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Kaj Tanaka
(2017-09-20)Kaj Tanaka's stories have been featured in Longform, selected for Wigleaf’s Best (Very) Short Fictions, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He is the nonfiction editor for BULL Magazine. -
Kaj Tanaka
(2017-09-19)Kaj Tanaka's stories have been featured in Longform, selected for Wigleaf’s Best (Very) Short Fictions, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He is the nonfiction editor for BULL Magazine. -
Karankawas - Reexamining Texas Gulf Coast Cannibalism
(5.2019)In 1688, the Karankawa Peoples abducted and adopted an eight-year-old Jean-Baptiste Talon from a French fort on the Texas Gulf Coast. Talon lived with these Native Americans for roughly two and a half years and related an ... -
Keeping Rapunzel: The Mysterious Guardianship of Joan of Flanders the Case for Feudal Constraint
(December 2)This argues that England King Edward III’s imprisonment of Joan of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany and Countess de Montfort during the Hundred Years War was not for her so-called madness, but was political. Joan of Flanders, ... -
Ketogenic Diet To Improve Outcomes In Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2018-04-13)The recommendation of a ketogenic diet for type 2 diabetes is often overlooked in favor of the traditional high carbohydrate, low-fat diet due to lack of knowledge. There is accumulating evidence to show that a ketogenic ... -
Kim Nguyen
(2018-04-25)In an interview with Houston resident Kim Nguyen for the Hurricane Harvey Oral History Project, nine months after Hurricane Harvey, on March 29, 2018, we look into how the worries and problems of the victims changed as the ... -
KINEMATICS ANALYSIS OF LARAMIDE DEFORMATION
(2012-12)Deformation related to the Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene Laramide orogeny in north-central New Mexico resulted in the formation of the Nacimiento uplift, Gallina uplift, and corresponding faults. In the past thirty years ... -
Kinesin in a Cell-Like Environment
(2018)Motor proteins turn chemical energy into mechanical energy for movement. Kinesin is a type of motor protein that acts as a carrier of various components within the cell. An important factor in its movement is how it attaches ... -
Kinetic Studies on Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Na2WO4-Mn/SiO2 Catalyst
(May 2018)A kinetic study of oxidative coupling of methane over Mn–Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst was performed in a fixed bed reactor system to investigate the effect of different reaction parameters on the reaction rate and selectivity. ... -
Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies of Hydrocarbon Oxidation and Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx in Monolith Reactors
(2014-12)The integrated LNT/SCR system is a promising technology for the reduction of NOx emission from the exhaust of lean-burn or diesel engine vehicles. The LNT/SCR operating concept involves the storage of NOx during the lean ... -
Kitchen Detective: What is in your kitchen?
(2018)Studies reveal that accessibility and availability of foods available at home play a role in obesity status in children (Ludwig et al., 2001). Fewer studies have identified the impact of glycemic index levels (GILs) of ... -
Know Your Data: Metadata Quality Control for Content Migration
(2016-04-22)Migration of digital objects from one digital asset management system to another creates an opportunity to clean and standardize descriptive metadata through automated analysis and remediation. This presentation will discuss ... -
Knowledge and Characteristics of Emerging Mathematics Teacher Leaders: Becoming a School-based Middle School Teacher Leader
(2011-05)Mathematics teacher leaders and their capacity to facilitate significant change within secondary mathematics classrooms on a campus is affected by mathematics, pedagogical content, curricular, and contextual knowledge. ... -
Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Behavioral Health Services among Older Youth in the Foster Care System
(Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 11/06/10)This study examined knowledge of and attitudes toward services among 268 17-year olds with psychiatric diagnoses preparing to exit foster care. A structured interview assessed knowledge of services with vignette scenarios ... -
Knowledge of Social Work Roles on Interdisciplinary Primary Care Teams: An Advanced Mixed Methods Study
(2018-05)Driven by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, 2016), new programs like Healthcare Transformation Initiatives are being adopted by healthcare systems in the United States to improve patient health outcomes. ... -
Knowledge-Based and Contextual Factors Associated with R&D Teams’ Improvisation Capability
(Journal of Management, 11/1/2016)We examine three knowledge-based processes and interactions underlying an effective improvisation capability in research and development (R&D) teams: a team’s ability to create a shared understanding of new knowledge, a ... -
KUHT: Preserving American's First Public Television Station
(2015-11-20)Broadcasting from the University of Houston, KUHT signed on the air for the first time on May 25, 1953, with the promise of providing the growing city with educational programming. Focused on preservation and access, the ... -
LA ADQUISICIÓN DEL ORDEN VERBO SUJETO EN ESPAÑOL POR ESTUDIANTES DE HERENCIA DE ESPAÑOL
(2015-08)El propósito de este trabajo es estudiar la adquisición del orden del sujeto respecto al verbo en español por parte de estudiantes de herencia de español. Esta investigación se centra exclusivamente en las oraciones ... -
La evaluación del vocabulario en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje del español como segunda lengua
(2016-05)The principal purpose of this study is to suggest a valid, reliable and practical assessment tool, which can evaluate learners’ vocabulary knowledge in Spanish as a Second Language. Two Vocabulary Levels Tests were designed ... -
La experiencia traductora de estudiantes de español como lengua de herencia: un estudio empírico a través de tres niveles de enseñanza superior
(May 2018)This study focuses on the translation experience of Spanish heritage language learners (SHLLs). Based on data derived from a questionnaire on translation habits and attitudes and two translation tasks, this quantitative ...