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Capstone Project
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an issue in Kansas City, especially among
homeless/unstably housed populations. The Kansas City Health Department initiated the KC Life
360 program to address the ...
Human Resources: Ensuring Future Success
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Human Resource Management (HRM) is essential to every organization, profit inducing
or not. Talent Acquisition within HRM focus on the strategic process that is recruiting and hiring
talent to the business. Each area ...
Process Evaluation on the YES Intervention
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Background: Childhood obesity affects 13.7 million children and adolescents which makes up
almost 20% of the world’s population. Childhood obesity continues to see an increase in cases
each year. The Youth Engagement ...
Monitoring of an urban level spreader as part of the collaborative adaptive management process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Irregular flows, such as the high flows caused by stormwater runoff after a rain event are a major cause of stream impairment in urbanized watersheds. The Hinkson Creek CAM (Collaborative Adaptive Management) approach is ...
Displaced voices and accentscapes in French and Francophone Sub-Saharan cinema : recasting, reshaping, and restoring identity (-ies) in transnational films
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study features notions of identity, language, integration, journeys of home seeking and homecoming, and the wanderings of homelessness. It explores displaced voices and the self-coined term "accentscape" in ten films ...
Testing the limit : term limits and their unintended consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Term limits have been in place for over 20 years; we know that term limits matter, but not to what extent.Term limits vary widely across the states that have them, impacting the structure of legislative institutions and ...
Career development events as a predictor of fall-to-fall retention of first-year college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Career development events (CDEs) play an essential role in agricultural education programs and the National FFA Organization. The competitive events are promoted as tools to develop career and college readiness of high ...
Startup, transition core, and molybdenum-99 production upgrade analyses for low-enriched uranium fuel conversion at the University of Missouri research reactor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Under the direction of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3) Reactor Conversion Program, the University of Missouri ...
Impacts of Medicaid Expansion in Two Early Expansion States and the Case for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Medicaid is a health insurance program funded jointly by federal and state governments. Each state sets its own terms on eligibility, benefits, and particularities. In general, Medicaid provides health coverage for nonelderly ...
Smp1 and Meiosis Activation within Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Performance Between Universes: Type-Informed Optimisation for Structural Abstraction and Environment-Specific Data
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
We propose an implementation process for type systems to
permit subdivision of types into distinct universes based
on individual type theories each presenting their own
unique properties. Multi-universe systems can ...
Oral Disease Bacterium Linked to Alzheimer’s disease
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
This review proposes an association between the bacteria found in periodontal disease
and the development of neural plaque contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. Periodontitis is a
chronic gum disease that destroys gingiva ...
The employment value of an undergraduate degree in theatre arts in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
During lean times, administrators must make hard decisions about which programs stay and which must go. Arts departments are particularly vulnerable when traditionally derived enrollment and employability factors are used ...
A numerical simulation of a single shock-accelerated particle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Particle drag models, which capture macro viscous and pressure effects, have been developed over the years for various flow regimes to enable cost ...
Comparative biomechanics of cranial kinesis in reptiles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] "The vertebrate skull is a composite organ made from structures that arise from different developmental, evolutionary and biomechanical phenomena. Of ...
Evaluation of computer-based training to teach staff to implement free-operant preference assessments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Computer and video technology emerging over the last few years provide more opportunities to deliver quality staff trainings while increasing efficiency and reducing costs associated with trainings. The purpose of this ...
Refining school mental health screening using mixture modeling : evaluation for use in applied settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Universal socioemotional and behavior screening procedures continue to gain momentum and adoption in schools; however, a major research-to-practice gap remains in translating these data into meaningful interventions for ...
'To chant my last refrain:' a contextualization of H. Lawrence Freeman's biography and his operas 'The Martyr' and 'Voodoo'
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The grand operas by Harlem Renaissance composer H. Lawrence Freeman (1869-1954)--large productions in the theater and broadcast on the radio--represent ...
The lower senses in early Netherlandish epiphany altarpieces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries were a time of growing affective piety and engagement with the material culture of Christian devotion in Northern Europe. The three so-called lower senses of smell, touch, ...
Is the grass really greener? A qualitative study of teacher reflections on their decision to migrate from small rural districts to larger school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Teacher retention in rural schools continues to be an area of concern. This qualitative study examines why teachers migrate from small, rural school districts to teach in larger districts by interviewing teachers who have ...