Browsing by Thesis Semester "2009 Summer"
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Women state legislators and represenation [sic] : a case study of Missouri, 1923-2009
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Over the last century women legislators have made tremendous gains in state legislatures; yet their numbers remain far below the proportion of women ... -
Women of the Heartland : tradition and evolution in the Missouri women's movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This thesis is a local study of the women's movement in Missouri. The primary topic is organized feminist activity, though it shows also feminist/antifeminist interactions. Missouri early established an official Commission ... -
Where are the women in women's sports? : predictors of female athletes' interest in a coaching career
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Although post-Title IX sport participation rates for girls and women have skyrocketed, the percentages of women in sport leadership roles have plummeted. Today, women hold only 44% of head coaching positions in women's ... -
We have chosen a few things from among many: the adaptations and suitability of nuns' rules in Merovingian Gaul
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The nuns' rules of Caesarius of Arles (470-542), Donatus of Besanc̜on (fl. 624), and Waldebert of Luxeuil (d. c. 668) suggest that for the early medieval female community in Merovingian Gaul, the monastic rule was a versatile ... -
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and ... -
The veering path of progress : politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This thesis examines how a complicated mix of factors converged to influence the planning, proposal, protest, and final route of the Mark Twain Expressway through St. Louis's North Side in the 1950s. To proponents, the ... -
Vascular smooth muscle metabolism and pyruvate dehydrogenase
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In dyslipidemic states, most muscle types preferentially utilize fatty acids rather then glucose largely due to modulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase ... -
Using web mining to discover learning patterns in course management systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Since E-learning in Course Management System (CMS) is a growing form for learning and teaching in higher education, it is key for us to identify and ... -
The user-generated dilemma : can the ways in which media organizations publish audience contributions affect the way the audience feels about the site and their intention to contribute?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)More and more media organizations are using the Internet to ask their audiences to submit stories, comments and photographs, but they are seemingly doing it without understanding the implications of their actions. This ... -
Type-1 and type-2 fuzzy systems for detecting visitors in an uncertain environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In this work, I have developed an algorithm to detect the presence of visitors in a noninvasive manner. This algorithm is designed as part of an in home monitoring system. The data from the algorithm will be used as a way ... -
Topics in geometric analysis with applications to partial differential equations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The main aim of the current thesis is to investigate the mathematical tools and methods used to study problems which bridge between analysis and geometry. Such an undertaking is particularly useful in situations in which ... -
Three essays on stock market liquidity and earnings seasons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In these essays, I identify the effects of earnings seasons (i.e., the clustering of earnings releases), on stock market liquidity and asset pricing. In the first essay, I document strong seasonal regularities associated ... -
Three essays of housing price dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay estimates the joint effects of spatial diffusion and high-tech industry fluctuations on ... -
A test of differential GPS correction methods at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)High accuracy GPS using inexpensive field equipment is increasingly made possible through use of reference data provided by the (CORS) network. There are currently three CORS within 100km of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but use ... -
Teaching T cells to remember : the role of antigen presenting cells in the development of CD4+ T cell memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Recent studies in our lab suggest that the number of divisions a naive T cell undergoes at the time of initial stimulation with antigen (Ag) affects ... -
Teacher perceptions regarding the influence block scheduling has on student learning as compared to traditional scheduling in middle schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The purpose of this study was to compare middle school teachers' perceptions on student learning in A/B block schedules and traditional schedules in schools with grade configurations of 6 through 8. Responses to the survey ... -
A systematic framework to improve knowledge management through information technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Organizations rely on their IT infrastructure to perform on a daily basis, and a constant debate on whether the IT tools used are the appropriate ones to achieve their strategic planning objectives is always present. Many ... -
A survey study of school counselors' perceptions of the importance of professional development areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The requirements for school counselor certification have changed since 2000 in Missouri. Most notably, the requirement of previous teaching experience has been removed. Since the position of counselor developed out of ... -
Surface and deep water circulation in late Cretaceous North Atlantic greenhouse ocean
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This research provides the first of its kind empirical data regarding the evolution of Maastrichtian surface to deep ocean circulation in the North Atlantic. Differences in foraminiferal abundances and oxygen and carbon ... -
Supporting practitioners' use of pivotal response training within educational contexts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The purpose of this study was to assess the viability of Pivotal Response Training by practitioners within educational contexts. A concurrent multiple baseline design across 4 practitioner-student dyads consisting of phases ...