Wichita State University

About: Wichita State University is a education organization based out in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 4988 authors who have published 9563 publications receiving 253824 citations. The organization is also known as: WSU & Fairmount College.

Syngenetic formation of grainstones and pisolites from fenestral carbonates in peritidal settings

Abstract: Experiments with unconsolidated muds, and petrofabric studies of some ancient peritidal carbonate rocks, suggest that intense fenestral alteration of micritic sediments can lead to the in situ formation of grainstones of diagenetic origin. Intermediate stages in this process have been recognized in many ancient rocks. The contemporaneous diagenetic modification of such grainstones commonly results in the formation of pisoliths and associated features that mimic those found in marine pisolites as well as in pisolitic caliche deposits of either marine or meteoric origin.

Current status of native fish species in Kansas

Abstract: A re-evaluation of the status of fishes in Kansas suggests that 54 of the 116 native species should be assigned special conservation status due to substantial declines in distribution or abundance and/or their rarity in the state. Nine species are recommended for retention in their existing status of endangered, threatened, or species in need of conservation. We recommend elevated conservation status for 44 additional species, and provide information on trends in distribution and abundance for these taxa. A single species, the Arkansas River Shiner, Notropis girardi, is considered to be extirpated recently from Kansas.

Gender differences in police physical ability test performance

Abstract: Studies a large midwestern police agency to find out whether female applicants failed the physical ability test more often than male applicants, whether the tasks were job related or whether there was violation of the “four‐fifths” rule of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and whether the test measured critical tasks. Finds that the test has an adverse effect on women and is not job related.

The Hip’s Influence on Low Back Pain: A Distal Link to a Proximal Problem

Abstract: Low back pain (LBP) is a multifactorial dysfunction, with one of the potential contributing factors being the hip joint. Currently, research investigating the examination and conservative treatment of LBP has focused primarily on the lumbar spine. The objective of this clinical commentary is to discuss the potential link between hip impairments and LBP using current best evidence and the concept of regional interdependence as tools to guide decision making and offer ideas for future research.

Electrochemistry and Spectral Characterization of Oxidized and Reduced (TPPBr(x)())FeCl Where TPPBr(x)() Is the Dianion of beta-Brominated-Pyrrole Tetraphenylporphyrin and x Varies from 0 to 8.

Abstract: The electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of (TPPBr(x)())FeCl (TPPBr(x)() is the dianion of beta-brominated-pyrrole tetraphenylporphyrin and x = 0-8) were examined in PhCN containing tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate (TBAP) as supporting electrolyte. Each compound undergoes two reversible to quasireversible one-electron oxidations and either three or four reductions within the potential limits of the solvent. The two oxidations occur at the conjugated porphyrin pi ring system, and DeltaE(1/2) between these two electrode reactions increases as the molecule becomes more distorted. The overall reduction of each compound involves the stepwise electrogeneration omicronf an iron(II), iron(I), and iron(I) pi anion radical. An equilibrium between chloride-bound and chloride-free iron(II) forms of the porphyrin is observed with association of the anionic ligand being favored for compounds with x > 5. Singly reduced (TPPBr(x)())FeCl (x = 0 to x = 6) forms both mono- and bis-CO adducts in CH(2)Cl(2). Only the mono-CO adduct is observed for (TPPBr(7))FeCl, and there is no binding at all of CO to (TPPBr(8))FeCl. The nu(CO) of both the mono- and bis-adducts increases with increase in the number of Br groups, but in a nonlinear fashion which is explained in terms of two competing effects. One is the electron-withdrawing affinity of the Br substitutents and the other the nonplanarity of the macrocycle.