Browsing by Thesis Semester "2023 Spring"
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30 years of change : visualizing hotter drought at upper treeline along the Colorado Trail
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Over the last 30 years, the Southern Rocky Mountains (SRM) have experienced an unprecedented period of warming and aridity. The consequences of this hotter and drier climate are becoming increasingly evident across Rocky ... -
A 100-Year Historical Study of East High School in Kansas City, Missouri
(2023)East High School was opened in 1926 to over nine hundred students from the surrounding neighborhoods. At that time, East High School was an all-White suburban school in comparison to its identity today as the most diverse ... -
A Descriptive Analysis of Fatal and Non-Fatal Shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, from 2015-2020
(2023)Firearm usage in homicides has become a significant concern within the United States. While our understanding of what elements comprises a firearm-based homicide is well studied, what is not is the characteristics, and ... -
A Narrative Case Study Exploring The Preparation Experiences of Novice Teachers In Urban Elementary Schools
(2023)Literature has shown that qualified, effective, and confident teachers are the number one predictor of student success inside the classroom. Students in urban schools experience a greater number of inexperienced or qualified ... -
A Narratological Inquiry into U.S. African Refugee Youths’ Educational Experiences
(2023)The arrival of refugees over the past two decades changed the face of classrooms in Kansas City, Missouri, resulting in refugee youth being unprepared for post-secondary opportunities. This critical narrative study aimed ... -
A Novel Deep Learning-Based Framework for Context Aware Semantic Segmentation in Medical Imaging
(2023)Deep learning has an enormous impact on medical image analysis. Many computer-aided diagnostic systems equipped with deep networks are rapidly reducing human intervention in healthcare. Among several applications, medical ... -
A Quantitative Examination Of Community College Students' Self-Efficacy Inside Mathematics Pathways
(2023)The purpose of this quantitative study was to measure the change in mathematics self-efficacy of students enrolled in a college mathematics course at a community college in Missouri. The change was measured over a single ... -
Accessibility and user perception of parks in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Parks serve an essential role in city life as many residents enjoy visiting and interacting with the outdoors on a regular basis. The open space, greenery, quietness, and lack of crowds can provide a wonderful contrast to ... -
Achieving sustainability through re-municipalized energy services : exploring formation, efficacy, and impacts of community choice aggregations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] We urgently need to transform the current global energy landscape into a more sustainable and resilient one as we face increasing pressure to alleviate and mitigate climate change. The energy ... -
ACS Data Conversion From Census Geographies To Neighborhood & Community Boundaries
(2023)American Community Survey (ACS) data from one geography can be converted into the appropriate boundaries for communities and neighborhoods using a weighting approach. The American Community Study (ACS) is an annual study ... -
Adaptations enabling PBP1a-driven polar growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] For bacteria with complex life cycles involving several environmental niches, adaptability is key. The plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a master of adaptability as it lives two distinct ... -
Advancing Uranium(III) reductive chemistry through hetroleptic metallocene aryloxide ligand frameworks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)This dissertation looks at the reductive chemistry of Uranium (III)bis- pentamethylcyclopentadienyl arylox-ide complexes. For chapter two, the reactivity of two metallocene aryloxide U(III) complexes, [(C5Me5)2U(O-Ar)], R ... -
"All of them lead to the light" : a new materialist analysis of the uses of light in Mithraic ritual contexts through digital modelling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)The Cult of Mithras is one of a number of cults transmitted from the East that were practiced in the Roman Empire, but distinguishes itself by drawing congregants from lower socioeconomic standing and sharing elements of ... -
Amazonian Vision: Representations of Women Artists in Victorian Fiction
(2023)This dissertation examines representations of women artists—writers, musicians, painters, and photographers—in nineteenth-century British novels and poetry written by Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George ... -
An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
(2023)This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. The dissertation concludes with a ... -
An experimental study on the performance of existing and custom quiet propeller designs for unmanned aircraft systems
(2023)Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, are being employed in a myriad of civilian and military applications including: aerial photographs of houses for real estate photography, videos of car chases, or package delivery. ... -
Analyzing compositional strategies in video game music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Composers of music for video games face a unique set of challenges, including issues of interactivity, non-linearity, diegesis, and versatility. This study explores several possible correlations among these challenges and ... -
Application of electromagnetic scattering reduction techniques for small unmanned aerial vehicles
(2023)This thesis focuses on the development and application of electromagnetic scattering reduction techniques, designs, and materials to small, relatively low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The application of electromagnetic ... -
Assessing strategies for achieving environmentally sustainable food systems using robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] With growing populations and affluence, many organizations predict that food demand will increase, which presents considerable challenges to achieving economic, environmental, and social ... -
Assessing the quality and distribution of news in local television and newspaper markets using data science methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Increasingly over the last two decades, U.S. newspapers have struggled with declining readership, decreasing revenues and competition from social media companies, among other challenges. More Americans have found themselves ...