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Rewriting the creative : toward a happenings theory of creative composition & The last monarchist : stories from Nepal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
First dissertation: Rewriting the creative: toward a happenings theory of creative composition. This dissertation explores the relationship between composition and creative writing in the light of the binary of rhetoric ...
Shostakovich in the United States of America : timelines, commentaries, and photographs for his three visits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] During the Cold War Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), the emblematic Soviet composer of the twentieth century, made three visits to his country's avowed ...
The scaffold protein POSH regulates T lymphocyte function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
T lymphocytes are critical mediators of the adaptive immune response. T cell receptor (TCR) mediated cJUN NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) activation is required for mounting proper T cell mediated immune responses. However, ...
Secured middleground for user and service integration in in federated network monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Multi-domain network performance monitoring (NPM) systems based on active measurements are being widely deployed in high-performance computing and ...
Transient collagen triple-helix binding to membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase : interaction studies and NMR-guided structural docking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] MT1-MMP (MMP-14) as pericellular collagenase is critically involved in cancer cell invasion through collagen barriers that it degrades. To better ...
No crown without the cross : the formation, existence, and disappearance of the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCCSS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In December 1948, an article by Seamus Brady in The Manitoba Ensign claimed, "[The Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland] has branches in every city in ...
Bayesian hierarchical models for estimating nest survival
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Nest survival rate is a critical value in avian study to evaluate the landbirds populations. The widely used likelihood-based logistic regression model ...
A mixed methods approach to learning styles in hospitality online education : support for faculty and students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Hospitality online education has received more attention over the past years. Potential students are seeing this avenue as a compromise to obtaining ...
Localization mechanisms of small plant-dwelling insects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Movement is the basis of animal ecology, and understanding the causes and consequences of animal movement is a major goal of ecological research. ...
Redating Pericles: A Re-examination of Shakespeare’s Pericles as an Elizabethan Play
(2015)
Pericles's apparent inferiority to Shakespeare’s mature works raises many questions for
scholars. Was Shakespeare collaborating with an inferior playwright or playwrights? Did he
allow so many corrupt printed versions ...
Structural investigations of the protein export system at the single molecule level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
More than 30% of proteins in any organism are transported from the site of synthesis into or through cell membranes to properly localize and function. The general secretory (Sec system) is the major route of export for ...
Data Structures and Algorithms for Partitioning a Set into Sets of Non-Descending Cardinality
(2015)
Data structures have been around since the structured programming era. Algorithms
often associate with data structures. An algorithm is a sequence of instructions that
accomplishes a task in a finite time period. The ...
Videofluoroscopic characterization of dysphagia in the low copy number SOD1-G93A transgenic mouse model of ALS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this study was to determine if the SOD1-G93A low copy number mouse model of ALS is a suitable model for studying dysphagia (i.e., swallowing ...
Niche construction and the role of environment : towards a new logic of natural selection explanations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Biological systems may move in, feed on, socialize with, and change the world around it. How should we explain how these systems develop, act, think, ...
Images of community crime in Ferguson, Missouri : older adults perspectives prior to July 2014
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Environmental demands such as crime and fear of crime can affect how older adults perceive their individual quality of life in the community. The purpose of this research study was to investigate how older adults perceive ...
Raman, Infrared and Microwave Spectra, Conformational Stability, R₀ Structural Parameters and Vibrational Assignments of Some Organoamines, Organophosphines, Alcohols And Substituted Four And Five Membered Rings
(2014)
The infrared and Raman spectra of compounds with amino, phosphours, silane and hydroxyl functional groups, as well as some with cyclic skeletal structures have been recorded of the gas and in condensed phases. Temperature ...
Development of a pregnancy associated glycoprotein assay to detect late embryonic mortality in cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Embryonic mortality (EM) decreases profitability of a beef or dairy operation because of the impact that it is has on delaying the time of conception ...
The division of moral labor : prospects, problems and progress in examining the moral status/social category relationship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis outlines a theoretical framework that yields testable predictions concerning how social categorization impacts moral regard. According to ...
Development of standardized and validated survey methods for assessing unionoid mussel assemblages in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Unionoid mussels are a highly imperiled faunal group that play an important role in the function and health of freshwater ecosystems. Habitat alteration ...
Text mining with neural network and MapReduce
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Increasing data from internet can provide helpful information to support business process such as product development process, inventory management ...