Browsing by Thesis Semester "2012 Spring"
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Universal blood : the life stream all four one and one for all : an enzymatic methodology creating a universal blood supply
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)α-NAGA (α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase) is an exoglycosidase that cleaves a specific carbohydrate, terminal linked 1-3 α-N-acetylgalactosamine, from the A antigen. The enzymatic hydrolysis creates the H antigen. This modification ... -
Understanding federal preeminence in disaster management : a punctuated equilibrium approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This project expands on the existing literature concerned with the centralization of America's natural disaster emergency relief and aid. Using Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones' punctuated equilibrium theory to guide the ... -
Two essays on mutual fund performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In these two essays, I examine the relation between mutual fund characteristics and fund performance. In the first essay, I test the impact of liquidity and liquidity risk on mutual fund returns. I find that equity funds ... -
Two essays on investor overconfidence and asset prices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation contains two essays about the impact of investor overconfidence on asset prices. The first essay examines the role of investor ... -
Twelve dead jackrabbits : stories & poems
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-18)This collection of short fiction and poetry aims to stand as witness to the struggles of navigating through personal histories and society. The Jackrabbit Series is the celebration of one woman's life who finds herself ... -
Triptych : essays of place and travel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The critical introduction outlines three perspectives on place identified by Robert Root--the insider, the outsider, and the traveler with a lens text. ... -
Translocation of humpback chub (Gila cypha) and food-web dynamics in Grand Canyon National Park tributary streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Humpback chub Gila cypha, a morphologically unique large-bodied cyprinid, is adapted to exist in the Colorado River and it's major tributaries and is ... -
Transcending the metanarrative: the postmodern spirituality of Shirazeh Houshiary's sculpture
(2012)Through her mystically infused, minimalistic sculptures, Iranian-Âborn, London-Âbased artist Shirazeh Houshiary (1955-Â ) has continued the trend of abstract spiritually in contemporary art. However, the theology that ... -
The traditions and history of indigo dyed textiles in Sierra Leone as they relate to the art and life of Hajja Kadiatu Kamara
(2012)Indigo dyeing or 'Gara' has a lengthy history as well as a major role in the economies and cultures of West African countries. Although most gara dyers remain anonymous outside of their communities, Hajjah Khadijatu Kamara ... -
Topics in non-locally convex functional analysis and geometrical analysis with applications to boundary value problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation is comprised of two parts. The first part, consisting of chapters 2-13, deals with issues pertaining to non-locally functional analysis. ... -
Toby Dick Ellis: Richard Elsenpeter's career in tent repertoire theatre, television, and marionette puppetry
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-25)Richard Elsenpeter was a Midwestern actor who began his career in repertoire and circle stock in the mid-twentieth century. He dedicated his life to the pursuit of rural, family entertainment and took pleasure in entertaining ... -
Three of a kind: how young adults engage with print, online and mobile platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Mobile devices, Internet websites and print newspapers and magazines supply a veritable feast of options for finding and reading editorial content. Like any meal, however, readers can only consume so much in any given day. ... -
Things unseen
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)This piece began as my reaction to a series of personal losses during my final year of graduate school. The most intense of these losses was a rapid decline in my father's health, which brought many changes to my family. ... -
Theoretical and experimental investigations in characterizing and developing multiplexed diamond-based neutron spectrometers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In this work a novel technique of multiplexing diamond is presented where electronic grade diamond plates are connected electrically in series and in parallel to increase the overall detection efficiency of diamond-based ... -
The Tale of the Southern Tour
(2021)The Tale of the Southern Tour for orchestra is commissioned by The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Shaoguan City in Guangdong province in 2019. The piece received its world premiere in December 2019 at the Guangzhou ... -
Teachers teaching teachers : a case study of the 2011 ProEd professional learning community and its influence on creating a culture for organizational learning in schools in the Republic of Panama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)While evidence of organizational learning through empowered teacher collaboration has been established in many international school studies, no such relationship has been investigated in public and/or low-middle socioeconomic ... -
Teacher social justice advocacy for children: a scale development and preliminary validity
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-18)Social injustices on the school, neighborhood, societal, and family level can affect certain populations of children and these injustices have been associated with school-related consequences, including: unequal access ... -
Tan A : a fluorogenic probe for thiaminase I activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Vitamin B1 plays important role in cell metabolism. Deficiency of vitamin B1 can cause ailments in living organism, including EMS (Early Mortality Syndrom) in the predatory fish salmon in the Great Lakes. Deficiency of ... -
Synthesis, characterisation photophysical and DFT studies of 2,2'-diphenylenegold(III) diethyldithiocarbamate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Cyclometalated gold(III) complexes have been demonstrated to show electroluminescence properties and have been employed as electrophosphorescent ... -
Survival, habitat use, and movement of resident and translocated greater prairie-chickens
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Few rigorous studies have evaluated translocation as a management tool, despite frequent use of the technique in conservation settings. We used radiotelemetry to compare survival, habitat use, and movements among 58 resident ...