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NIR fluorescent sensors for blood pH and fructose
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Blood serum parameters are tightly associated with human beings' physiological activities, therefore the real-time monitoring of blood serum parameters ...
Modeling EAA requirement and developing low fishmeal diet for yellow perch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Overall, my dissertation research sought to enhance production of yellow perch by developing a low cost, complete diet for juvenile yellow perch by determining: the digestibility...
Barriers and values of moral distress among critical care nurses /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation explores the presence of moral distress and effective interventions to lessen its impact on critical care nurses. Manuscript one was completed prior to entering the doctor of philosophy in nursing program but was instrumental...
Molecular characterization of a congenital overgrowth syndrome induced by assisted reproduction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
conditions are the result of misregulation of a set of genes that are expressed only from the maternally- or paternally-inherited chromosomes. These genes are known as imprinted genes. In this dissertation, we demonstrate that multiple imprinted genes...
Gold nanoclusters and fluorescence-based sensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The main topic of this dissertation focuses on development of analytical methods, mainly modification and application of metal nanoclusters in fluorescence-based sensing. Based...
Genetic linkage of multiple modifications in the pig
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
in livestock species will have a profound impact. This is due in large part to the expenses related to husbandry of large animals in comparison to that of small animals. The aim of this dissertation was to develop an efficient system(s) to precisely modify...
To what extent does a steer grow during process of fattening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
Three steers, numbered 18, 121, and 48, were chosen from the group of regular maintenance steers, on an experiment at the University of Missouri to find out the uses to which an animal puts its food.
Morphologic and histologic comparisons between in vivo and nuclear transfer derived porcine embryos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Nuclear transfer (NT) is an inefficient but invaluable tool. This study examines abnormalities associated with NT porcine embryos at days 10, 12, and 14. Methods: 4 experimental groups were examined: non-pregnant, in vivo ...
Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase and ubiquitin as potential fertility markers in boars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was performed to determine whether using high power microscopic analysis and two putative biochemical fertility markers, 15-lipoxygenase ...
Analysis of Gbx genes during neural development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
in the developing spinal cord are important concerns in the field of developmental biology. In this dissertation we used two animal models, mouse and zebrafish, to study how gastrulation-brain homeobox (Gbx) class transcription factors (Gbx1 and Gbx2), affect...
Characterization of interleukin-1 beta 2, a novel interleukin-1 expressed by the early pig conceptus during establishment of pregnancy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
understand the involvement of proinflammatory cytokines during implantation, we characterized IL-1B2�s activity within the pig endometrium. Based on experiments presented in this dissertation we conclude that pig embryos release IL-1B2 as early as Day 6...
Mu-synthesis controller design for temperature control of a solar steam gasifier with uncertainty modeling and robust analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
into the reactor core was implemented. Two different controller synthesis methods were used: [mu]-synthesis with D-K iteration and Ziegler-Nichols to tune a PID controller. Both controllers maintain reactor temperature at or above a specified set point by equally...
Autophagy and ubiquitin-proteasome system during post-fertilization sperm mitophagy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
. Others' recent studies suggested that a whole organelle sperm mitochondrion is degraded by autophagic pathway, which is referred to as sperm mitophagy. Based on this understanding, the first objective of this dissertation was to identify UPS determinants...
The effects of leptin on placental development and function, and offspring behavior in mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The nutritional and energy status of individuals is communicated throughout the body by means of leptin. This hormone also plays a role in implantation and placental development and function, as well as programming behavior ...
The effect of early pregnancy and lactation on the growth of young breeding animals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of the investigation described in this thesis was to determine the effects of early breeding in swine. If breeding immature animals results in evil consequences, these bad results should be observed in one or ...
Corn preparation for fattening lambs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The question of the advisability of grinding grain for farm animals is one which is causing a great deal of discussion at the present time. Theoretically it would be expected that any preparation of a feed, for any class ...
Applying effective energy concept for intake prediction and balancing ruminal nitrogen and post-ruminal amino acid requirements for beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Proper animal nutrition involves balancing nutrient supply to nutrient requirement. Accurate intake prediction is fundamental to diet formulation and appears simple but has historically been challenging to accomplish. ...
The developmental liver transcriptome of Rattus norvegicus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Our research is involved in the transcriptional dynamics of perinatal liver development. The transcription factors and their downstream effects have been well studied in regards to early liver development, yet perinatal ...
Mitochondrial complex I protein is related to residual feed intake in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Residual feed intake (RFI) is a calculated using DMI as dependent variable and metabolic body weight (BW 0.75) and ADG as independent variable. Mitochondria complex I (mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is one ...
Feed additives affect pork quality and shelf-life from pigs fed ethanol co-products and pork subject to three storage methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Two experiments were performed to determine the effect of corn distiller's dried grains with solubles on meat quality when fed at two different inclusion ...