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Protecting the Self, Protecting White Supremacy: Exploring the Relationship Between Psychological Defense, Gender, and White Fragility
(2021)
Historically, research connected to social justice has focused on the experiences, challenges, and strengths of individuals on the margins (Jamel, 2017). Only more recently has research begun to address individuals of ...
Carbon stars and silicon carbide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Stars between about 0.8 and 8 times the mass of the Sun will eventually evolve become asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, where they pulsate and throw off mass from their atmospheres, forming dust shells in the space ...
A mixed-methods look at college student well-being during COVID-19: the power of positive psychology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
As mental health problems rise among college students, universities will experience increased pressure to provide resources and services to meet students' needs. While a positive psychology (PP) course is not typically taken for therapeutic benefits...
Three Essays In Mobilization Theory
(2023)
This dissertation explores the phenomenon of society-wide mobilization, the response to a major national emergency in which the stakes feel existential and the policy choices often push the bounds of what was previously ...
Mechanical and thermal weed control in organic crops
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
. This research was conducted in central Missouri from 2016-2017 to compare cultivation, flame application, between-row mowing, and hot water spray for in-season weed control in organic corn and soybeans. Between-row mowing and hot water application were paired...
The many faces of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe : examining the Crusoe myth in film and on television
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation focuses on the cinematic versions of the Robinson Crusoe story. Starting from the early 1900s, a significant number of films rewrite, reinvent, and rework the Crusoe myth. Instead of replicating Defoe's text, contemporary...
The impact of part-time faculty on student retention : a case study in higher education
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
There has been considerable debate in community colleges over the last forty years regarding the impact of increased use of part-time faculty (PTF) on student learning. It has been argued that part-time faculty fail to ...
Machine Learning based Predictive Modeling of Stochastic Systems
(2023)
Complex signals are ubiquitous in our daily lives, and interpreting and modeling them is vital for scientific advancement. Traditional methods for predictive modeling of complex signals include statistical signal processing ...
Value chain integration, cluster cooperation, and sustainable livelihoods : bridging small farmers to high value markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
engaged in by the small farmers in supplying a fast-food company with assistance from external agencies, I generate a number of generalized observations about the possible conditions through which participation in the modern value chains improves...
Cognition, Fatigue, and Health-related Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: Exploring the Role of Polypharmacy and Anticholinergic Medication Burden
(2022)
polypharmacy. The number of daily medications was negatively correlated with cognitive performance, rs = -0.45, p < .001. Additionally, the Drug Burden Index (DBI) accounted for additional variance in cognitive performance beyond that explained by age...
Determinants of Beef and Pork Brand Equity
(2003-11)
A set of consumer-level characteristic demand models were estimated to determine the level of brand equity for pork and beef meat cuts. Results indicate that brand premiums and discounts vary by private, national, and store ...
The sword of god: Plague and episcopal authority in the Late Antique West
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
People' to discover their understanding of illness in general, plague in particular, and the types of responses praised and condemned in their accounts....
Mathematical problems from cryobiology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
to the description of exact solutions to this 70-year-old nonlinear system, a global stability result for the generalized system with n-solutes, controllability and existence of optimal controls in the n-solute case, and a complete synthesis of optimal controls...
Examining the effects of blame vs. attack anti-tobacco messages using the limited capacity model of motivated mediated message processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Previous research using cognitive and persuasive measures posits that traditional blame anti-tobacco advertisements which conceptualize smoking problems and consequences as caused by the individual are superior to the new ...
Ars moriendi as social reality : articulation of the good death in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Death and dying are often theorized as micro-level processes, focusing on the experience of the death process from the perspective of the dying, or in the context of grief and psychological healing on the part of the ...
A Dyadic Analysis of Racial-Ethnic Socialization Among Black-White Interracial Parents
(2020)
on monoracial families of color and cannot necessarily be generalized to multiracial families, where individual family members vary in racial-ethnic background. In order to extend this area of research to the experiences of multiracial families, the dyadic...
The impact of residence hall leadership on international students' cross-cultural adaptation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
International students experience cross-cultural difficulties as they seek to adapt to U.S. campuses. Past research has indicated that residence halls can have both positive and negative impacts on students' educational ...
Library news notes, 1989-1990
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries, 1990)
Newsletter for the personnel of the University of Missouri--Columbia Libraries....
University catalog, 2016-2017
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The catalog is a comprehensive reference for your academic studies. It includes a list of all degree programs offered at MU, including bachelors, masters, specialists, doctorates, minors, certificates, and emphasis areas. It details the university...