A disarticulated skeleton of a theropod from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) strata of McElmo Canyon in Montezuma County, Colorado was discovered in 1953 by the late J. T. Gregory and D. Techter. For nearly 55 years the specimen remained unnoticed in...
The purpose of this research investigation was to determine the correlational values between testing scores when utilizing the Assessment Technologies Institute™, LLC (ATI) standardized content exams during the third and fourth semesters of an...
"Most walleye Sander vitreus populations in Kansas are supplemented or sustained with stocking. In 2006, gamete collection for hatchery production was initiated at Cedar Bluff Reservoir because the walleye population has a high abundance of...
Two subspecies of Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) occur in the United States, and neither has been studied extensively. Of the two, the Eastern subspecies (L.j. jamaicensis) has a larger range, but has been studied to a lesser degree than the...
This paper considers the revisionist work Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 2009 by Seth Grahame-Smith and its implications for contemporary or Third Wave feminism. It argues that the changes made to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice 1813 by...
Climate change threatens biodiversity; in particular, species with narrow distributions and specific habitat requirements. The Great Basin provides an excellent model system to evaluate the effects of climate change on species with isolated...
The development of informed management practices and insightful research
depends not only on an understanding of species natural history and ecology, but
information regarding the distributions of these species and how they interact with
adjacent...
Kansas represents the western most edge of high crayfish diversity in North America. The most recent comprehensive survey of crayfishes in Kansas was conducted over 50 years ago and resulted in a list of seven species. Subsequently, three species...
Morton County and Osborne County consistently held strong political affiliations with the Republican Party prior to the 1930s. This changed in the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections when Morton County changed political affiliation by voting for...
The introduced shrub Tamarix ramosissima Lebed. invades riparian zones, but
loses competitiveness under flooding. This was tested in Tamarix ramosissima by
examining responses to flooding by soil type in a greenhouse setting. A field study
examined...
With the loss and degradation of wetlands in some areas of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) reaching 80-90%, it is critical that resource managers ensure that the habitat that is put back on the landscape is as high quality as possible. Resource...
The Internet has brought significant developments and challenges to universities and their publics. Meanwhile, the channels to deliver messages have gradually become digitized through the strong impact of the Internet, which offers an additional...
The purpose of the study was to determine if sign language increased the rate in which students learn to read new vocabulary words. A single subject, multiple treatment research design was implemented for use with this study. All of the Saxon...
According to Buerhaus, Auerbach and Staiger (2009), despite the current easing of the nursing shortage due to the recent recession and many nurses putting off retirement, the nursing shortage is projected to grow to approximately 260,000 registered...
Invasion by nonnative plants is particularly prevalent in wetlands. While the ecological patterns in wetland plants are well known, it is less well known how flooding-related soil conditions influence the physiological success of introduced species...
Previous research has suggested that advanced Second Language (L2) learners are
more intrinsically motivated than beginning L2 learners (e.g., Rivers, 1996), and that
Third Language (L3) learners are more intrinsically motivated than L2 learners...
"The phenotype of two Andropogon gerardii subspecies, big bluestem and sand bluestem, varies broadly throughout the Great Plains of North America, giving rise to ecotypes within the species. This study sought to discriminate between genetic and...
The antibiotic vancomycin was developed by Eli Lilly in the 1950s in response to
the growing number of Staphylococcus aureus infections that were resistant to penicillin.
Vancomycin was not widely used at the time because of its high toxicity....
Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) populations have been in steady decline over the past twenty years due to habitat loss, pesticide use, the pet trade, and invasion of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). At Aransas National...
This is a training manual available to any organization that requires HIPAA training. The trainer will present material by lecture to the class. The lecture is supported by power point slides and informational hand outs. The lecture is an efficient...
"Although the loss of prairie is substantial across the extent of its historic range,
large portions of native rangeland still remain throughout Nebraska. It is critical that
resource managers and private landowners manage rangelands in a manner...
The use of arts therapies in medicine has become a popular form of treatment in the United States. Arts therapies are a form of psychotherapy. Music therapy, art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy and poetry therapy, are all considered...
Intimidation and disruptive behavior can undermine patient care and cause staff dissatisfaction and turnover of professionals in the health care setting. These behaviors have been linked to patient safety issues, nurse satisfaction, nurse...
The purpose of this paper is to explore methods to improve reading skills in children with common disabilities. Initially the paper will begin by defining key concepts and terms, including fMRI, fMRS, SBRR, classic autism, Asperger‟s, dyslexia...
Radiographic techniques were applied to a human simulation pelvis phantom with evaluations of the resultant image analyzed by a designated radiologist. Results indicate that a lower patient dose is received when coupled with an increase in the tube...
This study is designed to look at the relationship between test anxiety and
mindfulness. This study consists of three surveys designed to look at different aspects of
mindfulness and test anxiety. The Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) is designed to...
While the Space Race is often discussed in terms of international competition and
Cold War tension, the fact that both Soviet and American forays into space remained
peaceful and scientifically driven throughout the 1950s and 1960s points to a...
While the canonical nested subset pattern suggests that less species-rich areas will contain a proper subset of the species observed in richer areas, actual data sets do not show perfect nestedness; however, they show a pattern with more structure...
Since its genesis, health care has been developing and evolving to meet the needs of the population it serves. Hospital length of stay after childbirth has progressively decreased over the past 29 years initially in response to public pressure to...
Dodge City was founded in a prairie in the Southwest corner of Kansas in 1872 and was incorporated three years later. The region benefited from large buffalo herds, a nearby U. S. Army Fort, the expansion of the railroad into the area, and the...
From March 1999 through February 2006, satellite transmitters were placed on 13
wild-caught individuals of the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in southwestern
Wisconsin. These individuals (6 males, 7 females, 11 adults, 2 immatures) were...
The objective of this study was to spatially analyze the attributes of three
subwatersheds, Hydrological Unit Code 12 (HUC 12), of the Middle Smoky Hill River
Watershed in west-central Kansas and relate the variances of the attributes to...
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the differences between collegiate female athletes to females majoring in professional competitive fields to (1) specific personality factors, (2) levels of competitiveness, and (3) differences in...
Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, a nursing care quality indicator, are becoming
increasingly common in United States acute care facilities. In fiscal year 2007, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recorded 257,412 “avoidable”...
The present study examined the relation between sensation seeking and life satisfaction. Participants completed four online surveys. One survey included a number of questions designed to measure personal sensation seeking level (Sensation Seeking...
Native American healing focuses on curing all aspects (physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually) of a sick individual. Spiritual healing is unique to Native American cultures, often requiring unexpected healing...
This thesis predicts how United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens would have ruled on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage if the issue were to have come before him while he was on the Court. The hypothesis is that he...
February 24, 1966 is regarded by many Ghanaians as the Waterloo in the history of Ghana, and Ghanaians would not like it to be mentioned so as to rekindle old wounds considering the hardships the country went through from that period until...
Spelling and grammar have always been taught in schools as means of proper language mechanics (U.S.D.E., 2006). Recently, the use of correct spelling and proper grammar in writing among college students has seemed to weaken (Junco & Cotton, 2011)....
In today’s economic decline, there is a growing pressure for the reform of healthcare. Clinicians need to treat only those individuals who have true symptoms and problems. Individuals who exaggerate or feigning cognitive impairments are straining...
The southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) inhabits the Mississippi
Alluvial Plain, the Gulf Coastal Plain, Florida, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain as far north
as Virginia. Since its description by Bachman in 1837, this species has...
The Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg, the personalities associated with the trial, the verdicts rendered, and criticisms directed toward both those verdicts and the tribunal itself have generated a multitude of historical works....
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