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I am me: using buoyant biopsychosocial art education curriculum and storyboards to explore self-esteem with sixth grade students

Harlow, Trina D. (2019-08-01)

Schools must adapt to the needs of the 21st century learner. Relevant, meaningful curriculum with important implications toward students’ needs and cultures through their biographies, psychologies, and sociologies brings ...
“I am not a victim, I am a survivor”: healthy sexuality as a context for resilience in women survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Newsom, Kimmery C. (Kansas State University, 2013-11-26)

The current study was conducted with women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) about their experiences of resilience in the context of interpersonal and sexually intimate relationships. Six women between the ages of ...
I am who I am because I am a sister: exploring sister relationships in middle adulthood

Ricklefs, Tonya Kay (Kansas State University, 2015-12-01)

Sibling relationships have often been studied with the goal of understanding the sibling influence on development of an individual. With the focus on development, research has often been limited to the time of life between ...
“I feel like they’re my family”: characteristics of one successful resource couple who fosters high risk teenagers

Loehr, Matthew A. (Kansas State University, 2012-08-08)

The focus of this qualitative case study was to examine the qualities and characteristics present in a successful resource family who parents high-risk teenagers. Perspectives were gathered from the resource parents, ...
“I hope I get it. I do hope I figure it out.”: pre-service secondary language arts teachers’ negotiations of high school students’ literacies

Skillen, Matthew Glen (Kansas State University, 2009-07-29)

As the curriculum of American schools becomes more standardized, while teachers face the elevated levels of accountability, and definition of adolescent literacy rapidly expands, teacher education programs must do more to ...
“I needed to remind myself never to go back to that dark of a place:” queer community members in the Flint Hills region of Kansas communicating challenges of/with mental health through body art and non-surgical body modifications

Mattson, Jacquelyn Ann (2019-05-01)

This thesis explores experiences of mental health among some queer community members in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. This research specifically investigates how the queer community in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, ...
“I set the tone”: the role of biological mothers in the successful formation of stepfamilies

Thompson, David E. (Kansas State University, 2009-04-29)

ABSTRACT The focus of the present qualitative study was on the specific roles played by mothers in helping the members of their families adjust to each other and successfully transition into a family unit. Mothers play ...
“I think I use them, but I’m not sure what each one is called”: integration of multiple literacies in secondary social studies and science classes

Lickteig, Amanda D. (Kansas State University, 2015-08-01)

In the past, literacy was viewed solely as the basic, functional skills of reading and writing. However, with the New London Group’s (1996) proposal of multiliteracies and the more recent push for a plurality of literacies ...
I. Total synthesis of [plus or minus] ovalicin and its analogues II. Bio-based polymers from vegetable oil III. New synthetic methods of diacetylene fatty acids

Zhao, Huiping (Kansas State University, 2008-05-09)

I. Ovalicin is a natural product isolated from the culture of fungus Pseudorotium ovalis Stolk, it selectively inhibit type 2 methionine amino-peptidase (MetAP 2), which related to many physiological activities such as ...
ICTS and education: news media portrayal of e-learning in Kenya

Tuwei, David Kiplagat (Kansas State University, 2011-05-06)

From around the year 2006, the government of Kenya has committed substantial amounts of resources to build Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) around the country and in the education sector in particular, with ...
Identification and characterization of C-terminal alterations in Arabidopsis thaliana FATTY ACID DESATURASE 6 (FAD6)

Lusk, Hannah J. (2019-12-01)

Lipid analysis of leaves from the Arabidopsis T-DNA insertion line Salk_109175C revealed a decreased ratio between two monogalactosydiacylglycerol molecular species, MGDG(18:3/16:3) and MGDG(18:3/18:3), as well as other ...
Identification and characterization of Clostridium sordellii toxin gene regulator

Sirigi Reddy, Apoorva Reddy (Kansas State University, 2014-04-25)

Toxigenic Clostridium sordellii causes uncommon but highly lethal infections in humans and animals. Recently, an increased incidence of C. sordellii infections has been reported in women undergoing obstetric interventions. ...
Identification and characterization of Pseudomonas syringae mutants altering the induction of type III secretion system

Deng, Xin (Kansas State University, 2009-12-08)

Pseudomonas syringae bacteria utilize the type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. The T3SS and effector genes (together called the T3 genes hereafter) are repressed in nutrient rich ...
Identification and characterization of the genetic determinants for yellow fever virus infection and dissemination in Aedes aegypti

Huang, Yan-Jang (Kansas State University, 2014-07-28)

The genetic composition of arboviruses is a critical determinant of viral infectivity and the capacity for virus dissemination in arthropod vectors. Due to concerns related to a hypothetical potential for loss of attenuation, ...
Identification and characterization of unique tumoricidal genes in rat umbilical cord matrix stem cells

Uppalapati, Lakshmi Deepthi (Kansas State University, 2013-11-13)

Rat umbilical cord matrix stem cells (UCMSC) have been shown to exhibit a remarkable ability to control rat mammary adenocarcinoma (Mat B III) cell proliferation both in vivo and in vitro. To study the underlying mechanisms ...
Identification and deployment of QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance in U.S. hard winter wheat

Fatima, Nosheen (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most damaging diseases in wheat, which impacts both grain yield and quality drastically. Recently, the disease has become more prevalent in the hard winter wheat (HWW) grown areas ...
Identification and evaluation of antivirals for Rift Valley fever virus

Lang, Yuekun (Kansas State University, 2017-12-01)

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an enveloped, negative-sense, ssRNA virus with a tripartite genome that causes morbidity and mortality in both livestock and humans. Although RVFV is mainly circulating in mainland Africa, ...
Identification and exploration of the components of a desirable pecan flavor

Kelly, Brendan T. (Kansas State University, 2016-08-01)

The pecan, [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh) K. Koch], has a long history of cultivation and economic value. Knowledge of the compositional differences that exist between cultivars is important to the marketing of pecan ...
Identification and Quantification of Anthocyanins in Sorghum and Sweetpotato Leaves

Su, Xiaoyu; Su, Xiaoyu (2018-12-01)

Anthocyanins are the most abundant water-soluble flavonoid pigments that are biosynthesized via the phenylpropanoid pathway in plants. Consumption of anthocyanin-rich vegetables and fruits has been linked with multiple ...
Identification and quantification of anthocyanins in the transgenic tomato

Su, Xiaoyu (Kansas State University, 2014-05-09)

Anthocyanins, a sub-class of flavonoids, are natural pigments derived from phenylpropanoid pathway. Most tomato cultivars found in nature have very low content of anthocyanins, but dark purple tomatoes by ectopic co-expression ...