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R[superscript]2 statistics with application to association mapping

Sun, Guannan (Kansas State University, 2008-05-15)

In fitting linear models, R[superscript]2 statistic has been wildly used as one of the measures to assess the goodness-of-fit and prediction power of the model. Unlike fixed linear models, at this time there is no single ...
Rabies serology: relationship between assay type, interpretation, and application of results

Moore, Susan M. (Kansas State University, 2015-04-15)

The immune status of an individual host or among a population is affected by important variables including the source and route of potential natural exposure and for vaccination consist of vaccine type, potency, and virus ...
Rabies, a global threat: taking science a step forward

Smith, Mylissia Rachelle (Kansas State University, 2014-04-23)

Rabies is the most deadly disease on earth and has a 99.9% human fatality rate. Rabies kills 61,000 humans annually and results in an economic burden of $124 billion USD annually. Each day 3.3 million people live with the ...
Race, sex, social class: the influence of stress responsiveness on well-being among American families

White, Vera A (Kansas State University, 2007-11-28)

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between chronic stressors-believed to be a condition present by race, sex, and social class and Well-being when mediated by individual resources and perceptions. ...
The racial and ethnic discrimination stress model: Development, adaptation, and preliminary empirical testing

Wilkins-Clark, Renée

Racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) is a common experience in the lives of Black Americans (Anderson, 2019) with connections to mental health (i.e., distress, anxiety, and depression; Carden et al., 2021; Hart et al., ...
Racial and gender preferences when hiring a financial planner: an experimental design on diversity in financial planning

Reiter, Miranda Charmaine Moore (2020-08-01)

Using an experimental design, a series of cumulative logistic regression models were employed on a sample of Black and White MTurk respondents to investigate the association among race, gender, and five different Likert-type ...
Racing performance of juvenile Thoroughbreds with femoropatellar osteochondrosis at auction: A retrospective case-control study

Sloan, Pearce

Background: Osteochondrosis (OCD) is common in the femoropatellar joint in Thoroughbred yearlings for sale at auction and there is no consensus on the effect on racing outcomes. Objectives: Describe femoropatellar OCD ...
"Racism, we gotta deal with it": experiences of African American graduate students at a predominately white university

Ingram, Jurdene Arlette (Kansas State University, 2012-04-30)

Universities around the country are consistently focusing on increasing diversity among the student population, yet little is known about how minority graduate student populations fair academically and personally in ...
Radio frequency dielectric heating and hyperspectral imaging of common foodborne pathogens

Michael, Minto (Kansas State University, 2014-11-21)

Intervention techniques to control foodborne pathogens, and rapid identification of pathogens in food are of vital importance to ensure food safety. Therefore, the first objective of this research was to study the efficacy ...
Raising recycling awareness through public art: using public art as a catalyst to rethink downtown Kansas City’s recycling system

Tudor, Harriett (Kansas State University, 2016-08-01)

Recycling programs and public art have the capacity to improve the urban environment and quality of life to enhance downtown neighborhoods for residents, employees, and visitors (Miles 1989; Kansas City Design Center 2015). ...
Random spanning trees on homogeneous graphs

Melikyan, Anna (2019-12-01)

Spanning trees have been studied as combinatorial objects for a long time. However, they have found great use in other disciplines recently. Disjoint spanning trees are important in fault-tolerant broadcasting or load-balancing ...
Randomization test and correlation effects in high dimensional data

Wang, Xiaofei (Kansas State University, 2012-07-17)

High-dimensional data (HDD) have been encountered in many fields and are characterized by a “large p, small n” paradigm that arises in genomic, lipidomic, and proteomic studies. This report used a simulation study that ...
Randomized clinical trials evaluating therapeutic influences of ornamental indoor plants in hospital rooms on health outcomes of patients recovering from surgery

Park, Seong-Hyun (Kansas State University, 2006-11-28)

Medical and psychological responses of patients recovering from surgery were evaluated in hospital rooms with ornamental indoor plants. Three clinical studies were conducted in two hospitals with 80 thyroidectomy patients, ...
Randomized controlled trial of probiotics and vitamin B3 on gut microbiome and quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease

Htoo, Zaw Wai

Evidence suggests that administration of probiotics and vitamin B3 may improve multiple symptoms and outcomes of Parkinson’s Disease through alterations in gut microbiome. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to ...
Rank-based predictive control for community microgrids with dynamic topology and multiple points of common coupling

Nun, Brevann

The devastating effects of climate change paired with increasing geopolitical tensions and rising energy needs have prompted the development and incorporation of renewable energy technologies with the bulk power system in ...
“Rape victims” versus “rape survivors”: oppression and resistance in individuals’ perceptions of women who have been raped

Hockett, Jericho M. (Kansas State University, 2013-09-26)

An overview discusses rape in terms of two systems of social power: oppression and resistance. Components of these systems—i.e., individuals’ rape-related attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors, and outcomes—are ...
Rapid development of mobile apps using App Inventor and AGCO API

Kepley, Spencer (Kansas State University, 2014-04-25)

Mobile apps are useful tools for many different purposes. In agriculture, apps can be used to check the weather and markets, control irrigation, and monitor machine activity among other uses. This research project is a ...
Rapid estimation of lives of deficient superpave mixes and laboratory-based accelerated mix testing models

Manandhar, Chandra Bahadur (Kansas State University, 2010-05-03)

The engineers from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) often have to decide whether or not to accept non-conforming Superpave mixtures during construction. The first part of this study focused on estimating lives ...
Rapid material interrogation using X rays from a dense plasma focus

Ismail, Mohamed Ismail Abdelaziz Mohamed (Kansas State University, 2015-04-22)

Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) devices are multi-radiation sources of X rays, neutrons (when working with deuterium), ions, and electrons in pulses typically of a few tens of nanoseconds. The Kansas State University device ...
Rare earth elements (REE) as geochemical clues to reconstruct hydrocarbon generation history

Ramirez-Caro, Daniel (Kansas State University, 2013-11-21)

The REE distribution patterns and total concentrations of the organic matter of the Woodford shale reveal a potential avenue to investigate hydrocarbon maturation processes in a source rock. Ten samples of the organic ...