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Mobile truck entrepreneurship: motivations and strategies of non-food mobile retail truck entrepreneurs in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation set out to explore the emerging phenomenon of modern mobile retail trucks opening for business across the United States starting in the early 2010s. Thirty-one participants were interviewed, and the data ...
A Theory of Consumer Fraud in Market Economies
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Of the many forms of human behavior, perhaps none more than those of force
and fraud have caused so much harm in both social and ecological environments. In
spite of this, neither shows signs of weakening given their ...
Structural and enzymatic characterization of bacterial cell wall enzymes: focus on penicillin-binding proteins
(2013)
The research presented in this dissertation was aimed at understanding several structural and biochemical features underlying the bacterial cell wall biosynthetic process using statistical, biochemical and analytical tools. ...
A Hybrid Modeling Approach to Assess the Efficacy of Control Measures on Paratuberculosis on U.S. Dairy Farms
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Paratuberculosis, also known as Johne's disease or JD, is a chronic contagious
infection, caused by Mycobaterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP). This fatal disease
is incurable and causes considerable economic losses to ...
Perspectives of school administrators related to school library media programs after participating in an online course, "School library advocacy for administrators"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This mixed methods study examines the experiences of two groups of administrators who participated in the online course, "School Library Advocacy for Administrators," respectively, in the summer of 2005 and the fall of ...
The microecology of identity in the last plays of Lanford Wilson
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
are fathers and family, betrayal, sexuality, and addiction. Wilson was traumatized by his father's abandonment as a child, then traumatized again when his father rejected him for being gay. The works in this study reflect Wilson's trauma and betrayal, his...
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 ...
Undergraduate catalog 2010-12, revised
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Collateral damage: anti-communism & U.S. cultural policy
(2014-07-28)
The United States of America has never formally declared a cultural policy nor
established a Cabinet-level department of cultural affairs, as many other nations have in the post-World War II era--depriving the American ...
Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of a series of sigma receptor ligands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Sigma receptors are involved in several biological processes, and sigma ligands might be promising as cancer treatment agents, cocaine abuse medicines, and valuable psychiatric drugs. In an attempt to elucidate effectual ...
Leadership challenges to public secondary school principals in the era of education reform and cultural unrest in border provinces of southern Thailand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This qualitative study examined leadership challenges of public secondary school principals in era of education reform and cultural unrest. It also explored the nature of principals' leadership emerged under the two ...
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 ...
Community multidimensional fall risk screening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to compile a multidimensional fall risk screening tool that would be used to establish preliminary reference values for modifiable fall risk factors tested in independent community dwelling ...
Mesoporous and nanostructured metal oxides for adsorptive water treatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Sewage containing a certain amount of dyes, when discharged into the environment, will cause serious problems and diseases to the human body and pose a threat to the ecosystem. In addition, waste from large animal farms, ...
Adjusting organizational structure for cooperative longevity : Missouri farmers association, 1920 - 1950
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this qualitative exploratory study is to analyze the process which led Missouri Farmer Association (MFA) to dramatically change its ...
Teacher opportunities to learn: responses and recommendations of grades 6-12 mathematics teachers from one district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This is a case study of one district, examining secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions of professional learning and teacher professional development. Research questions include: a) Why did the teachers from this ...
Developing a stand density module in LANDIS to improve simulation realism of stand dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Long-term landscape modeling is dependent on various forest dynamics including large-scale disturbances, environmental effects, land management and stand-scale succession. The stand density module was designed for LANDIS ...
The Theological Edifice of Modern Experiential Protestantism: Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, and Palmer’s Reconstruction of nineteenth Century Pietism
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The aim of this work is to address the development of experiential Protestantism
in the nineteenth century, commonly called Pietism, through the theological contributions
of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Søren Kierkegaard, ...