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Your environment and you: investigating stress triggers and characteristics of the built environment

Ruskamp, Parker (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

The physical environment influences mental health and inevitably well-being. While exposure to natural environments shows salubrious health benefits among those who maintain a consistent connection, little is known about ...
Young of year largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) relative abundance and diet: role of habitat type, spatial context, and size.

Mapes, Robert L. (Kansas State University, 2016-12-01)

Habitat is a central focus of ecological research and fisheries management. For example, a Web of Science search returned over 88,000 peer-reviewed studies that examined fish habitat, the National Fish Habitat Partnership ...
What’s in a mugshot: visual characteristics newspaper media emphasize based on race and gender

Fahrny, Alayna R. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

The media has a substantial role in providing knowledge about criminality to the public. Previous research has demonstrated that many media representations of crime and criminality perpetuate racial stereotypes and myths. ...
The weight of the gavel: prison as a rite of passage

Green, Edward L. W. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

This qualitative study draws from 54 interviews with "lifers" -- those serving 20 years or more -- from three correctional facilities across Kansas; it addresses the stark void in criminological literature about prison ...
Water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by octenylsuccinic anhydride modified starch and adsorption of modified starch at emulsified oil/water interfaces

Gutkowski, Sarah (Kansas State University, 2016-08-01)

Emulsions are utilized to help control phase separation and are found in many products ranging from food to pharmaceuticals. Because of the hydrophobic properties of its functional group, octenylsuccinic anhydride (OSA) ...
The water of life: social and economic change in Haskell County, Kansas

Summers, Carrie M. (Kansas State University, 2016-08-01)

Environmental, economic and social conditions have changed drastically throughout Great Plains farming communities. In Southwest Kansas, the Ogallala Aquifer supports extensive agricultural industries and family farms ...
Walt Whitman and the American Civil War: from Wound Dresser to Good Gray Poet

Lindeen, Karilyn (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Today, Walt Whitman is considered a famous nineteenth-century American poet. At the outbreak of the American Civil War however, he was underrated and underappreciated by American readers. Three editions of his book of ...
Vocal combo android application

Mathukumalli, Sravya (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Now-a-days people from various backgrounds need different information on demand. People are relying on web as a source of information they need. But to get connected to internet all the time with a computer system is not ...
Visualizing urban development: improved planning & communication with 3D interactive visualizations

Albracht, Ryan (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

3D interactive visualizations can communicate complex urban design ideas to communities to improve planning (Bertol & Foell, 1997; Bishop et al., 2008; Griffon et al., 2011; Lange & Bishop, 2005). Unfortunately, many ...
Vision and the experience of built environments: two visual pathways of awareness, attention and embodiment in architecture

Rooney, Kevin Kelley (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

The unique contribution of Vision and the Experience of Built Environments is its specific investigation into the visual processing system of the mind in relationship with the features of awareness and embodiment during ...
Vibration of steel framed floors due to running

Ford, Cassandra (Kansas State University, 2016-12-01)

Vibration has been a consideration in many types of structures, and as the advancement of technology has allowed steel and concrete sections to become lighter, vibration has become more of a consideration in the design of ...
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) integration with the power grid using a fuzzy logic controller

Alshogeathri, Ali Mofleh Ali (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

This thesis introduces a Vehicle to Grid (V2G) system which coordinates the charging, and discharging among the Electric Vehicles (EVs) and two-test systems, to help with peak power shaving and voltage stability of the ...
Vegetation characteristics and lesser prairie chicken responses to land cover types and grazing management in western Kansas

Kraft, John Daniel (Kansas State University, 2016-12-01)

In the southern Great Plains, the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus; hereafter LEPC), an obligate grassland species, has experienced significant population declines and range contractions with subsequent ...
Variation in human sweet taste receptor may result in different levels of sweet intensity variability between sweet stimuli

Waksmonski, James C. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Understanding the physiological activation and genetic variation of the sweet taste receptor (T1R) can improve formula optimization for products intended for a population of genetically diverse people. Computer modeling ...
Value of map sharing between multiple vehicles in the same field while using automated section control

Bennett, Jeffrey D. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Large acreage farms and even moderate sized farms employing custom applicators and harvesters have multiple machines in the same field at the same time conducting the same field operation. As a method to control input ...
Utilizing electromyography to identify causes of exhaustion in pigs fed ractopamine-HCL

Noel, Jere Annabella (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Pigs fed ractopamine-HCl (RAC) are more prone to fatigue and exhaustion when improperly handled. Wireless electromyography (EMG) can be used to directly measure median power frequency (MdPF) and root mean square (RMS) as ...
Utilizing a historical wheat collection to develop new tools for modern plant breeding

Rife, Trevor W. (Kansas State University, 2016-12-01)

The Green Revolution is credited with saving billions of lives by effectively harnessing new genetic resources and breeding strategies to create high-yielding varieties for countries lacking adequate food security. To keep ...
Using simulated annealing to improve the information dissemination network structure of a foreign animal disease outbreak response

Pleuss, James D. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Communication is an integral part of emergency response, and improving the information dissemination network for crisis communication can save time, resources, and lives. This thesis focuses specifically on emergency ...
Using a GIS-based framework to teach climate change in Kansas

Tabor, Lisa Kay (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Scientists agree that there is ample evidence of climate change and that a significant portion of the change is anthropogenically driven. Leiserowitz et al. (2011b) asked teenagers about their understanding of the climate ...
The use of an intravaginal triptorelin gel to induce ovulation in the mare

Sinclair, Chelsea D. (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

The objective of these studies was to investigate the efficacy of an intravaginal triptorelin acetate (TA) gel as an ovulation-inducing agent in mares. In Exp 1, 24 mares were stratified by parity and age and randomly ...