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The leaders' role in creating a positive culture in Islamic schools through the lens of invitational leadership: a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Although private Islamic schools in United States have shared values that bring stakeholders together, a positive, inviting school culture does not always result from such common values and practices. Thus, examining a ...
Journeying from academically-underprepared to prepared : exploring developmental community college students' perceptions of developmental advising at a Carribean-based community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study explored how developmental students enrolled at the TTIOO community college experienced the resident developmental advising service. Emphasis was placed on ascertaining how these students perceived the role of ...
Where is the L in STEM?: one teacher's integration experiences with literacy, science, and engineering
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain a better understanding of how literacy is integrated within the context of STEM education (more specifically science and engineering) in a primary classroom through ...
A qualitative study of teacher leadership in secondary schools in central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This qualitative study examined teacher leadership with the purpose of gaining knowledge and insight as well as adding to existing research about teacher leaders. Research was conducted in the form of surveys and interviews. ...
Smoke in a Bottle: Adolescent Literacies and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in an Urban Catholic High School
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Increased standardization within adolescent literacy education leads to
dehumanization of students who become a demographic label, statistic, or problem to fix
(Blackburn, 2013; Freire, 1996; Gordon, 2009; Paris & Alim, ...
Mizzou, volume 099, number 2 (2011 winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2011)
Program and Personal Factors as Predictors of Spiritual Competence
(2014-03-31)
concerns. Because of this, spiritual competence is essential and should be addressed throughout counselor training. The present study focuses on counseling students’ training experiences in and attitudes toward religious/spiritual diversity...
Clustering in relational data and ontologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation studies the problem of clustering objects represented by relational data. This is a pertinent problem as many real-world data sets can only be represented by relational data for which object-based clustering ...
How Discrimination Experiences Impact Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Bereaved Black and African Americans
(2021)
Black and African American people experience bereavement more frequently and earlier in life than their White counterparts and thus may be more impacted by Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). However, relatively little research ...
Mechanisms of inhibition and resistance to antiviral drugs targeting human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Although human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) are very different viruses, the replication of their genome involves a reverse transcription...
Evaluation of micro-dystrophin based and dystrophin-independent AAV gene therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Duchenne Muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common, progressive childhood muscular dystrophy with an X-linked inheritance. The major cause of the disease...
A sense of where they were neoliberals and the Democratic Party in an Era of Challenges and political transformation, 1978-1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This Thesis examines the development of neoliberal politics within the Democratic Party, concentrating on the period from 1978 to 1989. The thesis focuses on elite...
The memeification of "woke culture": a multimodal critical discourse analysis of its articulation in Essence; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Teen Vogue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The African American English (AAE) word "woke," remains underappreciated for its significance in American history and in the current Movement for Black Lives discourse. The replication and oversaturation of the concept--which ...
Effects of Selected Contaminants on the Physical, Chemical, and Geotechnical Properties of Aquifer Solid
(2014)
contaminants on the hydraulic conductivity of sand. Bulk sand samples from the Missouri River Valley aquifer— a major source of groundwater supply in the U.S. Midwest— were collected for this study. Sand samples, representing the aquifer and vadose zone...
Stereoselective synthesis of seven-membered rings using intramolecular (4+3) cycloaddition reactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Heterocyclic molecules containing seven-membered rings have importance in organic synthesis owing to their presence in some natural products and biologically active molecules. Furthermore, these scaffolds act as important ...
Novel targeted lipid prodrugs to improve cellular absorption of acyclovir and topical delivery to the eye via nanomicellar approach
(2013)
Biotinylated lipid prodrugs of acyclovir (ACV) were designed to target the
sodium dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) on the intestine and cornea to
facilitate ACV cellular transport. All the prodrugs were screened ...
Breast cancer imaging and detection using microwave technique
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Worldwide, breast cancer continues to be the top cause of death among women and the second-leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. Thus, it has become a great...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation investigates alliances across gender, race, and class in the dynamics of working class solidarity. The analysis examines the geographically bounded organizational networks, community spatial organization, ...
Mizzou, volume 102, number 3 (2014 Spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2014)
Raising awareness and encouraging action : evaluating professional training as a means to strengthen work routines among environmental communication practitioners
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Although environmental threats have been around for a while, now, more than ever, people are aware of their impacts and consequences. Environmental communicators work to raise...