Browsing by Thesis Semester "2019 Fall"
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A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational exploration of perceived stress, quality of life, and family functioning in parents of a child with congenital heart disease: The PinCHeD Study
(2020)Background: As survival rates for infants born with severe forms of cardiac disease improve, attention is directed to evaluating factors that affect the child’s short- and long-term outcomes, including parental stress, ... -
A Heuristic Multiple-Case Study of Culturally Relevant Practices of Six Urban Elementary School Principals
(2019)The purpose of this heuristic multiple-case study was to explore the practices of six urban elementary school principals regarding the use of culturally relevant practices in their schools. The central question was: How ... -
A qualitative case study deconstructing teachers' decisions in the pre-active stage of teaching to illuminate considerations made for teaching 21st-century skills and knowledge
(2019)The purpose of this heuristic case study was to develop a deeper understanding of how middle-level teachers in one Midwestern middle school account for teaching 21st-century skills and knowledge, within the context of a ... -
A Quantitative Analysis of the Role of Antihypertensive Drug Dose on Hypertension in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
(2019)Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent and major risk factor for poor cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Prior research suggests that HTN is underdiagnosed and undertreated in children ... -
A retrospective study of the clinical capstone experience on perceptions of practice readiness in associate degree student nurses and perceptors
(2019)Purpose of the Student Transitional Experience into Practice (STEP) study was to explore differences in perceptions of practice readiness between associate degree student nurses and their preceptors after a clinical capstone ... -
A Spatial Analysis of Homicide and Dangerous Buildings in Kansas City, Missouri
(2019)Criminological theories such as routine activities theory, rational choice theory, broken windows and disorder theory, crime pattern and environmental criminology, and social disorganization and collective efficacy theory ... -
Adding Insult to Injury: How Neoliberal Ideology Convinces the Disadvantaged to Blame Themselves for Poor Health
(2019)Health outcomes are strongly tied to social class. Childhood environment, level of education, income, and even neighborhood characteristics are strongly correlated with negative health outcomes such as obesity, diabetes, ... -
Advanced nanodielectric material development and scaling for use in compact ultra-high voltage capacitor prototypes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The dielectric material employed in this effort is a proprietary nanocomposite material, MU100. The material was initially developed to shrink high frequency, high voltage, dielectric loaded antennas; however, due to its ... -
An Investigation into the Contribution of Hybrid Renewable Energy System to Utility Grid in the Regions with Arid Climate
(2019)Increasing the emissions of carbon have a negative impact on our environment, since the beginning of industrial revolution. There is a wide consensus that climate change occurred due to human behavior, mainly from burning ... -
Artificial intelligence enabled automatic traffic monitoring system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The rapid advancement in the field of machine learning and high-performance computing have highly augmented the scope of video-based traffic monitoring systems. In this study, an automatic traffic monitoring system is ... -
Association of chronic self-perceived stress with mortality and health status outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: insights from the portrait registry
(2020)The prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is increasing worldwide and is estimated to affect about 360 million patients by 2030. Patients with PAD are at a higher risk of premature mortality and suffer from disability ... -
The audience as gatekeepers on Facebook : why consumers of local news share stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Journalists are losing control of the gates, the metaphorical mechanism by which they manage what the audience experiences. With the use of social ... -
Automated conflation framework for integrating transportation big datasets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The constant merging of the data, commonly known as Conflation, from various sources, has been a vital part for any phase of development, be it planning, governing the existing system or to study the effects of any ... -
Behavioral responses of drosophila suzukii (diptera: drosophilidae) to olfactory and visual cues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Selected fruit and leaf volatiles were assessed to determine their attractiveness to Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Two- and ... -
The belief in meritocracy predict well-being of low status college students when perceiving discrimination?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Students in Chinese universities from lower social or economic classes may be at risk of peer discrimination with negative physical and psychological effects; they may experience poor academic, social and career outcomes. ... -
Biophysical characterization of the structure and flexibility of the E. Coli ribosome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)At the discovery of ribosomes by George Palade in 1955 in the first image of the subcellular environment, he described them as "a particulate component of small dimensions (100 to 150 [alpha]) and high density". Subsequently, ... -
Blackouts made visible : a visual-textual analysis of Sarah Glidden's comics journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This thesis studies Sarah Glidden's largely unexamined book Rolling Blackouts as a significant contribution to the genre known as comics journalism. It argues that Glidden's work engages in a material struggle over the ... -
Blessed with an extra chromosome
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Cake for Fighting
(2019)Although individual freedom is so integral to western ideology, the idea that culture can supersede an individual’s basic human rights is surprisingly common in the United States. This is due to another western value: ... -
Checking the facts : behind the scenes with the unsung heroes of journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]