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Cultural identity of bilingual adults : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This case study of the cultural identity of bilingual adults aims to discover the changes in the self-identification of sequential Russian-English bilingual adults that occur as a result of the immersion in the second ...
Prosthetic foot design with biomimetic ankle mechanism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This thesis proposes a novel lower-limb prosthetic device. Current prosthetics either have overly simplistic designs with inaccurate biomechanics or use delicate microprocessors that are easily damaged in harsh environments. ...
Worldmaking in The Gray House by Mariam Petrosian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Disability in narrative often displays negative patterns such as overcoming a disability, exceptional achievements, the association of poverty and crime, and "fixing" someone. Mariam Petrosian breaks these patterns in the ...
Identifying and understanding the philosophical and historical context of Vladimir Putin's rhetoric through his New Year addresses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
As leader of the Russian Federation, a state with both a large military stockpile and veto power in the United Nations, it is important to understand who Vladimir Putin is as a leader. In order to do so, we must first ...
Marginal and conditional posterior predictive p-values in Bayesian SEM
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The posterior predictive p-value (ppp-value) is currently the primary measure of fit for Bayesian SEM. It is a measure of discrepancy between observed data and a posited model, comparing an observed likelihood ratio test ...
Documentary advertising and consumer perception of a brand : a case study of Dove Beauty's 'Selfie' advertisement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Advertising is an ever-evolving field. Brands are always looking for new and exciting ways to connect with their target audiences. One way in which ...
OPT and the geography of employment : understanding the post-graduation work mobilities of Missouri's international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis looks at the geographic distribution of employment for Missouri's international students following graduation, as well as their employment ...
Improving viability of immunodeficient RAG2-/- pigs by non-specific porcine antibody administration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Immunodeficient swine models such as the RAG2-/- model, are valuable to the field of regenerative medicine; however, their utility would greatly benefit ...
A study of reading in 'Little Women'
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is often thought of as a book that focuses on the development of girls into women, but also on the development ...
Earthquakes in central eastern United States (CEUS) : spatiotemporal patterns and correlations with tectonic factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Earthquakes have a history of predominantly occurring along plate boundaries; however, there have been notable exceptions -- the occurrence of earthquakes ...
Justifying brutality : news readers' perceptions of police violence and race
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Over the past few decades, police brutality has attracted the attention of the American public and news media. With increased attention, one topic of ...
Selecting data for multilingual multi-domain neural machine translation on low resource languages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While machine translation has achieved impressive results on the world's most widely spoken languages, thousands of languages do not have the quantity ...
A partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry scenarios and comments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using a partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry, the author evaluates alternative recovery scenarios from the current African Swine ...
Quantitative analysis of impact of response to intervention on 2019 sixth-grade rural public middle school Missouri assessment program performance by free and reduced-price lunch eligibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study focused on the impact of response to intervention on 2019 sixth-grade rural public middle school Missouri Assessment Program performance by free and reduced-price lunch eligibility. Response to intervention was ...
We have a duty to eradicate HIV in the community, in the world' : successful PrEP use among black men who have sex with men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) have a 50% lifetime risk of HIV infection. The HIV epidemic continues to be a perplexing health issue, despite ...
The blue light responses and lifetime fitness of a hyper-phototropic mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Optimal plant growth and development hinges on the plant's ability to absorb sunlight. Because plants are sessile, they have evolved a variety of ...
Distributing leadership to leaders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study aims to contribute to the literature on Distributed Leadership Theory by examining the way in which educational leadership is changing to ...
Catch-up innovation in emerging market multinationals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this dissertation, I study how emerging market multinationals innovate to catch up with incumbent global leaders. By extending entrepreneurial ...
Impact level of entry on completion rates and GPA of technical education students at a Midwest community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Technical education is a method for training a skilled workforce. Dual enrollment allows high school students to start a college program early. The ...
Investment in couple relationship education as a key in the process of change : received dosage, active application, and motivation for attending
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] It is important to understand what works for whom and in which contexts in couple relationship education (CRE). This study examined investment in CRE ...