Browsing by Thesis Semester "2007 Summer"
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11 [beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in feline, equine, and ossabaw swine adipose tissue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Enzymatic 11 [beta] HSD1 amplification of glucocorticoid concentrations in adipose tissue has been associated with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease in humans and mice. Unfortunately, ... -
Activation of astrocytes: involvement of NADPH oxidase and cytosolic phospholipase A2
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced in cells by enzymic and non-enzymic mechanisms and play important roles in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative ... -
Against the terrible death
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Against the Terrible Death is a collection of poems about the intersections of history, ancient and comtemporary, personal and public. The collection ... -
Ammonia elimination from protonated nucleobases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The dediazoniations of the diazonium ion 1 of 4-aminopyrimidine and of the tautomeric cytosinediazonium ions 2 and 3 are facile and result in the formations of cations 4, 5, and 6. The pyrimidine ring-opening of 4, 5 and ... -
Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data: successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Temporal instability of affect is a defining characteristic of some psychological disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and mood cycling disorders. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) enables researchers ... -
Analysis of flame images in gas-fired furnaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A promising architecture is proposed in this research work for evaluating gasfired furnace flame combustion quality. The quality assessment is based on information on its fuel and oxidizer flow rate level which are the ... -
Analysis of withdrawal reasons and mobility factors for Missouri's public school students with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Special education students receive specialized instruction, yet they are dropping out twice as often as their nondisabled peers (Smink & Cash, 2006). ... -
"The art of printing shall endure": journalism, community, and identity in New York City, 1800-1810
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This thesis reconstructs the community of printers, booksellers, and bookbinders that existed in New York City in the first decade of the nineteenth-century. A close analysis of city directories published between 1800 and ... -
Assemblage structure and shallow-water habitat use by small-bodied fishes at lower Missouri River sandbars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Populations of many native big-river fishes have declined since channelization and flow regulation contributed to losses of shallow-water habitat (SWH) on lower Missouri River (LMOR). Existing point and wing-dike sandbars ... -
Attitudes, awareness and actions of the residents of the Hinkson Creek watershed regarding water quality and environmentalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This study explored the attitudes and opinions of 4,653 homeowners in the Hinkson Creek watershed regarding water quality and environmentalism in the watershed. The Hinkson Creek flows north to south through Boone County ... -
Autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation as a therapy for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of rare genetic diseases characterized by neurodegeneration and accumulation of autofluorescent lysosomal storage bodies in numerous cell types. There are currently no ... -
Automating traffic studies at modern roundabouts: a feasibility study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The modern roundabout is growing in popularity as an alternative intersection design, however it presents engineers a new quandary. At a traditional intersection, traffic movements may more easily counted given vehicle ... -
Beyond the edge : riparian habitat use and forest management effects on stream salamanders in the southern Appalachian mountains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)While there are many types of habitat loss and degradation (e.g., agriculture, land development), many studies have focused on the impacts of logging on wildlife populations and on ecosystem processes. Little information, ... -
Biodegradable packaging for corrosion inhibition via supercriticial fluid
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The focus of this study is to develop a packaging material that is both biodegradable (BD) and provides corrosion protection for a packaged metal ... -
Caveolin-1 A scaffold for microcompartmental organization of membrane-associated glycolysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of membrane caveolae in the compartmentation of membrane glycolytic metabolism indicates a pivotal role of caveolin in the localization of ... -
Characterization of membrane viscosity changes with the novel molecular rotor FCVJ
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Membrane viscosity can be defined as the "thickness" of a cell membrane. Membrane viscosity conditions are a useful indicator of cell health. Many diseases have been reported to induce changes in afflicted cell membrane ... -
Characterization of the role of adenovirus-5 (Ad-5) gene products E2A, E4ORF6 and VA RNA on adeno-associated virus type 5 (AAV5) transcription, translation and replication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] AAV5 is the most distinct serotype of the AAVs differing from the prototype virus AAV2 at the nucleotide level. We show that in AAV5 the Rep transcripts ... -
A class of Gorenstein Artin algebras of embedding dimension four
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Let R be a polynomial ring in n variables and I be a homogeneous ideal in R. Such an ideal I is called Gorenstein if the quotient R/I has a free ... -
College students' information search behavior for spring break: an exploration in the concept of specialization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study identified college student travelers' different information search behaviors, dividing the travelers into groups of high, medium and low ... -
Collision free path planning algorithms for robot navigation problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Path planning problem, including maze navigation is a challenging topic in robotics. Indeed, a significant amount of research has been devoted to this problem in recent years. Genetic algorithm is a popular approach that ...