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Historical rainfall analysis and climate implications for agriculture in midwest United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
A historical analysis of precipitation using 72 years of data from Midwest stations focuses on the implications of climate change for agricultural interests. The number of precipitation events, consecutive days of ...
Detecting latent mean differences between non-invariant groups using ordered categorical variables
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Though more and more applied researchers have begun to treat response options as ordered-categorical variables when conducting measurement invariance ...
An ecological systems approach to reduce children's encounters with obscenity on the internet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation explores how to reduce children's encounters with obscenity on the Internet. Congress has been trying to shield children from encountering online obscenity and some of Congress' attempts failed because ...
Parsimonious item response theory modeling with different link functions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Traditional item response theory (IRT) models assume a symmetric error distribution and rely on symmetric (logit or probit) link functions to model the response probabilities. However, this assumption does not always hold ...
Assessing impacts and targeting of agricultural conservation practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Conservation Effects Assessment Project in 2003 to quantify water quality and wildlife benefits of conservation programs funded by the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment ...
The place names of four river counties in eastern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1943)
"...In 1928 the study of Missouri place-names was started at the University of Missouri. Graduate English students interested in the history and linguistics of the names in their own state have chosen to write theses ...
Multi-objective optimization models for surgical services planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Surgical services constitute a major portion of overall expenses in a hospital including staff salaries, operating rooms, beds, etc. Surgery is also a ...
El proyecto de recontrucción moral espiritista de Luisa Capetillo: de la edificación del individuo a la comunidad global
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Esta investigación examina el espiritismo como filosofía moral en la narrativa de Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922). Mi propósito es demostrar que la autora construye su discurso ético utilizando como base el trabajo del francés ...