depleted. Due to this situation and the need for a cleaner environment, interest in alternative and ...

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