Browsing by Thesis Semester "2022 Spring"
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A modeling framework for spatial transmission of Covid-19 in local communities
(2022)COVID-19 is the recent infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Because the transmissibility of the virus is relatively high and the outbreaks remained undetected ... -
A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Imagine Learning on English Learner's English and Reading Proficiency
(2022)Reading on grade level by the close of third grade has been shown to impact a student’s chance to graduate on time and therefore impacting future success. English learners (ELs), however, have struggled to read on grade ... -
Ab Initio Density Functional Theory Charge Distributions of Vinyltrimethylphosphonium, Vinylphosphorinium, and Vinyldiphosphonium Tetrafluoroborate Salts with Mechanistic Studies of Phospha-Michael Additions to Activated Acetylenes
(2022)While vinylammonium and vinylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate salts have previously been well investigated by the Buszek research group in their applications to Diels-Alder and other reactions, very little is known about their ... -
Access to high-quality and effective teachers through a para-to-teacher grow your own program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/31/2023] This study investigated how a Grow Your Own (GYO) paraprofessional-to-teacher program increased access to a workforce of teacher educators in the rural areas of southwest Missouri. The teacher ... -
Accumulation: embroidery palimpsests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)My work explores concepts related to temporal degradation and the impulse to preserve. Through the gradual accretion of fibrous material over extended periods of time, I produce stratified composite structures which serve ... -
Active deformation of the South Granite Mountain Fault System : reactivated compressional faults vs. extensional overprinting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 6/1/2023] Quaternary faulting in and around Wyoming's Wind River Basin may pose a moderate earthquake risk for dams and other infrastructure within the region. The South Granite Mountains Fault Zone, located ... -
Adsorption interactions of UV-aged microplastic particles with sulfamethazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Due to growing plastic demand and production without proper waste management, microplastics have become common around the world throughout diverse systems. At the same time, increased detection of antibiotics in the ... -
Advances in medical infrared thermography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/31/2023] The association between illness and body temperature dates back to the beginnings of medicine. Over the last few years, infrared thermography has attracted increased attention in various medical ... -
Alterations in cardiac contractility and heart rate mediated by bone loading
(2022)The skeleton is a dynamic organ in complex interplay with the other systems of the body and is highly responsive to input from the external environment. Increasingly, evidence is mounting that the skeleton is the source ... -
An Analysis of the Stellar Mass Properties of Distant Galaxy Clusters From the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS)
(2022)The epoch at redshift z ∼ 1 and above is an important one for the study of the evolution of galaxy clusters, as this is the epoch where star formation in clus- ter cores in quenched. Most wide-area cluster surveys at this ... -
An analysis of discipline disparities of Black and White students in Springfield public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)In the existing literature, there is evidence of inequities in the use of exclusionary discipline, however, there is an absence of literature examining why this discrepancy exists in light of substantial efforts to address ... -
An analysis of financial aid offers and parent plus loan borrowing from 2015-2019 at Missouri, public four-year universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The Parent PLUS loan covers the financial gap of a student's educational expenses after other forms of financial assistance. Depending on the unmet need, the PLUS loan amount borrowed can be tens of thousands of dollars ... -
Analyzing access: an analysis of food desert coverage during COVID-19
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This study explored the ways in which food desert coverage was reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the research was to analyze reporting patterns such as themes, use of race, and sourcing practices to ... -
And yet, they remain: a phenomenological study of career, female, primary-role advisors at four-year institutions in the Midwestern region of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Numerous women spend their entire careers in academic advising though it is not clear whether women stay in these roles because they experience high levels of personal wellbeing and meaningfulness or because they experience ... -
The anxiety of authorship among women fantasy writers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This thesis applies Gilbert's and Gubar's feminist theory evident in The Madwoman in the Attic to the male-dominated, gender biased fantasy genre that works to support and embolden evidence of an existing "anxiety of ... -
Artificial neural network models utilize chamber-specific predictors of cardiac fibrosis in ovariectomized and aortic-banded Yucatan mini-swine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 6/1/2023] Objective: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a disease associated with significant clinical pathophysiological heterogeneity in which maladaptive cardiac fibrosis, in both ... -
Assessing the impact of the 1918/1919 influenza pandemic in Missouri counties heavily involved in lead-zinc mining
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Occupational concentrations within regions have the capability to influence infectious disease transmission as they shape the way humans interact within a community. The 1918 influenza pandemic is widely discussed as the ... -
Assessing variance in inpatient hospitalization rates for three major chronic conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Introduction: A chronic condition is broadly defined as a health condition lasting one or more years that requires relatively consistent medical attention and/or imposes limitations on tasks and activities considered part ... -
Augmenting biological pathway extraction with synthetic data and active learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The corpus of biomedical literature is growing rapidly as many papers are recorded in PubMed every day. These papers often contain high-quality biological pathways in their figures/text, which are great resources for ... -
Balanced entertainment: motivations behind watching cable news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 6/1/2023] Cable news networks have a peculiar dynamic with their audiences compared to other television news mediums, as their privatized, highly competitive nature means they are especially dependent on ...