Browsing GRASP: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects by Title
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Transforming attitude towards learning: Cognitive and metacognitive thinking and critical coreflection
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: Cognition can be defined as all mental processes and abilities in which people engage on a daily basis such as memory, learning, problem solving, and evaluation, reasoning and decision-making. Cognition helps ... -
Transitioning to independent living: Hopes, dreams, and possible selves
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)This study will examine the hopes, fears, goals, and possible selves of older adults as they transition into a continuous care retirement community as independent living residents. There has been little research regarding ... -
Translating vortex pairs with prescribed profiles
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)We generate translating vortex pairs with smooth or more arbitrary profiles that reflect modern vortex pairs being generated using prescribed domains of vorticity. Instead of prescribing the domain, we fix the area of the ... -
Transparency and readability assessments of childhood obesity websites
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)Currently, there are over 25 million U.S. children who are overweight or obese [1 & 2]. Approximately 113 million or 80% of adult Americans regularly seek health information on the Internet [3]. Parents whose children are ... -
Transport of flight critical data over internet protocol
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)The aviation industry forms an important component of the nation’s critical infrastructure. By considering the issues involved in protecting the operational aspects of the aviation industry, in conjunction with ... -
Transport of tryptophan into SH-SY5Y neuronal cells
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)The human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y is a commonly used catecholaminergic model in studies related to neurotoxicity of various substances, oxidative stress, and neurodegenerative diseases. Specific transport of ... -
Transportation and distribution of future energy: Biofuels
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)Biofuel is a natural resource and has a significant attraction worldwide for many applications, including transportation vehicles, house and industrial heating and electricity production in power stations. It is reported ... -
Transverse compressive properties of honeycomb core under oblique loading
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)The transverse compression behavior of honeycomb core under oblique loading has been investigated experimentally. The effects of off-axis loading angles ranging between 0° and 45° and thicknesses ranging between 0.5 to 2 ... -
Trauma in older adults: early signs of shock are more difficult to identify
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)In the setting of trauma, timely identification and early intervention in shock is critical for achieving quality patient outcomes. In older adult trauma patients (age > 65 years old) detection of a deteriorating condition ... -
Traumatic aortic dissection with confounding factors - a case study
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)This project describes a single case report of a 58-year-old male with Stanford type B traumatic aortic dissection with aneurysmal expansion of the descending aorta. A study of the risk vs. benefits of surgical treatment ... -
Traumatic hypopharyngeal perforation from football helmet chinstrap: A case report
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)Hypopharyngeal perforation is a rare but potentially serious injury, typically results from instrumentation or external penetrating trauma. Perforation following blunt trauma is even more rare. Here we describe an unusual ... -
Traumatic Hypopharyngeal Perforation from Football Helmet Chinstrap: A Case Report -- restricted access to full text
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)Hypopharyngeal perforations are a rare but potentially serious injury. These injuries typically present with significant superficial trauma or are often seen in very violent injuries such as motor vehicle accidents. Due ... -
Trends among consumer run organizations
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Triaging incoming change requests: bug or commit history, or code authorship?
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2013-05-08)Combining information retrieval and source code authorship information as a novel approach to recommend expert developers to assist with software change request is presented. This approach is based on the presence of code ... -
Trigger mechanisms of progressive crushing – energy absorption in flat plate fiber-reinforced composites.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)A study has been made of flat plate chamfer-based, crush trigger mechanisms subjected to axial compression, for use with energy-absorbing Fiber reinforced composites. This paper will focus on the trigger mechanisms in flat ... -
Triple synchronous cancer of the sigmoid colon and rectum: A case report
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-26)INTRODUCTION: Synchronous colorectal cancer (SCRC) refers to two or more types of primary colorectal cancers diagnosed in a single patient simultaneously or within six months. Having more than two types of SCRC is extremely ... -
Trunk stability with abdominal draw-in (hollowing) exercise versus abdominal bracing exercise.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)Trunk stabilization training has grown in popularity. There are generally two accepted methods of implementing trunk stabilization training: abdominal bracing and abdominal hollowing. The purpose of this research study is ... -
Twitter sentiment analysis and visualization
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)Twitter is a social networking site where users interact by posting messages called "tweets". The tweets cover a wide range of topics including personal, business, and government tweets from all over the world in multiple ... -
Tympanometric measures in human ears with negative middle-ear pressure.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)Tympanometry is a physiological measurement of the acoustic admittance in sound transmission through the ear canal and middle ear and has been widely used in audiology as an objective and non-invasive means to determine ... -
Typeface appropriateness and its impact on wine purchase intent and brand credibility
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)Wine is big business in the United States—with over $68 billion in 2018 retail sales (Wine Institute, 2019). The U.S. boasts over 10,000 wineries, which when combined with significant imports from across the globe, create ...