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Use of qualitative research in foodservice organizations: a review of challenges, strategies, and applications

Arendt, Susan W.; Roberts, Kevin R.; Strohbehn, Catherine; Ellis, Jason D.; Paez, Paola; Meyer, Janell (2012-09-24)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges encountered when conducting qualitative research in foodservice operations and to discuss the strategies to overcome the identified challenges. Design/met ...
Understanding the lived experience of a Sioux Indian male adolescent: toward the pedagogy of hermeneutical phenomenology in education

Kim, Jeong-Hee (2012-07-24)

Currently, there is a resurgence of interests in phenomenology in education. This article sheds light on the importance of hermeneutical phenomenology in teaching and learning based on the lived experience of a Sioux Indian ...
UMHMF KPHA Breastfeeding Grant: Internship Report

Kaur, Ramandeep (2013-01-17)

The report presents the tasks completed during internship at KPHA which are listed below: • Preparing a report stating the implementation of UMHMF/KPHA grant in 23 counties of Kansas. • Interacting with grantees from 23 ...
Twenty years of research on fungus-microbe-plant interactions on Lyman Glacier forefront – lessons learned and questions yet unanswered

Jumpponen, Ari M.; Brown, Shawn Paul; Trappe, James M.; Cázares, Efrén; Strömmer, Rauni (2012-09-10)

Retreating glaciers and the periglacial areas they vacate for organismal colonization produce a harsh environment of extreme radiation, nutrient limitations, and temperature oscillations. They provide a model system for ...
Transmission electron microscopy reveals distinct macrophage- and tick cell-specific morphological stages of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Dedonder, Sarah E.; Cheng, Chuanmin; Willard, Lloyd H.; Boyle, Daniel L.; Ganta, Roman R. (2012-11-08)

Background: Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an emerging tick-borne rickettsial pathogen responsible for human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Despite the induction of an active host immune response, the pathogen has evolved to persist ...
Transcriptome profiling of the intoxication response of Tenebrio molitor larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa protoxin

Oppert, Brenda; Dowd, Scot E.; Bouffard, Pascal; Li, Lewyn; Conesa, Ana; Lorenzen, Marce´ D.; Toutges, Michelle; Marshall, Jeremy; Huestis, Diana L.; Fabrick, Jeff; Oppert, Cris; Jurat- Fuentes, Juan Luis (2012-07-24)

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystal (Cry) proteins are effective against a select number of insect pests, but improvements are needed to increase efficacy and decrease time to mortality for coleopteran pests. To gain ...
Training online faculty: a phenomenology study

Kang, Haijun (2011-11-07)

Literature on training faculty to teach online still dwells on the issues explored a decade ago. To make a substantial move in this area, it is necessary to re-evaluate the essence of training in the context of producing ...
Tracing nuclear-wave-packet dynamics in singly and doubly charged states of N2 and O2 with XUV pump–XUV probe experiments

Magrakvelidze, Maia; Herrwerth, O.; Jiang, Y. H.; Rudenko, Artem; Kurka, M.; Foucar, L.; Kühnel, K. U.; Kübel, M.; Kling, Nora G.; Schröter, C. D.; Düsterer, S.; Treusch, R.; Lezius, M.; Ben-Itzhak, Itzik; Moshammer, R.; Ullrich, J.; Kling, Matthias F.; Thumm, Uwe P. E. (2013-04-12)

We traced the femtosecond nuclear-wave-packet dynamics in ionic states of oxygen and nitrogen diatomic molecules employing 38-eV XUV-pump–XUV-probe experiments at the free-electron laser in Hamburg (FLASH). The nuclear ...
Tobacco use at Fort Riley: a study of the prevalence of tobacco use among active-duty soldiers assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas

Ornelas, Samuel; Benne, Paul D.; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2013-01-22)

Background: Tobacco use among military personnel is of concern given its substantial burden on military health care and combat readiness. Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of tobacco use and ...
To allude or to, like, not

Sanders, Joe S. (2013-02-13)
TLR9 is dispensable for intestinal ischemia/reperfusion-induced tissue damage

Slone, Emily Archer; Pope, Michael R.; Roth, Mary R.; Welti, Ruth; Fleming, Sherry D. (2013-10-03)

The mortality rate due to intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (IR) remains at 60-80%. As toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 has been shown to be critical for IR injury in several organs, including the intestine, and TLR9 is necessary ...
Time of onset, location, and duration of lameness in beef cattle in a commercial feedyard

Green, T.M.; Guichon, P.T.; Thomson, Daniel U.; Wileman, Benjamin W.; Reinhardt, Christopher D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2012-04-03)

Bovine lameness presents itself in a variety of forms. A number of predisposing factors have been reported, such as increased amounts of wet feces and mud from high rainfall; limb trauma from rocks, sticks, or handling ...
Through the gateway: reporting on collections

Hurd, Sandy; Feick, Tina; Smith, John; Simser, Charlene N. (2012-05-24)

Librarians are frequently required to support collection and broader management decisions. Line staff and managers need clear and complete data that can be easily accessed and manipulated in order to understand current and ...
Thermal vortex dynamics in thin circular ferromagnetic nanodisks

Wysin, Gary M.; Figueiredo, W. (2012-11-08)

The dynamics of gyrotropic vortex motion in a thin circular nanodisk of soft ferromagnetic material is considered. The demagnetization field is calculated using two-dimensional Green’s functions for the thin-film problem ...
Therapeutic schoolyard: design for children with autism

King, Chelsey (Kansas State University, 2012-04-25)

It is estimated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention that approximately 1 in every 88 children are diagnosed with some level of autism or various degrees of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (2012). Pervasive ...
Theory of high harmonic generation for probing time-resolved large-amplitude molecular vibrations with ultrashort intense lasers

Le, Anh-Thu; Morishita, T.; Lucchese, R. R.; Lin, Chii Dong (2012-12-20)

We present a theory that incorporates the vibrational degrees of freedom in a high-order harmonic generation (HHG) process with ultrashort intense laser pulses. In this model, laser-induced time-dependent transition dipoles ...
The Art of Redirection: One Library's Experiences and Statistical Results From the Deployment of Mobile Redirect Script

Bengtson, Jason A. (2012-08-02)

Although institutions have produced a proliferation of mobile Web sites to respond to the increased demand for mobile resources, getting mobile device users to those sites has proven to be an issue. One simple method ...
Systemic perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence treatment

Stith, Sandra M.; McCollum, Eric E.; Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne; Smith, Douglas (2013-01-23)

This paper reviews changes in the research literature on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) since our earlier review (Stith, Rosen, & McCollum, 2003). A rationale for systemic treatment of IPV has emerged from research that ...
Synthesis of silica aerosol gels via controlled detonation

Dhaubhadel, R.; Rieker, T. P.; Chakrabarti, A.; Sorensen, Christopher M. (2012-07-13)

Silica (SiO[subscript]2) aerosol gels were formed via Brownian aggregation of silica nanoparticles in a closed reaction chamber. A sudden and quick detonation reaction of pyrophoric silane (SiH[subscript]4) with either ...
Synthesis of CdSe/ZnS and CdTe/ZnS quantum dots: refined digestive ripening

Cingarapu, Sreeram; Yang, Zhiqiang; Sorensen, Christopher M.; Klabunde, Kenneth J. (2012-05-31)

We report synthesis of CdSe and CdTe quantum dots (QDs) from the bulk CdSe and CdTe material by evaporation/co-condensation using the solvated metal atom dispersion (SMAD) technique and refined digestive ripening. The ...