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La génesis de Nosferatu en el cine mudo

Barr, Amanda M. (Kansas State University, 2008-12-19)

This thesis analyses the play Nosferatu by the contemporary Spanish author Francisco Nieva, and more specifically focuses on its genesis in silent film, primarily German Expressionist. First we take a look at the genre ...
La nourriture dans le monde francophone

Diack, Fatou (Kansas State University, 2010-05-18)

This report is a portfolio demonstrating my background and commitment to teaching. It contains a collection of activities that I have created that demonstrates that students learn better when they are exposed to authentic ...
La teoria de los Esquemata y su influencia en la comprension de lectura

Murillo-Palacios, Ileaneth (Kansas State University, 2008-12-16)

El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivo investigar la influencia de la teoría de los esquemata durante el proceso de comprensión lectora en una clase de español como segunda lengua para principiantes. A la vez se ...
LA-ICP-MS zircon geochronology of granulite xenoliths from the Geronimo Volcanic Field, SE Arizona: implications for crustal evolution since 2.4 Ga

Rader, Mikaela Alaine

Lower crustal granulite xenoliths entrained in alkaline basalts from the Geronimo Volcanic Field (GVF), SE Arizona, provide constraints on composition, structure, and age of the lower crust in the southern Basin and Range. ...
Labor standards and efficiency estimation of farms in the Kansas Farm Management Association

Holland, Cody (Kansas State University, 2012-04-16)

The objectives of this thesis are to examine the labor requirements of Kansas crop and livestock enterprises and farms and the connection between labor efficiency and productivity, and other important farm characteristics ...
Laboratory and field investigation of chlorinated solvents remediation in soil and groundwater

Santharam, Sathishkumar (Kansas State University, 2008-08-12)

Chlorinated solvents are the second most ubiquitous contaminants, next to petroleum hydrocarbons, and many are carcinogens. Tetrachloroethylene or perchloroethene (PCE) has been employed extensively in the dry cleaning ...
A laboratory behavioral assessment on predatory potential of the green lacewing Mallada basalis walker (Neuroptera: chrysopidae) on two species of papaya pest mites, Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida and Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: tetranychidae)

Cheng, Ling-Lan (Kansas State University, 2007-10-19)

Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida and Panonychus citri (McGregor) are the two major arachnid pests of screenhouse-cultivated papayas in Taiwan. Control of these mites has become more difficult because both pests have become ...
A laboratory investigation into rock physics and fracture potential of the Woodford shale, Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma

Harris, Dustin Matthew (Kansas State University, 2017-05-01)

The Woodford shale in west-central Oklahoma is an organic and silica rich shale that is a prolific resource play producing gas and liquid hydrocarbons (Gupta et al., 2013). Unconventional shale wells are only producible ...
Laboratory- to field-scale investigations to evaluate phosphate amendments and Miscanthus for phytostabilization of lead-contaminated military sites

Alasmary, Zafer Saad (2020-08-01)

Potentially toxic substances can contaminate extensive areas of productive land due to military activities. The most common and widespread metal contaminant in military lands is lead (Pb). The main objectives of this study ...
Laccase-1 in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)

Liang, Qixin (Kansas State University, 2006-06-21)

Laccases belong to the “multicopper oxidase” family of proteins, and can oxidize o-diphenols and p-diphenols in the presence of molecular oxygen. Laccases have been well characterized in wood-rotting fungi where they appear ...
Land change dynamics in the Brazilian Cerrado: the interaction of biofuels, markets, and biodiversity

Granco, Gabriel (Kansas State University, 2017-05-01)

Biofuel ethanol has been proposed as the most viable solution to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the transportation sector; however, the impact of such production on the environment is not completely known. ...
Land cover, land use and habitat change in Volyn, Ukraine : 1986-2011

Anibas, Kyle Lawrence (Kansas State University, 2014-05-05)

Volyn Oblast in Western Ukraine has experienced substantial land use/land cover change over the last 25 years as a result of a change in political systems. Remote sensing provides a framework to quantify this change without ...
Land has memory: how we use history to reveal memory

Cole, Madelyn Grace

We seem to lack a deep understanding of our cultural and natural history. Without a knowledge of our history, and if we do not know our history, we cannot fully understand ourselves or our common humanity. We must gain a ...
The land of oz: a case study of rural cluster development in Wamego, Kansas

Speirs, Leland V. Jr. (Kansas State University, 2009-04-21)

During the Industrial Revolution, economist Alfred Marshall published his classic book entitled Principles of Economics, in which he suggests that the external economies of scale (positive externalities) produced by the ...
Lands of entropy: a dissenting alarmist's chaotic navigation of intuition, learning, and transcendence

Lynch, Joseph Michael

If it is okay with you, I’ll set the tone now for the rest of what you will read. This is an introspection, but not for the purpose of generating a transformative autoethnographic product (Newman 2009) – I am not fooling ...
Landscape architecture in the Ag-Ed classroom: cultivating the next generation of designers

Wilson, Erin Marie (Kansas State University, 2016-05-01)

Landscape architecture education in schools have been focused primarily on elementary and secondary Common Core courses. In many states, career-oriented programs such as agricultural education serve as a platform to teach ...
Landscape composition and proximity to water structure American badger (Taxidea taxus) distributions in shortgrass prairies

Piper, Colleen Whitney

Widespread land-use changes in the Great Plains have resulted in a patchy mosaic of prairie embedded within human-modified landscapes. The distribution of prairie-obligate species in this region may be constrained by these ...
Landscape ecology of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in the Chaco region of Paraguay

Campos Krauer, Juan Manuel (Kansas State University, 2009-07-17)

Habitat fragmentation and destruction are the most ubiquitous and serious environmental threats confronting the long-term survival of plant and animal species worldwide. However, some native or exotic species can take ...
Landscape ecology of two species of declining grassland sparrows

Herse, Mark Richard (Kansas State University, 2017-08-01)

Species extinctions over the past two centuries have mainly been caused by habitat destruction. Landscape change typically reduces habitat area, and can fragment contiguous habitat into remnant patches that are more subject ...
Landscape ecology, survival and space use of lesser prairie-chickens

Robinson, Samantha (Kansas State University, 2015-12-01)

The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) has experienced range-wide population declines and range contraction since European settlement. Due to ongoing declines, lesser prairie-chickens were listed as ...