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Iron, wine, and a woman named Lucy : landscapes of memory in St. James, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The rural community of St. James, Missouri has experienced moderate growth in recent times. The town's location offers both opportunities for and obstacles to economic and human development, and its history provides a ...
Active learning engagement classrooms at the University of Central Missouri : practical strategies to implement and sustain utilization of active learning in higher education using technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The tradition of lecturing in higher education is synonymous to teaching (Morrison, 2014). Fortunately, those in higher education today are pushing for viable alternatives such as active learning because several studies ...
There is No Absolution for Us Here: An Anthology of Essays
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)
An anthology of creative nonfiction essays, this collection studies the inner workings of
the author at her most vulnerable: whether as a child unaware of her parents’ crumbling marriage
or as an adolescent struggling ...
Mugwumps and never trumps : the rhetoric of party bolting and party repair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Political partisanship has long occupied a central position in the study of American political rhetoric, but scholarly understanding of intraparty political communication has lagged behind that of interparty conflict. While ...
Understanding rural poverty clusters : the intersection of agriculture, economic structure and locality under postindustrialism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Analysis seeks to understand rural poverty within the context of agricultural and postindustrial economic structure. Detailed socioeconomic data are analyzed for 4,610 non-metropolitan census tracts in the north central ...
Resistance to the dominant economic discourses : making sense of the economy from a working-class neighborhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study explores the way that working-class people contest dominant economic discourses and how they develop alternative explanations for their economic situation. Based on qualitative interviews, participant observation, ...
Making the Frontier’s Anatomical Engineers: Osteopathy, A. T. Still (1828–1917), his Acolytes and Patients
(2020)
This project seeks to understand osteopathy as patients, students, and doctors did during the late nineteenth century. A. T. Still’s osteopathic medical theories proclaimed manual therapeutics to treat disease. Still’s ...
Mechanisms of polar growth in the alphaproteobacterial order rhizobiales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
All bacteria elongate and divide to faithfully reproduce their cell shape. Understanding the mechanisms that drive bacterial morphology requires an intimate knowledge of how the cell wall is synthesized. During cell ...
Investigating the role of arginine 21 in the structure and function of human [alpha]A-crystallin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cataractogenesis in the eye lens occurs as a result of protein aggregation. Of the multiple mutations in [alpha]A-crystallins associated with the ...
Investigating the role of arginine 21 in the structure and function of human [alpha]a-crystallin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cataractogenesis in the eye lens occurs as a result of protein aggregation. Of the multiple mutations in [alpha]A-crystallins associated with the ...
Women of the Heartland : tradition and evolution in the Missouri women's movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis is a local study of the women's movement in Missouri. The primary topic is organized feminist activity, though it shows also feminist/antifeminist interactions. Missouri early established an official Commission ...
Animals in Rome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Humans have coexisted intimately with animals for thousands of years, yet our relationship with them is still fraught with uncertainty. Animal behavior ...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...
Successful black entrepreneurs in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The focus this research is on the aspects of success for African American entrepreneurs in Columbia, Missouri that could be emulated to grow more sustainable black businesses thereby increasing the economy of the community. ...
Pentiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
"Pentiment is a project with two parts, the most recent manifestation of a set of goals and ideas surrounding representation and community engagement with which I continually engage. It’s first aspect is local: it is as ...
Rivers running through : an urban environmental history of the Kansas Cities and the Missouri River
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] An environmental history of Kansas City and an urban history of the Missouri River, this dissertation shows how interconnected the city and the river ...
Reality TV and interpersonal relationship perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The objective of this research was to understand the relationship between viewer motives for watching reality TV, reality TV exposure, and interpersonal relationship perceptions. The interpersonal relationship perceptions ...
Teacher Reported Preparedness: A Study of One Midwest Metropolitan School District
(2013)
The ultimate purpose of school lies in the success and achievement of its students. Therefore, efforts must be made to continuously improve achievement for every student. What the teacher knows and can do in the classroom ...
A qualitative study of the perceptions of the use of the teacher work sample methodology in student teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the perceptions of Early Childhood student teachers. This happened through the use of think-aloud journals documenting the use of the methodology of the Teacher ...
Ordination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Ordination consists of a collection of eight short stories and an introductory essay that situates the author and his work in contexts biographical, ...