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Identification with the need to achieve
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
How an ad featured in Seventeen magazine appeals to the need to achieve.
The birth of a union : an archival history of Missouri's Memorial Union
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
In the early 20th century, the University of Missouri made the decision to create a memorable Student Union. However, it was not until sometime in 1919, after the end of the World War it was suggested there should be a ...
An unspoken tool : review of John Schilb's Rhetorical Refusals
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The refusal to engage in a topic of discussion, thus breaking away from an expected flow of dialogue, is considered an example of rhetorical refusal. Author John Schilb explores this matter in his book, Rhetorical Refusals: ...
Texting : the new form of communication ; actually, the new form of everything
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Instant messaging and text messaging have become vastly popular in recent years as a way for members of the younger generation to communicate with each other while avoiding actually opening their mouths. There has been ...
The Evolution of the format for physics of thin films
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
It is crucial that a scholarly journal develop over time to adapt to the advancing needs and demands of its readers. Every change, though not always drastic, should be an attempt to improve the quality of information ...
Rap, dogs, and human nature
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
A performative, visual narrative layered on top of a traditional narrative about the author's memory of his experience with rap.
Microcosmic Forests: An Investigation of Protein Crystallization Using ESEM, Contact AFM and Optical Microscopy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008)
Discovering the District: A Look at the history of Downtown Columbia
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Our project began in late January 2009. We took a walk through the streets of downtown Columbia admiring each building and wondering what stories they had to tell. After much consideration, we chose the Tiger Hotel, the ...
Sending Messages Nobody Wants to Hear : A Primer in Risk Communication
(AgBioForum, 2001)
Using case studies from nuclear waste disposal to genetically modified organisms, this paper examines the art and science of risk communication. It argues that effective risk communication must not only take account of the ...
Computational model of extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens predicts neuroadaptations by chronic cocaine
(Elsevier, 2009-02)
Chronic cocaine administration causes instability in extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens that is thought to contribute to the vulnerability to relapse. A computational framework was developed to model glutamate ...
Describing vernacular literacy practices to enhance understanding of community information needs: A case study with practical implications.
(2009)
Key documents guiding United States library service, including Reference and User Service Association (RUSA) guidelines and the American Library Association (ALA) Code of Ethics and Bill of Rights, focus on equitable public ...
Ice chemistry in embedded young stellar objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(American Astronomical Society, 2009)
We present spectroscopic observations of a sample of 15 embedded young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). These observations were obtained with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) as part
of ...
Albrecht D�rer's Curls : Melchior Lorck's 1550 Engraved Portrait and Its Relationship to D�rer's Self-Fashioned Public Image
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
"The image of the Nuremberg artist Albrecht D�rer with a mane of long curly hair is internationally recognizable. Its place in the collective consciousness of the Western world has been years in the making, beginning with ...
Reading sources and reading spaces in Honduras
(IFLA Journal, 2009)
Though literacy is often presented as a universal and monolithic achievement, it is in fact context-dependent, and largely dependent upon the kinds of texts available in a particular community. This paper presents an ...
Left-Libertarianism as a Promising Form of Liberal Egalitarianism
(Center for Philosophic Exchange SUNY Brockport, 2009)
Left-libertarianism is a theory of justice that is committed to full self-ownership and to an egalitarian sharing of the value of natural resources. It is, I shall suggest, a promising way of capturing the liberal egalitarian ...
An Empirical Analysis of United States Consumers' Concerns About Eight Food Production and Processing Technologies
(AgBioForum, 2005)
For a representative sample of US consumers, we analyze ratings of concern toward eight food production and processing technologies: antibiotics, pesticides, artificial growth hormones, genetic modification (GM), irradiation, ...
A Firework of H2 Knots in the planetary nebula NGC 7293 (The Helix Nebula)
(American Astronomical Society, 2009)
We present a deep and wide field-of-view (4 × 7 ) image of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 7293 (the Helix Nebula) in the 2.12 μm H2 v = 1 → 0 S(1) line. The excellent seeing (0. 4) at the Subaru Telescope, allows
the ...
Conciliatory Metaontology and the Vindication of Common Sense
(2000)
Any self-respecting ontologist worries on occasion, “are the disputes I engage in and spend my career thinking about verbal?” Conciliatory metaontologists answer in the affirmative, at least for many of the ontological ...
Optical Constants of Silicon Carbide for Astrophysical Applications. II. Extending Optical Functions from Infrared to Ultraviolet Using Single-Crystal Absorption Spectra
(American Astronomical Society, 2009)
Laboratory measurements of unpolarized and polarized absorption spectra of various samples and crystal structures of silicon carbide (SiC) are presented from 1200-35000 cm−1 (λ ∼ 8-0.28 μm) and used to improve the
accuracy ...