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Feeding studies of dietary diacylglycerol oil in normal and lipoprotein lipase-deficient cats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Diacylglycerol (DAG) oil has been investigated in humans and animals as a potential therapy for hypertriglyceridemia and related disorders. DAG oil was evaluated in healthy cats and in a feline model of hypertriglyceridemia ...
Conceptualizing the ultimate punishment in China : a political, cultural, and historical analysis of the death penalty in communist China, 1949-2007
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In his well known essay "Politics as a Vocation", Max Weber argued that the "...state is a human community that...claims the monopoly of the legitimate ...
Predictors of polypharmacy and off-label prescribing of psychotropic medications : a national survey of child psychiatrists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In the current study we used a national survey of child psychiatrists to examine typical prescribing practices for children with anxiety, depression, and disruptive behavior disorders from a social judgment theory perspective. We examined the extent...
Evidence of servant leadership in professional learning communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
value for other subscales. Based on the results of this study, school leaders seeking to develop professional learning communities may benefit from learning more about servant leadership and seeking to implement these characteristics in their own...
The relationships of organizational web site information and job seeker characteristics with perceptions of and attraction to the organization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Perceptions of web site information, including information specificity, navigability/usability, and web site orientation were hypothesized to be related to outcomes including perceived person-organization (P-O) fit, ...
Empirically derived profiles of classroom management strategies and related student outcomes : a latent profile analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
profile of classroom management strategies. Implications of these findings are discussed for school-based school psychological practice....
Cultural values reflected within Chinese children's stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A total of 145 Chinese children's stories published from the 1980s to the present were examined to explore the changes in Chinese culture as a result of modernization and globalization in Chinese society. The selected ...
Human resource management practices and organizational commitment and intention to leave: the mediating role of perceived organizational support and psychological contracts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of HRM practices as a critical tool to make the employees more committed to their organization which in turn would affect employee intention to stay or leave the organization. The objective...
Alternative tillage and nitrogen management options to increase crop production and reduce nitrous oxide emissions from claypan soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
than most agricultural soils partly due to poor drainage which may increase the potential for gaseous nitrogen loss of applied fertilizers, including nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural practices in the United States account for 78...
A comparison of distributed leadership readiness in elementary and middle schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This quantitative study determined the order of leadership dimensions most utilized in elementary and middle school settings compared the most and least prevalent characteristics of distributed leadership exhibited in ...
Identities on the line : youth, internet use, and citizenship in Kyrgyzstan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
implications for citizenship. The study adds knowledge from the Central Asian context to recent theoretical work on "cultural citizenship," which posits alternative, global citizenship practices. Implications for global journalism studies and for media...
Gut feelings and goal pursuit : a path to self-concordance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Two studies examined the role of gut feelings within the self-concordance model of goal pursuit (Sheldon & Elliot, 1999). Using a correlational design, Study 1 found that pursuing goals based on a gut feeling is positively related to having self...
The myth of monetary surrogacy : the geographical logic of campaign contributions in state legislative campaigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this thesis, I analyze the geographic origins of state legislative campaign contributions. Previous studies have addressed the origins of campaign ...
Adoption of nutrient management practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
-farm income on adoption of conservation practices. The contribution of the current study is to provide a conceptual model which shows that off-farm work has positive impact on adoption of capital incentive practices and negative impact on adoption labor...
Fever and pyrexia with verification of thermisters in dogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
An elevated body temperature (pyrexia) often accompanies disease. Body temperature measurement is one of the vital parameters in medicine. This thesis contains a literature review of the pathophysiology of temperature ...
The good news : measuring the impact of religious words in mass media communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study explored the relation and use of religious ideas in television news stories. A psychophysiological experiment, based on Lang's (2006) model of limited capacity processing, was conducted using pre-recorded television news stories...
Disaggregate forecasting models : application to Ameren UE's transformer usage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Maintaining appropriate inventory levels is essential when attempting to maximize potential revenue and customer satisfaction. Within the utilities industry the significance of customer satisfaction is of utmost importance ...
Determining reliability and validity of a faculty survey to identify current teaching strategies and application of internet technologies in a Taiwanese university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of webbased teaching strategies for use as an instrument to conduct a survey to determine the level of instructional practices by a Taiwanese university faculty and the degree...
Effects of consultation on professional learning communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
teams with the overall purpose of changing educator behavior through collaborative engagement with colleagues and use of data to inform instructional practices (DuFour, Eaker, & DuFour, 2005; McLaughlin & Talbert, 2006). School-based teams...
A study on the relationship of death anxiety and the completion of advance directives for oncology social workers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
of the Association of Oncology Social Work completed death anxiety and advance directive communication practices survey instruments. Terror Management Theory and Personal Construct Theory guided the examination of the results. Respondents having more years of work...